New Sumner Cemetery

New Sumner Cemetery
Author: Blue Hills Genealogical Society-Barron County, Inc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 10
Release: 1993
Genre: Barron County (Wis.)
ISBN:

Old Sumner Cemetery

Old Sumner Cemetery
Author: Blue Hills Genealogical Society-Barron County, Inc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 7
Release: 1994
Genre: Barron County (Wis.)
ISBN:

Cemeteries of Seattle

Cemeteries of Seattle
Author: Robin Shannon
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2008-01-16
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1439642303

A fascinating story exists just below Seattles surface, buried in the citys many historic cemeteries. Founded in 1872 on land acquired from Doc Maynard, Lake View Cemetery holds the remains of one of Seattles favorite sons, Bruce Lee, whose son Brandon Lee is buried beside him. Maynard is also buried here, along with most of the Seattle pioneers, including the Dennys, Borens, Maynards, Yeslers, and Morans. Princess Angeline, Chief Sealths daughter, was buried here in a canoe-shaped coffin, and Madame Damnables remains supposedly turned to stone. Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, founded in 1884 by the Denny family, contains Judge Thomas Burke, known as the man who built Seattle; a Veterans Memorial Cemetery dating from the Civil War; and two cannons from the USS Constitution, famously nicknamed Old Ironsides. Mount Pleasant Cemetery, founded in 1883 in Queen Anne, is the final resting place of the labor martyrs of the Everett Massacre and William Bell, of Belltown fame. Remembrance benches for Nirvanas Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrixs memorial are also local landmarks.