I was surprised to read the last lines in this letter. My Irish ancestors settled in San Francisco where I was born. For those who may not know, Lone Mountain is one of the old cemeteries in San Francisco. Colleen researching Tierney/Dillon/O'Shea/Greeley Message: 2 Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:12:19 -0700 From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Wm. MURPHY's 1880 "American Letter" to Family in Belfast To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <109001c92afb$5a908b70$2b1ecac6@jean> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original ....... Their graves are scattered far and wide, By mountain, steam and sea.' James, the latest of our loved and lost, laid him down to rest in the far away California. He like thousands more tried to find a fortune and instead he found a grave. But where could he find a more fitting resting place than in Lone Mountain? The last rays of the setting sun kiss his grave as it sinks behind the waters of the Great Pacific, and his spirit has crossed the Great Divide and joined the others in that better land beyond. Dear sister and brother; may God bless and preserve you is the earnest prayer of your affectionate brother." William -- Excerpt, "Letters of a Nation," ed. A. Carroll