Please note that a monument’s adoption must be fully funded before work begins.
 
 
1821-1849
 
Location 1-141
 

Description

According to Thomas Sheldon, John McCracken Jr. was the son of Robert “Old Bob the Poet” McCracken. John was a “refined, pale-faced young man (who) worked as a compositor in the office of the Oakland Gazette”. 
 
 

John’s monument is broken and laying prone in front of its base.