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Index to Locations
San Francisco Unknown location
San Francisco Calvary Cemetery (now
gone)
San Francisco Golden Gate Cemetery
(now gone)
San Francisco Golden Gate Park
San Francisco Laurel Hill Cemetery
(now gone)
San Francisco Masonic Cemetery (now
gone)
San Francisco Odd Fellows Cemetery
(now gone)
San Francisco San Francisco
Columbarium
San Francisco San Francisco National
Cemetery
San Francisco Yerba Buena Cemetery
(now gone)
Unknown
Location
San Francisco, California
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Abel Stearns (1798-1871) —
also known as "Cara de Caballo"; "Horse
Face" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Lunenburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
9, 1798.
Delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1849; member of California
state assembly, 1851-52, 1861-62 (2nd District 1851-52, 1st
District 1861-62).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
23, 1871 (age 73 years, 195
days).
Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Calvary
Cemetery (now gone)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1860
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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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; reinterment in 1942 at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment in 1904 at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment in 1942 at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment in 1938 at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Golden Gate
Cemetery (now gone)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1868
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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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.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
6, 1852 (age 35 years, 203
days).
Original interment at Yerba Buena Cemetery
(which no longer exists); subsequent interment at Golden Gate
Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location.
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Patrick Watson Tompkins (1804-1853) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Kentucky, 1804.
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1847-49.
Died in 1853
(age about
49 years).
Original interment at Yerba Buena Cemetery
(which no longer exists); subsequent interment at Golden Gate
Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location.
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Golden Gate
Park
San Francisco, California
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden Gate Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August
1, 1779.
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, from pleurisy,
in Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden Gate
Park.
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Laurel Hill
Cemetery (now gone)
(formerly Lone Mountain Cemetery)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1854
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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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; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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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.
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 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; Cremated; ashes
scattered; cenotaph at Pioneer Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif.
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John B. Weller (1812-1875) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, February
22, 1812.
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 (age 63 years, 176
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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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.
Lawyer;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1855-56; member of California
state senate, 1871.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., December
28, 1872 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Lorenzo Sawyer (1820-1891) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 23,
1820.
Lawyer;
district judge in California 12th District, 1862-63; justice of
California state supreme court, 1864-69; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1868-69; Judge of U.S.
Circuit Court for the 9th Circuit, 1870-91; died in office 1891; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1891; died in
office 1891.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., September
7, 1891 (age 71 years, 107
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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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 (age 81 years, 257
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to
unknown location.
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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 (age 83 years, 305
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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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; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment in 1942 at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S.
Senator from California, 1881-86; died in office 1886.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1886 (age 54 years, 107
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment in 1913 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; re-entombed at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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 (age 70 years, 263
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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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 (age 58 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Aaron Harlan (1802-1868) —
of Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Warren
County, Ohio, September
8, 1802.
Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1832; member of Ohio
state senate, 1838; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio;
delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1853-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856.
Died January
8, 1868 (age 65 years, 122
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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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; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Thompson Campbell (1811-1868) —
of Jo
Daviess County, Ill.
Born in Ireland,
1811.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46; secretary
of state of Illinois, 1843-46; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Jo Daviess
County, 1847; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1851-53; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1863-65.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
6, 1868 (age about 57
years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Joseph Pendleton Hoge (1810-1891) —
also known as Joseph P. Hoge —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, December
15, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1843-47; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1876;
delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878; superior
court judge in California, 1889-91; died in office 1891.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 1891 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Robert Augustine Thompson (1805-1876) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 14th District, 1847-49.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1876
(age about
71 years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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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 (age 74 years, 188
days).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
editor; 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 (age about 33
years).
Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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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; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment in 1946 at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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.
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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; reinterment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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.
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Masonic
Cemetery (now gone)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1864
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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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; reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Francis Berton (c.1830-1885) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Switzerland,
about 1830.
Banker;
Consul
for Switzerland in San
Francisco, Calif., 1867-85; Consul
for Portugal in San
Francisco, Calif., 1869-85.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from "impoverishment of the blood" (anemia),
in the Grand Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., April 1,
1885 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Odd Fellows
Cemetery (now gone)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1865
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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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; reinterment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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; reinterment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Idaho City, Boise
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho Territory, 1880
(not seated); delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery; reinterment at San Francisco Columbarium.
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David Williams Cheesman (1824-1884) —
also known as D. W. Cheesman —
of Oroville, Butte
County, Calif.
Born in Hagerstown, Wayne
County, Ind., December
22, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1859; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1860;
treasurer, U.S. Mint at San Francisco, 1861.
Died November
24, 1884 (age 59 years, 338
days).
Original interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery; reinterment to unknown
location.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Williams Cheesman and Hannah (Rowand) Cheesman; married 1849 to Urania
K. Macy. |
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San Francisco
Columbarium
One Loraine Court
San Francisco, California
Founded 1897
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Idaho City, Boise
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho Territory, 1880
(not seated); delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd Fellows
Cemetery (which no longer exists); reinterment at San Francisco
Columbarium.
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Henrique J. Laidley (1828-1904) —
also known as Henrique Laidley; Henry
Laidley —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Portugal,
June
24, 1828.
Debt
collector; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in San
Francisco, Calif., 1870-1904.
English
and Portugese
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his consular
office, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
7, 1904 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San Francisco Columbarium.
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San Francisco
National Cemetery
San Francisco, California
| Politicians buried
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Charles Boxton (1860-1927) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Shasta
County, Calif., April
24, 1860.
Dentist;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1907; resigned 1907.
Died in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., August
29, 1927 (age 67 years, 127
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) —
also known as Edward D. Baker —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in London, England,
February
24, 1811.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-40; member of Illinois
state senate, 1841-45; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District
1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S.
Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Balls Bluff, Loudoun
County, Va., October
21, 1861 (age 50 years, 239
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, April
27, 1831, to Mary A. Lee. |
| | | Baker County,
Ore. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Baker
City, Oregon, is named for
him. — Fort
Baker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed Fort
Baker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate National Recreation
Area), in Marin
County, California, is named for
him. — Baker Street,
in San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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George Paul Miller (1891-1982) —
also known as George P. Miller —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
15, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California
state assembly, 1937-41; U.S.
Representative from California, 1945-73 (6th District 1945-53,
8th District 1953-73); defeated, 1972; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Died in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., December
29, 1982 (age 91 years, 348
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Phillip Burton (1926-1983) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 1,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1957-64; defeated, 1954; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1964-83 (5th District 1964-75,
6th District 1975-83, 5th District 1983); died in office 1983.
Died, from a ruptured
aneurysm, in St. Francis Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., April
10, 1983 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Sala Galant Burton (1925-1987) —
also known as Sala Burton; Sala Galant —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bialystock, Poland,
April
1, 1925.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956,
1976,
1980,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1983-87; died in
office 1987.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, of colon
cancer, at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1987 (age 61 years, 306
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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John Francis Dillon (1866-1927) —
also known as John F. Dillon; "Father of Pacific Coast
radio" —
of California.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, March 6,
1866.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War I; radio
broadcasting expert; federal radio inspector; Fellow, Institute
of Radio Engineers; member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927; died in
office 1927.
Died, in Letterman General Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., October
9, 1927 (age 61 years, 217
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Charles Allen Sumner (1835-1903) —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
2, 1835.
Democrat. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1865-68; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1883-85; defeated, 1884.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
31, 1903 (age 67 years, 182
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Alexander Sharp (1825-1901) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Richmond,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Newville, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 29,
1825.
Republican. Physician;
postmaster at Richmond,
Va., 1865-69.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
2, 1901 (age 76 years, 96
days).
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Shirley M. Crawford (1872-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
5, 1872.
Republican. Actor;
newspaper
writer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
law partner of Augustus
E. Willson; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Louisville,
Ky., 1901-07; in February 1905, amidst a controversy over the
appointment of a new Colonel, a military court of inquiry was
convened to investigate
the officers of the First Kentucky regiment, including a Major and
six Captains, for willful
disobedience; all were releived of duty, but Capt. Crawford was
singled out as "an agitator and fomenter of strife, disloyal and
insubordinate to his superior officers," and ordered court-martialed;
secretary-treasurer and director, Kentucky-Arizona Copper
Company (engaged in mining and
smelting).
Hit by
a car while crossing a street, suffered a fractured leg and pneumonia,
and died two weeks later, in German Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., September
6, 1917 (age 45 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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C. Mason Kinne (d. 1913) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1880.
Died December
25, 1913.
Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Yerba Buena
Cemetery (now gone)
San Francisco, California
Founded 1850
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buried here: |
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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.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
6, 1852 (age 35 years, 203
days).
Original interment at Yerba Buena Cemetery; subsequent interment at
Golden Gate Cemetery (which no longer
exists); reinterment to unknown location.
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Patrick Watson Tompkins (1804-1853) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Kentucky, 1804.
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1847-49.
Died in 1853
(age about
49 years).
Original interment at Yerba Buena Cemetery; subsequent interment at
Golden Gate Cemetery (which no longer
exists); reinterment to unknown location.
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