Thursday, March 7, 2019

John Marcovich (1859-1907): Restaurateur gunned down by employee

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Oakland Tribune headline and picture of murderer Frank Smith Elks Plot 32, Grave 120 John Marcovich was a noted restaurateur who was k...

Hettie Blonde Tilghman (1873-1933): African-American suffragist; NAACP President

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Hettie Tilghman (photo Oakland Tribune) and her grave Plot 55 Hettie Blonde Tilghman was born in San Francisco in 1873 to early pion...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Franklina Gray Bartlett (1853-1934): Author; Founder of Women's Social Club

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Grave of Franklina Gray Bartlett Plot 30 Franklina Gray Bartlett was the founder of the Ebell Society in Santa Ana and President of th...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

Abraham Holland (c1830-1910 ): Black Gold Rush Pioneer

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Abraham Holland grave (Photo Michael Colbruno) Abraham Freeman Holland was born in Pennsylvania around 1830 and joined the California Go...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Frank Day (1853-1899): Councilmember in Los Angeles and Monterey

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Frank Day obituary in the San Francisco Call Plot 14B Day was born in South Bend, Indiana, on April 9, 1853 and moved with his family ...

Bella French Swisher (1837-1893): Author, Editor & Spa Founder

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Bella French Swisher Bella French Swisher was born in 1837 in Georgia. Around 1841, her family moved to the Midwest. By 1868 she was o...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Jimmie Stanislaus (1910-1993): "The Singing Fireman"

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Jimmie Stanislaus (Photo left: Stanford University archives) PLOT 16 Jimmie Stanislaus had four careers in life, starting as a lightw...

Elizabeth Flood (1828-1867): Opened first private school for black children

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Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood (1828-1867) was born a free woman in 1828 and educated in Massachusetts. When her son by her late first husban...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Horace Wilds (1867 or 1868 -1902): Black baseball pioneer paralyzed from line drive to head

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Obituary of Horace Wilds Tennessee native Horace Maynard Wilds (1867 or 1868-1902) was a well-known African-American baseball player, wh...

Royal Towns (1899-1990): Helped integrate Oakland Fire Department

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Royal Towns as a child and as a member of the Oakland Fire Department Plot 54, Grave 1915 Towns was born in Oakland in 1899, and when ...