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Samuel Brannan (1819-1889) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, March 2,
1819.
Republican. Printer; founded the California Star, the
first
newspaper
in San Francisco, 1847; member of California
state senate, 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California.
Mormon.
Died in Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif., May 5,
1889 (age 70 years, 64
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Brannan and Sarah (Emery) Brannan. |
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Charles Clarke Chapman (1853-1944) —
also known as Charles C. Chapman; "The Orange King of
California" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Illinois, June 2,
1853.
Republican. Publishing business; mayor
of Fullerton, Calif., 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1916,
1924.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Orange
County, Calif., March 5,
1944 (age 90 years, 277
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue at Chapman University Entrance, Orange, Calif.
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Ralph L. Criswell —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Socialist. Printer; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1915.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Democrat. Printer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from San Francisco
District, 1849; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Killed
in a duel with
Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August
2, 1852 (age about 33
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Republican. Printing business; newspaper
editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Republican National Convention, 1896 ; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes; married, December
24, 1878, to Mary E. Cleaver. |
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Charles S. Hutson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Republican. Publishing business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1932;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar McKee —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Printing business; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1925.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin C. Neuner —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Printing business; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Ellsworth Wagner Rowell (1886-1953) —
also known as E. W. Rowell;
"Bert" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in California, March
29, 1886.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; printing business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937;
candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 27,
1953 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married, November
2, 1906, to Daphne Cohen; married 1933 to Izetta
mae Daugaard. |
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Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931 |
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Jacob Yost (1853-1933) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Staunton,
Va., April 1,
1853.
Republican. Printer; civil
engineer; mayor
of Staunton, Va., 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1887-89, 1897-99; mining
business.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
25, 1933 (age 79 years, 299
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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