Find A Grave - Laramie County

Barber, Amos Walker b. July 25, 1861 d. May 18, 1915
Acting Governor of Wyoming from 1890 until 1893. Trained as a physician, he was elected Secretary of State of Wyoming in 1890, and ascended to the governor's chair upon the resignation of Governor Francis E. Warren to take a seat in the U. S. Senate in 1890. As governor, he called out the state militia to quell a Pine Ridge Indian outbreak, and asked for federal assistance to settle the Rustler War between cattlemen and sheepmen in Johnson County in 1892. He returned to his medical practice in...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Blyzka, Michael John b. December 28, 1928 d. October 13, 2004
Major Leagye Baseball Player. A native of Hamtramck, Michigan, he made his major league debut on April 21, 1953, and played his final game on September 25, 1954, playing for the St. Louis Browns in 1953, and the Baltimore Orioles in 1954. In 2 seasons Blyzka pitched a 3-11 record with a 3.58 ERA in 180.2 innings pitched. Blyzka was also a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Army. After his baseball career he ended up taking work as a salesman and bartender. He passed...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Carey, Joseph Maull b. January 19, 1845 d. February 5, 1924
US Politician. Served many posts including, Justice of the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court in 1871, Mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1881, Delegate to the United States Congress from Wyoming Territory from 1885 to 1890, United States Senator from Wyoming from 1890 to 1895, and Governor of Wyoming from 1911-1915. (Bio by: K)
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Carey, Robert Davis b. August 12, 1878 d. January 17, 1937
US Senator, US Governor. Served as United States Senator from Wyoming from 1930 to his death in 1937 and Governor of Wyoming from 1919-1923. (Bio by: K)
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Chatterton, Fenimore b. July 21, 1860 d. May 5, 1958
Wyoming Governor. In Novermber of 1903, Chatterton refused to commute the hanging sentence of Tom Horn. Powerful people in the Cheyenne community warned Chatterton that this action would stop him from ever holding public office again. They were right. He lost the next election and never held public office again.
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Plot: Marker #1 on the cemetery walking tour
Corlett, William Wellington b. April 10, 1842 d. July 22, 1890
US Congressman. He graduated from Ohio's Willoughby Collegiate Institute in 1861 and enlisted as a Private for the Civil War in July, 1862. He was captured with most of his regiment at Harper's Ferry in September. After he was paroled, Corlett returned to Ohio and taught school. He reentered the Army in 1863 and served until the end of the war in 1865. He then attended law school at the University of Michigan and Cleveland's Ohio State and Union Law College, graduating in 1866 and attaining...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Crane, Arthur Griswold b. September 1, 1877 d. August 12, 1955
Acting Governor of Wyoming from 1949 until 1951. He was elected Secretary of State of Wyoming in 1946 and ascended to the governor's chair with the resignation of Lester Hunt in 1948. As governor, he supported a number of state building projects. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Beth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Doolen, William b. 1841 d. September 14, 1895
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His true name was William Dolan. He served as a Coal Heaver in the Union Navy. His citation reads "On board the USS Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although knocked down and seriously wounded in the head, Doolen refused to leave his station as shot and shell passed. Calm and courageous, he rendered gallant service throughout the prolonged battle, which resulted in...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Plot: Block 1, Row 6, Lot 15
Emerson, Frank Collins b. May 26, 1882 d. February 18, 1931
Governor of Wyoming from 1927 until 1931. He was State Engineer from 1919 until 1927. In that capacity, he took a leading part in the drafting of the Colorado River Compact among seven western states interested in the disposition of that river's waters. In 1926, he was elected Governor of the state, defeating Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross. He was re-elected in 1930, but died six weeks into his second term. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Fisher, Joseph Washington b. October 16, 1814 d. October 18, 1900
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served during the Civil War first as Colonel and commander of the 5th Pennsylvania Reserves, then as Colonel and commander of the 195th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. During the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, he commanded a brigade in the Army of the Potomac. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on November 4, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". After the end of the conflict, he served as Chief Justice of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Plot: Section F, Lot 209
Hunt, Lester Callaway b. July 8, 1892 d. June 19, 1954
Politician. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I. He was a member of Wyoming state house of representatives in 1933-34. He was secretary of state of Wyoming in 1935-43. A delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming in 1940, 1944, 1948. He was Governor of Wyoming in 1943-49. A U.S. Senator from Wyoming in 1949-54. Despairing over his poor health and threats to expose his son's arrest for homosexual solicitation, he shot himself in the head with a rifle, and died soon after. (Bio by: Imagine)
Beth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Lacey, John W. b. 1848 d. 1936
Lawyer. Served as the Attorney that defended Western Outlaw figure Tom Horn in the 1903 murder trial of Willie Nickle.
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Plot: Marker #15 on the cemetery walking tour
McIntyre, John Joseph b. 1904 d. November 30, 1974
US Congressman. Elected to represent Wyoming in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1941 to 1943. Also served as a Candidate for Governor of Wyoming in 1950, and Justice of the Wyoming State Supreme Court from 1960 to his death in 1974. (Bio by: K)
Cheyenne Memorial Gardens, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Merrill, John Mitchell b. 1846 d. June 10, 1883
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army in Company F, 5th US Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on September 29, 1879 at Milk River, Colorado. His citation reads "Though painfully wounded, he remained on duty and rendered gallant and valuable service." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Miller, Leslie A. b. January 29, 1886 d. September 29, 1970
Governor of Wyoming from 1933 to 1939. As a depression governor, his most difficult problem was financing the state government. During his tenure, Wyoming initiated a sales tax. He took a controversial stand favoring the expansion of Grand Teton National Park. In a re-election bid in 1938, he was defeated by Republican Nels Smith. From 1942 until 1944, he was regional director of the War Production Board. He also served from 1940 until his death on the board of the Jackson Hole Preserve. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Beth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Morris, Esther Hobart b. August 18, 1814 d. April 2, 1902
Suffragist. She was appointed Justice of the Peace for South Pass City, Wyoming, in 1870, making her the first woman ever to hold such a position. She worked for the attainment of suffrage for women in Wyoming. Statues of her stand in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol and before the Wyoming State Capitol.
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Nickell, Willie b. May 4, 1887 d. July 18, 1901
Western Frontier Figure. Young western rancher who was murdered during the Iron Mountain Range War. At the time he was wearing his father's coat and hat and was riding his father's favorite horse. The ranch of Kels Nickell, was the only sheepherder in the area and it was believed that the killer mistook Willie for his father. Victor Miller, a neighbor who was involved in a feud with Kels over the sheep being in Wyoming cattle country, was initially suspected of the crime. Ultimately suspicion...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Plot: Lot 950, Space D
O'Mahoney, Joseph Christopher b. November 5, 1884 d. December 1, 1962
US Senator. United States Senator from Wyoming, serving from 1934 to 1953. Also served as a Member of the Democratic National Committee from 1929 to 1934. (Bio by: K)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Phillips (Cardoso), John (Manual Felipe) b. April 8, 1832 d. November 18, 1883
Folk Figure. Known as "Portugese" Phillips, he rode 236 miles for help following the Fetterman Massacre, in the dead of winter through hostile Indian territory, to bring rescue to surrounded troops at Fort Phil Kearny. Born Manual Felipe Cardoso, the fourth of nine children of Felipe and Maria Cardoso, in Terra, on the island of Pico, in the Azores Islands. In 1850, at the age of 18, he left the Azores on a whaling vessel bound for California, where he intended to pan for gold. For the next...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Richards, DeForest b. August 6, 1846 d. April 28, 1903
Wyoming Governor. Served as Governor of Wyoming, serving from 1899 to 1903.
Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Plot: Lot 1163 Space A

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