Find A Grave - Alaska

Roosevelt, Kermit b. October 10, 1889 d. June 4, 1943
Explorer, Soldier, Businessman, and Author. He was the second child of former President Theodore Roosevelt and his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. After attending an Episcopalian college preparatory school, Groton, in Groton, Massachusetts, he completed a four year course at Harvard in two and a half years. After his freshman year he accompanied his father on a safari to Africa. In 1913 to1914 he accompanied his father on an expedition to South America to explore the River of Doubt...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Cause of death: Suicide
Fort Richardson National Cemetery, Fort Richardson, Anchorage Borough, Alaska, USA
Smith, Jefferson Randolph 'Soapy' b. 1860 d. July 8, 1898
Western Folk Figure, Crime Figure. A native of Georgia, he became known as the "King of the Frontier Con Men" for his many bunko swindles inflicted upon unwary victims all across the American west. He earned the sobriquet of "Soapy" by way of his most infamous swindle, "the Prize Package Soap Sell Swindle", in which, through slight-of-hand, he falsely wrapped money, ranging up to a $100 bill, inside the soap wrappers, and mixed them with pre-wrapped cakes of soap containing no money. He sold...[Read More] (Bio by: Jeff Smith)
Gold Rush Cemetery, Skagway, Skagway Borough, Alaska, USA
Sonihat, Chief b. 1855 d. 1912
Chief - He was the chief of the Haida Indians from the Queen Charlotte Islands. After this Native American tribe had lost almost 90 percent of their population to European diseases such as small pox and measles, Christianity was forced upon them being told by Russian Orthodox and other Christian missionaries that Christianity was the only way for the the people to survive. Chief Sonihat relented and became a christian and the remainder of the tribe followed. What is left of the Haida Natives...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Haida Indian Cemetery, Kasaan, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
Plot: Chief's plot
Swineford, Alfred P. b. September 14, 1836 d. October 26, 1909
Governor of Alaska District from 1885 to 1889, and Member of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1871. (Bio by: K)
Evergreen Cemetery, Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska, USA
Troy, John Weir b. October 31, 1868 d. May 2, 1942
Governor of Alaska Territory. He was educated in Callam County, became a reporter for his uncle's newspaper, the Port Townsend Argus, and later published and edited his own paper, the Port Angeles Weekly Democratic Leader. From 1889 to 1892 he was Deputy County Auditor and Deputy County Clerk. He became County Auditor in 1892 and served until 1897. That year he went to Alaska to report on the gold rush for a Seattle newspaper and also became manager of a Skagway pack train service. While living...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Evergreen Cemetery, Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska, USA
Plot: Elks Lodge Section
Van Winkle, Archie [cenotaph] b. March 17, 1925 d. May 20, 1986
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was awarded the CMOH for his heroic actions of November 2, 1950. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a Platoon Sergeant in Company B, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in the vicinity of Sudong, Korea, on 2 November 1950. Immediately rallying the men in his area...[Read More] (Bio by: ronzoni)
Sitka National Cemetery, Sitka, Sitka Borough, Alaska, USA

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