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THE WILSON and PATTON FAMILIES
Perhaps the most well-known burials in the San Gabriel Cemetery are those of the Wilson and Patton families. The Wilson/Patton burial plot is marked by marble obelisk measuring approximately 25 feet in height and inscribed with the Wilson name. Surrounding the obelisk are the graves of various family members, including Benjamin D. Wilson, who died in 1878, and Margaret Hereford Wilson, who died in 1899. Their daughter, "Little Maggie" is remembered with a small and distinctive monument, and son. John is remembered by a small obelisk. Margaret Wilson's sister, Esther Madeira Hereford, is also buried here.Benjamin Davis Wilson stands out in the history of the San Gabriel Valley as well as in the history of the San Gabriel Cemetery. His involvement with the Episcopal Church is critical to the cemetery history. It was Wilson property and largely Wilson enterprise that formed its basis. Wilson entered Los Angeles politics in 1849. He became the first clerk of Los Angeles County and then mayor in 1851, and was appointed and Indian Agent by President Millard Fillmore in 1853. He was elected state senator in 1855.
Wilson built a home on the property (near the present San Marino intersection of Euston Road and Patton Way) and named it Lake Vineyard. There he began farming and wine production on these lands. He also opened a retail wine outlet in San Francisco. In 1876, he purchased 250 acres of land upon which he started the city of Alhambra.
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