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Butte County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Butte County

Theodore Meriam (1910-2001) — also known asTed Meriam — of Chico,ButteCounty, Calif.Born in Chico,ButteCounty, Calif.,April18, 1910.Mayorof Chico, Calif., 1949-59.Died in Chico,ButteCounty, Calif.,August5, 2001 (age91 years, 109days).Interment at Chico Cemetery.

Index to Locations ChicoChico Cemetery GridleyGridley Cemetery OrovilleUnknown location OrovilleOld Oroville Cemetery ChicoCemetery 881 Mangrove Avenue Chico, Butte County, California See alsoFindagravepage for this location.John Bidwell (1819-1900) — of Chico,ButteCounty, Calif.Born inChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1819.Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1849-50; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1860;U.S.Representative from California 3rd District, 1865-67; candidateforGovernor ofCalifornia, 1875 (Independent), 1890 (Prohibition); Prohibitioncandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1892.Member,Freemasons.Died in Chico,ButteCounty, Calif.,April 4,1900 (age80 years, 242days).Interment at Chico Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives:Married to Annie Ellicott Kennedy.   The World War IILibertyshipSS John Bidwell (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof Morrison Ellsworth Meriam and Annie (Lund) Meriam.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Charles Hastings Deuel (1868-1947) — of Chico,ButteCounty, Calif.Born in Forbestown,ButteCounty, Calif.,1868.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1936.Died in Chico,ButteCounty, Calif.,1947(ageabout79 years).Interment at Gridley Cemetery.

William Chalmers Hendricks (1825-1892) — also known asWilliam C. Hendricks — of California. Born in Ligonier,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,1825.Democrat.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1880(ConventionVice-President);secretaryof state of California, 1887-91.Died in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,January24, 1892 (ageabout 66years).Interment somewhere.

	Relatives: Sonof Abraham Hendricks (1785-1851) and Sarah Elizabeth (Henderson)Hendricks; brother ofAbramWashington Hendricks; married to Susan Elizabeth Glass; father ofScottSpringer Hendricks; nephew ofThomasHendricks,WilliamHendricks andJohnHendricks; first cousin ofAbrahamHendricks (1805-1878),WilliamHendricks Jr. andThomasAndrews Hendricks.
		Political family:Hendricksfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).

Richard Quinton (1801-1885) — ofKeokukCounty, Iowa.Born in Kentucky,1801.Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Keokuk County, 1844.DiedNovember7, 1885 (ageabout 84years).Interment at Old Oroville Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married to Margaret Morgan.
		Epitaph: "Steadfast Father andPioneer."

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