Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
| Cypress Lawn Memorial Park | |
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| Established | 1892 |
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| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 37°40′12″N 122°27′25″W / 37.670°N 122.457°W |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Owned by | Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association |
| No. of interments | 175,004 |
| Website | www |
| Find a Grave | Cypress Lawn Memorial Park |
| The Political Graveyard | Cypress Lawn Memorial Park |
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, established by Hamden Holmes Noble in 1892, is a rural cemetery[1] located in Colma, California, a place known as the "City of the Silent".
History
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park is the final resting site for several members of the celebrated Hearst family, people from the California Gold Rush, plus other prominent citizens from the city of San Francisco and nearby surroundings.
Three British Commonwealth service personnel of World War I were buried here, but only one, Lieutenant Norman Travers Simpkin (died 1919), Royal Field Artillery, has a marked grave in the cemetery.[2] Two others, Canadian Army soldiers, are alternatively commemorated on a special memorial in Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma.[3]
The idea of rural or garden cemeteries (as opposed to city cemeteries) became popular in the mid 19th-century in the United States, and cities like San Francisco began relocating their badly maintained urban cemeteries to suburban settings.[4] Between February 1940 until 1945, many of the remains from the Lone Mountain Cemetery complex in San Francisco had been moved to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park and were placed in a mound.[5][6] In 1993, a memorial obelisk was added to the grassy mound to commemorate those that had been re-interred.[6][7]
The cemetery was among those profiled in the PBS documentary A Cemetery Special (2005) by Rick Sebak.[8]
Notable burials
A
- Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841–1930), writer
- Izora Armstead (1942–2004), singer and member of The Weather Girls
- Gertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton (1857–1948), author
- Monte Attell (1885–1960), world boxing champion
B
- Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918), pre-eminent writer of California history
- Lincoln Beachey (1887–1915), aviation pioneer[9]
- David Colbreth Broderick (1820–1859), U.S. Senator from California; opponent of slavery, considered martyred in a duel by a pro-slavery opponent.[9]
- Arthur Brown (1874–1957), prominent San Francisco architect[9]
- Samuel D. Burris (1813–1863), Underground Railroad conductor
C
- Dolph Camilli (1907–1997), 1941 National League's Baseball Most Valuable Player
- R. C. Chambers (1832–1901), businessperson, politician, owner of the Chambers Mansion in San Francisco[10]
- John C. Cremony (1815–1879), soldier, author, newsman
- Joseph Paul Cretzer (1911–1946), bank robber and prisoner, died in the escape attempt known as the "Battle of Alcatraz"
- Laura Hope Crews (1879–1942), actress
- William H. Crocker (1861–1937), banker
- Anne McKee Armstrong de Saint Cyr (1864–1925), philanthropist, mother of Princess Miguel of Braganza, Duchess of Viseu
- Jean de Saint Cyr (1875–1966), playboy third husband of Anne McKee Armstrong de Saint Cyr
F
- Abby Fisher (c. 1832–?), former slave and cookbook author
- Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), entertainer
- James Clair Flood (1826-1889), "Bonanza King"
G
- Phineas Gage (1823–1860), noted brain-injury survivor[7]
- Jack Bee Garland (1869-1936), author, transgender man[11]
H
- Andrew Smith Hallidie (1836–1900), first cable car system designer, Inventor[7]
- George Hearst (1820–1891), businessman, father of William Randolph Hearst[9]
- Phoebe Hearst (1842–1919), first female Regent of the University of California[9]
- William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), publishing magnate[9]
- Charles S. Howard (1877–1950), businessman, owner of racehorse Seabiscuit
J
- Hiram W. Johnson (1866–1945), statesman, governor
L
- Thomas O. Larkin (1802–1858), businessman, signer of the original California Constitution
- Edwin M. Lee (1952–2017), 43rd Mayor of San Francisco
- William Lobb (1809–1864), English botanist and plant collector[12]
- Frederick Low (1828–1894), Congressman, California Governor, statesman[13]
M
- Willie McCovey (1938–2018), Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
- Addison Mizner (1872–1933), architect
- Tom Mooney (1882–1942), Wobblie, political prisoner
- William W. Morrow (1843–1929), U.S. Congressman, American Red Cross incorporator
- James Murdock (1931–1981), American film and television actor[14]
N
- James Van Ness (1808–1872), 7th Mayor of San Francisco
O
- Lefty O'Doul (1897–1969), Major League Baseball player[9]
- Betty Ong (1956–2001), September 11 attacks victim[9]
P
- Joel Samuel Polack (1807–1882), trader, land speculator, writer and artist in pre-colonial New Zealand[15]
- Grace Gimmini Potts (1886–1956), author and director of pageants[16]
R
- Alvino Rey (1908–1980), jazz guitarist and bandleader[17]
S
- Calvin E. Simmons (1950–1982), musical prodigy, conductor, musician
- Jack Spicer (1925–1965), poet
- Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936), McClure's magazine writer, muckraking journalist
- Charlie Sweeney (1863–1902), Major League Baseball player
T
- David S. Terry (1823–1889), American judge of the California Supreme Court and politician[7]
W
- Harry Wolverton (1873–1937), Major League Baseball player and manager[18]
See also
References
- ^ Linden, Blanche M.G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-55849-571-5. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ Reading Room Manchester (1919-08-18). "Casualty Details". CWGC. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ Reading Room Manchester. "Cemetery Details". CWGC. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ Shelton, Tamara Venit (2008-01-01). "Unmaking Historic Spaces: Urban Progress and the San Francisco Cemetery Debate, 1895-1937". California History. 85 (3): 26–70. doi:10.2307/40495163. ISSN 0162-2897.
- ^ Kastler, Deanna L. (2010-07-22). "Cemeteries". Encyclopedia of San Francisco. Archived from the original on 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ a b Svanevik, Michael; Burgett, Shirley (2017-05-17). "Matters Historical: How dead San Franciscans were moved to Colma". The Mercury News. ISSN 0747-2099. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ a b c d Branch, John (2016-02-05). "The Town of Colma, Where San Francisco's Dead Live". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ Piirto, Jane (2011-10-23). Creativity for 21st Century Skills. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 173. ISBN 978-94-6091-463-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mino-Bucheli, Sebastian (October 7, 2021). "Some of the Most Famous People Buried in Colma (With Map)". KQED. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07.
- ^ "R. C. Chambers Dead". The Ogden Standard. 1901-04-12. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ Sullivan, Louis (1990). From Female To Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland. Boston: Alyson Books. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-55583-150-9.
- ^ Sue Shephard (2003). Seeds of Fortune – A Gardening Dynasty. Bloomsbury. p. 151. ISBN 0-7475-6066-8.
- ^ "LOW, Frederick Ferdinand – Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ Aaker, Everett (May 16, 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 311. ISBN 9781476628561 – via Google Books.
- ^ Chisholm, Jocelyn. "Joel Samuel – Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 76. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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- ^ Connections in Swing
- ^ "Harry Wolverton's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
- Official website
- "Notables" at cypresslawn.com
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
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