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Politicians in the Oil and Gas Business in Colorado

David Christopher Ahearn (1879-1925) — also known as David C. Ahearn — of Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass.; Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Rotherham, England, November 4, 1879. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1910-11; trustee, Framingham Hospital, 1910-16; selectman, Framingham, 1912-13; pioneer in Colorado oil shale industry; founder and president of the Yarg Producing & Refining Corporation. Catholic. Member, Elks. Crippled as a boy, had minimal use of both legs, and used canes or crutches. Died in Denver, Colo., November 30, 1925 (age 46 years, 26 days). Interment somewhere in Framingham, Mass.   Relatives: Son of John Ahearn and Mary (Kerwin) Ahearn; married, December 27, 1909, to Jane Francis Shea.   David Packard (1912-1996) — of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colo., September 7, 1912. Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard electronics and computer company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens National Bank, General Dynamics Corp., U.S. Steel Corp., Trans World Airways, Standard Oil of California, Caterpillar Tractor Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; philanthropist. Member, Trilateral Commission; Alpha Delta Phi; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Xi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in Stanford University Hospital, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif., March 26, 1996 (age 83 years, 201 days). Interment at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Sperry Sidney Packard and Ella Lorna (Graber) Packard; married, April 8, 1938, to Lucile Salter.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877-1933) — also known as Karl C. Schuyler — of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., April 3, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; oil business; bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1916; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1932-33; defeated, 1920, 1932. Struck by an automobile, and subsequently died in Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 31, 1933 (age 56 years, 119 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Relatives: Son of Frederick Schuyler and Eleanor 'Nellie' (Farnan) Schuyler; married to Delia Alsena Shepard (who later married Eugene Donald Millikin); grandnephew of George Washington Schuyler; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Eugene Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of William R. Shoup and Delia J. (Ferris) Shoup; married, September 18, 1891, to Unetta Small.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin F. Stapleton (b. 1873) — of Denver, Colo. Born in Paintsville, Johnson County, Ky., November 12, 1873. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; postmaster at Denver, Colo., 1915-21; oil business; mayor of Denver, Colo., 1923-31, 1935-47; Colorado state auditor, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1940. Member, Freemasons; Ku Klux Klan. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1917 to Mabel Freeland.

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