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Ozora Pierson Stearns (1831-1896) —
also known as Ozora P. Stearns —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in DeKalb, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., January
15, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; Olmsted
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1871; district judge in Minnesota 11th
District, 1874-95.
Died in Pacific Beach, San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 2,
1896 (age 65 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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William Alvin Pittenger (1885-1951) —
also known as William A. Pittenger —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born near Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 58th District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1929-33, 1935-37,
1939-47; defeated, 1932 (at-large), 1946 (8th District).
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., November
26, 1951 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Page Walter Morris (1853-1924) —
also known as R. Page W. Morris —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., June 30,
1853.
Republican. College
professor; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1884; district judge in Minnesota
11th District, 1895-96; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1897-1903; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1903-23; took senior status 1923.
Arrested
in Salt Lake City, 1921, following an accident in which his car
struck a pedestrian, Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., December
16, 1924 (age 71 years, 169
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Oscar John Larson (1871-1957) —
also known as Oscar J. Larson —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Uleaborg (now Oulu), Finland,
May
20, 1871.
Son of Lars Larson and Anna (Kemppainen) Larson.
Republican. Lawyer; Houghton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1898-1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1921-25.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August 1,
1957 (age 86 years, 73
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Clark MacGregor (1922-2003) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 12,
1922.
Son of William Edwin MacGregor and Edith (Clark) MacGregor.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1961-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Chairman of President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign, July to November 1972.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in a hospital
at Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
10, 2003 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Melvin Riley Baldwin (1838-1901) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Chester, Windsor
County, Vt., April 12,
1838.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1893-95.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 15,
1901 (age 63 years, 3
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Casper Truelsen —
also known as Henry C. Truelsen —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Democrat. Mayor of
Duluth, Minn., 1896-1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1900.
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Gordon Hubert Butler (1889-1964) —
also known as Gordon H. Butler —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Scipio, Jennings
County, Ind., February
10, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; general
contractor; member of Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1950-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Rotary; Elks.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August 1,
1964 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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William Leighton Carss (1865-1931) —
also known as William L. Carss —
of Proctor, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, February
15, 1865.
Son of James Carss and Annie (Parks) Carss.
Locomotive
engineer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1919-21, 1925-29;
defeated, 1920 (Democratic), 1922 (Democratic), 1928 (Farmer-Labor),
1930 (Farmer-Labor).
Member, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 31,
1931 (age 66 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oneota Cemetery.
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George W. Johnson (1894-1974) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
22, 1894.
Mayor
of Duluth, Minn., 1945-53.
Died June 20,
1974 (age 79 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oneota Cemetery.
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Carl Rudolf Berghult (1905-2000) —
also known as Carl R. Berghult —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born April 15,
1905.
Mayor
of Duluth, Minn., 1937-41.
Died in Arlington, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
15, 2000 (age 94 years, 306
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oneota Cemetery.
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Willard Munger (1911-1999) —
also known as "Mr. Environment" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in a log
house, Otter Tail
County, Minn., January
20, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1955-64, 1967-99; defeated, 1934,
1952; died in office 1999; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1960;
candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1964.
Served in the Minnesota House longer than anyone else in the state's
history.
Died, of liver
cancer, in the hospice
unit of of St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 11,
1999 (age 88 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oneota Cemetery.
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J. Edward Pearsall (1920-1998) —
of Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 20,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mayor
of Virginia, Minn., 1966-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
Died, in Virginia Regional Medical
Center, Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 27,
1998 (age 78 years, 98
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Jalmer T. Johnson (1912-2000) —
of Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
20, 1912.
Mayor
of Virginia, Minn., 1976-90.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of Norway; Moose.
Died, in Arrowhead Health
Care Center, Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., September
22, 2000 (age 87 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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