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* Gearhart, Bertrand Wesley
''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' *
Fresno, California
Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, makin ...
, opened in the 1880s.
History
In the early 1880s, Moses J. Church donated 80 acres of land along Belmont Avenue for the establishment of cemeteries. He named the combined plot Mountain View Cemetery but subdivided it and allocated it to a number of groups, such as Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist, Episcopal, Christian, Masonic, Odd Fellows and many others. No fences were installed between the areas. John S. Eastwood performed the initial survey the property in 1888 as Fresno's City Engineer at the time. The 10-acres of donated land earmarked for the Armenian community becameArarat Cemetery
The Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery, commonly known as the Ararat Cemetery, is an Armenian cemetery in Fresno, California. Established in 1885, the cemetery is the burial place of many prominent figures of Armenian-American history, including So ...
.
Upkeep for the cemetery was assigned to the local Odd Fellows lodge. In 1910, citizens became concerned with plant overgrowth and lack of a map showing ownership of individual plots at the cemetery. They formed the "Mountain View Cemetery Improvement Association" and took over some management duties.
Notable interments
* Frank Hamilton Short
Frank Hamilton Short (September 12, 1862 - June 5, 1920) was a Fresno, California lawyer and a states' rights advocate within the early American Conservation movement.
Soon after Short's birth in Shelby County, Missouri, his father died from dr ...
(1862-1920), lawyer and a states' rights advocate.
* Bertrand W. Gearhart
Bertrand Wesley "Bud" Gearhart (May 31, 1890 – October 11, 1955) was an American lawyer and Politics of the United States, politician. Gearhart, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, served as the United States House of Representatives ...
(1890-1955), lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for California's 9th congressional district.''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' *
Thomas Edwin Hughes
Thomas Edwin Hughes (1830-1919) was a nineteenth century real estate developer and investor who, through business ventures and civic involvement, contributed to the initial development of Fresno, California.
Early life
Thomas Edwin Hughes was ...
(1830-1919), real estate developer and investor who contributed to the initial development of Fresno.
* Dutch Leonard (1892–1952), pitcher in Major League Baseball
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who had an 11-year career playing for the Boston Red Sox
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and Detroit Tigers
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.
* John Samuel Eastwood
John Samuel Eastwood (1857, in Minnesota – 1924, in California) was an American engineer who built the world's first reinforced concrete multiple-arch dam on bedrock foundation at Hume Lake, California, in 1908, and was one of California's pio ...
(1857–1924), dam engineer and pioneer of hydroelectric power production.
* Alma Rubens
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Rubens began her career in the mid 1910s. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas F ...
(1897–1931), film actress and stage performer.
* Moses J. Church (1819-1900), known for building hundreds of miles of canals in the Fresno area, enabling irrigated agriculture using water from the Kings River.
* Fulton G. Berry (1832-1910), businessman and namesake for Fresno's Fulton Mall
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.
* Josiah Hall, Union army officer.
* Frank Dusy Frank Dusy (December 17, 1837 – November 9, 1898) was an early business leader of Selma, California and a co-inventor of the Fresno Scraper, the basis of most modern earth-moving machinery. On June 16, 1885, Dusy and his partner Abijah McCall we ...
, (1837–1898), early business leader of Selma, California
Selma is a city in Fresno County, California. The population was 23,319 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 19,240 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. Selma is located southeast of Fresno, California, Fresno, at an ...
and a co-inventor of the Fresno Scraper.
* Thomas R. Meux, (1838-1929), physician who served early Fresno and builder of the Meux Home
The Meux Home is a historic mansion located in Fresno, California. It was the residence of Thomas Richard Meux, a physician who served Fresno in the initial stages of the city's growth.
History Meux family background
Thomas Richard Meux wa ...
, which became a museum.
See also
*List of cemeteries in California
This list of cemeteries in California includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include ...
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