Find A Grave - Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Adams, Jewett William b. August 6, 1835 d. June 18, 1920
Nevada Governor. A native of Vermont, Adams moved west to California in 1851 following the Gold Rush. After running a general store in Mariposa County for a couple of years, he was hired as paymaster on the estate of John C. Fremont in 1860. In 1864 he moved to Nevada where he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Nevada serving from 1874 until 1882. He was then elected the 4th Governor of Nevada serving from 1883 until 1887. He also served as Superintendent of the United States Mint at Carson...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Alden, Isabella Macdonald b. November 3, 1841 d. August 5, 1930
Author. She was a popular writer of books for children in the Nineteenth century, using the pseudonym of "Pansy".
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Alioto, Joseph Lawrence b. February 12, 1916 d. January 29, 1998
San Francisco Mayor. A native of San Francisco, Alioto graduated from St. Mary's College in Moraga, California in 1937 before going to Washington D.C. to study law at Catholic University. Graduating in 1940, he briefly worked as an antitrust lawyer for the Department of Justice and on the Board of Economic Welfare before returning to San Francisco to open his own law office. In 1948 he was appointed to the San Francisco Board of Education until 1954, and would serve as President from 1953 until...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Alvord, William b. January 3, 1833 d. December 21, 1904
San Francisco Mayor. A native of Albany, New York, Alvord moved to California in 1850 and settled in San Francisco five years later. He founded the hardware store of Alvord & Co., which he owned until 1866. In 1871 Alvord was elected the 14th Mayor of San Francisco, serving until 1873. He was then appointed a commissioner of Golden Gate Park (1873 to 1882) and would later serve as a San Francisco police commissioner (1878 until 1899). From 1878 until his death Alvord was President of the...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section E
Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn b. October 30, 1857 d. June 14, 1948
Author. Wrote 60 books and millions of words for magazines and newspapers. Though she hated her existence in San Francisco and the West, she masterfully captured the spirit and romance of Old California before the Americans came. She originated the serialized biography.
Cause of death: Old age
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Columbarium, Section N, Niche 111, Tier 5
Attell, Monte b. July 28, 1885 d. November 11, 1960
Professional Boxer. Born in San Francisco, California, he was a bantamweight street fighter who turned professional in 1903, winning his first five bouts. On June 19, 1909, he defeated Frankie Neil at Coffroth's Arena Coma, California and won the World Bantamweight title. He defended his crown seven times until losing the championship to Frankie Conley in 1910. In 1916, he retired from boxing because of an eye problem that eventually led to his going blind. He ended his career with a record of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Natural causes
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Maple Mound North, Grave 400
Baldwin, Elias Jackson 'Lucky' b. April 3, 1828 d. March 1, 1909
Businessman. Comstock millionaire and builder of San Francisco's "Baldwin Hotel" (1876), which rivaled the "Palace" for luxury. A gathering place for the city's elite, the hotel included a little theater. He owned Rancho Santa Anita in southern California, future site of the race track, and was known as a notorious gambler and womanizer. His home is now on the grounds of the Los Angeles Arboretum, and was used as Mr. Roark's home on "Fantasy Island."
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section K, Lot 259, Baldwin Mausoleum
Bancroft, Hubert Howe b. May 5, 1832 d. March 2, 1918
Historian. Authored 39 volumes of the history of the West, 11 volumes on California (containing 8,800 pages). Banned from the Society of California Pioneers for reporting the truth about John Sutter, John C. Freemont and other paragons of the past.
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section L, Lot 27
Bates, Blanche b. August 25, 1873 d. December 25, 1941
Actress. She created the title role in David Belasco's play "The Girl of the Golden West" (1905). She was also known for roles with the companies of Augustin Daly and Charles Frohman. She created the title role in John Long's one-act play "Madame Butterfly" (1900). She starred in "Under Two Flags" (1901), and "The Darling of the Gods" (1902).
Cause of death: Stroke
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Section E, Niche 60, Tier 4
Beachey, Lincoln b. 1887 d. March 14, 1915
Aviation pioneer. He was perhaps the most famous early aviator in America. Perfecting and performing "aerobatics" long before the term was coined, Beachey was the quintessential daredevil. Starting with balloons and airships while still a teen and graduating to the newly invented airplane in his early 20's, Lincoln Beachey performed his arial stunts before millions and was said to have inspired such future aviators as "Hap" Arnold and Charles Lindbergh. He died piloting a stunt plane at an...[Read More] (Bio by: Charles Redmond)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 23
Broderick, David Colbreth b. February 4, 1820 d. September 20, 1859
US Senator. A prominent anti-slavery politician in the years prior to the Civil War. Elected as a Democrat from California to the US Senate, he served from 1857 until his death in a duel. Broderick was born in Washington, DC, where his Irish father had emigrated to work as a stonecutter on government projects. He was raised in New York City and active in Tammany Hall before making an unsuccessful bid for the US Congress in 1846. In 1849 he moved to San Francisco and established a very...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Laurel Hill Monument (mass grave - no individual marker)
Brookes, Samuel Marsden b. March 8, 1816 d. January 31, 1892
Noted portrait, landscape, genre scenes and miniature painter. He is considered to be the finest American still life specialist of the 19th century. His paintings are marked by meticulous realism and infinite detail. Founder of the San Francisco Art Association and member of the Bohemian Club. (Bio by: Janice Brown Buchanan)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Brown Jr., Arthur b. May 21, 1874 d. July 7, 1957
Architect. He is best known for designing San Francisco, California's landmark Coit Tower in 1933. A native of Oakland, California, he graduated from the University of California in 1896 and then traveled to Paris, France where he graduated from l'Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1901. After returning to California, he joined John Bakewell Jr. to form the architectural firm of Bakewell and Brown. Together they would be responsible for several major projects in San Francisco, including the PG&E...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Brown, Arthur Page b. October 13, 1859 d. January 21, 1896
Architect. He helped create modern San Francisco. Born in Adams, New York, he apprenticed at Stanford White's firm of McKim, Mead, and White, and went into business for himself in 1885. He was brought to San Francisco in 1889 by Mary Crocker to design a mausoleum for her husband Charles, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, at Oakland's Mountain View Cemetery. This led to a flood of residential and commercial commissions. Brown designed one of the West Coast's first skyscrapers...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Laurel Hill Mound (unmarked)
Bryant, Andrew Jackson b. October 30, 1823 d. May 11, 1888
San Francisco Mayor. A native of New Hampshire, Bryant moved to California during the Gold Rush and settled in San Francisco in 1850, where he entered the wholesale liquor business. In 1867 he was appointed by President Andrew Johnson to serve as the Naval Officer of the Port of San Francisco, and in 1873 he was a co-founder of the State Investment and Insurance Company, of which he was an executive until his death. In 1875 he was elected as the 17th Mayor of San Francisco, serving until...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Burr, Ephraim Willard b. March 7, 1809 d. July 20, 1894
San Francisco Mayor. A native of Rhode Island, Burr came to San Francisco in 1850 where he would open a store. In 1854 he helped establish California's first savings bank, the San Francisco Accumulating Fund Association, which he would later serve as president of from 1857 until 1879 after it became the Savings & Loan Society. A strong advocate for the cleaning up of San Francisco after the death of his son from disease, he gained the support of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee and was...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section I
Camilli, Adolph Louis b. April 23, 1907 d. October 21, 1997
Major League Baseball Player. He was a first baseman making his debut with the Chicago Cubs on September 9, 1933. For twelve seasons, he played with the Chicago Cubs (1933-34), Philadelphia Phillies (1935-37), Brooklyn Dodgers (1938-43) and Boston Red Sox in 1945. A skillful infielder, he was selected to the All-Star team in 1939, 1941 and was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1941. He ended his career with a record of 1482 hits, 239 homeruns, 950 runs batted in, a .277 batting...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Coit, Lillie Hitchcock b. August 23, 1843 d. July 22, 1929
Folk Figure, Philanthropist. Born Elizabeth Wyche Hitchcock, Lillie moved to San Francisco with her family in 1851. Soon after her arrival, she developed a love for the volunteer fire department, specifically for the Knickerbocker Engine Company No. 5. Several years later when she was 15, she earned her place with the fire department when she led bystanders to help pull a struggling Knickbocker Engine No. 5 up Telegraph Hill to beat all other engine companies to a fire and was adopted as the...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Hitchcock Mausoleum, in circle between sections M and F
Cretzer, Joseph Paul [original burial site] b. April 17, 1911 d. May 4, 1946
Criminal. As a Bay Area bank robber, he was the most feared bank robber on the West Coast during the Depression, earning the distinction of Public Enemy No. 5. After his imprisonment, he was caught trying to escape from McNeil Island Prison, so he was sent to Alcatraz. In May 1941 he and three others attempted to escape The Rock, but they failed. After spending 5 years in solitary, he threw into another escape plan with Bernard Coy, Marvin Hubbard, Buddy Thompson, Sam Shockley, and Clarence...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Rice)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Crews, Laura Hope b. December 12, 1879 d. November 12, 1942
Actress. She began her career as a child in her native San Francisco, performing in stage shows before coming to New York in 1901. For the next several years she was a prominent member of Henry Miller's company, performing on Broadway. In the 1920s, she split her time between performing in the theatre and films, making her first co-lead appearance in "The Silver Cord" (1933). She was best known for the role of 'Aunt Pittypat Hamilton' in movie "Gone With the Wind" (1939). Her other credits...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Rose Mound, Lot 65

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