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Charles Abel Buffum (1870-1936) —
also known as Charles A. Buffum —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in La Fayette, Stark
County, Ill., January
30, 1870.
Merchant; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1921-24.
Died, of a heart
ailment, November
29, 1936 (age 66 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
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Charles Crocker (1822-1888) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
16, 1822.
Son of Isaac Crocker and Eliza (Wright) Crocker.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; banker;
member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of the
Central Pacific Railroad;
first president of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Died in Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif., August
14, 1888 (age 65 years, 333
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Hiram Tolbert Fairbanks (1828-1915) —
also known as H. T. Fairbanks —
of Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., December
29, 1828.
Son of Sheldon Fairbanks (1801-1868) and Mercy Ann (Sage) Fairbanks
(1802-1860).
Republican. Merchant; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1880.
Died in Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif., June 29,
1915 (age 86 years, 182
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hill Memorial Park, Petaluma, Calif.
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Isaac Julian Harvey —
of Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif.
Merchant; mayor of
Salinas, Calif., 1874.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Mellus (1816-1860) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
24, 1816.
Son of William Mellus and Amelia (Lyon) Mellus.
Democrat. Merchant; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1860; died in office 1860.
Died December
26, 1860 (age 44 years, 124
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward E. Muecke (b. 1869) —
of Aurora, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., December
11, 1869.
Merchant; postmaster;
U.S. Vice Consul in Iquique, 1900-09; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Iquique, 1909-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) —
also known as George C. Perkins —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kennebunkport, York
County, Maine, August
23, 1839.
Son of Clement Perkins and Lucinda (Fairfield) Perkins.
Republican. Merchant; banker; miller; steamship
business; member of California
state senate, 1869-76; Governor of
California, 1880-83; U.S.
Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., February
26, 1923 (age 83 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Sol Price (born c.1916) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born about 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Retailer who started the "warehouse club" model copied by
Sam's Club and others; his Price Club chain merged with Costco;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1960;
philanthropist.
Still living as of 2006.
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John Ezra Rickards (1848-1927) —
also known as John E. Rickards —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Delaware City, New Castle
County, Del., July 23,
1848.
Son of David Townsend Rickards and Mary (Burris) Rickards.
Republican. Merchant; member
Montana territorial council, 1887; delegate to
Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1889-93; Governor of
Montana, 1893-97.
Methodist.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., December
26, 1927 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Richard Sawday (b. 1849) —
also known as Frederick R. Sawday —
of San
Diego County, Calif.; Ensenada, Baja
California.
Born in Sidmouth, England,
July
29, 1849.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; sheep raiser;
merchant; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ensenada, 1911-14; U.S. Consular Agent in Ensenada, 1916-17.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Henry Selby (1820-1875) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1820.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1869-71.
Died, of pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., June 17,
1875 (age 55 years, 34
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Silver (b. 1852) —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
8, 1852.
Customhouse
broker; commission merchant; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1884-85, 1889-91, 1907-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) —
also known as Leland Stanford —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., March 9,
1824.
Son of Josiah Stanford and Elizabeth (Phillips) Stanford.
Republican. Lawyer;
merchant; builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad;
founder
of Stanford University; Governor of
California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S.
Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 21,
1893 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Entombed at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
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William Dennison Stephens (1859-1944) —
also known as William D. Stephens —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Eaton, Preble
County, Ohio, December
26, 1859.
Republican. Merchant; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909; U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-16 (7th District 1911-13,
10th District 1913-16); resigned 1916; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1916-17; Governor of
California, 1917-23.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Santa Fe Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 25,
1944 (age 84 years, 121
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Irving Joseph Symons (1907-2004) —
also known as Irving J. Symons —
of Sonora, Tuolumne
County, Calif.
Born in Sonora, Tuolumne
County, Calif., November
21, 1907.
Son of Thomas Frederick Symons and Mary Ellen (Barry) Symons.
Republican. Merchant; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; Presidential Elector for California, 1952.
Died December
26, 2004 (age 97 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Scadden Vessey (1858-1929) —
also known as Robert S. Vessey —
of Wessington Springs, Jerauld
County, S.Dak.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 16,
1858.
Son of Charles Vessey and Jane Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Vessey.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Governor of
South Dakota, 1909-13.
Methodist.
Died October
18, 1929 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Woodford Allen Yerxa (1856-1935) —
also known as Woodford A. Yerxa —
of Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born in St. John, New
Brunswick, 1856.
Merchant; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1883-85.
Died in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., February
10, 1935 (age about 78
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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