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Ainslie, George b. October 30, 1838 d. May 19, 1913
US Congressman. In 1862 he moved to a portion of the Territory of Washington that later became the Territory of Idaho. He engaged in mining, practiced law and was member of the Idaho Territorial House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866. He edited the Idaho World newspaper from 1869 to 1873 and was district attorney of the second district in 1874 and 1876. In 1879, he was elected as a Democrat to represent the Idaho Territory in the United States House of Representatives, serving until 1883. An...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Helms, Chet b. August 2, 1942 d. June 25, 2005
American Folk Figure. Born Chester Leo Helms, he was called the father of the "Summer of Love" when began music promotion and concerts at Golden Gate Park in 1967. He managed the band, Big Brother & the Holding Company and persuaded Janis Joplin to join the group which ignited her brief career. Other bands he promoted to success included, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & the Fish, the Doors, Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Clash. With Bill Graham he also staged...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Hill, Frank E. d. March 20, 1906
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. A native of Mayfield, Wisconsin, Hill was awarded his MOH for service at Date Creek, Arizona as a Sergeant with Company E, 5th United States Cavalry on September 8, 1872. His citation reads: "Secured the person of a hostile Apache Chief, although while holding the chief he was severely wounded in the back by another Indian." (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Jansen, Harry August b. October 3, 1883 d. June 16, 1955
Magician, Entertainer. Born in Denmark, Jansen came to the United States to pursue a career as a magician. In 1922, Jansen was hired by Howard Thurston, who, at this time, was the premier magician. It would be Thurston who came up with Jansen's world famous stage name, Dante the Magician. After Thurston's death in 1936, Jansen would inherit the title as the world's premier magician, which he held until his death. Over the rest of his life, Jansen, as Dante, would make several world tours and...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Juhl, Jerry b. July 27, 1938 d. September 27, 2005
Puppeteer and Writer. He was born in St. Paul (Minnesota) and died in San Francisco (California). He was for many years the head writer for the Muppet Show. In 1961, he and the British-born Frank Oz, both members of the Oaklands Park-based travelling Vagabond Puppet Theater, met Jim Henson and his wife Jane, and Juhl was invited to join the duo as a puppeteer. He was the head writer during the first six seasons of Sesame Street (1969-75), and won two Emmy Awards. When Henson launched Fraggle...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Klumpke, Anna Elizabeth b. August 22, 1856 d. February 9, 1942
Painter. A native of San Francisco, Klumpke was handicapped at a young age after being injured in two separate falls. In 1877 she moved with her family to Paris, where she studied at the Académie Julian art school. She presented her first painting publicly at the 1884 Paris Salon, which won the Grand Prize. Soon afterward she struck up a strong friendship with French painter Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, better known as Rosa Bonheur, and they would eventually live together in France. With Bonheur'...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Milk, Harvey [cenotaph] b. May 22, 1930 d. November 27, 1978
San Francisco City Supervisor, Murder Victim. Born in Woodmere, New York, Harvey Milk attended Albany State College. Thereafter, he served in the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged. Openly gay, he moved to San Francisco at the age of 42 and settled in the predominantly gay Castro district, where he opened a camera store. He eventually became involved in local politics, first as a leader among neighborhood business owners and later winning election to the Board of Supervisors. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: countedx58)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Cenotaph, Ground Floor
Roberts, Dorothea b. August 9, 1861 d. October 5, 1942
Astronomer. Born in California and educated in Europe, she graduated from the University of Paris in 1886 with a degree in Science and went to work at the Paris Observatory. By 1891, she was appointed the Director of the Bureau of Measurements at the Paris Observatory, a post she held until 1901 when she resigned from the Observatory. She would officially receive her doctorate in the Sciences in 1893. The Klumpke-Roberts Award is named in her honor and awarded for work in the field of Astronomy. (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Russell, Milton F. b. September 5, 1836 d. July 2, 1908
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. A native of Indiana, he served as Captain and commander of Company A, 51st Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. He was awsrded his CMOH for his bravery in action at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee on December 29, 1862. His citation reads "Was the first man to cross Stone River and, in the face of a galling fire from the concealed skirmishers of the enemy, led his men up the hillside, driving the opposing skirmishers...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Plot: Ground Floor
Taylor, Edward Robeson b. September 22, 1838 d. July 5, 1923
San Francisco Mayor. Born in Springfield, Illinois and raised in Missouri, Taylor moved to California in 1862 to escape the Civil War. In 1865 he graduated from the Toland Medical College in San Francisco and would practice medicine until 1867, when he was appointed private secretary to California Governor Henry Haight until 1871. Admitted to the bar in 1872, he then practiced law with Haight after he left office as a lawyer specializing in medical cases. In 1889 he was appointed Dean and...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA

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