Coordinates: 34°02′31″N 118°17′52″W / 34.041992°N 118.297842°W / 34.041992; -118.297842 Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery is a cemetery at 1831 West Washington Boulevard Los Angeles, California, in the historic West Adams District a short distance southwest of Downtown. It was founded as Rosedale Cemetery in 1884,[1] when Los Angeles was a small city of around 28,285 people,[2] on 65 acres (260,000 m2) of land running from Washington to Venice Boulevard (then 16th Street) between Normandie Avenue and Walton and Catalina Streets, and often used by California politicians, notably former Mayors of the City of Los Angeles. The interments include pioneers and members of leading families who had a conspicuous place in Los Angeles institutions and the state. Rosedale was the first cemetery in Los Angeles open to all races and creeds, and was the first to adopt the concept of the new approach of design called lawn cemeteries, where the grounds are enhanced to surround the burial places of the dead with beautiful and decorative trees, shrubs, flowers, natural scenery and works of monumental art. Among the more traditional structures, headstones and mausoleums, the cemetery also has several pyramid crypts. In 1887, the second crematory in the United States was opened at Rosedale Cemetery.[3] It was also the first crematory west of the Rocky Mountains.[4] The initial cremation took place on June 16, when the body of Mrs. Olive A. Bird (c. 1845-1886), wife of prominent physician O.B. Bird, was incinerated. By 1913, there had been 2,392 cremations performed at Rosedale. Next to the cemetery at 1605 S. Catalina Street, is another cremation facility, the domed, observatory shaped Chapel of the Pines Crematory. In 1993, Rosedale was bought by the Angelus Funeral Home on Crenshaw Boulevard and renamed Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
[edit] Partial list of notable interments and their families Use the following alphabetical links to find someone. Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - Edward L. Baker, Jr. (1865-1913), U.S. Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient during Spanish-American War
- Phineas Banning (1830-1885), financier, known as the "Father of the Port of Los Angeles"
- David S. Barmore (1832-1905), wealthy steamboat builder, helped make the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers famous
- Emmer Bowen (1830-1912), Medal of Honor recipient during the Confederate War
- Tod Browning (1880-1962), movie director, screenwriter, known as "The Master of the Macabre"
- David Burbank (1821-1895), dentist, businessman and landholder, Burbank, California, was named for him
- Betty Burbridge (1895-1987), actress
- John Mansfield (1822-1896), politician, Lieutenant Governor of California from 1880 to 1883
- William B. Mayes (1837-1900), Union Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
- Owen McAleer (1858-1944), politician, Canadian-born 35th Mayor of Los Angeles
- Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952), actress, first black person to win an Academy Award, which she received for her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind
- Spencer G. Millard (1856-1895), politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of California, died in office within his first year
- Mable Monohan (1888-1953), murder victim, her death sent Barbara Graham, Emmet Perkins and Jack Santo to the gas chamber
- Gideon C. Moody (1832-1904), American politician, Congressman/Senator
- Tim Moore (1887-1958), vaudevillian, comic actor, appeared in the TV version of Amos 'n' Andy
- Remi Nadeau (1819-1887), French Canadian pioneer who arrived in Los Angeles in 1861
- Marshall Neilan (1891-1958), director, actor, motion picture pioneer
- John R. Newberry (1850-1933), businessman, pioneer grocer, founded J.R. Newberry and Company, one of the first chain grocery stores in Los Angeles
- John G. Nichols (1813-1898), 3rd and 10th Mayor of Los Angeles
- Henry Z. Osborne (1848-1923), politician, served in the House of Representatives from California
- Frank Rader (1848-1897), politician, 31st Mayor of Los Angeles
- Andy Razaf (1895-1973), lyricist, composer, wrote "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose"
- Frederick H. Rindge (1857-1905), American businessman, philanthropist and writer
- Anthony A.C. Rogers (1821-1899), politician, served in the House of Representatives from Arkansas
- Maria Rasputin (1889-1977), daughter of Russia's notorious "mad monk," Grigori Rasputin
- Monroe Salisbury (1876-1935), actor
- Caroline Severance (1820-1914), social reformer, suffragette
- James S. Slauson (1865-1922), Southland pioneer, citrus grower and former president of the Chamber of Commerce, prominent in civic affairs
- Everett Sloane (1909-1965), actor, was in Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre, played Mr. Bernstein in Citizen Kane
- William Stephens (1859-1944), 24th California Governor
- Art Tatum (1909-1956), jazz pianist (has cenotaph; originally interred here, he was removed to Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale)
- William I. Traeger (1880-1935), lawman, politician, football coach, sheriff of Los Angeles County from 1921 to 1932, served term in the House of Representatives from California
- John Q. Tufts (1840-1908), politician, served in the House of Representatives from Iowa
- Ernestine Wade (1906-1983), actress, played Sapphire Stevens on radio and TV's Amos 'n' Andy
- Olin Wellborn (1843-1921), politician, served in House of Representatives from Texas
- Ernest Whitman (1893-1954), actor, played the Carpetbagger's friend in Gone with the Wind
- Robert M. Widney (1838-1929), American lawyer, judge, a founder of USC
- Harvey H. Wilcox (1832-1891), owned a ranch northwest of the City of Los Angeles, which his wife, Daeida, named Hollywood. Originally interred in Rosedale, alongside his mother, Azubah (Mark) Wilcox (c. 1804-1888), he was removed to Hollywood Cemetery, in 1922
- Dooley Wilson (1886-1953), actor, musician, played Sam in Casablanca
- Anna May Wong (1905-1961), actress, the first Chinese American movie star
- Frederick T. Woodman (1872-1949), politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
- Honorable Wu (1896-1945), actor
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