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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, Reno, Nev.
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Samuel Shaw Arentz (1913-1994) —
also known as Samuel S. Arentz; Sam Arentz —
of Pioche, Lincoln
County, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 9,
1913.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Member, American
Legion; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died January
6, 1994 (age 80 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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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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Raymond T. Baker (d. 1935) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev.
Democrat. Mining business; banker;
director, U.S. Mint, 1917-22; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1926.
Died April
28, 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Baker and Mary Agnes (Hall) Baker; married 1918 to
Margaret (Emerson) Vanderbilt; married, December
4, 1928, to Delphine (Dodge) Cromwell. |
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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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Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) —
also known as Henry G. Blasdel —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
29, 1825.
Republican. Farmer; merchant;
riverboat
captain; miller;
mining business; Governor of
Nevada, 1864-71.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 22,
1900 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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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, 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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Roswell Keyes Colcord (1839-1939) —
also known as Roswell K. Colcord —
of Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Searsport, Waldo
County, Maine, April
25, 1839.
Republican. Mining engineer;
Governor
of Nevada, 1891-95; Superintendent, U.S. Mint at Carson City,
1898-1911.
Died in Carson
City, Nev., October
30, 1939 (age 100 years,
188 days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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Nicholas Ford (1833-1897) —
of Rochester, Andrew
County, Mo.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.
Born in Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland,
June
21, 1833.
Mining business; merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1879-83; defeated
(Republican), 1890; Republican candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1884.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan., June 18,
1897 (age 63 years, 362
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Aurora, Kan.
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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, Reno, Nev.
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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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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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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker;
mining business; real estate
business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898) —
also known as Adolph Sutro —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Germany,
April
29, 1830.
Cigar and
tobacco merchant; promoted and led the construction of the Sutro
Tunnel, to drain water from the silver mines of the Comstock
Lode in Nevada; real estate
investor; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1895-97.
Jewish.
German
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
8, 1898 (age 68 years, 101
days).
Interment at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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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, Reno, Nev.
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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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