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John Andrew Martin (1868-1939) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 10,
1868.
Son of Hugh Martin and Ellen (Bohan) Martin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1901; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1909-13, 1933-39 (2nd District
1909-13, 3rd District 1933-39); died in office 1939.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1939 (age 71 years, 257
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Raymond Herbert Talbot (1896-1955) —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
19, 1896.
Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1927-29; member of Colorado
state senate, 1929-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1933-37; Governor of
Colorado, 1937; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., January
30, 1955 (age 58 years, 164
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Alva Blanchard Adams (1875-1941) —
also known as Alva B. Adams —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Del Norte, Rio Grande
County, Colo., October
29, 1875.
Son of Ella (Nye) Adams and Alva
Adams.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1923-24, 1933-41; defeated, 1924; died in
office 1941.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from heart
disease, in the Wardman Park Hotel, Washington,
D.C., December
1, 1941 (age 66 years, 33
days).
Entombed at Roselawn Cemetery.
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Thomas Meade Bowen (1835-1906) —
also known as Thomas M. Bowen —
of Del Norte, Rio Grande
County, Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born near Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, October
26, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1856; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1864;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1866; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1867-71; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1871; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1873; district judge in Colorado, 1876-80;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1882-83; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1883-89.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., December
30, 1906 (age 71 years, 65
days).
Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
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Alva Adams (1850-1922) —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in a log
cabin in Iowa
County, Wis., May 14,
1850.
Son of Eliza (Blanchard) Adams and John
Adams.
Democrat. Hardware
merchant; member of Colorado state legislature, 1876; Governor of
Colorado, 1887-89, 1897-99, 1905; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1908-.
Member, Freemasons.
Died at a sanitarium
in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
1, 1922 (age 72 years, 171
days).
Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
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James Bradley Orman (1849-1919) —
also known as James B. Orman —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, November
4, 1849.
Son of John Orman and Sarah Josephine (Bradley) Orman.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; mining
business; member of Colorado state legislature, 1880-84; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1892;
mayor
of Pueblo, Colo., 1897; Governor of
Colorado, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons.
Died July 21,
1919 (age 69 years, 259
days).
Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
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Frank Crowther (1870-1955) —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Liverpool, England,
July
10, 1870.
Republican. Rug and
carpet designer; dentist;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1904-05; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1919-43.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., July 20,
1955 (age 85 years, 10
days).
Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
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John Henry Marsalis (1904-1971) —
also known as John H. Marsalis —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in McComb, Pike
County, Miss., May 9,
1904.
Son of Louis Hillery Marsalis and Alice Bryant (Warner) Marsalis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; District Attorney, 10th
District, 1944-48; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950, 1952; district judge in Colorado, 1955-62.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Exchange
Club.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., June 26,
1971 (age 67 years, 48
days).
Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
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