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Franklin County
Idaho

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Franklin County

Index to Locations

  • Franklin Franklin Cemetery
  • Preston Unknown location
  • Whitney Whitney Cemetery


    Franklin Cemetery
    Franklin, Franklin County, Idaho
    Politicians buried here:
      Aura Charles Hatch (1895-1980) — also known as Aura C. Hatch — of Provo, Utah County, Utah. Born in Franklin, Franklin County, Idaho, August 16, 1895. Mayor of Provo, Utah, 1954-55. Died in Whittier, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 2, 1980 (age 85 years, 108 days). Interment at Franklin Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Lorenzo Lafayette Hatch and Annie (Scarborough) Hatch; married, January 10, 1923, to Mary Fuhriman; grandson of Lorenzo Hill Hatch; first cousin of Adrian William Hatch; first cousin once removed of Edwin Dilworth Hatch; first cousin twice removed of Edward Wingate Hatch; second cousin once removed of Orrin Grant Hatch.
      Political family: Hatch family of Utah (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Unknown Location
    Preston, Franklin County, Idaho
    Politicians buried here:
      William A. Shuldberg — of Idaho. Progressive. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1924. Interment somewhere.


    Whitney Cemetery
    Whitney, Franklin County, Idaho
    Politicians buried here:
    Ezra Taft Benson Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) — Born in Whitney, Franklin County, Idaho, August 4, 1899. Republican. Farmer; agricultural extension agent; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-61; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ; president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), 1985-94. Mormon. Member, Farm Bureau; Alpha Zeta; Kiwanis; Rotary. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, May 29, 1994 (age 94 years, 298 days). Interment at Whitney Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of George Taft Benson and Sarah Sophia (Dunkley) Benson; married, September 10, 1926, to Flora Smith Amussen; fourth cousin once removed of Vinton Chapin.
      Political families:Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)


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