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Boulder County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Boulder County
Index to Locations ColumbiaCemetery (formerly Masonic Cemetery) 9th & Arapaho Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado
|  David Hopkinson Nichols (1828-1900) — also known asDavid H. Nichols — of Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.Born in Hardwick,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,March16, 1828.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofColoradoterritorial House of Representatives, 1865;delegateto Colorado state constitutional convention, 1865;LieutenantGovernor of Colorado, 1893-95.Died in Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.,December16, 1900 (age72 years, 275days).Interment at Columbia Cemetery.
Green MountainCemetery Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado
| Donald Glenn Brotzman (1922-2004) — also known asDonald G. Brotzman — of Boulder,BoulderCounty, Colo.Born near Sterling,LoganCounty, Colo.,June 28,1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofColoradostate house of representatives, 1951-52; member ofColoradostate senate, 1953-56; candidate forGovernor ofColorado, 1956;U.S.Attorney for Colorado, 1959-61;U.S.Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1963-65, 1967-75;defeated, 1964.Methodist.Member,Elks;Rotary;Freemasons;American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;BetaTheta Pi;PhiDelta Phi;FederalBar Association;Jaycees.Died inAlexandria,Va.,September15, 2004 (age82 years, 79days).Interment at Green Mountain Cemetery.
| Charles O'Connor (1878-1940) — of Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.Born in Missouri,1878.Republican.U.S.Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1929-31.Died in1940(ageabout62 years).Interment at Green Mountain Cemetery.
Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: | | Richard Yates Batterton (1903-1978) — also known asRichard Y. Batterton — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Petersburg,MenardCounty, Ill.,November5, 1903.Republican.Mayor ofDenver, Colo., 1959-63.Died in Englewood,ArapahoeCounty, Colo., July,1978(age74years, 0 days).Entombed in mausoleum atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo.; cenotaph at Green Mountain Cemetery.
Mountain ViewCemetery Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado
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