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Los Angeles City Cemetery: Other Sources of Interments in the City Cemetery

In addition to the names included in the burial journal, additional interments have been documented at Los Angeles City Cemetery. Edwin H. Carpenter’s monograph, “Early Cemeteries of Los Angeles,” provides evidence of some these burials:

James R. Barton

buried January, 1857

 

Masonic cemetery

Andrew Sublette

buried December 19, 1853

 

Nehemiah Potter

 

 

 

Charles Volney Howard

died February 11, 1869

 

 

In the 1880’s and later, the Los Angeles Times reported on Memorial Day ceremonies and activities observed by the local G.A.R. posts. Many articles mentioned the names of soldiers buried in the City Cemetery. Other interments were noted in obituaries and news items in the LA Times:

John J. Behn

died bef May 31, 1882

LAT 5/31/1882

Unit not listed

Maj. E. Fitzgerald

died bef May 31, 1882

LAT 5/31/1882

United States Army Volunteers

George R Furman

died bef May 30, 1889

LAT 5/30/1889

Co. H., 7 th California Infantry

Capt. H. Jones

died bef May 31, 1882

LAT 5/31/1882

9 th Maine Volunteers

Maj. W. H. Kern

died bef May 31, 1882

LAT 5/31/1882

Major, Tennessee Volunteers

F. W. Kimball

died bef May 30, 1885

LAT 5/30/1885

US Navy

George Lucas

died bef May 30, 1889

LAT 5/30/1889

Unit not listed

John McFadden

died bef May 31, 1882

LAT 5/31/1882

United States Volunteers

Capt. Samuel McKee

died bef May 31, 1882

LAT 5/31/1882

1 st Lieut. United States Cavalry

Thomas O’Connor

died bef May 30, 1885

LAT 5/30/1885

California Volunteers

E. R. Ryan

died bef May 30, 1885

LAT 5/30/1885

California Volunteers

W. H. Scott

died bef May 31, 1882

LAT 5/31/1882

United States Volunteers

J. B. Smith

died bef May 30, 1885

LAT 5/30/1885

Co. F, 146 th New York Infantry

Dr. Thomas S. Stanway*

died February 21, 1878

LAT 5/31/1882

United States Volunteers

L. Willhardt

died bef May 31, 1882

LAT 5/31/1882

California Volunteers


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Los Angeles City Cemetery


History of the Cemetery
Lost and Found:The Story of the Burial Journal
Burial Journal Notations
Other Sources of Interments in the City Cemetery
Los Angeles Times News Articles (by date)
Alphabetic Listing of Interments in City Cemetery
Chronological Listing of Interments in City Cemetery

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