Mountain View Cemetery (Fresno)
| Mountain View Cemetery | |
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 Headstone at Mountain View Cemetery in 2014 | |
Interactive map of Mountain View Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Location | 1411 West Belmont Ave., Fresno, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 36°44′59″N 119°49′36″W / 36.74972°N 119.82667°W |
| Find a Grave | Mountain View Cemetery |
Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Fresno, California, opened in the 1880s.[1]
History
In the early 1880s, Moses J. Church donated 80 acres of land along Belmont Avenue for the establishment of cemeteries.[2][3] He named the combined plot Mountain View Cemetery but subdivided it and allocated it to a number of groups, such as Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist, Episcopal, Christian, Masonic, Odd Fellows and many others.[3] No fences were installed between the areas. John S. Eastwood performed the initial survey the property in 1888 as Fresno's City Engineer at the time.[4] The 10-acres of donated land earmarked for the Armenian community became Ararat Cemetery.[5]
Upkeep for the cemetery was assigned to the local Odd Fellows lodge.[6] In 1910, citizens became concerned with plant overgrowth and lack of a map showing ownership of individual plots at the cemetery. They formed the "Mountain View Cemetery Improvement Association" and took over some management duties.[6]
Notable interments
Notable interments listed in alphabetical order by surname.
- Harry St. John Dixon (1848–1898), Confederate officer, lawyer, rancher[7]
- Frank Dusy, (1837–1898), early business leader of Selma, California, and a co-inventor of the Fresno Scraper
- John Samuel Eastwood (1857–1924), dam engineer and pioneer of hydroelectric power production[4]
- Bertrand W. Gearhart (1890–1955), lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for California's 9th congressional district[8]
- Angelina J. Knox (1819–1896), inventor, abolitionist, philanthropist, missionary, and writer[9]
- Dutch Leonard (1892–1952), pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career playing for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers.
- Alma Rubens (1897–1931), film actress and stage performer.[10]
- Frank Hamilton Short (1862–1920), lawyer and a states' rights advocate
See also
References
- ↑ "Local Brevities". Fresno Morning Republican. January 23, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The cemetery muddle". Fresno Morning Republican. April 18, 1885. p. 3. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Rehart, Catherine Morison (1996). The Valley's Legends and Legacies. Fresno, California: Quill Driver Books. p. 32.
- 1 2 Jackson, Donald C. (1995). Building the Ultimate Dam: John S. Eastwood and the Control of Water in the West. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 44. ISBN 0806137339.
- ↑ Sibley, Eugene (July 2015). Ozeran, Janelle (ed.). "A Short History of Fresno County Owned Cemeteries for Indigents: Paupers and Potters Fields". Fresno County Genealogical Society. 50 (3). Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- 1 2 "Make another effort to improve local cemetery". Fresno Morning Republican. March 5, 1910. p. 7. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Erzin, Jeff (May 21, 2020). Confederate Veterans in Northern California: 101 Biographies. McFarland. pp. 43–45. ISBN 978-1-4766-3956-7 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Gearhart, Bertrand Wesley, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ↑ "Mrs. Angelina J. Knox". Nashville Banner. January 25, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Rubens, Alma (2006). Rhodes, Gary D.; Webb, Alexander (eds.). Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird: Her Complete 1930 Memoir, with a New Biography and Filmography. McFarland. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-2413-9.