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Beaverhead County
Montana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Beaverhead County


Index to Locations

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  • Dillon Mountain View Cemetery


    Unknown Location
    Beaverhead County, Montana
    Politicians buried here:
      William R. Allen (d. 1953) — of Coolidge, Beaverhead County, Mont. Republican. Member of Montana state house of representatives; elected 1902; Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1920 (alternate), 1924. Died in Wise River, Beaverhead County, Mont., 1953. Interment somewhere.


    Unknown Locations
    Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Boyd Poindexter (1869-1951) — also known as Joseph B. Poindexter — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Canyon City, Grant County, Ore., April 14, 1869. Democrat. District judge in Montana, 1909-15; Montana state attorney general, 1915-17; U.S. District Judge for Hawaii, 1917-24; Governor of Hawaii Territory, 1934-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1936, 1940. Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, December 3, 1951 (age 82 years, 233 days). Interment somewhere.
      Benjamin Franklin White (1833-1920) — of Montana. Born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., December 3, 1833. Member of Montana territorial legislature, 1882-83; Governor of Montana Territory, 1889; Speaker of the Montana State House of Representatives, 1902-04; member of Montana state senate, 1904-08. Episcopalian. Died in Dillon, Beaverhead County, Mont., December 4, 1920 (age 87 years, 1 days). Interment somewhere.
      Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
      Frank A. Hazelbaker — of Montana. Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1929-33; candidate for Governor of Montana, 1932, 1936. Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Father of Frank W. Hazelbaker.
      Frank W. Hazelbaker — of Montana. Son of Frank A. Hazelbaker. Member of Montana state house of representatives; Speaker of the Montana State House of Representatives; member of Montana state senate. Interment somewhere.


    Mountain View Cemetery
    Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana
    Politicians buried here:
      George M. Gosman (1893-1981) — of Montana. Born in Lima, Beaverhead County, Mont., October 19, 1893. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Montana state senate, 1945-51; Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1953-57. Died in Dillon, Beaverhead County, Mont., September 1, 1981 (age 87 years, 317 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.


     

     


     
       
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