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Scottish ancestry Politicians in Colorado

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, Colorado Springs, Colo.   Relatives: Married, June 7, 1877, to Mary Emma Stone.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial George Gilmour (1872-1948) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.; Denver, Colo.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Pennsylvania, 1872. Democrat. Minister, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex., 1908-21; First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United Liberal Church (Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla., 1932-48; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1928. Unitarian. Scottish ancestry. Member, Optimist Club. He and his wife were killed when their car was hit by a train, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, Polk County, Fla., March 12, 1948 (age about 75 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.   Relatives: Married, September 1, 1910, to Nona Leach.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: First Unitarian Society of Denver   John McFadzean (1867-1965) — of Del Norte, Rio Grande County, Colo.; Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. Born in Ontario, September 20, 1867. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician; surgeon; member of Colorado state senate, 1910; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1924. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died, in the Geronimo Hotel, Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., May 21, 1965 (age 97 years, 243 days). Interment at Del Norte Cemetery, Del Norte, Colo.   Relatives: Married 1895 to Rena McFadzean.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Lydia Baird Muncy (1902-1996) — also known as Lydia B. Muncy; Lydia Low Baird — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Monument, El Paso County, Colo.; Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Marine City, St. Clair County, Mich., February 10, 1902. Socialist. School teacher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Socialist Labor candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1968. Female. Scottish, English, and German ancestry. Died, of malignant lymphoma, in Glacier Hills nursing home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., May 1, 1996 (age 94 years, 81 days). Her body was donated to the University of Michigan Medical School. Cremated; ashes interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.   Relatives: Daughter of William Baird and Grace Elizabeth (Low) Baird; half-sister of Henry Robert Baird; married, October 22, 1935, to Ralph Waldo Muncy.   Political family: Muncy-Baird-Ackley family of St. Clair, Michigan (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Ralph Waldo Muncy (1902-1992) — also known as Ralph W. Muncy — of Allegan, Allegan County, Mich.; Monument, El Paso County, Colo.; Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Cedar, Leelanau County, Mich., April 26, 1902. Socialist. Forester; engineer; Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1960; Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1951; member of Michigan Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1953, 1965; secretary of Michigan Socialist Labor Party, 1953; Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan state highway commissioner, 1953, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1958; Socialist Labor candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1959; Michigan Socialist Labor state chair, 1961-69; Socialist Labor candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1962 (at-large), 1968 (2nd District); Socialist Labor candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1964; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1966. English, Scottish, and Swiss ancestry. Died, following myocardial infarction, at University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., March 28, 1992 (age 89 years, 337 days). His body was donated to the University of Michigan medical school. Cremated; ashes interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.   Relatives: Son of John Irvin Muncy and Maud Ione (Ackley) Muncy; married, September 2, 1924, to Anna Van Tuyl; married, October 22, 1935, to Lydia Low Baird (half-sister of Henry Robert Baird); third cousin thrice removed of Chester Ackley.   Political family: Muncy-Baird-Ackley family of St. Clair, Michigan (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Nelson Renfrew Park (1890-1979) — also known as Nelson R. Park — of Longmont, Boulder County, Colo.; Boulder, Boulder County, Colo.; Winter Park, Orange County, Fla. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 25, 1890. School teacher and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1919-22; Guatemala City, 1922-23; Callao-Lima, 1923-26; U.S. Consul in Callao-Lima, 1926-27; Ceiba, 1927-30; Torreon, 1930-37; Barranquilla, 1937-42; Matamoros, 1942-44; Barcelona, 1944-48; U.S. Consul General in Kingston, 1948-50. Episcopalian. Scottish ancestry. Member, American Legion. Died in Winter Park, Orange County, Fla., July 20, 1979 (age 88 years, 237 days). Interment at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Winter Park, Fla.   Relatives: Son of Mary Gilkerson (Esden) Park and Henry James Park; married, August 4, 1928, to Grace Decker Coleman.   Image source: U.S. passport application (1922)   David M. Ralston (b. 1870) — of Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colo. Born in Illinois, 1870. Lawyer; mayor of Trinidad, Colo., 1937. Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Gavan Ralston.

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