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Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) —
also known as Florence E. Allen —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
23, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1921-22; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1922-34; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1926; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1934-59; took
senior status 1959.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Daughters of the
American Revolution; American
Association of University Women; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Beta Pi; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2005.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
12, 1966 (age 82 years, 173
days).
Interment at Waite Hill Village Cemetery, Waite Hill, Ohio.
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Aldon Junior Anderson (1917-1996) —
also known as Aldon J. Anderson —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
3, 1917.
Lawyer;
district judge in Utah, 1957-71; U.S.
District Judge for Utah, 1971-84; took senior status 1984.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar Association; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
24, 1996 (age 79 years, 81
days).
Interment at Wasatch
Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Utah.
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J. Blaine Anderson (1922-1988) —
of Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Trenton, Cache
County, Utah, January
19, 1922.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for Idaho, 1971-76; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1976-88; died in
office 1988.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, April
16, 1988 (age 66 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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 Raymond Barnes (1865-1944) —
also known as A. R. Barnes —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Attica, Fountain
County, Ind., March
18, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; Utah
state attorney general, 1909-17; district judge in Utah, 1925.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Epsilon.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 20,
1944 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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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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Isaac Blair Evans (b. 1885) —
also known as Isaac B. Evans —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, May 22,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Utah, 1919-21.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Benjamin Evans and Ruth (Blair) Evans; married, June 30,
1909, to Grace Grant. |
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Harold Pegram Fabian (1885-1975) —
also known as Harold P. Fabian —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, April 1,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Utah, 1920,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1928-32.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Psi
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Conservationist; national and state parks advocate.
Died December
6, 1975 (age 90 years, 249
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Philo Taylor Farnsworth Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as Philo T. Farnsworth, Jr. —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Beaver, Beaver
County, Utah, May 19,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented railroads
and mining
companies; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Utah, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1940.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
4, 1952 (age 75 years, 138
days).
Interment at Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Utah.
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Valentine Gideon (1859-1951) —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Iron
County, Mo., January
11, 1859.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1917-27, 1927-29; appointed 1927; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1925-27.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
11, 1951 (age 92 years, 31
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, West Hartford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin Gideon and Artemesia (Matkin) Gideon; married 1889 to
Elizabeth L. Lang. |
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Goodwin Jess Knight (1896-1970) —
also known as Goodwin J. Knight —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Provo, Utah
County, Utah, December
9, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1935-46; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1947-53; Governor of
California, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1958; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Order of
Ahepa; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 22,
1970 (age 73 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.; re-entombed in
1971 in mausoleum at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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George W. Latimer (1900-1990) —
Born in Draper, Salt Lake
County, Utah, November
28, 1900.
Lawyer;
justice
of Utah state supreme court, 1954-59.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died May 3,
1990 (age 89 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Grant MacFarlane (b. 1899) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, April 1,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
Utah Democratic Party, 1928; member of Utah
state house of representatives, 1929, 1935; member of Utah
state senate, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Utah, 1944
(alternate), 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); Utah
Democratic state chair, 1948-49.
Mormon.
Member, Exchange
Club; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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William Orton (1948-2009) —
also known as Bill Orton —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in North Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, September
22, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Utah 3rd District, 1991-97; defeated, 1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Utah, 2000; member of Democratic
National Committee from Utah, 2008.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died April
18, 2009 (age 60 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Farrell Eugene Roberts (1922-1985) —
also known as Farrell E. Roberts —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
29, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Oakland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1953-54; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 3rd District,
1957-60; member of Michigan
state senate, 1961-64, 1965-66 (12th District 1961-64, 14th
District 1965-66); candidate for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1964, 1974 (primary); circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1967-78.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
Elks; Amvets.
Died in 1985
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Vernon Romney (1896-1976) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua,
July
3, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Utah
Republican State Executive Committee, 1936-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1960,
1964;
Utah
Republican state chair, 1944-50, 1958-62; member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1944-50, 1958-62; vice-president,
State Savings &
Loan Association.
Mormon.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
9, 1976 (age 79 years, 190
days).
Interment at Wasatch
Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Utah.
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George Sutherland (1862-1942) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Buckinghamshire, England,
March
25, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Utah
state senate, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1901-03; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1905-17; defeated, 1916; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-38; took senior status 1938.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 18,
1942 (age 80 years, 115
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Lester Andrew Wade (b. 1889) —
also known as Lester A. Wade —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Pleasant View, Weber
County, Utah, July 8,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Utah, 1933-43; justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1943-66; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1961-63.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Monroe Wade and Isabelle Maria (Crandall) Wade; married, June 10,
1920, to Nellie Vanderwerff. |
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