| |  Glenn Malcolm Anderson (1913-1994) — also known asGlenn M. Anderson — of Hawthorne,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Harbor City, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; San Pedro, Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February21, 1913.Democrat.Merchant;mayorof Hawthorne, Calif., 1940-42; served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1943-50;chair ofLos Angeles County Democratic Party, 1948-50;CaliforniaDemocratic state chair, 1950-52; candidate forCaliforniastate senate, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom California,1956,1960,1964,1988;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1959-67;U.S.Representative from California, 1969-93 (17th District 1969-73,35th District 1973-75, 32nd District 1975-93).Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Amvets;Elks;Kiwanis;Redmen;NativeSons of the Golden West;Toastmasters.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, at San Pedro PeninsulaHospitalPavilion, San Pedro, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December13, 1994 (age81 years, 295days).Interment atGreenHills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. | | Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) — also known asHenry G. Blasdel — of Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born near Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,January29, 1825.Republican.Farmer;merchant;riverboatcaptain;miller;miningbusiness;Governor ofNevada, 1864-71.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,July 22,1900 (age75 years, 174days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Charles Abel Buffum (1870-1936) — also known asCharles A. Buffum — of Long Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in La Fayette,StarkCounty, Ill.,January30, 1870.Merchant;mayorof Long Beach, Calif., 1921-24.Died, of aheartailment,November29, 1936 (age66 years, 304days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif. | | Daniel Choate (1828-1899) — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in China,KennebecCounty, Maine,September9, 1828.Republican.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;real estatedeveloper; postmaster atSanDiego, Calif., 1876-81.Methodist.Died in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,1899(ageabout70 years).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif. | | Charles Crocker (1822-1888) — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1822.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;banker;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of theCentral PacificRailroad;first president of the Southern PacificRailroad.Died in Monterey,MontereyCounty, Calif.,August14, 1888 (age65 years, 333days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Hiram Tolbert Fairbanks (1828-1915) — also known asH. T. Fairbanks — of Petaluma,SonomaCounty, Calif.Born in Manchester,DearbornCounty, Ind.,December29, 1828.Republican.Merchant; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from California,1880.Died in Petaluma,SonomaCounty, Calif.,June 29,1915 (age86 years, 182days).Interment atCypressHill Memorial Park, Petaluma, Calif.  | George H. Few (1855-1948) — of Flandreau,MoodyCounty, S.Dak.Born in Albion,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,December23, 1855.Republican.Merchant; mayor of Flandreau, S.D.; member ofSouthDakota state senate 15th District, 1901-04.DiedNovember23, 1948 (age92 years, 336days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.| |  Relatives:Married1881 to EllaB. Marinus. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: South Dakota LegislativeManual, 1903 |
| | Jeptha Milton Gibbs (1875-1936) — also known asJeptha M. Gibbs — Born in Navasota,GrimesCounty, Tex.,April20, 1875.Railroademployee;wholesale merchant; U.S. Consular Agent inCananea, 1918-33.DiedMarch10, 1936 (age60 years, 325days).Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.  | John Hanible Hamilton (b. 1862) — also known asJohn H. Hamilton — of New York; San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Colusa,ColusaCounty, Calif.,September8, 1862.Merchant;accountant;U.S. Consular Agent inManaos, 1905-11;tilemanufacturer.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George Hamilton; married,April14, 1913, to Sallie Wyman. | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1924) |
| | | Isaac Julian Harvey — of Salinas,MontereyCounty, Calif.Merchant;mayorof Salinas, Calif., 1874.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Oliver Larkin (1802-1858) — also known asThomas O. Larkin — of Monterey,MontereyCounty, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,September18, 1802.Merchant;flour millbusiness; U.S. Consul inMonterey, 1843-48; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent toCalifornia, 1845;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1849.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Colusa,ColusaCounty, Calif.,October27, 1858 (age56 years, 39days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | James Z. Lopp (1863-1943) — of Lincoln,BentonCounty, Mo.Born inBentonCounty, Mo.,January17, 1863.Republican.Merchant;BentonCounty Associate Judge, 1910-17; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Benton County, 1921-22.Died in1943(ageabout80 years).Interment atWestminsterMemorial Park, Westminster, Calif. | | Knud Henry Lund (1832-1919) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born inNorway,October5, 1832.Commission merchant;importerand exporter;marineinsurancebusiness;Consulfor Sweden & Norway inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1885-1904;Consulfor Norway inSanFrancisco, Calif., 1910-11.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February5, 1919 (age86 years, 123days).Entombed atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Guy Rudolph McHenry (1898-1977) — also known asGuy R. McHenry — of Glover,IronCounty, Mo.; Ironton,IronCounty, Mo.Born in Lemoore,KingsCounty, Calif.,October10, 1898.Democrat.Farmer;merchant;lumberbusiness; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Iron County, 1943-46,1963-64; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1956.DiedMarch 5,1977 (age78 years, 146days).Interment atArcadia Valley Memorial Park, Arcadia, Mo. | | Henry Mellus (1816-1860) — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Dorchester, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,August24, 1816.Democrat.Merchant;mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1860; died in office 1860.DiedDecember26, 1860 (age44 years, 124days).Burial location unknown.  | Robert Johnson Mitchell (1869-1955) — also known asRobert J. Mitchell — of Verona,LawrenceCounty, Mo.; Marionville,LawrenceCounty, Mo.; Aurora,LawrenceCounty, Mo.Born in New Palestine (now Speed),CooperCounty, Mo.,September24, 1869.Democrat.Schoolteacher;merchant;banker;LawrenceCounty Recorder, 1899-1902; member ofMissouristate senate 18th District, 1915-18; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Missouri,1924.Died, fromarterioscleroticheart disease andpulmonaryedema, in Mount ZionHospital,SanFrancisco, Calif.,April25, 1955 (age85 years, 213days).Interment atWoodlawnMemorial Park, Colma, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Walter Mitchell and Margaret (Parrish) Mitchell; married,August13, 1899, to Leni L. Smith. | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | Edward E. Muecke (b. 1869) — of Aurora,MarionCounty, Ore.; Iquique,Chile.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,December11, 1869.Merchant;postmaster;U.S. Vice Consul inIquique, 1900-09; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inIquique, 1909-14.Burial location unknown.  | George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) — also known asGeorge C. Perkins — of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Kennebunkport,YorkCounty, Maine,August23, 1839.Republican.Merchant;banker;miller;steamshipbusiness; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1869-76;Governor ofCalifornia, 1880-83;U.S.Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;LoyalLegion.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,February26, 1923 (age83 years, 187days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | William Adam Piper (1826-1899) — of California. Born inFranklinCounty, Pa.,May 21,1826.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;U.S.Representative from California 1st District, 1875-77.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,August5, 1899 (age73 years, 76days).Original interment atOddFellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atGreenlawnMemorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Sol Price (1916-2009) — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,January23, 1916.Democrat.Lawyer;Retailer who started the "warehouse club" model copied bySam's Club and others; his Price Club chain merged with Costco;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1960;philanthropist.Jewish.Died in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,December14, 2009 (age93 years, 325days).Burial location unknown. | | John Ezra Rickards (1848-1927) — also known asJohn E. Rickards — of Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.; Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Delaware City,New CastleCounty, Del.,July 23,1848.Republican.Merchant;memberMontana territorial council, 1887;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1889;LieutenantGovernor of Montana, 1889-93;Governor ofMontana, 1893-97.Methodist.Died in Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,December26, 1927 (age79 years, 156days).Cremated;ashes interred atChapelof the Chimes, Oakland, Calif. | | Norman Dunning Rideout (1832-1907) — also known asN. D. Rideout — of Marysville,YubaCounty, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Bowdoinham,SagadahocCounty, Maine,January6, 1832.Republican.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1876,1892.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 2,1907 (age75 years, 177days).Interment atEastLawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Rideout and Margaret (Macomber) Rideout; married1858 to PhebeMason Abbott. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Pitts Sanborn (1833-1915) — also known asJohn P. Sanborn;"KingJohn" —of Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.; Redondo Beach,LosAngeles County, Calif.; San Gabriel,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Belgrade,KennebecCounty, Maine,July 12,1833.Republican.Merchant;lumberman;U.S.Collector of Customs at Port Huron, Mich., Michigan, 1867-83;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1884;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 7th District, 1886.Died in San Gabriel,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December29, 1915 (age82 years, 170days).Interment atSanGabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif. | | Frederick Richard Sawday (b. 1849) — also known asFrederick R. Sawday — ofSanDiego County, Calif.; Ensenada,BajaCalifornia.Born in Sidmouth,England,July29, 1849.Naturalized U.S. citizen;sheepraiser;merchant; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inEnsenada, 1911-14; U.S. Consular Agent inEnsenada, as of 1916-17.Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Henry Selby (1820-1875) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1820.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1869-71.Died, ofpneumonia,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 17,1875 (age55 years, 34days).Burial location unknown. | | William Silver (b. 1852) — Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February8, 1852.Customhousebroker;commission merchant; U.S. Vice Consul inLa Paz, 1884-85, 1889-91, 1907-11.Burial location unknown. | | Francis Aaron Spencer (1865-1936) — also known asFrank A. Spencer — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,January24, 1865.Democrat.Commission merchant;importer;Consulfor Mexico inPortland,Ore., 1895-1914;wholesale grocerymanager; administrator, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, 1935;Democratic Presidential Elector for Oregon,1936(voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andJohnNance Garner).Jumpedfrom the high Vista Avenue Viaduct, andfellhundreds of feet to his death amid traffic on Canyon Road, inPortland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.,December22, 1936 (age71 years, 333days). Hissuicidenote was quoted in news reports as follows: "Frankly, the pace hasbeen too fast for me, and I cannot convince myself that I can make acomeback.".Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Portland, Ore.  | Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) — also known asLeland Stanford — of Port Washington,OzaukeeCounty, Wis.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1824.Republican.Lawyer;merchant; builder and president, Central PacificRailroad;founderof Stanford University;Governor ofCalifornia, 1862-63; defeated, 1859;U.S.Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.Member,Freemasons.Died in Palo Alto,Santa ClaraCounty, Calif.,June 21,1893 (age69 years, 104days).Entombed atStanfordUniversity, Palo Alto, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Phillips) Stanford and Josiah Stanford; brotherofCharlesStanford; married1850 to JaneElizabeth Lathrop; first cousin ofDeWitt Clinton Stanford. | | | | Political family:Stanfordfamily of Watervliet, New York. | | | | StanfordUniversity,inPaloAlto, California, isnamed forhim. — StanfordJuniorHigh School, inSacramento,California, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Leland Stanford: Norman E.Tutorow,TheGovernor : The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford, a CaliforniaColossus | | | | Image source: Yonkers (N.Y.)Herald-Statesman, June 22, 1893 |
| | | William Dennison Stephens (1859-1944) — also known asWilliam D. Stephens — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Eaton,PrebleCounty, Ohio,December26, 1859.Republican.Merchant;mayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1909;U.S.Representative from California, 1911-16 (7th District 1911-13,10th District 1913-16); resigned 1916; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1912;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1916-17;Governor ofCalifornia, 1917-23.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died, from aheartailment, in the Santa FeHospital,Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,April25, 1944 (age84 years, 121days).Interment atAngelus-RosedaleCemetery, Los Angeles, Calif. | | Irving Joseph Symons (1907-2004) — also known asIrving J. Symons — of Sonora,TuolumneCounty, Calif.Born in Sonora,TuolumneCounty, Calif.,November21, 1907.Republican.Merchant; served in the U.S. Navy during World WarII; Republican Presidential Elector for California,1952(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon).DiedDecember26, 2004 (age97 years, 35days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Frederick Symons and Mary Ellen (Barry)Symons. |
| | Robert Scadden Vessey (1858-1929) — also known asRobert S. Vessey — of Wessington Springs,JerauldCounty, S.Dak.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Oshkosh,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,May 16,1858.Republican.Merchant;banker;member ofSouthDakota state senate 19th District, 1905-08;Governor ofSouth Dakota, 1909-13.Methodist.DiedOctober18, 1929 (age71 years, 155days).Burial location unknown. | | George Washington Wright (1816-1885) — also known asGeorge W. Wright — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.;Washington,D.C.; Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.Born in Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 4,1816.Merchant;banker;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.Died in Dorchester, Norfolk County (now part of Boston,SuffolkCounty), Mass.,April 7,1885 (age68 years, 307days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass. | | Woodford Allen Yerxa (1856-1935) — also known asWoodford A. Yerxa — of Fargo,CassCounty, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Colusa,ColusaCounty, Calif.Born in Saint John,NewBrunswick,1856.Merchant;mayor ofFargo, N.Dak., 1883-85.Died in Colusa,ColusaCounty, Calif.,February10, 1935 (ageabout 78years).Burial location unknown.
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