This land was deeded to the City of Benson as a cemetery by the Pacific Improvement Company, the California-based land company of the Southern Pacific Railroad, in March 1929. The City of Benson sold burial plots to residents and continues to maintain the cemetery. The first person buried there was William McDonald on October 10, 1881, and his grave is unmarked. The first marked grave is that of Charles H. Fullerton, buried on October 13, 1883. The last burial was Nicholas Solis in 1975. Some graves contain several bodies, as was common in old cemeteries. The original map of the grave sites was lost, and a grass fire destroyed many markers. Surveys and updated information were created through the diligent efforts of Edward Ellsworth, Audrey Bingham, Elizabeth Brenner, Vay Fenn, Verda Lohmann, Thurber Larson, and Louise Larson, using information gathered from the Diocese of Tucson Archives, the LDS Family History Center, St. David Arizona Stake (Pomerene), and the descendants of those laid to rest there.