Washington County
Nebraska
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Washington County
Nebraska
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Washington County
Index to Locations
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John A. Unthank (1819-1902) —
of Washington
County, Neb.
Born December
12, 1819.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1867.
Died September
6, 1902 (age 82 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
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Wellington C. Walton (1844-1917) —
of Sutton, Clay
County, Neb.; Blair, Washington
County, Neb.
Born May 10,
1844.
Member of Nebraska
state senate, 1877; district judge in Nebraska 4th District,
1892-96.
Died May 22,
1917 (age 73 years, 12
days).
Interment at Blair Cemetery.
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Edmund Burke Carrigan (1869-1927) —
also known as Edmund B. Carrigan —
of Blair, Washington
County, Neb.
Born November
5, 1869.
District judge in Nebraska 4th District, 1927; appointed 1927; died
in office 1927.
Died in Blair, Washington
County, Neb., December
10, 1927 (age 58 years, 35
days).
Interment at Blair Cemetery.
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Watson Tyson (1831-1921) —
of Blair, Washington
County, Neb.
Born November
30, 1831.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1887.
Died November
11, 1921 (age 89 years, 346
days).
Interment at Blair Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Crounse (1834-1909) —
of Nebraska.
Born in Sharon, Schoharie
County, N.Y., January
27, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Nebraska
territorial legislature, 1866; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1867-73; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska at-large, 1873-77; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Nebraska, 1879; Governor of
Nebraska, 1893-95; member of Nebraska
state senate 10th District, 1901.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 13,
1909 (age 75 years, 106
days).
Interment at Fort Calhoun Cemetery.
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Peirson Mitchell Hall (1894-1979) —
also known as Peirson M. Hall —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Armour, Douglas
County, S.Dak., July 31,
1894.
Son of Robert A. Hall (1851-1895) and Mary M. (Cripps) Hall
(1865-1937).
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1940
(alternate); U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1933-37; secretary of
California Democratic Party, 1936; superior court judge in
California, 1939-42; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1942-66;
U.S.
District Judge for the Central District of California, 1966-68;
took senior status 1968; senior judge, 1968-79.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in California, December
8, 1979 (age 85 years, 130
days).
Interment at Fort Calhoun Cemetery.
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Elam Clark (1820-1883) —
of Nebraska.
Born April 4,
1820.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nebraska, 1868.
Died in 1883
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Fort Calhoun Cemetery.
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