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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 Green
Hill 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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