McQuaid Family Plot- Bodie Cemetery

The McQUAID family plot- Bodie Cemetery….MOTHER ( 60 years), Hugh McQuaid (16 months), Arthur McQuaid (18 years)

The fenced McQuaid family-plot in the Bodie Miners’ Union Section of the Cemetery contains Hugh McQuaid- an infant, who died in 1883, next in death was Arthur McQuaid- a son who died at 18 years of age and their Mother- who died 1909 at the age of 60 years.

A Christian Cross is on top of the Memorial and Ivy is carved at the bottom of the Memorial. The “expense of the stone” and carving of three different Names and Death Dates, plus the ornate fence surrounding the grave- shows the expense the family went to Remember their children, and Mother, who died in Bodie.

Arthur Mc Quaid -Died -Dec. 26, 1890. Aged 18 years.

Hugh McQuaid- Died September 7, 1883. Age 16 Months.

“Mother” is written on the Side of the Memorial Stone- Died October 10, 1909. Aged 60 years.