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Index to Locations
Reno Unknown location
Reno Hillside Cemetery
Reno Masonic Memorial Gardens
Reno Mater Dolorosa Cemetery
Reno Mountain View Cemetery
Reno Nevada Memorial Park Mausoleum
Reno Odd Fellows Cemetery
Reno Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
Unknown
Location
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
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William Sebastian Boyle (1888-1949) —
also known as William S. Boyle —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
22, 1888.
Democrat. Brickmason;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1931; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1936
(secretary, Platform
Committee; speaker);
U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1939.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1949
(age about
61 years).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives:
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Hillside
Cemetery
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
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George Williams Cassidy (1836-1892) —
also known as George W. Cassidy —
of Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., April
25, 1836.
Democrat. Member of Nevada state legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1881-85; defeated, 1890.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 24,
1892 (age 56 years, 60
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Masonic Memorial
Gardens
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
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Key Pittman (1872-1940) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
19, 1872.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in
1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub
until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, he
suffered a severe heart
attack before the election, at the Riverside Hotel,
and died after the election at the Washoe General Hospital,
Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., November
10, 1940 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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James Graves Scrugham (1880-1945) —
also known as James G. Scrugham; J. G.
Scrugham —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
19, 1880.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper
editor and publisher; Governor of
Nevada, 1923-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1933-42; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 23,
1945 (age 65 years, 155
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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John Sparks (1843-1908) —
also known as "Honest John" —
of Nevada.
Born in Winston
County, Miss., August
30, 1843.
Rancher;
Governor
of Nevada, 1903-08; died in office 1908.
Died in Carson
City, Nev., May 22,
1908 (age 64 years, 266
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Frederick Bennett Balzar (1880-1934) —
also known as Frederick B. Balzar; Fred B.
Balzar —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Hawthorne, Mineral
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., June 15,
1880.
Republican. Mining
business; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905; member of Nevada
state senate, 1909-17; Mineral
County Sheriff and Assessor, 1917-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nevada, 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932;
Nevada
Republican state chair, 1924-25; Governor of
Nevada, 1927-34; died in office 1934.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Governor's
Mansion, Carson
City, Nev., March
21, 1934 (age 53 years, 279
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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George Stuart Nixon (1860-1912) —
also known as George S. Nixon —
of Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Newcastle, Placer
County, Calif., April 2,
1860.
Republican. President, First National Bank
(Winnemucca, Nev.), Nixon National Bank
(Reno, Nev.), and Tonopah Banking
Corp.; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1890; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1905-12; died in office 1912; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1908,
1912.
Died June 5,
1912 (age 52 years, 64
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Alan Harvey Bible (1909-1988) —
also known as Alan Bible —
of Storey
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Lovelock, Pershing
County, Nev., November
20, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; Storey
County District Attorney, 1935-38; Nevada
state attorney general, 1943-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1952,
1956;
speaker, 1968;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1954-74; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1955.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Rotary;
Phi
Alpha Delta; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Auburn, Placer
County, Calif., September
12, 1988 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Vail Montgomery Pittman (1880-1964) —
also known as Vail Pittman —
of Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.; Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
17, 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Nevada
state senate, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada; elected 1942; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1944; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1944,
1956;
Governor
of Nevada, 1945-51; defeated, 1950, 1954.
Died, from lung
cancer, in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1964 (age 83 years, 134
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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William Alexander Massey (1856-1914) —
of Nevada.
Born in Oakfield, Trumbull
County, Ohio, October
7, 1856.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1892; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1896; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1912-13; defeated, 1912.
Died on
a train near Litchfield (unknown
county), Nev., March 5,
1914 (age 57 years, 149
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Francis Jardine Bell (1840-1927) —
also known as Frank Bell —
of Nevada.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
January
28, 1840.
Republican. Governor of
Nevada, 1890-91.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., February
13, 1927 (age 87 years, 16
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Ernest S. Brown (1903-1965) —
of Nevada.
Born in Alturas, Modoc
County, Calif., September
25, 1903.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1933; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1954.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., July 23,
1965 (age 61 years, 301
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Samuel Platt (1874-1964) —
also known as Sam Platt —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Carson
City, Nev., November
17, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Speaker of
the Nevada State House of Representatives, 1905; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1906-14; Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1914, 1916, 1922 (primary), 1928, 1940;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1916,
1920,
1932.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; B'nai
B'rith; Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in 1964
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Samuel Shaw Arentz (1879-1934) —
also known as Samuel S. Arentz; Ulysses
Arentz —
of Simpson, Lyon
County, Nev.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1879.
Republican. Surveyor;
engineer;
mining
superintendent; chief engineer for several Western railroads;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1921-23, 1925-33; defeated,
1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1922; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 17,
1934 (age 55 years, 160
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Walter Stephan Baring Jr. (1911-1975) —
also known as Walter S. Baring, Jr. —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Goldfield, Esmeralda
County, Nev., September
9, 1911.
Democrat. Furniture
business; chair of
Washoe County Democratic Party, 1936; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1936-42; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1949-53, 1957-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1952,
1956.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions; Eagles;
Sertoma.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1975 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Charles Lenmore Richards (1877-1953) —
also known as Charles L. Richards —
of Nevada.
Born in Nevada, 1877.
Democrat. Member of Nevada state legislature, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1923-25; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1924;
candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1930.
Died in 1953
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Thomas Wren (1826-1904) —
of Nevada.
Born in Ohio, 1826.
Member of Nevada state legislature, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1877-79; defeated
(People's), 1898.
Died in 1904
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Thomas Woodnutt Miller (1886-1973) —
also known as Thomas W. Miller —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 26,
1886.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Delaware, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1915-17; defeated, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Phi.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., May 5,
1973 (age 86 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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George Wingfield (1876-1959) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., August
16, 1876.
Republican. Rancher; mining
business; banker; hotel
owner; member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1920-24; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nevada, 1924.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Washoe Medical
Center, Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., December
25, 1959 (age 83 years, 131
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Mater Dolorosa
Cemetery
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
Mountain View
Cemetery
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
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Patrick Anthony McCarran (1876-1954) —
also known as Patrick A. McCarran; Pat
McCarran —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., August
8, 1876.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
member of Nevada state legislature, 1903; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1913; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1933-54; died in office 1954.
Catholic.
Died September
28, 1954 (age 78 years, 51
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Emmet Derby Boyle (1879-1926) —
also known as Emmet D. Boyle —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Gold Hill, Storey
County, Nev., July 26,
1879.
Democrat. Mining engineer;
Governor
of Nevada, 1915-23.
Catholic.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., January
3, 1926 (age 46 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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George Arthur Bartlett (1869-1951) —
also known as George A. Bartlett —
of Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., November
30, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Eureka
County District Attorney, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1907-11.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 1,
1951 (age 81 years, 183
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Daniel McGavin Hansen (1942-2002) —
also known as Daniel M. Hansen; Dan Hansen —
of Nevada.
Born in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., January
10, 1942.
Motel
manager; roofing
business; Independent American candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1970, 1994; Independent American candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nevada 2nd District, 1992, 1996, 2000;
Independent American candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1998.
Mormon.
Member, John
Birch Society.
While driving on Interstate 80 in icy
conditions, his car skidded
into the median and overturned several times; he was thrown from the
car and killed, near Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev., January
22, 2002 (age 60 years, 12
days). He would have survived the crash if he had worn a seat
belt; family members later said Hansen "would have been willing to
wear a seat belt if the government did not try to mandate it.".
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Jules Ernest Gignoux (1847-1914) —
of Nevada.
Born July 14,
1847.
Mining
engineer;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1890; member of Nevada
state senate, 1890; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1890.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
14, 1914 (age 66 years, 243
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Nevada Memorial
Park Mausoleum
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
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Edward Peter Carville (1885-1956) —
also known as Edward P. Carville; E. P.
Carville —
of Nevada.
Born in Mound Valley, Elko
County, Nev., May 14,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Nevada, 1928; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1934-39; Governor of
Nevada, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nevada, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1945-47.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 27,
1956 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Nevada Memorial Park Mausoleum.
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Odd Fellows
Cemetery
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
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Richard Kirman, Sr. (1877-1959) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., January
14, 1877.
Democrat. Member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1899; mayor of
Reno, Nev., 1907-09; Governor of
Nevada, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nevada, 1936.
Died January
19, 1959 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Edwin Ewing Roberts (1870-1933) —
also known as Edwin E. Roberts; E. E.
Roberts —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Pleasant Grove, Sutter
County, Calif., December
12, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1911-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1912,
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918; mayor of
Reno, Nev., 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1933
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Our Mother of
Sorrows Cemetery
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
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William Edward Kinnikin (1898-1936) —
also known as William E. Kinnikin; Bill
Kinnikin —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., February
13, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster at
Reno,
Nev., 1934-36 (acting, 1934).
Member, American
Legion.
Died, from a throat
infection, in a hospital
at Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., December
26, 1936 (age 38 years, 317
days).
Interment at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery.
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