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Butte County
California

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Butte County


Index to Locations

  • Chico Chico Cemetery
  • Gridley Gridley Cemetery
  • Oroville Unknown location
  • Oroville Old Oroville Cemetery


    Chico Cemetery
    881 Mangrove Avenue
    Chico, Butte County, California
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      John Bidwell (1819-1900) — of Chico, Butte County, Calif. Born in Chautauqua County, N.Y., August 5, 1819. Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of California state senate, 1849-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1860; U.S. Representative from California 3rd District, 1865-67; candidate for Governor of California, 1875 (Independent), 1890 (Prohibition); Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, 1892. Died in Chico, Butte County, Calif., April 4, 1900 (age 80 years, 242 days). Interment at Chico Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Annie Ellicott Kennedy (1839-1918).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Theodore Meriam (1910-2001) — of Chico, Butte County, Calif. Born in Chico, Butte County, Calif., April 18, 1910. Mayor of Chico, Calif., 1952-56. Died in Chico, Butte County, Calif., August 5, 2001 (age 91 years, 109 days). Interment at Chico Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Gridley Cemetery
    Gridley, Butte County, California
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles Hastings Deuel (1868-1947) — of Chico, Butte County, Calif. Born in Forbestown, Butte County, Calif., 1868. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936. Died in Chico, Butte County, Calif., 1947 (age about 79 years). Interment at Gridley Cemetery.


    Unknown Location
    Oroville, Butte County, California
    Politicians buried here:
      William Chalmers Hendricks (1825-1892) — also known as William C. Hendricks — of California. Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pa., 1825. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; secretary of state of California, 1887-91. Died in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., January 24, 1892 (age about 66 years). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: First cousin of Thomas Andrews Hendricks; father of Scott Hendricks. See Hendricks family of Indiana and Pennsylvania.


    Old Oroville Cemetery
    Oroville, Butte County, California
    Politicians buried here:
      Richard Quinton (1801-1885) — of Keokuk County, Iowa. Born in Kentucky, 1801. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention from Keokuk County, 1844. Died November 7, 1885 (age about 84 years). Interment at Old Oroville Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Margaret Morgan.
      Epitaph: "Steadfast Father and Pioneer."


     

     


     
       
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