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Joseph A. Aspero (1915-1987) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 30,
1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1945-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died November
26, 1987 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Interment at Davis Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Nev.
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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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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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Charles Duncan Baker (1901-1972) —
also known as Charles D. Baker; C. D.
Baker —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., February
26, 1901.
Democrat. Civil and mining engineer;
member of Nevada
Democratic State Central Committee, 1932-48; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1941-43; member of Nevada
state senate, 1947-50; mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1951-59; defeated, 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1972
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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, Reno, Nev.
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Charles Harrison Brown (1920-2003) —
also known as Charles Brown —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Coweta, Wagoner
County, Okla., October
22, 1920.
Democrat. Radio station
program director; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1957-61; defeated,
1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960;
oil
executive.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Lions.
Died in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., June 10,
2003 (age 82 years, 231
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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, Reno, Nev.
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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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Leland Merritt Ford (1893-1965) —
also known as Leland M. Ford —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Surveyor;
rancher;
real
estate broker; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1939-43; defeated,
1942.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Santa Monica Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
27, 1965 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Oran K. Gragson (1911-2002) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Tucumcari, Quay
County, N.M., February
14, 1911.
Republican. Furniture
merchant; appliance
dealer; mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1959-75; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1962.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Eagles.
Died in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., October
7, 2002 (age 91 years, 235
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Palm
Memorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Archie C. Grant (b. 1894) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Ely, St. Louis
County, Minn., March 9,
1894.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nevada, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); member of Democratic
National Committee from Nevada, 1940; member of Nevada
state senate, 1941-42; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1943-44; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Grant and Mary (Nolan) Grant; married, August
8, 1921, to Zora Faye Marble. |
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James Owen Greenan (1888-c.1952) —
also known as J. O. Greenan —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., January
3, 1888.
Republican. Mining engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., about 1952 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Holbrook Hawes (1904-2002) —
also known as George Hawes —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, May 10,
1904.
School
teacher; automobile
dealer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1951-55; defeated, 1958
(Republican), 1972 (Democratic); candidate in Republican primary for
Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1954.
Member, Rotary;
Elks.
Member of an elected hospital board in 1988-98, making him probably
the oldest
elected official in the history of Nevada.
Died, at the Evergreen Healthcare Center nursing
home, Carson
City, Nev., April 9,
2002 (age 97 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Elko
County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936;
president and director, Elko Telephone
and Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) —
also known as Dryden Kuser —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
24, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1926-29;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1930-35; insurance
agent; real estate
broker.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Grange;
Audubon
Society.
Died, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 3,
1964 (age 66 years, 161
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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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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George Wilson Malone (1890-1961) —
also known as George W. Malone —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fredonia, Wilson
County, Kan., August
7, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1947-59; defeated, 1934, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1961 (age 70 years, 285
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) —
also known as Tasker L. Oddie —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; mining
business; Nye
County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada
state senate, 1904-08; Governor of
Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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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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John Adams Sanders (b. 1866) —
also known as John A. Sanders —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., October
16, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nye
County District Attorney, 1911-16; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1917-35; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1921-22, 1927-29, 1933-34.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: John
Adams |
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and Florence (Peirce) Sanders; married, July 17,
1910, to Maybelle Hunter Romeigh. |
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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, Reno, Nev.
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