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Arentz, Samuel Shaw b. January 8, 1879 d. June 17, 1934
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. He was elected to represent Nevada as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1921 to 1923, then from 1925 to 1933. (Bio by: T.L. Watson)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Balzar, Frederick Bennett b. June 15, 1880 d. March 21, 1934
Nevada Governor. Only the second native Nevadan to become governor, the Virginia City native worked as a miner, a railroad conducter and owned a butcher store before serving as governor from 1927 to 1934. He was in the state assembly and senate as well as sheriff of Mineral County. During his term, he signed the state's open gambling law and six-week divorce law. He died while in office. (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Baring Jr., Walter Stephan b. September 9, 1911 d. July 13, 1975
US Congressman. Served in the United States Navy during World War II. Elected to represent Nevada in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1949 to 1953, and 1957 to 1973. Also served as a Member of the Nevada State Legislature in 1936.
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Bell, Frank Jardine b. January 28, 1840 d. February 13, 1927
Nevada Governor. With little formal education, he supervised the construction of telegraph lines in California and Nevada in the 1860s. He served as warden of the Nevada State Prison from 1883 until 1887. In 1889, Governor Stevenson appointed Bell to fill the vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor. After Stevenson's death on September 21, 1890, Bell became governor. During his few months in office, he continued the policies of his predecessor and chose not to run for election on his own...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Bible, Alan Harvey b. November 20, 1909 d. September 12, 1988
US Senator. He was admitted to the Nevada bar in 1935 and commenced the practice of law in Reno, Nevada. Appointed as the district attorney of Storey County, he served in that office from 1935 until 1938, when he was appointed deputy attorney general of Nevada in 1938. Four years later he became the Nevada State attorney. serving from 1942 to 1950. He was elected as a Democrat Senator from Nevada to the United States Senate, serving from 1954 until his resignation December 17, 1974. During his...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Boyle, Emmet Derby b. July 26, 1879 d. January 3, 1926
Nevada Governor. Boyle served as the governor of Nevada from 1915 to 1923. He was the first "Native Nevadan" (born in Nevada) to serve as the state's governor. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Brown, Ernest S. b. September 25, 1903 d. July 23, 1965
US Senator. He served two months as a United States Senator from Nevada to the United States Senate from October 1, 1954 to December 1, 1954, having been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Pat McCarran. Previously he had served as a Member of the Nevada State House of Representatives in 1933, and as a Colonel in the United States Army Reserves during World War II. (Bio by: K)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Hughes, Gareth (William John) b. August 23, 1894 d. October 1, 1965
Actor. Born William John Hughes in Llanelli, Wales, he got his start performing on stage as a child and went on to perform in leading roles on Broadway. Usually cast as a sensitive hero, he made his big screen debut in the silent film era appearing in "And the Children Pay" (1918). As a regular for Fox and MGM Studios, he appeared in over 40 films such as "Every Mother's Son" (1918), "Sentimental Tommy" (1921), "Forget Me Not" (1922), "The Sky Writer" (1928) and "Scareheads" (1931). (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Irving, Jules b. April 13, 1924 d. July 28, 1979
Actor. Co-founder and co-director, with Herb Blau, of the San Francisco Actor's Workshop (1952 to 1965), artistic director of Lincoln Center's Repertory Theater and experimental Forum (1967 to 1973), and later a television director, "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976 to 1977).
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Massey, William Alexander b. October 7, 1856 d. March 5, 1914
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1912 to 1913. Also served as a Member of the Nevada State House of Representatives in 1892, and Justice of the Nevada State Supreme Court in 1896. (Bio by: K)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Miller, Thomas Woodnutt b. June 26, 1886 d. May 5, 1973
US Congressman. Served as a Colonel in the United States Army during World War I (1914-1918). Elected to represent Delaware in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1915 to 1917. Also served as Secretary of State of Delaware from 1913 to 1915. (Bio by: K)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Nixon, George Stuart b. April 2, 1862 d. June 5, 1912
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1905 until his death in 1912. Also served as a Member of the Nevada State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Pittman, Key b. September 19, 1872 d. November 10, 1940
Key was the husband of Mimosa Gates, they married 7 Jul 1900.
He was the son of William Buckner Pittman who was born in Mississippi and Catherine Key born in Alabama.

United States Senator. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi he moved to Seattle, Washington to practice law after being admitted to the bar in 1892. In 1897 he went to the Klondike to search for gold. In 1902 he moved to the boom town of Tonopah, Nevada, to mine for silver. During this time he continued to practice law and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Pittman, Vail Montgomery b. September 17, 1883 d. November 29, 1964
Nevada Governor. A native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, he moved to Nevada in 1904 where, after a stint in the lumber and coal industry he became involved in the newspaper industry, owning several newspaper companies. He served as Governor of Nevada from 1945 to 1951.

He was the son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine Key and brother to Key Pittman.
He married Ida Loouise Brewington on 20 May 1919 in Reno, Washoe, NV
(Bio by: Bigwoo)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Scrugham, James Graves b. January 19, 1880 d. June 23, 1945
US Congressman, Nevada Governor. Elected to represent Nevada in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1942. Also served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1942 until his death in 1945. (Bio by: K)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Sparks, John b. August 30, 1843 d. May 22, 1908
Governor of Nevada. He was born in Winston County, Mississippi to a family that specialized in buying land on the frontier then selling out and moving on as the area increased in population. They moved on through Arkansas and into Texas in 1857 where they began ranching. He joined the Texas Rangers at the beginning of the Civil War and his unit was responsible for protecting settlers from the Comanche Indians. After the war he was involved in large cattle drives working for other people and...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Wren, Thomas b. 1826 d. 1904
US Congressman. Elected to represent Nevada in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1877 to 1879. Also served as a Member of the Nevada State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA

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