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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Marin County

Index to Locations Point Reyes Point Reyes National Seashore Park San Rafael Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery San Rafael Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery San Rafael Talmalpais Cemetery Point Reyes National Seashore Park Point Reyes, Marin County, California Politicians buried here:   Clement Woodnutt Miller (1916-1962) — of California. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., October 28, 1916. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1959-62; defeated, 1956; died in office 1962. Died in the crash of a twin-engine private plane, near Eureka, Humboldt County, Calif., October 7, 1962 (age 45 years, 344 days). Interment at Point Reyes National Seashore Park.   Relatives: Nephew of Thomas Woodnutt Miller; grandson of Charles Robert Miller.   Political family: Miller #3 family of Wilmington, Delaware.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery San Rafael, Marin County, California Politicians buried here:   Thomas Francis Keating (1905-1984) — also known as Thomas F. Keating — of San Rafael, Marin County, Calif. Born in Sausalito, Marin County, Calif., June 28, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer; member of California Democratic State Central Committee, 1936; member of California state senate 13th District, 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1944. Died in Marin County, Calif., October 6, 1984 (age 79 years, 100 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Joseph Keating and Ellen Elizabeth (Brown) Keating.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Clyde Strouss (1882-1946) — also known as James C. Strouss — of Mill Valley, Marin County, Calif. Born in Beaver County, Pa., January 18, 1882. Democrat. Postmaster at Mill Valley, Calif., 1936-46 (acting, 1936). Died in Marin County, Calif., March 29, 1946 (age 64 years, 70 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David May Strouss and Flora Daella Strouss.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery 2500 5th Avenue San Rafael, Marin County, California Politicians buried here:   Maurice Carey Blake (1815-1897) — also known as Maurice C. Blake — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Otisfield, Cumberland County (now Oxford County), Maine, October 20, 1815. Republican. Lawyer; member of California state assembly 5th District, 1857-58; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1881-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1884. Died, of a heart attack, in San Francisco, Calif., September 26, 1897 (age 81 years, 341 days). Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery. Vincent William Hallinan (1896-1992) — also known as Vincent Hallinan — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., December 16, 1896. Progressive. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; innovator in courtroom tactics; defense attorney for longshoreman union leader Harry Bridges, who had been accused of being a Communist; jailed six months for contempt of court in 1952; candidate for President of the United States, 1952; indicted in 1953 on income tax evasion charges; convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Irish ancestry. Died in San Francisco, Calif., October 2, 1992 (age 95 years, 291 days). Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Patrick Hallinan and Elizabeth (Sheehan) Hallinan; married 1932 to Vivian Moore.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Militant, December 8, 1958   Ogden Hoffman Jr. (1822-1891) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 16, 1822. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1851-66, 1886-91; died in office 1891; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1852-54; U.S. District Judge for California, 1866-86. Died in San Francisco, Calif., August 9, 1891 (age 68 years, 297 days). Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Ogden Hoffman.   Political family: Southard-Hoffman family of New York and New Jersey.   See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Somers Mailliard (1917-1992) — also known as William S. Mailliard — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Belvedere, Marin County, Calif., June 10, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of California Republican State Central Committee, 1948-49; secretary to Gov. Earl Warren, 1949-51; U.S. Representative from California, 1953-74 (4th District 1953-63, 6th District 1963-74); defeated, 1948; resigned 1974. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, of a heart attack, at Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Va., June 10, 1992 (age 75 years, 0 days). Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Ward Mailliard, Jr. and Kate (Peterson) Mailliard; married, July 13, 1940, to Elizabeth Whinney; married, July 10, 1957, to Cora Millicent Fox.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Ernest Sherrill Halbert (1901-1991) — also known as Sherrill Halbert — of Porterville, Tulare County, Calif.; Modesto, Stanislaus County, Calif. Born in Terra Bella, Tulare County, Calif., October 17, 1901. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1936; chair of Tulare County Republican Party, 1936-41; Stanislaus County District Attorney, 1949; superior court judge in California, 1949-54; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1954-66; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1966-69; took senior status 1969. Protestant. Member, Rotary; Elks; Native Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons. Died, while suffering from stomach problems, in Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, Marin County, Calif., May 31, 1991 (age 89 years, 226 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edward Duffield Halbert and Martha Ellen (Rhodes) Halbert; married, June 7, 1927, to Verna Irene Dyer.   See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges   Alfred W. Taliaferro (d. 1885) — of San Rafael, Marin County, Calif. Born in Gloucester County, Va. Physician; druggist; member of California state assembly 19th District, 1852-53; member of California state senate, 1860. Died, of pneumonia, 1885. Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery.   Epitaph: "His virtue was generosity, his friends are legion, his enemies none — one of nature's noblemen."   William Clayton Pickersgill (1846-1901) — also known as W. Clayton Pickersgill — of San Rafael, Marin County, Calif. Born in Lancashire, England, 1846. Consul-General for Great Britain in San Francisco, Calif., 1899-1901. Died, from "African fever", in a sanitarium at Alameda, Alameda County, Calif., July 19, 1901 (age about 55 years). Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Pickersgill; married to Agnes Merrington.   Epitaph: "Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away? "In Jesus' keeping, we are safe & they." (lyrics from a hymn by Edward Henry Bickersteth)   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Talmalpais Cemetery San Rafael, Marin County, California Politicians buried here:   Ward McAllister Jr. (1855-1908) — of Alaska. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., July 27, 1855. Justice of Alaska territorial supreme court, 1884. Died March 31, 1908 (age 52 years, 248 days). Interment at Talmalpais Cemetery.

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