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Claude J. Burtenshaw (b. 1918) —
of Rexburg, Madison
County, Idaho; Logan, Cache
County, Utah.
Born in Bonneville
County, Idaho, February
24, 1918.
Son of W. F. Burtenshaw and Olive (Humphrey) Burtenshaw.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; member of Idaho
Democratic State Committee, 1948-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1950; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1952; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1952;
chair
of Madison County Democratic Party, 1954; member of Idaho
state senate, 1958-59; university
professor.
Mormon.
Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1963.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer; lawyer; newspaper
editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Rendell Noel Mabey (1908-2000) —
also known as Rendell N. Mabey —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah.
Born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, August 8,
1908.
Son of Charles
Rendell Mabey and Afton (Rampton) Mabey (1884-1946).
Republican. Lawyer;
farmer; director of banks and
an insurance
company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1936;
member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1943-48; Speaker of
the Utah State House of Representatives, 1947-48; candidate for
Governor
of Utah, 1948; member of Utah state
senate, 1953-56.
Mormon.
Member, Sigma Nu.
Died November
8, 2000 (age 92 years, 92
days).
Interment at Bountiful
Memorial Park, Bountiful, Utah.
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John W. Shawcroft (1874-1964) —
of La Jara, Conejos
County, Colo.
Born in Fountain Green, Sanpete
County, Utah, December
13, 1874.
Republican. Farmer; rancher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1940
(alternate), 1944;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1950.
Mormon.
Died in La Jara, Conejos
County, Colo., November
27, 1964 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Interment somewhere
in Sanford, Colo.
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Arthur Vivian Watkins (1886-1973) —
also known as Arthur V. Watkins —
of Orem, Utah
County, Utah; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Midway, Wasatch
County, Utah, December
18, 1886.
Son of Arthur Watkins and Emily A. (Gerber) Watkins.
Republican. Lawyer;
rancher; district judge in Utah, 1928-33; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Representative from Utah, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1947-59; defeated, 1958.
Mormon.
Member, Rotary; Lions; Kiwanis.
Died in Orem, Utah
County, Utah, September
1, 1973 (age 86 years, 257
days).
Interment at Eastlawn
Memorial Hills, Orem, Utah.
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Jean Westwood (1923-1997) —
also known as Jean Miles —
of West Jordan, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Price, Carbon
County, Utah, November
22, 1923.
Daughter of Francis Marion Miles and Nettie (Potter) Miles.
Democrat. Mink raiser; writer;
staff member for U.S. Rep. David
S. King, 1965-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Utah, 1972;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1972; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arizona, 1996.
Female.
Died, of pituitary
cancer, in American Fork Hospital,
American Fork, Utah
County, Utah, August
18, 1997 (age 73 years, 269
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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