Mount Tamalpais Cemetery

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]

• Bessie Barriscale (1884–1965), actress[3]
• Robert Dollar (1844–1932), businessman[4]
• Don Flickinger (1907–1997), US Air Force flight surgeon and brigadier general[5]
• Lefty Gomez (1908–1989), Hall of Fame baseball player[6]
• Howard C. Hickman (1880–1949), actor[3]
• Ali Akbar Khan (1922–2009), Indian classical musician[7]
• William S. Mailliard (1917–1992), US Representative[8]
• Ernie Nevers (1903–1976), professional football and baseball player[9]
• Chet Powers, a.k.a. Dino Valenti and Jesse Oris Farrow (1937–1994), singer-songwriter[10]

• List of cemeteries in California

• Mount Tamalpais Cemetery
• Mount Tamalpais Cemetery at Find a Grave