On July 14, 1888, the Odd Fellows Cemetery Corporation purchased eight acres of hillside property in South Marshfield from Charles H. Merchant for the sum of $350. In 1891, the Marshfield I.O.O.F. Cemetery was officially dedicated as a public burying ground, with each member of the I.O.O.F. lodge receiving one plot, and the remainder being made available for purchase by other community members. In recognition of the cemetery’s historic importance as the resting place of many of the people who were responsible for the growth and development of the Coos Bay region in the late nineteenth century, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The cemetery is the oldest extant, intact burying ground in the Coos Bay region. The cemetery is currently managed by the City of Coos Bay with the support and assistance of cemetery volunteers.
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