Find A Grave - Wyoming

Hathaway, Stanley Knapp b. July 19, 1924 d. October 4, 2005
Wyoming Governor. He served as Governor of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Valley View Cemetery, Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming, USA
Herschler, Edgar J. 'Ed' b. October 27, 1918 d. February 5, 1990
Wyoming Governor from 1975 to 1987.
Kemmerer City Cemetery, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA
Hewins, Edwin Mortimer b. March 22, 1839 d. 1898
US Congressman. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Kansas in the State House of Representatives, he served the 95th District from 1877 to 1879. Also served as a Member of the Kansas State Senate for the 21st District from 1885 to 1887. (Bio by: K)
Hewins Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
Hickey, John Joseph 'JJ' b. August 22, 1911 d. September 22, 1970
US Governor. Served in the United States Army during World War II (1939-1945). Served as Governor of Wyoming from 1959 to 1961. Also served as United States District Attorney for Wyoming from 1949 to 1953, United States Senator from Wyoming from 1961 to 1962, and Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit from 1966 to 1970. (Bio by: K)
Rawlins Cemetery, Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA
Horton, Frank Ogilvie b. October 11, 1882 d. August 17, 1948
US Congressman. He attended the public schools was an 1899 graduate of Morgan Park Military Academy in Illinois and a 1903 graduate of the University of Chicago. He served as a private in Company C, Fiftieth Iowa Regiment during the Spanish American War. In 1905 he moved to Saddlestring, Wyoming and entered the livestock business. In 1921 he entered Wyoming Republican politics and served as a state representative from 1921 to 1923 and as a state senator from 1923 to 1931. He was president of...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Willow Grove Cemetery, Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming, USA
Houx, Frank b. December 12, 1854 d. April 3, 1941
Wyoming Governor. Mayor of Cody in 1901 and from 1905 to 1909. Elected Secretary of State of Wyoming in 1910 and Governor of the state from 1917 to 1919. He is buried in Cody, Wyoming. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Riverside Cemetery, Cody, Park County, Wyoming, USA
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
Johnston, John Jeremiah b. 1824 d. January 21, 1900
American Folk Figure. He became legendary as a frontier "Mountain Man". Born in New Jersey. he reportedly joined the United States Navy in 1846 during the Mexican American War but deserted after striking an officer, changing his name to John Johnston and heading west. In Wyoming he made his living as a hunter, trapper and woodhawk. He moved on to Montana in 1862, and in 1864 he joined the Union Army as a sharpshooter in Company H, 2nd Volunteer Colorado Cavalry, serving in Missouri. Wounded in...[Read More] (Bio by: O'side Native)
Old Trail Town Cemetery, Cody, Park County, Wyoming, USA
Kendrick, John Benjamin b. September 6, 1857 d. November 11, 1933
Wyoming Governor, US Senator. He served as Governor of Wyoming from 1915 to 1917. He resigned as Governor upon being elected to the United States Senate and served there from 1917 until his death in 1933. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Sheridan 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
LeFors, Joe (Joseph S.) b. 1865 d. October 1, 1940
Western Lawman. Born Joseph S. LeFors in Paris, Texas, he began his career in law enforcement in 1887, as a Wyoming Livestock Inspector recovering rustled cattle. In 1899, he was appointed a Deputy US Marshal and led a posse to capture Butch Cassidy's gang for train robberies in the territory. He is perhaps most noted for gaining a confession from Tom Horn whom was the primary suspect in the murder of Willie Nickell during the Iron Mountain Montana, range wars of 1902. After the hanging of Horn...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Willow Grove Cemetery, Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming, USA
Plot: Block 51, Lot 8, Space 1
Lucas, Franklin Earl b. August 4, 1876 d. November 26, 1948
Governor of Wyoming. After completing an eighth grade education he served an apprenticeship in printing in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1899 he moved to Buffalo, Wyoming where he pursued a career with the Buffalo Bulletin where he became owner and publisher and worked for 46 years. He became involved in Wyoming Republican politics and served in both the Wyoming House and Senate. In 1922 he was elected as Secretary of State. He became governor of Wyoming upon the death of William B Ross in 1924 and...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Willow Grove Cemetery, Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming, USA
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
McLennon, John b. 1855 d. May 14, 1888
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in Company A, 7th U.S. Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on August 9, 1877 at Big Hole, Montana. His citation reads "Gallantry in action." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Rock Springs Cemetery, Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
Plot: Catholic Section
Mercer, Asa Shinn b. June 6, 1839 d. August 10, 1917
Asa Mercer joined his older brother in Seattle in 1859 shortly after graduating from college in Ohio. From 1861-1863 he was the first president of the University of Washington. After he left the university he decided to personally remedy the lack of single women in Seattle by going to get some. He brought the first group in 1864, and another group in 1866. These efforts were the basis for the 60's TV series "Here Come the Brides". Later he moved to Wyoming and became a newspaper editor. His...[Read More] (Bio by: Ann Gillespie)
Hyattville Cemetery, Hyattville, Big Horn 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

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