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Douglas County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Douglas County

Index to Locations Roseburg Unknown location Roseburg Catholic Cemetery Roseburg Masonic Cemetery Roseburg Memorial Garden Cemetery Roseburg Roseburg I.O.O.F. Cemetery Roseburg Roseburg Memorial Gardens Unknown Location Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon Politicians buried here:   George M. Brown (1864-1934) — of Roseburg, Douglas County, Ore. Born in Roseburg, Douglas County, Ore., May 5, 1864. Republican. Lawyer; District Attorney, 2nd District, 1895-1914; Oregon state attorney general, 1915-20; resigned 1920; justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1920-33. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in The Dalles, Wasco County, Ore., 1934 (age about 70 years). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Brown; married, November 8, 1895, to Bertha A. Bellows; grandson of John Flett. Catholic Cemetery Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon Politicians buried here:   La Fayette Lane (1842-1896) — of Oregon. Born near Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., November 12, 1842. Democrat. Member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1864; U.S. Representative from Oregon at-large, 1875-77. Catholic. Died November 23, 1896 (age 54 years, 11 days). Interment at Catholic Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Lane; uncle of Harry Lane.   Political family: Lane-Colquitt family of North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Masonic Cemetery Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon Politicians formerly buried here:   Joseph Lane (1801-1881) — of Winchester, Douglas County, Ore. Born in a log cabin near Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., December 14, 1801. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1830-33, 1838-39; member of Indiana state senate, 1839-40, 1844-46; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of Oregon Territory, 1849-50, 1853; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1851-59; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1852; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1859-61; Southern Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1860; candidate for Oregon state senate, 1880. Baptist; later Catholic. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Died in Roseburg, Douglas County, Ore., April 19, 1881 (age 79 years, 126 days). Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment at Memorial Garden Cemetery; cenotaph at Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.   Relatives: Father-in-law of Lafayette Mosher; father of La Fayette Lane; grandfather of Harry Lane; grandnephew of Joel Lane; cousin *** of David Lowry Swain; first cousin by marriage of Walter Terry Colquitt.   Political family: Lane-Colquitt family of North Carolina.   Lane County, Ore. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Memorial Garden Cemetery Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon Politicians buried here:   Joseph Lane (1801-1881) — of Winchester, Douglas County, Ore. Born in a log cabin near Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., December 14, 1801. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1830-33, 1838-39; member of Indiana state senate, 1839-40, 1844-46; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of Oregon Territory, 1849-50, 1853; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1851-59; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1852; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1859-61; Southern Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1860; candidate for Oregon state senate, 1880. Baptist; later Catholic. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Died in Roseburg, Douglas County, Ore., April 19, 1881 (age 79 years, 126 days). Original interment at Masonic Cemetery; reinterment at Memorial Garden Cemetery; cenotaph at Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.   Relatives: Father-in-law of Lafayette Mosher; father of La Fayette Lane; grandfather of Harry Lane; grandnephew of Joel Lane; cousin *** of David Lowry Swain; first cousin by marriage of Walter Terry Colquitt.   Political family: Lane-Colquitt family of North Carolina.   Lane County, Ore. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Roseburg I.O.O.F. Cemetery Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon Politicians buried here:   Frank Williamson Benson (1858-1911) — also known as Frank W. Benson — of Roseburg, Douglas County, Ore. Born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., March 20, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; secretary of state of Oregon, 1907-11; died in office 1911; Governor of Oregon, 1909-10. Methodist. Died in Douglas County, Ore., April 14, 1911 (age 53 years, 25 days). Interment at Roseburg I.O.O.F. Cemetery.   Cross-reference: Clifton N. McArthur   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Harold Cagwin Bellows (1895-1966) — also known as Harold C. Bellows — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in Auburn, Bay County, Mich., September 19, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; gas and oil dealer; poultry farmer; Bay County Treasurer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Bay County 2nd District, 1933-36; defeated in primary, 1936; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1938. Died February 27, 1966 (age 70 years, 161 days). Interment at Roseburg I.O.O.F. Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George W. Bellows and Stella E. Bellows.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Roseburg Memorial Gardens Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon Politicians buried here:   Guy Cordon (1890-1969) — of Roseburg, Douglas County, Ore. Born in Cuero, DeWitt County, Tex., April 24, 1890. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1940; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1944-55; defeated, 1954; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54. Died in Washington, D.C., June 8, 1969 (age 79 years, 45 days). Interment at Roseburg Memorial Gardens.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Binger Hermann (1843-1926) — also known as David Binger Hermann — of Roseburg, Douglas County, Ore. Born in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Md., February 19, 1843. Republican. Lawyer; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1866; member of Oregon state senate, 1868-70; receiver of U.S. Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon, 1871-73; U.S. Representative from Oregon, 1885-97, 1903-07 (at-large 1885-87, 1st District 1887-89, at-large 1889-93, 1st District 1893-97, 1903-07); Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1897-1903; indicted in 1905 over his role in the Oregon Land Frauds; in 1910, a trial resulted in a hung jury. German and English ancestry. Died in Roseburg, Douglas County, Ore., April 15, 1926 (age 83 years, 55 days). Interment at Roseburg Memorial Gardens.   Relatives: Son of Dr. Henry Mazzeny Hermann and Elizabeth (Hopkins) Hermann; married to Flora Ann Tibbetts.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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