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Index to Locations
Arvada Arvada Cemetery
Golden Golden Cemetery
Near Tiny Town Mt. Lindo Cemetery
Wheat Ridge Crown Hill Cemetery
Wheat Ridge Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Arvada
Cemetery
Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado
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Ida A. Allen (1859-1909) —
of Arvada, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Missouri, 1859.
Postmaster at Arvada,
Colo., 1894-1909.
Female.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
4, 1909 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Arvada Cemetery.
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Eli Allen (1829-1906) —
of Arvada, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Vermont, 1829.
Postmaster at Arvada,
Colo., 1882-94.
Died in Denver,
Colo., February
12, 1906 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Arvada Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Angeline L. Robbins; father of Ida
A. Allen. |
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Golden
Cemetery
Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado
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John Charles Vivian (1889-1964) —
also known as John C. Vivian —
of Colorado.
Born in Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo., June 30,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1939-43; Governor of
Colorado, 1943-47.
Died February
10, 1964 (age 74 years, 225
days).
Interment at Golden Cemetery.
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John F. Vivian (1864-1954) —
of Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw
County, Mich., 1864.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado,
1896;
U.S. Surveyor-General for Colorado, 1903-05; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1920; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1926.
Died in 1954
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Golden Cemetery.
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Mt. Lindo
Cemetery
Near Tiny Town, Jefferson County, Colorado
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Byron Giles Rogers (1900-1983) —
also known as Byron G. Rogers —
of Bent
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., August
1, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-35; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1933; Colorado
state attorney general, 1936-40; Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1951-71; defeated,
1940.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Lions; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a hospital
in Denver,
Colo., December
31, 1983 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at Mt. Lindo Cemetery.
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Crown Hill
Cemetery
7777 West 29th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Benjamin Clark Hilliard (1868-1951) —
also known as Benjamin C. Hilliard —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, January
9, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado state legislature, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1915-19; defeated,
1918 (Independent), 1920, 1922, 1926; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1931-51; died in office 1951; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1939-41, 1949-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Christian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died August
7, 1951 (age 83 years, 210
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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James Bolton Stewart (1882-1969) —
also known as James B. Stewart —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
27, 1882.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Pernambuco, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1918-22; Tampico, as of 1924; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1938-40; Zurich, 1940; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1943-45.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1969
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Louis Boatright (1876-1938) —
also known as William L. Boatright —
of Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Gentry
County, Mo., June 14,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Colorado
state attorney general, 1925-28; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen
of the World; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Golden, Jefferson
County, Colo., November
25, 1938 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James B. Boatright and Hattie A. (Christian) Boatright; married,
February
7, 1898, to Minnie E. Stump. |
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Otto Bock (1881-1942) —
of Colorado.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
21, 1881.
Lawyer;
justice
of Colorado state supreme court, 1939-42; died in office 1942.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in Denver,
Colo., August
15, 1942 (age 61 years, 175
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Herschel Millard Hogg (1853-1934) —
also known as Herschel M. Hogg —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Telluride, San Miguel
County, Colo.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
21, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1903-07.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Denver,
Colo., August
27, 1934 (age 80 years, 279
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Palmer Lyle Burch (1907-1990) —
also known as Palmer L. Burch —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Ordway, Crowley
County, Colo., March 7,
1907.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1947-48, 1951-58, 1961-70;
candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1958; Colorado
state treasurer, 1971-74.
Lutheran.
Member, Jaycees.
Died in Denver,
Colo., June 28,
1990 (age 83 years, 113
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Albert Edward Bogdon (1891-1927) —
also known as Albert E. Bogdon —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill
County, Pa., 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate 1st District, 1925-27; died in office 1927.
While visiting his mistress,
(scandalous
behavior at the time), he was shot and
killed
by her estranged husband, Joseph S. Minter, in Denver,
Colo., June 10,
1927 (age about 35
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Mt. Olivet
Cemetery
12801 West 44th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado
Founded 1892
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William Henry McNichols Jr. (1910-1997) —
also known as William H. McNichols; Bill
McNichols —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., April
11, 1910.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1968-83.
Died of a heart
attack, in Denver,
Colo., May 29,
1997 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Albert Thibault Frantz (1903-1966) —
also known as Albert T. Frantz —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., December
9, 1903.
Lawyer;
district judge in Colorado 2nd District, 1952-56; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1957-66; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1963-66.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Urban
League; Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in November, 1966
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Horace Austin Warner Tabor (1830-1899) —
also known as Horace A. W. Tabor; "The Bonanza King of
Leadville" —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Holland, Orleans
County, Vt., November
26, 1830.
Republican. Mayor
of Leadville, Colo., 1878-79; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1879-83; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1883; postmaster at Denver,
Colo., 1898-99.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April
10, 1899 (age 68 years, 135
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Denver, Colo.; reinterment at Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
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William Gilpin (1813-1894) —
of Colorado.
Born in New Castle
County, Del., October
4, 1813.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; explorer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor
of Colorado Territory, 1861-62; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1862.
Run over by a horse and
buggy, and later died as a result, in Denver,
Colo., January
20, 1894 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Leonard Swigert Jr. (1931-1982) —
also known as Jack Swigert —
of Colorado.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
30, 1931.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1978; elected U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1982, but died before taking office.
Astronaut
on Apollo 13 moon mission in April 1970, which was aborted when an
oxygen tank ruptured, but returned safely to earth. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1970.
Died, of bone marrow
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1982 (age 51 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George Thomas Bardwell (1901-1947) —
also known as George Bardwell; Thomas George
Bardwell —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lake City, Hinsdale
County, Colo., October
18, 1901.
Communist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1934; arrested
and prosecuted
in the 1930s in connection with a strike;
acquitted.
Died in a hospital,
Denver,
Colo., January
19, 1947 (age 45 years, 93
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of George D. Bardwell and Hannah J. (Cunningham) Bardwell; married,
April
4, 1923, to Avelina Rella. |
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Charles D. Byrne (1926-1986) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born March
24, 1926.
Republican. Denver City Auditor, 1963-75, 1979-83.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964
(alternate), 1972.
Died May 26,
1986 (age 60 years, 63
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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