River View Cemetery (Portland, Oregon)

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River View Cemetery in the southwest section of Portland, Oregon, United States, is a non-profit cemetery founded in 1882. It is the final resting place of many prominent and notable citizens of Oregon, including many governors and United States Senators. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU.html#R9T0XKHY7 Multnomah County, Oregon: River View Cemetery.] The Politcal Graveyard. Retrieved on March 12 2008.] Other notable burials include the Weinhard family, football player Lyle Alzado, and Carl Mays the baseball player who killed an opposing player with a pitch in a Major League game.James, Peet. [http://www.wweek.com/html/cultfeature102500.html Necropolitan: Portland's most interesting residents don't walk the streets. At least you'd better hope they don't.] "Willamette Week". Retrieved on March 12 2008.] [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=39345 River View Cemetery.] Find A Grave. Retrieved on March 12 2008.]

History

River View Cemetery was founded as a non-profit cemetery by William S. Ladd, James Terwilliger, Henry Failing, Henry Corbett, Henry Pittock, Simon Benson, and others in 1882. [http://www.riverviewcemetery.org/index2.html History.] River View Cemetery. Retrieved on March 12 2008.] All those who joined co-owned the cemetery. In 1902 a Roll Call statue was added to honor the 165 Oregonians that died in the Spanish-American War. The first adult burial was Dr. William Henry Watkins. [ [http://www.alibris.com/search/detail.cfm?S=R&bid=9086900778&cm_mmc=shopcompare-_-base-_-signed-_-na The Doctor in Oregon.] Alibris. Retrieved on March 12 2008.] In the 1940s a 135 person chapel was added, designed by Pietro Belluschi. [http://www.riverviewcemetery.org/main.html Welcome to River View Cemetery.] River View Cemetery. Retrieved on February 6 2008.]

Facilities

Overlooking the Willamette River, the cemetery has a variety of mausoleums including the Hilltop Garden Mausoleum and Main Mausoleum. There are also private mausoleums and crypts. River View is an endowment care cemetery as defined by the state of Oregon. [ [http://www.cbs.state.or.us/dfcs/endowment_care/endowment_care_cemeteries.html List of Endowment Care Cemeteries.] Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. Retrieved on March 12 2008.]

Notable burials

*George Abernethy, (1807-1877) Governor of the Provisional Government of Oregon
*George Forrest Alexander, (1882-1948) federal judge
*Lyle Alzado, (1949-1992) professional football player
*George H. Atkinson, (1819-1889) missionary and "Father of Oregon Schools"
*Lola Baldwin, (1860-1957) [Horne, Peter. [http://policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=1000&issue_id=92006 Policewomen: Their First Century and the New Era.] "The Police Chief", vol. 73, no. 9, September 2006. Retrieved on March 10 2008.] first female police officer in the United States
*Robert S. Bean, (1854-1931) federal judge, Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
*Simon Benson, (1852-1942) Portland businessman and philanthropist
*Donald Cook, (1901-1961) movie and stage actor
*Henry Winslow Corbett, (1827-1903) United States Senator
*Maurice E. Crumpacker, (1886-1927) United States Congressman
*Joseph N. Dolph, (1835-1897) United States Senator
*Abigail Scott Duniway, (1834-1915) women’s rights pioneer
*Virgil Earp, (1843-1905) lawman and brother of Wyatt Earp
*Joseph Horace Eaton, (1815-1896) artist and Civil War general
*Henry Failing, (1834-1898) mayor of Portland
*Robert S. Farrell, Jr., (c.1906-1947) Oregon Secretary of State
*A. C. Gibbs, (1825-1886) Oregon Governor
*Alan Punch Green, Jr., (1925-2001) United States Ambassador to Romania
*La Fayette Grover, (1823-1911) Oregon Governor
*John Hicklin Hall, (1854-1937) United States Attorney, Oregon legislator
*Rufus C. Holman, (1877-1959) United States Senator
*Nan Wood Honeyman, (1881-1970) United States Congresswoman
*James Jackson, (1833-1916) Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
*Albertina Kerr, orphanage founder
*William S. Ladd, (1826-1893) mayor of Portland
*Roswell Lamson, (1838-1903) Civil War navy hero
*Charles Henry Martin, (1863-1946) Oregon Governor
*Wallace McCamant, (1867-1944) United States Court of Appeals judge
*Dorothy McCullough Lee, (1902-1981) [ [http://www.portlandonline.com/omf/index.cfm?a=beidaf&c=eeafd Dorothy McCullough Lee.] Portland Online. Retrieved on March 10 2008.] first female mayor of Portland
*John H. Mitchell, (1835-1905) United States Senator
*Frederick W. Mulkey, (1874-1924) United States Senator
*Paul L. Patterson, (1900-1956) Oregon Governor
*Sylvester Pennoyer, (1831-1902) Oregon Governor
*James Tilton Pickett, (1857-1889) newspaper writer, son of George Pickett
*Henry Pittock, (1836-1919) publisher The Oregonian newspaper
*Harvey W. Scott, (1838-1910) editor of The Oregonian newspaper
*Joseph Showalter Smith, (1824-1884) United States Congressman
*Isaac W. Smith, (1826-1897) Portland Pioneer, first Chief Engineer, "father" of Portland's water system [ [http://www.portlandonline.com/WATER/index.cfm?a=105796&c=41924 Portland Online: First Chief Engineer of Portland's Water System] ]
*Lansing Stout, (1828-1871) United States Congressman
*Owen Summers, (1850-1911) soldier, Oregon legislator
*James Terwilliger, (d. 1892) Portland pioneer, street namesake
*Frances Fuller Victor, (1826-1902) writer and historian
*Henry Weinhard, (1830-1904) [ [http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Henry-Weinhard.cfm The Oregon History Project: Henry Weinhard.] Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved on June 27 2007.] brewer and Portland businessman
*George Henry Williams, (1823-1910) United States Attorney General
*Richard Williams, (1836-1914) United States Congressman
*George L. Woods, (1832-1890) Oregon Governor

References

External links

* [http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=95227&category=22101 Portland Mercury: Buried in claims]
* [http://historicphotoarchive.com/capsmonner/monner0999.htm 1932 picture inside River View]
* [http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/moac/ucb/images/brk00012350_31b_k.jpgPicture of cemetery]