San Francisco city & county
California
San Francisco city & county information:
- Population: 776,733 (2000); 723,959 (1990)
- Land area 47 square miles.
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- San Francisco:
- Lived in San Francisco, year not specified:
Alexander
G. Abell
- Harry
W. Hutton
- Lived in San Francisco, 1840-1849:
Washington
Bartlett
- Ephraim
Willard Burr
- John
W. Geary
- Edward
Gilbert
- James
Otis
- Thomas
Henry Selby
- Henry
Frederick Teschemacher
- Henry
Jackson Wells
- Lived in San Francisco, 1850-1859:
William
Alvord
- John
W. Bagley
- Edward
D. Baker
- James
A. Banks
- Washington
Bartlett
- Maurice
C. Blake
- Charles
James Brenham
- David
C. Broderick
- Andrew
Jackson Bryant
- E.
Gould Buffum
- Caleb
Burbank
- Ephraim
Willard Burr
- John
Cammett
- Richard
Chenery
- John
W. Cherry
- Charles
Clayton
- David
W. Connolly
- William
A. Dana
- William
Duer
- John
Ewalt
- Willard
B. Farwell
- Alvan
Flanders
- Victor
J. Fourgeaud
- John
W. Geary
- James
George
- James
A. Gilbert
- Charles
Goodall
- S. B.
Gordon
- Thomas
Gray
- Alfred
A. Green
- W.
M. Gwin
- Stephen
Randall Harris
- Horace
Hawes
- Albert
A. Hill
- Nathaniel
Holland
- S.
W. Holliday
- Horace
B. Hosmer
- J. C.
Hubbard
- Numa
Hubert
- Jonathan
S. Jenkins
- Richard
M. Jessup
- George
Pen Johnston
- F.
W. Koll
- Milton
S. Latham
- Benjamin
S. Lippincott
- Louis
R. Lull
- Frank
McCoppin
- Emanuel
Miro
- Jacob
B. Moore
- T.
W. Moulthrop
- Rufus
Murphy
- Elijah
Nichols
- James
Otis
- Cyrus
Palmer
- Timothy
G. Phelps
- Frank
M. Pixley
- Edwin
B. Purdy
- Robert
C. Rodgers
- Thomas
Henry Selby
- Sol A.
Sharp
- William
W. Shepard
- Edward
Stanly
- James
T. Stocker
- Adolph
Heinrich Joseph Sutro
- William
J. Sweasy
- E. W.
Taylor
- James
M. Taylor
- David
S. Terry
- Henry
Frederick Teschemacher
- F.
P. Tracy
- James
P. Van Ness
- Stephen
Palfrey Webb
- John
B. Weller
- Henry
Jackson Wells
- George
J. Whelan
- William
Whitney
- Herman
Wohler
- Lived in San Francisco, 1860-1869:
William
Alvord
- Samuel
Beach Axtell
- Edward
D. Baker
- Washington
Bartlett
- Andrew
Jackson Bryant
- Charles
Clayton
- Henry
Perrin Coon
- Alexander
P. Crittenden
- Lewis S.
Ely
- Alvan
Flanders
- Charles
Goodall
- George
C. Gorham
- Thomas
J. Henley
- George
Hewston
- Frank
McCoppin
- James
A. McDougall
- Donald
C. McRuer
- James
Otis
- Frank
M. Pixley
- Edward
B. Pond
- George
Henry Sanderson
- Thomas
Henry Selby
- Austin
E. Smith
- Charles
Allen Sumner
- Adolph
Heinrich Joseph Sutro
- F.
P. Tracy
- James
P. Van Ness
- Charles
Watrous
- Henry
Jackson Wells
- Henry
G. Worthington
- Lived in San Francisco, 1870-1879:
William
Alvord
- Washington
Bartlett
- Henry
N. Bolander
- Andrew
Jackson Bryant
- Charles
Clayton
- Horace
Davis
- William
Dunphy
- Alvan
Flanders
- Charles
Goodall
- John
Sharpenstein Hager
- George
Hewston
- Joseph
P. Hoge
- Isaac
Smith Kalloch
- James
Otis
- Frank
M. Pixley
- Edward
B. Pond
- George
H. Rogers
- George
Henry Sanderson
- Thomas
Henry Selby
- Adolph
Heinrich Joseph Sutro
- Lived in San Francisco, 1880-1889:
Washington
Bartlett
- Timothy
C. Coogan
- Aylett
R. Cotton
- Charles
F. Crocker
- Horace
Davis
- Frank
Dillingham
- Charles
N. Felton
- George
A. Fisher
- Lawrence
James Flaherty
- Alvan
Flanders
- Frank
J. French
- John
Sharpenstein Hager
- George
Hearst
- Samuel
G. Hilborn
- Isaac
Smith Kalloch
- C.
Mason Kinne
- Patrick
Henry McCarthy
- David
McClure
- John
F. Miller
- William
W. Morrow
- Sargent
S. Morton
- Samuel
Mosgrove
- Francis
G. Newlands
- Frank
M. Pixley
- Edward
B. Pond
- William
S. Rosecrans
- George
Henry Sanderson
- James
McM. Shafter
- Adolph
B. Spreckels
- Leland
Stanford
- Adolph
Heinrich Joseph Sutro
- J.
C. Wilmerding
- Lived in San Francisco, 1890-1899:
Charles
Boxton
- Aylett
R. Cotton
- Frank
Dillingham
- Levi
Richard Ellert
- Lawrence
James Flaherty
- Franklin
Knight Lane
- Eugene
F. Loud
- James
G. Maguire
- Patrick
Henry McCarthy
- James
D. Phelan
- Edward
B. Pond
- George
Henry Sanderson
- Adolph
Heinrich Joseph Sutro
- Lived in San Francisco, 1900-1909:
William
Hays Alford
- Philip
Bancroft
- Frederick
Baruch
- Truxtun
Beale
- Charles
Boxton
- Aylett
R. Cotton
- John D.
Daly
- Edward
F. Delger
- Michael
H. de Young
- Frank
Dillingham
- Charles
L. Field
- Lawrence
James Flaherty
- Hiram
W. Johnson
- Julius
Kahn
- George
A. Knight
- Franklin
Knight Lane
- William
H. Langdon
- James
G. Maguire
- Frank
W. Marvin
- John
H. McCallum
- Patrick
Henry McCarthy
- Jacob
H. Neff
- James
D. Phelan
- Joseph
H. Romig
- Eugene
E. Schmitz
- Edward
Robeson Taylor
- Charles
S. Wheeler
- Lived in San Francisco, 1910-1919:
Truxtun
Beale
- William
H. Beatty
- Theodore
A. Bell
- Charles
D. Blaney
- William
A. Cole
- James
V. Coleman
- Stephen
V. Costello
- Aylett
R. Cotton
- Harry
T. Creswell
- George
E. Crothers
- Michael
H. de Young
- Frank
Dillingham
- Washington
Dodge
- Lawrence
James Flaherty
- J.
J. Flinn
- Alfred
Greenbaum
- Emanuel
S. Heller
- Francis
J. Heney
- Frank
J. Hennessy
- Thomas
W. Hickey
- William
F. Humphrey
- John
St. John Irby
- Hiram
W. Johnson
- Julius
Kahn
- James
G. Maguire
- John
H. McCallum
- Patrick
Henry McCarthy
- John I.
Nolan
- Mae E.
Nolan
- T.
W. Nowlin
- James
D. Phelan
- Nora
F. Rasmussen
- James
Rolph, Jr.
- Joseph
Rothschild
- Bert
Schlessinger
- J.
T. Sullivan
- Edward
Robeson Taylor
- Timothy
E. Treacy
- Rolla
V. Watt
- Charles
S. Wheeler
- Lived in San Francisco, 1920-1929:
Annette
Abbott Adams
- Hugo
K. Asher
- Gertrude
Atherton
- Ray
Benjamin
- Mrs.
E. N. Brown
- George
T. Cameron
- Eustace
Cullinan
- Michael
H. de Young
- Walter
Dold
- Ellie
Easton
- Milton
H. Eisberg
- William
P. Filmer
- Thomas
F. Finn
- Lawrence
James Flaherty
- Herbert
Fleischhacker
- Will
J. French
- Elsie
Greenbaum
- Marshal
Hale
- Emanuel
S. Heller
- Frank
J. Hennessy
- John
St. John Irby
- A.
W. Johnson
- Hiram
W. Johnson
- Florence
P. Kahn
- Julius
Kahn
- Francis
V. Keesling
- B.
P. Lagrave
- Edgar
C. Levey
- John
H. McCallum
- Patrick
Henry McCarthy
- William
McDevitt
- Gavin
McNab
- John
L. McNab
- T.
P. Minehan
- John
Francis Neylan
- John I.
Nolan
- Mae E.
Nolan
- John
A. Percy
- James
D. Phelan
- T.
A. Reardon
- Mark
L. Requa
- Theodore
J. Roche
- George
Rolph
- James
Rolph, Jr.
- John
H. Rosseter
- Mrs.
Sigmund Stern
- Chauncey
F. Tramutolo
- Justus
S. Wardell
- Richard
J. Welch
- Charles
S. Wheeler
- Will C.
Wood
- Lived in San Francisco, 1930-1939:
Gertrude
Atherton
- Richard
Barrett
- Edward
Everett Brodie
- George
T. Cameron
- John
W. Carrigan
- William
H. Crocker
- Eustace
Cullinan
- Oscar
K. Cushing
- Paul
H. Davis
- Coert
du Bois
- Arthur
B. Dunne
- Elbridge
Durbrow
- Orrin
V. Eccles
- Norman
Elkington
- Benton
Fremont
- Edward
J. Gensler
- Marshal
Hale
- George
J. Hatfield
- Franck
R. Havenner
- Elystus
L. Hayes
- Edward
H. Heller
- Hiram
W. Johnson
- John
H. McCallum
- James
Bernard McSheehy
- Thomas
C. Meagher
- Henry
E. Monroe
- Rudolph
John O'Rourke
- James
K. Penfield
- Charles
J. Powers
- Mark
L. Requa
- Albert
A. Rosenshine
- Angelo
J. Rossi
- Frank
Vince Simonton
- Richard
M. Tobin
- Chauncey
F. Tramutolo
- Edward
D. Vandeleur
- Richard
J. Welch
- J.
D. Zellerbach
- Alfonso
J. Zirpoli
- Lived in San Francisco, 1940-1949:
Gertrude
Atherton
- Pearl
E. Baker
- Hamilton
Barnett
- Harold
Berliner
- Julia
F. Bode
- Edmund
G. Brown, Sr.
- George
T. Cameron
- Albert
K. Chow
- George
Christopher
- Herbert
W. Clark
- Mrs.
Samuel G. Clark
- Melvyn
I. Cronin
- Eustace
Cullinan
- Phil
S. Davies
- Mrs.
Frank P. Deering
- Daniel
F. Del Carlo
- Sheridan
Downey
- Gerald
A. Drew
- Arthur
B. Dunne
- Rose
Fish
- Daniel
Gallagher
- Cornelius
J. Haggerty
- Gerald
Haggerty
- Lionel
D. Hargis
- George
B. Harris
- F.
D. Haynes
- Edward
H. Heller
- Elinor
R. Heller
- Arnlioth
G. Heltberg
- Harley
Hise
- Hiram
W. Johnson
- Charles
H. Kendrick
- Robert
W. Kenny
- Mrs.
George J. Knox
- Roger
Dearborn Lapham
- Ben
K. Lerer
- H.
C. Maginn
- Cyril
Magnin
- Stephen
Malatesta
- William
M. Malone
- Mrs.
A. C. Mattei
- Walter
McGovern
- Chester
McPhee
- Mrs.
Robert McWilliams
- Peter
Mullins
- William
A. Newsom
- Anthony
Lewis Noriega
- William
A. O'Brien
- Frank
J. Perry
- Wendell
Phillips
- Mrs.
Charles B. Porter
- Julia
B. Porter
- Langdon
W. Post
- George
R. Reilly
- Elmer
E. Robinson
- Thomas
Rolph
- John
F. Shelley
- James
G. Smyth
- Madlyn
Smyth
- Jesse
H. Steinhart
- James
J. Sullivan
- Chauncey
F. Tramutolo
- Alexander
Watchman
- Richard
J. Welch
- George
Lybrook West, Jr.
- Curtis
Dwight Wilbur
- Lived in San Francisco, 1950-1959:
Jefferson
A. Beaver
- Samuel
Bennett
- Harold
Berliner
- Edmund
G. Brown, Sr.
- Marie
DeMartini Bruce
- Sala
Burton
- Joseph
F. Cambiano
- George
T. Cameron
- W.
Jack Chow
- George
Christopher
- Patricia
Connich
- Elmer
P. Delany
- Robert
J. DiGiorgio
- John
W. Dinkelspiel
- Arthur
J. Dolan, Jr.
- William
V. Ellis
- Thomas
Edward Feeney
- David
Freidenrich
- Henry
F. Grady
- Lucretia
del Valle Grady
- Walter
A. Haas
- W.
Glenn Harmon
- F.
D. Haynes
- Harley
Hise
- Daniel
J. Kennedy
- H.
C. Maginn
- Cyril
Magnin
- William
S. Mailliard
- Stephen
Malatesta
- William
M. Malone
- Thomas
J. Mellon
- Molly
H. Minudri
- Jack
Morrison
- Rena
Nicolai
- William
A. O'Brien
- John
A. O'Connell
- Gerald
J. O'Gara
- William
H. Orrick, Jr.
- Margaret
S. Post
- Mildred
Prince
- Elmer
E. Robinson
- Henry
J. Rogers
- Charles
Rosenthal
- Leon
Russell
- Suren
M. Saroyan
- John
F. Shelley
- James
C. Simes
- Carlton
Skinner
- DeLancey
C. Smith
- Jesse
H. Steinhart
- J.
F. Sullivan, Jr.
- Victor
S. Swanson
- Benjamin
H. Swig
- H.
A. Tagliaferri
- James
F. Thacher
- William
McKinley Thomas
- Mathew
O. Tobriner
- Irving
Charles Velson
- Caspar
W. Weinberger
- Charles
E. Wilson
- Jane
Zimmerman
- Lived in San Francisco, 1960-1969:
Ann
Alanson
- Joseph
L. Alioto
- Jefferson
A. Beaver
- James
B. Black, Jr.
- Edmund
G. Brown, Sr.
- Willie
L. Brown, Jr.
- Phillip
Burton
- Sala
Burton
- Sherman
Chickering
- W.
Jack Chow
- George
Christopher
- Daniel
A. Collins
- Alvin
F. Derre
- David
Englestein
- Edward
M. Gaffney
- Lucretia
del Valle Grady
- Walter
A. Haas
- Herb
Hanly
- George
Hardy
- F.
D. Haynes
- Marco
F. Hellman
- Jaquelin
Hume
- Claude
H. Jinkerson
- Mrs.
Hans Klussmann
- Nettie
Lewin
- Thomas
C. Lynch
- Cyril
Magnin
- William
S. Mailliard
- Stephen
Malatesta
- William
M. Malone
- Joseph
Martin, Jr.
- J.
Eugene McAteer
- Martha
Jane Morrison
- George
Moscone
- Charles
W. Myers
- John
A. O'Connell
- William
H. Orrick, Jr.
- Edgar
D. Osgood
- Emily G.
Pike
- Richard
Ray
- Richard
S. Rheem
- John
F. Shelley
- Robert
H. Steele
- J.
F. Sullivan, Jr.
- Benjamin
H. Swig
- Mathew
O. Tobriner
- John F.
Ward
- Jane
Zimmerman
- Lived in San Francisco, 1970-1979:
Glen
Ackerman
- Joseph
L. Alioto
- Toli
Alston
- Nita
Ashcraft
- Alan
D. Becker
- Jello
Biafra
- Willie
L. Brown, Jr.
- John
L. Burton
- Phillip
Burton
- Sala
Burton
- Agnes
I Chan
- John
Dearman
- Mary
C. Englestein
- Dianne
Feinstein
- James
Foster
- Marylyn
Galatis
- Carlton
Goodlett
- Lucretia
del Valle Grady
- Jacquelyn
W. Green
- Steve
M. Jeong
- Herma
Hill Kay
- Quentin
L. Kopp
- Putnam
Livermore
- William
S. Mailliard
- Milton
Marks
- Leo
T. McCarthy
- John
L. Molinari
- George
Moscone
- Frank
J. Pagliaro, Jr.
- Edward
L. Peet
- Gloria
R. Perlin
- Madeleine
H. Russell
- Adolph
Schuman
- Jack
Tinsley
- Mathew
O. Tobriner
- Sylvia
Weinstein
- Lived in San Francisco, 1980-1989:
Art
Agnos
- Angela
Alioto
- Willie
L. Brown, Jr.
- John
L. Burton
- Sala
Burton
- Dianne
Feinstein
- Quentin
L. Kopp
- Nancy
Pelosi
- Lived in San Francisco, 1990-1999:
Roberta
Achtenberg
- Art
Agnos
- Angela
Alioto
- Tom
R. Ammiano
- Willie
L. Brown, Jr.
- John
L. Burton
- Dianne
Feinstein
- Vincent
Hallinan
- Frank
Jordan
- Carole
Migden
- Gavin
Newsom
- Nancy
Pelosi
- Lived in San Francisco, 2000-2008:
William
Adams
- Angela
Alioto
- Michela
Alioto-Pier
- Tom
R. Ammiano
- Jeffrey
Anderson
- Terry
Baum
- Angela
Bradstreet
- Willie
L. Brown, Jr.
- John
L. Burton
- Lisa
Chun
- Anna
Damiani
- June
Degnan
- Carl
Djerassi
- Bevan
Dufty
- Sky
Gallegos
- Matt
Gonzales
- Sandra
Hernandez
- Dennis
Herrera
- Heather
Hiles
- Ki
Ingersol
- Judith
Keyes
- Susan
Leal
- Mark
Leno
- Suzy
Loftus
- August
J. P. Longo
- Dennis
Duggan McMahon
- Carole
Migden
- Marisa
Moret
- Stanley
Mosk
- Gavin
Newsom
- Karen
Park
- Nancy
Pelosi
- Tasmin
Randlett
- Matthew
Rothschild
- Antonio
Salazar-Hobson
- Kevin
Shelley
- Julie
Soo
- Jeffrey
Soukup
- Christopher
Sproul
- Thomas
Steyer
- Art
Torres
- Liz
L. Valdez
- Tony
West
- Lisa
Williams
- Lingel
H. Winters
- Betty
Yee
- Leland
Yee
- See also Calif.
areas not assigned to counties.
Unknown Locations
San Francisco, California
Politicians buried here:
- James David Zellerbach (1892-1963) — also known as
J. D. Zellerbach — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
17, 1892. Son of Isadore Zellerbach and Jennie (Baruh)
Zellerbach; married 1916 to Hannah
Fuld. 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 1963.
Interment somewhere.
- Louis E. Goodman (1892-1961) — of California. Born
in Lemoore, Kings
County, Calif., January
2, 1892. U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1942. Jewish.
Died September
15, 1961. Interment somewhere.
Calvary Cemetery (now gone)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1860
Politicians formerly buried here:
- James Alexander McDougall (1817-1867) — also known
as James A. McDougall — of 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. Original interment at Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in
1942 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
- Eugene Casserly (1820-1883) — of California. Born in
Ireland,
1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from California, 1869-73. Died of apoplexy (stroke),
on January
14, 1883. Original interment at Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in
1904 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
- Samuel Williams Inge (1817-1868) — Born in North
Carolina, 1817.
Nephew of William
Marshall Inge. Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1847-51; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1853-56. Died
in 1868.
Original interment at Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in 1942 at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
- 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. Original interment at Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in 1938
at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
Golden Gate Cemetery (now gone)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1868
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Edward Wilson McGaughey (1817-1852) — also known as
Edward W. McGaughey — of Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind. Born near Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., January
16, 1817. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; member of Indiana
state senate, 1842-43; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;
defeated, 1843, 1851; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana,
1848.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August 6,
1852. Original interment at Yerba Buena
Cemetery (which no longer exists); subsequent interment at Golden
Gate Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location.
- Patrick Watson Tompkins (1804-1853) — of
Mississippi. Born in Kentucky, 1804.
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1847-49. Died in 1853.
Original interment at Yerba Buena Cemetery
(which no longer exists); subsequent interment at Golden Gate
Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location.
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) — of District of
Columbia. Born in Carroll
County, Md., August 1,
1779. Son of John Ross Key and Ann (Charlton) Key; nephew of Philip
Barton Key (1757-1815); married, January
19, 1802, to Mary Lloyd (sister-in-law of Joseph
Hopper Nicholson); brother of Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (who
married Roger
Brooke Taney); father of Alice Key (who married George
Hunt Pendleton) and Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859). Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41. During the war of
1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a prisoner from
British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry from the
deck of the British ship Surprise; that night, September
13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner". The poem was
published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and became the
lyrics to the U.S. national anthem. Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843. Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden Gate
Park.
Laurel Hill Cemetery (now gone)
(formerly Lone Mountain Cemetery)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1854
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Frederick Ferdinand Low (1828-1894) — also known as
Frederick F. Low — of California. Born in Winterport, Waldo
County, Maine, June 30,
1828. Republican. U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1862-63; Governor of
California, 1863-67; U.S. Minister to China, 1869-73. Died July 21,
1894. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to
unknown location.
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) — also known as
"The Senator for the Southern Pacific Railroad"
— of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif. Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
28, 1827. Son of Aaron Peaslee Sargent and Elizabeth (Stanwood)
Sargent; married, March 14,
1852, to Ellen Clark. Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large
1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1882-84. Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 1887. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
somewhere
in Nevada City, Calif.
- John B. Weller (1812-1875) — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, February
22, 1812. Son-in-law of John
Alexander Bryan. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1839-45; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1848; U.S.
Senator from California, 1852-57; Governor of
California, 1858-60; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1860-61. Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
17, 1875. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
to unknown location.
- William Morris Stewart (1827-1909) — also known as
William M. Stewart — of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev. Born in Galen, Wayne
County, N.Y., August 9,
1827. Republican. California
state attorney general, 1854-56; delegate to
Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1864-75, 1887-1905. Died April 23,
1909. Cremated; ashes
originally interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
- John Percival Jones (1829-1912) — also known as
John P. Jones — of Gold Hill, Storey
County, Nev. Born in England,
January
27, 1829. Republican. Member of California
state senate, 1863; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903. Died November
27, 1912. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
to unknown location.
- Milton Slocum Latham (1827-1882) — also known as
Milton S. Latham — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 23,
1827. U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1853-55; Governor of
California, 1860; U.S.
Senator from California, 1860-63. Died March 4,
1882. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at
Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
- David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) — also known as
David C. Broderick — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1820. Son of Thomas Broderick and Honora (Colbert) Broderick;
cousin of Andrew
Kennedy and Case
Broderick. 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. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
in 1942 at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
- John Franklin Miller (1831-1886) — also known as
John F. Miller — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., November
21, 1831. Uncle of John
Franklin Miller (1862-1936). Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1860; Presidential Elector for California, 1872,
1876;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1881-86; died in office 1886. Died March 8,
1886. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment in
1913 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- 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. Father of Clara Adelaide Sharon (who married Francis
Griffith Newlands). 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. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
- 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; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1881-87. Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
28, 1894. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
- Rollin Mallory Daggett (1831-1901) — also known as
Rollin M. Daggett — of Nevada. Born in Richville, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., February
22, 1831. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1879-81; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1882-85. Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
12, 1901. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
to unknown location.
- Alvan Flanders (1825-1884) — of San
Francisco, Calif.; Wallula, Walla Walla
County, Wash. Born in Hopkinton, Merrimack
County, N.H., August 2,
1825. Republican. Member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1861-62; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1867-69; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1869-70. Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March 14,
1884. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to
unknown location.
- Aaron Harlan (1802-1868) — of Greene
County, Ohio. Born in Warren
County, Ohio, September
8, 1802. Cousin of Andrew
Jackson Harlan. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1832; member of Ohio state
senate, 1838; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1853-59. Died January
8, 1868. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
to unknown location.
- Sherrod Williams (1804-1876) — of Kentucky. Born in
Pulaski
County, Ky., 1804.
Father of Thomas
Hansford Williams and George
E. Williams. 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. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
- Thomas Hansford Williams (1828-1886) — also known as
Thomas H. Williams — of California. Born in Monticello,
Wayne
County, Ky., May 18,
1828. Son of Sherrod
Williams; brother of George
E. Williams. California
state attorney general, 1858-62. Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
28, 1886. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
- Thompson Campbell (1811-1868) — of Jo Daviess
County, Ill. Born in Ireland,
1811.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Illinois, 1843-46; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Jo Daviess County,
1847; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1851-53; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1860;
member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1863-65. Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
6, 1868. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
to unknown location.
- Joseph Pendleton Hoge (1810-1891) — also known as
Joseph P. Hoge — of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif. Born in Ohio, 1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1843-47; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1876.
Died in 1891.
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
- Robert Augustine Thompson (1805-1876) — of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Father of Thomas
Larkin Thompson. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 14th District, 1847-49. Died in 1876.
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
- Gordon Newell Mott (1812-1887) — Born in Zanesville,
Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
21, 1812. State court judge in California, 1850; justice of
Nevada territorial supreme court, 1861; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Nevada Territory, 1863. Died April 27,
1887. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to
unknown location.
- Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y. Democrat. Printer;
delegate
to California state constitutional convention from San Francisco
District, 1849; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51. Killed in a duel with
Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August 2,
1852. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to
unknown location.
- James Peter Van Ness (1808-1872) — also known as
James P. Van Ness — of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif. Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1808.
Father-in-law of Frank
McCoppin. Lawyer; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1855-56. Died in San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., December
28, 1872. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
to unknown location.
- Lorenzo Sawyer (d. 1891) — of California. Justice of
California state supreme court, 1864-. Died September
7, 1891. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
to unknown location.
- Alfred J. Ellis (d. 1883) — of California. Member of
California
state assembly 6th District, 1852-53. Died in 1883.
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
- Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897) — also known
as Charles F. Crocker — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in 1854.
Nephew of Edwin
Bryant Crocker; son of Charles
Crocker; brother of William
Henry Crocker; father of Mary Crocker (who married Francis
Burton Harrison). Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1884.
Died in 1897.
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
- Willard B. Farwell (1829-1903) — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in 1829.
Member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1855-56. Died February
10, 1903. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment
at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
- Frederick Palmer Tracy — also known as F. P.
Tracy — of San
Francisco, Calif. Republican. San Francisco city attorney,
1857-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1860.
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
Masonic Cemetery (now gone)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1864
Politicians formerly buried here:
- 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. Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment in
1931 at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
- 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. Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment in 1931
at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
- 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. Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment in
1931 at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
Odd Fellows Cemetery (now gone)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1865
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Eugene Francis Loud (1847-1908) — also known as
Eugene F. Loud<