Denver city & county
Colorado
Named for James
W. Denver (1817-1892)
Denver city & county information:
- Population: 554,636 (2000); 467,610 (1990)
- Land area 153 square miles.
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- Denver:
- Lived in Denver, year not specified:
Albert
T. Frantz
- Robert
L. Knous
- Lived in Denver, 1850-1859:
Hiram
Pitt Bennet
- Lived in Denver, 1860-1869:
Allen
A. Bradford
- H.
J. Brendlinger
- George
T. Clark
- William
M. Clayton
- Charles
A. Cook
- Milton
M. DeLano
- Alexander
Cameron Hunt
- Amos
Steck
- Baxter
B. Stiles
- Daniel
Witter
- Lived in Denver, 1870-1879:
William
J. Barker
- Joseph
E. Bates
- R.
G. Buckingham
- Francis
M. Case
- Jerome
B. Chaffee
- John
Harper
- Nathaniel
P. Hill
- George
J. Kindel
- Thomas
M. Patterson
- John
F. Shafroth
- Richard
Sopris
- Amos
Steck
- Baxter
B. Stiles
- Charles
S. Thomas
- A.
J. Williams
- Lived in Denver, 1880-1889:
Joseph
E. Bates
- Henry
Augustus Buchtel
- George
Miles Chilcott
- Samuel
Hitt Elbert
- J. W.
Graham
- Nathaniel
P. Hill
- Charles
West Kendall
- George
J. Kindel
- William
Scott Lee
- Wolfe
Londoner
- Robert
Morris
- Thomas
M. Patterson
- John
L. Routt
- John
F. Shafroth
- Richard
Sopris
- Amos
Steck
- Thomas
B. Stuart
- George
G. Symes
- Horace
A. W. Tabor
- Charles
S. Thomas
- Lived in Denver, 1890-1899:
George
W. Baxter
- Henry
Augustus Buchtel
- James
A. Edgerton
- Cornelius
Ferris, Jr.
- Nathaniel
P. Hill
- John
St. John Irby
- Henry
V. Johnson
- Edward
Keating
- George
J. Kindel
- Wolfe
Londoner
- Booth
M. Malone
- Thomas
S. McMurray
- Thomas
M. Patterson
- Platt
Rogers
- John
F. Shafroth
- Horace
A. W. Tabor
- Charles
S. Thomas
- Marion
D. Van Horn
- Edward
O. Wolcott
- Lived in Denver, 1900-1909:
William
C. Amos
- George
W. Baxter
- Robert
W. Bonynge
- Henry
Augustus Buchtel
- Thomas
Campbell
- George
W. Cook
- James
A. Edgerton
- Cornelius
Ferris, Jr.
- W. R.
Freeman
- Simon
Guggenheim
- Crawford
Hill
- Nathaniel
P. Hill
- George
L. Hodges
- John
A. Holmberg
- Charles
J. Hughes, Jr.
- John
St. John Irby
- Henry
V. Johnson
- Edward
Keating
- George
J. Kindel
- Mrs.
O. E. Le Fevre
- Booth
M. Malone
- Whitney
Newton
- Thomas
M. Patterson
- John
F. Shafroth
- Robert
W. Speer
- John
W. Springer
- Archie
M. Stevenson
- Charles
S. Thomas
- James
Williams
- R. W.
Wright, Jr.
- Robert
R. Wright
- Lived in Denver, 1910-1919:
Henry
J. Arnold
- Dewey
C. Bailey
- George
D. Begole
- Frank
L. Bishop
- Henry
Augustus Buchtel
- Fred
Farrar
- Simon
Guggenheim
- Benjamin
C. Hilliard
- E. V.
Holland
- Gerald
Hughes
- John
St. John Irby
- George
J. Kindel
- Nancy
Kirkland
- Booth
M. Malone
- George
McLachlin
- W.
F. R. Mills
- Thomas
Murphy
- James
M. Perkins
- Helen
Ring Robinson
- John
F. Shafroth
- William
H. Sharpley
- Robert
W. Speer
- W.
L. Stamper
- Joseph
A. Thatcher
- Charles
S. Thomas
- Lived in Denver, 1920-1929:
David
C. Ahearn
- Elias
Milton Ammons
- Thomas
Annear
- Alfred
Albert Arraj
- Adella
Brown Bailey
- Dewey
C. Bailey
- Morton
S. Bailey
- L.
Ward Bannister
- John
T. Barnett
- George
D. Begole
- Charles
Boettcher
- Charles
F. Brannan
- Henry
Augustus Buchtel
- Thomas
S. Burbridge
- James
C. Burger
- George
Alfred Carlson
- Oscar
L. Chapman
- George
A. Collins
- Fred
Farrar
- Pattie
H. Field
- Julius
Caldeen Gunter
- L.
S. Hall
- Benjamin
C. Hilliard
- William
V. Hodges
- E. V.
Holland
- Frank
W. Howbert
- Benjamin
L. Jefferson
- James
W. Kelley
- Gertrude
A. Lee
- W. H.
Leonard
- Booth
M. Malone
- Rice
William Means
- Calvin
Morse
- James
Owen
- Fred W.
Parks
- William
L. Petriken
- Lawrence
C. Phipps
- Ira
Louis Quiat
- Mrs. V.
Z. Reed
- Joseph
D. D. Rivers
- A.
A. Rollestone
- Charles
C. Sackmann
- Anna
M. Scott
- John
F. Shafroth
- George
H. Shaw
- Benjamin
F. Stapleton
- William
E. Sweet
- Grace
Tarbell
- Anna
Wolcott Vaile
- William
N. Vaile
- Charles
W. Waterman
- J.
H. Westbrook
- S.
Harrison White
- Eleanor
Young
- Lived in Denver, 1930-1939:
John
T. Adams
- Ruth
K. Alexander
- Worth
Allen
- Wilbur
M. Alter
- Alfred
Albert Arraj
- George
Bardwell
- George
D. Begole
- Claude
K. Boettcher
- Francis
E. Bouck
- Charles
F. Brannan
- James
A. Brownlow
- Haslett
P. Burke
- Charles
C. Butler
- John
Campbell
- Oscar
L. Chapman
- Samuel
Chutkow
- Edward
P. Costigan
- Charles
R. Enos
- Julius
Caldeen Gunter
- Frank
Hefferley
- Benjamin
C. Hilliard
- Katherine
Hilliard
- A.
B. Hirschfeld
- William
V. Hodges
- E. V.
Holland
- Benjamin
L. Jefferson
- W. H.
Leonard
- Lawrence
Lewis
- Margaret
Lubeley
- Essie
Marple
- James
A. Marsh
- T.
T. McKinney
- James
Owen
- Lawrence
C. Phipps
- Harry
Risley
- Richard
F. Ryan
- Benjamin
F. Stapleton
- Truman
Stockton
- Charles
W. Waterman
- Lived in Denver, 1940-1949:
Oswald
C. Abernathy
- Worth
Allen
- Wilbur
M. Alter
- Joyce
Arneill
- Charles
A. Baer
- Ollie
M. Bannister
- George
Bardwell
- William
C. Blair
- Claude
K. Boettcher
- Robert
G. Bosworth
- William
A. Braiden
- William
W. Broaddus
- James
T. Burke
- John
A. Carroll
- Oscar
L. Chapman
- Samuel
Chutkow
- Frank
Ciancio
- Harold
F. Collins
- Lucy
B. Coykendall
- Thomas
A. Dines
- William
R. Eaton
- Charles
R. Enos
- Ruth
Evans
- Frank
L. Fetzer
- Herbert
Finley
- Dean
M. Gillespie
- Julius
Caldeen Gunter
- Rose
Hill
- Benjamin
C. Hilliard
- A.
B. Hirschfeld
- E. V.
Holland
- Philip
Hornbein
- Gail
L. Ireland
- Donald
E. Kelley
- Harold
Taft King
- Mary
Kingsley
- Edward
Knowles
- O.
L. 'Sonny' Lawson
- Archibald
A. Lee
- W. H.
Leonard
- Lawrence
Lewis
- Philomena
Mancini
- Phil
McCarty
- J.
R. McCusker
- Ray
H. McDonald
- John
W. Metzger
- Paul W.
Meyer
- Eugene
D. Millikin
- John
J. Morrissey
- Erskin
R. Myer
- J.
Quigg Newton
- C.
B. Noxon
- J.
J. Patterson
- Mary
Pemberton
- Allan
R. Phipps
- Lawrence
C. Phipps, Jr.
- Michael
Pomponio
- Louise
Quaintance
- William
I. Reilly
- Harry
Rosenthal
- Allegra
Saunders
- Joseph
Scavo
- John
Schwarz
- Benjamin
F. Stapleton
- Ruth
Stockton
- Dan
Sullivan
- H.
P. Sweeney
- Lester
C. Thomas
- Mildred
Westbrook
- Barney
L. Whatley
- Byron
R. White
- Lowell
White
- Wayne
C. Williams
- Lived in Denver, 1950-1959:
Oswald
C. Abernathy
- Worth
Allen
- H.
Rodney Anderson
- Eileen
E. Archibold
- Charles
M. Armstrong
- Alfred
Albert Arraj
- Richard
K. Ayers
- George
J. Baker
- Richard
Batterton
- Charles
E. Bennett
- Ben
Bezoff
- Neal
D. Bishop
- Lillian
S. Bondurant
- Charles
F. Brannan
- Eda
Brannan
- Jean
Sala Breitenstein
- H.
C. Bretschneider
- Charles
D. Bromley
- George
L. Brown
- Homer
Bruce
- David A.
Bunn
- Palmer
Lyle Burch
- William
E. Burney
- Elvin
R. Caldwell
- John
A. Carroll
- George
A. Cavender
- Roy
Chrysler
- Ellen
Clark
- Norman
E. Cobb
- Harold
F. Collins
- James
M. Connors
- Lillian
Cook
- Clem
Crowley
- Frances
Dolan
- Donald
P. Dunklee
- Edward
V. Dunklee
- Samuel
J. Eaton
- Frank
L. Fetzer
- Thomas
L. Gerault
- Mary
C. Griffith
- Mrs.
Orpha Hall
- Alfred
J. Hamburg
- John
J. Harpel
- Ellen
G. Harris
- Frank L.
Hays
- Frank L.
Hays
- Lawrence
M. Henry
- Edward
Hester
- Charles
S. Hill
- A.
B. Hirschfeld
- E. V.
Holland
- Irving
S. Hook
- Joseph
L. Horgan
- Rex
Howell
- Clarence
L. Ireland
- William
S. Jackson
- Byron
L. Johnson
- Alex
Keller
- Andrew
D. Kelley
- Donald
E. Kelley
- Frank
Kemp
- O. A.
Knight
- Shirley
M. Kramer
- Henry
L. Larsen
- Arthur
H. Laws
- O.
L. 'Sonny' Lawson
- Joseph
F. Little
- William
L. Lloyd
- John
D. MacDonald
- Stephen
L. R. McNichols
- Eugene
D. Millikin
- John
J. Morrissey
- James
R. Mosier
- J.
Quigg Newton
- Edward
Nicholson
- William
F. Nicholson
- Aksel
Nielsen
- Marshall
F. Norling
- Francis
P. O'Neill
- Gertrude
Palmer
- Etienne
Perenyi
- L.
M. Pexton
- Lawrence
C. Phipps, Jr.
- Michael
Pomponio
- Marshall
Quiat
- James
Bernard Radetsky
- Robert
Rhone, Jr.
- George
J. Robinson
- George
F. Rock
- Byron
G. Rogers
- Herrick
S. Roth
- Ralph
Sargent, Jr.
- Allegra
Saunders
- Joseph
Scavo
- Richard
H. Shaw
- Mrs.
Henry Swan II
- Helen
Wall
- Byron
R. White
- May
Willis
- Kathleen
Wortz
- Harold
D. Writer
- Lived in Denver, 1960-1969:
Robert
Appel
- Alfred
Albert Arraj
- Wilard
L. Ball
- Richard
Batterton
- Charles
F. Brannan
- Eda
Brannan
- William
E. Burney
- Charles
D. Byrne
- George
A. Cavender
- Golda
Clarkin
- Harold
F. Collins
- Caribel
Conry
- Eldon
Cooper
- Corinne
Cottrell
- Robert
S. Crites
- Thomas
Currigan
- Marvin
Dansky
- William
Davoren
- Allen
Dines
- Frances
Dolan
- Arnold
Elperstein
- Mrs.
Harry Gates
- Mrs.
Charles A. Graham
- Jo
Ann Gray
- Mark
Hogan
- Donald
E. Kelley
- Charles
Kelly
- Frank
Kemp
- Ken
Lawrence
- O.
L. 'Sonny' Lawson
- Charles
F. Lindsay
- O.
R. Lundborg
- Carol
Lee Maxey
- Murray
McComas
- Tom
McCormick
- Stephen
L. R. McNichols
- William
H. McNichols
- John
J. Morrissey
- Rendle
Myer
- Edward
Nicholson
- Michael
Pomponio
- Eleanor
Repass
- Mrs.
Chauncey Ritter
- Robert
C. Rosenheim
- Marian
Rossmiller
- Richard
H. Shaw
- Virginia
Townsend
- James
L. Treece
- Helen
Wall
- Byron
R. White
- Andrew
Wysowatcky
- Lived in Denver, 1970-1979:
Barbara
L. Anderson
- Charles
D. Byrne
- Mark
Hogan
- Donald
E. Kelley
- Richard
Kittrell
- Richard
D. Lamm
- John A.
Love
- Ernest
A. Martinez
- Mildred
McCleave
- James
D. McKevitt
- William
H. McNichols
- Betty
Neale
- Gregory
Rogers
- Richard
H. Shaw
- Arie
P. Taylor
- Ruben
A. Valdez
- Diane
Wetherill
- Lived in Denver, 1980-1989:
Greig
Asher
- Ann
Bormolini
- Cleo
N. Breeze
- Charles
D. Byrne
- Mary
Anne Castellano
- Phyllis
Chavez
- Roderick
Delgado
- Chuck
DeMoulin
- LaChun
Ellison
- Julia
Fitz-Randolph
- Tim
Flores
- Gary
Hart
- Robert
Hernandez
- Mark
Hogan
- Barbara
Holme
- Doris
Hummel
- Marion
Johnson
- Richard
D. Lamm
- Rosemary
Marshall
- William
H. McNichols
- Albert
Montoya
- Lynn
Pantleo
- Federico
F. Pena
- Roy
R. Romer
- Kathleen
A. Saidy
- Patricia
Schroeder
- Shirley
Siek
- Gloria
Tanner
- Arie
P. Taylor
- Dale
Tooley
- Wellington
E. Webb
- Timothy
E. Wirth
- Dick
Young
- Lived in Denver, 1990-1999:
Diana
L. DeGette
- Federico
F. Pena
- Buie
Seawell
- Wellington
E. Webb
- Lived in Denver, 2000-2008:
Harry
Arkin
- Margaret
B. Atencio
- Andrea
Autobee
- Polly
Baca
- Andrew
Boian
- Fran
Coleman
- Rosario
de Baca
- Diana
L. DeGette
- Lino
Lipinsky de Orlov
- Rick
M. Garcia
- Chris
Gates
- Ken
Gordon
- Kenneth
Hermann
- Joel
Leventhal
- Tish
Maes
- Mary
Alice Mandarich
- Ramona
Martinez
- Jennifer
Mello
- Michael
Russell Neil
- Jonathan
Postal
- Khadija
Qadri
- Mannie
Rodriguez
- Paul
B. Rosenthal
- Vicki
Rottman
- Ken
Salazar
- Wellington
E. Webb
- Elbra
Wedgeworth
- Linda
Yardley
- See also Colo. areas
not assigned to counties.
Crown Hill Cemetery
Denver, Colorado
Politicians buried here:
- Benjamin Clark Hilliard (1868-1951) — also known as
Benjamin C. Hilliard — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Iowa, 1868.
Member of Colorado state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1915-19; defeated,
1918 (Independent), 1920 (Democratic), 1922 (Democratic), 1926
(Democratic); justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1931-51; died in office 1951; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1939-41, 1949-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1944.
Died August 7,
1951. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
- James Bolton Stewart (1882-1969) — also known as
James B. Stewart — of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
27, 1882. Son of James Stewart and Sarah Jane Stewart. Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Pernambuco, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1918-22; Tampico, 1924; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1938; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1943-45. Presbyterian.
Died in 1969.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
- William Louis Boatright (1876-1938) — also known as
William L. Boatright — of Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo. Born in Gentry
County, Mo., June 14,
1876. Son of James B. Boatright and Hattie A. (Christian)
Boatright; married, February
7, 1898, to Minnie E. Stump. Republican. Lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1925-28; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1928. Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Woodmen.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo., November
25, 1938. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
- Herschel Millard Hogg (1853-1934) — also known as
Herschel M. Hogg — of Telluride, San Miguel
County, Colo. Born in Ohio, 1853.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1903-07. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi. Died in 1934.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Fairmount Cemetery
Denver, Colorado
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Henry Moore Teller (1830-1914) — also known as
Henry M. Teller — of Central City, Gilpin
County, Colo. Born in Granger, Allegany
County, N.Y., May 23,
1830. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1876-82, 1885-1909; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1882-85. Died in Denver,
Colo., February
23, 1914. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. Teller County,
Colo. is named for him.
- Edwin Carl Johnson (1884-1970) — also known as
Edwin C. Johnson; "Big Ed" — of Craig,
Moffat
County, Colo. Born in Scandia, Republic
County, Kan., January
1, 1884. Democrat. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1923-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1931-32; Governor of
Colorado, 1933-37, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1937-55; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows. Died in Denver,
Colo., May 30,
1970. Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery.
- John Franklin Shafroth (1854-1922) — also known as
John F. Shafroth — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., June 9,
1854. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1895-1904; resigned
1904; Governor of
Colorado, 1909-13; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1913-19; defeated (Democratic), 1918. Died
February
20, 1922. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Eugene Donald Millikin (1891-1958) — also known as
Eugene D. Millikin — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Ohio, February
12, 1891. Republican. U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1941-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Died July 26,
1958. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) — also known as
Lawrence C. Phipps — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Washington
County, Pa., August
30, 1862. Son of Rev. William Henry Phipps and Agnes (McCall)
Phipps. Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1920,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1932. Episcopalian.
Died in 1958.
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) — also known as
Peter H. Dominick — of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo. Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1915. Nephew of Howard
Alexander Smith. Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1957-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964,
1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975. Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., March 18,
1981. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Samuel Danford Nicholson (1859-1923) — also known as
Samuel D. Nicholson — of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo. Born in Springfield, Prince
Edward Island, February
22, 1859. Son of Donald M. Nicholson and Catherine (McKenzie)
Nicholson; married 1887 to Anne
Nerey (died 1915). Republican. President and general manager, Western
Mining
Co.; director, Denver National Bank,
American National Bank
(Leadville, Colo.), First National Bank (Monte
Vista, Colo.); mayor
of Leadville, Colo., 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1914, 1916; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1921-23; died in office 1923. Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Denver,
Colo., March 24,
1923. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) — also known as
Gordon Allott — of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo. Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., January
2, 1907. Son of Leonard John Allott and Bertha Louise (Reese)
Allott; married, May 15,
1934, to Welda O. Hall. Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1950-55; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1955-73; defeated, 1972. Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Delta
Sigma Pi; Phi
Gamma Delta. Died January
17, 1989. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Edward Prentiss Costigan (1874-1939) — also known as
Edward P. Costigan — of Denver,
Colo. Born in King William
County, Va., July 1,
1874. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Tariff Commissioner, 1917-28.; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1931-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1936.
Protestant.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
17, 1939. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Nathaniel Peter Hill (1832-1900) — also known as
Nathaniel P. Hill — of Black Hawk, Gilpin
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo. Born in Montgomery, Orange
County, N.Y., February
18, 1832. Republican. Member
Colorado territorial council, 1872-73; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1879-85. Died in Denver,
Colo., May 22,
1900. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Charles James Hughes, Jr. (1853-1911) — also known
as Charles J. Hughes, Jr. — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Missouri, 1853.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1909-11; died in office 1911. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi. Died January
11, 1911. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey (1842-1916) — also known as
Stephen W. Dorsey — of Helena, Phillips
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark. Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., February
28, 1842. Republican. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1873-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1880.
Indicted
in 1881 for his participation in the Star Route frauds
against the U.S. Post Office Department; tried
twice in 1882-83 and ultimately acquitted. Died March 20,
1916. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson (1839-1916) — also known
as Thomas M. Patterson — of Denver,
Colo. Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
November
4, 1839. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado Territory, 1876;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory; U.S.
Representative from Colorado at-large, 1877-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1892;
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1901-07. Died in Denver,
Colo., July 23,
1916. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- William Lee Knous (1889-1959) — also known as W.
Lee Knous — of Montrose, Montrose
County, Colo. Born in Ouray, Ouray
County, Colo., February
2, 1889. Father of Robert
Lee Knous. Member of Colorado
state senate 17th District, 1930-37; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1937-47; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1946-47; Governor of
Colorado, 1947-50; U.S.
District Judge for Colorado, 1950. Died December
13, 1959. Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Frederick Walker Pitkin (1837-1886) — of Colorado.
Born August
31, 1837. Governor of
Colorado, 1879-83. Died December
18, 1886. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery. Pitkin County,
Colo. is named for him.
- Rice William Means (1877-1949) — of Denver,
Colo. Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
16, 1877. Republican. County judge in Colorado, 1902-04; colonel
in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1924-27. Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Died in 1949.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Ralph L. Carr (1887-1950) — of Colorado. Born in
Rosita, Custer
County, Colo., December
11, 1887. Republican. U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1929-33; Governor of
Colorado, 1939-43; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1940,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1942. Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi. Died September
22, 1950. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Job Adams Cooper (1843-1899) — of Colorado. Born November
6, 1843. Governor of
Colorado, 1889-91. Died January
20, 1899. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- James Benton Grant (1848-1911) — of Colorado. Born
January
2, 1848. Nephew of James
Grant. Governor of
Colorado, 1883-85. Died November
1, 1911. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Elias Milton Ammons (1860-1925) — of Douglas
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo. Born in Macon
County, N.C., July 28,
1860. Son of Jehu R. Ammons and Margaret C. (Brendle) Ammons;
married, January
29, 1889, to Elizabeth Fleming; father of Teller
Ammons. Democrat. Rancher;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1890-94; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1893-94; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1898-1902; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1904, 1906; Governor of
Colorado, 1913-15. Member, Lions. Died
May
20, 1925. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Henry Augustus Buchtel (1847-1924) — of Greencastle,
Putnam
County, Ind.; Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Denver,
Colo. Born near Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, September
30, 1847. Son of Dr. Jonathan B. Buchtel; married 1873 to Mary N.
Stevenson. Republican. Ordained
minister; chancellor,
University of Denver, 1900-21; Governor of
Colorado, 1907-09. Methodist.
Died October
22, 1924. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Julius Caldeen Gunter (1858-1940) — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., October
31, 1858. Son of Thomas
Montague Gunter and Marcella (Jackson) Gunter; married, April 30,
1884, to Bettie Brown. Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 3rd District, 1889-95; Judge,
Colorado Court of Appeals, 1901-05; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1905-07; Governor of
Colorado, 1917-19. Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta. Died October
26, 1940. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- William Ellery Sweet (1869-1942) — also known as
William E. Sweet — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
27, 1869. Democrat. Governor of
Colorado, 1923-25; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1926, 1936 (primary). Congregationalist.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 9,
1942. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Clarence J. Morley (1869-1948) — of Colorado. Born
February
9, 1869. Governor of
Colorado, 1925-27. Died November
15, 1948. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Teller Ammons (1895-1972) — of Colorado. Born in Denver,
Colo., December
3, 1895. Son of Elias
Milton Ammons. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1930-35; Governor of
Colorado, 1937-39; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon. Died January
16, 1972. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877-1933) — also known as
Karl C. Schuyler — of Colorado. Born in Colorado
Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., April 3,
1877. Republican. U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1932-33; defeated, 1932. Struck by
an automobile, and subsequently died in Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1933. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- James Edward Garrigues — also known as James E.
Garrigues — of Colorado. Justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1910-21; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1919-21. Interment at
Fairmount Cemetery.
- Moses Hallett (1834-1913) — of Colorado. Born in
Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., July 16,
1834. Lawyer; justice of
Colorado territorial supreme court, 1866-76; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1877-1906. Died April 25,
1913. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- William Newell Vaile (1876-1927) — also known as
William N. Vaile — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 22,
1876. Son of Joel Frederick Vaile and Charlotte Marion (White)
Vaile; married, June 14,
1915, to Kate Rothwell Varrell. Republican. Served in the U.S.
Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1919-27; defeated,
1916; died in office 1927. Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon. Died July 2,
1927. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966) — also known as
Frank L. Hagaman — of Fairway, Johnson
County, Kan. Born in Bushnell, McDonough
County, Ill., June 1,
1894. Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1935; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1947-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1950-51. Episcopalian.
Died in a hospital
at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1966. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- George Gifford Symes (1840-1893) — also known as
George G. Symes — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Ohio, 1840.
Republican. Justice of
Montana territorial supreme court, 1869; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1885-89 (at-large 1885-87, 1st
District 1887-89). Died in 1893.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- William Robb Eaton (1877-1942) — also known as
William R. Eaton — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Canada,
December
17, 1877. Nephew of Charles
Aubrey Eaton. Republican. Member of Colorado
state senate, 1915; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1929-33; defeated,
1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1940.
Died December
16, 1942. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Dean Milton Gillespie (1884-1949) — also known as
Dean M. Gillespie — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Salina, Saline
County, Kan., May 3,
1884. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1944-47; defeated,
1946. Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
2, 1949. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- James Henry Platt, Jr. (1837-1894) — of Virginia.
Born in Canada,
July
13, 1837. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1869-75. Drowned
in Green Lake, near Georgetown, Clear Creek
County, Colo., August
13, 1894. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Jackson Orr (1832-1926) — of Iowa. Born in Ohio, 1832.
Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1871-75 (6th District 1871-73, 9th
District 1873-75). Died in 1926.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Robert W. Speer — of Denver,
Colo. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1904-12, 1916-18. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Henry V. Johnson — of Denver,
Colo. U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1893-97; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1899-1901. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Jasper Delos Ward (1829-1902) — of Illinois. Born in
New York, 1829.
Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1873-75. Died in 1902.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- George Washington Cook (1851-1916) — also known as
George W. Cook — of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo. Born in Bradford, Lawrence
County, Ind., November
10, 1851. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Colorado at-large, 1907-09. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic. Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., December
18, 1916. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- George John Kindel (1855-1930) — also known as
George J. Kindel — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 2,
1855. U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1913-15; defeated,
1916 (Liberal), 1927 (Independent); Kindel Commercial Equality
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1914. Injured in an automobile
accident near Hillrose, Colo., and subsequently died in a hospital
at Brush, Morgan
County, Colo., February
28, 1930. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- William Evans Burney (1893-1969) — also known as
William E. Burney — of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo. Born in Hubbard, Hill
County, Tex., September
11, 1893. Married, October
26, 1921, to Eunice L. Latamore. Democrat. Served in the U.S.
Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1940-41; insurance
executive. Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died January
29, 1969. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- John W. Metzger (1914-1984) — of Denver,
Colo. Born in a sod
hut on the prairie near Sterling, Logan
County, Colo., April 4,
1914. Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1948;
Colorado
state attorney general, 1949-50; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1952. Died, of prostate
cancer, in Denver,
Colo., January
25, 1984. Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Warren Armstrong Haggott (1864-1958) — also known as
Warren A. Haggott — of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek
County, Colo. Born near Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, May 18,
1864. Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1902-03; member of Colorado
state senate, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1907-09; defeated,
1908; district judge in Colorado 2nd District, 1921-23. Died in Denver,
Colo., April 29,
1958. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Gail Leonard Ireland (d. 1988) — also known as
Gail L. Ireland — of Denver,
Colo. First cousin of Clarence
Leo Ireland. Republican. Colorado
state attorney general, 1941-44; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1948.
Died in 1988.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Hugh Hiram Price (1859-1904) — also known as Hugh
H. Price — of Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis. Born in Wisconsin, 1859.
Son of William
Thompson Price. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1887; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1889-91. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi. Died in 1904.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Lewis Cass Carpenter (1836-1908) — of South
Carolina; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo. Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., February
20, 1836. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1874-75; newspaper
editor. Died in Denver,
Colo., March 6,
1908. Cremated; ashes
interred at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Dewey Crossman Bailey — also known as Dewey C.
Bailey — of Denver,
Colo. Married to Adella
Brown. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1919-23. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Thomas S. McMurray — of Denver,
Colo. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1895-99. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- George Davis Begole (b. 1877) — also known as
George D. Begole — of Denver,
Colo. Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., May 28,
1877. Son of Davis W. Begole and Lydia (Stanford) Begole;
married, June 1,
1927, to Ethel Waldo. Republican. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1931-35. Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- William J. Barker — of Denver,
Colo. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1874-76. Entombed at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Robert Morris — of Denver,
Colo. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1881-83. Irish
ancestry. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Wolfe Londoner — of Denver,
Colo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1880;
mayor
of Denver, Colo., 1889-91. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Marion D. Van Horn — of Denver,
Colo. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1893-95. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- James M. Perkins — of Denver,
Colo. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1913-15. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Clarence Leo Ireland — also known as Clarence L.
Ireland — of Denver,
Colo. First cousin of Gail
Leonard Ireland. Republican. Colorado
state attorney general, 1931-32; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1956.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Francis M. Case — of Denver,
Colo. Mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1873-74. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Victoria Buckley (1947-1999) — also known as
Vikki Buckley — of Colorado. Born in Denver,
Colo., November
2, 1947. Republican. Secretary of
state of Colorado, 1995-99; died in office 1999. Female. Black.
Died, of congestive
heart failure caused by heart
disease, at University Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., July 14,
1999. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Alfred E. Bent (d. 1922) — of Colorado. Colorado
state auditor, 1905-07; Colorado
state treasurer, 1907-08. Died in 1922.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Frank Hall — of Colorado. Secretary
of Colorado Territory, 1866-74. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Henrich Anton Fredrich Walsen (1841-1906) — also
known as Fred Walsen — of Colorado. Born in 1841.
Colorado
state treasurer, 1883-84. Founded the town of Walsenburg,
Colorado, which is named for him. Died in Denver,
Colo., February
15, 1906. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Allison Stocker — of Colorado. Colorado
state treasurer, 1915-16. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery.
- Joseph Clarence Leckemby (1889-1963) — also known as
J. Clarence Leckemby — of Maine. Born November
9, 1889. Married to Helen Bartlet (1897-2005). Independent
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1936. Died in Denver,
Colo., 1963.