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
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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.
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Belmont Memorial
Park
Fresno, Fresno County, California
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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.
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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.
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Calvary
Cemetery
Fresno, Fresno County, California
Founded 1885
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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![Lindsay R. Rogers](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/158/35.90.jpg) |
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.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Charles Rogers and Lucinda Louise 'Lou' (Scott)
Rogers; married, April
18, 1888, to Alice Beaton. |
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memorial |
| ![](hand.gif) | Image source: Fresno Bee, March 4,
1935 |
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Chapel of the
Light Columbarium
Fresno, Fresno County, California
Politicians buried
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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.
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Courthouse
Park
Fresno, Fresno County, California
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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.
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Mountain View
Cemetery
Fresno, Fresno County, California
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Reedley
Cemetery
Fresno, Fresno County, California
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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.
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St. Peters
Cemetery
Fresno, Fresno County, California
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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.
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