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Lewis County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Lewis County

George Fremont Bickford (1889-1923) — also known asGeorge F. Bickford — of Chehalis,LewisCounty, Wash.Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,August12, 1889.U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inNewchwang, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul inHankow, 1914, 1914-15;Antung, 1914;Shanghai, 1915-17; U.S. Consul inTsinanfu, 1918-19;Antung, as of 1920-21.Died, frompneumonia,in Chehalis,LewisCounty, Wash.,July 22,1923 (age33 years, 344days).Interment at Claquato Cemetery.

Index to Locations ChehalisClaquato Cemetery ChehalisSunset Memorial Gardens ClaquatoCemetery Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Clyde Garfield Jeffers (1881-1956) — also known asClyde G. Jeffers — Born in Hampton,FranklinCounty, Iowa,July 2,1881.Lawyer;GrantCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-17; superior court judge inWashington, 1923-39;justice ofWashington state supreme court, 1939-48.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Died in Olympia,ThurstonCounty, Wash.,February16, 1956 (age74 years, 229days).Interment at Claquato Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Byron Jeffers and Edith (Day) Jeffers; married,August18, 1935, to Garnette Robinson.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof Andrew Fremont Bickford and Ada M. (Burrows) Bickford; married,April28, 1915, to Edith Lillian Adgey Edgar.
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Ralph Julian Rivers (1903-1976) — also known asRalph J. Rivers — of Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska.Born in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,May 23,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1933-44;Alaskaterritory attorney general, 1945-49;mayorof Fairbanks, Alaska, 1952-54; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Alaska Territory,1952;member ofAlaskaterritorial senate 4th District, 1955-56;delegateto Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56;U.S.Representative from Alaska at-large, 1959-67; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alaska,1960(alternate),1968.Member,Elks;Sons ofthe American Revolution;SigmaChi;PhiAlpha Delta.Died in Chehalis,LewisCounty, Wash.,August14, 1976 (age73 years, 83days).Cremated;ashes interred at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

	Relatives: Sonof Julian Guy Rivers and Louisa (Lavoy) Rivers; married,December17, 1928, to Lina Carol Caldwell; married,October1, 1955, to Martha Wendling.
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