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Elmer Ellsworth Adams (1861-1950) —
also known as Elmer E. Adams —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Waterbury, Washington
County, Vt., December
31, 1861.
Newspaper
editor; banker;
milling business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1905-10, 1915-16, 1919-20
(District 59 1905-10, District 50 1915-16, 1919-20); member of Minnesota
state senate 50th District, 1931-34, 1939-42; defeated, 1934.
Died in Otter Tail
County, Minn., June 24,
1950 (age 88 years, 175
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Minn.
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Gustave A. Boehmke (1876-1939) —
also known as Gus Boehmke —
of Holland, Pipestone
County, Minn.
Born in Benton
County, Iowa, 1876.
Farmer;
grain and livestock
buyer; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 12, 1915-16.
Died in Pipestone, Pipestone
County, Minn., July 13,
1939 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Pipestone, Minn.
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Richard Thompson Buckler (1865-1950) —
also known as Richard T. Buckler —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born near Oakland, Coles
County, Ill., October
27, 1865.
Farmer;
director, Farmers Elevator Company (Crookston, Minn.); member
of Minnesota
state senate 66th District, 1915-18, 1923-26, 1931-34; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1935-43.
Baptist.
Member, Eagles;
Farmers
Union; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., January
23, 1950 (age 84 years, 88
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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George W. Burrows (b. 1867) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Wright
County, Iowa, 1867.
Real
estate business; abstractor;
vice-president, Breckenridge National Bank;
treasurer, Breckenridge Telephone
Company; director, Farmers' Co-Op Elevator Company; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 60 1913-14,
District 49 1915-18).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander S. Campbell (b. 1858) —
also known as Alex S. Campbell —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Minnesota, 1858.
Republican. Flour mill business; mayor of
Austin, Minn., 1890; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1903-10, 1915-18 (6th District 1903-10, 5th
District 1915-18); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1904
(alternate), 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Martin Daniel (1829-1908) —
also known as Henry M. Daniel —
of Fillmore
County, Minn.; North Yamhill, Yamhill
County, Ore.
Born in Danville,
Va., March
26, 1829.
Democrat. Sawmill and
grist mill owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 3, 1873.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died four days later, in McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore., December
16, 1908 (age 79 years, 265
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, McMinnville, Ore.
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Loren Fletcher (1833-1919) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, April
10, 1833.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; flour mill business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1872-75, 1877, 1881-84 (District
26 1872-75, 1877, 1881-82, District 29 1883-84); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1881-84; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1893-1903, 1905-07;
defeated, 1902.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April
15, 1919 (age 86 years, 5
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Paris Gibson (1830-1920) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Fort Benton, Chouteau
County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in Brownfield, Oxford
County, Maine, July 1,
1830.
Democrat. Flour mill business; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1852; founded city of Great
Falls, 1882; postmaster at Great
Falls, Mont., 1887; mayor
of Great Falls, Mont., 1888-89; delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; member of Montana
state senate 16th District, 1891-94; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1901-05; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 1904.
Died December
16, 1920 (age 90 years, 168
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont.
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Charles W. Gillam (b. 1861) —
of Windom, Cottonwood
County, Minn.
Born in Omro, Winnebago
County, Wis., 1861.
Grain and farm
implement dealer; real estate
business; banker;
mayor of Windom, Minn.; member of Minnesota
state senate 10th District, 1915-26; defeated, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald Marshall Hayes (1872-1941) —
also known as Archie M. Hayes —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.; McGregor, Aitkin
County, Minn.
Born in Minnesota, April
26, 1872.
Republican. Flour mill business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 30, 1905-06; clerk to
U.S. Sen. Knute
Nelson, 1910; postmaster
of McGregor, Minn., 1922-34.
Died October
22, 1941 (age 69 years, 179
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Aitkin, Minn.
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Asher Howard (b. 1877) —
of Minnesota.
Born near Webster City, Hamilton
County, Iowa, 1877.
Grain business; lawyer; Kanabec
County Attorney, 1907-10; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 34, 1917-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) —
also known as Lucius F. Hubbard —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
26, 1836.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; grain
business; railroad
builder; member of Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of
Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
5, 1913 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn.
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John A. Johnson (b. 1883) —
of Hancock, Stevens
County, Minn.; Preston, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn., July 9,
1883.
Bookkeeper;
grain elevator manager; hardware
store owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1921-30, 1939-48; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1925-26; member of
Minnesota
state senate 1st District, 1949-58; defeated, 1958.
Burial location unknown.
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Magnus Johnson (1871-1936) —
also known as Magnus Janson —
of Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn.; Kimball, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
September
19, 1871.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer;
vice-president, Equity Co-operative Grain Exchange; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives District 26, 1915-18; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
member of Minnesota
state senate 26th District, 1919-22; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1922 (Farmer-Labor), 1926; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923-25; defeated (Farmer-Labor), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1933-35.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn., September
13, 1936 (age 64 years, 360
days).
Interment at Dassel
Cemetery, Dassel, Minn.
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John Andrew Rystrom (b. 1855) —
also known as John A. Rystrom —
of North Branch, Chisago
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
December, 1855.
Republican. Farmer;
flour mill manager; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1908;
member of Minnesota
state senate 56th District, 1915-18.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Rystrom and Christina Rystrom; married 1882 to Ida
Christina Peterson. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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J. W. Seney (b. 1851) —
of Sheffield, Franklin
County, Iowa; Pope
County, Minn.; Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Port Hope, Ontario,
January
31, 1851.
Republican. Machinist;
flour mill business; lumber
dealer; member of South
Dakota state senate 17th District, 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, December
25, 1872, to Eliza Anderson. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Benjamin Dexter Sprague (1827-1893) —
also known as Benjamin D. Sprague —
of Lansing, Mower
County, Minn.; Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
6, 1827.
Farmer;
miller; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 15, 1863; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1864-65, 1870 (15th District 1864-65, 14th District
1870).
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 26,
1893 (age 65 years, 232
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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S. J. Swanson (b. 1857) —
of Cokato, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Carver
County, Minn., January
15, 1857.
Vice-president, State Bank of
Cokato; president, Cokato Elevator Company; director, Cokato
Telephone
Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1917-20 (District 38
1893-96, District 27 1917-20); postmaster.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Alexander Wild Thornely (1845-1908) —
also known as Alexander W. Thornely; John Alexander Wylde
Thornely —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.; Long Prairie, Todd
County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales,
March, 1845.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; bookkeeper;
feed
and grain business; customs
broker; secretary, Crescent Coal
Company; Vice-Consul
for Mexico in Tacoma,
Wash., 1906-08.
English
ancestry.
Shot
in the head by two robbers, and died four
days later in Fannie Paddock Hospital,
Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
24, 1908 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah (Roberts) Thornely and Robert Thornely; married, September
6, 1881, to Louise Lavinia Hinkley. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Tacoma News Tribune,
January 21, 1908 |
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William Drew Washburn (1831-1912) —
also known as William D. Washburn —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, January
14, 1831.
Republican. Surveyor General of Minnesota, 1861; miller; lumber
business; railroad
promoter; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 5, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1879-85 (3rd District 1879-83, 4th
District 1883-85); U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1889-95.
Universalist.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 29,
1912 (age 81 years, 197
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Drew Washburn Jr. (1863-1929) —
also known as W. D. Washburn, Jr. —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 3,
1863.
Newspaper
work; engaged in flour, lumber, and
railroad
businesses; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1901-02, 1905-06, 1909-12,
1917-18, 1921-26 (District 41 1901-02, 1905-06, 1909-12, District 31
1917-18, 1921-26).
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., October
10, 1929 (age 66 years, 190
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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