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Benjamin Clark Hilliard (1868-1951) —
also known as Benjamin C. Hilliard —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, January
9, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1915-19; defeated,
1918 (Independent), 1920, 1922, 1926; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1931-51; died in office 1951; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1939-41, 1949-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1944.
Christian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died August 7,
1951 (age 83 years, 210
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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James Bolton Stewart (1882-1969) —
also known as James B. Stewart —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
27, 1882.
Son of James Stewart and Sarah Jane Stewart.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Pernambuco, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1918-22; Tampico, 1924; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1938-40; Zurich, 1940; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1943-45.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1969
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Louis Boatright (1876-1938) —
also known as William L. Boatright —
of Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Gentry
County, Mo., June 14,
1876.
Son of James B. Boatright and Hattie A. (Christian) Boatright.
Republican. Lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1925-28; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen of
the World; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo., November
25, 1938 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Otto Bock (1881-1942) —
of Colorado.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
21, 1881.
Son of J. C. F. W. Bock and Minnie (Koehler) Bock.
Lawyer;
justice
of Colorado state supreme court, 1939-42; died in office 1942.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in Denver,
Colo., August
15, 1942 (age 61 years, 175
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Herschel Millard Hogg (1853-1934) —
also known as Herschel M. Hogg —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Telluride, San Miguel
County, Colo.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
21, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1903-07.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Denver,
Colo., August
27, 1934 (age 80 years, 279
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Gilpin (1815-1894) —
of Colorado.
Born in New Castle
County, Del., October
4, 1815.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of
Colorado Territory, 1861-62; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1862.
Run over by a horse and
buggy, and later died as a result, in Denver,
Colo., January
20, 1894 (age 78 years, 108
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Horace Austin Warner Tabor (1830-1899) —
also known as Horace A. W. Tabor; "The Bonanza King of
Leadville" —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Holland, Orleans
County, Vt., November
26, 1830.
Republican. Mayor
of Leadville, Colo., 1878-79; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1879-83; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1883.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April 10,
1899 (age 68 years, 135
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Denver, Colo.; reinterment at Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
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John Leonard Swigert, Jr. (1931-1982) —
also known as Jack Swigert —
of Colorado.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
30, 1931.
Republican. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1978; elected U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1982, but died before taking office.
Astronaut
on Apollo 13 moon mission in April 1970, which was aborted when an
oxygen tank ruptured, but returned safely to earth. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1970.
Died, of bone marrow
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1982 (age 51 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William Henry McNichols, Jr. (1910-1997) —
also known as William H. McNichols; Bill
McNichols —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., April 11,
1910.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1968-83.
Died of a heart
attack, in Denver,
Colo., May 29,
1997 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George Thomas Bardwell (1901-1947) —
also known as George Bardwell; Thomas George
Bardwell —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lake City, Hinsdale
County, Colo., October
18, 1901.
Son of George D. Bardwell (1866-1908) and Hannah J. (Cunningham)
Bardwell (1873-1924).
Communist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1934; arrested
and prosecuted
in the 1930s in connection with a strike;
acquitted.
Died in a hospital,
Denver,
Colo., January
19, 1947 (age 45 years, 93
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, April 4,
1923, to Avelina Rella (divorced 1934). |
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Charles D. Byrne (1926-1986) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born March 24,
1926.
Republican. Denver City Auditor, 1963-75, 1979-83.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964
(alternate), 1972.
Died May 26,
1986 (age 60 years, 63
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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