Apache County
Arizona
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Apache County
Arizona
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Apache County
Index to Locations
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David King Udall (1851-1938) —
of St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
7, 1851.
Son of David Udall and Eliza (King) Udall.
Member of Arizona
territorial legislature, 1899.
Mormon.
Indicted
in 1884 on charges of polygamy
and unlawful cohabitation;
not convicted because his second wife Ida could not be found to
testify against him. Convicted
in 1885 of perjury
in connection with a land claim, and sentenced
to three years in prison.
On December 12, 1885, he received a "full and unconditional pardon"
from President Grover
Cleveland, and was released from prison.
Died, as a result of an accidental
fall and myocardial
insufficiency, in St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz., February
18, 1938 (age 86 years, 164
days).
Interment at St. Johns Cemetery.
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Levi Stewart Udall (1891-1960) —
of Arizona.
Born in St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz., January
20, 1891.
Son of David
King Udall and Eliza Luella (Stewart) Udall (1855-1937).
Democrat. Lawyer; Apache
County Attorney, 1923-24, 1927-28; superior court judge in
Arizona, 1931-46; justice of
Arizona state supreme court, 1947-60; died in office 1960; chief
justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1951-53, 1957-59.
Mormon.
Died in Wickenburg, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 30,
1960 (age 69 years, 131
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.; cenotaph at St. Johns
Cemetery.
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Morris King Udall (1922-1998) —
also known as Morris K. Udall; Mo Udall —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz., June 15,
1922.
Son of Levi
Stewart Udall and Louise (Lee) Udall.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; played
professional basketball
with the Denver Nuggets, 1948-49; lawyer;
co-founder and director, Bank of
Tucson; Pima
County Attorney, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1956,
1972;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona 2nd District, 1961-91; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Lost an
eye in an accident when he was a boy. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1996.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1998 (age 76 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Pima County, Ariz.; cenotaph at St.
Johns Cemetery.
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