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Frank Adams (b. 1856) —
of Gunnison, Gunnison
County, Colo.
Born in Iowa
County, Wis., August
29, 1856.
Democrat. Merchant;
cattle
trader; mayor of Gunnison, Colo., 1884; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1892
(member, Committee
to Notify Nominees); national bank examiner, 1893.
Burial
location unknown.
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Homer Franklin Bedford (1880-1968) —
also known as Homer F. Bedford —
of Weld
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Balltown (unknown
county), Mo., March 16,
1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster; Weld
County Assessor, 1922-32; Colorado
state treasurer, 1933-34, 1937-38, 1941-42, 1945-46, 1949-50,
1953-54, 1957-58, 1963-66; defeated, 1966; Colorado
state auditor, 1935-37, 1939-41, 1947-49, 1951-53, 1955-57,
1959-63; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1942.
Protestant.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., March 26,
1968 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Hiram Pitt Bennet (1826-1914) —
of Glenwood, Mills
County, Iowa; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Carthage, Franklin
County, Maine, September
2, 1826.
Member
Nebraska territorial council, 1856; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1858; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1861-65; secretary
of Colorado Territory, 1867; postmaster; member of Colorado
state senate, 1876.
Died November
11, 1914 (age 88 years, 70
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Guy Urban Hardy (1872-1947) —
also known as Guy U. Hardy —
of Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo.
Born in Abingdon, Knox
County, Ill., April 4,
1872.
Son of U. W. Hardy and Virginia (Moorehead) Hardy.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died January
26, 1947 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Canon City, Colo.
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Clarence Edward Macy (1886-1984) —
also known as Clarence E. Macy —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
9, 1886.
Railway
mail clerk; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Vice Consul in Coblenz, 1921-25; Dakar, 1925-27; Monrovia, 1927-28; U.S. Consul in Port Elizabeth, 1928-30; Tampico, 1932; Kabul, 1938; Karachi, 1938-43.
Died April 16,
1984 (age 97 years, 159
days).
Interment at Fort
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Robert Walter Speer (1855-1918) —
also known as Robert W. Speer —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Huntingdon
County, Pa., December
1, 1855.
Son of George W. Speer and Jane Ann (Brewster) Speer.
Democrat. Postmaster; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1904-12, 1916-18.
Died in 1918
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Benjamin F. Stapleton (b. 1873) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky., November
12, 1873.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
postmaster; oil
business; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1923-31, 1935-47; Colorado
state auditor, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Mabel Freeland. |
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Raymond Herbert Talbot (1896-1955) —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
19, 1896.
Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1927-29; member of Colorado
state senate, 1929-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1933-37; Governor of
Colorado, 1937; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., January
30, 1955 (age 58 years, 164
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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