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Index to Locations Laramie Green Hill Cemetery Sherman Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument Green Hill Cemetery Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming Politicians buried here:   Thurman Wesley Arnold (1891-1969) — also known as Thurman W. Arnold — of Laramie, Albany County, Wyo.; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Washington, D.C.; Alexandria, Va. Born in Laramie, Albany County, Wyo., June 2, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1921; mayor of Laramie, Wyo., 1923-24; dean, College of Law, West Virginia University, 1927-30; professor of law, Yale University, from 1931; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1943-45; resigned 1945. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Elks; Lions. Suffered a heart attack, and died two months later, in Alexandria, Va., November 7, 1969 (age 78 years, 158 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Constantine Peter Arnold and Annie (Brockway) Arnold; married, September 7, 1917, to Frances Longan.   See also federal judicial profile — NNDB dossier   William H. Holliday (1843-1925) — of Wyoming. Born in Hamilton County, Ohio, May 21, 1843. Democrat. Candidate for Governor of Wyoming, 1894. Died in Laramie, Albany County, Wyo., February 20, 1925 (age 81 years, 275 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.   Edward Ivinson — of Wyoming. Candidate for Governor of Wyoming, 1892. Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.   Stephen Wheeler Downey (1839-1902) — of Wyoming. Born in Western Port, Allegany County, Md., July 25, 1839. Treasurer of Wyoming Territory, 1872; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1879; member of Wyoming territorial House of Representatives, 1887; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1893. Died in Denver, Colo., August 3, 1902 (age 63 years, 9 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Sheridan Downey.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Thomas David Craven (1900-1961) — of Laramie, Albany County, Wyo. Born in Chaska, Carver County, Minn., March 11, 1900. Merchant; mayor of Laramie, Wyo., 1945. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, of a pulmonary embolus, at Kassis Department Store, Laramie, Albany County, Wyo., August 14, 1961 (age 61 years, 156 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Nephew of Joseph William Craven.   Elmer T. Beltz (1861-1950) — of Laramie, Albany County, Wyo. Born in Bedford County, Pa., July 19, 1861. Republican. Merchant; real estate and insurance business; postmaster at Laramie, Wyo., 1898-1905, 1930-34. Member, Odd Fellows; Redmen; Modern Woodmen of America. Died June 12, 1950 (age 88 years, 328 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Adam Beltz and Naomi (Gordon) Beltz; married 1882 to Mary Houniken.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Taft Alfred Larson (1910-2001) — also known as T. A. 'Al' Larson — of Wyoming. Born near Wakefield, Dixon County, Neb., January 18, 1910. University professor; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1976-84. Swedish ancestry. Died in Santa Ana, Orange County, Calif., January 26, 2001 (age 91 years, 8 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument Sherman, Albany County, Wyoming Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:   Oakes Ames (1804-1873) — of North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Easton, Bristol County, Mass., January 10, 1804. Republican. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1863-73. He and his brother Oliver Ames, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers in construction of the first transcontinental railroad line, completed in 1869; he was as censured by the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier bribery scandal. Died in Easton, Bristol County, Mass., May 8, 1873 (age 69 years, 118 days). Interment at Village Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument.   Relatives: Son of Oliver Ames (1779-1863) and Susannah (Angier) Ames; brother of Oliver Ames Jr.; married to Eveline Gilmore; father of Oliver Ames (1831-1895); third cousin thrice removed of John Adams; fourth cousin of Alfred Elisha Ames; fourth cousin once removed of Albert Alonzo Ames.   Political family: Ames family of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The city of Ames, Iowa, is named for him.  — The community of Ames, Nebraska, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Oliver Ames Jr. (1807-1877) — Born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Mass., November 5, 1807. Shovel manufacturer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1852, 1857; president, Union Pacific Railroad; he and his brother Oakes Ames were prime movers in construction of the first transcontinental railroad line. Died March 9, 1877 (age 69 years, 124 days). Interment at Village Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument.   Relatives: Son of Oliver Ames (1779-1863) and Susannah (Angier) Ames; brother of Oakes Ames; married to Sarah Lothrop; uncle of Oliver Ames (1831-1895); third cousin thrice removed of John Adams; fourth cousin of Alfred Elisha Ames; fourth cousin once removed of Albert Alonzo Ames.   Political family: Ames family of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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