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Klamath County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Klamath County


Index to Locations

  • Klamath Falls Klamath Memorial Park
  • Klamath Falls Linkville Pioneer Cemetery


    Klamath Memorial Park
    Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon
    Politicians buried here:
      Ulysses S. Balentine (1900-1956) — also known as U. S. Balentine — of Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Ore. Born in Stone County, Ark., March 17, 1900. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; member of Oregon state senate, 1936-41; candidate for U.S. Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1938. Member, Eagles. Died February 12, 1956 (age 55 years, 332 days). Interment at Klamath Memorial Park.
      Relatives: Married, August 31, 1929, to Helen Carden.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Linkville Pioneer Cemetery
    Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon
    Politicians buried here:
      Silas Wright Kidder (1847-1920) — also known as Silas W. Kidder — of Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in Randolph, Orange County, Vt., October 26, 1847. Son of Jefferson Parish Kidder and Mary Ann (Stockwell) Kidder (1818-1881). Member Dakota territorial council, 1870-71. Died in Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Ore., January 11, 1920 (age 72 years, 77 days). Interment at Linkville Pioneer Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandson of Lyman Kidder; second cousin once removed of Francis Kidder; nephew of Ira Kidder; son of Jefferson Parish Kidder and Mary Ann (Stockwell) Kidder (1818-1881); married, October 8, 1874, to Ada Campbell (1854-1943); third cousin once removed of Harley Walter Kidder. See Kidder family of Vermont.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


     

     


     
       
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