Southwestern Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Margaret Rhodes Crocker
1822 – 1901
— Wife of Edwin Bryant Crocker —
Photographed By Syd Whittle, May 30, 2006
1. Margaret Rhodes Crocker Marker
Inscription.
Margaret Rhodes Crocker. 1822 – 1901. The donation of her late husband’s art collection to the city in 1885 gave Sacramento the first and finest art gallery west of the Mississippi. Other philanthropic gestures during her lifetime, which included generous support of the Protestant Orphan Asylum, founding of the Marguerite Home for Aged and Homeless Women (1884), Women’s Aid Society and other numerous charities, earned her the title of “Lady Bountiful”.
The donation of her late husband’s art collection to the city in 1885 gave Sacramento the first and finest art gallery west of the Mississippi. Other philanthropic gestures during her lifetime, which included generous support of the Protestant Orphan Asylum, founding of the Marguerite Home for Aged and Homeless Women (1884), Women’s Aid Society and other numerous charities, earned her the title of “Lady Bountiful”.
Location. 38° 33.77′ N, 121° 30.133′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Southwestern Sacramento. Marker can be reached from Broadway, on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the Crocker Section of the Sacramento City Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1000 Broadway, Sacramento CA 95818, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Margaret Rhodes Crocker Marker at the Entrance to the Crocker Section
Photographed By Syd Whittle, May 30, 2006
3. Edwin Bryant Crocker Monument
Lawyer, politician, patron of the arts. Although remembered primarily for his passion of art and building the finest art gallery west of the Mississippi, he was also a Justice on California's State Supreme Court (1863) and Chief Counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad Company (1864-1869)
Photographed By Syd Whittle, December 27, 2008
4. Margaret Rhodes Crocker
Inscription on the front of the Crocker Monument.
Edwin Bryant Crocker
Died June 24, 1875
Aged 57 Years
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Margaret Eleanor Crocker
Died Dec. 1, 1901
Aged 79 Years
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Aimee Crocker Couraud
Dec. 5, 1864
Feb. 7, 1941
Additional family members are named on the other three sides.
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