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Samuel S. Arentz (1913-1994) —
also known as Sam Arentz —
of Pioche, Lincoln
County, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 9,
1913.
Son of Samuel
Shaw Arentz and Harriet (Keep) Arentz.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1952.
Member, American
Legion; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died January
6, 1994 (age 80 years, 303
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Shaw Arentz (1879-1934) —
also known as Samuel S. Arentz; Ulysses
Arentz —
of Simpson (unknown
county), Nev.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1879.
Son of Andrew Charles Arentz and Mary M. (Shaw) Arentz.
Republican. Surveyor;
engineer;
mining superintendent; chief engineer for several Western railroads;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1921-23, 1925-33; defeated,
1932; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1922; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 17,
1934 (age 55 years, 160
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Charles Duncan Baker (1901-1972) —
also known as Charles D. Baker; C. D.
Baker —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., February
26, 1901.
Democrat. Civil and mining engineer;
member of Nevada
Democratic State Central Committee, 1932-48; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1941-43; member of Nevada
state senate, 1947-50; mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1951-59; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1972
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond T. Baker (d. 1935) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev.
Son of George Washington Baker and Mary Agnes (Hall) Baker.
Democrat. Mining business; banker;
director, U.S. Mint, 1917-22; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1926.
Died April 28,
1935.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Baker and Mary Agnes (Hall) Baker; married 1918 to
Margaret (Emerson) Vanderbilt; married, December
4, 1928, to Delphine (Dodge) Cromwell. |
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Frederick Bennett Balzar (1880-1934) —
also known as Frederick B. Balzar; Fred B.
Balzar —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., June 15,
1880.
Son of Serafino Balzar and Minnie (Bennett) Balzar.
Republican. Mining business; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905; member of Nevada
state senate, 1909-17; Mineral
County Sheriff and Assessor, 1917-27; Nevada
Republican state chair, 1924-25; Governor of
Nevada, 1927-34; died in office 1934.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Governor's
Mansion, Carson
City, Nev., March 21,
1934 (age 53 years, 279
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
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Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) —
also known as Henry G. Blasdel —
of Nevada.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
29, 1825.
Republican. Miller;
mining business; Governor of
Nevada, 1864-71.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 22,
1900 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Emmet Derby Boyle (1879-1926) —
also known as Emmet D. Boyle —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Gold Hill, Storey
County, Nev., July 26,
1879.
Son of Edward Daugherty Boyle and Sarah (Donoghue) Boyle.
Democrat. Mining engineer;
Governor
of Nevada, 1915-23.
Catholic.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., January
3, 1926 (age 46 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
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Roswell Keyes Colcord (1839-1939) —
also known as Roswell K. Colcord —
of Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Searsport, Waldo
County, Maine, April 25,
1839.
Son of James Colcord and Eliza Colcord.
Republican. Mining engineer;
Governor
of Nevada, 1891-95; Superintendent, U.S. Mint at Carson City,
1898-1911.
Died in Carson
City, Nev., October
30, 1939 (age 100 years,
188 days).
Interment at Carson
City Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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Nicholas Ford (1833-1897) —
of Rochester, Andrew
County, Mo.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.
Born in Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland,
June
21, 1833.
Mining business; merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1879-83; Republican
candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1884.
Died in Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan., June 18,
1897 (age 63 years, 362
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Aurora, Kan.
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Jules Ernest Gignoux (1847-1914) —
of Nevada.
Born July 14,
1847.
Mining engineer;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives; member of Nevada
state senate; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 14,
1914 (age 66 years, 243
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
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James Owen Greenan (1888-c.1952) —
also known as J. O. Greenan —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
3, 1888.
Son of James Edward Greenan and Margaret A. (Galligan) Greenan.
Republican. Mining engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., about 1952 (age about 64
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) —
also known as Tasker L. Oddie —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Son of Henry Meigs Oddie and Ellen Gibson (Prout) Oddie.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; mining business; Nye
County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada
state senate, 1904-08; Governor of
Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker;
mining business; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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