Thursday, August 29, 2019

Charles Campbell (1838-1890): Oakland mayor who fought waterfront monopoly

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Oakland's disputed waterfront in the 1850's Charles Campbell was Oakland’s second mayor. His term began on March 5, 1855 and end...

Colonel Charles Dexter Pierce (1859-1909): 26th mayor of Oakland

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Charles Pierce (Oakland Tribune) Plot 15 Charles Pierce was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1859. His family moved to California in the...
Sunday, August 25, 2019

Samuel Irving (1858 -1930): Berkeley mayor killed by car

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Samuel Irving Main Mausoleum, Section E, 28, T1 Samuel Irving, was a former mayor of Berkeley, who was struck and killed by a car driv...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

James Paine Miller "J.P.M." Davis (1817-1864): Marshall and Mayor of Oakland

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Mayor J.P.M. Davis LOT 14, Plot 2 James P. M. Davis, born in North Carolina in 1817, was part of the wave of Americans who migrated west...
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Monday, May 20, 2019

James Blethen (1828-1909): Mayor of Oakland who died destitute

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Mayor James Blethen (Newspaper image: Oakland Tribune) PLOT 8, Lot 23 James Blethen was born on June 25, 1828 in Maine and came to Ca...
Monday, May 13, 2019

John McHenry (1809–1880): Southern Anti-Slavery Judge

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Judge John McHenry PLOT 14B John McHenry was born of Scottish ancestry on October 19, 1809 in Allington, Montgomery. In 1847, he marri...
Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Norbert "Nubs" Kleinke (1911-1950): Baseball player who died at sea

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Nubs Kleinke Nubs Kleinke was a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1935 and 1937, playing in just nine games during his...
Monday, May 6, 2019

Dean Hayes (1919-1943): Killed on submarine sunk by Japanese in WWII

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Dean Hayes Dean Marriott Hayes was born in Midvale, Utah on September 27, 1919 to Ethel and William Hayes. He was living in Berkeley whe...
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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...