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Henry Ellsworth Barbour (1877-1945) —
also known as Henry E. Barbour —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., March 8,
1877.
Son of William J. Barbour and Mary M. (Houston) Barbour.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Phi.
Died in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., March 21,
1945 (age 68 years, 13
days).
Interment at Belmont Memorial Park.
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Charles R. Barnard (d. 1968) —
Judge,
California Court of Appeal 4th District, 1929-31.
Died in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., 1968.
Interment at Belmont Memorial Park.
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Bertrand Wesley Gearhart (1890-1955) —
also known as Bertrand W. Gearhart; Bud
Gearhart —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., May 31,
1890.
Son of John Wesley Gearhart and Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Gearhart.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
California convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1935-49; defeated,
1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1948.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sons of
the American Revolution; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Among the founders of the American Legion.
Died in a hospital
at San
Francisco, Calif., October
11, 1955 (age 65 years, 133
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Wiley James Tinnin (d. 1910) —
also known as Wiley J. Tinnin —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 26th District, 1871-75.
Died in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., November
24, 1910.
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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David Monroe Barnwell (1875-1935) —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Comanche
County, Tex., October
20, 1875.
Democrat. Fresno
County Clerk, 1910-33; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
U.S. Comptroller of Customs, San Francisco, 1933.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., 1935
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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