Site information:

Stockton Rural Cemetery near Memory Chapel, Cemetery Ln and E Pine St, Stockton

37.977472,-121.286439

Plaque information:

Private plaque

Plaque text:

The Soldiers Friend

Ruel C. Gridley
Born Jan. 23, 1829
Died Nov. 24, 1870

Erected by Rawlins Post No. 23 Grand Army of the Republic and the Citizens of Stockton Sept. 19, 1887 in gratitude for services rendered Union Soldiers during the War of the Rebellion in collecting 275,000 dollars for the Sanitary Commission by selling and reselling a sack of flour.

Registered 1/7/1965