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Alfred J. Abbott (b. 1844) —
of Bon Homme, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Manchester, England,
December
22, 1844.
Republican. Postmaster; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1868-69; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1889-90.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Miller Baer (1886-1970) —
of North Dakota.
Born in Black Creek, Outagamie
County, Wis., March 29,
1886.
Civil
engineer; farmer; cartoonist;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1917-21; defeated
(Non-Partisan League), 1920.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1970 (age 83 years, 326
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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John P. Bray (1859-1917) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henderson, Sibley
County, Minn., February
14, 1859.
Republican. Merchant;
Grand
Forks County Auditor; North Dakota
state auditor, 1889-92; resigned 1892; postmaster; U.S.
Consul General in Melbourne, 1897-1908; Sydney, 1908-15; Singapore, 1915-16; U.S. Consul in Johannesburg, 1916-17, died in office 1917.
Died in Johannesburg, South
Africa, December
20, 1917 (age 58 years, 309
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William M. Cuppett (b. 1843) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Bedford
County, Pa., December
26, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; carriage and
wagon manufacturer; postmaster; member
Dakota territorial council, 1870-71, 1879-80.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank L. Palmer (born c.1863) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Jackson
County, Mich., about 1863.
Postal worker; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1915-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1882
to Mary A. Hogle. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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