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Index to Locations
Colma Unknown location
Colma Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Colma Greek Orthodox Memorial Park
Colma Greenlawn Memorial Park
Colma Hills of Eternity Memorial
Park
Colma Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
Colma Home of Peace Cemetery
Colma Mt. Olivet Columbarium
Colma Mt. Olivet Mausoleum
Colma Olivet Memorial Park
Colma Salem Memorial Park
Colma Woodlawn Memorial Park
Menlo Park Holy Cross Catholic
Cemetery
San Bruno Golden Gate National
Cemetery
San Bruno Veterans Cemetery
San Mateo St. John's Cemetery
San Mateo Skylawn Memorial Park
Unknown
Location
Colma, San Mateo County, California
Cypress Lawn
Memorial Park
Colma, San Mateo County, California
Founded 1892
| Politicians buried
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Andrew Jackson Bryant (1831-1888) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Effingham, Carroll
County, N.H., October
30, 1831.
Democrat. Gold miner;
wholesale
liquor merchant; importer and dealer in safes and locks; insurance
business; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1875-79.
Jumped
or fell
from the ferry steamer Encinal, and drowned
in San
Francisco Bay, May 11,
1888 (age 56 years, 194
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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James Otis (1826-1875) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1826.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; importer
and exporter; candidate for Presidential Elector for California;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1872
(delegation chair); mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1873-75; died in office 1875.
Unitarian.
Died, of diphtheria,
in San
Francisco, Calif., October
30, 1875 (age 49 years, 80
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Hiram Warren Johnson (1866-1945) —
also known as Hiram W. Johnson —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
2, 1866.
Lawyer;
Governor
of California, 1911-17; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1912,
1920
(alternate); Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; U.S.
Senator from California, 1917-45; died in office 1945; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1920,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
6, 1945 (age 78 years, 338
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Ephraim Willard Burr (1809-1894) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., March 7,
1809.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; insurance
executive; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1856-59.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 20,
1894 (age 85 years, 135
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) —
also known as "The Chief" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
29, 1863.
Newspaper
publishing magnate; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1903-07; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1904;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905 (Municipal Ownership), 1909;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1906; Independence League candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910; movie
producer in 1915-21; the film
Citizen Kane is based on his life.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
14, 1951 (age 88 years, 107
days).
Entombed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Levi Richard Ellert (1857-1901) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., October
20, 1857.
Druggist;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1893-95.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 21,
1901 (age 43 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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William Alvord (1833-1904) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
3, 1833.
Hardware
dealer; banker; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1871-73; San Francisco Police
Commissioner, 1878-99.
Member, Loyal
Legion; American
Forestry Association.
Died, of heart
failure due to bronchial
troubles, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
21, 1904 (age 71 years, 353
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) —
also known as Joseph L. Alioto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1968-76; candidate for Governor of
California, 1974.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Indicted
in 1971 on federal charges
of bribery,
conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972.
Died, of prostate
cancer and pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1998 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park; cenotaph at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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William W. Morrow (1843-1929) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Milton, Wayne
County, Ind., July 15,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; California
Republican state chair, 1879-82; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1884;
U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1885-91; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1891-97;
Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 9th Circuit, 1897-1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1897-1923; took
senior status 1923.
One of the incorporators of the American Red Cross.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 24,
1929 (age 86 years, 9
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Milton Slocum Latham (1827-1882) —
also known as Milton S. Latham —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 23,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1853-55; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1855-57; Governor of
California, 1860; U.S.
Senator from California, 1860-63.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 4,
1882 (age 54 years, 285
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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George Hearst (1820-1891) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Sullivan, Franklin
County, Mo., September
3, 1820.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1865-67; U.S.
Senator from California, 1886, 1887-91; died in office 1891.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1891 (age 70 years, 178
days).
Entombed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Clifton Mathews (1880-1962) —
of Arizona.
Born in Concord, Pike
County, Ga., February
12, 1880.
U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1933-35; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1935-53; took
senior status 1953.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
7, 1962 (age 82 years, 207
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) —
also known as David C. Broderick —
of New York; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1820.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1846; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1850-52; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1851-52; U.S.
Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.
Irish
ancestry.
Mortally
wounded in a duel on
September 13, 1859 with David
S. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and died
in San
Francisco, Calif., September
16, 1859 (age 39 years, 224
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1942 at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; mining
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Jewett William Adams (1835-1920) —
also known as Jewett W. Adams;
"Ironhub" —
of Carson
City, Nev.
Born in South Hero, Grand Isle
County, Vt., August
6, 1835.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1874-82; Governor of
Nevada, 1883-87; defeated, 1886; superintendent, U.S. Mint at
Carson City, 1895-98.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., June 18,
1920 (age 84 years, 317
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Joseph Tyree Sneed III (1920-2008) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., July 21,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1973-87; took
senior status 1987.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
9, 2008 (age 87 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Charles Norton Felton (1832-1914) —
also known as Charles N. Felton —
of Yuba
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
1, 1832.
Republican. Yuba
County Sheriff, 1853; member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1880-83; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1885-89; U.S.
Senator from California, 1891-93; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1892;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Died in Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif., September
13, 1914 (age 82 years, 255
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Paul Martin Pearson (1871-1938) —
Born in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., October
22, 1871.
College
professor; author; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1931-35; forced to
resign in July, 1935 during a Congressional investigation
of financial
mismanagement in the Islands government.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a month later, March
26, 1938 (age 66 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Franck Roberts Havenner (1882-1967) —
also known as Franck R. Havenner —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Sherwood, Baltimore
County, Md., September
20, 1882.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1937-41, 1945-53;
defeated, 1940, 1952; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1939; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1940,
1952.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 24,
1967 (age 84 years, 307
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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George Thomas Marye Jr. (1849-1933) —
also known as George T. Marye —
of Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
13, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; California
Democratic state chair, 1888-93; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1914-16.
Anglican.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died September
2, 1933 (age 83 years, 263
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Jesse Arthur Younger (1893-1967) —
also known as J. Arthur Younger —
of San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., April
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-67 (9th District 1953-63,
11th District 1963-67); died in office 1967; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Delta
Upsilon.
Died, of leukemia,
at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1967 (age 74 years, 70
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Timothy Guy Phelps (1824-1899) —
also known as Timothy G. Phelps —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, 1824.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1857-58, 1895-97 (5th District 1857-58, 52nd
District 1895-97); U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1861-63; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1870-72, 1889-92; candidate for Governor of
California, 1875.
Died in 1899
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Sherrod Williams (1804-1876) —
of Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky.
Born in Pulaski
County, Ky., 1804.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1835-41.
Died in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
1, 1876 (age about 72
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Thomas Rolph (1885-1956) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
17, 1885.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1944.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 10,
1956 (age 71 years, 114
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Thomas Hansford Williams (1828-1886) —
also known as Thomas H. Williams —
of California.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., May 18,
1828.
California
state attorney general, 1858-62.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
28, 1886 (age 57 years, 286
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Harry Webster Musselwhite (1868-1955) —
also known as Harry W. Musselwhite —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born near Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., May 23,
1868.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1933-35; defeated,
1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in San Lorenzo, Alameda
County, Calif., December
14, 1955 (age 87 years, 205
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Horace Davis (1831-1916) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., March
16, 1831.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1877-81; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1884;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 12,
1916 (age 85 years, 118
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Thomas Oliver Larkin (1802-1858) —
also known as Thomas O. Larkin —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., September
18, 1802.
Merchant;
flour mill
business; U.S. Consul in Monterey, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to California, 1845; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1849.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., October
27, 1858 (age 56 years, 39
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Tallant Tubbs (1897-1969) —
of California.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 8,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California
state senate, 1925-37; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1932.
Suffered a fall at
home, and died three weeks later, at St. Francis Memorial Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., May 17,
1969 (age 72 years, 9
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Norton Parker Chipman (1834-1924) —
also known as Norton P. Chipman —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Milford Center, Union
County, Ohio, March 7,
1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1871-75; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1905-22; resigned 1922.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
1, 1924 (age 89 years, 331
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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James Malcolm Gleaves (1852-1901) —
also known as James M. Gleaves —
of Shasta, Shasta
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, September
10, 1852.
Republican. School
teacher; mining engineer;
Shasta
County Surveyor; member of California
state senate 2nd District, 1895; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1896;
U.S. Surveyor-General for California, 1898-1901; died in office 1901.
Died, in Waldeck Sanatorium,
San
Francisco, Calif., November
27, 1901 (age 49 years, 78
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship
Company; president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de
Coronado, the San Diego Electric
Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German
ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | The Spreckels Theatre,
in San
Diego, California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park,
in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) —
also known as "The Sugar King of Hawaii";
"His Royal Saccharinity" —
Born in Lamstedt, Germany,
July
9, 1828.
Republican. Sugar
magnate; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
German
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
26, 1908 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) —
also known as Adolph B. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
5, 1857.
Republican. President, Spreckels Sugar
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1884;
angered by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, on
November 19, 1884, he shot
and badly wounded the paper's publisher, M.
H. de Young; arrested
and charged
with attempted
murder; pleaded temporary insanity; tried in
1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San Mateo Electric
Railway; vice-president, Western Sugar
Company; vice-president, Oceanic Steamship
Company.
German
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia
and syphilis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., June 28,
1924 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Entombed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of John
Diedrich Spreckels; married to Alma de
Bretteville. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | Spreckels Lake,
in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Willard B. Farwell (1829-1903) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1829.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1855-56; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1863.
Died February
10, 1903 (age about 73
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Irving Murray Scott (1837-1903) —
also known as Irving M. Scott —
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., December
25, 1837.
Republican. Civil
engineer; shipbuilder;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., April
28, 1903 (age 65 years, 124
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Scott Springer Hendricks (1878-1960) —
also known as Scott Hendricks —
of San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.
Born in Cherokee, Butte
County, Calif., April
23, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1932.
Died in Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif., February
21, 1960 (age 81 years, 304
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Knud Henry Lund (1832-1919) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Norway,
October
5, 1832.
Commission
merchant; importer
and exporter; marine insurance
business; Consul
for Sweden & Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1885-1903; Consul
for Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1910-11.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
5, 1919 (age 86 years, 123
days).
Entombed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Wilfrid Barrett Chapman (1848-1913) —
also known as Wilfrid B. Chapman —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Surrey, England,
1848.
Champaigne
importer;
Consul
for Belgium in San
Francisco, Calif., 1882-96; Consul
for Netherlands in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-02.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
25, 1913 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of William Chapman and Elizabeth (Morris) Chapman; married 1888 to Dora
Sherwood. |
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Karl Christian Weber (1902-1991) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Austria,
April
18, 1902.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; president and general manager, Hotel
Whitcomb; laundry
business; Honorary
Consul for Austria in San
Francisco, Calif., 1950-59.
Died April 8,
1991 (age 88 years, 355
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Alois Weber and Aloisia (Winner) Weber; married, July 25,
1927, to Dorothy Anne Wynne. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Eminent Americans
(1954) |
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Aylett Rains Cotton Jr. (1874-1965) —
also known as Aylett R. Cotton —
of Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in De Witt, Clinton
County, Iowa, December
29, 1874.
Republican. Superior court judge in California, 1947-50; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956,
1960.
Died in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., April
15, 1965 (age 90 years, 107
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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George Wrenshall Dent (1819-1899) —
Born January
30, 1819.
Miner;
member of California
state senate, 1858; appraiser of customs at the port of San
Francisco.
Died in Lorin (now part of Berkeley), Alameda
County, Calif., January
17, 1899 (age 79 years, 352
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Walter Emil Hettman (1886-1971) —
also known as Walter E. Hettman —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Norwalk, Monroe
County, Wis., February
24, 1886.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1932;
Honorary
Consul for Estonia in San
Francisco, Calif., 1935.
German
ancestry.
Died in California, September
30, 1971 (age 85 years, 218
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Horace Garvin Platt (1852-1910) —
also known as Horace G. Platt —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; orator;
member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1881-83; Vice-Consul
for Russia in San
Francisco, Calif., 1892-1903; president of a San Francisco streetcar
line.
Died, in Adler Sanatorium,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
29, 1910 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Alexander Parker Crittenden (1816-1870) —
also known as Alexander P. Crittenden —
of Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
14, 1816.
Lawyer;
went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1849-51, 1852-53 (Los Angeles District 1849-51,
5th District 1852-53).
Shot
and mortally
wounded by his ex-lover, Laura D. Fair, on board a
ferry boat in San Francisco Bay, and died two days later, in San
Francisco, Calif., November
5, 1870 (age 54 years, 295
days). Fair was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, but
the state supreme court ordered a new trial, and she was acquitted.
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Edmund Randolph (1820-1861) —
of California.
Born in Virginia, June 9,
1820.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly from San Francisco District, 1849-51.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
8, 1861 (age 41 years, 91
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Maria (Ward) Randolph; grandson of Edmund
Jenings Randolph; grandnephew of George
Nicholas, Wilson
Cary Nicholas and John
Nicholas; great-grandson of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); great-grandnephew of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and Edmund
Randolph Cocke; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Beverley Biddle; first cousin thrice removed of Richard
Bland and Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791); second cousin of Peter
Myndert Dox; second cousin once removed of Harry
Bartow Hawes; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Beverley
Randolph, Carter
Bassett Harrison, William
Henry Harrison and John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin of Thomas
Marshall and James
Keith Marshall; third cousin once removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Henry
St. George Tucker and John
Scott Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Burwell
Bassett; fourth cousin of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, Carter
Henry Harrison and Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901); fourth cousin once removed of John
Wayles Eppes, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Fitzhugh
Lee, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Russell
Benjamin Harrison, John
Augustine Marshall, Richard
Evelyn Byrd, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Frederick
Madison Roberts and William
Welby Beverley. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Owen Paul Sutton (1821-1881) —
also known as Owen P. Sutton —
of California.
Born in Naples, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
8, 1821.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker;
member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1863; real estate
business.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
1, 1881 (age 60 years, 24
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1946 at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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John Flint Kidder (1830-1901) —
also known as John F. Kidder —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.; Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 2,
1830.
Republican. Civil
engineer; railroad
builder; member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1865-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1892.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif., April
10, 1901 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Original interment at Odd Fellows Masonic Cemetery, Grass Valley, Calif.; reinterment
at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Henry Lund Jr. (1870-1925) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Germany,
1870.
Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-03.
Norwegian
and German
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
30, 1925 (age about 55
years).
Entombed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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William Henry Crocker (1861-1937) —
also known as William H. Crocker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., January
13, 1861.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1920-24.
Died in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif., September
25, 1937 (age 76 years, 255
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948) —
also known as Gertrude Franklin Horn —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., October
30, 1857.
Democrat. Author;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928.
Female.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 14,
1948 (age 90 years, 228
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Edward Boynton Cappeller (1873-1952) —
also known as Edward B. Cappeller —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ohio, 1873.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1920.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1952 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Hugh Henry Brown (1872-1975) —
also known as Hugh H. Brown —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, May 4,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented railroads
and mining
companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1908,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate).
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
26, 1975 (age 102 years,
298 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
|
Greek Orthodox
Memorial Park
1148 El Camino Real
Colma, San Mateo County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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George Christopher (1907-2000) —
also known as George Christopheles —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Arcadia, Greece,
December
8, 1907.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; accountant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956
(alternate; speaker),
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1956-64; defeated, 1951; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1962; candidate for Governor of
California, 1966.
Greek
ancestry.
As mayor, was instrumental in convincing the New York Giants baseball
team to move to San Francisco, as well as the construction of
Candlestick Park for the team.
Died, from a stroke,
in San
Francisco, Calif., September
14, 2000 (age 92 years, 281
days).
Interment at Greek Orthodox Memorial Park.
|
Greenlawn
Memorial Park
1100 El Camino Real
Colma, San Mateo County, California
Founded 1902
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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James Rolph Jr. (1869-1934) —
also known as "Sunny Jim" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
23, 1869.
Republican. Banker; shipbuilder;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1912-31; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1932;
Governor
of California, 1931-34; defeated, 1918; died in office 1934.
Died in Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 2,
1934 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Eugene Francis Loud (1847-1908) —
also known as Eugene F. Loud —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Abington, Plymouth
County, Mass., March
12, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
California
state assembly, 1884; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1891-1903; defeated,
1902.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
19, 1908 (age 61 years, 282
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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James George Maguire (1853-1920) —
also known as James G. Maguire —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
22, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 13th District, 1875-77; superior court judge in
California, 1882-88; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1893-99; candidate
for Governor of
California, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1900,
1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 20,
1920 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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William Adam Piper (1826-1899) —
of California.
Born in Franklin
County, Pa., May 21,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1875-77.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
5, 1899 (age 73 years, 76
days).
Original interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Hills of Eternity
Memorial Park
Colma, San Mateo County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Cyril Isaac Magnin (1899-1988) —
also known as Cyril Magnin; "Mr. San
Francisco" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 6,
1899.
Democrat. Women's
appearel business; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1948
(alternate), 1964;
Chief of Protocol for the City of San Francisco, 1964-1986; president
of the Port of
San Francisco.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 8,
1988 (age 88 years, 338
days).
Interment at Hills of Eternity Memorial Park.
|
Holy Cross
Catholic Cemetery
1500 Old Mission Road
Colma, San Mateo County, California
Founded 1887
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Angelo Joseph Rossi (1878-1948) —
also known as Angelo J. Rossi —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Volcano, Amador
County, Calif., January
22, 1878.
Florist;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1931-44.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., April 5,
1948 (age 70 years, 74
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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James Duval Phelan (1861-1930) —
also known as James D. Phelan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
20, 1861.
Democrat. Banker; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1897-1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1900,
1916,
1924,
1928;
custodian of the Relief and Red Cross Funds after the 1906 San
Francisco earthquake and fire; U.S.
Senator from California, 1915-21; defeated, 1920; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Died in Saratoga, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
7, 1930 (age 69 years, 109
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Eugene E. Schmitz (1864-1928) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
22, 1864.
Musician;
orchestral
conductor; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1902-07.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
20, 1928 (age 64 years, 90
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1901 |
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George Richard Moscone (1929-1978) —
also known as George Moscone —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., November
24, 1929.
Democrat. Candidate for California
state assembly, 1960; member of California
state senate, 1966-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968,
1972;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1976-78; died in office 1978.
Shot
and killed,
along with Supervisor Harvey Milk, by Supervisor Dan White, in his office
in San Francisco City
Hall, San
Francisco, Calif., November
27, 1978 (age 49 years, 3
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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John Francis Shelley (1905-1974) —
also known as John F. Shelley; Jack
Shelley —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., September
3, 1905.
Democrat. President,
San Francisco Labor Council, 1937-49; president,
California AFL, 1947; member of California
state senate, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1946; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1949-64; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1964-68.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles;
Native
Sons of the Golden West; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
1, 1974 (age 68 years, 363
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Henry Francis Grady (1882-1957) —
also known as Henry F. Grady —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1882.
Democrat. U.S. Ambassador to India, 1947-48; Greece, 1948-50; Iran, 1950-51; U.S. Minister to Nepal, 1948.
Member, American
Economic Association; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Sigma Pi; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Gamma Mu.
Died, of a heart
attack, on the
ocean liner President Wilson, in the Pacific
Ocean, September
14, 1957 (age 75 years, 214
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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James Alexander McDougall (1817-1867) —
also known as James A. McDougall —
of Morgan
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., November
19, 1817.
Democrat. Illinois
state attorney general, 1843-46; California
state attorney general, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1853-55; U.S.
Senator from California, 1861-67.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
3, 1867 (age 49 years, 288
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1942 at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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James Graham Fair (1831-1894) —
also known as James G. Fair —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
3, 1831.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1881-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
28, 1894 (age 63 years, 25
days).
Originally entombed at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
re-entombed at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Eugene Casserly (1820-1883) —
of California.
Born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland,
November
13, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from California, 1869-73.
Died of apoplexy (stroke),
in San
Francisco, Calif., January
14, 1883 (age 62 years, 62
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1904 at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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John Gately Downey (1827-1894) —
also known as John G. Downey —
of Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ireland,
June
24, 1827.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 1st District, 1856-57; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1860; Governor of
California, 1860-62; defeated, 1863.
Died March 1,
1894 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Original interment at Old
Calvary Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;
reinterment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Edmund Gerald Brown Sr. (1905-1996) —
also known as Edmund G. Brown, Sr.; Pat
Brown —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
21, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Republican candidate for California
state assembly, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1944,
1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1988;
California
state attorney general, 1951-59; Governor of
California, 1959-67; defeated, 1966; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died of a heart
attack, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
16, 1996 (age 90 years, 301
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edmund Brown and Ida (Schuckman) Brown; brother of Harold
C. Brown; married, October
30, 1930, to Bernice
Layne Brown; father of Edmund
Gerald Brown Jr. and Kathleen
Lynn Brown. |
| | | Political family: Brown
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher — William
K. Coblentz |
| | | The Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct,
a system of canals and pipelines that brings water to Southern
California, in Contra
Costa, Alameda,
San
Joaquin, Stanislaus,
Merced,
Fresno,
Kings,
Kern,
San
Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara, and Los
Angeles counties, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Edmund G. Brown: Ethan
Rarick, California
Rising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown |
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Richard Joseph Welch (1869-1949) —
also known as Richard J. Welch —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, 1869.
Republican. Insurance
broker; real estate
business; member of California
state senate, 1901-13; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1926-49; died in
office 1949.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles.
While traveling by
train, suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in a hospital
at Needles, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
10, 1949 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Matt I. Sullivan (1857-1937) —
of California.
Born in Grass Valley, Nevada
County, Calif., November
3, 1857.
Chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1914-15.
Catholic.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
6, 1937 (age 79 years, 276
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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John Ignatius Nolan (1874-1922) —
also known as John I. Nolan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
14, 1874.
Republican. Iron molder;
officer,
International Iron Moulders Union; secretary,
San Francisco Labor Council, 1912; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1913-22; died in
office 1922.
Died November
18, 1922 (age 48 years, 308
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Samuel Williams Inge (1817-1868) —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., February
22, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1844-45; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1847-51; in 1853, he
participated in a duel
with Rep. Edward
Stanly, but neither was seriously injured; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1853-56.
Slaveowner.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 10,
1868 (age 51 years, 109
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1942 at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Lawrence James Flaherty (1878-1926) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., July 4,
1878.
Republican. Cement
mason; president,
San Francisco Building Trades Council; member of California
state senate, 1915-22; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1925-26; died in
office 1926.
Died, in the Hotel
Marseilles, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1926 (age 47 years, 344
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Delos Rodeyn Ashley (1828-1873) —
also known as Delos R. Ashley —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Arkansas Post, Arkansas
County, Ark., February
19, 1828.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 3rd District, 1854-56; member of California
state senate, 1856-57; California
state treasurer, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1865-69.
Died of apoplexy (stroke),
in San
Francisco, Calif., July 18,
1873 (age 45 years, 149
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1938 at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Tirey L. Ford (1857-1928) —
also known as T. L. Ford —
of California.
Born in Monroe
County, Mo., 1857.
California
state attorney general, 1899-1902.
Charged
with offering a
bribe; tried
and acquitted in 1907.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San
Francisco, Calif., June 26,
1928 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Mae Ella Nolan (1886-1973) —
also known as Mae E. Nolan; Mae Ella Hunt —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., September
20, 1886.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1923-25.
Female.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., July 9,
1973 (age 86 years, 292
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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William Joseph Wynn (1860-1935) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 12,
1860.
Democrat. Machinist;
U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1903-05; insurance
business.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
4, 1935 (age 74 years, 206
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Bernice Layne Brown (1908-2002) —
also known as Bernice Layne —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., November
19, 1908.
School
teacher; First Lady of California, 1959-67.
Female.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 9,
2002 (age 93 years, 171
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Lucretia del Valle Grady (1892-1972) —
also known as Lucretia del Valle —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
18, 1892.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1928,
1936,
1940
(alternate), 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937-39; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Mills Memorial Hospital,
San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., May 23,
1972 (age 79 years, 218
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Michael Henry de Young (1849-1925) —
also known as M. H. de Young —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
30, 1849.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; in 1879, his brother Charles de Young (1846-1880),
then editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, shot and wounded San
Francisco mayor Isaac
S. Kalloch; a few months later, Charles was shot to death in his
office by the mayor's son; on November 19, 1884, he was shot and
seriously wounded by Adolph
B. Spreckels, who had been angered by an article in the
Chronicle; Spreckels, who pleaded temporary insanity, was
tried and found not guilty; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1888,
1892,
1908,
1920.
Catholic.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
15, 1925 (age 75 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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John Henry Rosseter (1869-1936) —
also known as John H. Rosseter —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
6, 1869.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., April
28, 1936 (age 66 years, 266
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Luigi Felice Lastreto (1841-1913) —
also known as Luis F. Lastreto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Paris, France.
Born in Santa Margherita, Italy,
1841.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; importer
and exporter; chocolate
maker; Consul
for Ecuador in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1901; Consul
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1899-1900; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-02.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Audubon
Society.
Died in Paris, France,
May
27, 1913 (age about 71
years).
Entombed at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Camilo Martin (1830-1901) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
1830.
Vice-Consul
for Spain in San
Francisco, Calif., 1864-77, 1901; Consul
for Spain in San
Francisco, Calif., 1886-92.
Died in Sausalito, Marin
County, Calif., October
19, 1901 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Guillermo Andrade (1830-1905) —
also known as William Andrade; Guillermo Andrade
Felix —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Hermosillo, Sonora,
June
13, 1830.
Consul
for Venezuela in Los
Angeles, Calif., 1897-1902; Consul
for Mexico in Los
Angeles, Calif., 1903.
Died in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, September
17, 1905 (age 75 years, 96
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Wenceslao Y. Loaiza (1874-1921) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Born in Hermosillo, Sonora,
1874.
Maritime
shipping business; Consul
for Argentina in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1900.
Catholic.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died in 1921
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Melvyn I. Cronin (d. 1977) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 25th District, 1929-36; municipal judge in
California, 1943-44; superior court judge in California, 1944;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1944,
1948.
Died May 9,
1977.
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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John Wesley Wilcox (d. 1905) —
also known as John W. Wilcox; "The Mariposa
Blacksmith" —
of California.
Born in Kentucky.
Member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1863-67, 1871-73, 1875-77.
Died, of pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., February
5, 1905.
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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John E. Mullally (1875-1912) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1875.
Saloon
keeper; member of California
state assembly 30th District, 1911-12; died in office 1912.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Attacked
by three masked holdup men in his saloon,
shot,
mortally wounded, and died soon after, in Central Emergency Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., January
15, 1912 (age about 36
years).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897) —
also known as Charles F. Crocker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in 1854.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1884,
1888.
Died in 1897
(age about
43 years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Augustus Daniel Splivalo (1840-1911) —
of California.
Born, of Italian and Dalmatian parents, in the South
Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, on his father's ship, the
Santa Teresa, May 24,
1840.
Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1871-73.
Catholic.
Italian
and Dalmatian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of nephritis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., December
12, 1911 (age 71 years, 202
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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James V. Coleman (c.1854-1919) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born about 1854.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1892,
1912
(speaker).
Died, of pneumonia,
1919
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Joseph Xavier Strand (1873-1951) —
also known as Joseph X. Strand —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 7,
1873.
Democrat. Candidate for California
state assembly 33rd District, 1900; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul
General in Canton, 1911.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 28,
1951 (age 78 years, 82
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Carlos Barreno Lastreto (1867-1957) —
also known as Carlos B. Lastreto; Charles B.
Lastreto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 3,
1867.
Coffee
importer;
Vice-Consul
for Ecuador in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-02.
Italian
and French
ancestry.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1957 (age 90 years, 62
days).
Entombed at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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A. F. Gaynor (d. 1965) —
of California.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1940.
Died in 1965.
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Kendrick (1876-1970) —
also known as Charles H. Kendrick —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., September
30, 1876.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
developer; president, Schlage Lock
Company; member, San Francisco Planning Commission, 1924-30;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1940.
Catholic.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
3, 1970 (age 93 years, 307
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Henry Kendrick and Catherine Josephine (Marron) Kendrick;
married 1905 to Mary
Louisa Canepa; married 1914 to
Kathryn Clarke; father of Lieut. Charles Warren
Kendrick. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Eminent Americans
(1954) |
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Eustace Cullinan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1920,
1940.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif.
Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) —
also known as Joseph L. Alioto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1968-76; candidate for Governor of
California, 1974.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Indicted
in 1971 on federal charges
of bribery,
conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972.
Died, of prostate
cancer and pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1998 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park;
cenotaph at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.
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Home of Peace
Cemetery
1299 El Camino Real
Colma, San Mateo County, California
Founded 1889
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898) —
also known as Adolph Sutro —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Germany,
April
29, 1830.
Cigar and
tobacco merchant; promoted and led the construction of the Sutro
Tunnel, to drain water from the silver
mines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada; real estate
investor; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1895-97.
Jewish.
German
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
8, 1898 (age 68 years, 101
days).
Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery.
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James David Zellerbach (1892-1963) —
also known as J. D. Zellerbach —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
17, 1892.
Executive vice president and director of Crown Zellerbach
Corporation, manufacturers of paper
products; director Wells Fargo Bank and
Union Trust
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1956-60.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
3, 1963 (age 71 years, 198
days).
Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery.
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Julius Kahn (1861-1924) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Kuppenheim, Baden (now Germany),
February
28, 1861.
Republican. Actor;
lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1892; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1899-1903, 1905-24;
died in office 1924.
Jewish.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
18, 1924 (age 63 years, 294
days).
Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery.
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Florence Prag Kahn (1866-1948) —
also known as Florence P. Kahn; Florence
Prag —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, November
9, 1866.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1925-37.
Female.
Jewish.
First
Jewish woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
16, 1948 (age 82 years, 7
days).
Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery.
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Mt. Olivet
Columbarium
Colma, San Mateo County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Elias Finley Johnson (1860-1933) —
also known as E. Finley Johnson —
of Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manila, Philippines.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, June 24,
1860.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1885-87; law
professor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1898-1901; appointed 1898; resigned
1901; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1901-.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., July 31,
1933 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Olivet Columbarium.
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Clara Annis Smith Johnson (d. 1934) —
also known as Clara Annis Smith; Mrs. E. Finley
Johnson —
of Manila, Philippines.
Republican. Member of Republican National Committee from the
Philippine Islands, 1924.
Female.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., April
22, 1934.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Olivet Columbarium.
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Allison De France Gibbs (1868-1945) —
also known as Allison D. Gibbs —
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., April 3,
1868.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine
Islands, 1920.
While a prisoner
of the Japanese during World War II, was killed
by Allied bombing of
the hospital
where he was held, in Baguio, Benguet Province, Philippines,
March
15, 1945 (age 76 years, 346
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt. Olivet Columbarium.
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Mt. Olivet
Mausoleum
Colma, San Mateo County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Harry William Hutton (1853-1940) —
also known as Harry W. Hutton; Harry Percy William
Hillsdon —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Tring, Hertfordshire, England,
September
23, 1853.
Lawyer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1928.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Police commissioner of San Francisco 1901-03.
Died, in Mount Zion Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., December
9, 1940 (age 87 years, 77
days).
Entombed at Mt. Olivet Mausoleum.
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Olivet Memorial
Park
Colma, San Mateo County, California
Founded 1896
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Jefferson DeHaven (1845-1913) —
also known as John J. DeHaven —
of Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March
12, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; Humboldt
County District Attorney, 1867-69; member of California
state assembly 27th District, 1869-71; member of California
state senate, 1871-73; superior court judge in California,
1884-89; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1889-90; defeated,
1882; justice of
California state supreme court, 1890-95; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1897-1903.
Died in Yountville, Napa
County, Calif., January
26, 1913 (age 67 years, 320
days).
Interment at Olivet Memorial Park.
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Samuel Davis Woods (1845-1915) —
also known as Samuel D. Woods —
of Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Maury
County, Tenn., September
19, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1900-03.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
24, 1915 (age 70 years, 96
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Olivet Memorial Park.
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Austin Cogan Brady (1877-1966) —
also known as Austin C. Brady —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., May 8,
1877.
Newspaper
publisher; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, 1917-18; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1918; Punta Arenas, 1919-23; Malaga, 1924-29; Edinburgh, as of 1932-33.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
30, 1966 (age 88 years, 267
days).
Interment at Olivet Memorial Park.
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H. H. Birkholm (1847-1912) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Denmark,
September
23, 1847.
Ship
captain; hotelier;
Consul
for Denmark in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1910.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
8, 1912 (age 64 years, 107
days).
Interment at Olivet Memorial Park.
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Salem Memorial
Park
Colma, San Mateo County, California
Woodlawn Memorial
Park
1000 El Camino Real
Colma, San Mateo County, California
Founded 1904
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Elmer Edwin Robinson (1894-1982) —
also known as Elmer E. Robinson —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., October
3, 1894.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1948-56; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1956.
Died in Paradise, Butte
County, Calif., June 7,
1982 (age 87 years, 247
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Charles Hathaway Larrabee (1820-1883) —
also known as Charles H. Larrabee —
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
9, 1820.
Democrat. Delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1847; circuit judge
in Wisconsin 3rd Circuit, 1848-58; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1848-53; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1859-61; delegate
to Washington state constitutional convention, 1878.
Was seriously injured in a railroad
accident at Telechapi, Calif., which resulted in his death in Los
Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1883 (age 62 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Irving Nelson Linnell (1881-1954) —
also known as Irving N. Linnell —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
27, 1881.
U.S. Vice Consul in Vancouver, as of 1916-17; U.S. Consul in Plymouth, as of 1920; London, as of 1922; U.S. Consul General in Ottawa, as of 1927-31; Cape Town, as of 1932-34; Canton, as of 1938.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
18, 1954 (age 73 years, 325
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Aylett Rains Cotton (1826-1912) —
also known as Aylett R. Cotton —
of Lyons, Clinton
County, Iowa; Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Austintown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
29, 1826.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Clinton
County Judge, 1851-53; Clinton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1854; mayor of Lyons, Iowa, 1855-57;
delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1857;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1868-71; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1871-75.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
30, 1912 (age 85 years, 336
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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James Augustus Johnson (1829-1896) —
also known as James A. Johnson —
of California.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., May 16,
1829.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 20th District, 1859-61; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1867-71; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1875-80.
Died May 11,
1896 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Thomas Bowles Shannon (1827-1897) —
also known as Thomas B. Shannon —
of Quincy, Plumas
County, Calif.
Born in Pennsylvania, September
21, 1827.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1859-61, 1862-63, 1871-73 (14th District 1859-61,
24th District 1862-63, 8th District 1871-73); U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1863-65.
Died February
21, 1897 (age 69 years, 153
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Alexander Kaufman Coney (1847-1930) —
also known as Alexander K. Coney —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Athens, Claiborne
Parish, La., April 1,
1847.
Consul-General
for Mexico in San
Francisco, Calif., 1886-1902.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from influenza,
in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., January
5, 1930 (age 82 years, 279
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Robert Johnson Mitchell (1869-1955) —
also known as Robert J. Mitchell —
of Verona, Lawrence
County, Mo.; Marionville, Lawrence
County, Mo.; Aurora, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Born in New Palestine (now Speed), Cooper
County, Mo., September
24, 1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant;
banker;
Lawrence
County Recorder, 1899-1902; member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1915-18; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1924.
Died, from arteriosclerotic
heart disease and pulmonary
edema, in Mount Zion Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., April
25, 1955 (age 85 years, 213
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Mitchell and Margaret (Parrish) Mitchell; married, August
13, 1899, to Leni L. Smith. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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John William Harville (1824-1875) —
also known as John W. Harville —
of California.
Born in Amherst, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 20,
1824.
Physician;
member of California
state assembly 17th District, 1860-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March 2,
1875 (age 50 years, 255
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Holy Cross
Catholic Cemetery
1100 Santa Cruz Avenue
Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California
Founded 1875
Golden Gate
National Cemetery
San Bruno, San Mateo County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Raymond Ames Spruance (1886-1969) —
also known as Raymond A. Spruance —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 3,
1886.
Admiral, U.S. Navy, World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1952-55.
Died in Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif., December
13, 1969 (age 83 years, 163
days).
Interment at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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Maxwell McGaughey Hamilton (1896-1957) —
also known as Maxwell M. Hamilton —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Tahlequah, Cherokee
County, Okla., December
20, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1925-27; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1945-47.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died November
12, 1957 (age 60 years, 327
days).
Interment at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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Vernon Huber (1899-1967) —
Born in Philadelphia, Cass
County, Ill., August
28, 1899.
U.S. Navy officer; Governor of
American Samoa.
Pronounced dead on arrival at El Camino Hospital,
Los Altos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 17,
1967 (age 67 years, 293
days).
Interment at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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George Barnes Grigsby (1874-1962) —
also known as George B. Grigsby —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), December
2, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1908-10; mayor
of Nome, Alaska, 1914; Alaska
territory attorney general, 1916-19; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1920-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., May 9,
1962 (age 87 years, 158
days).
Interment at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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Leo Joseph Ryan (1925-1978) —
also known as Leo J. Ryan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; South San Francisco, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., May 5,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of South San Francisco, Calif., 1962; member of California
state assembly, 1963-73; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1973-78; died in
office 1978.
Killed
by followers of Jim Jones' People's Temple cult, in an ambush at the
dirt airstrip
of Port Kaituma, Guyana,
November
18, 1978 (age 53 years, 197
days).
Interment at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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Veterans
Cemetery
San Bruno, San Mateo County, California
| Politicians buried
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Philip Charles Habib (1920-1992) —
also known as Philip C. Habib —
of California.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
25, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1971-74; helped negotiate the 1978 Camp David
accords between Egypt and Israel.
Lebanese
ancestry.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1982.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Puligny-Montrachet, France,
May
25, 1992 (age 72 years, 90
days).
Interment at Veterans Cemetery.
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St. John's
Cemetery
San Mateo, San Mateo County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Joseph McGrath (1872-1951) —
also known as John J. McGrath —
of Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Limerick, Ireland,
July
23, 1872.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1933-39; defeated,
1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936.
Died at Mills Memorial Hospital,
San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., August
25, 1951 (age 79 years, 33
days).
Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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Skylawn Memorial
Park
San Mateo, San Mateo County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Glen Hearst Taylor (1904-1984) —
also known as Glen H. Taylor —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., April
12, 1904.
Country-western
singer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1938; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1945-51; defeated, 1940 (Democratic), 1942
(Democratic), 1956 (Independent); arrested
on May 1, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama, for attempting
to use a door reserved for Negroes, rather than the whites-only door;
convicted
in 1949 of disorderly conduct; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1948.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Died April
28, 1984 (age 80 years, 16
days).
Interment at Skylawn Memorial Park.
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Louis J. Papan (1928-2007) —
also known as Lou Papan; Elias Papandricoupolos;
"The Enforcer"; "Leadfoot
Lou" —
of Daly City, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
28, 1928.
Democrat. FBI
agent; member of California
state assembly, 1973-86, 1997-2002; candidate for California
state senate, 1986 (Democratic), 2006; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif., April
28, 2007 (age 78 years, 243
days).
Interment at Skylawn Memorial Park.
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