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James Price Briscoe (1894-1981) —
also known as J. Price Briscoe —
of Idaho Springs, Clear
Creek County, Colo.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
23, 1894.
Democrat. Mining executive; member of Colorado
state senate, 1950.
Member, Elks.
Died in May, 1981
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ilo Clare Funk (b. 1889) —
also known as Ilo C. Funk —
of Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo., October
30, 1889.
Mining business; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Milan, 1913-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Milan, 1915-19; Lucerne, 1919-21; Genoa, 1921-22; U.S. Consul in Genoa, 1922-25; Catania, 1925-28; Florence, 1928-33; Barbados, as of 1943.
Burial location unknown.
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James Benton Grant (1848-1911) —
also known as James B. Grant —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born January
2, 1848.
Democrat. Mining and smelting
business; Governor of
Colorado, 1883-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1884.
Died, from heart and
kidney
trouble, in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., November
1, 1911 (age 63 years, 303
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1867.
Republican. Mining and smelting
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Colorado; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1941 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Warren Armstrong Haggott (1864-1958) —
also known as Warren A. Haggott —
of Idaho Springs, Clear
Creek County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, May 18,
1864.
Republican. School
teacher; mining engineer;
lawyer;
Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1902-03; member of Colorado
state senate, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1907-09; defeated,
1908; district judge in Colorado 2nd District, 1921-23.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April
29, 1958 (age 93 years, 346
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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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, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Samuel Danford Nicholson (1859-1923) —
also known as Samuel D. Nicholson —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Springfield, Prince
Edward Island, February
22, 1859.
Republican. President and general manager, Western Mining Co.;
director, Denver National Bank,
American National Bank
(Leadville, Colo.), First National Bank
(Monte Vista, Colo.); mayor
of Leadville, Colo., 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1914, 1916; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from liver
cancer, in Denver,
Colo., March
24, 1923 (age 64 years, 30
days).
Entombed at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Bradley Orman (1849-1919) —
also known as James B. Orman —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, November
4, 1849.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; mining business; member of Colorado state
legislature, 1880-84; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1892;
mayor
of Pueblo, Colo., 1897; Governor of
Colorado, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons.
Died July 21,
1919 (age 69 years, 259
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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George Alexander Parks (1883-1984) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Denver,
Colo., May 29,
1883.
Mining engineer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1925-33; vice-president, First National Bank of
Juneau.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, May 11,
1984 (age 100 years,
348 days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska; memorial monument at Newcomb
Park, Wasilla, Alaska.
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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, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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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, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Richard Sopris (1813-1893) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 26,
1813.
Carpenter;
steamboat
captain; prospector; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1878-81.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April 7,
1893 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Henry Clifford Stuart (1864-1952) —
also known as Henry C. Stuart; "Stuart
X" —
of Denver,
Colo.; Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Mining engineer;
real
estate investor; author;
director-general, Guaremala Central Railroad;
U.S. Vice Consul General in Guatemala City, 1885-86; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1893.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., May 21,
1952 (age 87 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Rufus Switzer (1855-1947) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Cabell
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
25, 1855.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Huntington, W.Va., 1909-12; coal mining executive.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., March
25, 1947 (age 91 years, 151
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of Ellen Vara (Doolittle) Switzer and Jonathan Switzer; married 1887 to Emma
E. Merrill. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Huntington Through
Seventy-Five Years (1947) |
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