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Harry Hunt Atkinson (1881-1968) —
also known as Harry H. Atkinson —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 22,
1881.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Nye
County District Attorney, 1917-20; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1926-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association; United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in January, 1968
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry R. M. Atkinson and Jessie (Erickson) Atkinson; married, November
28, 1908, to Katherine Jackson; married, September
1, 1961, to Cecil Payn Chapman. |
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Albert Douglass Ayres (1874-1944) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fort Bidwell, Modoc
County, Calif., June 25,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1911-13.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died October
3, 1944 (age 70 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Irvin Ayres and Annie Laura (Poore) Ayres; married to Emma
McCormick and Enola Sims. |
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Howard William Babcock (1917-1986) —
also known as Howard W. Babcock —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Austin, Mower
County, Minn., April 7,
1917.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1958-61.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Nu Phi; Optimist
Club.
Died August
26, 1986 (age 69 years, 141
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Milton B. Badt (1884-1966) —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 8,
1884.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nevada, 1945-47; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1947-66; appointed 1947; died in
office 1966; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1951-52, 1957-59.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Elks; Rotary.
Died, from heart
disease and pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., April 2,
1966 (age 81 years, 268
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Moris Badt and Lina (Posener) Badt; married, June 29,
1927, to Gertrude L. Nizze. |
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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, Reno, Nev.
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Hugh Henry Brown (1872-1975) —
also known as Hugh H. Brown —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, May 4,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented railroads
and mining
companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1908,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate).
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
26, 1975 (age 102 years,
298 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) —
also known as Howard W. Cannon —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, January
26, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Lions; Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice,
Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 6,
2002 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Owen Craven (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas O. Craven —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Rocklin, Placer
County, Calif., August
31, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1936;
U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1942-45.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Glenn Craven and Beatrice (Owens) Craven; married, December
29, 1939, to Margaret Jeannette Crosby. |
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Edward Augustus Ducker (b. 1870) —
also known as Edward A. Ducker —
of Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Humboldt
County District Attorney, 1905-10; district judge in Nevada 6th
District, 1911-18; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1918-31; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1929-31.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Ducker and Augusta (Woodward) Ducker; married,
March
30, 1903, to Dollie B. Guthrie. |
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Morley Isaac Griswold (1890-1951) —
also known as Morley Griswold —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Elko, Elko
County, Nev., October
10, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1927-34; Governor of
Nevada, 1934-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died October
3, 1951 (age 60 years, 358
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Dominque Laxalt (1922-2018) —
also known as Paul Laxalt —
of Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., August
2, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1963-67; Governor of
Nevada, 1967-71; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1974-87; defeated, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles.
Died August
6, 2018 (age 96 years, 4
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Frank List (b. 1936) —
also known as Robert List —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., September
1, 1936.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1968,
1972
(delegation chair); Nevada
state attorney general, 1971-78; Governor of
Nevada, 1979-83.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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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, Reno, Nev.
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Frank Grant Sawyer (1918-1996) —
also known as F. Grant Sawyer —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.
Born in Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho, December
14, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Elko
County District Attorney, 1950-58; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1956;
Governor
of Nevada, 1959-67; defeated, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
American
Legion; Lions; Eagles.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., February
19, 1996 (age 77 years, 67
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Palm
Memorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Erroll James Livingston Taber (1877-1947) —
also known as E. J. L. Taber —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.
Born in Austin, Lander
County, Nev., November
29, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Elko
County District Attorney, 1909-11; district judge in Nevada 4th
District, 1911-23; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1935-47; died in office 1947; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1939-40, 1945-46.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died February
6, 1947 (age 69 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Milo Taber and Celia Agnes (McKimmons) Taber; married, December
27, 1904, to Frances Mildred Smiley. |
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James Leo Wadsworth (b. 1922) —
also known as J. L. Wadsworth —
of Panaca, Lincoln
County, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Alamo, Lincoln
County, Nev., May 21,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; rancher;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1949-50; lawyer.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Allen Wadsworth and Lois (Stewart) Wadsworth; married, September
26, 1951, to Kathleen Vickers. |
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Charles Edward Wiggins (1927-2000) —
also known as Charles E. Wiggins —
of El Monte, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; West Covina, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in El Monte, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
3, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor
of El Monte, Calif., 1964-66; U.S.
Representative from California, 1967-79 (25th District 1967-75,
39th District 1975-79); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1984-96.
Member, Lions;
American Bar Association.
Died, of complications from diabetes
and heart
disease, at Sunrise Hospital
and Medical Center, Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 2,
2000 (age 72 years, 90
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Woodburn Jr. (b. 1880) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., January
1, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washoe
County District Attorney, 1909-13; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1914-22; vice-president, Goldfield
Consolidated Mines
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1932,
1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Woodburn and Mary (Duffy) Woodburn; married, August
31, 1909, to Mary Z. Kervin. |
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