CEMETERY

Contains 35,000 graves from the old Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco.

Official Website:
http://www.cypresslawn.com/

Location:
Colma, CA

Founding Date:
1892

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gertrude Franklin Atherton	Author	30-Oct-1857	14-Jun-1948	Black Oxen
Hubert Howe Bancroft	Historian	5-May-1832	2-Mar-1918	Bancroft Library
David C. Broderick	Politician	4-Feb-1820	16-Sep-1859	US Senator from California, 1857-59
Dolph Camilli	Baseball	23-Apr-1907	21-Oct-1997	National League MVP, 1941
Andrew Smith Hallidie	Inventor	16-Mar-1836	24-Apr-1900	Designed the first cable car system
George Hearst	Business	3-Sep-1820	28-Feb-1891	Patriarch of Hearst family fortune
William Randolph Hearst	Business	29-Apr-1863	14-Aug-1951	Newspaper magnate
Hiram Johnson	Politician	2-Sep-1866	6-Aug-1945	Governor and Senator from California
John Percival Jones	Politician	27-Jan-1829	12-Nov-1912	US Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903
Lincoln Steffens	Journalist	6-Apr-1866	9-Aug-1936	Early muckraking journalist
James Van Ness	Politician	1808	28-Dec-1872	Mayor of San Francisco, 1855-56

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