The Vigilance Committee of 1856 - James O'Meara

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Three of the victims of the Vigilance Committee of 1856 are buried in Mission Dolores Cemetery in San Francisco. Mission Dolores Cemetery is one of the few Cemeteries in San Francisco. There are about 150 people buried there. The fact that three vigilance committee victims are buried there is extrordinary. One of the victims, James "Yankee" Sullivan committed suicide while in the committees custody; his burial in a Catholic cemetery is unusual,