The Political Graveyard: Cascade County, Mont. (original) (raw)

Index to Locations

Highland Cemetery
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
Founded 1911
See also Findagrave page for this location.
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| Paris Gibson | Paris Gibson (1830-1920) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont. Born in Brownfield, Oxford County, Maine, July 1, 1830. Democrat. Flour mill business; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1852; founded city of Great Falls, 1882; postmaster at Great Falls, Mont., 1887; mayor of Great Falls, Mont., 1888-89; delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; member of Montana state senate 16th District, 1891-94; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1901-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1904. Died December 16, 1920 (age 90 years, 168 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery. |
| | Edwin Lee Norris (1865-1924) — also known as Edwin L. Norris — of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont. Born in Cumberland County, Ky., August 15, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Montana state senate from Beaverhead County, 1897-1900; Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1905-08; Governor of Montana, 1908-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1912,1916(Honorary Vice-President). Died in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., April 25, 1924 (age 58 years, 254 days). Original interment at Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.; reinterment at Highland Cemetery. | |
| | Julius J. Wuerthner (1890-1972) — of Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont. Born in Manchester, Washtenaw County, Mich., May 18, 1890. Republican. Member of Montana state house of representatives, 1925-27; member of Montana state senate, 1928-31; mayor of Great Falls, Mont., 1937-41; candidate for Governor of Montana, 1940. Member, Freemasons. Died in a nursing home at Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., February 21, 1972 (age 81 years, 279 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery. | |
| | Henry Cleveland Hall (1892-1963) — also known as H. Cleveland Hall — of Glasgow, Valley County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont. Born in Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont., October 13, 1892. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War I; district judge in Montana 17th District, 1919-20; candidate for Presidential Elector for Montana.Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association. Died October 26, 1963 (age 71 years, 13 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery. | |
| | O. S. Warden — of Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1936,1940,1944,1948; member of Democratic National Committee from Montana, 1939-40. Interment at Highland Cemetery. | |

Hillcrest Lawn Memorial
1410 13th Street South
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
See also Findagrave page for this location.
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| | Walter B. Sands (1870-1938) — of Chinook, Blaine County, Mont. Born in Maiden Rock, Pierce County, Wis., January 28, 1870.Lawyer;chief justice of Montana state supreme court, 1935-38; died in office 1938; during his campaign for Chief Justice, he pledged to accept only 6,000ofthe6,000 of the 6,000ofthe7,500 salary; in 1935, W. D. Tipton sued to oust him based on the contention that this promise constituted a bribe, and violated the state's corrupt practices act; ultimately it was ruled that he had acted in good faith.Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.Hit by a bus, was badly injured, suffered a heart attack, and died three days after the accident, in St. Peter's Hospital, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont., June 13, 1938 (age 68 years, 136 days). Entombed at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial. |
| | Charles Nelson Pray (1868-1963) — also known as Charles N. Pray — of Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Mont. Born in New York, 1868. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1904;U.S. Representative from Montana at-large, 1907-13; defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S. Senator from Montana, 1916. Died September 12, 1963 (age about 95 years). Interment at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial. |
| | Jerry Joseph O'Connell (1909-1956) — also known as Jerry J. O'Connell — of Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont. Born in Montana, 1909. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Montana 1st District, 1937-39; defeated, 1938, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana,1944. Died in 1956(age about 47 years). Entombed at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial. |
| | Charles Gordon McGowan (1911-1999) — of Montana. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., September 5, 1911. Member of Montana state senate, 1954-74. Died in a nursing home at Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., May 26, 1999 (age 87 years, 263 days). Interment at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial. |

Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
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| | Errol Fay Galt (1889-1975) — also known as E. F. Galt — of Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont. Born in Freeborn County, Minn., October 2, 1889. Republican. Banker; member of Montana state senate, 1930-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1944(alternate), 1948.Protestant.Scottishand Englishancestry. Died in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., November 23, 1975 (age 86 years, 52 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |
| | Patrick L. Ryan (1928-2000) — of Montana. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., May 15, 1928. Member of Montana state house of representatives, 1977-79; member of Montana state senate, 1979-82. Died, of cancer, in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., January 24, 2000 (age 71 years, 254 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |
| | Edward M. Larson (1879-1954) — of Montana. Born in Cambridge, Story County, Iowa, September 3, 1879. Member of Montana state house of representatives, 1925-27. Died in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., March 13, 1954 (age 74 years, 191 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |
| Edward C. Wren | Edward C. Wren (1918-1962) — of Cascade County, Mont. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., September 28, 1918. Republican. Baking plant manager; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; rancher; candidate for Montana state house of representatives, 1954, 1956, 1958; Montana state agriculture commissioner, 1961-62. Member, Reserve Officers Association. Flying from Helena to Cut Bank, he was killed, along with Gov. Donald G. Nutter and four others, when the twin-engine C-47 plane crashedinto a mountain and burned, during a snowstorm, near Wolf Creek, Lewis and Clark County, Mont., January 25, 1962 (age 43 years, 119 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. |
| | Harry Joseph McGregor (1889-1968) — also known as Harry J. McGregor — of Choteau, Teton County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont. Born in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, December 3, 1889. Democrat. Physician;surgeon; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1936,1940,1944(member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Died June 15, 1968 (age 78 years, 195 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |
| | Rudolph William Polich (1913-1996) — of Montana. Born in Little Chicago (now Black Eagle), Cascade County, Mont., April 24, 1913. Member of Montana state house of representatives, 1969. Died in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., October 3, 1996 (age 83 years, 162 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |
| | Helen Galvin O'Connell (1917-1997) — of Montana. Born in Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont., July 15, 1917. Member of Montana state house of representatives, 1975-91.Female. Died in a hospitalat Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., June 29, 1997 (age 79 years, 349 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | |

Old Highland Cemetery
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana

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