Monday, May 31, 2010

John "Ross" Browne (1821-1875) - Writer & Special Agent

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PLOT 16, LOT 53 [Photo of Ross Browne gravestone by Michael Colbruno] John Ross Browne was born near Dublin, Ireland, in January 1821. His ...
Sunday, May 30, 2010

Lincoln Doyle (1895-1904) & Michael Doyle (1850-1938) - Smallest Gravemarker

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[Photo of Lincoln Doyle gravemarker by Michael Colbruno This small bronze marker is believed to be the smallest gravestone in...

Dr. N.L. Buck - Victim of Sensational Murder

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PLOT 13, LOT 14 [Photo of Buck gravestone by Michael Colbruno] A Doctor Murdered by an Angry Husband From the Lowell Courier (Mas...

Joseph McChesney (1832-1912) - First Principal of Oakland H.S.

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PLOT 13   [Photo from 1900 Oakland H.S. yearbook] Joseph Burwell McChesney was born in Brunswick, New York on Octob...
Saturday, May 29, 2010

William Edward Dargie (1854-1911) - Oakland Tribune Publisher

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[Picture from Oakland Tribune] [Dargie gravesite photo by Michael Colbruno] William Edward Dargie was an American newspaper publisher ...
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Simona Bradbury (1849-1902) & Lewis Bradbury (1822-1893) - Owned Mines and Real Estate

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PLOT 35 (Millionaires Row) [Photos of Bradbury Mausoleum by Michael Colbruno] Lewis "L.L." Bradbury is best remembered for an unus...

Charles Peter Weeks (1870-1928) - Architect; Designed Main Mausoleum

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[Photo of Weeks urn by Michael Colbruno] Main Mausoleum, Niche 47, Tier 3 Charles Peter Weeks was born in Copley, Ohio on September 1, 1870,...

Charlotte "Anita" Whitney (1867-1955) - U.S. Communist Party Leader

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Plot 15 (Unmarked) There is a marker for her parents, George and Mary Whitney Charlotte “Anita” Whitney was a social worker and descendant o...
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Jeanne Smith Carr (1825-1903) & Ezra Slocum Carr (1819-1894) - Scientists; friends of John Muir

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PLOT 4, LOT 5 (Unmarked) [Jeanne Carr at Carmelita; Ezra Carr] [The unmarked plot of Jeanne & Ezra Carr; Photo by Michael Colbruno] Jean...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Stephen Bechtel (1900-1989) - Influential Businessman

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[Photo of Bechtel crypt by Michael Colbruno] MAIN MAUSOLEUM Stephen Bechtel was a native of Aurora, Indiana and the son of Warren Bechtel, t...