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Clay County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Clay County

Index to Locations Barnesville Barnesville City Cemetery Hawley Hawley Cemetery Moorhead Prairie Home Cemetery Moorhead Riverside Cemetery Rollag Rollag Cemetery Barnesville City Cemetery Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Alfred Arne Haagenson (1879-1925) — also known as Alfred A. Haagenson — of Barnesville, Clay County, Minn. Born December 13, 1879. Member of Minnesota state senate 49th District, 1923-25; died in office 1925. Died in 1925 (age about 45 years). Interment at Barnesville City Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Ellen Sigrid Bolinder.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record Hawley Cemetery Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Knud Magnus Wefald (1869-1936) — also known as Knud Wefald — of Hawley, Clay County, Minn. Born in Kragero, Norway, November 3, 1869. Lumber business; newspaper editor; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1913-16 (District 60 1913-14, District 49 1915-16); U.S. Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1923-27; defeated (Farmer-Labor), 1928, 1930; member of Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission, 1933-36; died in office 1936. Norwegian ancestry. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., October 25, 1936 (age 66 years, 357 days). Interment at Hawley Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Sarah Skree; father of Knut Magnus Wefald.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Knut Magnus Wefald (1900-1991) — also known as Magnus Wefald — of Hawley, Clay County, Minn. Born in Hawley, Clay County, Minn., April 21, 1900. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Minnesota state senate 49th District, 1947-58. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Died, in St. John's Hospital, Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak., February 9, 1991 (age 90 years, 294 days). Interment at Hawley Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Knud Magnus Wefald and Sarah (Skree) Wefald; married, November 22, 1924, to Verna M. Ellingson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Prairie Home Cemetery Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Wallace Barton Douglas (1854-1930) — also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B. Douglas — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Moorhead, Clay County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Leyden, Lewis County, N.Y., September 21, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 50, 1895-98; Minnesota state attorney general, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1904-05; appointed 1904. Died in 1930 (age about 75 years). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Asahel M. Douglas and Alma E. (Miller) Douglas; married 1881 to Ella M. Smith.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Solomon Gilman Comstock (1842-1933) — of Minnesota. Born in Argyle, Penobscot County, Maine, May 9, 1842. Republican. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 41, 1876-77, 1879-82; member of Minnesota state senate 44th District, 1883-88; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1889-91. Died in Moorhead, Clay County, Minn., June 3, 1933 (age 91 years, 25 days). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.   Epitaph: "Pioneer citizen of the northwest, sharing in its development and believing steadfastly in its future. Lawyer, member of the State Legislature and of Congress; Instrumental in establishing the state teachers college in Moorhead, Regent of the University of Minnesota. 'Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest; whatsoever things are just; whatsoever things are pure; whatsoever things are lovely; whatsoever things are of good report.' He thought on these things."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Minnesota Legislator record   Arthur G. Lewis (1860-1900) — of Moorhead, Clay County, Minn. Born in 1860. Mayor of Moorhead, Minn., 1893-96, 1897-98. Died in 1900 (age about 40 years). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.   Erich Carl F. Hansen (1854-1891) — also known as Erich Hansen — of Moorhead, Clay County, Minn. Born April 18, 1854. Mayor of Moorhead, Minn., 1889-91; died in office 1891. Died in Moorhead, Clay County, Minn., December 7, 1891 (age 37 years, 233 days). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.   Relatives: Nephew of Henry Casper Truelsen.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Bottolf T. Bottolfson (1892-1976) — of Moorhead, Clay County, Minn. Born December 10, 1892. Mayor of Moorhead, Minn., 1927-29, 1962-63. Died March 27, 1976 (age 83 years, 108 days). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.   Ole C. Beck (1856-1930) — of Moorhead, Clay County, Minn. Born in Vangs Prestegjaeld, Hedemarken, Norway, August 7, 1856. Mayor of Moorhead, Minn., 1913-15. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Ancient Order of United Workmen; United Commercial Travelers. Died of diabetes, in Moorhead, Clay County, Minn., March 26, 1930 (age 73 years, 231 days). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.   George E. Perley (d. 1927) — of Moorhead, Clay County, Minn. Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 60, 1903-06; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1904. Died May 17, 1927. Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.   Grace Harriet Geib (1913-2003) — also known as Harriet Geib; Grace Harriet Hagen; Mrs. Marvin Geib — of Moorhead, Clay County, Minn. Born August 3, 1913. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964 (alternate), 1968. Female. Congregationalist. Member, League of Women Voters; Gamma Phi Beta. Died February 9, 2003 (age 89 years, 190 days). Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of O. J. Hagen; married to Marvin J. Geib; granddaughter of Frank Weld.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Riverside Cemetery Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Goodwin L. Dosland (d. 1983) — of Moorhead, Clay County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1938. Died in 1983. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. Rollag Cemetery Rollag, Clay County, Minnesota Politicians buried here: Stephen N. Lee (1860-1942) — of Parke Township, Clay County, Minn.; Moorhead, Clay County, Minn. Born in Rollag, Telemark, Norway, April 17, 1860. Republican. Farmer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1911-12, 1917-18 (District 60 1911-12, District 49 1917-18). Died in Clay County, Minn., February 15, 1942 (age 81 years, 304 days). Interment at Rollag Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nils Nilson Fikkaneiet Lia and Ambjor Torkelsdtr (Wamreeit) Lia; married 1884 to Margaret Halvorsen.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

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