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Oak Hill Memorial Park. / 37.29889°N 121.86028°W / 37.29889; -121.86028. Oak Hill Memorial Park is a cemetery in San Jose, California, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest secular cemetery in California. [1] Oak Hill is the northernmost hill in the San Juan Bautista Hills of South San Jose. [2]
January 1, 1953, in Oak Hill, West Virginia. Coroner. Ivan Malinin. Hiram "Hank" Williams died on January 1, 1953, at the age of 29. Williams was an American singer-songwriter and musician regarded as one of the most significant country music artists of all time. Williams was born with a mild undiagnosed case of spina bifida occulta, a disorder ...
A. Alice Acheson (1895–1996), painter [1] Dean Acheson (1893–1971), Secretary of State under President Harry Truman [1] Alvey A. Adee (1842–1924), assistant Secretary of State for 38 years [2] John Adlum (1759–1836), pioneering viticulturalist, Revolutionary War soldier, judge [3] Frederick Aiken (1832–1878), attorney for Lincoln ...
For the first four decades of the cemetery's existence (1853–1897), the beautification of the grounds was the responsibility of John S. Goodge. In his obituary (June 1897), he was credited with the "work of making the beautiful place the Oak Hill now is." Some of the more mature plantings are very likely the result of Goodge's endeavors.
After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, a three-week series of events was held to mourn the death and memorialize the life of the 16th president of the United States. Funeral services, a procession, and a lying in state were first held in Washington, D.C., then a funeral train transported Lincoln's remains 1,654 miles (2,662 ...
Oak Hill Cemetery. Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic 22-acre (8.9 ha) cemetery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was founded in 1848 and completed in 1853, and is a prime example of a rural cemetery. Many famous politicians, business people, military people, diplomats, and philanthropists are ...
Oak Hill is located in Fairfax County, just east of Washington Dulles International Airport and south of the Dulles Toll and Access Roads. The town of Herndon lies immediately to the north, while the unincorporated community of Chantilly is adjacent to Oak Hill in the south. Franklin Farm, Floris and McNair are census-designated places located ...
Following this service, Likens's casket was placed by pallbearers in a hearse and driven to the Oak Hill Cemetery to be interred. This hearse was one of a 14-vehicle procession to drive to the cemetery for Likens's burial. Her headstone is inscribed with the words: "Our Darling Daughter." Indictments