Sunday, October 31, 2010

Nathaniel Spaulding (1829-1903) Saw inventor; Mayor of Oakland

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Spaulding Grave (photo: Michael Colbruno); Mayor N.W. Spaulding from (Photo: Oakland Tribune) Plot 6, Lot 1 Nathaniel Spauld...

William Watrous Crane, Jr. (1830-1883): Oakland Mayor, Author

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Oakland Mayor William Crane, Jr. (photo by Michael Colbruno) Plot 14A, Lot 224 William Watrous Crane, Jr. was born in New York City...
Friday, September 10, 2010

William Rheem (1862-1919) - Built Chevron Refinery

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Garden 8, Tier 1, Vault 162 William Rheem is third from the left William Rheem's Vault -Photo by Michael Colbruno William S. Rh...
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Monday, September 6, 2010

Chang Kia-ngau (Chinese:张嘉璈, Zhāng Jiā'áo or Chang Kia-ngau, Courtesy: 公权, Gōngquán) (1889-1979) - Banker, Academic, Author

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MAIN MAUSOLEUM, GARDEN 8, TIER 1, CRYPT A [Photo of Chang Kia-ngau vault by Michael Colbruno] Known almost exclusively as Chang Kia-n...

Henry Snow (1869-1927) - Big Game Hunter; Oakland's Snow Park

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PLOT 50, GRAVE 245  [B&W Pictures from the Oakland Tribune; Photo of Henry Snow grave by Michael Colbruno] Allen: The story of Oaklan...
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Alice Sturgis (1885-1974) - Author; Famed Parliamentarian

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PLOT 27, LOT 50 (No gravemarker; Plot marked Fleenor, Sturgis) Alice Fleenor Sturgis was the author of "The Standard Code of Parli...
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...