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Sarasota County
Florida

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Sarasota County


Index to Locations

  • Sarasota Manasota Memorial Park
  • Sarasota St. Boniface Episcopal Church
  • Sarasota Sarasota Memorial Park


    Manasota Memorial Park
    Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida
    Politicians buried here:
      Lathrop Brown (1883-1959) — of St. James, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y.; Montauk, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y.; Monterey County, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 26, 1883. Son of Charles S. Brown and Lucy Nevins (Barnes) Brown. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1913-15; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924, 1936. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Fort Myers, Lee County, Fla., November 28, 1959 (age 76 years, 275 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Manasota Memorial Park.
      Relatives: Married, April 5, 1911, to Helen Hooper.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    St. Boniface Episcopal Church
    Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida
    Politicians buried here:
      John Levi Cable (1884-1971) — also known as John L. Cable — of Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Born in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, April 15, 1884. Son of Davis J. Cable and Mary (Harnley) Cable. Republican. Lawyer; director and counsel, Lima Telephone and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone Co., Lima Toledo Railroad, Lima City Street Railway Co.; Allen County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33; defeated, 1912; candidate in primary for Governor of Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1936. Episcopalian or Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Grange; Junior Order; Kiwanis. Died in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, September 15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153 days). Entombed at St. Boniface Episcopal Church.
      Relatives: Great-grandson of Joseph Cable; son of Davis J. Cable and Mary (Harnley) Cable; married to Rhea Watson.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      William Dwight (1903-1996) — of Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass., August 10, 1903. Son of Minnie Ryan Dwight. Republican. Hampden County Commissioner, 1946-48; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948, 1964. Died in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Fla., June 4, 1996 (age 92 years, 299 days). Cremated; ashes interred at St. Boniface Episcopal Church.
      Relatives: Father of Donald R. Dwight. See Dwight family of Massachusetts.


    Sarasota Memorial Park
    Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida
    Politicians buried here:
      Wallace G. Wilkinson (1941-2002) — also known as "The Weasel" — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Casey County, Ky., December 12, 1941. Democrat. Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91. During bankruptcy proceedings in 2001, it was revealed that Wilkinson had been operating a Ponzi scheme, and that his liabilities exceeded his assets by $300 million; he repeatedly refused to answer questions under oath, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. However, he died before any prosecution could take place. Died, of lymphatic cancer and a stroke, in St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., July 5, 2002 (age 60 years, 205 days). Entombed at Sarasota Memorial Park.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier


     

     


     
       
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