This marker reads as follows on the left-hand side:
In the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and
forty, San Francisco
Typographical Union
No. 21, on the nineteenth
anniversary of its
organization, dedicates
this monument to the
memory of those of our
craft who have entered
into the larger life.
On the right-hand side it reads:
I will not wrong a
member or see him
or her wronged
if in my power
to prevent.
See the page on Cause of Death
for a little more about this historic site.
The requirement to find a marker with the deceased's
occupation on it was not an easy one to fulfill, but like
Samuel Merritt shown here, the initials M.D. were a good
hint. But Samuel was also a Regent of the University of
California, and the Mayor of Oakland as well.
Other occupations found by students included R.N.,
J.D., and Mother (though nobody mentioned Father as an
occupation, unless referring to the priests buried in
Catholic cemeteries).