Find A Grave - Lincoln

Marquett, Turner Mastin b. July 19, 1831 d. December 22, 1894
US Congressman. Elected to represent Nebraska as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1867. Also served as a Member of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature from 1857 to 1859, and Member of the Nebraska Territorial Council from 1860 to 1861. (Bio by: K)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
McKelvie, Samuel Roy 'S.R.' b. April 15, 1881 d. October 6, 1956
Nebraska Governor. Served as Governor of Nebraska from 1919 to 1923, and Lieutenant Governor from 1913 to 1915. (Bio by: K)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Montgomery, Milton b. May 3, 1825 d. May 23, 1897
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He was the commanding oficer of the 25th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during most of the Civil War. He lost his right arm at the Battle of Decatur during Sherman's Atlanta Campaign on July 22, 1864. After the war, he was awarded Brevet Brigadier General, USV, on March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign in Georgia and the Carolinas. After the war he resumed his career as a lawyer. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Section 4, lot 847
Nance, Albinus b. March 30, 1848 d. December 7, 1911
5th Nebraksa Governor.
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Poynter, William Amos b. May 29, 1848 d. April 5, 1909
Nebraska Governor. Served as Governor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901. (Bio by: K)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Shepard, Larry b. April 3, 1919 d. April 5, 2011
Major League Baseball Manager, Coach. He began his lengthy association with the sport as a pitcher in 1941 (he served with the US Military during World War II). In 1948, Shepard launched his managerial career with the Brooklyn Dodgers' and Pittsburgh Pirates' organizations before reaching the Major League level as a pitching coach with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1967. In 1968, he succeeded Danny Murtaugh as the...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Mausoleum
Starkweather, Charles b. November 24, 1938 d. June 25, 1959
Mass Murderer. He and his girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, were convicted of killing 11 men, women and children in a murder spree that ran over of ten week period, although the majority of persons were killed in the last two weeks of the spree. The killing spree later served as the basis of such Hollywood films as "Born Bad" (1999), "Badlands" (1973), "The Sadist" (1963), "Natural Born Killers" (1994), and other films. Born the third child to a poor family of seven children of Guy and Helen...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Executed in 1959
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Plot: Section 28, Space 996
Strode, Jesse Burr b. February 18, 1845 d. November 10, 1924
US Congressman. Elected to represent Nebraska's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1899. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1892.
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Teena (Brandon), Brandon (Teena) b. December 12, 1972 d. December 31, 1993
Murder victim. Subject of the 1999 award-winning movie "Boy's Don't Cry," and of the television documentary "The Teena Brandon Story," and featured in many television magazine-show pieces. Born a female and named Teena Renae Brandon, Brandon preferred to live as a male. Brandon and two of his friends were murdered in a farmhouse near Humboldt, Nebraska. Note: Brandon Teena was not his legal name, but one of the names he most commonly used.
Cause of death: Murdered
Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Thayer, Gen. John Milton b. January 24, 1820 d. March 19, 1906
Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Senator, Nebraska Governor. Born in Bellingham, Massachusetts, he briefly taught school before graduating from Brown University in 1841. Studying law, he opened an office in Worcester, Massachusetts, and in 1854 moved to Nebraska Territory, where he farmed near Omaha. A former Lieutenant of a militia company in Worcester, he was appointed the territory's first Brigadier General of militia when the Pawnees staged an uprising. He performed capably in that...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Thorpe, Roy Henry b. 1874 d. 1951
US Congressman. Elected to represent Nebraska's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1922 to 1923. (Bio by: K)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Vifquain, Victor b. May 20, 1836 d. January 7, 1904
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born Jean-Baptiste Victor Vifquain, he came to the United States at the age of 16. In 1857, he settled in the Blue River Valley of Saline County, Nebraska. He enlisted with the 53rd New York Infantry on January 10, 1861, was commissioned on October 16, 1861 and mustered out on Mar 12, 1862. He was appointed Adjutant of the 97th Illinois Infantry in September 1862, and was brevetted to Brigadier General on March 13, 1865. On April 9, 1865, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Beth Painter)
Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Ward, C. Lauer b. August 5, 1910 d. January 28, 1958
Murder Victim. One of the victims of infamous killer Charles Starkweather. (Bio by: Laurie)
Cause of death: Gunshot
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Ward, Clara b. June 2, 1907 d. January 28, 1958
Murder Victim. One of the victims of infamous killer Charles Starkweather. (Bio by: Laurie)
Cause of death: Gunshot
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Williams, Bobby Ray b. February 28, 1942 d. August 5, 2012
Professional Football Player. For five seasons (1966 to 1967, 1969 to 1971), he played at the defensive back position in the National Football League with the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Lions. Raised in Nebraska, he attended Lincoln High School and played collegiate football at the University of Central Oklahoma. While with the Bronchos, Williams lettered in track and was a prominent member of their football squad which captured the 1962 NAIA National Championship. In addition, he earned...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA

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