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George Alexander (1839-1923) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September
21, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; feed
and grain business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909-13.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic; Moose.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Albert N. Barber (1858-1940) —
of Esmond, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Davis Junction, Ogle
County, Ill., May 16,
1858.
Republican. Grain elevator business; druggist; banker; lumber
merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1911-12.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., August
29, 1940 (age 82 years, 105
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) —
also known as Henry G. Blasdel —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
29, 1825.
Republican. Farmer; merchant;
riverboat
captain; miller; mining
business; Governor of
Nevada, 1864-71.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 22,
1900 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Thomas Oliver Larkin (1802-1858) —
also known as Thomas O. Larkin —
of Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., September
18, 1802.
Merchant;
flour mill business; U.S. Consul in Monterey, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to California, 1845; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1849.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., October
27, 1858 (age 56 years, 39
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) —
also known as George C. Perkins —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kennebunkport, York
County, Maine, August
23, 1839.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
miller; steamship
business; member of California
state senate, 1869-76; Governor of
California, 1880-83; U.S.
Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., February
26, 1923 (age 83 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Albion Paris Whitney (1825-1884) —
also known as A. P. Whitney —
of Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Corinth, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
15, 1825.
Republican. Lumber
business; grocer;
grain shipper; member of California
state senate, 1875; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1876.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
10, 1884 (age 58 years, 148
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hill Memorial Park, Petaluma, Calif.
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