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Barzilla Worth Clark (1880-1943) —
also known as Barzilla W. Clark —
of Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho.
Born in Hadley, Hendricks
County, Ind., December
22, 1880.
Democrat. Civil engineer; mayor
of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1913-15, 1926-36; Governor of
Idaho, 1937-39.
Methodist.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho, September
21, 1943 (age 62 years, 273
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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Ernest George Eagleson (1864-1956) —
also known as Ern G. Eagleson —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, January
13, 1864.
Railroad
and mining
engineer; City Engineer of Boise, 1893-97, 1899-1901,
1911-12; U.S. Surveyor-General for Idaho, 1902-08; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1919-21, 1925-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Woodmen
of the World.
Died, in a nursing
home at Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, August
17, 1956 (age 92 years, 217
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Hervey Eagleson and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson; married, May 6,
1907, to Viola Scully. |
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memorial |
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Boise |
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Frederick John Mills (1865-1953) —
also known as F. J. Mills —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Topsham, Orange
County, Vt., April
29, 1865.
Republican. Engineer; Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1895-97; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Scottish
ancestry.
On October 3, 1899, in Salt Lake City, he shot
and killed John C. O'Melveny, chief engineer of the Oregon Short
Line Railroad; was arrested
immediately and charged
with first-degree murder; at trial, he claimed the homicide was
justified by the "criminal intimacy" between O'Melveny and his wife,
while he was away in military service; the jury acquitted him in only
15 minutes.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
28, 1953 (age 88 years, 152
days).
Burial location unknown.
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V. A. Verhei —
of Sagle, Bonner
County, Idaho.
Civil engineer; Union candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1936; Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1938.
Interment at Westmond
Cemetery, Westmond, Idaho.
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Benjamin Harrison Waigand (1900-1998) —
also known as Ben H. Waigand —
of Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1900.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer; inventor;
refrigeration
equipment dealer; mayor of
Nampa, Idaho, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho, May 6,
1998 (age 97 years, 302
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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