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George Alexander (1839-1923) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September
21, 1839.
Son of William Alexander and Mary Alexander.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; feed and
grain
business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909-13.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand Army of the Republic; Moose.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Henry Clay Bates (1843-1909) —
also known as Henry C. Bates —
of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., January
29, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Caledonia
County State's Attorney, 1880-82, 1892-94; member of Vermont
state senate from Caledonia County, 1886-88; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896-97; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1898-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1900;
U.S. Judge for the Philippine Islands, 1901-07.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., March 12,
1909 (age 66 years, 42
days).
Interment at Smithland
Cemetery, Smithland, Iowa.
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William Hartshorn Bonsall (1846-1905) —
also known as William H. Bonsall —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1846.
Son of Samuel Bonsall and Mary (Mills) Bonsall.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1892.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in California, July, 1905
(age 59
years, 0 days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Charles Gerard Conn (1844-1931) —
of Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Elkhart, Ind., 1880-83; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1893-95.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
5, 1931 (age 86 years, 341
days).
Interment at Grace
Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Ind.
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Milton John Daniels (1838-1914) —
also known as Milton J. Daniels —
of Minnesota; Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April 18,
1838.
Son of John V. Daniels and Hester Ann (Wheeler) Daniels.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1882-89; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1903-05.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., December
1, 1914 (age 76 years, 227
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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Morrill Ingalls Davis (1841-1930) —
of Kansas.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 2,
1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1901-03.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Turlock, Stanislaus
County, Calif., May 29,
1930 (age 89 years, 27
days).
Interment at Turlock
Cemetery, Turlock, Calif.
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Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1840.
Son of Rev. David Greene and Mary (Evarts) Greene.
Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1870-79; chief
justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1888; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Washington, 1890.
Baptist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
17, 1930 (age 89 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) —
also known as Henry Z. Osborne —
of Express (unknown
county), Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
4, 1848.
Son of Rev. Zenas Osborne and Juliaette (Bristol) Osborne.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1890-1900; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1917-23; died in
office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
8, 1923 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Edward Selig Salomon (1836-1913) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
December
25, 1836.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1870-72; member of California
state assembly 42nd District, 1889-91.
Jewish.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died July 18,
1913 (age 76 years, 205
days).
Interment at Salem
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Stephen Girard Whipple (1823-1895) —
also known as Stephen G. Whipple —
of Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
5, 1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1854-55, 1857-58, 1863 (12th District 1854-55,
1857-58, 27th District 1863); served in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif., October
21, 1895 (age 71 years, 350
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Grove Cemetery, Eureka, Calif.
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John Downey Works (1847-1928) —
also known as John D. Works —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Rising Sun, Ohio
County, Ind., March 29,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1879; state court judge in
California, 1886-87; justice of
California state supreme court, 1888-91; U.S.
Senator from California, 1911-17; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar
Association; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 6,
1928 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Inglewood
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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