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John Bigler (1805-1871) —
of Centre
County, Pa.; Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
8, 1805.
Son of Jacob Bigler and Susan (Dock) Bigler.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of California
state assembly, 1850-52 (Sacramento District 1850-51, 12th
District 1851-52); Governor of
California, 1852-56; defeated, 1855; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1868.
Died November
29, 1871 (age 66 years, 325
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Newton Booth (1825-1892) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., December
25, 1825.
Son of Beebe Booth and Hannah (Pitts) Booth.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Harvey
David Scott; member of California
state senate, 1863; Governor of
California, 1871-75; U.S.
Senator from California, 1875-81.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., July 14,
1892 (age 66 years, 202
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Hugh C. Murray (c.1825-1857) —
of California.
Born about 1825.
Superior court judge in California, 1849-51; justice of
California state supreme court, 1851-57; died in office 1857; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1852-57; died in
office 1857.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
18, 1857 (age about 32
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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William Irwin (1827-1886) —
of Siskiyou
County, Calif.
Born in 1827.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 28th District, 1862-63; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1875; Governor of
California, 1875-80.
Died March 15,
1886 (age about 58
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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John Chilton Burch (1826-1885) —
also known as John C. Burch —
of Weaverville, Trinity
County, Calif.
Born in Boone
County, Mo., February
1, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; Trinity
County Clerk; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1857-58; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1859-61.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
31, 1885 (age 59 years, 211
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Clunie (1852-1903) —
also known as Thomas J. Clunie —
of California.
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland
of American parents, March 25,
1852.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1884;
member of California
state senate, 1887-89; U.S.
Representative from California 5th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 30,
1903 (age 51 years, 97
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Grove Lawrence Johnson (1841-1926) —
also known as Grove L. Johnson —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., March 27,
1841.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1877-81, 1899-1905, 1907-11 (18th District
1877-81, 20th District 1899-1903, 17th District 1903-05, 1907-11);
member of California
state senate, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., February
1, 1926 (age 84 years, 311
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818-1875) —
also known as Edwin B. Crocker —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Jamesville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., April 26,
1818.
Son of Isaac Crocker and (mother) Crocker.
Lawyer;
justice
of California state supreme court, 1863; chief counsel, Central
Pacific Railroad,
1864-69.
Founder of the Crocker Art Museum; partially
paralyzed following an 1869 stroke.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., June 24,
1875 (age 57 years, 59
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Edwin G. Waite (c.1827-1894) —
of California.
Born about 1827.
Secretary
of state of California, 1891-94; died in office 1894.
Died October
30, 1894 (age about 67
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Levi Rackliffe (c.1844-1898) —
Born in Lincolnville, Waldo
County, Maine, about 1844.
Republican. California
state treasurer, 1895-98.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April 21,
1898 (age about 54
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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William Stephen Hamilton (d. 1850) —
of Wisconsin.
Son of Alexander
Hamilton.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of Wisconsin
territorial legislature; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., October
7, 1850.
Interment at City Cemetery.
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John C. Bell (c.1831-1860) —
of El
Dorado County, Calif.
Born about 1831.
Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1860; died in office 1860.
During an argument just outside the Assembly
session in the California
State Capitol, was shot and
stabbed
by Dr. W. H. Stone, mortally
wounded, and died four days later, in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April 15,
1860 (age about 29
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Thomas Hansbrow —
of Sacramento
County, Calif.
Member of California
state assembly 16th District, 1865-67.
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Frederick Bartlett Fancher (1852-1944) —
also known as Frederick B. Fancher —
of Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., April 2,
1852.
Republican. Insurance
business; farmer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Stutsman
County, 1889; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1894-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1899-1901; wholesale
grocer.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1944 (age 91 years, 283
days).
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Son of Yasuji Matsui and Alice (Nagata) Matsui.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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William Land —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Sacramento, Calif., 1898-99.
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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Brien T. Collins (c.1941-1993) —
also known as B. T. Collins —
of California.
Born about 1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member of
California
state assembly, 1991-93; died in office 1993.
Died, of a heart
attack, 1993
(age about
52 years).
Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park.
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John D. Winters —
of Nevada.
Son of John D. Winters, Sr. and Elizabeth (Wells) Winters.
Democrat. Candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1866.
Interment at Old Sacramento City Cemetery.
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John Augustus Sutter, Jr. (1826-1897) —
also known as John A. Sutter, Jr. —
Born in Switzerland,
October
25, 1826.
Son of John A. Sutter (owner of famous California mill where gold was
discovered in 1848).
Candidate for Governor of
California, 1849; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1874-84.
Reputedly founder of Sacramento, Calif.
Died in Acapulco (Acapulco de Juárez), Guerrero,
September
21, 1897 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero; reinterment in 1964 at Old
Sacramento City Cemetery.
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Hardin Bigelow —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Sacramento, Calif., 1850.
Interment at Old Sacramento City Cemetery.
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