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Glenn Malcolm Anderson (1913-1994) —
also known as Glenn M. Anderson —
of Hawthorne, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Harbor City, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
21, 1913.
Democrat. Merchant; mayor
of Hawthorne, Calif., 1940-42; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1943-50; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1948-50; California
Democratic state chair, 1950-52; candidate for California
state senate, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1988;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1959-67; U.S.
Representative from California, 1969-93 (17th District 1969-73,
35th District 1973-75, 32nd District 1975-93).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Redmen;
Native
Sons of the Golden West; Toastmasters.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, at San Pedro Peninsula Hospital
Pavilion, San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
13, 1994 (age 81 years, 295
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, 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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Charles Abel Buffum (1870-1936) —
also known as Charles A. Buffum —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in La Fayette, Stark
County, Ill., January
30, 1870.
Merchant; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1921-24.
Died, of a heart
ailment, November
29, 1936 (age 66 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
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Daniel Choate (1828-1899) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in China, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
9, 1828.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; real estate
developer; postmaster at San
Diego, Calif., 1876-81.
Methodist.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., 1899
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Charles Crocker (1822-1888) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
16, 1822.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; banker;
member of California
state assembly 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of the
Central Pacific Railroad;
first president of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Died in Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif., August
14, 1888 (age 65 years, 333
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Hiram Tolbert Fairbanks (1828-1915) —
also known as H. T. Fairbanks —
of Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., December
29, 1828.
Republican. Merchant; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1880.
Died in Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif., June 29,
1915 (age 86 years, 182
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hill Memorial Park, Petaluma, Calif.
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George H. Few (1855-1948) —
of Flandreau, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born in Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y., December
23, 1855.
Republican. Merchant; mayor of Flandreau, S.D.; member of South
Dakota state senate 15th District, 1901-04.
Died November
23, 1948 (age 92 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married 1881 to Ella
B. Marinus. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Jeptha Milton Gibbs (1875-1936) —
also known as Jeptha M. Gibbs —
Born in Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex., April
20, 1875.
Railroad
employee; wholesale merchant; U.S. Consular Agent in Cananea, 1918-33.
Died March
10, 1936 (age 60 years, 325
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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John Hanible Hamilton (b. 1862) —
also known as John H. Hamilton —
of New York; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., September
8, 1862.
Merchant; accountant;
U.S. Consular Agent in Manaos, 1905-11; tile
manufacturer.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Hamilton; married, April
14, 1913, to Sallie Wyman. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1924) |
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Isaac Julian Harvey —
of Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif.
Merchant; mayor
of Salinas, Calif., 1874.
Burial location unknown.
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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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James Z. Lopp (1863-1943) —
of Lincoln, Benton
County, Mo.
Born in Benton
County, Mo., January
17, 1863.
Republican. Merchant; Benton
County Associate Judge, 1910-17; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Benton County, 1921-22.
Died in 1943
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Westminster
Memorial Park, Westminster, Calif.
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Knud Henry Lund (1832-1919) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Norway,
October
5, 1832.
Commission merchant; importer
and exporter; marine insurance
business; Consul
for Sweden & Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1885-1903; Consul
for Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1910-11.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
5, 1919 (age 86 years, 123
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Guy Rudolph McHenry (1898-1977) —
also known as Guy R. McHenry —
of Glover, Iron
County, Mo.; Ironton, Iron
County, Mo.
Born in Lemoore, Kings
County, Calif., October
10, 1898.
Democrat. Farmer;
merchant; lumber
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Iron County, 1943-46,
1963-64; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1956.
Died March 5,
1977 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Arcadia, Mo.
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Henry Mellus (1816-1860) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
24, 1816.
Democrat. Merchant; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1860; died in office 1860.
Died December
26, 1860 (age 44 years, 124
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Johnson Mitchell (1869-1955) —
also known as Robert J. Mitchell —
of Verona, Lawrence
County, Mo.; Marionville, Lawrence
County, Mo.; Aurora, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Born in New Palestine (now Speed), Cooper
County, Mo., September
24, 1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant; banker; Lawrence
County Recorder, 1899-1902; member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1915-18; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1924.
Died, from arteriosclerotic
heart disease and pulmonary
edema, in Mount Zion Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., April
25, 1955 (age 85 years, 213
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Mitchell and Margaret (Parrish) Mitchell; married, August
13, 1899, to Leni L. Smith. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Edward E. Muecke (b. 1869) —
of Aurora, Marion
County, Ore.; Iquique, Chile.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., December
11, 1869.
Merchant; postmaster;
U.S. Vice Consul in Iquique, 1900-09; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Iquique, 1909-14.
Burial location unknown.
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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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William Adam Piper (1826-1899) —
of California.
Born in Franklin
County, Pa., May 21,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1875-77.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
5, 1899 (age 73 years, 76
days).
Original interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Sol Price (1916-2009) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
23, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Retailer who started the "warehouse club" model copied by
Sam's Club and others; his Price Club chain merged with Costco;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1960;
philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
14, 2009 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Ezra Rickards (1848-1927) —
also known as John E. Rickards —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Delaware City, New Castle
County, Del., July 23,
1848.
Republican. Merchant; member
Montana territorial council, 1887; delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1889-93; Governor of
Montana, 1893-97.
Methodist.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., December
26, 1927 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
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Norman Dunning Rideout (1832-1907) —
also known as N. D. Rideout —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, January
6, 1832.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1876,
1892.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 2,
1907 (age 75 years, 177
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Rideout and Margaret (Macomber) Rideout; married 1858 to Phebe
Mason Abbott. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frederick Richard Sawday (b. 1849) —
also known as Frederick R. Sawday —
of San
Diego County, Calif.; Ensenada, Baja
California.
Born in Sidmouth, England,
July
29, 1849.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; sheep raiser;
merchant; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ensenada, 1911-14; U.S. Consular Agent in Ensenada, as of 1916-17.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Henry Selby (1820-1875) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 14,
1820.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1869-71.
Died, of pneumonia,
in San
Francisco, Calif., June 17,
1875 (age 55 years, 34
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Silver (b. 1852) —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
8, 1852.
Customhouse
broker; commission merchant; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1884-85, 1889-91, 1907-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Aaron Spencer (1865-1936) —
also known as Frank A. Spencer —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
24, 1865.
Democrat. Commission merchant; importer;
Consul
for Mexico in Portland,
Ore., 1895-1914; wholesale grocery
manager; administrator, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, 1935;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon.
Jumped
from the high Vista Avenue Viaduct, and fell
hundreds of feet to his death amid traffic on Canyon Road, in
Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
22, 1936 (age 71 years, 333
days). His suicide
note was quoted in news reports as follows: "Frankly, the pace has
been too fast for me, and I cannot convince myself that I can make a
comeback.".
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) —
also known as Leland Stanford —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., March 9,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer;
merchant; builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad;
founder
of Stanford University; Governor of
California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S.
Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 21,
1893 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Entombed at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
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William Dennison Stephens (1859-1944) —
also known as William D. Stephens —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Eaton, Preble
County, Ohio, December
26, 1859.
Republican. Merchant; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909; U.S.
Representative from California, 1911-16 (7th District 1911-13,
10th District 1913-16); resigned 1916; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1916-17; Governor of
California, 1917-23.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Santa Fe Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
25, 1944 (age 84 years, 121
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Irving Joseph Symons (1907-2004) —
also known as Irving J. Symons —
of Sonora, Tuolumne
County, Calif.
Born in Sonora, Tuolumne
County, Calif., November
21, 1907.
Republican. Merchant; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Died December
26, 2004 (age 97 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Frederick Symons and Mary Ellen (Barry)
Symons. |
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Robert Scadden Vessey (1858-1929) —
also known as Robert S. Vessey —
of Wessington Springs, Jerauld
County, S.Dak.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 16,
1858.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Governor of
South Dakota, 1909-13.
Methodist.
Died October
18, 1929 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Wright (1816-1885) —
also known as George W. Wright —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.; Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass.
Born in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 4,
1816.
Merchant; banker; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Died in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., April 7,
1885 (age 68 years, 307
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
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Woodford Allen Yerxa (1856-1935) —
also known as Woodford A. Yerxa —
of Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born in Saint John, New
Brunswick, 1856.
Merchant; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1883-85.
Died in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., February
10, 1935 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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