The Political Graveyard: Glenn County, Calif.

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Glenn County
California

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Glenn County

Index to Locations

Near Hamilton City Will S. Green Memorial

Will S. Green Memorial
Near Hamilton City, Glenn County, California

Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:

William Semple Green (1832-1905) — also known as Will S. Green — of Colusa, Colusa County, Calif. Born December 26, 1832. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hotel-keeper; steamboat captain; newspaper editor and publisher; member of California state assembly 25th District, 1867-69; California state treasurer, 1898-99; promoter of irrigation projects. Elected to the California Newspaper Hall of Fame. Died July 2, 1905 (age 72 years, 188 days). Interment somewhere in Colusa, Calif.; memorial monument at Will S. Green Memorial.

		Relatives: Married 1862 to Josephine Davis; married 1891 to Sally Morgan.
		See also Wikipedia article

Willows Cemetery
Willows, Glenn County, California

Politicians buried here:

Claude Fouts Purkitt (1875-1930) — also known as Claude F. Purkitt — of Willows, Glenn County, Calif. Born in Fouts Springs, Colusa County, Calif., September 7, 1875. Democrat. Lawyer; member of California state senate, 1914-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1916; superior court judge in California, 1921-28; California Democratic state chair, 1922-28. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Willows, Glenn County, Calif., January 11, 1930 (age 54 years, 126 days). Interment at Willows Cemetery.

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