Historical California Cemetery Stone & Monument Carvers & Dealers
Taylor thru Thompson
A. TAYLOR & SON, Angels, Calavaras County, California.
The Riester Cemetery Stone. This cemetery stone is located in the Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Tuolumne County, California. (Photographed July 1998) |
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Ann, wife of John Riester, Died July 4, 1862, Aged 72 years, A Native of England John Riester, Native of B…n Germany, Died June 7, 1881, Aged 71 years Signed: A. Taylor & Son. |
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The Jarvis Cemetery Stone. This cemetery stone is located in the Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Tuolumne County, California. (Photographed July 1998) |
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Edward Scott Jarvis, Born in Boston, Mass. Sept. 8, 1790, Died Dec. 24, 1868 Signed: A. Taylor, Angels, Calaveras, Co. |
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A. C. THOMPSON, City & County of San Francisco, California.
According to Leeanna Rossi’s Headstones of the Gold Rush Era: Sculpting Masterpieces in Marble,* in 1875 William Boyne partnered with A. C. Thompson to form the company named Boyne and Thompson, Marble dealers, 204 K Street, Sacramento. (* Headstones of the Gold Rush Era: Sculpting Masterpieces in Marble,* by Leeanna Rossi, Golden Notes, vol. 43, number 3, Fall 1997, Sacramento Co. Historical Society, Sacramento, CA, 1997, pp. 10)
The Goodson Cemetery Stone. This cemetery stone is located in the Woodland Cemetery, Woodland, Yolo County, California. (Photographed June 1998 and July 1999) |
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Jesse Goodson, Died Feb. 16, 1878, Aged 30 yrs. 2 mos. 11 ds. Signed: A. C. Thompson, 44 (6, 8, or 0) St., S. F. (stone fractured) |
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