Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego

Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego

Mount Hope Cemetery is a municipal cemetery located at 3751 Market Street, San Diego, California, and gives its name to the neighborhood of Mount Hope.

Founded in 1869, on what was then the outskirts of New Town, Mount Hope now covers approximately 115 acres. The city manages and maintains the entire cemetery, providing perpetual care to all burial sites. The rolling hills and grounds of Mount Hope Cemetery contain historically significant monuments to some of San Diego's most notable citizens, founding fathers, pioneers, and others.

Notable interments

*Elisha Babcock (1848-1922), real estate mogul, built the Hotel del Coronado
*Samuel Brannan (1819-1889), early Mormon pioneer, first millionaire of the California Gold Rush, member of San Francisco's first city council
*Hick Carpenter (1855-1937), American baseball player
*Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), author of crime stories and novels, created detective Philip Marlowe
*Charles Merwin Fenn (1835-1907), doctor, a founding member of the San Diego Medical Society
*Benjamin T. Frederick (1834-1903), politician, miner and real estate agent from Iowa and California
*Gertrude Gilbert (1871-1947), civic activist, instrumental in saving the exposition buildings in Balboa Park
*Nathan Harrison (1823-1920), early African-American pioneer in the region
*Alonzo Horton (1813-1909), founder of modern San Diego, Horton Plaza is named for him
*Alta M. Hulett (1854-1877), one of America's first female attorneys
*John F. Kinney (1816-1902), American attorney, judge and politician
*George Marston (1850-1946), involved with establishing Balboa Park, the San Diego Public Library System, and the Serra Museum
*Kate Morgan (1865-1892), Iowa woman who died under questionable circumstances and is thought by some to haunt the Hotel del Coronado
*Ah Quin (1848-1914), merchant, farmer and leader in the Chinese Mission
*Kate Sessions (1857-1940), San Diego's pioneering horticulturist
*Matthew Sherman (1827-1898), land developer, San Diego pioneer, mayor from 1891 to 1893
*Walter R. Taliaferro (1880-1915), aviator
*Robert Waterman (1826-1891), Governor of California from 1887 to 1891
*Thomas Waterson (1895-1947), member of Memphis Police Dept. who captured notorious public enemy Machine Gun Kelly in Memphis, Tennessee, raid in 1933

External links

* [http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/general-info/mthope.shtml Mount Hope Cemetery / Parks & Recreation]
* [http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/82fall/cemeteries.htm "Journal of San Diego History" - "San Diego Cemeteries: A Brief Guide"]


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