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Samuel Badger Abbe (1829-1864) —
also known as Samuel B. Abbe; Sam Abbe —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1829.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1857.
Episcopalian.
Died in Fort Snelling, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
3, 1864 (age 34 years, 313
days).
Interment at Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Conn.
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John J. Ahmann (1860-1927) —
also known as Johann Josef Ahmann —
of Richmond, Stearns
County, Minn.; Munson Township, Stearns
County, Minn.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Westphalia, Germany,
January
6, 1860.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state senate 54th District, 1907-14.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Stearns
County, Minn., February
9, 1927 (age 67 years, 34
days).
Interment at Sts.
Peter and Paul Catholic Church Cemetery, Richmond, Minn.
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Oscar Ayers (born c.1841) —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Vermont, about 1841.
Republican. Merchant; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1888;
member of Minnesota
state senate 3rd District, 1891-94.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Batchelder (1826-1910) —
also known as George W. Batchelder —
of Faribault, Rice
County, Minn.
Born in Vermont, February
18, 1826.
Lawyer;
merchant; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1869-70, 1872-73 (8th District 1869-70, 18th
District 1872-73); mayor
of Faribault, Minn., 1880-81.
English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died January
9, 1910 (age 83 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Faribault, Minn.
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Harold Nelson Bishop (1894-1975) —
also known as Harold Bishop —
of Park Rapids, Hubbard
County, Minn.
Born in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., September
20, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1948.
Died in 1975
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Hartwell W. Booth (b. 1883) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Forest City, Meeker
County, Minn., May 7,
1883.
Republican. Office supply business; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1919-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles W. Booth. |
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John P. Bray (1859-1917) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Henderson, Sibley
County, Minn., February
14, 1859.
Republican. Merchant; Grand
Forks County Auditor; North
Dakota state auditor, 1889-92; resigned 1892; postmaster;
U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, 1897-1908; Sydney, 1908-15; Singapore, 1915-16; U.S. Consul in Johannesburg, 1916-17, died in office 1917.
Died in Johannesburg, South
Africa, December
20, 1917 (age 58 years, 309
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Bray and Catherine (Hughes) Bray; married 1915 to
Winifred Mabel Crabbe. |
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Joseph Capser (1832-1919) —
of Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
March
5, 1832.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state senate 31st District, 1875-76; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1889-92 (District 40 1889-90,
District 45 1891-92).
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., December
18, 1919 (age 87 years, 288
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Minn.
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Henry Christopherson (b. 1843) —
of Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1843.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1878.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Covert (b. 1828) —
of Faribault, Rice
County, Minn.
Born in New York, 1828.
Farmer;
merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 18, 1876, 1879-80.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas David Craven (1900-1961) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Chaska, Carver
County, Minn., March
11, 1900.
Merchant; mayor
of Laramie, Wyo., 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolus, at Kassis Department
Store, Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., August
14, 1961 (age 61 years, 156
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Andrew Davis (1866-1922) —
of Elk River, Sherburne
County, Minn.
Born in Elk River, Sherburne
County, Minn., July 31,
1866.
Republican. Merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 45, 1907-14; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1912.
Died in 1922
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Orono Cemetery, Elk River, Minn.
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George Egbert (1820-1908) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., November
15, 1820.
Merchant; farmer; steamboat
business; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1875-76, 1877-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
22, 1908 (age 87 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871 to Sarah
Savery. |
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Henry Joseph Emmel (1844-1927) —
also known as Henry J. Emmel —
of Spring Hill, Stearns
County, Minn.; Melrose, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., March
17, 1844.
Democrat. Merchant; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1878, 1909-10 (District 31 1878,
District 54 1909-10).
German
ancestry.
Died September
8, 1927 (age 83 years, 175
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Spring Hill, Minn.
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Harvey Howard Flowers (b. 1865) —
also known as H. Howard Flowers —
of Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn.
Born in Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn., 1865.
School
teacher; postmaster;
merchant; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 27 1913-14,
District 17 1915-18).
Member, Freemasons;
Modern
Woodmen.
Interment at Savidge Lake Cemetery, Cleveland, Minn.
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Walter J. Franz —
also known as Walt Franz —
of Mountain Lake, Cottonwood
County, Minn.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1955-70 (10th District 1955-62, 18th District
1963-70).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Anners Gandrud (b. 1868) —
of Sunburg, Kandiyohi
County, Minn.
Born in Rice
County, Minn., 1868.
Merchant; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 55, 1901-06; member of
Minnesota
state senate 25th District, 1915-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Greeley (1814-1899) —
of Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Palermo, Waldo
County, Maine, March
16, 1814.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1872, 1889-90 (District 31 1872,
District 40 1889-90).
Died in Maine Prairie, Stearns
County, Minn., September
4, 1899 (age 85 years, 172
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Grose —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Ontario.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state senate 33rd District, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Oren Tracy Hayes (1827-1894) —
also known as Oren T. Hayes —
of Georges Mills, Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
2, 1827.
Democrat. Merchant; justice of the peace; lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1855; postmaster at Hastings,
Minn., 1855-56; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1859-60; major in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 7, 1863.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn., March
24, 1894 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (1862-1936) —
also known as Bernhard M. Jacobsen —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa.
Born in Klixbüll, Germany,
March
26, 1862.
Democrat. Merchant; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1931-36; died in office
1936.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 30,
1936 (age 74 years, 96
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa.
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Jacob N. Jacobson (1867-1942) —
of Hills, Rock
County, Minn.
Born in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, August
5, 1867.
School
teacher; merchant; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 11, 1919-26; candidate
for Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1930.
Died in 1942
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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O. P. Jacobson (b. 1884) —
of Hillman, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born February
8, 1884.
Farmer;
merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 53, 1923-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Ole Kron (b. 1847) —
of Holmes City, Douglas
County, Minn.; Evansville, Douglas
County, Minn.; Clitherall, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
1847.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant; Prohibition candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1892.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph S. Larson (born c.1880) —
of Sandstone, Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
about 1880.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 32 1913-14,
District 56 1915-18); member of Minnesota
state senate 56th District, 1919-34.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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David Archibald Lydiard (1834-1912) —
also known as David A. Lydiard —
of Long Lake, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Nova
Scotia, September
8, 1834.
Republican. Merchant; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1883-84, 1899-1900 (District 29
1883-84, District 43 1899-1900).
Died July 21,
1912 (age 77 years, 317
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Orono, Minn.
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Martin M. Malone (1888-1962) —
of Montgomery, Le Sueur
County, Minn.
Born in Montgomery, Le Sueur
County, Minn., August
7, 1888.
Democrat. Farmer;
merchant; insurance
agent; vegetable
packing plant superintendent; member of Minnesota
state senate 17th District, 1955-58.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Montgomery, Le Sueur
County, Minn., January
30, 1962 (age 73 years, 176
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Montgomery, Minn.
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Carl F. Neitzel (born c.1873) —
of Bird Island, Renville
County, Minn.
Born in McLeod
County, Minn., about 1873.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 23, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel B. Nelson (1863-1934) —
of Luverne, Rock
County, Minn.
Born in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, January
2, 1863.
Democrat. President and manager, Nelson Brothers department
store, Luverne, Minn.; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1910.
Died May 17,
1934 (age 71 years, 135
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne, Minn.
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Otto Christian Neuman (1869-1938) —
also known as O. C. Neuman —
of Wheaton, Traverse
County, Minn.
Born in Dakota
County, Minn., June 29,
1869.
Democrat. Merchant; land
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 48, 1917-32.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Wheaton, Traverse
County, Minn., May 30,
1938 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment somewhere in Wheaton, Minn.
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Elias Nordgren (b. 1872) —
of Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn.; North Branch, Chisago
County, Minn.
Born in Jamtland, Sweden,
June
23, 1872.
Republican. Merchant; postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 56, 1915-22; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1928.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Nils Nyquist (b. 1846) —
of Blue
Earth County, Minn.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
1846.
Republican. Farmer;
merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1897-1904 (District 10 1897-98,
District 11 1899-1904).
Owned the first
automobile in Blue Earth County.
Burial location unknown.
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Erwin E. Orr (b. 1868) —
of Sciota Township, Dakota
County, Minn.; Madison Lake, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Waterville, Le Sueur
County, Minn.; New York Mills, Otter Tail
County, Minn.; Wadena, Wadena
County, Minn.
Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., 1868.
Merchant; land
business; stockman;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 51, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1892 to Vinnie
M. Poe. |
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Manual 1917 |
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Don G. Stokes (b. 1859) —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Buffalo, Wright
County, Minn., January
8, 1859.
Republican. Sawmill
owner; merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 32nd District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John L. Thorne (b. 1814) —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Winkleigh, Devon, England,
May
18, 1814.
Merchant; banker; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1860-61, 1863-65, 1869-70.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1863 to
Josephine Chapman. |
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March
22, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; merchant; banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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Woodford Allen Yerxa (1856-1935) —
also known as Woodford A. Yerxa —
of Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born in Saint John, New
Brunswick, 1856.
Merchant; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1883-85.
Died in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., February
10, 1935 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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