The Political Graveyard: Bannock County, Idaho

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Bannock County
Idaho

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bannock County

Index to Locations

Pocatello Mountain View Cemetery

Pocatello Mountainview Cemetery

Red Rock Hunt Cemetery

Mountain View Cemetery
Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

Politicians buried here:

James Henry Brady (1862-1918) — also known as James H. Brady — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Indiana County, Pa., June 12, 1862. Son of John Brady and Katherine (Lee) Brady. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1900, 1908, 1916; Idaho Republican state chair, 1904-08; Governor of Idaho, 1909-11; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1913-18; died in office 1918. Died in Washington, D.C., January 13, 1918 (age 55 years, 215 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mountain View Cemetery.

		Relatives: Great-grandfather of Jerry Michael Brady.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

George Nicholas Ifft (1865-1947) — also known as George N. Ifft — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Butler County, Pa., January 27, 1865. Son of Nicholas Ifft (1840-1865) and Elenore Jane (Snyder) Ifft (1841-1926). Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Chatham, 1905-06; Annaberg, 1906-08; Warsaw, 1908-09; Nuremberg, 1909-14; SAINT Gall, 1916; Stuttgart, 1917; Bergen, 1919-22; Nancy, 1924-26; Ghent, 1926-29. Died in Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho, August 15, 1947 (age 82 years, 200 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Nicholas Ifft (1840-1865) and Elenore Jane (Snyder) Ifft (1841-1926); married, May 23, 1891, to Etta Phipps Riddle (1870-1962); father of George Nicholas Ifft II.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Twayne Austin (1902-1952) — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born April 7, 1902. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1944. Died November 13, 1952 (age 50 years, 220 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

George Nicholas Ifft II (1892-1974) — also known as G. Nicholas Ifft — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, March 5, 1892. Son of George Nicholas Ifft and Etta (Riddle) Ifft (1870-1962). Republican. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1928, 1932. Died in Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho, October 3, 1974 (age 82 years, 212 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, December 16, 1922, to Margaret Kathryn Dietrich.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Mountainview Cemetery
Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Chalkley Coffin (1887-1934) — also known as Thomas C. Coffin — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, October 25, 1887. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; mayor of Pocatello, Idaho, 1931-33; U.S. Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1933-34; died in office 1934. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Struck by an automobile on a driveway in the south grounds of the U.S. Capitol, June 4, 1934, and died four days later at Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., June 8, 1934 (age 46 years, 226 days). Interment at Mountainview Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Hunt Cemetery
Red Rock, Bannock County, Idaho

Politicians buried here:

Jefferson Hunt (1805-1879) — of San Bernardino County, Calif.; Weber County, Utah. Born in Mason County (part now in Bracken County), Ky., January 22, 1805. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Utah territorial House of Representatives, 1851, 1863; member of California state assembly, 1853-58 (2nd District 1853-54, 1st District 1854-58). Mormon. Founder, in 1860, of Huntsville, Utah. Died in Oxford, Bannock County, Idaho, May 11, 1879 (age 74 years, 109 days). Interment at Hunt Cemetery.

Relatives: Grandfather of Ida Frances Hunt (1858-1915; who married David King Udall); great-grandfather of John Hunt Udall, Jesse Addison Udall and Don Taylor Udall; second great-grandfather of John Nicholas Udall; third great-grandfather of Gordon Harold Smith. See Udall family of Arizona.

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