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Gallatin County
Montana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Gallatin County

Index to Locations Big Sky Canyon Village Soldier's Chapel Bozeman Sunset Cemetery Bozeman Sunset Hills Cemetery Manhattan Meadowview Cemetery Soldier's Chapel Big Sky Canyon Village, Gallatin County, Montana See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Walter R. Rankin (1904-1983) — also known as Barney Rankin — of Montana. Born December 30, 1904. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Montana 1st District, 1946. Died December 19, 1983 (age 78 years, 354 days). Interment at Soldier's Chapel.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Sunset Cemetery Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana Politicians buried here:   Nelson Story Jr. (1874-1932) — of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont. Born in Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont., 1874. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1904; mayor of Bozeman, Mont., 1905-07; Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1921-25. Died in 1932 (age about 58 years). Interment at Sunset Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nelson Story and Ellen (Trent) Story. Sunset Hills Cemetery East Main Street Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Zales Nelson Ecton (1898-1961) — also known as Zales N. Ecton — of Manhattan, Gallatin County, Mont.; Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont. Born in Weldon, Decatur County, Iowa, April 1, 1898. Republican. Farmer; member of Montana state house of representatives, 1933-37; member of Montana state senate, 1937-46; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1947-53. Christian. Member, American Legion; Farm Bureau; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont., March 3, 1961 (age 62 years, 336 days). Interment at Sunset Hills Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Aaron Smith Ecton and Delphia (McVay) Ecton; married, November 25, 1920, to Vera B. Harris.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Wilfred Eugene Harmon (1856-1933) — also known as Wilfred E. Harmon — of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont. Born in Fayette, Fulton County, Ohio, February 7, 1856. Republican. Telegraph operator; school teacher; superintendent of schools; Montana superintendent of public instruction, 1905-13; member of Montana state house of representatives, 1920; Montana state treasurer, 1925-29; secretary of state of Montana, 1929-32. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died, from pneumonia, in Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont., August 15, 1933 (age 77 years, 189 days). Interment at Sunset Hills Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) — also known as Roland Renne — of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont. Born in Greenwich, Cumberland County, N.J., December 12, 1905. Democrat. Economist; college professor; president, Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate for Governor of Montana, 1964. Presbyterian or Unitarian. Member, Rotary; American Economic Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Zeta. Died August 30, 1989 (age 83 years, 261 days). Interment at Sunset Hills Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Fred Christian Renne and Caroline Augusta (Young) Renne; married, August 9, 1932, to Mary Kneeland Wisner.   Renne Library at Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William M. Alward (1857-1909) — of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont. Born February 27, 1857. Mayor of Bozeman, Mont., 1899-1901. Died January 6, 1909 (age 51 years, 314 days). Interment at Sunset Hills Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Lester Sebastian Willson (1839-1919) — also known as Lester S. Willson — of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont. Born in Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., June 16, 1839. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Republican National Committee from Montana Territory, 1868-70. Died in Bozeman, Gallatin County, Mont., January 26, 1919 (age 79 years, 224 days). Interment at Sunset Hills Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Emma D. Weeks.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Meadowview Cemetery Manhattan, Gallatin County, Montana Politicians buried here:   George Chapman Sinton (1886-1976) — also known as George Sinton — of Manhattan, Gallatin County, Mont. Born in County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), December 21, 1886. Republican. Rancher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Montana. Quaker. Died in Gallatin County, Mont., September 6, 1976 (age 89 years, 260 days). Interment at Meadowview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Henry Sinton and Lucy (Chapman) Sinton; married to Katherine Rybolt.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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