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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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Elden Elwood Arnold (1900-1978) —
also known as Elden E. Arnold —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak., October
3, 1900.
Son of Cara Elden Arnold and Louisa Estelle (Engle) Arnold.
Democrat. Farm
implement salesman; postmaster; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1955-58.
Died in April, 1978
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) —
also known as Orville S. Basford —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
29, 1848.
Son of Samuel Basford (1808-1877) and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford
(1810-1889).
Republican. Methodist
minister; postmaster; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper
editor and publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner,
1907.
Methodist.
Died in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., October
27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
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O. C. Berg (b. 1849) —
of Norwalk, Monroe
County, Wis.; Northville, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ringsaker, Norway,
September
10, 1849.
Merchant;
postmaster; Monroe
County Clerk; Spink
County Clerk; secretary of
state of South Dakota, 1901-05.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John H. Carroll (b. 1849) —
of DeSmet, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1849.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 22nd District, 1903-08.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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Charles Sumner Eastman (1864-1939) —
also known as Charles S. Eastman —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Primrose, Dane
County, Wis., January
23, 1864.
Son of Dean Henry Eastman (1835-1914) and Ellen Alice (Buchanan)
Eastman (1841-1923).
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; Fall
River County Sheriff, 1897-1900; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 44th District, 1907-08;
postmaster; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Dakota, 1928.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., August
26, 1939 (age 75 years, 215
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas D. Edwards (b. 1849) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Floyd, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1849.
Newspaper
editor; postmaster; U.S. Consul in Ciudad Juarez, 1905-17; Cornwall, 1919-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Harrison Elrod (1856-1935) —
also known as Samuel H. Elrod —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coatesville, Hendricks
County, Ind., May 1,
1856.
Son of Jesse F. Elrod and Lydia (Pursel) Elrod.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster; Governor of
South Dakota, 1905-07; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1916,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1932.
Methodist.
Died July 13,
1935 (age 79 years, 73
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. F. Halladay (b. 1860) —
of Iroquois, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
9, 1860.
Son of Albert Halladay and Elizabeth (Fitzhenry) Halladay.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster; South Dakota
state auditor, 1903-07.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Carrie Eva Hammond. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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L. P. Jenkins (b. 1862) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lansford, Carbon
County, Pa., December
20, 1862.
Republican. Druggist;
postmaster; mayor of
Lead, S.Dak.; elected 1894, 1898; member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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P. D. Kribs (b. 1856) —
of Leola, McPherson
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Columbia, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., July 5,
1856.
Republican. Druggist;
postmaster; newspaper
publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 35th District, 1903-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
8, 1887, to Hattie M. Cavanagh. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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O. H. LaCraft (b. 1850) —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Washington
County, Wis., 1850.
Republican. Farmer;
assistant postmaster; member of South
Dakota state senate 29th District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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S. L. Potter (b. 1858) —
of Butler, Day
County, S.Dak.; Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Howard
County, Iowa, March 1,
1858.
Republican. Postmaster; grain dealer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1903-06.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) —
also known as John P. Richmond —
of Schuyler
County, Ill.
Born in Middletown, Frederick
County, Md., August
11, 1811.
Son of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond.
Democrat. Physician;
minister;
in 1840, he officiated at the first
Protestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841,
he delivered the first
Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member of Illinois
state senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1855-56; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1856;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Schuyler County,
1862; postmaster.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in South Dakota, August
28, 1895 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment at Tyndall
Cemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond;
married 1835
to America Walker; married 1859 to Kitty
Gristy. |
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Albert H. Stites (1858-1935) —
also known as A. H. Stites —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Dauphin
County, Pa., March 2,
1858.
Son of Samuel Stites (1816-1882) and Catherine (Matter) Stites
(1819-1887).
Republican. Merchant;
druggist;
mayor
of Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 1896-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1899-1902; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August
16, 1935 (age 77 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Zachary Taylor Sutley (1848-1930) —
also known as Zack T. Sutley —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., May 1,
1848.
Son of William Sutley (1818-1899) and Jane (Hays) Sutley (1830-1919).
Democrat. Farmer;
postmaster; livery
business; railroad
builder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
Honorary Vice-President, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1908;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1911-12; author.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., April 17,
1930 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving H. Welch (b. 1860) —
of Edgerton, Hanson
County, S.Dak.; Platte, Charles Mix
County, S.Dak.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., July 16,
1860.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; postmaster; real estate
business; mayor of Platte, S.D., 1901-03; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1903-04.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Theodore B. Werner (1892-1989) —
also known as "Dates" —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ossian, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, June 2,
1892.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; printing
business; postmaster; mayor
of Rapid City, S.Dak., 1929-30; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1933-37; defeated,
1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota,
1944.
Died in 1989
(age about
97 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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