Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland in Alameda County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Rev. Laurentine Hamilton
1826 1882
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado
1. Rev. Laurentine Hamilton Marker
Columbia, San Jose, Oakland
Founding minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland
Mt. Hamilton bears his name
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 37° 49.946′ N, 122° 14.25′ W. Marker is in Oakland, California, in Alameda County. It is in Mountain View Cemetery. It can be reached from Main Avenue near Piedmont Avenue, on the right when traveling east. The granite marker is in plot 8. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5000 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland CA 94611, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area and on the Coast Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: In Memory of Col. John Coffee Hays (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); William Taylor (about 600 feet away); Samuel Merritt, M.D. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado (approx. 0.4 miles away); Antonio Bras Columns (approx. half a mile away); Faux Bois Benches (approx. 0.6 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Piedmont Park History Trail (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakland.
Also see . . . Laurentine Hamilton.
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"...in 1861 he travelled with William H. Brewer and Charles F. Hoffmann to the summit of a nearby mountain, as part of the initial California Geological Survey. That mountain, Mount Hamilton, is named after him.(Submitted on April 19, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)
While preaching on Easter Sunday, 1882, Hamilton spoke "We know not what matter is..." and then collapsed onto the ground, dead."
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, April 6, 2023
2. Rev. Laurentine Hamilton Marker
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, April 6, 2023
3. Rev. Laurentine Hamilton Marker
Public Domain, 1875
4. Rev. Laurentine Hamilton
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 19, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.
