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George Forrest Alexander (1882-1948) —
also known as George F. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Multnomah County Democratic Party, 1914-18; candidate for circuit
judge in Oregon, 1922; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1934-46.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died May 16,
1948 (age 66 years, 26
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Burton Ellsworth Bennett (1863-1929) —
also known as Burton E. Bennett —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Sitka,
Alaska.
Born in North Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., April
17, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Alaska Territory, 1895-98.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1929
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles E. Bunnell —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dimock, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
12, 1878.
Democrat. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president
of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later
University of Alaska), 1921-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a nursing
home in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Birch
Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University
of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell; married, July 24,
1901, to Mary Anna Kline. |
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James Judson Crossley (b. 1869) —
also known as James J. Crossley —
of Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa; Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Crawford Township, Madison
County, Iowa, August
31, 1869.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; member of Iowa
state senate, 1900-07; U.S.
Attorney for the 3rd District of Alaska Territory, 1908-09; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1909-14.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Crossley and Cynthia Jane (Hardy) Crossley; married,
August
10, 1910, to Cherry L. Hyde. |
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Warren N. Cuddy (b. 1886) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Abingdon, Harford
County, Md., October
11, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 3rd District of Alaska Territory, 1928-33.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Lawson Cuddy and Sarah N. (James) Cuddy; married, August
16, 1916, to Lucy Hon. |
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Justin Woodward Harding (b. 1888) —
also known as Justin W. Harding —
of Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, December
19, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1921-27; U.S.
Attorney for the 1st District of Alaska Territory, 1927-29; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1929-33.
Protestant.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence H. Harding and Lilly (Woodward) Harding; married, September
4, 1912, to May Gaynor. |
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Marcus F. Jensen (1908-2001) —
of Douglas (now part of Juneau),
Alaska.
Born in Westhope, Bottineau
County, N.Dak., August
8, 1908.
Democrat. Mayor
of Douglas, Alaska, 1945-47, 1961-64; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1949-50;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 1st District, 1953-56; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1961.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, February
6, 2001 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Shrine
of St. Therese, Juneau, Alaska.
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James Simpson MacKinnon (b. 1897) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Juneau,
Alaska, 1897.
Republican. Laundry and
dry cleaning business; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1951-52.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lockie MacKinnon and Martha (Lokke) MacKinnon; married, December
5, 1923, to Hazel Jaeger. |
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Morrell Lewis MacSpadden (1903-1961) —
also known as Morrell L. MacSpadden; Molly
MacSpadden —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Garrison, Powell
County, Mont., January
24, 1903.
Republican. Member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1953-54; mayor of
Juneau, Alaska, 1955-59.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, November
2, 1961 (age 58 years, 282
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska.
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John Edgar Manders (1895-1973) —
also known as John E. Manders —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Denver,
Colo., February
3, 1895.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1944; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1945-46; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952;
candidate for nomination for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in a hospital
at Anchorage,
Alaska, February
18, 1973 (age 78 years, 15
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Francis Manders and Letha Clementine (Barnes) Manders;
married, June 6,
1914, to Henrietta Bertolas. |
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Andrew Nerland (1870-1956) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Molda, Norway,
April
18, 1870.
Republican. Furniture
merchant; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1915-16; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1917-18,
1931-38; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1921-22; trustee,
Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, 1929-35, continuing
as regent, University of Alaska, 1935-56; member of Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1945-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, February
6, 1956 (age 85 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Alexander Parks (1883-1984) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Denver,
Colo., May 29,
1883.
Mining
engineer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1925-33; vice-president, First National Bank of
Juneau.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, May 11,
1984 (age 100 years,
348 days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska; memorial monument at Newcomb
Park, Wasilla, Alaska.
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Key Pittman (1872-1940) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
19, 1872.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in
1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub
until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, he
suffered a severe heart
attack before the election, at the Riverside Hotel,
and died after the election at the Washoe General Hospital,
Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., November
10, 1940 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Ellsworth Wagner Rowell (1886-1953) —
also known as E. W. Rowell;
"Bert" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in California, March
29, 1886.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; printing
business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937;
candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1932.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 27,
1953 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married, November
2, 1906, to Daphne Cohen; married 1933 to Izetta
mae Daugaard. |
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Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931 |
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Robin L. Taylor (b. 1943) —
of Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska; Wrangell,
Alaska.
Born in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit
County, Wash., February
5, 1943.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Alaska, 1977-82; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990;
member of Alaska
state senate District A, 1992-; appointed 1992; Republican
candidate for Governor of
Alaska, 1998 (primary), 1998.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Elks; Moose; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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Warren Truitt (1849-1935) —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Fayette, Greene
County, Ill., 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1882; district judge in Alaska,
1892-96; member of Idaho
state senate, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho, 1908;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1914-15; appointed 1914.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1935
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Donald Edwin Young (b. 1933) —
also known as Don Young —
of Fort Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska.
Born in Meridian, Sutter
County, Calif., June 9,
1933.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1967-70; member of Alaska
state senate, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1973-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; National
Education Association; Elks; Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2019.
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