Find A Grave - New Mexico

Abruzzo, Benjamin b. June 9, 1930 d. February 11, 1985
Adventurer. He was a member of the two crews that were the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean in hot air balloons. Although a native of Rockford, Illinois he adopted New Mexico as his home state after being stationed there at Kirtland Air Force Base while in the United States Air Force. It was in New Mexico that he developed an interest in hot air ballooning. In 1978 he along with, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman left Presque Isle, Maine and landed six days later in France...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Plot: Garden of the Ascension
Anderson, Clinton Presba b. October 23, 1895 d. November 11, 1975
US Congressman, US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Elected to represent New Mexico as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1941 until 1945, when he resigned to accept the appointment of Secretary of Agriculture in the first Truman Administration. He served in that office from 1945 until 1948. He was then elected as a Senator from New Mexico to the United States Senate, serving from 1949 to 1973. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Anderson, Maxie Aron b. September 10, 1934 d. June 27, 1983
Adventurer. He, along with Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman, won worldwide fame when they piloted the Double Eagle helium balloon across the Atlantic in August 1978. They began their successful transatlantic crossing from Presque Isle, Maine, and flew 3,107.61 miles in 137 hours, 5 minutes and 60 seconds. He was killed in a balloon crash in Germany.
Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Plot: Block 24, Section 94, Grave 4
GPS coordinates: 35.0639992, -106.3803864 (hddd.dddd)
Anderson, Robert Orville b. April 13, 1917 d. December 2, 2007
Industrialist, Philanthropist. Born in Chicago to Swedish immigrants, he founded the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company in 1966, which came to be known as ARCO and was the seventh largest oil company in the nation. He is best known for ARCO's 1968 discovery of the giant Prudhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska, the largest ever discovered in North America. Not just a business man, he was president and then chairman of the Aspen Institute over the course of 30 years. Concerned about global warming, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Arny, William Frederick Milton b. May 9, 1813 d. September 18, 1881
New Mexico Territorial Secretary. He was well educated for the day, and notably religious. He was converted from the Baptist to the Disciples of Christ Church and formed a lifelong relationship with that church to the point of traveling widely and conducting revival meetings. In 1848 a split over church matters developed and he moved to Bloomington, Illinois where he became interested in scientific agriculture, printing, and teaching. A new dispute occurred and in 1856 he moved to Kansas...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
Plot: Plot C, Grave 490
Ashworth, Frederick Lincoln b. January 24, 1911 d. December 3, 2005
World War II United States Naval Officer. He was the weaponeer aboard World War II B-29 "Bock's Car", which dropped the atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945. Born in Massachusetts, he was a 1933 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. With the United States entry into World War II, he was assigned to the Manhattan Project and the construction of the atom bomb. On August 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, Ashworth was assigned on board the "Bock's Car"...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
Plot: Section 5, Grave 331E
Baca, Elfego b. February 10, 1865 d. August 27, 1945
Mexican American Folk Hero. He became known as a fearless lawman in the New Mexico Territory during the late 1800's. Many settlers from Texas moved into New mexico Territory. Cultural conflicts between the Texans and the Mexican Americans reached a peak with violence as the result. The Texans bullied the Mexican Americans and often robbed or murdered them. Baca became famous for his part in an incident in the town of Upper Frisco, now known as Reserve. in 1884 Baca, who was deputy sheriff...[Read More] (Bio by: DianeMolina)
Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Baker, John Willard b. June 29, 1944 d. November 26, 1970
Track coach, athlete. Ranked 8th among the world's indoor milers at the height of his career. Teacher. Subject of William J. Buchanan's 1978 book, "A Shining Season." (Bio by: Robert Word)
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Plot: Mausoleum
Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse b. August 6, 1840 d. March 18, 1914
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier was an American archaeologist for which Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico is named. Bandelier was born in Bern, Switzerland on August 6, 1840. As a young child, in 1848, he emigrated with his family to the United States and settled in the Swiss emigrant colony of Highland, Illinois. Bandelier returned with his father back to Switzerland in 1857 to continue his education, and returned back to Highland in 1861 to marry Josephine "Joe" Huegy. His early...[Read More] (Bio by: Jason Lott)
Bandelier National Monument, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
Plot: Ashes Scattered in Frijoles Canyon
Bascom, Capt. George N b. 1837 d. February 21, 1862
Army Officer. Bascom's actions in dealing with the kidnapping of a rancher's son led to a bloody 20 year war with the Chiricahua Apaches. In February 1861, Pinal Apaches raided the ranch of John Ward in southeastern Arizona. During the raid they kidnapped Ward's adopted son. Bascom commanding a small detail of soldiers was sent to Apache Pass with orders to rescue the child. Bascom, a West Point Graduate and recently assigned to the Arizona Territory, had limited knowledge on the different...[Read More] (Bio by: Randy)
Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
Plot: Section I, Unmarked
Bauman, Joe b. April 16, 1922 d. September 20, 2005
Professional Baseball Player. His 72 minor-league home runs in 1954 stood as a professional baseball record until Barry Bonds hit 73 in 2001. He played for the Roswell Rockets of the Longhorn League during the 1950s. Bauman, a left-handed first baseman, was 32 when he hit .400 over 138 games in 1954. He was a hulking man at 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds when he hit 337 homers in nine minor league seasons. After retiring, he settled in Roswell, running a service station and later working for a beer...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Memory Lawn Memorial Park, Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
Bent, Charles b. November 11, 1799 d. January 19, 1847
New Mexico Territorial Governor.
Cause of death: Murdered
Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
Bonney (McCarty), William (Henry) 'Billy The Kid' b. November 23, 1859 d. July 15, 1881
Legendary Outlaw. He was born in New York City as Henry McCarty. His mother's name was Catherine McCarty. Not very much information is known about his father except that he died when the Kid was young. Eventually, Catherine moved with the Kid and his brother Joseph to Wichita Kansas. After his first brush with the law, Catherine was diagnosed with tuberculosis and decided to move to New Mexico, where she remarried and died in 1874. When he was arrested for theft of laundry the Kid escaped from...[Read More] (Bio by: Jip)
Old Fort Sumner Cemetery, Fort Sumner, DeBaca County, New Mexico, USA
Bonnyman Jr., Alexander [cenotaph] b. May 2, 1910 d. November 22, 1943
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II as 1st Lieutenant and Executive Officer for the Second Battalion Shore Party, Eighth Marines, Second Marine Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the assault against enemy Japanese-held Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, from November 20 to 22, 1943. His citation reads "Acting on his own initiative when assault troops were pinned down at the far end of Betio Pier...[Read More]
Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
Plot: Ma-84 (cenotaph)
GPS coordinates: 35.4174614, -105.5697632 (hddd.dddd)
Bowdre, Charlie b. 1848 d. December 23, 1880
Outlaw. Likely born in Wilkes County, Georgia although at times he also claimed Mississippi and Tennessee as his birthplace. Raised on his parents' farm, much of his youth remains a mystery. Records indicated that he traveled west in 1874, meeting Doc Scurlock in Arizona, and then moving on to New Mexico. The pair were hired by John Tunstall of Lincoln County and joined William Bonney - later known as Billy the Kid - as original members of the Lincoln County Regulators, participating in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Old Fort Sumner Cemetery, Fort Sumner, DeBaca County, New Mexico, USA
Bowman, Alonzo b. June 15, 1848 d. October 4, 1885
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Indian Wars as a Sergeant in Company D, 6th United States Regular Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Cibicu Creek, Arizona on August 30, 1881. His citation reads "Conspicuous and extraordinary bravery in attacking mutinous scouts". His Medal was issued on November 4, 1882. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fort Bayard National Cemetery, Fort Bayard, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Plot: Section A, Row I, Grave 31
Bratling, Frank [memorial] b. 1845 d. July 3, 1873
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. After moving from Germany to the United States he joined the United States Army in Louisville, Kentucky on July 27, 1870. Serving as a Corporal in Company C, 8th United States Cavalry, he was stationed at Fort Selden in Don Ana County, New Mexico, which had been built to protect settlers in the area and those settlers that were passing through from the Indians. In July of 1873, the 8th Cavalry's Captain George W. Chilson and ten men departed...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort McRae Post Cemetery (Defunct), Elephant Butte, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Bratton, Sam Gilbert b. August 19, 1888 d. September 22, 1963
Politician. Served as District Judge (1919-1922), Justice of New Mexico State Supreme Court (1923-1924), U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1925-1933), and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (1933, 1953).
Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Brewer, Richard M. b. February 19, 1850 d. April 4, 1878
Western Rancher and Lawman. On March 1, 1878, at the beginning of the Lincoln County War, New Mexico, he was appointed constable by the Magistrate. His group known as �The Regulators� included Billy the Kid and other deputies. There purpose was serving arrest warrants to members of the Dolan Gang for the ambush and murder of John Tunstall. On April 4, 1878, he led the Regulators to Blazer's Mills to eat. While they were there, Buckshot Roberts, a man they held a warrant for, arrived and a wild...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Blazer Cemetery, Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
Buell, Harold Chapin b. October 13, 1917 d. December 26, 2002
Ubited States Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Manhattan Project that developed the first Atomic Bombs. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA

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