Find A Grave - Mount Hope Cemetery

Babcock, Elisha A. b. May 1, 1848 d. September 1, 1922
Real Estate Mogul. An important figure in San Diego history, he is best-remembered as the builder of the famous Hotel del Coronado (1888), which was designed to attract residential buyers to the area. Ten United States Presidents and countless celebrities have stayed at this landmark hotel, and it has appeared in several films, most notably "Some Like It Hot" (1959). Babcock was born in Chicago. He trained as a civil engineer and moved to Southern California for health reasons in 1884. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Plot: Div. 3 Sec 6
Brannan, Samuel b. 1819 d. May 14, 1889
Regarded as the first millionaire of California. A convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he labored as a missionary in the East and was appointed to preside over the Eastern States branches of the Church. At the time of the general exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo he chartered the ship "Brooklyn," on which he sailed from New York, in charge of about two hundred and thirty Saints, to the Bay of San Francisco. He traveled as far as Green river, where he met Pres. Brigham...[Read More] (Bio by: Chad Stowell)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Chandler, Raymond Thornton b. July 23, 1888 d. March 26, 1959
Author. He is best known for his crime fiction that featured the private detective character 'Philip Marlowe'.
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Plot: Div. 8 Sec 3
Coon, Datus E. b. February 20, 1831 d. December 17, 1893
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. In July 1861, he enlisted in the 2nd Iowa Volunteer Cavalry and was commissioned a Captain. He was with the 2nd Cavalry through all it’s campaigns from the march to Missouri, in February 1862 to the end of the war. Rising to the rank of Colonel in command of the 2nd Regiment, he was a participant in the Meridan Yazoo River, Mississippi, assault August 1863 to March 1864, the campaigns in Alabama and Tennessee, including the Battle of Nashville, November...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Plot: G.A.R. Hill, section 1, lot 4, grave 2
Forsyth, Thomas H. b. December 17, 1842 d. March 22, 1908
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He served in the United States Army as a First Sergeant with Company M, 4th United States Cavalry. His Medal of Honor action occurred on November 25, 1876, at Powder River, Wyoming. His citation (issued July 14, 1891) reads: "Though dangerously wounded, he maintained his ground with a small party against a largely superior force after his commanding officer had been shot down during a sudden attack and rescued that officer and a comrade...[Read More] (Bio by: Lawrence Hildebrand)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Frederick, Benjamin Todd b. 1834 d. 1903
US Congressman. Elected to represent Iowa's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1887. (Bio by: K)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Harrison, Nathan b. 1823 d. October 13, 1920
Businessman, American Folk Figure. He was the first African-American California Proprietor Pioneer. Born a Kentucky slave, he traveled to Northern California with his master, Lysander Utt, around 1848. Unsuccessful at placer mining, they relocated to Southern California, settling at Tustin in Orange County. When California entered the Union as a free state in 1850, Utt was forced to give Harrison his freedom. As a free man, he headed south toward Temecula, and ran sheep near the Agua Tibia...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Horton, Alonzo Erastus b. October 24, 1813 d. January 7, 1909
Considered by many to be the 'Father of San Diego.' Hortonville, Wisconsin and Horton Plaza in San Diego are named after him. (Bio by: Joe Costa)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Plot: Division 1, Section 1
GPS coordinates: 32.7069092, -117.1098175 (hddd.dddd)
Hulett, Alta M. b. June 4, 1854 d. March 26, 1877
Pioneer Woman Lawyer. She learned telegraphy when only ten years of age, was a successful operator and went on to teach and employ in the study of law. In 1872, she passed the required examination and applied for admission to the bar, but was rejected on account of her sex. She went to Chicago and secured the passage of a bill through the state legislature, giving all women, whether married or single, the right to practice law. In 1873, she was admitted to the bar and licensed to practice law...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Plot: Division 3, Section 1, Lot 14, Grave 3
Kinney, John Fitch b. April 2, 1816 d. August 16, 1902
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, commenced law practice in Ohio in 1839 and moved to Lee County, Iowa in 1844. He was secretary of the State council from 1845 to 1846, prosecuting attorney of Lee County in 1846 - 1847, judge of the supreme court of Iowa from 1847 until January 1854, when he was appointed by President Franklin Pierce as chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Utah and served from January 1854 to 1857. On June 26, 1860, he was again appointed as...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Plot: Division 2-5, Lot 20, Grave 6
Lewis, Charles W. b. 1825 d. February 3, 1871
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. As a volunteer in the Mexican War, he was sent to the southwest. At the conclusion of the war, he was drawn to the gold fields of northern California. As the Civil War began to unfold, he was increasingly concerned about the status of the state of California. During the summer of 1864, Emperor Napoleon III of France tried to set up Maxmilian I as Emperor of Mexico. The move was perceived as a threat to the security of the American southwest in the midst...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Plot: IOOF Section, Division 35, Lot 19
Morgan, Kate 'Lottie A. Bernard' d. November 29, 1892
American Folk Figure. Stories claim that she haunts room 3327 (formerly 3312) of the Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, California.
Cause of death: Suicide by gunshot
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Quest, Joseph L b. November 16, 1852 d. November 14, 1924
Professional Baseball Player. In a career that spanned 9 seasons, this right-hander played for six different teams: Indianapolis Browns (1878); Chicago White Stockings (1879-1882); Detroit Wolverines (1883, 1885); St. Louis Browns (1883-1884); Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1884); and Philadelphia Athletics (1886). (Bio by: Shiver)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Thompson, James Granville b. December 25, 1849 d. May 23, 1921
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. With his brother Allen, they enlisted in the Union Army at Port Jarvis, New York as Privates serving in companies of the 4th New York Heavy Artillery. On April 1, 1865, at White Oak Road, Virginia, they made a hazardous reconnaissance mission against Confederate forces. Advancing through the timber and preceding the Union line of battle, they signaled the troops leading them through the obstruction. James and Allen Thompson are the only brothers...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Plot: G.A.R. Section 1, Row 4, Lot 216, Grave 1
Waterman, Robert Whitney b. December 15, 1826 d. April 12, 1891
California Governor. A native of New York, Waterman moved to Illinois at a young age where he would work for several years as a store clerk. With the discovery of gold in California, he moved west in 1850 to try his luck in mining only to return to Illinois unsuccessful in 1852. In 1854 he entered politics as a founding member of the Illinois Republican Party and later was important in the 1860 presidential election of Abraham Lincoln. In 1873 he moved back to California and settled in San...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
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