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Fresno County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fresno County

Index to Locations Fresno Belmont Memorial Cemetery Fresno Belmont Memorial Park Fresno Calvary Cemetery Fresno Chapel of the Light Columbarium Fresno Courthouse Park Fresno Mountain View Cemetery Fresno Reedley Cemetery Fresno St. Peters Cemetery Belmont Memorial Cemetery Fresno, Fresno County, California Politicians buried here:   Denver Samuel Church (1862-1952) — also known as Denver S. Church — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Folsom City, Sacramento County, Calif., December 11, 1862. Democrat. U.S. Representative from California, 1913-19, 1933-35 (7th District 1913-19, 9th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1916; superior court judge in California, 1924-30. Died in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., February 21, 1952 (age 89 years, 72 days). Interment at Belmont Memorial Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Belmont Memorial Park Fresno, Fresno County, California Politicians buried here:   Henry Ellsworth Barbour (1877-1945) — also known as Henry E. Barbour — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., March 8, 1877. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 7th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Phi. Died in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., March 21, 1945 (age 68 years, 13 days). Interment at Belmont Memorial Park.   Relatives: Son of William J. Barbour and Mary M. (Houston) Barbour; married, October 29, 1907, to Mary D. Meux.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Charles R. Barnard (d. 1968) — Judge, California Court of Appeal 4th District, 1929-31. Died in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., 1968. Interment at Belmont Memorial Park. Calvary Cemetery Fresno, Fresno County, California Founded 1885 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: Lindsay R. Rogers (1866-1935) — of Ogden, Weber County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., 1866. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1896 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Republican National Committee from Utah, 1896; law partner of Tillman D. Johnson, and later of Charles S. Zane; vineyard owner. Member, Odd Fellows. Suffered a paralytic stroke, and died a month later, in a sanatarium at Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., March 3, 1935 (age about 68 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Christopher Charles Rogers and Lucinda Louise 'Lou' (Scott) Rogers; married, April 18, 1888, to Alice Beaton.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Fresno Bee, March 4, 1935 Chapel of the Light Columbarium Fresno, Fresno County, California Politicians buried here:   Chester Abbott Rowell (1844-1912) — also known as Chester A. Rowell — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H., August 17, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; newspaper publisher; member of California state senate, 1880-82, 1899-1901, 1903-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; member, University of California Board of Regents, 1891-1912.; mayor of Fresno, Calif., 1909-12; died in office 1912. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 9, 1912 (age 67 years, 266 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Chapel of the Light Columbarium; statue at Courthouse Park.   Relatives: Son of Jonathan Barney Rowell and Cynthia Hay (Abbott) Rowell; brother of Jonathan Harvey Rowell; married to Nellie (Hale) Rowell; uncle of Chester Harvey Rowell; fourth cousin once removed of Robert Foss Fernald.   Political families: Eastman family; Rowell family of Maine; Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Courthouse Park Fresno, Fresno County, California Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:   Chester Abbott Rowell (1844-1912) — also known as Chester A. Rowell — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton County, N.H., August 17, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; newspaper publisher; member of California state senate, 1880-82, 1899-1901, 1903-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; member, University of California Board of Regents, 1891-1912.; mayor of Fresno, Calif., 1909-12; died in office 1912. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 9, 1912 (age 67 years, 266 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Chapel of the Light Columbarium; statue at Courthouse Park.   Relatives: Son of Jonathan Barney Rowell and Cynthia Hay (Abbott) Rowell; brother of Jonathan Harvey Rowell; married to Nellie (Hale) Rowell; uncle of Chester Harvey Rowell; fourth cousin once removed of Robert Foss Fernald.   Political families: Eastman family; Rowell family of Maine; Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Mountain View Cemetery Fresno, Fresno County, California Politicians buried here:   Bertrand Wesley Gearhart (1890-1955) — also known as Bertrand W. Gearhart; Bud Gearhart — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., May 31, 1890. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to California convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; U.S. Representative from California 9th District, 1935-49; defeated, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1948. Member, Elks; American Legion; Native Sons of the Golden West; Sons of the American Revolution; Zeta Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Among the founders of the American Legion. Died in a hospital at San Francisco, Calif., October 11, 1955 (age 65 years, 133 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Wesley Gearhart and Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Gearhart.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Wiley James Tinnin (d. 1910) — also known as Wiley J. Tinnin — of California. Member of California state assembly 26th District, 1871-75. Died in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., November 24, 1910. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.   Edwin Bruce Linney (1852-1926) — also known as Edwin B. Linney — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., April 9, 1852. Republican. Postmaster at Danville, Ky., 1898-1914; grocer. Methodist. Died in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., February 27, 1926 (age 73 years, 324 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Henderson Linney and Jan Ver Bryke Linney; married, March 27, 1877, to Sarah Belle Perry; married, November 6, 1903, to Hattie Hardesty.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   David Monroe Barnwell (1875-1935) — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Comanche County, Tex., October 20, 1875. Democrat. Fresno County Clerk, 1910-33; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. U.S. Comptroller of Customs, San Francisco, 1933. Died, of a heart attack, in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., 1935 (age about 59 years). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery. Reedley Cemetery Fresno, Fresno County, California Politicians buried here:   Charles B. Garrigus (1914-2000) — also known as Gus Garrigus — of Reedley, Fresno County, Calif. Born June 13, 1914. Democrat. College professor; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; member of California state assembly, 1958-66; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960. California poet laureate, 1996-2000. Died, of colon cancer, at Hinds Hospice, Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., 2000 (age about 86 years). Interment at Reedley Cemetery. St. Peters Cemetery Fresno, Fresno County, California Politicians buried here:   Hugh Aloysius Donohoe (1905-1987) — also known as Hugh A. Donohoe — of San Francisco, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin County, Calif.; Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., June 28, 1905. Republican. Catholic priest; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1956 ; auxiliary bishop of San Francisco, 1947-62; bishop of Stockton, 1962-69; bishop of Fresno, 1969-80. Catholic. Died in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., October 26, 1987 (age 82 years, 120 days). Interment at St. Peters Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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