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Bangs family of Rapid City, South Dakota

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  Alfred Walstein Bangs (1830-1904) — also known as Alfred W. Bangs — of Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, Minn.; Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in Bethany, Wayne County, Pa., July 25, 1830. Democrat. Member of South Dakota state senate 39th District, 1889-90. Died March 10, 1904 (age 73 years, 229 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Elijah Keeler Bangs and Elmina Melissa (Robinson) Bangs; married 1857 to Alina Baker Stiles; married 1866 to Sara Della Plowman; father of Tracy R. Bangs and Frank D. Bangs; grandfather of George A. Bangs; second cousin twice removed of Martin Keeler; second cousin five times removed of Aaron Burr; third cousin of John Clarence Keeler; third cousin once removed of Stephen Hiram Keeler; third cousin thrice removed of William Anson Floyd; fourth cousin of Anson Foster Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Darling Whitney, Edwin Olmstead Keeler, Burr L. Castle and Asbury Elliott Kellogg.
  Political family: Bangs family of Rapid City, South Dakota (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Tracy R. Bangs (1862-1936) — of Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, N.Dak. Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, Minn., April 29, 1862. 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, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Walstein Bangs and Alena Baker (Stiles) Bangs; half-brother of Frank D. Bangs; married, June 15, 1887, to Jessie L. Caughell; uncle of George A. Bangs; second cousin thrice removed of Martin Keeler; third cousin once removed of John Clarence Keeler; third cousin twice removed of Stephen Hiram Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Anson Foster Keeler.
  Political family: Bangs family of Rapid City, South Dakota (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank D. Bangs (1878-1935) — of Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, Minn., June 19, 1878. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1935; died in office 1935. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Elks. Died December 23, 1935 (age 57 years, 187 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Walstein Bangs and Sara Della (Plowman) Bangs; half-brother of Tracy R. Bangs; married to Adella Garlick; father of George A. Bangs; second cousin thrice removed of Martin Keeler; third cousin once removed of John Clarence Keeler; third cousin twice removed of Stephen Hiram Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Anson Foster Keeler.
  Political family: Bangs family of Rapid City, South Dakota (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George A. Bangs (1915-1995) — of Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in South Dakota, November 27, 1915. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1952 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1956; candidate for U.S. Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1952. Died October 2, 1995 (age 79 years, 309 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frank D. Bangs and Adella (Garlick) Bangs; married, June 25, 1938, to Albera (Kearnes) Monroe; married, April 13, 1941, to Jean Rossier; nephew of Tracy R. Bangs; grandson of Alfred Walstein Bangs; second cousin four times removed of Martin Keeler; third cousin twice removed of John Clarence Keeler; third cousin thrice removed of Stephen Hiram Keeler.
  Political family: Bangs family of Rapid City, South Dakota (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
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