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Index to Locations
Sacramento Unknown location
Sacramento Calvary Catholic
Cemetery
Sacramento Capitol Grounds
Sacramento East Lawn Memorial Park
Sacramento Helvetia Cemetery
Sacramento Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery
and Mausoleum
Sacramento Old Sacramento City
Cemetery
Sacramento Sacramento City Cemetery
Sloughhouse Sloughhouse Pioneer
Cemetery
Unknown
Location
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
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William Lew May (c.1793-1849) —
also known as William L. May —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Kentucky, about 1793.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1834-39; mayor
of Springfield, Ill., 1841; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush.
Slaveowner.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
29, 1849 (age about 56
years).
Interment somewhere.
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Calvary Catholic
Cemetery
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Maureen Elizabeth Reagan (1941-2001) —
also known as Maureen Reagan;
"Radiant" —
of California.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
4, 1941.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 36th District, 1992.
Female.
Catholic.
Died, of malignant
melanoma, in Granite Bay, Placer
County, Calif., August
8, 2001 (age 60 years, 216
days).
Interment at Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
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Capitol
Grounds
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Stanley Mosk (1912-2001) —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
12, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
California, 1943-58; California
state attorney general, 1959-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1960-64; justice of
California state supreme court, 1964-2001; appointed 1964; died
in office 2001.
Jewish.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 19,
2001 (age 88 years, 280
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.; statue at Capitol Grounds.
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East Lawn
Memorial Park
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance
business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale
grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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William Land —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Sacramento, Calif., 1898-99.
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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Thomas Jamison MacBride (1914-2000) —
also known as Thomas J. MacBride —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March
25, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1955-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1961-66;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1966-79;
took senior status 1979.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Rotary.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., January
6, 2000 (age 85 years, 287
days).
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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Norman Dunning Rideout (1832-1907) —
also known as N. D. Rideout —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, January
6, 1832.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1876,
1892.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 2,
1907 (age 75 years, 177
days).
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Rideout and Margaret (Macomber) Rideout; married 1858 to Phebe
Mason Abbott. |
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memorial |
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Brien T. Collins (c.1941-1993) —
also known as B. T. Collins —
of California.
Born about 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member of
California
state assembly, 1991-93; died in office 1993.
Died, of a heart
attack, 1993
(age about
52 years).
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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Helvetia
Cemetery
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Marion Biggs (1823-1910) —
of Sacramento
County, Calif.; Gridley, Butte
County, Calif.
Born near Curryville, Pike
County, Mo., May 2,
1823.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1867-71 (16th District 1867-69, 24th District
1869-71); delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1887-91.
Slaveowner.
Died in Gridley, Butte
County, Calif., August
2, 1910 (age 87 years, 92
days).
Interment at Helvetia Cemetery.
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Odd Fellows Lawn
Cemetery and Mausoleum
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Wilson Camanza Riles (1917-1999) —
also known as Wilson Riles —
of California.
Born near Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 27,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; California
superintendent of public instruction, 1971-83; defeated, 1982.
African
ancestry.
Died, following a series of strokes
and heart
attacks, at Mercy Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April 1,
1999 (age 81 years, 278
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum.
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Old Sacramento
City Cemetery
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
| Politicians buried
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Hardin Bigelow —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Sacramento, Calif., 1850.
Interment at Old Sacramento City Cemetery.
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John D. Winters —
of Nevada.
Democrat. Candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1866.
Interment at Old Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Winters, Sr. and Elizabeth (Wells)
Winters. |
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John Augustus Sutter Jr. (1826-1897) —
also known as John A. Sutter, Jr. —
of Acapulco (Acapulco de Juárez), Guerrero.
Born in Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland,
October
25, 1826.
Founder of Sacramento, Calif.; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, as of 1871-84.
Died in Acapulco (Acapulco de Juárez), Guerrero,
September
21, 1897 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1964 at Old
Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Sacramento City
Cemetery
1000 Broadway
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
| Politicians buried
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John Bigler (1805-1871) —
of Centre
County, Pa.; Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
8, 1805.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of California
state assembly, 1850-52 (Sacramento District 1850-51, 12th
District 1851-52); Governor of
California, 1852-56; defeated, 1855; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1868.
Died November
29, 1871 (age 66 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Newton Booth (1825-1892) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., December
25, 1825.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Harvey
David Scott; member of California
state senate, 1863; Governor of
California, 1871-75; U.S.
Senator from California, 1875-81.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., July 14,
1892 (age 66 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Hugh C. Murray (c.1825-1857) —
of California.
Born about 1825.
Superior court judge in California, 1849-51; justice of
California state supreme court, 1851-57; died in office 1857; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1852-57; died in
office 1857.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
18, 1857 (age about 32
years).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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William Irwin (1827-1886) —
of Siskiyou
County, Calif.
Born in 1827.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 28th District, 1862-63; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1875; Governor of
California, 1875-80.
Died March
15, 1886 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Grove Lawrence Johnson (1841-1926) —
also known as Grove L. Johnson —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March
27, 1841.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1877-81, 1899-1905, 1907-11 (18th District
1877-81, 20th District 1899-1903, 17th District 1903-05, 1907-11);
member of California
state senate, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., February
1, 1926 (age 84 years, 311
days).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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John Chilton Burch (1826-1885) —
also known as John C. Burch —
of Weaverville, Trinity
County, Calif.
Born in Boone
County, Mo., February
1, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; Trinity
County Clerk; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1857-58; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1859-61.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
31, 1885 (age 59 years, 211
days).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Clunie (1852-1903) —
also known as Thomas J. Clunie —
of California.
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland
of American parents, March
25, 1852.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1884;
member of California
state senate, 1887-89; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 30,
1903 (age 51 years, 97
days).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818-1875) —
also known as Edwin B. Crocker —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Jamesville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April
26, 1818.
Lawyer;
justice
of California state supreme court, 1863; chief counsel, Central
Pacific Railroad,
1864-69.
Founder of the Crocker Art Museum; partially
paralyzed following an 1869 stroke.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., June 24,
1875 (age 57 years, 59
days).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Edwin G. Waite (c.1827-1894) —
of California.
Born about 1827.
Secretary
of state of California, 1891-94; died in office 1894.
Died October
30, 1894 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Levi Rackliffe (c.1844-1898) —
Born in Lincolnville, Waldo
County, Maine, about 1844.
Republican. California
state treasurer, 1895-98.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April
21, 1898 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Alfred Redington (1802-1875) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
21, 1802.
Mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1850-51; steamboat
agent; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 22,
1875 (age 72 years, 243
days).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Gad Ely Upson (1823-1866) —
also known as Gad E. Upson —
of Fort Benton, Chouteau
County, Mont.
Born in Marion, Southington, Hartford
County, Conn., June 3,
1823.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Indian agent; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1865.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., March
28, 1866 (age 42 years, 298
days).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Lydia (Webster) Upson and Asahel Upson; brother of Charles
Upson; married, November
23, 1852, to Lucy Ann Langdon; great-grandson of Josiah
Cowles; second cousin of Calvin
Josiah Cowles and Christopher
Columbus Upson; second cousin once removed of Charles
Holden Cowles; second cousin twice removed of Daniel
Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John
Strong; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Andrew
Seth Upson and Evelyn
M. Upson; third cousin once removed of William
Hanford Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Champion, Epaphroditus
Champion, Daniel
Chapin, Samuel
Strong and Ela
Collins; third cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour and Simeon
Baldwin; fourth cousin of Harvey
Washington Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Graham
Hurd Chapin, George
Seymour, William
Collins, William
Sheffield Cowles, James
Wesley Upson and William
Hazlett Upson. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Creed Haymond (1836-1893) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Beverly, Randolph
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
22, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1875-77; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1880,
1888.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
13, 1893 (age 56 years, 266
days).
Entombed at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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William Stephen Hamilton (d. 1850) —
of Wisconsin.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of Wisconsin
territorial legislature, 1840; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., October
7, 1850.
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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John C. Bell (c.1831-1860) —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.
Born about 1831.
Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1860; died in office 1860.
During an argument just outside the Assembly
session in the California
State Capitol, was shot and
stabbed
by Dr. W. H. Stone, mortally
wounded, and died four days later, in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April
15, 1860 (age about 29
years).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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S. W. Gregory (1840-1910) —
of Dayton, Lyon
County, Nev.
Born in North Carolina, 1840.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nevada, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; Honorary
Vice-President).
Died in Wabuska, Lyon
County, Nev., February
3, 1910 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Thomas Hansbrow —
of Sacramento
County, Calif.
Member of California
state assembly 16th District, 1865-67.
Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Sloughhouse
Pioneer Cemetery
Sloughhouse, Sacramento County, California
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