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Traverse County
Minnesota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Traverse County


Index to Locations

  • Browns Valley Valley View Cemetery
  • Wheaton Unknown location

    Valley View Cemetery
    Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) — also known as Charles M. Dale — of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minn., March 8, 1893. Son of Fred Vernon Dale and Maud (Paine) Dale. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936, 1948; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio station. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Delta Upsilon; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died, in a nursing home at Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H., September 28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204 days). Interment at Valley View Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, September 27, 1919, to Marion Marvin.
      See also National Governors Association biography

    Unknown Locations
    Wheaton, Traverse County, Minnesota
    Politicians buried here:
      Fannie Neuman (1867-1926) — also known as Fannie Mapes; Mrs. O. C. Neuman — of Wheaton, Traverse County, Minn. Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wis., April, 1867. Daughter of David Parshall Mapes and Emeline (Huntsinger) Mapes (1827-1882). Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1924. Female. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., January 25, 1926 (age 58 years, 0 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Daughter of David Parshall Mapes and Emeline (Huntsinger) Mapes (1827-1882); married, July 19, 1890, to Henry B. Corey; married, May 27, 1903, to Otto Christian Neuman. See Beakes-Galloway-Mapes-Neuman family of Michigan.
      Otto Christian Neuman (1869-1938) — also known as O. C. Neuman — of Wheaton, Traverse County, Minn. Born in Dakota County, Minn., June 29, 1869. Son of Frederick Carl Neumann (1828-1899) and Johanna L. (Wudke) Neuman (1829-1906). Democrat. Merchant; land business; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 48th District, 1917-18. Lutheran. German ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died in Wheaton, Traverse County, Minn., May 30, 1938 (age 68 years, 335 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of Frederick Carl Neumann (1828-1899) and Johanna L. (Wudke) Neuman (1829-1906); married to Mary Thompson; married, May 27, 1903, to Fannie Mapes (daughter of David Parshall Mapes). See Beakes-Galloway-Mapes-Neuman family of Michigan.
      Epitaph: "In grateful recognition of David P, Mapes, for his vision and valuable services as pioneer, founder, benefactor and promoter of the City of Ripon and its College, the citizens of Ripon dedicate this marker."
      Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917


     

     


    		 
       
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