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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: San Francisco city & county, Calif.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Lunenburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/02-09.html">February 9, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to California state constitutional convention</a>, 1849; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1851-52, 1861-62 (2nd District 1851-52, 1st District 1861-62). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/08-23.html">August 23, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 195 days</a>). Original interment somewhere; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms01040">Calvary Cemetery</a>, Los Angeles, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Levi Stearns and Elizabeth (Goodrich) Stearns; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/">1841</a> to Arcadia Bandini.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Abel Stearns (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California</a>; scrapped 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel Stearns">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11171151">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00836">Calvary Cemetery</a> (now gone) San Francisco, California Founded 1860 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Alexander McDougall (1817-1867) — also known as James A. McDougall — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Bethlehem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/11-19.html">November 19, 1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/attygn.html">Illinois state attorney general</a>, 1843-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/attygn.html">California state attorney general</a>, 1850-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 2nd District, 1853-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1861-67. Died in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-died.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-03.html">September 3, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 288 days</a>). Original interment at Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000416">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407416">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James A. McDougall">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eugene Casserly (1820-1883) — of California. Born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/11-13.html">November 13, 1820</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1869-73. Died of apoplexy (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-14.html">January 14, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 62 days</a>). Original interment at Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in 1904 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Patrick S. Casserly.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000236">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402381">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene Casserly">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Williams Inge (1817-1868) — of Livingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SU-lived.html">Sumter County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/02-22.html">February 22, 1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1844-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 4th District, 1847-51; in 1853, he participated in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanly-stansel.html#331.83.48">Edward Stanly</a>, but neither was seriously injured; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California</a>, 1853-56. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/06-10.html">June 10, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 109 days</a>). Original interment at Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/iacino-ingerman.html#247.47.40">William Marshall Inge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=I000013">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405875">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Delos Rodeyn Ashley (1828-1873) — also known as Delos R. Ashley — of Monterey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-lived.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif.; Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Born in Arkansas Post, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/AR-born.html">Arkansas County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/02-19.html">February 19, 1828</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 3rd District, 1854-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1856-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/trea.html">California state treasurer</a>, 1862-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nevada</a> at-large, 1865-69. Died of apoplexy (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/07-18.html">July 18, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 149 days</a>). Original interment at Calvary Cemetery; reinterment in 1938 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000312">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400956">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delos R. Ashley">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04204">Golden Gate Cemetery</a> (now gone) San Francisco, California Founded 1868 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Wilson McGaughey (1817-1852) — also known as Edward W. McGaughey — of Greencastle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, Ind. Born near Greencastle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/01-16.html">January 16, 1817</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1839-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1842-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 7th District, 1845-47, 1849-51; defeated, 1843, 1851; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/08-06.html">August 6, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">35 years, 203 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms01303">Yerba Buena Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists); subsequent interment at Golden Gate Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000443">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407442">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Patrick Watson Tompkins (1804-1853) — of Mississippi. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/index.html">1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 3rd District, 1847-49. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/index.html">1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">about 49 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms01303">Yerba Buena Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists); subsequent interment at Golden Gate Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000308">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410881">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07168">Golden Gate Park</a> San Francisco, California <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3GQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA672-IA3"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/952/86.76.jpg" width=70 height=88 border=0 alt="James A. Garfield"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as James A. Garfield — of Hiram, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PO-lived.html">Portage County</a>, Ohio. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log cabin</a> near Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/11-19.html">November 19, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 19th District, 1863-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1881; died in office 1881. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-upsilon.html">Delta Upsilon</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> by the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">assassin</a> Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/rr-stations.html">Railroad Station</a>, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the effects of the wound and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">infection</a>, in Elberon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/09-19.html">September 19, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 304 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-buried.html#cms00167">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07308">Garfield Circle</a>, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden Gate Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-11.html">November 11, 1858</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#630.05.25">Lucretia Rudolph</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#821.53.26">Harry Augustus Garfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gareche-garlak.html#033.89.47">James Rudolph Garfield</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#787.28.99">Eli Thayer</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#019.52.27">John Alden Thayer</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maynard.html#574.49.65">William S. Maynard</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Garfield counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/GA.html">Colo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/GF.html">Mont.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/GF.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/GA.html">Okla.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/GA.html">Utah</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/GF.html">Wash.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Garfield <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mountain</a>, in the Cascade Range, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-names.html">King County, Washington</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-names.html">Garfield, New Jersey</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Politician named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart5.html#868.96.36">James G. Stewart</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000063">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404436">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James A. Garfield">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/434/000026356">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/381">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4088">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0873382102/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0873382102&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Garfield: A Biography</a> — Justus D. Doenecke, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700602089/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700602089&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/fomc/historyculture/francis-scott-key.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/891/61.81.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Francis Scott Key"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) — of District of Columbia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CA-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/08-01.html">August 1, 1779</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia</a>, 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">pleurisy</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/01-11.html">January 11, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 163 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms02496">Old St. Paul's Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-buried.html#cms00210">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden Gate Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Ross Key and Ann (Charlton) Key; brother of Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#039.48.99">Roger Brooke Taney</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/01-19.html">January 19, 1802</a>, to Mary 'Polly' Lloyd (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nicholson.html#408.64.04">Joseph Hopper Nicholson</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#729.78.57">Philip Barton Key (1818-1859)</a> and Mary Alicia 'Alice' Key (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#031.41.28">George Hunt Pendleton</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#163.73.20">Philip Barton Key (1757-1815)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#897.05.79">Francis Key Pendleton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#145.56.63">Philip Key</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitla-whitlow.html#799.67.11">Vinson Martlow Whitley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#037.21.71">John Smith</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis Scott Key">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/152/000097858">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/578">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: National Park Service</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00174">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> (now gone) (formerly Lone Mountain Cemetery) San Francisco, California Founded 1854 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew Jackson Bryant (1831-1888) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Effingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CA-born.html">Carroll County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/10-30.html">October 30, 1831</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Gold miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">wholesale liquor merchant</a>; importer and dealer in safes and locks; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1875-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Jumped</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell</a> from the ferry steamer Encinal, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-died.html">San Francisco Bay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-11.html">May 11, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 194 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew Jackson Bryant">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44469817">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Otis (1826-1875) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/08-11.html">August 11, 1826</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer and exporter</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/CA.html">1872</a> (delegation chair); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1873-75; died in office 1875. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diphtheria.html">diphtheria</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/10-30.html">October 30, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 80 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Washington Otis and Hannah Leavitt (Waters) Otis; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/">1858</a> to Lucy Hamilton Macondray; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#857.31.62">Samuel Allyne Otis</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#928.80.95">John Otis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#116.20.38">William Shaw Chandler Otis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#498.51.02">Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.61.96">Charles Augustus Otis, Sr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#306.13.29">Oran Gray Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#225.82.39">Asa H. Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#799.32.06">David Perry Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#485.24.85">Harris F. Otis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#787.12.01">Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26230495">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick Ferdinand Low (1828-1894) — also known as Frederick F. Low — of California. Born in Winterport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-born.html">Waldo County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/06-30.html">June 30, 1828</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> at-large, 1862-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1863-67; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-diplomats.html ">China</a>, 1869-73. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/07-21.html">July 21, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 21 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000469">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406958">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/frederick-ferdinand-low/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/low-frederick-ferdinand ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) — also known as "The Senator for the Southern Pacific Railroad" — of Nevada City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/NV-lived.html">Nevada County</a>, Calif. Born in Newburyport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/09-28.html">September 28, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/CA.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large 1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-diplomats.html ">Germany</a>, 1882-84. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-14.html">August 14, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 320 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/NV-buried.html# ">Pioneer Cemetery</a>, Nevada City, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Aaron Peaslee Sargent and Elizabeth (Stanwood) Sargent; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/03-14.html">March 14, 1852</a>, to Ellen Swett Clark; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowell-rowen.html#122.47.07">Charles Rowell</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#582.14.34">Daniel Davis</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#559.08.23">Abel Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis6.html#400.03.94">Noah Davis</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coker-coldwell.html#348.58.26">Anthony Colby</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pike.html#906.38.27">James Shepard Pike</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pike.html#522.92.56">Frederick Augustus Pike</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.15.51">Joseph Pomeroy Root</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/a-abbot.html#221.52.07">Sanford Winslow Abbey</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0307.html">Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family</a> of New Hampshire (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000065">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409577">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron A. Sargent">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sargent-aaron-augustus ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7764722">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John B. Weller (1812-1875) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Hamilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/02-22.html">February 22, 1812</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 2nd District, 1839-45; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1848; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1852-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1858-60; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1860-61. Died in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-died.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/08-17.html">August 17, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 176 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#437.24.31">John Alexander Bryan</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13149.html">Bryan-Weller family</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000274">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411439">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-b-weller/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John B. Weller">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/weller-john-b ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Peter Van Ness (1808-1872) — also known as James P. Van Ness — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SP-lived.html">San Luis Obispo County</a>, Calif. Born in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/index.html">1808</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1855-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1871. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Died in San Luis Obispo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SP-died.html">San Luis Obispo County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/12-28.html">December 28, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#260.76.42">Cornelius Peter Van Ness</a>; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccooey-mccormack.html#963.11.50">Frank McCoppin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14076.html">VanNess family</a> of New York City, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Van Ness">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/853/000118499">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lorenzo Sawyer (1820-1891) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/05-23.html">May 23, 1820</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district judge in California 12th District, 1862-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1864-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1868-69; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 9th Circuit, 1870-91; died in office 1891; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit</a>, 1891; died in office 1891. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/09-07.html">September 7, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 107 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2106&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sawyer-lorenzo">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nJVdCsi0HsEC&pg=PA122"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/971/25.76.jpg" width=70 height=123 border=0 alt="William M. Stewart"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Morris Stewart (1827-1909) — also known as William M. Stewart — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-lived.html">Carson City</a>, Nev. Born in Galen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/08-09.html">August 9, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/attygn.html">California state attorney general</a>, 1854-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Nevada state constitutional convention</a>, 1863; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1864-75, 1887-1905. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-23.html">April 23, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 257 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes originally interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000922">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410382">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1908</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Percival Jones (1829-1912) — also known as John P. Jones — of Gold Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/01-27.html">January 27, 1829</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1863; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1873-1903. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/11-27.html">November 27, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 305 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000237">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406130">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Milton Slocum Latham (1827-1882) — also known as Milton S. Latham — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/05-23.html">May 23, 1827</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 1st District, 1853-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/CAcc nSF">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1855-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1860-63. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/03-04.html">March 4, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 285 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000110">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406617">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/milton-slocum-latham/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton Latham">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) — also known as David C. Broderick — of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/02-04.html">February 4, 1820</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1846; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1850-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of California</a>, 1851-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1857-59; died in office 1859. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">Mortally wounded</a> in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/duels.html">duel</a> on September 13, 1859 with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#535.15.15">David S. Terry</a>, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/09-16.html">September 16, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 224 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment in 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Broderick and Honora (Colbert) Broderick; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy1.html#277.52.98">Andrew Kennedy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#580.58.64">Case Broderick</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10164.html">Broderick-Kennedy family</a> of Indianapolis and Muncie, Indiana.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The former <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of Broderick, now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YO-names.html">West Sacramento, California</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000857">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401814">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David C. Broderick">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/902/000164410">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Franklin Miller (1831-1886) — also known as John F. Miller — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in South Bend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SJ-born.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/11-21.html">November 21, 1831</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1881-86; died in office 1886. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-08.html">March 8, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 107 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment in 1913 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller5.html#634.97.97">John Franklin Miller (1862-1936)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000740">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407717">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Franklin Miller (senator)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Sharon (1821-1885) — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ill.; Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif.; Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Born in Smithfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/01-09.html">January 9, 1821</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1875-81. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/11-13.html">November 13, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 308 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of Clara Adelaide Sharon (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newer-newlon.html#520.72.09">Francis Griffith Newlands</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newer-newlon.html#520.72.09">Francis G. Newlands</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#535.15.15">David S. Terry</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000292">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409791">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Sharon">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Graham Fair (1831-1894) — also known as James G. Fair — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/12-03.html">December 3, 1831</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1881-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/NV.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-28.html">December 28, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 25 days</a>). Originally entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery; re-entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Susanna Margaret (Graham) Fair and James Hay Fair; married to Theresa Rooney; father of Theresa Alice 'Tessie' Fair (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odem-oestreicher.html#419.30.32">Hermann Oelrichs</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000002">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403964">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rollin Mallory Daggett (1831-1901) — also known as Rollin M. Daggett — of Nevada. Born in Richville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-born.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/02-22.html">February 22, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nevada</a> at-large, 1879-81; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/diplo.html ">Hawaiian Islands</a>, 1882-85. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/11-12.html">November 12, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 263 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000003">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403147">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/daggett-rollin-mallory ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alvan Flanders (1825-1884) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Wallula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WW-lived.html">Walla Walla County</a>, Wash. Born in Hopkinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/08-02.html">August 2, 1825</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 5th District, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory</a>, 1867-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Washington Territory</a>, 1869-70. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-14.html">March 14, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 225 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Flanders and Rachel (Kent) Flanders; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/06-14.html">June 14, 1848</a>, to Nancy Acorn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/12-07.html">December 7, 1855</a>, to Elizabeth M. Smith; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#316.72.15">Ralph Edward Flanders</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#118.29.90">Francis Durrell Flanders</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#139.47.08">Benjamin Franklin Flanders</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0176.html">Flanders family</a> of Vermont (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000188">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404143">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11179632">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Aaron Harlan (1802-1868) — of Yellow Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/09-08.html">September 8, 1802</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1832; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1838; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Greene County, 1850-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 7th District, 1853-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/OH.html">1856</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-08.html">January 8, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 122 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harlan.html#562.42.39">Andrew Jackson Harlan</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000207">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405086">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sherrod Williams (1804-1876) — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PU-born.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/index.html">1804</a>. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1829; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 4th District, 1835-41. Died in San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-died.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/11-01.html">November 1, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#310.36.87">Thomas Hansford Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams4.html#839.21.82">George E. Williams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15006.html">Williams family</a> of Monticello, Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000536">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411692">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Hansford Williams (1828-1886) — also known as Thomas H. Williams — of California. Born in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/05-18.html">May 18, 1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/attygn.html">California state attorney general</a>, 1858-62. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/02-28.html">February 28, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 286 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#073.06.11">Sherrod Williams</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams4.html#839.21.82">George E. Williams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15006.html">Williams family</a> of Monticello, Kentucky.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thompson Campbell (1811-1868) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-lived.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/index.html">1811</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1841-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Illinois</a>, 1843-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Jo Daviess County, 1847; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 6th District, 1851-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1863-65. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/12-06.html">December 6, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000102">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402255">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Pendleton Hoge (1810-1891) — also known as Joseph P. Hoge — of Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-lived.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Steubenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/12-15.html">December 15, 1810</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 6th District, 1843-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/CA.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to California state constitutional convention</a>, 1878; superior court judge in California, 1889-91; died in office 1891. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-14.html">August 14, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 242 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000697">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405550">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Augustine Thompson (1805-1876) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/index.html">1805</a>. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1840; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 14th District, 1847-49. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/index.html">1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson8.html#966.15.99">Thomas Larkin Thompson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000215">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410794">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gordon Newell Mott (1812-1887) — Born in Zanesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-born.html">Muskingum County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/10-21.html">October 21, 1812</a>. State court judge in California, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Nevada territorial supreme court</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Nevada Territory</a>, 1863. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-27.html">April 27, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 188 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001038">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408005">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Cherry Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., about 1819. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Printer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to California state constitutional convention</a> from San Francisco District, 1849; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> at-large, 1850-51. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">Killed</a> in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/duels.html">duel</a> with Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-died.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/08-02.html">August 2, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/33.html">about 33 years</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000172">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412151">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Oliver Larkin (1802-1858) — also known as Thomas O. Larkin — of Monterey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-lived.html">Monterey County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>), Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/09-18.html">September 18, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">flour mill business</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MY-consuls.html ">Monterey</a>, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/diplo.html ">California</a>, 1845; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to California state constitutional convention</a>, 1849. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/typhoid-fever.html">typhoid fever</a>, in Colusa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CU-died.html">Colusa County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/10-27.html">October 27, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 39 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas O. Larkin and Ann (Rogers) Larkin; married to Rachel (Hobson) Holmes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas O. Larkin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/larkin-thomas-o ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willard B. Farwell (1829-1903) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/index.html">1829</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 5th District, 1855-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/CAcc nSF">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1863. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/02-10.html">February 10, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edmund Randolph (1820-1861) — of California. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/06-09.html">June 9, 1820</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> from San Francisco District, 1849-51. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/09-08.html">September 8, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 91 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph (1779-1828)</a> and Maria (Ward) Randolph; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#312.31.91">Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#533.48.40">Richard Randolph</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#689.77.06">Francis Beverley Biddle</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#175.56.31">Richard Bland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#953.82.95">Peter Myndert Dox</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#409.35.97">Carter Bassett Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#122.98.15">James Markham Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#178.56.77">Alexander Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#929.47.78">John Scott Harrison</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#591.07.02">Burwell Bassett</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#454.22.91">Francis Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#689.82.39">Dabney Smith Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#211.37.17">Benjamin Franklin Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.61.28">George Wythe Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#917.46.10">Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#745.54.86">John Wayles Eppes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#253.45.41">Thomas Jefferson Coolidge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#221.89.01">Fitzhugh Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#618.52.82">Connally Findlay Trigg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#829.98.96">Russell Benjamin Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#391.36.91">John Augustine Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#640.84.55">Richard Evelyn Byrd</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#833.19.22">Frederick Madison Roberts</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#278.25.27">William Welby Beverley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/173657967">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Owen Paul Sutton (1821-1881) — also known as Owen P. Sutton — of California. Born in Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-born.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/08-08.html">August 8, 1821</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1863; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/09-01.html">September 1, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 24 days</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment in 1946 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jacob Boles Sutton and Bestsey (Parish) Sutton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/155127198">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred J. Ellis (d. 1883) — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 6th District, 1852-53. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/index.html">1883</a>. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897) — also known as Charles F. Crocker — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/CA.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/CA.html">1888</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/index.html">1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">about 43 years</a>). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms00860">Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#513.87.48">Charles Crocker</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#027.43.91">William Henry Crocker</a>; father of Mary Crocker (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#709.42.82">Francis Burton Harrison</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crocker.html#112.49.37">Edwin Bryant Crocker</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0285.html">Crocker-Whitehouse family</a> of Sacramento, California (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frederick Palmer Tracy — also known as F. P. Tracy — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Republican. San Francisco city attorney, 1857-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/CA.html">1860</a>. Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01790">Masonic Cemetery</a> (now gone) San Francisco, California Founded 1864 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Hathaway Larrabee (1820-1883) — also known as Charles H. Larrabee — Born in Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/11-09.html">November 9, 1820</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Wisconsin state constitutional convention</a>, 1847; circuit judge in Wisconsin 3rd Circuit, 1848-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Wisconsin state supreme court</a>, 1848-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 3rd District, 1859-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Washington state constitutional convention</a>, 1878. Was seriously injured in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">railroad accident</a> at Telechapi, Calif., which resulted in his death in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-20.html">January 20, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 72 days</a>). Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment in 1931 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms03316">Woodlawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000099">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406606">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Augustus Johnson (1829-1896) — also known as James A. Johnson — of California. Born in Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-born.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/05-16.html">May 16, 1829</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 20th District, 1859-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 3rd District, 1867-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of California</a>, 1875-80. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/05-11.html">May 11, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 361 days</a>). Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment in 1931 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms03316">Woodlawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000145">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406043">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Bowles Shannon (1827-1897) — also known as Thomas B. Shannon — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PU-lived.html">Plumas County</a>, Calif. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/09-21.html">September 21, 1827</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1859-61, 1862-63, 1871-73 (14th District 1859-61, 24th District 1862-63, 8th District 1871-73); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> at-large, 1863-65. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/02-21.html">February 21, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 153 days</a>). Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment in 1931 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms03316">Woodlawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000290">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409789">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Berton (c.1830-1885) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-born.html">Switzerland</a>, about 1830. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html">Consul for Switzerland</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-consuls.html">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1867-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-consuls.html">Consul for Portugal</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-consuls.html">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1869-85. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from "impoverishment of the blood" (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">anemia</a>), in the Grand <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/04-01.html">April 1, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00242">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a> (now gone) San Francisco, California Founded 1865 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT179"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/601/32.71.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Eugene F. Loud"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eugene Francis Loud (1847-1908) — also known as Eugene F. Loud — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Abington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/03-12.html">March 12, 1847</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1884; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 5th District, 1891-1903; defeated, 1902. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/12-19.html">December 19, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 282 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes originally interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms04029">Greenlawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000448">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406938">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene F. Loud">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7940782">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Adam Piper (1826-1899) — of California. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/05-21.html">May 21, 1826</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 1st District, 1875-77. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/08-05.html">August 5, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 76 days</a>). Original interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms04029">Greenlawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000364">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408760">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Adam Piper">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7253967">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Ainslie (1838-1913) — of Idaho City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BS-lived.html">Boise County</a>, Idaho; Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho; Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born near Boonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-born.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/10-30.html">October 30, 1838</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trhs.html">Idaho territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1865-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory</a>, 1879-83; defeated, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/ID.html">1880</a> (not seated); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Idaho state constitutional convention</a>, 1889; president, Boise <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Rapid Transit</a> Co., 1890-1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/ID.html">Idaho Democratic state chair</a>, 1890-91; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/ID.html">Democratic National Committee from Idaho</a>, 1896-1900. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/05-19.html">May 19, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 201 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes originally interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms07888">San Francisco Columbarium</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John A. Ainslie and Mary Susannah (Borron) Ainslie; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/03-27.html">March 27, 1866</a>, to Sarah 'Sallie' Owens.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000066">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400726">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Ainslie (delegate)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15653656">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Williams Cheesman (1824-1884) — also known as D. W. Cheesman — of Oroville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/BU-lived.html">Butte County</a>, Calif. Born in Hagerstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/12-22.html">December 22, 1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of California</a>, 1859; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/CA.html">1860</a>; treasurer, U.S. Mint at San Francisco, 1861. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/11-24.html">November 24, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 338 days</a>). Original interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Richard Williams Cheesman and Hannah (Rowand) Cheesman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/">1849</a> to Urania K. Macy.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07888">San Francisco Columbarium</a> One Loraine Court San Francisco, California Founded 1897 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=262933&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Ainslie (1838-1913) — of Idaho City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BS-lived.html">Boise County</a>, Idaho; Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho; Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born near Boonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-born.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/10-30.html">October 30, 1838</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trhs.html">Idaho territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1865-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory</a>, 1879-83; defeated, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/ID.html">1880</a> (not seated); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Idaho state constitutional convention</a>, 1889; president, Boise <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Rapid Transit</a> Co., 1890-1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/ID.html">Idaho Democratic state chair</a>, 1890-91; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/ID.html">Democratic National Committee from Idaho</a>, 1896-1900. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/05-19.html">May 19, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 201 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes originally interred at <a href="#cms00242">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists); reinterment at San Francisco Columbarium. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John A. Ainslie and Mary Susannah (Borron) Ainslie; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/03-27.html">March 27, 1866</a>, to Sarah 'Sallie' Owens.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000066">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400726">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Ainslie (delegate)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15653656">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henrique J. Laidley (1828-1904) — also known as Henrique Laidley; Henry Laidley — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-born.html">Portugal</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/06-24.html">June 24, 1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Debt collector</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Portugal</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-consuls.html">San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1870-1904. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/portugese.html">Portugese</a> ancestry. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">consular office</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/12-07.html">December 7, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 166 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at San Francisco Columbarium. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/203790030">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01128">San Francisco National Cemetery</a> San Francisco, California <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Boxton (1860-1927) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SH-born.html">Shasta County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/04-24.html">April 24, 1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html">mayor of San Francisco, Calif.</a>, 1907; resigned 1907. Died in San Mateo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-died.html">San Mateo County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/08-29.html">August 29, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 127 days</a>). Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3521426">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) — also known as Edward D. Baker — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill.; Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-lived.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; Oregon City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/CL-lived.html">Clackamas County</a>, Ore. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/02-24.html">February 24, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1837-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1841-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1845-46, 1849-51 (7th District 1845-46, 6th District 1849-51); resigned 1846; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oregon</a>, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Killed in battle</a> at Balls Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-died.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/10-21.html">October 21, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/04-27.html">April 27, 1831</a>, to Mary A. Lee.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/BA.html">Baker County, Ore.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/BA-names.html">Baker City, Oregon</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-forts.html">Fort</a> Baker (previously, Lime Point Military Reservation; renamed Fort Baker in 1897; now part of Golden Gate National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Recreation Area</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MR-names.html">Marin County, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Baker <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Street</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-names.html">San Francisco, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000059">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401064">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Paul Miller (1891-1982) — also known as George P. Miller — of Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-born.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-15.html">January 15, 1891</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1937-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1945-73 (6th District 1945-53, 8th District 1953-73); defeated, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/12-29.html">December 29, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 348 days</a>). Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000727">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407706">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Paul Miller">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7405144">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Phillip Burton (1926-1983) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-01.html">June 1, 1926</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1957-64; defeated, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CA.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/CA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CA.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a>, 1964-83 (5th District 1964-75, 6th District 1975-83, 5th District 1983); died in office 1983. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">ruptured aneurysm</a>, in St. Francis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/04-10.html">April 10, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 313 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at San Francisco National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#378.62.76">John Lowell Burton</a>; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#783.14.20">Sala Galant</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#421.59.62">Josiah H. Beeman</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001156">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402098">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip Burton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/744/000055579">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7405153">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Phillip Burton: John Jacobs, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520204115/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0520204115&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Rage for Justice : The Passion and Politics of Phillip Burton</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sala Galant Burton (1925-1987) — also known as Sala Burton; Sala Galant — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Bialystock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-born.html">Poland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/04-01.html">April 1, 1925</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/CA.html">1976</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/CA.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/CA.html">1984</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 5th District, 1983-87; died in office 1987. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/colon-cancer.html">colon cancer</a>, at George Washington University <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/02-01.html">February 1, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 306 days</a>). Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#949.67.31">Phillip Burton</a> (brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#378.62.76">John Lowell Burton</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11430.html">Burton family</a> of San Francisco, California.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheldrick-shenk.html#739.29.15">Kevin Shelley</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001158">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402100">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala Burton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7405155">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Francis Dillon (1866-1927) — also known as John F. Dillon; "Father of Pacific Coast radio" — of California. Born in Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HU-born.html">Huron County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/03-06.html">March 6, 1866</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio broadcasting</a> expert; federal radio inspector; Fellow, Institute of Radio Engineers; member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927; died in office 1927. Died, in Letterman General <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/10-09.html">October 9, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Belle K. Evans.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Francis Dillon (commissioner)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3525081">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Allen Sumner (1835-1903) — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ST-lived.html">Storey County</a>, Nev.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Great Barrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/08-02.html">August 2, 1835</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/stsen.html">Nevada state senate</a>, 1865-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> at-large, 1883-85; defeated, 1884. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-31.html">January 31, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 182 days</a>). Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001069">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410523">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7405145">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alexander Sharp (1825-1901) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Newville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/07-29.html">July 29, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/richmond.html#2">Richmond, Va.</a>, 1865-69. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/11-02.html">November 2, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alexander Sharp (1796-1857) and Elizabeth (Bryson) Sharp; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/02-07.html">February 7, 1854</a>, to Ellen Wrenshall Dent (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#760.18.13">George Wrenshall Dent</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#043.94.50">Lewis Dent</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#334.53.02">Julia Boggs Dent</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1231.html">Hatch family</a> of Marshall, Michigan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0035.html">Roosevelt family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3541697">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Shirley M. Crawford (1872-1917) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-05.html">August 5, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper writer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#236.42.07">Augustus E. Willson</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Guatemala</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-consuls.html">Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1901-07; in February 1905, amidst a controversy over the appointment of a new Colonel, a military court of inquiry was convened to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigate</a> the officers of the First Kentucky regiment, including a Major and six Captains, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/military.html">willful disobedience</a>; 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">court-martialed</a>; secretary-treasurer and director, Kentucky-Arizona <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Copper</a> Company (engaged in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">smelting</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">Hit by a car</a> while crossing a street, suffered a fractured leg and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, and died two weeks later, in German <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/09-06.html">September 6, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 32 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at San Francisco National Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/09-20.html">September 20, 1902</a>, to Reina Melcher.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3524006">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> C. Mason Kinne (d. 1913) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/CA.html">1880</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/12-25.html">December 25, 1913</a>. Interment at San Francisco National Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01303">Yerba Buena Cemetery</a> (now gone) San Francisco, California Founded 1850 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Wilson McGaughey (1817-1852) — also known as Edward W. McGaughey — of Greencastle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, Ind. Born near Greencastle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/01-16.html">January 16, 1817</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1839-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1842-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 7th District, 1845-47, 1849-51; defeated, 1843, 1851; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/08-06.html">August 6, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">35 years, 203 days</a>). Original interment at Yerba Buena Cemetery; subsequent interment at <a href="#cms04204">Golden Gate Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists); reinterment to unknown location. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000443">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407442">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Patrick Watson Tompkins (1804-1853) — of Mississippi. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/index.html">1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 3rd District, 1847-49. 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