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Frank Edward Agan (1906-2001) —
also known as Frank E. Agan —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; East Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Glenwood, Mills
County, Iowa, March 4,
1906.
Son of Benjamin T. Agan and Etta M. (Hittle) Agan.
Republican. Accountant
for Nevada Northern Railway; member of Nevada
Republican State Executive Committee, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1948;
chair
of White Pine County Republican Party, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died May 5,
2001 (age 95 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Serenity
Falls Columbarium, Morgan County, Colo.
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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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James Henry Brown (b. 1859) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., September
3, 1859.
Son of Henry Cordes Brown and Jane Cory (Thompson) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for railroads; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1890-92.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerald Hughes (b. 1875) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., July 8,
1875.
Son of Charles
James Hughes, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); chairman, First National Bank of
Denver; director, Denver and Salt Lake Railway.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
to Mabel Y. Nagel. |
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Edwin Carl Johnson (1884-1970) —
also known as Edwin C. Johnson; "Big
Ed" —
of Craig, Moffat
County, Colo.
Born in Scandia, Republic
County, Kan., January
1, 1884.
Son of Nels Johnson and Anna Belle (Lunn) Johnson.
Democrat. Railroad work; telegrapher;
farmer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1923-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1931-32; Governor of
Colorado, 1933-37, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1937-55; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 30,
1970 (age 86 years, 149
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, 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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James Bradley Orman (1849-1919) —
also known as James B. Orman —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, November
4, 1849.
Son of John Orman and Sarah Josephine (Bradley) Orman.
Democrat. Railroad builder; mining
business; member of Colorado state legislature, 1880-84; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1892;
mayor
of Pueblo, Colo., 1897; Governor of
Colorado, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons.
Died July 21,
1919 (age 69 years, 259
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Hampden Hyatt Shepperd (1840-1910) —
also known as Hampden H. Shepperd —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.; Littleton, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., June 12,
1840.
Railway passenger agent; mayor
of Littleton, Colo., 1892-93, 1895-96, 1898-1901, 1906-08.
Died June 1,
1910 (age 69 years, 354
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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