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• Agnew, Samuel Lester   b. April 12, 1887  d. July 19, 1951
  Major League Baseball Player. He was a catcher, making his debut for the St. Louis Browns on April 10, 1913. For seven seasons, he played with the St. Louis Browns (1913-15), Boston Red Sox (1916-18), and Washington Senators in 1919. He also was a member of the Boston Red Sox 1918 American League Championship and 1918 World Series Championship team which included Babe Ruth. He concluded his career with a record of 314 hits, 105 runs scored, 2 home runs, 98 runs batted in, .204 batting average...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Chapel of the Chimes Mausoleum, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
   
• Barham, John Ali    b. July 17, 1843  d. January 22, 1926
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent California's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1901.
  Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
   
• Burbank, Luther    b. March 7, 1849  d. April 11, 1926
  Genetic vegetable developer - Burbank Potato, Nectarine, etc. His cause of death was heart attack. Subsequent severe gastroenteritis caused spontaneous hiccups for 10 days. Last words: "I feel better now."
  Cause of death: heart attack
  Luther Burbank Memorial Home and Gardens, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
  GPS coordinates: 38.4362411, -122.7120819 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Cimoli, Gino    b. December 12, 1929  d. February 12, 2011
  Major League Baseball Player. For ten seasons (1956 to 1965), he played at the outfielder position with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and California Angels. Born in San Fransisco, he attended Galileo High School before being signed as an amateur free agent by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949. He marked his Major League debut with Brooklyn on April 19th, 1956 and appeared in 73 games that season...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
  Plot: St. Eugene Outdoor Mausoleum, Row D, Crypt 5
   
• Geary, Thomas J.    b. January 18, 1854  d. July 6, 1929
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent California's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1890 to 1895.
  Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
   
• Henley, Barclay  b. March 17, 1843  d. February 15, 1914
  US Congressman. Elected to represent California's 1st and 3rd Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1887. Also served as a Member of the California State Assembly for the 19th District from 1869 to 1871. (Bio by: K)
  Santa Rosa Memorial Park, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
   
• Henley, Thomas Jefferson  b. April 2, 1810  d. January 2, 1865
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Indiana's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1843 to 1849. Also served as a Member of the Indiana State House of Representatives in 1832, and Member of the California State Assembly from Sacramento District from 1850 to 1851. (Bio by: K)
  Santa Rosa Memorial Park, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
   
• Marshall, Connie    b. April 28, 1933  d. May 22, 2001
  Actress. Child actress in the 1940s, she was nicknamed Queen of the Pigtails by Fox. She first appeared in the 1944 film "Sunday Dinner for a Soldier," as Mary Osborne, and went on to make many pictures and television series over the next ten years. Many people consider "Dragonwyck" 1946 and "The Green Promise" (1949) her finest work. Her last picture was "Rogue Cop" in 1954, for which she was uncredited. In 1942 she was photographed sitting on a park bench with Marilyn Monroe and an old lady...[Read More] (Bio by: CineMalc.)
  Santa Rosa Memorial Park, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
   
• Ripley, Robert Leroy    b. December 25, 1893  d. May 27, 1949
  Cartoonist, Author, Radio Broadcaster. Best remembered for creating the cartoon series, "Ripley's Believe It or Not." His January 1931 cartoon stating that the United States had no official national anthem resulted in such a public outcry that "The Star Spangled Banner" was adopted as the official anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931. Born Christmas Day, 1893, in Santa Rosa, California, he was a self-taught artist as a boy, and a natural athlete who longed to make a career as a...[Read More]
  Oddfellows Lawn Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
  Plot: Lot 214
  GPS coordinates: 38.4570503, -122.7069168 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Thompson, Thomas Larkin    b. May 31, 1838  d. February 1, 1898
  US Congressman, US Diplomat. He was elected to represent California's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1889. He also served as Secretary of the State of California from 1883 to 1887, and United States Minister to Brazil from 1893 to 1897. (Bio by: K)
  Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
   

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