[Photo by Michael Colbruno] Plot 15 Born in Rochester, New York, in 1828, John Norton Pomeroy graduated from Hamilton College in 1847. After...

[Photo of von Schmidt grave by Michael Colbruno; von Schmidt Dredger photo from San Francisco Library photo archives] The Prussian-born Alex...

[Photos of Dieves gravesite by Michael Colbruno] Plot 8 Joseph Dieves was an innkeeper and co-owner of the Oakland Brewery at 9th &...

[Photos by Michael Colbruno] Plot 5 This post isn’t so much about the person buried here, but it’s about her gravestone, which has some fasc...

The name Leland Stanford Scott, Jr. caught my eye on this gravestone, but it turns out that his wife has the interesting biography. Not only...

Henry Brevard Davidson (1831-1899) was a Brigadier General who, according to Mountain View historian Dennis Evanosky, is one of only three C...

[Photos by Michael Colbruno] Plot 28 Charles Lux was born in Hatten, Alsace in 1823. In 1838, he ran away from home and made his way to New ...

[Photo by Michael Colbruno. Click on the image for a larger view] One of the most famous monuments at Mountain View Cemetery is the giant st...

[Gravestone photos by Michael Colbruno; Drawings from the Oakland Tribune] [Why I am using "Gypsy" rather than "Romani,"...

[Photo of grave by Michael Colbruno; Third photo, Henry with niece Pauline] Plot 45 Henry Bratnober was born in Castrine, Prussia in 1849 an...