Index to Locations BlackfootAsylum CemeteryBlackfootBlackfoot CemeteryBlackfootGrove City CemeteryBlackfootRiverside-ThomasCemetery
AsylumCemetery
Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Stephen Southmyd Fenn (1820-1892) — of Idaho. Born in Watertown,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,March28, 1820.MemberIdaho territorial council, 1864-67; member ofIdahoterritorial House of Representatives, 1872;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1876-79.Died in Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,April13, 1892 (age72 years, 16days).Interment at Asylum Cemetery.
BlackfootCemetery
Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Robert McDowell McCracken (1874-1934) — also known asRobert M. McCracken — of Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho.Born in Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,March15, 1874.Republican. Member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1907;U.S.Representative from Idaho at-large, 1915-17.Whilecampaigningwas in anautomobileaccident, which resulted in his death, in Emmett,GemCounty, Idaho,May 16,1934 (age60 years, 62days).Interment at Blackfoot Cemetery.
Grove CityCemetery
Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Fred Thomas Dubois (1851-1930) — also known asFred T. Dubois — of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born in Palestine,CrawfordCounty, Ill.,May 29,1851.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1887-90;U.S.Senator from Idaho, 1891-97, 1901-07; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Idaho,1892,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker);delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1908.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,February14, 1930 (age78 years, 261days).Interment at Grove City Cemetery. | | Sample Orr (1816-1900) — ofGreeneCounty, Mo.; Montana.Born inMauryCounty, Tenn.,November26, 1816.Candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1860;Missouriregistrar of lands, 1861-64; appointed 1861; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Missouri,1864;Independent candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1878.Died in Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,August14, 1900 (age83 years, 261days).Interment at Grove City Cemetery. | | Robert N. West (1850-1917) — also known asR. N. West — of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born inCanada,April27, 1850.Hardwaredealer;mayorof Blackfoot, Idaho, 1909-11, 1913-15; defeated, 1911.Died, fromasthma,in Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,November18, 1917 (age67 years, 205days).Interment at Grove City Cemetery. | | Merrill C. Boyle (1899-1949) — of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born in Gunnison,SanpeteCounty, Utah,May 25,1899.Mayorof Blackfoot, Idaho, 1941-42, 1949; died in office 1949.Died in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho,November25, 1949 (age50 years, 184days).Interment at Grove City Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Neil Fred Boyle and Nettie (Younie) Boyle; married1926 to LucyDiena Hutchison. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Luther Martin Capps (1863-1946) — also known asL. M. Capps — of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born in Abbeville,HenryCounty, Ala.,January12, 1863.Democrat.Flour millmanager; member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1908;mayorof Blackfoot, Idaho, 1911-13; defeated (Citizens), 1915.Died in Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,June 3,1946 (age83 years, 142days).Interment at Grove City Cemetery. | | Louis Francis Haller (1906-1965) — also known asLouis Haller — of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born in Bladen,WebsterCounty, Neb.,May 7,1906.Newspapereditor;hardwarebusiness;radio stationmanager;mayorof Blackfoot, Idaho, 1964-65; died in office 1965.Died, from acoronaryocclusion, in Bingham MemorialHospital,Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,September1, 1965 (age59 years, 117days).Interment at Grove City Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles J. Haller and Ellen (Branigan) Haller; married toElizabeth Bell. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frank Edwin DeKay (1869-1949) — also known asFrank E. DeKay — of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born in Utica,MacombCounty, Mich.,December20, 1869.Democrat.Coaldealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho,1928;Register, U.S. District Land Office, Blackfoot, Idaho.Died in Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,June 28,1949 (age79 years, 190days).Interment at Grove City Cemetery. | | Kate C. DeKay (1871-1949) — also known asKate Cammeron McLeod;Mrs. FrankDeKay —of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born in Pana,ChristianCounty, Ill.,February23, 1871.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho,1928,1940(alternate).Female.Died in Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,May 8,1949 (age78 years, 74days).Interment at Grove City Cemetery.
Riverside-ThomasCemetery
Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Jerry Thomas Twiggs (1933-2000) — also known asJerry Twiggs — of Idaho. Born in Thomas,BinghamCounty, Idaho,March25, 1933.Farmer;member ofIdahostate senate, 1985-2000; died in office 2000.Mormon. Member,Lions.Died of aheartattack whilejogging,in Boise,AdaCounty, Idaho,January10, 2000 (age66 years, 291days).Interment at Riverside-Thomas Cemetery.  | Franklin Samuel Smith (1895-1988) — also known asFrank Smith — of Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho.Born in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,January28, 1895.Bakeryowner;mayorof Blackfoot, Idaho, 1949-51;chargedwithperjury,as part of ascandalinvolving gravel contractors;tried inJanuary 1952, and found not guilty.Died in Blackfoot,BinghamCounty, Idaho,May 20,1988 (age93 years, 113days).Interment at Riverside-Thomas Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Franklin Smith and Elizabeth (Walker) Smith; married,April27, 1918, to Leona Mary Graham. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Idaho Falls (Idaho)Post-Register, January 5, 1950 |
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