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Justin Leroy Johnson (1888-1961) —
also known as J. Leroy Johnson —
of Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., April 8,
1888.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1936,
1948
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1943-57 (3rd District 1943-53,
11th District 1953-57).
Died in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., March 26,
1961 (age 72 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Casa Bonita Mausoleum.
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Katherine Thompson Becker (1916-1996) —
also known as Katherine Thompson Brown —
of Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., October
10, 1916.
Daughter of Charles Henry Brown (1865-1935) and Annette (Thompson)
Brown (1885-1959).
Republican. Member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-50; vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1948-50.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Danish,
Dutch,
and English
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., February
25, 1996 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Casa Bonita Mausoleum.
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John Cummins Edwards (1804-1888) —
also known as John C. Edwards —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 24,
1804.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Missouri, 1830-35, 1837; district judge in Missouri,
1832-37; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1836; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1837-39; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1841-43; Governor of
Missouri, 1844-48; mayor
of Stockton, Calif., 1851.
Died in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., October
14, 1888 (age 84 years, 112
days).
Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery.
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James Herbert Budd (1851-1908) —
of California.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., May 18,
1851.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1883-85; Governor of
California, 1895-99.
Died in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., July 30,
1908 (age 57 years, 73
days).
Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery.
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David Smith Terry (1823-1889) —
also known as David S. Terry —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Christian County (part now in Todd
County), Ky., March 8,
1823.
Son of Joseph Royal Terry (1792-1877) and Sarah David (Smith) Terry
(1793-1837).
Lawyer;
went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension of
slavery to California; justice of
California state supreme court, 1855-59; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.
Senator David
C. Broderick in a duel
near San Francisco in 1859; tried for
murder,
but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidate
for Presidential Elector for California, 1880;
his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir of
wealthy U.S. Senator William
Sharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejected
by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen
J. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), she
and Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and were jailed
six months for contempt
of court.
Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Field
and slapped him in the face; he was then shot
through the heart and killed by
U.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in the train
station dining
room at Lathrop, San Joaquin
County, Calif., August
14, 1889 (age 66 years, 159
days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but later
released on the demand of the U.S. government.
Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery.
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James Alexander Louttit (1848-1906) —
of California.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
16, 1848.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1885-87; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896.
Died in Pacific Grove, Monterey
County, Calif., July 26,
1906 (age 57 years, 283
days).
Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery.
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Peter Singleton Wilkes (1827-1900) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., 1827.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1860;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Law partner of David
S. Terry.
Died in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., January
2, 1900 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery.
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David Fulton Douglass (1821-1872) —
of San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., January
8, 1821.
Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1855-56; secretary of
state of California, 1856-58.
Died in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., June 16,
1872 (age 51 years, 160
days).
Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery.
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Caleb Dorsey (1833-1896) —
of Pike
County, Mo.; Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in Patapsco, Anne Arundel
County, Md., September
7, 1833.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; livestock
raiser; bank
director; member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1877-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Shot
and killed by
his mining partner, J. T. Newcomer, at Snell Mine, near Columbia, Tuolumne
County, Calif., April 21,
1896 (age 62 years, 227
days). Newcomer claimed self-defense, but was convicted of murder
and sentenced to prison.
Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery.
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Hubert R. McNoble (d. 1943) —
of Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1912.
Died October
28, 1943.
Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery.
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Caswell Davis —
of Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Member of California
state assembly 4th District, 1856-57.
Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery.
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