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Bingham County
Idaho

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bingham County

Index to Locations Blackfoot Asylum Cemetery Blackfoot Blackfoot Cemetery Blackfoot Grove City Cemetery Blackfoot Riverside-Thomas Cemetery Asylum Cemetery Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho Politicians buried here:   Stephen Southmyd Fenn (1820-1892) — of Idaho. Born in Watertown, Litchfield County, Conn., March 28, 1820. Member Idaho territorial council, 1864-67; member of Idaho territorial House of Representatives, 1872; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1876-79. Died in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, April 13, 1892 (age 72 years, 16 days). Interment at Asylum Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Blackfoot Cemetery Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho Politicians buried here:   Robert McDowell McCracken (1874-1934) — also known as Robert M. McCracken — of Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., March 15, 1874. Republican. Member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1907; U.S. Representative from Idaho at-large, 1915-17. While campaigning was in an automobile accident, which resulted in his death, in Emmett, Gem County, Idaho, May 16, 1934 (age 60 years, 62 days). Interment at Blackfoot Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Grove City Cemetery Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho Politicians buried here:   Fred Thomas Dubois (1851-1930) — also known as Fred T. Dubois — of Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho. Born in Palestine, Crawford County, Ill., May 29, 1851. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1887-90; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1891-97, 1901-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1892, 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1904 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1908. French Canadian ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., February 14, 1930 (age 78 years, 261 days). Interment at Grove City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jesse K. Dubois.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Sample Orr (1816-1900) — of Greene County, Mo.; Montana. Born in Maury County, Tenn., November 26, 1816. Candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1860; Missouri registrar of lands, 1861-64; appointed 1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1864; Independent candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1878. Died in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, August 14, 1900 (age 83 years, 261 days). Interment at Grove City Cemetery.   Robert N. West (1850-1917) — also known as R. N. West — of Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho. Born in Canada, April 27, 1850. Hardware dealer; mayor of Blackfoot, Idaho, 1909-11, 1913-15; defeated, 1911. Died, from asthma, in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, November 18, 1917 (age 67 years, 205 days). Interment at Grove City Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Eva Robinson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Merrill C. Boyle (1899-1949) — of Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho. Born in Gunnison, Sanpete County, Utah, May 25, 1899. Mayor of Blackfoot, Idaho, 1941-42, 1949; died in office 1949. Died in Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho, November 25, 1949 (age 50 years, 184 days). Interment at Grove City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Neil Fred Boyle and Nettie (Younie) Boyle; married 1926 to Lucy Diena Hutchison.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Luther Martin Capps (1863-1946) — also known as L. M. Capps — of Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho. Born in Abbeville, Henry County, Ala., January 12, 1863. Democrat. Flour mill manager; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1908; mayor of Blackfoot, Idaho, 1911-13; defeated (Citizens), 1915. Died in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, June 3, 1946 (age 83 years, 142 days). Interment at Grove City Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Martin Luther   Relatives: Son of Martin Van Buren Capps and Sarah E. (Hix) Capps; married to Elizabeth G. Mackie.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Louis Francis Haller (1906-1965) — also known as Louis Haller — of Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho. Born in Bladen, Webster County, Neb., May 7, 1906. Newspaper editor; hardware business; radio station manager; mayor of Blackfoot, Idaho, 1964-65; died in office 1965. Died, from a coronary occlusion, in Bingham Memorial Hospital, Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, September 1, 1965 (age 59 years, 117 days). Interment at Grove City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles J. Haller and Ellen (Branigan) Haller; married to Elizabeth Bell.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Edwin DeKay (1869-1949) — also known as Frank E. DeKay — of Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho. Born in Utica, Macomb County, Mich., December 20, 1869. Democrat. Coal dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1928; Register, U.S. District Land Office, Blackfoot, Idaho. Died in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, June 28, 1949 (age 79 years, 190 days). Interment at Grove City Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Kate C. DeKay.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Kate C. DeKay (1871-1949) — also known as Kate Cammeron McLeod; Mrs. Frank DeKay — of Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho. Born in Pana, Christian County, Ill., February 23, 1871. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1928, 1940 (alternate). Female. Died in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, May 8, 1949 (age 78 years, 74 days). Interment at Grove City Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Frank Edwin DeKay.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Riverside-Thomas Cemetery Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho Politicians buried here:   Jerry Thomas Twiggs (1933-2000) — also known as Jerry Twiggs — of Idaho. Born in Thomas, Bingham County, Idaho, March 25, 1933. Farmer; member of Idaho state senate, 1985-2000; died in office 2000. Mormon. Member, Lions. Died of a heart attack while jogging, in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, January 10, 2000 (age 66 years, 291 days). Interment at Riverside-Thomas Cemetery. Franklin Samuel Smith (1895-1988) — also known as Frank Smith — of Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, January 28, 1895. Bakery owner; mayor of Blackfoot, Idaho, 1949-51; charged with perjury, as part of a scandal involving gravel contractors; tried in January 1952, and found not guilty. Died in Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, May 20, 1988 (age 93 years, 113 days). Interment at Riverside-Thomas Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Franklin Smith and Elizabeth (Walker) Smith; married, April 27, 1918, to Leona Mary Graham.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Idaho Falls (Idaho) Post-Register, January 5, 1950

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