Louise Sneed was a Southern Belle, born in North Carolina about the time the Civil War broke out. After the death of her parents she moved to Memphis where she lived with an older sister. She was unable to find a suitable (i.e. rich) potential husband in the Post Civil war south, and in …
Under a ledger stone in the center of Block 2 at Fairmount lies Major General Orlando Ward, reputed to be the most highly decorated veteran in the cemetery. His military career spanned over 40 years and included duty in 3 separate wars or campaigns. Orlando Ward was born in Macon, Missouri on November 4, 1891, …
FHF FUN FACT QUIZ Can you name a well-known historic Denver citizen that was buried at both Riverside and Fairmount??? ANSWER: JOHN WESLEY ILIFF ABOUT JOHN WESLEY ILIFF: He was born in Ohio in 1831 He attended Ohio Wesleyan University Moved to Denver in 1859 and began a mercantile store To get a supply of …
Robert Speer was the mayor of Denver in the early part of the twentieth century. He was arrogant, autocratic, and somewhat corrupt, but the appearance of the city today has a lot to do with his vision. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1855, but after contracting tuberculosis there, in 1878 he moved to Denver. …
Joseph A. Walker (1856 – 1907) On November 3rd, a service was held in Block 8 of Fairmount Cemetery to dedicate a gravestone honoring Joseph A. Walker, one of the first Secret Service agents killed in the line of duty. Recently his family, especially Robert T. Walker, Joseph’s only surviving Grandson, tried to find …
Lucy (Lucile) Berkeley Buchanan Jones was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Colorado. Buchanan was born on June 13, 1884, on the second floor of the family’s mule and horse barn in the town of Barnum, southwest of Denver, Colorado. She was the daughter of Sarah Lavinia and James Fenton …
Florence Rena Sabin, M.D. 1871-1953 In honor of National Public Health Week, April 6-12, 2009, this month’s biography will be about Dr. Florence Sabin, the “Mother” of public health in Colorado. Dr. Sabin was born in Central City, Colorado on November 9, 1871. Following the death of her mother, Florence and her sister Mary were sent to Chicago and ultimately …