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Pima County
Arizona

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pima County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Tucson East Lawn Cemetery
  • Tucson Evergreen Cemetery
  • Tucson Holy Hope Cemetery
  • Tucson Old Tucson Cemetery
  • Tucson Our Lady of the Desert Cemetery
  • Tucson St. Philips in the Hills Church


    Private or family graveyard
    Pima County, Arizona


    East Lawn Cemetery
    Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
    Politicians buried here:
      Harold Francis Youngblood (1907-1983) — also known as Harold F. Youngblood — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 7, 1907. Republican. U.S. Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1947-49; defeated, 1934, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1956; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1958. Catholic. Member, Elks; Lions. Died in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., May 10, 1983 (age 75 years, 276 days). Interment at East Lawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Evergreen Cemetery
    3015 North Oracle Road
    Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
    Politicians buried here:
      Louis Cameron Hughes (1842-1915) — also known as Louis C. Hughes — of Arizona. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 15, 1842. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Arizona territory attorney general, 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1892; Governor of Arizona Territory, 1893-96. Member, Ancient Order of United Workmen. Died, from chronic nephritis, in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., November 24, 1915 (age 73 years, 193 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      Dan Edward Garvey (1886-1974) — also known as Dan E. Garvey — of Tucson, Pima County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss., June 19, 1886. Democrat. Railroad accountant; Pima County Treasurer, 1935-38; secretary of state of Arizona, 1942-48; Governor of Arizona, 1948-51; defeated in primary, 1950. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., February 5, 1974 (age 87 years, 231 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Arnette Towne (1858-1928) — also known as Charles A. Towne — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born near Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., November 21, 1858. Son of Judson Towne and Laura (Fargo) Towne. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1895-97; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1900-01; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1905-07. Died, from asthma and pneumonia, in Southern Methodist Hospital, Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., October 22, 1928 (age 69 years, 336 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Henry Campbell (1868-1928) — of Arizona. Born in Tuscola, Douglas County, Ill., September 19, 1868. Justice of Arizona territorial supreme court, 1905. Died June 10, 1928 (age 59 years, 265 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      Robert Morrison (c.1909-1999) — of Arizona. Born about 1909. Democrat. Arizona state attorney general; elected 1954; candidate for Governor of Arizona, 1958. Died July 8, 1999 (age about 90 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      William Henry Barnes (1843-1904) — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born in Hampton, Windham County, Conn., May 14, 1843. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1871-72; justice of Arizona territorial supreme court, 1885. Member, American Bar Association. Died November 10, 1904 (age 61 years, 180 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      Hiram Sanford Stevens (1832-1893) — of Arizona. Born in Weston, Windsor County, Vt., March 20, 1832. Member of Arizona territorial House of Representatives, 1868; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1875. Died March 22, 1893 (age 61 years, 2 days). Original interment at Old Tucson Cemetery; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Hiram S. Corbett (1886-1967) — also known as Hi Corbett — of Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born in 1886. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1924; Arizona Republican state chair, 1925-27. Died in 1967 (age about 81 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.


    Holy Hope Cemetery
    Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
    Politicians buried here:
      William Cronin (c.1863-1963) — also known as Will Cronin — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born in Waterford, Ireland, about 1863. Democrat. Chair of Westchester County Democratic Party, 1933-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks. Died, of cancer, in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., March 10, 1963 (age about 100 years). Interment at Holy Hope Cemetery.


    Old Tucson Cemetery
    Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
    Politicians formerly buried here:
      Hiram Sanford Stevens (1832-1893) — of Arizona. Born in Weston, Windsor County, Vt., March 20, 1832. Member of Arizona territorial House of Representatives, 1868; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1875. Died March 22, 1893 (age 61 years, 2 days). Original interment at Old Tucson Cemetery; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Our Lady of the Desert Cemetery
    Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
    Politicians buried here:
      Joe Ahee (1914-1985) — of Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., February 2, 1914. Son of Solomon Ahee and Sarah (Haddad) Ahee. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Adjutant General of Arizona, 1965-67. Member, National Rifle Association. Died in February, 1985 (age about 70 years). Interment at Our Lady of the Desert Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, December 4, 1943, to Ann Louise Martin.


    St. Philips in the Hills Church
    Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
    Politicians buried here:
      Richard Mansfield Bilby (1931-1998) — also known as Richard M. Bilby — of Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., May 29, 1931. Son of Ralph Willard Bilby and Marguerite (Mansfield) Bilby. Law clerk for Judge Richard H. Chambers, 1958-59; lawyer; member, board of directors, St. Joseph Hospital, Tucson, Ariz., 1969-77; U.S. District Judge for Arizona, 1979-96; took senior status 1996. Died in Flagstaff, Coconino County, Ariz., August 11, 1998 (age 67 years, 74 days). Cremated; ashes interred at St. Philips in the Hills Church.
      Relatives: Son of Ralph Willard Bilby and Marguerite (Mansfield) Bilby; brother of Ralph Mansfield Bilby; married, July 6, 1957, to Ann Borchert. See Babbitt-Bilby family of Arizona.
      See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial


     

     


     
       
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