[Photos by Michael Colbruno] Adam Grant was a Highland Scotsman who came to California in 1850 and founded the dry goods store Murphy, Grant...

Domenico "Domingo" Ghirardelli was born in Rapallo, Italy (near Genoa) in 1817 to an exotic foods importer and his young wife. At ...

John Garber was a renowned attorney and jurist who founded the Garber, Boalt & Thornton law firm. He was born in Virginia in 1833 and ...

[Photo of Kirkham gravesite by Michael Colbruno] Plot 6 General Ralph W. Kirkham (1821-1893) was a hero of the Mexican War, whose journals a...

[Prather gravesite photo by Michael Colbruno] Plot 33 Thomas Prather was a prominent Oakland businessman who married into a noted Oakland fa...

[Bashford Gravesite Photo by Michael Colbruno] Plot 13 Coles Bashford (January 24, 1816 – April 25, 1878) was an American lawyer and politic...

[Glud gravesite photo by Michael Colbruno; "Drummer Boy" from Oakland Tribune] Plot 13 Annie Glud became famous in 1921 when she r...

Frederick Senram was a noted shoe merchant in Oakland. He was born in Oldendorf, Germany in 1836 and moved to San Francisco, California in 1...

[Photo of Wenban gravesite by Michael Colbruno; Wenban home at 1920 Van Ness Ave. from SF Public Library photo archives] Simeon Wenban was t...

[Coolbrith Gravesite Photo by Michael Colbruno] Plot 11 Ina Coolbrith was born Josephine Donna Smith to Agnes Moulton Coolbrith and Don Carl...