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Napa County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Napa County

Index to Locations Napa Tulocay Cemetery St. Helena Odd Fellows Cemetery St. Helena St. Helena Public Cemetery Tulocay Cemetery Coombsville Road Napa, Napa County, California Politicians buried here:   Frank Leslie Coombs (1853-1934) — also known as Frank L. Coombs — of Napa, Napa County, Calif. Born in Napa, Napa County, Calif., December 27, 1853. Republican. Lawyer; Napa County District Attorney, 1879-84; member of California state assembly, 1887-89, 1891-97, 1921-23, 1925-27; Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1891, 1897; U.S. Minister to Japan, 1892-93; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1899-1901; U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1901-03; defeated, 1902. Member, Native Sons of the Golden West; Elks. Died in Napa, Napa County, Calif., October 5, 1934 (age 80 years, 282 days). Interment at Tulocay Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nathan Coombs and Isabel (Gordon) Coombs; married, December 27, 1879, to Belle M. Roper; father of Nathan F. Coombs.   Political family: Coombs family of Napa, California.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary   Lilburn Williams Boggs (1796-1860) — also known as Lilburn W. Boggs — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., December 14, 1796. Postmaster at Independence, Mo., 1827-31; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1832-36; Governor of Missouri, 1836-40; member of California state assembly 19th District, 1852-53. Died in California, March 14, 1860 (age 63 years, 91 days). Interment at Tulocay Cemetery.   See also National Governors Association biography   Clifford C. Anglim (1904-1957) — of Richmond, Contra Costa County, Calif. Born in 1904. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936; California Democratic state chair, 1937; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at San Francisco, California, 1938-41. Died in 1957 (age about 53 years). Interment at Tulocay Cemetery.   Finis Ewing Johnston (1843-1920) — also known as Finis E. Johnston — of California. Born in Greene County, Mo., November 11, 1843. Lawyer; member of California state assembly 20th District, 1883-85. Died in Napa County, Calif., May 14, 1920 (age 76 years, 185 days). Interment at Tulocay Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Finis Ewing Odd Fellows Cemetery St. Helena, Napa County, California Politicians buried here: Theodore Arlington Bell (1872-1922) — also known as Theodore A. Bell — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Vallejo, Solano County, Calif., July 25, 1872. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from California 2nd District, 1903-05; defeated, 1904; candidate for Governor of California, 1906 (Democratic), 1910 (Democratic), 1918 (Independent); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1908 (Temporary Chair; speaker), 1912 (speaker). While returning from a hunting trip, was killed in an automobile accident near San Rafael, Marin County, Calif., September 4, 1922 (age 50 years, 41 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Edward Bell and Catherine Jane (Mills) Bell; married, April 23, 1899, to Annie M. Muller.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1908 St. Helena Public Cemetery St. Helena, Napa County, California Politicians buried here:   Serranus Clinton Hastings (1814-1893) — also known as S. Clinton Hastings — of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind.; Bloomington (now Muscatine), Muscatine County, Iowa; Benicia, Solano County, Calif. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 22, 1814. Democrat. Member Iowa territorial council, 1838-46; U.S. Representative from Iowa at-large, 1846-47; justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1848-49; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; justice of California state supreme court, 1849-51; chief justice of California state supreme court, 1849-51; California state attorney general, 1852-54. Died in San Francisco, Calif., February 18, 1893 (age 78 years, 88 days). Interment at St. Helena Public Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Collins Hastings and Patience (Brayton) Hastings.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Donald Campbell McRuer (1826-1898) — also known as Donald C. McRuer — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Maine, 1826. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1865-67. Died in 1898 (age about 72 years). Interment at St. Helena Public Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Karl Morgan Block (1886-1958) — also known as Karl M. Block — of Haddonfield, Camden County, N.J.; Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa.; Roanoke, Va.; St. Louis, Mo.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in Washington, D.C., September 27, 1886. Republican. Episcopal priest; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1956. Episcopalian. Died in San Francisco, Calif., September 20, 1958 (age 71 years, 358 days). Interment at St. Helena Public Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Sigismund Joseph Block and Joanna Christine (Linder) Block; married 1913 to Nancy Holladay Shackelford (daughter of George Scott Shackelford).   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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