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Index to Locations
Butte Unknown location
Butte Holy Cross Cemetery
Butte Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Butte Mountain View Cemetery
Butte St. Patricks Cemetery
Butte Sunset Memorial Park
Unknown
Locations
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
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Arnold Olsen (1916-1990) —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., December
17, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Montana
state attorney general, 1949-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 1956;
candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1956; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1961-71; defeated,
1970; district judge in Montana 2nd District, 1977-90; died in office
1990.
Methodist.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., October
9, 1990 (age 73 years, 296
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special
assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films;
when the companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of
the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie
studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August
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Holy Cross
Cemetery
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
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James Edward Murray (1876-1961) —
also known as James E. Murray —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born near St. Thomas, Ontario,
May
3, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1934-61.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., March
23, 1961 (age 84 years, 324
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Jacob Thorkelson (1876-1945) —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Egersund, Norway,
September
24, 1876.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1939-41; defeated in
primary, 1940.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., November
20, 1945 (age 69 years, 57
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Vern D. Griffith (1915-1972) —
also known as Hanna Griffith —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., February
16, 1915.
Mayor
of Butte, Mont., 1959-64.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., November
13, 1972 (age 57 years, 271
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Mt. Moriah
Cemetery
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
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Lee Mantle (1851-1934) —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Birmingham, England,
December
13, 1851.
Republican. Telegrapher;
newspaper
publisher; real
estate and mining
business; member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1882; mayor of
Butte, Mont., 1892; Montana
Republican state chair, 1892-94, 1904; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1896
(speaker),
1904,
1916
(alternate).
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
18, 1934 (age 82 years, 340
days).
Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
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James Harris Baldwin (1876-1944) —
also known as James H. Baldwin —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., August
1, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1934-35; U.S.
District Judge for Montana, 1935-44; died in office 1944.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., October
26, 1944 (age 68 years, 86
days).
Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
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Albert James Campbell (1857-1907) —
also known as Albert J. Campbell —
of Lake
County, Mich.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., December
12, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-88; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1897; U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1899-1901.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
9, 1907 (age 49 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
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Edgar Nelson Harwood (1854-1936) —
also known as Edgar N. Harwood —
of Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born near Ellicottville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
5, 1854.
Member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1887; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1889-94.
Died in a hospital
at Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., October
21, 1936 (age 81 years, 321
days).
Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
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Ella Knowles (1860-1911) —
of Montana.
Born in Northwood Ridge, Northwood, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 31,
1860.
Candidate for Montana
state attorney general, 1892.
Female.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., January
27, 1911 (age 50 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
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Mountain View
Cemetery
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
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Dave Brown (1948-1998) —
of Montana.
Born in Pompeys Pillar, Yellowstone
County, Mont., November
20, 1948.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1981-93.
Pleaded
guilty in 1994 to five counts of failing to file federal
income tax returns.
Died in University Hospital,
Madison, Dane
County, Wis., October
23, 1998 (age 49 years, 337
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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St. Patricks
Cemetery
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
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Frank Comerford Walker (1886-1959) —
also known as Frank C. Walker —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 30,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1909-12; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1913; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1932-33; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1940-45; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944,
1948.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1959 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Interment at St. Patricks Cemetery.
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Thomas Joseph Walker (1877-1945) —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., March
25, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1905; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1906-10; member of Montana
state senate, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Montana, 1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1938; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1940-45, 1940-45; died in office 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
18, 1945 (age 67 years, 299
days).
Interment at St. Patricks Cemetery.
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Sunset Memorial
Park
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
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Joseph Patrick Monaghan (1906-1985) —
also known as Joseph P. Monaghan —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., 1906.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1933-37; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1936;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died July 5,
1985 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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