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Fairbanks North Star Borough
Alaska

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Fairbanks North Star Borough

John Burke Powers (1868-1944) — also known asJohn B. Powers — of Eagle,SoutheastFairbanks census area, Alaska.Born in Tennessee,1868.Democrat.Gold miner;mailcarrier; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Alaska Territory,1928(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Irishancestry.Died in1944(ageabout76 years).Interment at Birch Hill Cemetery.

Index to Locations FairbanksBirch Hill Cemetery FairbanksClay Street Cemetery FairbanksFairbanks Cemetery FairbanksNorthern Lights MemorialPark FairbanksUniversity of AlaskaCampus Birch HillCemetery Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) — also known asCharles E. Bunnell — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska.Born in Dimock,SusquehannaCounty, Pa.,January12, 1878.Democrat. Candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914;U.S.District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; firstpresidentof the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (laterUniversity of Alaska), 1921-45.Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;Elks.Died, following aheartattack, at anursinghome in Burlingame,San MateoCounty, Calif.,November1, 1956 (age78 years, 294days).Interment at Birch Hill Cemetery; statue atUniversity of Alaska Campus. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell; married,July 24,1901, to Mary Anna Kline.

Richard Carl Rothenburg (1868-1949) — also known asR. C. Rothenburg — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska.Born inGermany,1868.Republican. Member ofAlaskaterritorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1929-30;Speakerof Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1929-30.Jewish.Died in1949(ageabout81 years).Interment at Clay Street Cemetery.

Harry Emerson Pratt (1884-1957) — also known asHarry E. Pratt — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska.Born in Norton,NortonCounty, Kan.,January26, 1884.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlaskaterritorial senate 4th District, 1925-28;U.S.District Judge for Alaska, 1935-57.DiedDecember14, 1957 (age73 years, 322days).Cremated;ashes interred at Fairbanks Cemetery.

Edward Lewis Bartlett (1904-1968) — also known asE. L. 'Bob' Bartlett — ofJuneau,Alaska.Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,April20, 1904.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;gold miner;secretaryof Alaska Territory, 1939-44; resigned 1944;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1945-59; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alaska Territory,1948,1956;U.S.Senator from Alaska, 1959-68; died in office 1968; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alaska,1960,1968.Member,Elks.Died, followingheartsurgery, in the Cleveland Clinichospital,Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,December11, 1968 (age64 years, 235days).Interment at Northern Lights Memorial Park.

	Relatives: Sonof Edgar C. Bartlett and Ida F. (Doverspike) Bartlett; married,August14, 1930, to Vide Marie Gaustad.
		Cross-reference:DavidE. Price
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Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) — also known asCharles E. Bunnell — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska.Born in Dimock,SusquehannaCounty, Pa.,January12, 1878.Democrat. Candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914;U.S.District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; firstpresidentof the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (laterUniversity of Alaska), 1921-45.Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;Elks.Died, following aheartattack, at anursinghome in Burlingame,San MateoCounty, Calif.,November1, 1956 (age78 years, 294days).Interment atBirch Hill Cemetery; statue atUniversity of Alaska Campus.

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