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Mount Tamalpais Cemetery

Cemetery & mortuary in Marin County, California

Mount Tamampais Cemetery


Details
Established	1879
Location	San Rafael, California, United States
Size	65 acres
No. of graves	~24,000
Website	Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
Find a Grave	Mount Tamampais Cemetery

Mount Tamalpais Cemetery is located in San Rafael, California.^[1]

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.^[2]

Notable interments

Bessie Barriscale (1884–1965), actress^[3]
Maurice Carey Blake (1815–1897), Mayor of San Francisco
Robert Dollar (1844–1932), businessman
Henry Augustus DuBois (1840–1897), surgeon and Mount Tamalpais Cemetery founder
Seldon Connor Gile (1877–1947), dominant painter in the "Society of Six"
Jack Finney (1911–1995), author^[4]
Don Flickinger (1907–1997), US Air Force flight surgeon and brigadier general^[5]
Lefty Gomez (1908–1989), Hall of Fame baseball player^[6]^[7]
Howard C. Hickman (1880–1949), actor^[3]
Russ Hodges (1910–1971), sportscaster^[8]
Ali Akbar Khan (1922–2009), Indian classical musician^[9]
William S. Mailliard (1917–1992), US Representative^[10]
James B. McNamara (1882–1941), bomber of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910
Ernie Nevers (1903–1976), professional football and baseball player
June Pointer (1953–2006), pop singer^[11]
Chet Powers, a.k.a. Dino Valenti and Jesse Oris Farrow (1937–1994), singer-songwriter^[12]
Sally Stanford (1903–1982), civic personality
Diane Varsi (1938–1992), actress^[13]

References

^ "Mount Tamalpais Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Geary, Marilyn (December 7, 2011). "History: Dr. Henry A. DuBois Builds Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery". San Rafael Patch.
^ ^a ^b Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 338 (#5866). ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #4207. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ Don Davis Flickinger
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #4962. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ Baseball Necrology
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #5965. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ The Daily Star
^ United States House of Representatives
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #10139. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 766 (#12897). ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. #12987. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.