Mount Tamalpais Cemetery is located in San Rafael, California. History 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. Notable interments Bessie Barriscale (1884–1965), actress Maurice Carey Blake (1815–1897), Mayor of San Francisco Robert Dollar (1844–1932), businessman Henry Augustus DuBois (1840–1897), surgeon and Mount Tamalpais Cemetery founder Seldon Connor Gile (1877–1947), dominant painter in the "Society of Six" Jack Finney (1911–1995), author Don Flickinger (1907–1997), US Air Force flight surgeon and brigadier general Lefty Gomez (1908–1989), Hall of Fame baseball player Howard C. Hickman (1880–1949), actor Russ Hodges (1910–1971), sportscaster Ali Akbar Khan (1922–2009), Indian classical musician William S. Mailliard (1917–1992), US Representative James B. McNamara (1882–1941), bomber of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910 Ernie Nevers (1903–1976), professional football and baseball player June Pointer (1953–2006), pop singer Chet Powers, a.k.a. Dino Valenti and Jesse Oris Farrow (1937–1994), singer-songwriter Sally Stanford (1903–1982), civic personality Diane Varsi (1938–1992), actress See also List of cemeteries in California References External links Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Buildings and structures in San Rafael, California Cemeteries in Marin County, California 1879 establishments in California