Index to Locations GilroyMasonic CemeteryPalo AltoAlta Mesa Memorial ParkPalo AltoStanford UniversitySan JoseOak Hill Memorial ParkSanta ClaraMission City MemorialParkSanta ClaraSanta Clara CatholicCemeterySanta ClaraSanta Clara CemeterySanta ClaraSanta Clara MissionCemetery
MasonicCemetery
Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California
Alta MesaMemorial Park
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949) — also known asRay L. Wilbur — of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Boonesborough (now Boone),BooneCounty, Iowa,April13, 1875.Republican.Physician;dean ofStanford University Medical School, 1911-16;presidentof Stanford University, 1916-43; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from California,1928;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1929-33.Congregationalist.Member,American MedicalAssociation;NewcomenSociety.Died in Stanford,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 26,1949 (age74 years, 74days).Interment at Alta Mesa Memorial Park. | | David Packard (1912-1996) — of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.,September7, 1912.Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packardelectronics andcomputercompany; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, PacificGas &Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens NationalBank,General Dynamics Corp., U.S.Steel Corp.,Trans WorldAirways,StandardOil ofCalifornia, CaterpillarTractorCo.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1972;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1972(voted forRichardM. Nixon andSpiroT. Agnew); philanthropist.Member,TrilateralCommission;AlphaDelta Phi;Tau BetaPi;SigmaXi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, in Stanford UniversityHospital,Palo Alto,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,March26, 1996 (age83 years, 201days).Interment at Alta Mesa Memorial Park. | | Richard Alexander Crooks (1900-1972) — also known asRichard Crooks — Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 26,1900.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;performed, Republican National Convention, 1940.Died, fromcancer,in Portola Valley,San MateoCounty, Calif.,September29, 1972 (age72 years, 95days).Cremated;ashes interred at Alta Mesa Memorial Park. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Lou Hoover (1874-1944) — also known asLou Henry — Born in Waterloo,Black HawkCounty, Iowa,March29, 1874.FirstLady of the United States, 1929-33.Female.Suffered aheartattack, and died soon after, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1944 (age69 years, 284days).Original interment at Alta Mesa Memorial Park; reinterment in 1964 atHerbertHoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
StanfordUniversity
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) — also known asLeland Stanford — of Port Washington,OzaukeeCounty, Wis.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1824.Republican.Lawyer;merchant;builder and president, Central PacificRailroad;founderof Stanford University;Governor ofCalifornia, 1862-63; defeated, 1859;U.S.Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.Member,Freemasons.Died in Palo Alto,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 21,1893 (age69 years, 104days).Entombed at Stanford University.| |  Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Phillips) Stanford and Josiah Stanford; brotherofCharlesStanford; married1850 to JaneElizabeth Lathrop; first cousin ofDeWitt Clinton Stanford. | | | | Political family:Stanfordfamily of Watervliet, New York. | | | | StanfordUniversity,inPaloAlto, California, isnamed forhim. — StanfordJuniorHigh School, inSacramento,California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Leland Stanford: Norman E.Tutorow,TheGovernor : The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford, a CaliforniaColossus | | | | Image source: Yonkers (N.Y.)Herald-Statesman, June 22, 1893 |
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Oak Hill MemorialPark
300 Curtner Avenue
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Samuel Morgan Shortridge (1861-1952) — also known asSamuel M. Shortridge — of Menlo Park,San MateoCounty, Calif.Born in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,August3, 1861.Republican.Lawyer;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1889(voted forBenjaminHarrison andLeviP. Morton); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1901(voted forWilliamMcKinley andTheodoreRoosevelt); Republican Presidential Elector for California,1909(voted forWilliamH. Taft andJamesS. Sherman);U.S.Senator from California, 1921-33.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Redmen.DiedJanuary17, 1952 (age90 years, 167days).Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park. | | Arthur Monroe Free (1879-1953) — also known asArthur M. Free — of Mountain View,SantaClara County, Calif.; San Jose,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,January15, 1879.Republican.Lawyer;SantaClara County District Attorney, 1907-19;U.S.Representative from California 8th District, 1921-33; defeated,1932.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;Kiwanis.Suffered a skull fracture in afall on aflight of stairs at home, and died the next day at San JoseHospital,San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,April 1,1953 (age74 years, 76days).Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park. | | Everis Anson Hayes (1855-1942) — also known asEveris A. Hayes;E. A. Hayes — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.; Ironwood,GogebicCounty, Mich.; San Jose,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Waterloo,JeffersonCounty, Wis.,March10, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;fruitgrower;newspaperpublisher;U.S.Representative from California, 1905-19 (5th District 1905-13,8th District 1913-19); defeated, 1918.Died in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 3,1942 (age87 years, 85days).Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park. | | John Smith Chipman (1800-1869) — also known asJohn S. Chipman — of Centreville,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Shoreham,AddisonCounty, Vt.,August10, 1800.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1842;U.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1845-47.Died in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,July 26,1869 (age68 years, 350days).Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park. | | Frank H. Gould (1855-1918) — ofMariposaCounty, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born inFayetteCounty, Iowa,August29, 1855.Democrat.Lawyer;MariposaCounty Surveyor, 1883-86; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1891-95 (67th District 1891-93, 57th District1893-95);Speaker ofthe California State Assembly, 1893;CaliforniaDemocratic state chair, 1894-96; U.S. Surveyor-General forCalifornia, 1915.Died, fromheartfailure, inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January26, 1918 (age62 years, 150days).Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park. | | Paul Fenimore Clark (1861-1932) — also known asPaul F. Clark — of Nebraska; Willow Glen, San Jose,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.,1861.Member ofNebraskastate house of representatives; elected 1905; candidate forU.S.Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1912.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Willow Glen, San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 2,1932 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park.| | Relatives:Grandnephew of James Fenimore Cooper. |
| | Joseph Aram (1810-1898) — of San Jose,SantaClara County, Calif.Born inOneidaCounty, N.Y.,1810.Farmer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;delegateto California state constitutional convention from SanJosé District, 1849; member ofCaliforniastate assembly from San José District, 1849-51.Died in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,March30, 1898 (ageabout 87years).Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park.
Mission CityMemorial Park
420 North Winchester Boulevard
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California
Approximate acreage: 30
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
Santa ClaraCatholic Cemetery
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Robert S. Chilton Jr. (1861-1947) — ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,June 19,1861.Private secretary to Vice PresidentLeviP. Morton, 1889-93; U.S. Consul inToronto, 1905-13.Died, in Notre DameHospital,SanFrancisco, Calif.,April 3,1947 (age85 years, 288days).Interment at Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert S. Chilton and Mary Virginia (Brent) Chilton; married,October12, 1898, to Mary Ellen Dooly. |
Santa ClaraCemetery
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California
Santa ClaraMission Cemetery
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807-1895) — also known asPeter H. Burnett — Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November15, 1807.Banker;justiceof Oregon territorial supreme court, 1848-49;Governor ofCalifornia, 1849-51;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1857-58.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,May 17,1895 (age87 years, 183days).Interment at Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. | | Pedro de Alcantara Brazileiro de Saisset(1829-1902) —also known asPedro de Saisset — of San Jose,SantaClara County, Calif.Born in Paris,France,1829.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;ConsularAgent for France inSanJose, Calif., 1886-1902.Frenchancestry.Died in San Jose,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,March16, 1902 (ageabout 72years).Entombed at Santa Clara Mission Cemetery.
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