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Horace Pratt Gillett

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Horace Pratt Gillett

Birth
Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA
Death
30 Mar 1903 (aged 11)
Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA
Burial
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
GM, Dahlia Terrace, Florentine Columbarium, Lot 0, Space 8366
Memorial ID
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Son of the 22nd governor of California, James Gillett. He is buried in Oakland, California, but there is a cenotaph in Forest Lawn with his name listed above his wife Adelaide and his son Horace's names. The cenotaph for James is memorial 18655.

Only son of Adelaide Pratt Gillett and James Norris Gillett.
His stepmother, since 1898, was Isabelle "Belle" Erzgraber.

Horace Pratt Gillett's mother Adelaide Pratt Gillett lived to see her husband (Horace's father) become Eureka City Attorney, but she did not live long enough to see him hold any state or federal political office.

Horace lived to see his father elected to the California State Senate, and to the U.S. House of Representatives, but did not see his father elected Governor of California.

Cause of death: acute appendicitis.

It is not clear whether or when Horace Pratt Gillett's remains were removed, along with the remains of his mother Adelaide M. Pratt Gillett, from the cemetery in Eureka, California to this columbarium in Los Angeles, California.
Son of the 22nd governor of California, James Gillett. He is buried in Oakland, California, but there is a cenotaph in Forest Lawn with his name listed above his wife Adelaide and his son Horace's names. The cenotaph for James is memorial 18655.

Only son of Adelaide Pratt Gillett and James Norris Gillett.
His stepmother, since 1898, was Isabelle "Belle" Erzgraber.

Horace Pratt Gillett's mother Adelaide Pratt Gillett lived to see her husband (Horace's father) become Eureka City Attorney, but she did not live long enough to see him hold any state or federal political office.

Horace lived to see his father elected to the California State Senate, and to the U.S. House of Representatives, but did not see his father elected Governor of California.

Cause of death: acute appendicitis.

It is not clear whether or when Horace Pratt Gillett's remains were removed, along with the remains of his mother Adelaide M. Pratt Gillett, from the cemetery in Eureka, California to this columbarium in Los Angeles, California.

Gravesite Details

It is not clear whether or when Horace Pratt Gillett's remains were removed, along with the remains of his mother Adelaide M. Pratt Gillett, from the cemetery in Eureka, California to this columbarium in Los Angeles, California.



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