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Grand Forks County
North Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Grand Forks County


Index to Locations

  • Americus Township Americus Cemetery
  • Grand Forks Memorial Park Cemetery

    Americus Cemetery
    Americus Township, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
    Politicians buried here:
      Arne Pederson Haugen (1845-1908) — also known as Arne P. Haugen — of Grand Forks County, N.Dak. Born in Grue, Norway, June 7, 1845. Delegate to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Grand Forks County, 1889; member of North Dakota state senate, 1890, 1893, 1907-08; died in office 1908. Norwegian ancestry. Advocate of alcohol prohibition. Died in Reynolds, Grand Forks County, N.Dak., January 12, 1908 (age 62 years, 219 days). Interment at Americus Cemetery.
      Campaign slogan: "No one seeks for his own, but everyone the other's best."
      Epitaph: "Principfast du storog staerl / Gjorde du stort Dagvakr / Hvil in fred vi samles igien / Naar dagen gryr i himmelen." [Firm in principles, big and strong, you put in a full day's work, in peace we will all be together again when the time comes we are in heaven]

    Memorial Park Cemetery
    Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
    Politicians buried here:
      Olger Burton Burtness (1884-1960) — also known as Olger B. Burtness — of Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, N.Dak. Born in Mekinock, Grand Forks County, N.Dak., March 14, 1884. Son of O. O. Burtness and Mary (Anderson) Burtness. Republican. Lawyer; Grand Forks County State's Attorney, 1911-16; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1916, 1936, 1948; member of North Dakota state house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S. Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1921-33. Lutheran. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Sons of Norway. Died in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, N.Dak., January 20, 1960 (age 75 years, 312 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, September 8, 1909, to Zoe Ensign.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Tracy R. Bangs (1862-1936) — of Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, N.Dak. Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, Minn., April 29, 1862. Son of Alfred Walstein Bangs and Alena Baker (Stiles) Bangs. Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., Northern States Power Co., and Occidental Life Insurance Co.; Grand Forks County State's Attorney, 1892; U.S. Attorney for North Dakota, 1894-98. Episcopalian. Died February 22, 1936 (age 73 years, 299 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
      Relatives: Second cousin thrice removed of Martin Keeler; third cousin twice removed of Stephen Hiram Keeler; son of Alfred Walstein Bangs and Alena Baker (Stiles) Bangs; third cousin once removed of John Clarence Keeler; married, June 15, 1887, to Jessie L. Caughell; half-brother of Frank D. Bangs; fourth cousin once removed of Anson Foster Keeler; uncle of George A. Bangs. See Keeler-Bangs family.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


     

     


    		 
       
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