Find A Grave - Mount Olivet Cemetery

Allen Sr., Clarence Emir b. September 8, 1852 d. July 9, 1932
US Congressman. Represented Utah as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1896 to 1897.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
GPS coordinates: 40.7570839, -111.8489685 (hddd.dddd)
Blair, Jacob Beeson b. April 11, 1821 d. February 12, 1901
US Congressman, US Diplomat. Elected to represent Virginia in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1861 to 1863. Blair also served as a United States Representative from West Virginia from 1863 to 1865, United States Minister to Costa Rica in 1868, Justice of the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court in 1876, and State Court Judge in 1892. (Bio by: K)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Brown, Arthur b. March 8, 1843 d. October 12, 1906
US Senator. He was elected as a Republican Senator from Utah to United States Senate after Utah was admitted as a state, and served from 1896 to 1897. On December 8, 1906, he was shot in Washington D.C. by a woman who claimed she was the mother of his children. He died 4 days later. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 212, Grave 8
Claire, Ina b. October 15, 1893 d. February 21, 1985
Actress. Born in Washington D.C., she began her career in the Theatre making her film debut in "The Puppet Clown" (1915). A veteran of over 35 features, her credits included "National Red Cross Pageant" (1917), "Polly with a Past" (1920), "The Last of Mrs Cheyney" (1925), "Ninotchka" (1939) and "Claudia" (1943). She died in San Francisco, California. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Denny ., . Helen (Helen H. (Ashes)) H 'Ashes' b. January 2, 1890 d. August 12, 1970

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: D_109_7F
Dern, George Henry b. September 8, 1872 d. August 27, 1936
Politician. Governor of Utah from 1925 to 1933, and Secretary of War from 1933 to 1936. In the late 1890's he was involved in mining and business and was the co-inventor of the Holt-Dern ore roasting process, a technique for recovering silver from low grade ore. He was elected to the Utah State Senate in 1914 and advocated progressive social legislation during his two terms. Dern gained the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1924 and, with the support of LaFollette's Progressive Party...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: R-90-6
Godbe, William Samuel b. June 26, 1833 d. August 2, 1903
Journalist. Born in London, England, he was converted to the LDS Church by Parley Pratt in 1851, he emigrated to what was then called the Territory of Utah, where he opened his Deseret Drug in 1855. Started his publishing career in 1867 with the Utah Magazine, which he co-founded with Elias L.T. Harrison. He was also a strong supporter of the development of mining in the Territory, and published an article endorsing it in his Magazine- for which he was promptly excommunicated from the Church (...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald W. Ball)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: O-34
Hyslop ., . Grace (Grace Mildred Baum) Mildred ' ' b. August 10, 1883 d. June 30, 1958

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: East Masonic_354_1
Hyslop ., . John (John William) William ' ' b. January 7, 1861 d. August 3, 1948

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: East Masonic_354_2
Leatherwood, Elmer O. b. September 4, 1872 d. December 24, 1929
US Congressman. He was admitted to the Kansas bar in 1898, moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1901 and opened a law practice. From 1908 to 1916, he was district attorney for the third judicial district of Utah and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924. In 1921, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: D, Row 115, lot 3
Lee, Joseph Bracken b. January 6, 1899 d. October 20, 1996
Utah Governor. He was considered one of the most colorful politicians in Utah history. He was a fiscal conservative and was known to have a fiery temper. Although he came from a Mormon background, he was not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints himself. Despite this handicap, he was elected as Governor of Utah from 1948 to 1956 and Mayor of Salt Lake City from 1962 to 1974 as a Republican. After serving in the Army during World War I, he joined his father selling...[Read More] (Bio by: Beeswax)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: East Masonic, 221, 2
Lee, Margaret Draper b. September 8, 1909 d. March 2, 1989
First Lady of Utah 1949-1957. Wife of Utah Governor Joseph Bracken Lee.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: East Masonic, 221, 1
McKean, James Bedell b. August 5, 1821 d. January 5, 1879
Civil War Union Army Officer, US Congressman. Served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 77th New York Volunteer Infantry. He was elected as a Republican to represent New York's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1863.

(Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: O_142
Moore, Charles Calvin b. February 26, 1866 d. March 19, 1958
Politician. Governor of Idaho from 1923 to 1927. A public school teacher in rural Missouri, Moore and his family moved to St. Anthony, Idaho in 1899. He became involved in the real estate business and entered into a partnership with H. G. Fuller that lasted more than thirty-five years. Moore was elected to the Idaho House of Representatives in 1902 and served until 1907. In 1918 and 1920, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Idaho and ran for Governor in 1922. With his election as Governor...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Salomon, Charles Eberhard b. June 24, 1824 d. January 9, 1881
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. In 1849, he emigrated to America with his three brothers and settled in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. In May 1861, he with brothers, Frederick and Herman enlisted in the Missouri Volunteers. He with Frederick were commissioned officers in the 5th Missouri Volunteers and brother Herman served as a Sergeant in the 1st Missouri Volunteer Engineer Regiment. Charles followed his brother Frederick as Colonel in command of the 9th Wisconsin Volunteers and for his war...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Salomon, Frederich b. April 7, 1826 d. March 7, 1897
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Born in Prussia, he emigrating to Wisconsin in 1848, was a surveyor and a chief engineer on the Wisconsin Railroad, 1857 to 1859. At the start of the Civil War he enlisted in the union Army and was commissioned a Captain in the 5th Missouri Volunteers. He was appointed Colonel of the 9th Wisconsin infantry, which he commanded in the southwest until he was made Brigadier General in June, 1862. He was assigned command of a brigade in Kansas and saw actions...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: Section E, Lot 7, Grave 7
Sprague, Ezra Thompson b. June 23, 1833 d. December 30, 1888
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Trained as a lawyer and judge, he became Colonel of the 42nd Wisconsin Infantry during the last year of the war. At the end of the war, he was breveted brigadier general "for meritorious services." (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 146
Sutherland, Jabez Gridley b. October 6, 1825 d. November 20, 1902
US Congressman. After completing preparatory studies for law, he was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Saginaw. Sutherland was prosecuting attorney of Saginaw County (1848 to 1849), supervisor of Saginaw Township (1851 to 1852), a member of the State House of Representatives (1853), and judge of Michican's 10th circuit court (1863 to 1871); he was also a delegate to the State Constitutional Conventions in 1850 and 1867. Resigning from the circuit court to stand...[Read More] (Bio by: Dr. Bob Schneider)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
GPS coordinates: 40.4540710, -111.5102005 (hddd.dddd)
Thomas, Arthur Lloyd b. August 22, 1851 d. September 15, 1924
Utah Governor 1888-1892
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: M-44
Witcher, John Seashoales [original burial site] b. July 15, 1839 d. July 8, 1906
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Congressman. At the start of the Civil War, he enrolled in the Union Army as a 1st lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry. He served with the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry the entire war, being promoted Lieutenant Colonel in command and was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers in June 1865. After the war, he was elected a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates and Secretary of State of West Virginia, serving...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

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