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Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) —
also known as Gordon Allott —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., January
2, 1907.
Son of Leonard John Allott and Bertha Louise (Reese) Allott.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964
(delegation chair), 1972;
Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1950-55; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1955-73; defeated, 1972; member, Resolutions Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1960.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Delta
Sigma Pi.
Died, of cancer, in
Swedish Medical
Center, Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., January
17, 1989 (age 82 years, 15
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Alfred Albert Arraj (1906-1992) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Springfield, Baca
County, Colo.; Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
1, 1906.
Son of Elias Arraj and Mary (Davis) Arraj.
Lawyer;
Baca
County Attorney, 1936-42, 1946-48; major in the U.S. Army during
World War II; district judge in Colorado 15th District, 1949-57; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1957-76; took senior status 1976.
Episcopalian. Member, Order of the
Coif; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
23, 1992 (age 86 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Kelly Ayers (b. 1907) —
also known as Richard K. Ayers —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lewisburg, Preble
County, Ohio, June 28,
1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; public
relations business; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Atwood Ballantine, Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Son of Helen Bailey (Graves) Ballantine (1882-1966) and Arthur Atwood
Ballantine (1883-1960).
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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George White Baxter (1855-1929) —
also known as George W. Baxter —
of Denver,
Colo.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., January
7, 1855.
Son of John
Baxter.
Democrat. Governor of
Wyoming Territory, 1886; delegate to
Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1890; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1893; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died, after suffering a gastric
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1929 (age 74 years, 345
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Claudius Kedzie Boettcher (1875-1957) —
also known as Claude K. Boettcher —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo., January
10, 1875.
Son of Charles
Boettcher and Fannie August (Cowan) Boettcher (1856-1952).
Republican. Packing
business; banker;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, Denver and
Intermountain Railway;
president, Brown Palace Hotel;
director, Great Western Sugar Co.;
director, Denver Dry Goods
Co.; vice-president of several electric
utilities; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1936,
1944.
Episcopalian. German
ancestry.
Died in Denver,
Colo., June 9,
1957 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Jean Sala Breitenstein (1900-1986) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, July 18,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1954-57; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1957-70; took senior
status 1970.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons.
Died January
30, 1986 (age 85 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Cardwell Burger (b. 1866) —
also known as James C. Burger —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
21, 1866.
Son of James C. Burger, Sr.
Republican. Banker; insurance
executive; member of Colorado
state senate; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1920.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1888
to Edith M. Brown. |
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Howard Hollis Callaway (b. 1927) —
also known as Howard H. Callaway; Bo
Callaway —
of Pine Mountain, Harris
County, Ga.; Crested Butte, Gunnison
County, Colo.
Born in La Grange, Troup
County, Ga., April 2,
1927.
Son of Cason Jewell Callaway and Virginia (Hand) Callaway.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1965-67; candidate for
Governor
of Georgia 1966, election inconclusive; member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1968-73; Presidential Elector
for Georgia, 1972;
Colorado
Republican state chair, 1981-87.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Still living as of 1998.
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John Robert Clark (1888-1956) —
also known as John R. Clark —
of Meeker, Rio Blanco
County, Colo.
Born in Louisville, Boulder
County, Colo., December
19, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado, 1936-51; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1951-56; died in office 1956.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons.
Died May 14,
1956 (age 67 years, 147
days).
Interment somewhere
in Meeker, Colo.
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Charles Ross Conklin (b. 1920) —
also known as Charles Conklin —
of Delta, Delta
County, Colo.
Born in Colorado, 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1955-66; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1957-60; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1966.
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Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) —
also known as Peter H. Dominick —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1957-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., March 18,
1981 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Fred Farrar (1877-1961) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Evans, Weld
County, Colo., November
15, 1877.
Son of John H. Farrar and Agnes I. (McCain) Farrar.
Democrat. Lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1913-16; secretary and general counsel,
Colorado Fuel
and Iron
Co.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1961
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Robert Shaeffer Gast, Jr. (b. 1915) —
also known as Robert S. Gast —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., December
18, 1915.
Son of Robert Shaeffer Gast and Corinne Neville (Busey) Gast.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1946-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1952,
1956
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1956.
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William West Grant, Jr. (b. 1881) —
also known as W. W. Grant, Jr. —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, June 27,
1881.
Son of William West Grant (born 1846) and Mary Adeline (Moseley)
Grant.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1928;
delegate
to Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Caldeen Gunter (1858-1940) —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., October
31, 1858.
Son of Thomas
Montague Gunter and Marcella (Jackson) Gunter.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 3rd District, 1889-95; Judge,
Colorado Court of Appeals, 1901-05; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1905-07; Governor of
Colorado, 1917-19.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
26, 1940 (age 81 years, 361
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966) —
also known as Frank L. Hagaman —
of Fairway, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Bushnell, McDonough
County, Ill., June 1,
1894.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1935; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1947-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1950-51.
Episcopalian.
Died in a hospital
at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1966 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Henry Clay Hall (b. 1860) —
also known as Henry C. Hall —
of Paris, France;
Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1860.
Son of Henry Clay Hall and Amanda Harwood (Ferry) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Colorado Springs, Colo., 1905-07; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1914-28.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Henry
Clay |
| | | Relatives: Son of Henry Clay Hall and
Amanda Harwood (Ferry) Hall; married, June 4,
1887, to Mary Bacon Bartow (died 1901); married, March 14,
1905, to Alice Munsell Sweetser. |
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Austin Hoyt (b. 1915) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Beacon, Dutchess
County, N.Y., April 26,
1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,
1956.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of the
Coif.
Still living as of 1958.
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John St. John Irby (1867-1924) —
of Denver,
Colo.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vernon Hill, Halifax
County, Va., August 9,
1867.
Son of Meade Adams Irby and Amanda Tanner (James) Irby.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; private secretary to Mayor Robert
W. Speer of Denver, 1904-12; member of Colorado
state senate, 1909-13; private secretary to U.S. Senator James
D. Phelan, 1915-17; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, Port of San
Francisco, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1924
(age about
56 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence Leo Ireland (b. 1889) —
also known as Clarence L. Ireland —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo., December
5, 1889.
Son of Frederick Ireland and Clara Jennie (Ball) Ireland.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Colorado
state attorney general, 1931-32; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1956.
Episcopalian or Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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William Sterling Byrd Lacy (1910-1979) —
also known as William S. B. Lacy —
of Virginia; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mesa, Mesa
County, Colo., February
5, 1910.
Son of Sterling
Byrd Lacy and Della Margaret (Lumsden) Lacy.
Secretary to U.S. Sen Alva
B. Adams, 1933-34; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1955.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in 1979
(age about
69 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Leonard (1873-1947) —
also known as W. H. Leonard —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 29,
1873.
Republican. Miner; cattle
trader; organizer and president, Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing
Co.; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., May 29,
1947 (age 74 years, 61
days).
Interment at Will
Rogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert Linligthgow Livingston, Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Robert L. Livingston, Jr.; Bob
Livingston —
of Metairie, Jefferson
Parish, La.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., April 30,
1943.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1977-99; defeated,
1976; resigned 1999; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1988.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Edgar Manders (1895-1973) —
also known as John E. Manders —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Denver,
Colo., February
3, 1895.
Son of Robert Francis Manders and Letha Clementine (Barnes) Manders.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1944; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1945-46; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952;
candidate for nomination for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in a hospital
at Anchorage,
Alaska, February
18, 1973 (age 78 years, 15
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Douglas McKevitt (1928-2000) —
also known as James D. McKevitt; Mike
McKevitt —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1971-73; defeated,
1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
28, 2000 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert H. McWilliams (b. 1916) —
of Colorado.
Born in Salina, Saline
County, Kan., April 27,
1916.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; municipal judge in
Colorado, 1949-52; district judge in Colorado, 1952-60; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1961-70.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1970.
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Warner E. Mills, Jr. (1922-1987) —
of Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., 1922.
Democrat. Chair of
Rock County Democratic Party, 1964; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1984.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., October
1, 1987 (age about 65
years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Nelson Renfrew Park (1890-1979) —
also known as Nelson R. Park —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
25, 1890.
Son of Henry James Park and Mary G. (Esdon) Park.
School
teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1919-22; Guatemala City, 1922; Callao-Lima, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Callao-Lima, 1926; Ceiba, 1927-30; Torreon, 1930-37; Barranquilla, 1937-42; Matamoros, 1942-44; Barcelona, 1944-48; U.S. Consul General in Kingston, 1948-50.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1979
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hamilton Peabody (1852-1917) —
also known as James H. Peabody —
of Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo.
Born in Topsham, Orange
County, Vt., August
21, 1852.
Republican. Merchant;
Fremont
County Clerk, 1885-89; president, First National Bank;
president, Electric
Light Company of Canon City; mayor of Canon City; Governor of
Colorado, 1903-05, 1905; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Died November
23, 1917 (age 65 years, 94
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Canon City, Colo.
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William L. Petriken (b. 1871) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Muncy, Lycoming
County, Pa., February
17, 1871.
Republican. Sugar
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Eloise N. Delbridge. |
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Lawrence C. Phipps, Jr. (b. 1886) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 30,
1886.
Son of Lawrence
Cowle Phipps.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; electric
utility executive; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1940,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) —
also known as Lawrence C. Phipps —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Amityville, Berks
County, Pa., August
30, 1862.
Son of Rev. William Henry Phipps and Agnes (McCall) Phipps.
Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1920,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 1,
1958 (age 95 years, 183
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Helen Ring Robinson (1860-1923) —
also known as Helen Ring —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Eastport, Washington
County, Maine, February
21, 1860.
Daughter of Thomas Warren Ring and Mary Margaret (Thompson) Ring.
Democrat. Writer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1913-16.
Female.
Episcopalian.
First
woman elected to Colorado Senate; second woman state senator in the
United States. Author of a minimum wage law for women; also
introduced a bill allowing women to serve as jurors.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 10,
1923 (age 63 years, 139
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Clarence Sackmann (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles C. Sackmann —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
25, 1879.
Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1921-24; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1923-24; district
judge in Colorado, 1925-31.
Episcopalian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Eagles; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1946
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1912
to Elna A. Hug. |
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Alma Kittredge Schneider (b. 1901) —
also known as Alma K. Schneider; Alma Kittredge;
Mrs. Daniel J. Schneider —
of Morrison, Jefferson
County, Colo.; Lakewood, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
21, 1901.
Daughter of Charles Marble Kittredge and Anna Frederica (Von Myrbach)
Kittredge.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; real estate
agent; vice-chair of
Colorado Republican Party, 1942-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1948-52; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1952; superintendent, United
States Mint at Denver.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 2,
1926, to Daniel Jacob Schneider. |
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Alan Kooi Simpson (b. 1931) —
also known as Alan K. Simpson —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., September
2, 1931.
Son of Milward
Lee Simpson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Park County, 1964-77; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97; appointed 1979.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Eagles; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2009.
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Israel C. Smith (1838-1899) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Denver,
Colo.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in 1838.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; hotel
proprietor; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th Michigan District,
1893-97.
Episcopalian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1899
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Philip B. Stewart (1865-1957) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Vermont, 1865.
Republican. Banker;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1915-16; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1915-16; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1957
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Lindsley Tappin (1906-1964) —
also known as John L. Tappin —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
22, 1906.
Son of Lindsley Tappin and Elise Irving (Huntington) Tappin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Libya, 1954-58.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Aspen, Pitkin
County, Colo., December
24, 1964 (age 58 years, 337
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Byron Raymond White (1917-2002) —
also known as Byron R. White;
"Whizzer" —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., June 8,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1960;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1962-93.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Professional football
player for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1938 and for the Detroit Lions
in 1940; lead the league in rushing both years; his $15,800 salary
was then the highest ever paid a player in the National Football
League.
Died, of complications from pneumonia,
in Denver,
Colo., April 15,
2002 (age 84 years, 311
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
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Henry Lumsden Woolfenden (1906-1988) —
also known as Henry L. Woolfenden —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Denver,
Colo., November
25, 1906.
Son of Henry Lumsden Woolfenden and Carrie (Thomas) Woolfenden.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
3rd District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., December
7, 1988 (age 82 years, 12
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen Vincentia Braden. |
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