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Index to Locations
Colorado Springs Unknown location
Colorado Springs Evergreen Cemetery
Colorado Springs U.S. Air Force Academy
Cemetery
Colorado Springs Will Rogers Shrine of
the Sun
Manitou Springs Crystal Valley
Cemetery
Unknown
Location
Colorado Springs, El Paso County,
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Joseph Herman Romig (1872-1951) —
also known as Joseph H. Romig; "Dog-Team
Doctor" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Edwards
County, Ill., September
3, 1872.
Physician;
mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1937-38.
Moravian
ancestry.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., 1951
(age about
78 years).
Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Evergreen
Cemetery
1005 South Hancock Avenue
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1993
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (1869-1940) —
also known as Oliver H. Shoup —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Champaign
County, Ill., December
13, 1869.
Republican. Oil
business; mining
business; banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died September
30, 1940 (age 70 years, 292
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Henry Clay Hall (1860-1936) —
also known as Henry C. Hall —
of Paris, France;
Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Colorado Springs, Colo., 1905-07; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1914-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
9, 1936 (age 76 years, 311
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Leo Arthur Hoegh (1908-2000) —
also known as Leo Hoegh —
of Chariton, Lucas
County, Iowa.
Born in Audubon, Audubon
County, Iowa, March
30, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1937; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Iowa
state attorney general, 1953-54; Governor of
Iowa, 1955-57; defeated, 1956; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1956.
Methodist.
Director of the U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization,
1958-61.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., July 15,
2000 (age 92 years, 107
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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James Daniel Faulkner (1847-1918) —
also known as James D. Faulkner; J. D.
Faulkner —
of Colorado City (now part of Colorado Springs), El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, September
20, 1847.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; grocer;
postmaster at Colorado
City, Colo., 1876-88; mayor
of Colorado City, Colo., 1901, 1916; justice of the peace; notary
public; real estate
business.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., January
29, 1918 (age 70 years, 131
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Franklin Eli Brooks (1860-1916) —
also known as Franklin E. Brooks —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Sturbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., November
19, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado at-large, 1903-07.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., February
7, 1916 (age 55 years, 80
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Harry Hunter Seldomridge (1864-1927) —
also known as Harry H. Seldomridge —
of Colorado.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
1, 1864.
Democrat. Member of Colorado
state senate, 1898; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914.
Died November
2, 1927 (age 63 years, 32
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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William Eugene Higby (1884-1967) —
also known as William E. Higby —
of Monument, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Garden Grove, Decatur
County, Iowa, January
26, 1884.
Republican. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1933-40; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1939-40; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1941-43; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1948.
Died in Monument, El Paso
County, Colo., 1967
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Arthur Cornforth (1861-1938) —
of Colorado.
Born in Smethport, McKean
County, Pa., February
21, 1861.
Member of Colorado
state senate, 1903-05, 1911-15; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1905; district judge in Colorado, 1921-38.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., August
5, 1938 (age 77 years, 165
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Joseph L. Williams (1821-1895) —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.; El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in New York, 1821.
Lawyer;
Lake
County State's Attorney; mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1872-73.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
7, 1895 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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John Franklin Forrest (1927-1997) —
also known as Jack Forrest —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Mexia, Limestone
County, Tex., June 20,
1927.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; served in the
U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1986.
Died, following a series of strokes,
May
27, 1997 (age 69 years, 341
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert E. Forrest and Gertrude (Klug) Forrest; married 1949 to
Patricia Smith. |
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Irving Howbert (1846-1934) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind., April
11, 1846.
Republican. Banker; El
Paso County Clerk, 1869-79; member of Colorado
state senate, 1882-86; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912;
Colorado
Republican state chair, 1894-95.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
21, 1934 (age 88 years, 254
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Emma Eldredge (1845-1936) —
also known as Emma C. Hayward; Mrs. C. A.
Eldredge —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born November
30, 1845.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1904.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died February
5, 1936 (age 90 years, 67
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Charles A. Eldredge. |
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U.S. Air Force
Academy Cemetery
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
| Politicians buried
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Curtis Emerson LeMay (1906-1990) —
also known as Curtis E. LeMay; "Old Iron
Pants"; "Demon LeMay" —
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
15, 1906.
General in the U.S. Air Force; American Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1968.
Member, Freemasons;
Tau
Beta Pi.
Died October
1, 1990 (age 83 years, 320
days).
Interment at U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery.
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Matthew Kipling Fong (1953-2011) —
also known as Matt Fong —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., November
20, 1953.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for California
state controller, 1990; California
state treasurer, 1995-99; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1998; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 2008.
Chinese
ancestry.
Died, from cancer,
in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
2011 (age 57 years, 193
days).
Interment at U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery.
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Will Rogers
Shrine of the Sun
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
| Politicians buried
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Spencer Penrose (1865-1939) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
2, 1865.
Republican. Copper mining
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1904
(alternate), 1916;
promoter and developer of the Pikes Peak region; builder of the
Broadmoor Hotel
and Resort; philanthropist; delegate
to Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., 1939
(age about
73 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun.
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William Henry Leonard (1873-1947) —
also known as W. H. Leonard —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1873.
Republican. Miner; cattle
trader; organizer and president, Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing
Co.; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., May 29,
1947 (age 74 years, 61
days).
Interment at Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun.
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Crystal Valley
Cemetery
Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles Adams (1845-1895) —
also known as Karl Adam Schwanbeck —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Manitou Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Pomerania, Germany,
December
19, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1880-82.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed in the disaster at the Gumry Hotel,
when a boiler
explosion caused most of the building to collapse
and burn,
killing 22 people, in Denver,
Colo., August
19, 1895 (age 49 years, 243
days).
Interment at Crystal Valley Cemetery.
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