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Adams, Spencer Dewey b. June 21, 1898 d. November 25, 1970
Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball as an infielder for four seasons (1923, 1935 to 1927), each one with a different team (Pittsburgh Pirates in 1923, Washington Senators in 1925, New York Yankees in 1926, and St. Louis Browns in 1927). Although his brief Major League career totaled only 180 games and 395 at-bats, he was part of two World Series teams. In 1925 he appeared in 63 games for the American League Pennant winning Senators, and played in two World Series games...[Read More]
Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, USA
Plot: 1-16-B-7
Aime, Laura b. August 21, 1957 d. October 30, 1974
Murder Victim. She was one of the over 30 victims murdered by serial killer Ted Bundy. She had disappeared on her way home from a Halloween party in October 1974, and her body was found a month later in American Fork Canyon, Utah. Bundy confessed to her murder shortly before his execution. (Bio by: Jennifer M.)
Fairview City (Upper) Cemetery, Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah, USA
Plot: U12_14_1
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)
Ansley, Michelle b. January 24, 1956 d. April 22, 1974
Murder Victim. Victim of the 1974 Hi-Fi Shop Murders in Ogden, Utah. On April 22, 1974, Dale Pierre, William Andrews, and Keith Roberts, all airmen in the US Air Force, entered the Hi-Fi Shop in Ogden, Utah. Pierre and Andrews forced five people (two women and three men) to drink Liquid Drano. Pierre then shot them in the head. Two of the victims, Cortney Naisbitt and Orren Walker survived. Carol Naisbitt (Cortney's mother), Stanley Walker (Orren's son) and Michelle Ansley (who was also raped...[Read More]
Cause of death: Shot to death after being forced to drink Liquid Drano
Lindquists Washington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Bagley, Don b. July 18, 1927 d. July 26, 2012
Jazz Musician. A double bassist and bandleader, he shall be remembered for his collaboration with many of the legends of his time. Raised in Southern California, he studied at Los Angeles City College and at Pierce College, made his 1944 professional debut with the Hollywood Teenagers, and from 1945 until 1949 served in the US Navy Band. Associated with Stan Kenton from 1950 thru 1954 he also partnered such well known performers as Nat King Cole, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, and Maynard Ferguson...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Bamberger, Simon b. February 27, 1846 d. October 6, 1926
Utah Governor. Governor of Utah, serving 1917 to 1921.
His parents were Emanuel Bamberger and Helene Fleisch, both of Germany. He was the husband of Ida Maas

BNai Israel Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Bart the Bear b. January, 1977 d. May, 2000
Animal Actor. Doug and Lynne Seus adopted Bart when he was 5 weeks old, a tiny Kodiak brown bear that was born in a zoo to a captive bear. Bart grew to over nine feet tall and weighed over 1,500 pounds in his prime. Because of his impressive size and good-natured demeanor, Bart was in huge demand in the film industry. He starred in two dozen feature films and television episodes, including "The Bear", "The Great Outdoors", "White Fang", and "Legends of the Fall". In 1990, Bart became a global...[Read More]
Wasatch Mountains at the Seus Ranch, Summit County, Utah, USA
Bell, Terrel Howard b. November 11, 1921 d. June 22, 1996
US Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He served in the Marines during World War II, saw combat in the Pacific Theater, and was discharged as a First Sergeant. He received a bachelor's degree from Southern Idaho College in 1946 and began a career as a teacher, school administrator and college professor, earning a master's degree from the University of Idaho in 1954 and a doctorate from the University of Utah in 1961. From 1963 to 1970 he was Utah's Superintendent of Public Education, and from 1970...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Larkin Sunset Gardens, Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Bennett, Wallace Foster b. December 13, 1898 d. December 19, 1993
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I, U.S. Senator from Utah, 1951-1973, 1974-1975.
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Bennion, Mervyn Sharp b. May 5, 1887 d. December 7, 1941
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Mervyn Sharp Bennion was Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. West Virginia when it was hit by the Japanese in thier suprise attack on December 7, 1941. His CMOH citation reads: For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. As Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. West Virginia...[Read More] (Bio by: Soorus)
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: West-3-148-1-Cent
Bernhisel, John Milton b. July 23, 1799 d. September 28, 1881
Delegate to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1851-1859, 1861-1863.
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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
Blood, Henry Hooper b. October 1, 1872 d. June 19, 1942
Politician. Governor of Utah from 1933 to 1941. Elected Governor as a Democrat in 1932, Blood's administration covered the difficult years of the Great Depression and his fiscal policy was based on the philosophy of "Pay as you go." During his tenure, a two percent sales tax was adopted and many CCC and WPA projects were acquired for the state. As war clouds gathered, he was among the first political leaders to advocate aid for the Allies. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, USA
Bosone, Reva Zilpha b. April 2, 1895 d. July 21, 1983
US Congresswoman. She was elected as a Democrat to represent Utah's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1949 to 1953.
American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah County, Utah, USA
Brooks, Juanita Leone Leavitt Pulsipher b. January 15, 1898 d. August 26, 1989
Author. A native of Bunkerville, Nevada, she was a historian whose expertise was the American West and Mormon history. A lifetime member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, she was a graduate of the BYU and Columbia University. She later served as a member on the Board of Directors for the Utah Historical Society, for whom she also wrote numerous historical articles, family narratives, and a biographical work on her grandfather, Dudley Leavitt. She also worked as an English...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Saint George City Cemetery, Saint George, Washington 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
Browning, John Moses b. January 23, 1855 d. November 26, 1926
Inventor. Born in Ogden, Utah, he was renowned gunsmith making his first gun from scrap metal when he was thirteen. He patented his first weapon a breech-loading single-shot rifle in 1879 and began work on an automatic machine gun in the 1890s. In 1895, his invention of the Browning machine-gun was purchased by the US Navy. The first automatic pistol designed by Browning was the .32 caliber Model 1900, followed by his most noted design the .45 ACP M1911 Government Model and Browning High-Power...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Caine, John Thomas b. January 8, 1829 d. September 20, 1911
US Congressman. Born in the Isle of Man, he immigrated to the United States in 1846 and lived in New York City until he settled in the Territory of Utah as a teacher in 1852. He served as Secretary of the Utah Territorial Council for sessions from 1856 to 1882 and was recorder of Salt Lake City, 1876 to 1882. In 1882, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses and on the People's Party ticket to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses, serving...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Cannon, Frank Jenne b. January 25, 1859 d. July 25, 1933
US Senator. United States Senator from Utah, serving from 1896 to 1899.
Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Cannon, George Quayle b. January 11, 1827 d. April 12, 1901
Religious Leader. Born in Liverpool, England, his father became aware of the Mormon Gospel when his sister, Leonora Cannon, with her husband and future president of the church, John Taylor, was baptized by Parley P. Pratt in 1836. Four years later, John Taylor, while on a mission in England, baptized George Q. and his family. George's mother died during their emigration to Nauvoo in America. Two years after the family's arrival in Nauvoo, George's father also died. In 1849 he served a Mission...[Read More] (Bio by: Chad Stowell)
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

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