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Clement Calhoun Young (1869-1947) —
also known as C. C. Young —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Lisbon, Grafton
County, N.H., April 28,
1869.
Republican. Banker;
member of California
state assembly, 1909-18; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1913-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912,
1928;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1919-27; Governor of
California, 1927-31; defeated, 1934.
Congregationalist.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., December
24, 1947 (age 78 years, 240
days).
Interment at Sunset View Cemetery.
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William Harrison Waste —
also known as William H. Waste —
of California.
Chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1926-40.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sunset View Cemetery.
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Rodger Paul Davies (1921-1974) —
Born in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., May 7,
1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974, died in office 1974.
Assassinated
in Cyprus,
August
19, 1974 (age 53 years, 104
days).
Interment at Sunset View Cemetery.
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Duncan E. McKinlay (1862-1914) —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Orillia, Ontario,
October
6, 1862.
Republican. Presidential Elector for California, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1905-11.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., December
30, 1914 (age 52 years, 85
days).
Interment at Sunset View Cemetery.
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Ralph Roscoe Eltse (1885-1971) —
also known as Ralph R. Eltse —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, September
13, 1885.
Son of John J. Eltse and Jennie Sarah (West) Eltse.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1933-35; defeated,
1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; American Bar
Association.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., March 18,
1971 (age 85 years, 186
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sunset View Cemetery.
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Henry Carl Luckey (1868-1956) —
also known as Henry C. Luckey —
of Nebraska.
Born near East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
22, 1868.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1935-39; defeated,
1940.
Died December
31, 1956 (age 88 years, 39
days).
Interment at Sunset View Cemetery.
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John M. Eshleman (1876-1916) —
also known as Jack Eshleman —
of California.
Born in Villa Ridge, Pulaski
County, Ill., June 14,
1876.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Eshleman Hall at University of California Berkeley is named for
him.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a train
station at at Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., February
28, 1916 (age 39 years, 259
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Sunset View
Cemetery.
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Edward Newton Ament (1860-1949) —
also known as Edward N. Ament —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Arcata, Humboldt
County, Calif., July 30,
1860.
Furniture
business; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1932-39.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in his dentist's
waiting room, Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., February
24, 1949 (age 88 years, 209
days).
Interment at Sunset View Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Ledgett Eshleman (d. 1961) —
also known as Mrs. John M. Eshleman —
of California.
Republican. Presidential Elector for California, 1924.
Female.
Died in 1961.
Interment at Sunset View Cemetery.
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