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Arthur Atwood Ballantine Jr. (1914-1975) —
also known as Art Ballantine —
of Durango, La Plata
County, Colo.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
12, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 61 years, 33
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Casimiro Barela (1847-1920) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.
Born in Embudo, Rio Arriba
County, N.M., March 4,
1847.
Newspaper publisher; member of Colorado
state senate, 1877-1913; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1888;
Consul
for Mexico in Denver,
Colo., 1893-1903; Consul
for Costa Rica in Denver,
Colo., 1897-1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1912.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Las
Animas County, Colo., December
18, 1920 (age 73 years, 289
days).
Interment at Catholic Cemetery, Trinidad, Colo.
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John T. Barnett (b. 1869) —
of Silverton, San Juan
County, Colo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Ouray
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 22,
1869.
Democrat. School
principal; newspaper editor; lawyer; Ouray
County Attorney, 1898-1910; Colorado
state attorney general, 1909-10; secretary of
Colorado Democratic Party, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1913-20.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Barnett and Katherine Barnett; married, January
24, 1906, to Sue Sayre Nash; married, March 7,
1917, to Myrtle Louise Emily Schlessiner. |
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Homer Franklin Bedford (1880-1968) —
also known as Homer F. Bedford —
of Weld
County, Colo.; Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Balltown, Vernon
County, Mo., March
16, 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; postmaster;
Weld
County Assessor, 1922-32; Colorado
state treasurer, 1933-34, 1937-38, 1941-42, 1945-46, 1949-50,
1953-54, 1957-58, 1963-66; defeated, 1966; Colorado
state auditor, 1935-37, 1939-41, 1947-49, 1951-53, 1955-57,
1959-63; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1942.
Protestant.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo., March
26, 1968 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Mark Morrow Bennett (1875-1953) —
also known as Mark M. Bennett —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Arcola, Douglas
County, Ill., December
20, 1875.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1912;
postmaster at Yankton,
S.Dak., 1914-23; mayor
of Yankton, S.Dak., 1925-35.
Died in Denver,
Colo., June 15,
1953 (age 77 years, 177
days).
Interment at Yankton
Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of William Alfred Bennett and Emily Ann (Morrow) Bennett; married to
Harriet Melissa Christy. |
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Fred McLean Betz (1896-1982) —
also known as Fred M. Betz —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Liberal, Barton
County, Mo., June 2,
1896.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1952,
1956,
1968;
Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in December, 1982
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Vivian Burnett (1876-1937) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Plandome Manor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Paris, France,
April
5, 1876.
Newspaper reporter; author; editor; music
composer; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Scientist.
Model for the title character in his mother's book, Little Lord
Fauntleroy.
While sailing his
yawl, Delight III, he helped rescue people from an
overturned sailboat, and then collapsed and died, probably of a heart
attack, on Long Island
Sound, July 25,
1937 (age 61 years, 111
days).
Interment at Roslyn
Cemetery, Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y.
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Lewis Cass Carpenter (1836-1908) —
also known as Lewis C. Carpenter —
of South Carolina; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., February
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Sen. William
H. Buckingham, 1868-73; member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1874-75;
newspaper editor.
Died in Denver,
Colo., March 6,
1908 (age 72 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Ralph Lawrence Carr (1887-1950) —
also known as Ralph L. Carr —
of Antonito, Conejos
County, Colo.
Born in Rosita, Custer
County, Colo., December
11, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Conejos
County Attorney, 1922-29; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1929-33; Governor of
Colorado, 1939-43; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1940
(speaker),
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1942.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., September
22, 1950 (age 62 years, 285
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Arthur Edgerton (b. 1869) —
also known as James A. Edgerton —
of Nebraska; Denver,
Colo.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Plantsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, January
30, 1869.
Newspaper editor; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1928; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Virginia, 1937.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Edgerton and Tamar (Vernon) Edgerton; married, March
21, 1895, to Blanche Edgerton. |
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Eugene Engley (1851-1910) —
of Colorado.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., 1851.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; Colorado
state attorney general, 1893-94.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Alamosa, Alamosa
County, Colo., April
18, 1910 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Alamosa
Cemetery, Alamosa, Colo.
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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, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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Benjamin Franklin Hall (1814-1891) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hall —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Colorado.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., July 23,
1814.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1844; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1852-53; justice of
Colorado territorial supreme court, 1861-63; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1863-65.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., September
6, 1891 (age 77 years, 45
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Donald Hardy (b. 1912) —
also known as Don Hardy —
of Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo.
Born in Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo., February
16, 1912.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Guy Urban Hardy and Jessie Marion (Mack) Hardy; married, September
21, 1938, to Martha Eugenia Sidebottom. |
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Guy Urban Hardy (1872-1947) —
also known as Guy U. Hardy —
of Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo.
Born in Abingdon, Knox
County, Ill., April 4,
1872.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Canon
City, Colo., 1900-01; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died January
26, 1947 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Canon City, Colo.
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John St. John Irby (1867-1924) —
also known as John S. Irby —
of Denver,
Colo.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vernon Hill, Halifax
County, Va., August
9, 1867.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; private secretary to Mayor Robert
W. Speer of Denver, 1904-12; member of Colorado
state senate, 1909-13; private secretary to U.S. Senator James
D. Phelan, 1915-17; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1924
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Meade Adams Irby and Amanda Tanner (James) Irby; married, October
12, 1901, to Harriet Ryland. |
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Edward Keating (1875-1965) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., July 9,
1875.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1913-19 (at-large 1913-15, 3rd
District 1915-19); defeated, 1918.
Catholic.
Died March
18, 1965 (age 89 years, 252
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Harry Eugene Kelly (b. 1870) —
also known as Harry E. Kelly —
of Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill.; Sullivan, Moultrie
County, Ill.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
27, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper editor; school
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1906-08; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1912-14.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Joseph Kelly and Margery A. (Lytle) Kelly; married 1893 to Jessie
L. Speer; married 1903 to Edna
(McElravy) Smalley. |
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton, White Pine
County, Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April
22, 1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Vincent Massari (b. 1898) —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Luco de Marsi, Abruzzo, Italy,
November
29, 1898.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper editor and publisher; travel agency
owner; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1954-64; member of Colorado
state senate, 1964-70.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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John Berridge McCuish (1906-1962) —
also known as John McCuish —
of Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Leadville, Lake
County, Colo., June 22,
1906.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1936,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1955-57; Governor of
Kansas, 1957.
Died, of a stroke,
in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., March
12, 1962 (age 55 years, 263
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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Thomas Macdonald Patterson (1839-1916) —
also known as Thomas M. Patterson —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
November
4, 1839.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1875-77; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado Territory, 1876; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado Territory, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado at-large, 1877-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1892;
candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1888, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Colorado; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1901-07.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 23,
1916 (age 76 years, 262
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Alma Kittredge Schneider (b. 1901) —
also known as Alma K. Schneider; Alma Kittredge;
Mrs. Daniel J. Schneider —
of Morrison, Jefferson
County, Colo.; Lakewood, Jefferson
County, Colo.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
21, 1901.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; real estate
agent; vice-chair of
Colorado Republican Party, 1942-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1948-52; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1952; superintendent, United
States Mint at Denver.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Marble Kittredge and Anna Frederica (Von Myrbach)
Kittredge; married, June 2,
1926, to Daniel Jacob Schneider. |
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Walter Walker (1883-1956) —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., April 3,
1883.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940,
1948,
1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1930-32; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1932; appointed 1932; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Colorado.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Woodmen;
Rotary;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo., October
8, 1956 (age 73 years, 188
days).
Interment at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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