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• Ames, John Worthington    b. November 23, 1833  d. April 6, 1878
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as a Captain in the 11th United States Regular Infantry, then as Colonel and commander of the 6th United States Colored Troops. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on January 15, 1865. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
  Plot: Section M, Lot 1
   
• Barriscale, Bessie    b. September 30, 1884  d. June 30, 1965
  Silent movie actress. Cousin of actresses Edith Taliaferro and Mabel Taliaferro, Barriscale was a major star for producer Thomas Ince in the 1910s. She co-starred with her actor/director husband Howard Hickman in several productions, and was still a star in the 1920s. In the 1930s she was usually playing somebody's mother or maid. Mary Pickford cast Barriscale as one of her unsympathetic children in "Secrets" (1933). (Bio by: MC)
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
  Plot: Mausoleum niche DN 502
   
• Blake, Maurice Carey    b. October 20, 1815  d. September 26, 1897
  San Francisco Mayor. He served as the Mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1881 to 1883. He also served as a member of the California State Assembly's 5th District from 1857 to 1858, and Delegate to the Republican National Convention from California in 1884. (Bio by: K)
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Dollar, Robert    b. March 20, 1844  d. May 16, 1932
  Businessman. Called the "Grand Old Man of the Pacific", he was a native of Falkirk, Scotland. At the age of 11 he was earning his own living as a shore boy in a lumber camp in Canada, and in 1893 he purchased a sawmill on the Pacific Coast and his lumber business was flourishing. In 1895 he acquired his first vessel, a single steam schooner called Newsboy, to move his lumber from the Pacific Northwest to markets down the coast. This foray into shipping resulted in the founding of Dollar Line in...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Glatman, Harvey Murray   b. December 10, 1927  d. September 18, 1959
  Criminal. He was the son of Ophelia Gold and Albert Glatman of the Bronx, New York before they migrated to Colorado. He lived in Los Angeles, California. He was a death row inmate and the subject of Michael Newton's Book, "Rope", about his crimes. His cremated remains went unclaimed by his own mother. (Bio by: Genet)
  San Quentin Prison Cemetery (defunct), San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Gomez, Vernon 'Lefty'    b. November 26, 1908  d. February 17, 1989
  Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. For fourteen seasons (1930 to 1943), he was a left-handed pitcher with the New York Yankees and Washington Senators. Born Vernon Louis Gomez, he attended Richmond High School and marked his Major League debut with the Yankees on May 29th, 1930. During the course of his career, he exceeded 20-wins four-times and achieved pitcher's triple crown status twice (1934 with 26 wins, 158 strikeouts and a 2.33 ERA and 1937 with 21 wins, 194 strikeouts and a 2...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Cause of death: congestive heart failure
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
  Plot: Garden of Devotion, lot 75, grave 7
  GPS coordinates: 37.9861984, -122.5544891 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Graham, Barbara Elaine 'Bonnie'    b. June 26, 1923  d. June 3, 1955
  Convicted murderer of Mabel Monahan. There is speculation as to her guilt or innocence. Her story was told in the 1958 movie "I Want To Live," starring Susan Hayward as Graham and a remake in the 1980s starring Lindsey Wagner.
  Cause of death: Executed by gas chamber
  Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
  Plot: Sec D 551
   
• Hickman, Howard    b. February 9, 1880  d. December 31, 1949
  Actor. He appeared in a vast number of films between the years 1913 and 1944. He played the role of 'John Wilkes' in the 1939 film classic, "Gone With the Wind." He directed a number of films, as well. Married to actress Bessie Barriscale. They are interred together. (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
  Plot: Mausoleum niche DN 502
   
• Leone, Maria   b. March 5, 1928  d. October 14, 2012
  Opera Singer. A soprano, she is remembered for her busy three years at the Metropolitan Opera. Raised in Detroit, she studied voice there and in Rome then received weekly lessons in Baltimore from the legendary Rosa Ponselle. Maria won the 1951 Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air and sang the first of her 128 performances with the company on November 20, 1953, as a Peasant Girl in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro". Over the next years she was heard as several of Verdi's second ladies...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Luden, Jack   b. February 8, 1902  d. February 15, 1951
  Actor. Born Jacob Benson Luden, he made his silent screen debut as 'Ross Page' in "Fascinating Youth." (1926) Other credits include: "Pioneer Trail," "King of the Royal Mount" and "Bordertown Trail." (Bio by: MC)
  San Quentin Prison Cemetery (defunct), San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Mailliard, William Somers    b. June 10, 1917  d. June 10, 1992
  US Congressman. Elected to represent California's 4th and 6th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1953 to 1974. He was defeated in 1948 and resigned in 1974. Mailliard also served as a Member of the California Republican State Central Committee from 1948 to 1949, and was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Navy. (Bio by: K)
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Mails, John "Duster"   b. October 1, 1894  d. July 5, 1974
  Major League Baseball Player. The left-hander pitched briefly for Brooklyn in 1915-16. Then he came back to the big leagues in 1920 and helped the Cleveland Indians win the American League pennant by going 7-0 with a 1.85 earned run average in nine games. He completed six of eight starts as Cleveland beat the scandal-ridden Chicago White Sox by two games and New York by three. With Cleveland ahead three games to two against Brooklyn in the best-of-nine World Series, Indians manager Tris Speaker...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Marmur, Jacland  b. February 14, 1901  d. May 8, 1970
  Author. Left home in 1918, going to San Francisco and then to sea for 2 years. Crossed Canada afoot to New York, returned to the West Coast and followed the sea until 1930. Wrote short stories and books, sone of which are "Wind Driven," "The Sea and the Shore," "The Edge of Chaos," and many others. (Bio by: Laurie)
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Nevers, Ernie    b. July 11, 1903  d. May 3, 1976
  He played pro football, basketball and baseball. In a 1929 NFL game, he scored 40 points for the Chicago Cardinals.
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Northcott, Gordon Stewart   b. 1908  d. October 2, 1930
  Serial Killer. Dubbed the "The Wineville Chicken Coop Murderer" by the press in 1928, he was convicted of kidnapping, molesting and killing three boys in California's Los Angeles and Riverside Counties. Much of the evidence was found at his isolated ranch in Wineville. The case received national attention and events related to it led to public hearings that exposed corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department. Northcott later claimed he was responsible for as many as 20 murders, but toyed...[Read More]
  San Quentin Prison Cemetery (defunct), San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Pointer, June   b. November 30, 1953  d. April 11, 2006
  Pop Singer. She was the youngest of the singing Pointer Sisters known for the 1970s and 1980s hits "I'm So Excited," "Fire," and "Slow Hand." The Pointer Sisters began as a quartet in the early 1970s with sisters Ruth, Anita, Bonnie and June. The group became a trio when Bonnie embarked on a solo career. Their first, self-titled album, "The Pointer Sisters," debuted in 1973 and the song "Yes We Can Can" became their first hit. They followed up with the album "That's A Plenty," which featured an...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
  Cause of death: Cancer
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Spinelli, Juanita    b. October 17, 1889  d. November 21, 1941
  First woman to die in the gas chamber at San Quentin Federal Prison. She was convicted of First Degree Murder (premeditated). Nicknamed “the Duchess” by her fellow gang members for her haughty demeanor, she and her common-law husband, Michael Simeone, along with two others, drugged and murdered another member of their gang, 19-year-old Robert Sherrard. Born October 17, 1889, as Eithel Leta Juanita Spinelli, in Kentucky. It would be brought out at her trial that she had once been a wrestler and...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Cause of death: Execution by lethal gas
  Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
  Plot: Section G, Row 30, Lot 18 (no grave marker)
   
• Valenti, Dino    b. October 7, 1937  d. November 16, 1994
  Singer, Songwriter. Originally born Chester William Powers, Valenti came to San Francisco in the early 1960's. In 1965 he was a founding member of the rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service, but soon afterwards was arrested for possession of drugs and sentenced to prison. Quicksilver Messenger Service would go on to be one of the top bands to come out of San Francisco during the late 1960's. After his release, he went on a solo career and released a self-titled album. In 1970, he rejoined...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   
• Varsi, Diane Marie Antonia    b. February 23, 1938  d. November 19, 1992
  Movie and TV Actress. Diane Varsi was in the late 1950s a very promising and competent rising screen star. Her first starring roll was the portrayal of Allison MacKenzie in 'Peyton Place'. For this work Diane received an Academy Award nomination and was the winner of a Golden Globe as New Star of the Year. Her next three pictures; 'From Hell to Texas' with Don Murray, then John O'Hara's 'Ten North Frederick' with Gary Cooper and her final 20th Century Fox film 'Compulsion' with Orson Welles...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul Theodore Riegert)
  Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA
   

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