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Anoka County
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  • Anoka Forest Hill Cemetery

    Forest Hill Cemetery
    Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota
    Politicians buried here:
      Ray Park Chase (1880-1948) — also known as Ray P. Chase — of Anoka, Anoka County, Minn. Born in Anoka, Anoka County, Minn., March 12, 1880. Republican. Minnesota state auditor, 1921-31; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1930; U.S. Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1933-35; member of Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission, 1945-47. Methodist or Episcopalian. Member, Knights of Pythias; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Alpha Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Anoka, Anoka County, Minn., September 18, 1948 (age 68 years, 190 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles Edwin Chase and Lena May (Giddings) Chase; married, November 30, 1910, to Lois McGaffey.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
    Irving A. Caswell Irving A. Caswell (1870-1957) — of Anoka, Anoka County, Minn. Born in Anoka County, Minn., February 25, 1870. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900, 1932; postmaster at Anoka, Minn., 1901; clerk of the Minnesota supreme court, 1909-17; appointed 1909; member of Republican National Committee from Minnesota, 1920; U.S. Collector of Customs at St. Paul, Minn., Minnesota, 1927. Died in Anoka, Anoka County, Minn., October 10, 1957 (age 87 years, 227 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Albert James Caswell and Martha Ann (Hayden) Caswell; married 1899 to Mary Dunbar Woodbury.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

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