Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Fresno, California, opened in the 1880s.
History In the early 1880s, Moses J. Church donated 80 acres of land along Belmont Avenue for the establishment of cemeteries. He named the combined plot Mountain View Cemetery but subdivided it and allocated it to a number of groups, such as Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist, Episcopal, Christian, Masonic, Odd Fellows and many others. No fences were installed between the areas. John S. Eastwood performed the initial survey the property in 1888 as Fresno's City Engineer at the time. The 10-acres of donated land earmarked for the Armenian community became Ararat Cemetery.
Upkeep for the cemetery was assigned to the local Odd Fellows lodge. In 1910, citizens became concerned with plant overgrowth and lack of a map showing ownership of individual plots at the cemetery. They formed the "Mountain View Cemetery Improvement Association" and took over some management duties.
Notable interments Notable interments listed in alphabetical order by surname. Harry St. John Dixon (1848–1898), Confederate officer, lawyer, rancher Frank Dusy, (1837–1898), early business leader of Selma, California, and a co-inventor of the Fresno Scraper John Samuel Eastwood (1857–1924), dam engineer and pioneer of hydroelectric power production Bertrand W. Gearhart (1890–1955), lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for California's 9th congressional districtGearhart, Bertrand Wesley, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Angelina J. Knox (1819–1896), inventor, abolitionist, philanthropist, missionary, and writer Dutch Leonard (1892–1952), pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career playing for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. Alma Rubens (1897–1931), film actress and stage performer. Frank Hamilton Short (1862–1920), lawyer and a states' rights advocate
See also List of cemeteries in California
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