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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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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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Simon Bamberger (1846-1926) —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Darmstadt, Germany,
February
27, 1846.
Democrat. Coal
business; hotel
owner; director and treasurer Bamberger Electric
Railway; member of Utah
state senate, 1903-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Utah, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1924;
Governor
of Utah, 1917-21.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary.
Died October
6, 1926 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at B'nai
Israel Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Hiram Evans Booth (b. 1860) —
also known as Hiram E. Booth —
of Carson, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born near Postville, Allamakee
County, Iowa, October
25, 1860.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Utah
territorial senate, 1894-96; member of Utah
state senate, 1896-97; U.S.
Attorney for Utah, 1906-13.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Booth and Caroline (Bishop) Booth; married, May 29,
1889, to Lillian B. Redhead. |
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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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James William Cherry (1872-1949) —
also known as James W. Cherry —
of Utah; Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Hancock
County, Ill., April 5,
1872.
Republican. Justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1923-33; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1929-33.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cardiac asthma,
in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
23, 1949 (age 76 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Manti
Cemetery, Manti, Utah.
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Relatives: Son
of A. N. Cherry and Mary (Banks) Cherry. |
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Elmer Ellsworth Corfman (1863-1950) —
also known as Elmer E. Corfman —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Toledo, Tama
County, Iowa, March 2,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1917-23; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
2, 1950 (age 86 years, 337
days).
Interment at Pierce
Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles,
Calif.
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George Henry Dern (1872-1936) —
also known as George H. Dern —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Dodge
County, Neb., September
8, 1872.
Democrat. General Manager of the Mercur Gold Mining and
Milling Company; joint inventor,
with Theodore P. Holt, of the Holt-Dern ore roaster; member of Utah
state senate, 1915-23; Governor of
Utah, 1925-33; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1933-36; died in office 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital,
of influenza
and kidney
failure, August
27, 1936 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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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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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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Henry Perry Henderson (1842-1909) —
also known as Henry P. Henderson —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Tully, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1876; law partner of George
M. Huntington, 1881-88; justice of
Utah territorial supreme court, 1886-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Utah Territory, 1892.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 3,
1909 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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William Marion Jardine (1879-1955) —
also known as William M. Jardine —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Oneida
County, Idaho, January
16, 1879.
College
professor; agronomist;
president,
Kansas State Agricultural College, 1918-25; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1930; Kansas
state treasurer, 1933-34; appointed 1933; resigned 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Beta
Theta Pi; Alpha
Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Freemasons; Rotary;
American
Forestry Association; Farm
Bureau.
Died January
17, 1955 (age 76 years, 1
days).
Interment at Logan
City Cemetery, Logan, Utah.
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Leonard Beck Jordan (1899-1983) —
also known as Len B. Jordan —
of Idaho.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete
County, Utah, May 15,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Idaho state legislature, 1947; Governor of
Idaho, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Idaho, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1962-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died June 30,
1983 (age 84 years, 46
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) —
also known as Heber C. Kimball —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Sheldon, Franklin
County, Vt., June 14,
1801.
One of the original Twelve Apostles in the early Mormon Church; member
Utah territorial council, 1851-58.
Mormon.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Injured in a carriage
accident, and died soon after, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 22,
1868 (age 67 years, 8
days).
Interment at Kimball-Whitney Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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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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Arthur James Lee (1871-1934) —
of Price, Carbon
County, Utah.
Born in Springville, Utah
County, Utah, March
17, 1871.
Town
president of Price, Utah, 1904; justice of the peace.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital
at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
30, 1934 (age 63 years, 166
days).
Interment at Price City Cemetery, Price, Utah.
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Joseph Bracken Lee (1899-1996) —
also known as J. Bracken Lee —
of Price, Carbon
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Price, Carbon
County, Utah, January
7, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; mayor of
Price, Utah, 1936-47; defeated, 1931; Governor of
Utah, 1949-57; defeated in primary, 1956; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Utah, 1956;
mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1960-72; Conservative candidate for President
of the United States, 1960.
Protestant.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in a nursing
home in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
20, 1996 (age 97 years, 287
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Robert Timothy Monagan Jr. (b. 1920) —
also known as Bob Monagan —
of Tracy, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, July 5,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; real estate
business; member of California
state assembly, 1961-72; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1969-70; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Wilson Shaffer (1827-1870) —
also known as J. Wilson Shaffer —
of Utah.
Born in Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa., July 5,
1827.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1870; died in office 1870.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
31, 1870 (age 43 years, 118
days).
Interment somewhere
in Freeport, Ill.
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Charles Herbert Wilson (1917-1984) —
also known as Charles H. Wilson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Magna, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
15, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1978 for accepting a $1,000
wedding gift from a key figure in the Koreagate scandal;
censured
by the House of Representatives in 1980 for financial
misconduct; no criminal charges were filed.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Southern Maryland Hospital,
Clinton, Prince
George's County, Md., July 21,
1984 (age 67 years, 157
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Brigham Young (1801-1877) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., June 1,
1801.
Leader of the Mormon Church 1841-1877; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1850-58.
Mormon.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of peritonitis
and appendicitis,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
29, 1877 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Mormon
Pioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Temple
Square, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Heritage
Plaza, St. George, Utah.
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