Mount Tamalpais Cemetery is located in
San Rafael, California.
History
The cemetery was founded by Dr. Henry A. Dubois, Jr. An ordinance was passed that prohibited any burials within the towns limits. Dr DuBois attended a town hall meeting where he among many others offered bids to start up a new cemetery. DuBois' bid of $13,000 for a part of his ranch was the ultimate winner. He toured over 40 cemeteries and drew up plans before the cemetery was being built so he could figure out the best possible layout for the cemetery. After hiring around 40 men, most of who were Chinese Laborers, the cemetery was finally completed in August 1879.
Notable interments
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Bessie Barriscale
Bessie Barriscale (born Elizabeth Barry Scale, June 9, 1884June 30, 1965) was an American actress who gained fame on the stage and in silent films.
Early life
Barriscale was born Elizabeth Barry Scale in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Irish immig ...
(1884–1965), actress
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Maurice Carey Blake
Maurice Carey Blake (October 20, 1815 – September 26, 1897) was the 19th Mayor of San Francisco, serving from December 5, 1881, to January 7, 1883.
Blake was born on October 20, 1815, in Otisville, Maine. After graduating from Bowdoin Colle ...
(1815–1897), Mayor of San Francisco
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Robert Dollar (1844–1932), businessman
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Henry Augustus DuBois
Henry Augustus DuBois (26 June 1840–1897) was a surgeon who founded the Mount Tamalpais Cemetery (''Temaulpas'').
Family
Henry A. DuBois is the great-grandson of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the son of Hen ...
(1840–1897), surgeon and Mount Tamalpais Cemetery founder
* Seldon Connor Gile (1877–1947), dominant painter in the "Society of Six"
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Jack Finney (1911–1995), author
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Don Flickinger
Don Davis Flickinger (26 November 1907 – 23 February 1997) was a military flight surgeon and pioneer in aerospace medicine who retired from the United States Air Force as a brigadier general.
Flickinger was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on 26 Nov ...
(1907–1997), US Air Force flight surgeon and brigadier general
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Lefty Gomez (1908–1989), Hall of Fame baseball player
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Howard C. Hickman
Howard Charles Hickman (February 9, 1880 – December 31, 1949) was an American actor, director and writer. He was an accomplished stage leading man, who entered films through the auspices of producer Thomas H. Ince.
Career
In 1900, Hickman d ...
(1880–1949), actor
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Russ Hodges
Russell Pleasant Hodges (June 18, 1910 – April 19, 1971) was an American sportscaster who did play-by-play for several baseball teams, most notably the New York Giants / San Francisco Giants. He is perhaps best remembered for his call of Bobby ...
(1910–1971), sportscaster
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Ali Akbar Khan (1922–2009), Indian classical musician
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William S. Mailliard
William Somers Mailliard (June 10, 1917 – June 10, 1992) was an American banker and World War II veteran who was member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California from 1953 to 1974.
Early life
William S. Mailliard was born on June 1 ...
(1917–1992), US Representative
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James B. McNamara
James B. McNamara (AKA J.B. McNamara or JB) (1882 – March 8, 1941) was a 20th-century American labor unionist, best known for his involvement in the McNamara Case as the Los Angeles Times bombing, bomber of the ''Los Angeles Times'' building.
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(1882–1941), bomber of the ''Los Angeles Times'' building in 1910
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Ernie Nevers (1903–1976), professional football and baseball player
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June Pointer (1953–2006), pop singer
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Chet Powers
Chester William Powers, Jr. (October 7, 1937 – November 16, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, and under the stage names Dino Valenti or Dino Valente, one of the lead singers of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. As a songwri ...
, a.k.a. Dino Valenti and Jesse Oris Farrow (1937–1994), singer-songwriter
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Sally Stanford
Sally Stanford (May 5, 1903 – February 1, 1982) was an American madam, restaurateur, council member and the mayor of Sausalito, California.
Born Mabel Janice Busby, in Oregon in 1903, Stanford moved to San Francisco in 1924. From 1940 to 1949, s ...
(1903–1982), civic personality
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Diane Varsi (1938–1992), actress
See also
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List of cemeteries in California
References
External links
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery*
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Buildings and structures in San Rafael, California
Cemeteries in Marin County, California
1879 establishments in California