Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego

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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.

[edit] 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 Marlow
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, was 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), America's first female attorney
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
Robert Waterman (1826-1891), Governor of California from 1887 to 1891