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Allott, Gordon Llewellyn b. January 2, 1907 d. January 17, 1989
US Congressman. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, rising to the rank of Major. He was elected as a Republican Senator from Colorado to the United States Senate, serving from 1955 to 1973.
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Ammons, Elias Milton b. July 28, 1860 d. May 20, 1925
Colorado Governor. He served as Governor of Colorado from 1913 to 1915. He also served as the State's Lieutenant Governor in 1904 and 1906, as a member of the Colorado State Senate and the State House of Representatives, and as Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives. He was the father of Colorado Governor Teller Ammons. (Bio by: T.L. Watson)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Ammons, Teller b. December 3, 1895 d. January 16, 1972
Governor of Colorado 1937-39.
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Bailey, Dewey Crossman b. September 1, 1858 d. December 17, 1937
Denver Mayor. Born in Coldwater, Michigan, he moved to Colorado in 1879 and operated a cattle ranch before settling in Denver in 1888. A Republican, Dewey was a member of the State Senate from 1888 to 1892 and held various posts on state and local committees up to his term as Mayor of Denver, from 1919 to 1923. His wife, Adella Brown Bailey, was also active in politics and was an alternate delegate to the 1920 Reublican National Convention.
(Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Baldwin, Charles Pierce b. June 4, 1833 d. March 13, 1912
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on April 1, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services at the Battle of Hatcher's Run., Va.' He was the younger brother of Bvt. Brigadier General William H. Baldwin of the 83rd Ohio Infantry. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Plot: Section 5, Block 23, Lot 151
Barker, William J. d. 1911
Denver Mayor. He served as Mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1874 to 1876. He was a Colorado pioneer that moved to Denver in 1860 and owned a large amount of property in the city. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Begole, George Davis b. May 28, 1877 d. December 22, 1956
Denver Mayor. He served as Denver, Colorado auditor from 1921 to 1931 and then was elected to serve as Mayor from 1931 to 1935, against the incumbent Mayor Stapleton. During his last year in office, he stole a police car that was left running unattended, to bring attention to economic issues to city administration. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Bonfils, Frederick Gilmer b. December 21, 1860 d. February 2, 1933
Newspaper Publisher. After working in banking and real estate, he moved to Denver in 1895 and, with Harry Heye Tammen, purchased the "Evening Post", renaming it the "Denver Post". With a theatrical approach to journalism, they made it one of the most sensational newspapers in the country. In 1900, both Bonfils and Tammen were seriously wounded by a lawyer who took issue with their attacks on public figures and officials. At the time of his death, he was engaged in a libel suit against Roy W...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Brown, John Sidney b. June 10, 1833 d. January 15, 1913
Businessman. President and founder of J. S. Brown & Bro. Mercantile Company. By 1899, it became the largest Mercantile Company in the western United States. He was a director in the South Park railroad, assisted in the building of the Denver Pacific Railroad, between Denver and Cheyenne, and was a promoter, director and vice-president of the Denver & New Orleans Railroad. The J.S. Brown Mercantile building was added to the National Historic Register in 1988, and currently houses the Wynkoop...[Read More] (Bio by: Eric Crow)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Bryan, William C. b. September 9, 1852 d. March 27, 1933
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and entered the U.S. Army in St. Louis, Missouri. He died in Santa Monica, California. He served as a Hospital Steward. He was awarded the CMOH for action on March 17, 1876 at Powder River, Wyoming. His citation reads "Accompanied a detachment of cavalry in a charge on a village of hostile Indians and fought through the engagements, having his horse killed under him. He continued to fight on foot, and under...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
GPS coordinates: 39.7100601, -104.9006195 (hddd.dddd)
Buchtel, Henry Augustus b. September 3, 1847 d. October 22, 1924
Colorado Governor. Served as Governor of Colorado as a Republican from 1907 to 1909. As governor, supported a strong pure food law, creation of the Railroad Commission, and the enactment of a viable insurance code. He also supported the State Board of Charities and Corrections allowing for the development of the Stte Home for the Mentally Defective, and acted to convince the General Assembly to adequately fund state-supported schools and public building projects and bridges throughout Colorado...[Read More] (Bio by: GravesScribe (Lk))
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Burney, William Evans b. September 11, 1893 d. January 29, 1969
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Colorado in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1940 to 1941. He served in the Navy during World War I. He was called to active duty in World War II as a Major in the Army and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He left the service in 1945 at the rank of Colonel. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Byers, William Newton b. February 22, 1831 d. 1903
First Colorado Newspaper Publisher and Editor. Byers was a big Denver booster. From Ohio he started west going first to Iowa and then to Omaha, the great jumping-off place and home base for the Union Pacific Railroad. Byers helped lay out Omaha, the largest town between St. Louis and San Francisco. Then gold fever struck him, he left Omaha in 1859 for the Cherry Creek gold rush towns. He authored one of the 17 guidebooks to the new promised land printed in 1859, and convinced himself and...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Carpenter, Lewis Cass b. February 20, 1836 d. March 6, 1908
US Congressman. He was elected to represent South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving from November 3, 1874, to March 3, 1875. He served as secretary to United States Senator William H. Buckingham, of Connecticut, 1868-1873. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Carr, Ralph Lawrence b. December 11, 1887 d. September 20, 1950
U.S. District Attorney. Republican governor of Colorado 1939 to 1943. Spearheaded fiscal reforms by transferring state income taxes from school districts to the General Fund. Also worked with the General Assembly to pass the State Reorganization Act resulting in a more efficient state government. Known for his opposition to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II (one such camp was located in Colorado-the Amache Japanese Internment Camp near the town of Granada), arguing that...[Read More] (Bio by: GravesScribe (Lk))
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Plot: Plot 107, Section 46
Chivington, John Milton b. January 27, 1821 d. October 4, 1894
Civil War Union Army Officer. An abolitionist and Methodist minster, he was known as the "Fighting Parson" during the border wars in Kansas during the 1850s. Appointed as Colonel and commander of the 1st Colorado Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War, he was given command of the military district of Colorado in 1863. A virilient, fanatical Indian-hater, in 1864 he led a force of 1000 militia and volunteers against a village of 700 Arapaho and Cheyenne under the leadership of Black Kettle who were...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Plot: Block 2, Lot 143
Colburn, Joseph b. February 23, 1831 d. March 29, 1900
Civil War Union Army Officer. Commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in Company E, 13th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on July 16, 1861, he fought for over a year and a half at this rank, participating in a number of battles, and receving a wound at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run. He was advanced to Captain and commander of Company E in February 1863, who he would lead until October of that year. On October 23 he was transferred to the 59th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to the unit'...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Plot: Block 11, Lot 28
Cook, George Washington b. November 10, 1851 d. December 18, 1916
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Colorado in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1909. He was Mayor of Leadville, Colorado from 1885 to 1887. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Cooper, Job Adams b. November 6, 1843 d. January 20, 1899
Colorado Governor. Served as the Governor of Colorado from 1889 to 1891. (Bio by: K)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
Costigan, Edward Prentiss b. July 1, 1874 d. January 17, 1939
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 1931 to 1937. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Covention from Colorado in 1936. (Bio by: K)
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA

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