I do love old cemeteries and when I discover any history about its inhabitants, I get even more excited.
The Odd Fellows go back over 300 years to the United Kingdom. At that time, major trades organized themselves into guilds for mutual support. No such safety net existed for those in less common or “odd” occupations. When someone got sick or their loved ones died, they had to fend for themselves. Many could not even afford to bury their dead. So they banded together into a fraternity of odd fellows. That’s one popular but unconfirmed story about their origins.What brought Frank Piezzi all the way from Switzerland to end up here in 1912? I have so many questions about most of these grave markers.Judge Richard Fruit Crawford (1833-1917), an influential local attorney who, after an impressive career in the Midwest, "became associated with California from the year 1888, and has been a continuous and contented resident of Santa Rosa, and in the meantime he has become as well known in legal circles here as he was during his long residence in Illinois. Shortly after locating here, in November 1890, his ability received recognition in the election to the superior judgeship on the Republican ticket, a position in which he rendered efficient service for six years."
Chenoweth Bunn Hart and his wife Annie Flynn married in June, 1908. They honeymooned in Vacaville and returned to Santa Rosa where they resided. From The Press Democrat 3 Sept. 1911: On more than one occasion the deceased was a candidate for constable of Santa Rosa township. He was an honest, upright citizen.
Civil war (Confederate) veteran. When buried, four pall bearers were from the Grand Army of the Republic (Union) with two other pall bearers. This indicates his friendly relations with all in Santa Rosa after the war.
“The cemetery is an open space among the ruins,
covered in winter with violets and daisies.
It might make one in love with death,
to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley
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