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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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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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Benjamin Wilson Coleman (b. 1869) —
also known as Ben W. Coleman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Ballsville, Powhatan
County, Va., July 1,
1869.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nevada 9th District, 1911-15; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1915-36; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-27, 1931-33.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Arabella (Smith) Coleman; married, June 6,
1906, to Martha L. Attleton. |
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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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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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