Saturday, January 26, 2013

John Brooks Felton (1827-1877) - 14th Oakland Mayor; UC Regent; Railroad Pioneer; California City Named in His Honor

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The only marking of John Felton's grave Lot 2, Plot 410c John Brooks Felton was born in circa 1827 in Saugus, Massachusetts and die...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Sumner "Mack" Webber - Oakland's 17th Mayor

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Lot 5, Plot 20/1 Webber was born in Bucyrus, Ohio in 1834 and came to California in 1860. In 1868, he opened a dru...

Benjamin Franklin ("B.F.") Ferris (1806-1876) - Oakland Mayor Committed Suicide

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LOT 1, PLOT 258 Ferris is buried in an unmarked grave in Plot 1 --> Benjamin Franklin (B.F.) Ferris was born in Seneca, Ne...
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Monday, July 16, 2012

Colonel W.S. Paisley (approx. 1860-1894) - "Martyr to the Cause of Humanity"

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Colonel W.S. Paisley's gravestone in the unendowed area Colonel W. S. Paisley was a member of the Industrial Army. In 189...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

William Hayes Hilton (1829-1909) - California Artist

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Hilton Gravestone, Plot 36, Lot 287; The backside reads "Pioneer of 1849" William Hayes Hilton was born in New York City in 1...
Saturday, July 7, 2012

Dr. David D.T. Nestell (1819-1900) - Sketched the Civil War

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Dr. David Nestell is buried in the grassy area of Plot 15, Lot 65 Daniel D. T. Nestell was born in New York in 1819. In 1843, he gradua...
Friday, July 6, 2012

Clarissa Chapman Armstrong (May 15, 1805- July 20, 1891) One of first missionaries in Hawaii

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Clarissa Chapman Armstrong  Clarissa Chapman Armstrong   was born in Russell Hampden County, Massachusetts to a family of Pur...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

James Graham Cooper (1830-1902) Famed Naturalist, Conservationist and Surgeon

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[From Cal Central by Frank Perry] James G. Cooper was born June 19, 1830, in New York City and was no doubt influenced early i...
Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Theodore Sherman Palmer (January 26, 1868 - July 24, 1955) Audobon Society Co-founder; Famed Ornithologist; Conservationist

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Theodore Sherman Palmer East end of the endowed portion of Plot 5 Theodore Sherman Palmer was born in Oakland, California...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Luther Fillmore (1826-1905) - Railroad Pioneer; Erie Canal Contractor

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Fillmore family lot (Photo by Michael Colbruno) Oakland Tribune, Dec. 18, 1905 THE LATE LUTHER FILLMORE.  OBITUARY FR...