Find A Grave - Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Crittenden, Alexander Parker b. January 14, 1816 d. November 5, 1870
Lawyer, Murder Victim. A native of Kentucky, Crittenden graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1836. Admitted to the bar a few years later, he moved to California following the Gold Rush in 1849. Soon after his arrival, he was elected to the California State Assembly serving from 1849 until 1850 and again in 1852. After leaving office he moved to San Francisco where he practiced law until 1863, when he went to Virginia City, Nevada following the discovery of silver...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Crocker, William Henry b. January 13, 1861 d. September 25, 1937
Businessman Magnate. William Crocker founded and later became president of Crocker National Bank. When much of San Francisco was destroyed by the quake and fire of 1906, Crocker and his bank were major forces in financing reconstruction. Crocker was a University of California regent for nearly thirty years and funded the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory's second cyclotron. He was also on the Board of Directors for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. and Chairman of the Board of Regents for Pacific...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: East Section, 23
Davis, Horace b. March 16, 1831 d. July 12, 1916
US Congressman. A Massachusetts native, Davis graduated from Harvard in 1849. In 1852 he moved to California and settled in San Francisco where in 1860, he took control of the Golden Gate Flouring Mills. In 1866 he became President of the Produce Exchange of San Francisco, a post he held until 1876. In 1877 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California's 1st District until 1881. In 1888 he was appointed the sixth President of the University of California...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section K, Lot 170
De Young, Charles b. January 6, 1845 d. April 23, 1880
Journalist. Co-founder and first Editor-in-Chief of the San Francisco Chronicle. Born in France, he emigrated to San Francisco with his parents around 1850. In January 1865 De Young and his brother Michael launched "The Daily Dramatic Chronicle", an eight-page theatrical handbill, with $20 borrowed from their landlord. Their first scoop was breaking the story of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. By 1870 the Chronicle had become a full-fledged newspaper, with such staff writers as...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section O
Dolbeer, John b. March 12, 1827 d. August 17, 1902
Inventor. In 1850 at the age of 23, he set out to the California gold rush to make his fortune. By 1853 he had made connections in the Humboldt Bay area to establish the Bay Mill. In 1864 he teams with William Carson to form the Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company. The company grows, and John Dolbeer becomes one of the most famous and influential personages in the Redwood industry in the State of California. His patents showed his ingenuity in problem solving, and among his most useful and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: East Section, 35
Ellert, Levi Richard b. October 20, 1857 d. July 21, 1901
San Francisco Mayor. A native of San Francisco and druggist by trade, Ellert founded the drugstore of LR Ellert & Co. in 1883. In 1889 he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors where he served until 1892. In 1893 he was elected the 23rd, and first native born, Mayor of San Francisco, a post he held until 1895. After he left office, he was appointed the President and general manager of the Sanitary Reduction Works, serving until 1899. (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Felton, Charles Norton b. January 1, 1828 d. September 13, 1914
US Congresman, US Senator. Born in Buffalo, New York, he was trained as a lawyer, but never practiced, and became a successful merchant after a move to California. In California he served as Treasurer of the United States Minti in San Francisco from 1868 to 1877, and in the California Legislatute. He was then elected to represent California's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1889. After his Congressional term ended, he was elected as a Senator...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section K, Triangle A, Division 3
Fey, Charles August 'Charlie' b. February 2, 1862 d. November 10, 1944
Inventor. Known as the "Father of the Automatic Gambling Industry", he invented the first automatic pay-out slot machine with three reels in 1905, naming it the "Liberty Bell." Historical Landmark #937, on the intersection of Battery, Market and Bush streets in San Francisco, was placed to honor his invention.

The 1910 census shows Charles and Marie had four children: Alma, Marie, Elsie, Edward C., ; the Marie Theresa that shows on his headstone is his daughter. The 1900 census in San...[Read More]
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Section K, Division 4, Lot 249
Fisher, Eddie (Edwin John) b. August 10, 1928 d. September 22, 2010
Entertainer. One of America's most popular singers of the 1950s, his career was later overshadowed by his private life. The Philadelphia native began performing as a teen and got his big break in 1949 with an appearance on Eddie Cantor's radio show, which led to a recording contract with RCA Victor. After serving in the US Army during the Korean war (1951 to 1953), Fisher became one of the last great young crooners of the pre-rock and roll period, with 35 of his recordings reaching the Top 40...[Read More] (Bio by: Kelt Smith)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Unit 8 Section 2 Tier 6 Niche G/H
Flood, James C. b. 1826 d. February 21, 1889
Silver Baron. He was a partner in the Comstock Silver Mine with George Hearst and others.
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Triangle B, Flood Mausoleum
Gage, Phineas b. July 9, 1823 d. May 21, 1860
Folk Figure. He became a legend in medicine for improbably surviving a catastrophic head injury. His is one of the earliest documented cases of severe brain trauma and its effect on personality. Gage was a 25 year-old construction foreman for Vermont's Rutland and Burlington Railroad. One of his main duties was rock-blasting, which involved drilling deep holes into boulders, filling them with gunpowder and sand, then compacting the mixture with a long metal rod called a tamping iron. On...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Gilbert, Edward b. 1819 d. August 2, 1852
Newspaper Editor, US Congressman. Born in Cherry Valley, New York, Gilbert volunteered for military service with the coming of the Mexican War and was commissioned a Lieutenant in Company H of Col. Jonathan Drake Stevenson's New York Volunteers. He would arrive with the regiment in San Francisco in 1847 and after his discharge, chose to remain in California. A journalist by trade, he founded the Alta California newspaper in 1849. In 1850 he was elected to serve as one of the first two...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: [unmarked]
Hallidie, Andrew Smith b. March 16, 1836 d. April 24, 1900
Engineer, Inventor. Andrew Hallidie emigrated to America in 1852 during California's gold rush. While he didn't find wealth in the mines, he did at least find work as a surveyor, contractor and engineer. He became the first person to make wire rope cables, critical elements of suspension bridges, mine hauling systems, and an endless cable ropeway for industrial purposes which Hallidie patented in 1867. He received his first cable car-related patent on January 17, 1871, the mechanism to operate...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Laurel Hill Mound (unmarked)
Hamilton, Hale b. February 28, 1883 d. May 19, 1942
Actor and Screenwriter. He wrote 3 plays and appeared in 78 films including: "The Greater Glory" (silent), "Dance, Fools, Dance," "Susan Lennox (Her Fall and Rise)," "Love Affair," "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang," "The Girl From Missouri," "The Woman in Red" and "The Adventures of Marco Polo." Hamilton also appeared in a number of stage plays from 1901 to 1929. Married to actress Grace Larue. (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Ashes buried with his wife
Havenner, Franck Roberts b. September 20, 1882 d. July 24, 1967
US Congressman. Elected to represent California in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1937 to 1941, and 1945 to 1953.
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Angelus Court, Niche 24, Tier 7, Section 10
Hearst, George b. September 3, 1820 d. February 28, 1891
Mining Tycoon, US Senator. Father of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Corner of Sections E and H
GPS coordinates: 37.6750107, -122.4505692 (hddd.dddd)
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson b. December 3, 1842 d. April 13, 1919
Philanthropist and wife of mining tycoon and US Senator George Hearst. Mother of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
Cause of death: Spanish influenza
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Corner of Sections E and H
GPS coordinates: 37.6750107, -122.4505692 (hddd.dddd)
Hearst, Randolph Apperson b. December 2, 1915 d. December 18, 2000
He was chairman of the Hearst Corporation from 1973 to 1996. He was the last surviving son of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and the father of Patty Hearst. (Bio by: Cynthia Price)
Cause of death: Stroke
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Hearst family mausoleum
GPS coordinates: 37.6750107, -122.4505692 (hddd.dddd)
Hearst, William Randolph b. April 29, 1863 d. August 14, 1951
American journalist, patron of the arts and media magnate, best known as the founder of the Hearst Corporation and builder of Hearst Castle, at San Simeon, California. William Randolph Hearst was born on April 29, 1863 in San Francisco, California, the only child of George and Phoebe Hearst. His father�s vast fortune was built in some of the greatest gold and silver mines in United States history, so young William had the opportunity to see and experience the world as few do. At the age of...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Corner of Sections E and H
GPS coordinates: 37.6750107, -122.4505692 (hddd.dddd)
Hearst Jr., William Randolph b. January 27, 1907 d. May 14, 1993
Reporter and son of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst Jr. Hearst began his newspaper career as a police reporter and then he went onto cover stories throughout World War II from Europe. In 1956 Hearst co-shared the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting and spent four decades as editor in chief of the Hearst newspaper chain. Hearst also wrote a Sunday editorial for 40 years. Hearst always said he lived in his father's shadow, but he seemed to share his view on politics and he...[Read More]
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Plot: Hearst Family Mausoleum
GPS coordinates: 37.6750107, -122.4505692 (hddd.dddd)

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