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• Adams, Maj. William Edward    b. June 16, 1939  d. May 25, 1971
  Vietnam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the war in Vietnam in the United States Army as a Major and helicopter pilot in the A/227th Assault Helicopter Company, 52d Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in the Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam, on May 25, 1971. His citation reads "On that date, Maj. Adams volunteered to fly a lightly armed helicopter in an attempt to evacuate 3 seriously wounded soldiers from a small fire...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Section P, Site 3831
   
• 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
   
• Bass, John   b. 1850  d. September, 1888
  Early Professional Baseball Player. Shortstop in first major league, National Assocciation, debuting May 4, 1871 with Cleveland Forest Citys where he played 22 games and batted .303 and led the team in triples and tied for most home runs; next year at age 22 hit a double for the Brooklyn Atlantics in seven at bats; with the Hartford Dark Blues he batted .250 in his final season, 1877. In 1888 living in Brooklyn he came down with tuberculosis; moved to Denver for the clean air to recover and...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
  Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
  GPS coordinates: 39.7961388, -104.9591370 (hddd.dddd)
   
• 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
   
• Belford, James Burns    b. September 28, 1837  d. January 10, 1910
  US Congressman. In 1876, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress and served until 1877, when he was succeeded by Thomas M. Patterson, who contested his election. In 1879, he was elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving until 1885. Unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he engaged in the practice of law in Denver, Colorado until his death. His cousin was US Congressman Joseph McCrum Belford. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
   
• Bennet, Hiram Pitt    b. September 2, 1826  d. November 11, 1914
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent the territory of Colorado in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1861 to 1865. He was a member of the first Colorado State Senate in 1876. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
  Riverside 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
   
• Bromwell, Henry Pelham Holmes    b. August 26, 1823  d. January 7, 1903
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent Illinois and served in the US Congress from 1865 to 1869. In 1879 he was appointed to compile the general statutes of Colorado. (Bio by: Eric Crow)
  Riverside 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
   
• Buckingham, Richard Green    b. September 14, 1816  d. 1889
  13th Denver Mayor. He enlisted in 4th Virginia Cavalry in September 1861; his unit participated in various battles at Willimaburg, Manassas, Fredericksburg and in the Shenandoah Valley. Upon surrender in April 1865, only 20 of the original 450 members were present. After release from POW camp, Buckingham relocated with his family to Denver, Kansas Territory, where he was a successful physician and became the first president of the Denver Medical Society and the Colorado Mediacal Society. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
  Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: Section 15
  GPS coordinates: 39.7921486, -104.9635315 (hddd.dddd)
   
• 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
   
• Caron, George    b. October 31, 1919  d. June 3, 1995
  World War II United State Army Air Corps Officer. He was the tailgunner on the "Enola Gay," the plane that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
  Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
  Plot: 8, 0, 1106 [unmarked]
   

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