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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: El Paso County, Colo.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Romig</b>; <b>"Dog-Team Doctor"</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/EW-born.html">Edwards County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/09-03.html">September 3, 1872</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/anchorage.html">mayor of Anchorage, Alaska</a>, 1937-38. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/czech-slovak.html">Moravian</a> ancestry. Died in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/index.html">1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Original interment somewhere; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-buried.html#cms07389">Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Anchorage, Alaska. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joseph Romig and Margaret (Ricksecker) Romig; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Ella Mae Ervin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Romig <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Junior High School</a> (opened 1966; now Romig <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Middle School</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-names.html">Anchorage, Alaska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph H. Romig">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00546">Evergreen Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 1005 South Hancock Avenue <br> Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado <br> <i>Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1993</i><br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=57264&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (1869-1940)</b> — also known as <b>Oliver H. Shoup</b> — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-born.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/12-13.html">December 13, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Oil business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/CO.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/09-30.html">September 30, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William R. Shoup and Delia J. (Ferris) Shoup; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/09-18.html">September 18, 1891</a>, to Unetta Small.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/oliver-henry-nelson-shoup/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7365678">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Clay Hall (1860-1936)</b> — also known as <b>Henry C. Hall</b> — of Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-lived.html">France</a>; Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/01-03.html">January 3, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/coloradosprings.html">mayor of Colorado Springs, Colo.</a>, 1905-07; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1914-28. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">bronchial pneumonia</a>, in Ashfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/11-09.html">November 9, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 311 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#084.40.12">Henry Clay</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Henry Clay Hall (1828-1873) and Amanda Harwood (Ferry) Hall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-04.html">June 4, 1887</a>, to Mary Bacon Bartow; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/03-14.html">March 14, 1905</a>, to Alice Munsell Sweetser; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moody.html#368.32.81">Zenas Ferry Moody</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0285.html">Crocker-Whitehouse family</a> of Sacramento, California (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34857352">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Leo Arthur Hoegh (1908-2000)</b> — also known as <b>Leo Hoegh</b> — of Chariton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Iowa. Born in Audubon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AU-born.html">Audubon County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/03-30.html">March 30, 1908</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1937; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/attygn.html">Iowa state attorney general</a>, 1953-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Iowa</a>, 1955-57; defeated, 1956; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/IA.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Director of the U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, 1958-61. Died in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/07-15.html">July 15, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/06-29.html">June 29, 1936</a>, to Mary Louise Foster.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/leo-arthur-hoegh/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/592/000168088">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8766671">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Daniel Faulkner (1847-1918)</b> — also known as <b>James D. Faulkner</b>; <b>J. D. Faulkner</b> — of Colorado City (now part of Colorado Springs), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in Halifax, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NS-born.html">Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/09-20.html">September 20, 1847</a>. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">grocer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/coloradosprings.html#4">Colorado City, Colo.</a>, 1876-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/coloradosprings.html#3">mayor of Colorado City, Colo.</a>, 1901, 1916; justice of the peace; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">notary public</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/01-29.html">January 29, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 131 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/06-07.html">June 7, 1877</a>, to Mary Emma Stone.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/69486114">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Franklin Eli Brooks (1860-1916)</b> — also known as <b>Franklin E. Brooks</b> — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in Sturbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/11-19.html">November 19, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> at-large, 1903-07. Died in St. Augustine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SJ-died.html">St. Johns County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/02-07.html">February 7, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 80 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000878">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401835">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7365690">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harry Hunter Seldomridge (1864-1927)</b> — also known as <b>Harry H. Seldomridge</b> — of Colorado. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/10-01.html">October 1, 1864</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1898; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/11-02.html">November 2, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000234">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409738">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7365699">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Eugene Higby (1884-1967)</b> — also known as <b>William E. Higby</b> — of Monument, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in Garden Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DC-born.html">Decatur County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-26.html">January 26, 1884</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1933-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives</a>, 1939-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1941-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/CO.html">1948</a>. Died in Monument, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/index.html">1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Arthur Cornforth (1861-1938)</b> — of Colorado. Born in Smethport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MK-born.html">McKean County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/02-21.html">February 21, 1861</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1903-05, 1911-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1905; district judge in Colorado, 1921-38. Died in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/08-05.html">August 5, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34466833">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.waukeganweb.net/Williams,%20Joseph%20L.-1872-1873.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/299/10.34.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Joseph L. Williams"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph L. Williams (1821-1895)</b> — of Waukegan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/index.html">1821</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-officials.html">Lake County State's Attorney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/waukegan.html">mayor of Waukegan, Ill.</a>, 1872-73. Died in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-07.html">December 7, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Lavanha Beehman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/85137407">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> City of Waukegan</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Franklin Forrest (1927-1997)</b> — also known as <b>Jack Forrest</b> — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in Mexia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/LM-born.html">Limestone County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-20.html">June 20, 1927</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a>, 1986. Died, following a series of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">strokes</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/05-27.html">May 27, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert E. Forrest and Gertrude (Klug) Forrest; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/">1949</a> to Patricia Smith.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Irving Howbert (1846-1934)</b> — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/BA-born.html">Bartholomew County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/04-11.html">April 11, 1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-officials.html">El Paso County Clerk</a>, 1869-79; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1882-86; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/CO.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/CO.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CO.html">Colorado Republican state chair</a>, 1894-95. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/12-21.html">December 21, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Howbert and Martha (Marshall) Howbert; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howarth-howe.html#599.95.51">Frank William Howbert</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/12-17.html">December 17, 1874</a>, to Lizzie Atwood Copeland.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16414989">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Emma Eldredge (1845-1936)</b> — also known as <b>Emma C. Hayward</b>; <b>Mrs. C. A. Eldredge</b> — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/11-30.html">November 30, 1845</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/CO.html">1904</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/colonial-dames.html">Colonial Dames</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/02-05.html">February 5, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 67 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Charles A. Eldredge.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07555">U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Curtis Emerson LeMay (1906-1990)</b> — also known as <b>Curtis E. LeMay</b>; <b>"Old Iron Pants"</b>; <b>"Demon LeMay"</b> — Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-15.html">November 15, 1906</a>. General in the U.S. Air Force; American Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1968. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-beta-pi.html">Tau Beta Pi</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/10-01.html">October 1, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Erving LeMay; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-09.html">June 9, 1934</a>, to Helen E. Maitland.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis LeMay">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/955/000095670">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9654">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Curtis LeMay:</i> Warren Kozak, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596985690/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1596985690&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Matthew Kipling Fong (1953-2011)</b> — also known as <b>Matt Fong</b> — of Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Alameda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-born.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/11-20.html">November 20, 1953</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/comp.html">California state controller</a>, 1990; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/trea.html">California state treasurer</a>, 1995-99; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1998; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/CA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/asian-pacific.html">Chinese</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/06-01.html">June 1, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Adoptive son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#510.07.94">March Fong Eu</a>; married to Paula Lee.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/257/000118900">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70963985">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06357">Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun</a></b></span><br> Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Spencer Penrose (1865-1939)</b> — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/11-02.html">November 2, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Copper mining business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/CO.html">1904</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CO.html">1916</a>; promoter and developer of the Pikes Peak region; builder of the Broadmoor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> and Resort; philanthropist; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Died in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sarah Hannah (Boies) Penrose and Richard A. F. Penrose; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#725.40.36">Boies Penrose</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/">1906</a> to Julie Villiers (Lewis) McMillan (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis1.html#872.15.55">Alexander Lewis</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#865.11.89">Charles Bingham Penrose</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#176.84.34">Edward MacFunn Biddle</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#278.52.40">Edward Biddle</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#737.88.95">Charles Biddle</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#920.19.96">James Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#318.47.75">John Biddle (1792-1859)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#783.04.03">Richard Biddle</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#416.99.59">John Scull</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#359.14.56">Edward MacFunn Biddle Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#728.33.99">James Stokes Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#996.30.33">Charles John Biddle</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#400.10.78">Thomas Biddle</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#861.56.95">John Biddle (1859-1936)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#340.29.58">Edward Scull</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#689.77.06">Francis Beverley Biddle</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#336.94.27">George Ross Scull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#671.41.51">Robert Spencer Scull</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#567.64.39">Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6796236">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Henry Leonard (1873-1947)</b> — also known as <b>W. H. Leonard</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/03-29.html">March 29, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">cattle trader</a>; organizer and president, Denver Rock Drill <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturing</a> Co.; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/CO.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CO.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/05-29.html">May 29, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17012692">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Crystal Valley Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Adams (1845-1895)</b> — also known as <b>Karl Adam Schwanbeck</b> — of Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo.; Manitou Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo. Born in Pomerania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/12-19.html">December 19, 1845</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-diplomats.html ">Bolivia</a>, 1880-82. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Killed in the disaster at the Gumry <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, when a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">boiler explosion</a> caused most of the building to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/collapse.html">collapse</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">burn</a>, killing 22 people, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/08-19.html">August 19, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at Crystal Valley Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Karl Heinrich Schwanbeck and Maria J. (Markman) Schwanbeck; married to Margaret (Thompson) Phelps (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccooey-mccormack.html#028.27.76">Edward Moody McCook</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15546.html">McCook family</a> of Steubenville, Ohio.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Adams (Colorado)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/adams-charles">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/63447386">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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