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Sigurd A. Bertelsen —
of West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Republican. Land agent for Northern Pacific Railway; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1952;
postmaster at St.
Paul, Minn., 1955-72 (acting, 1955-56).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy I. Bertelsen. |
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Anton Borgen (b. 1851) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1851.
Locomotive engineer; grocer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1909-18 (District 50 1909-14,
District 58 1915-18).
Norwegian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Wesley Bouck (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles W. Bouck —
of Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., February
29, 1852.
Carpenter;
employed building bridges for the Northern Pacific Railroad,
1880-85; hardware
and farm
implement business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-20 (District 48 1911-14,
District 53 1915-20); died in office 1920.
Died in Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn., June 4,
1920 (age 68 years, 96
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Royalton, Minn.
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Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) —
also known as Lloyd W. Bowers —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 9,
1859.
Lawyer;
general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway,
1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor General, 1909-10; died in office 1910.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Died, from a heart
attack, while suffering from bronchitis,
in the Touraine Hotel,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
9, 1910 (age 51 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Abbott Bridgeman (1877-1955) —
also known as Harry A. Bridgeman —
of Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn.
Born in Motley, Morrison
County, Minn., May 31,
1877.
Locomotive engineer; member of Minnesota
state senate 62nd District, 1923-50.
Died May 15,
1955 (age 77 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
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Pierce Butler (1866-1939) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., March
17, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ramsey
County Attorney, 1893-96; general counsel, Chicago & St. Paul
Railroad, 1899-1905; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1922-39; died in office 1939.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1939 (age 73 years, 244
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Homer M. Carr —
of Proctor, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Malta, Morgan
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; locomotive
engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 59, 1933-34; member of
Minnesota
state senate 59th District, 1935-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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William Leighton Carss (1865-1931) —
also known as William L. Carss —
of Proctor, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, February
15, 1865.
Locomotive engineer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1919-21, 1925-29;
defeated, 1920 (Democratic), 1922 (Democratic), 1928 (Farmer-Labor),
1930 (Farmer-Labor).
Member, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 31,
1931 (age 66 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oneota
Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Andrew Duncan Davidson (1853-1916) —
also known as A. D. Davidson —
of Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Glencoe, Ontario,
May
18, 1853.
Republican. President, Canadian Western Lumber
Company; vice-president, Columbia River Lumber
Company; land commissioner, Canadian Northern Railway; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Died, from acute
stomach trouble, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., April
22, 1916 (age 62 years, 340
days).
Entombed at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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William P. Dinon —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Republican. Railroad work; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1940,
1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Mark Delos Flower (1842-1907) —
also known as Mark D. Flower —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
31, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Minnesota, 1870-75; railroad claims agent;
president and general manager, St. Paul Union Stockyards
Co.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 36, 1905-06; postmaster
at St.
Paul, Minn., 1905-07.
Died February
3, 1907 (age 64 years, 309
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Addison Gardner Foster (1837-1917) —
also known as Addison G. Foster —
of Wabasha
County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
28, 1837.
Republican. Lumber
business; railroad builder; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1899-1905.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
16, 1917 (age 79 years, 354
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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William Treyanne Francis (1870-1929) —
also known as William T. Francis —
of Minnesota.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
26, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
worked in legal department of railroad; member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1927-29, died in office 1929; U.S. Consul General in
Monrovia, 1927-29, died in office 1929.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
Urban
League; Sigma
Pi Phi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Liberia,
July
15, 1929 (age 59 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Lincoln Greer (1892-1941) —
also known as Herbert L. Greer —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., May 29,
1892.
Railroad clerk; traffic manager for meat packing
company; insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 37, 1927-28.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., November
6, 1941 (age 49 years, 161
days).
Interment at Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro, Minn.
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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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Edward Indrehus (b. 1873) —
also known as Ed Indrehus —
of Foley, Benton
County, Minn.
Born in Bremanger, Norway,
1873.
Democrat. Railroad mechanic; farmer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1912;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 45, 1915-18; candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1922, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) —
also known as Leonard Irving —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
24, 1898.
Democrat. Railroad work; theater
manager; hotel
manager; construction
worker; president
and business
agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1962 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Harvey Hull Johnson (1808-1896) —
also known as Harvey H. Johnson —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio; Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Winona, Winona
County, Minn.; Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., September
7, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Akron,
Ohio, 1837-45; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1853-55; president,
Winona & St. Peter Railroad; mayor
of Owatonna, Minn., 1867-70.
Died in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
4, 1896 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Minn.
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John Augustus Johnson (1842-1907) —
also known as John A. Johnson —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Växjö, Sweden,
April
24, 1842.
Locomotive engineer; farmer; Washington
County Sheriff, 1873; lawyer; farm
implement dealer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1885-86, 1896-1902, 1906-07; died in office 1907.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, June 14,
1907 (age 65 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888) —
also known as Norman W. Kittson; "Commodore
Kittson" —
of Pembina, Pembina
County, Minn. (now N.Dak.); St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sorel, Lower Canada (now part of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec),
March
5, 1814.
Democrat. Fur
trader; helped end the Hudson Bay Company's fur trading monopoly
in 1849; member
Minnesota territorial council 7th District, 1852-55; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1858-59; operated steamboats
on the Red River from Minnesota north into Winnipeg in the 1870s;
worked with James J. Hill to build the St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway in 1879-81.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in the dining
car of a train
en route from Chicago to St. Paul, near Roberts, St. Croix
County, Wis., May 10,
1888 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Louis Adrian Murray —
also known as Louis A. Murray; Louie
Murray —
of East Grand Forks, Polk
County, Minn.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; railway
conductor; member of Minnesota
state senate 66th District, 1951-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 66-B, 1967-70.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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August Carl Polster (1885-1942) —
also known as August Polster —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., September
24, 1885.
Railway freight clerk; banker; mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1938-42; died in office 1942.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Moose; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., February
1, 1942 (age 56 years, 130
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of August F. Polster and Anna (Rubritins) Polster. |
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Edmund Rice (1819-1889) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., February
14, 1819.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1851;
president of several railroads; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1864-65, 1873-74 (1st District 1864-65, 23rd
District 1873-74); member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1867, 1872 (District 1 1867,
District 24 1872); candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1879; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1881-83, 1885-87; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1887-89.
Died in White Bear Lake, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 11,
1889 (age 70 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Ellsworth Wagner Rowell (1886-1953) —
also known as E. W. Rowell;
"Bert" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in California, March
29, 1886.
Republican. Locomotive engineer; printing
business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937;
candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 27,
1953 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married, November
2, 1906, to Daphne Cohen; married 1933 to Izetta
mae Daugaard. |
| | | Image source: Casper (Wyoming)
Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931 |
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Roy D. Srp —
of Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn.
Mechanical operations manager, Canadian Pacific Railroad; mayor of
Waseca, Minn., 2005-.
Member, Freemasons;
Habitat
for Humanity.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
City of Waseca |
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad; managing
director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) —
also known as Carl C. Van Dyke —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., February
18, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; railway mail clerk;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1915-19; died in
office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 20,
1919 (age 38 years, 91
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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Harry P. Van Guilder (1890-1979) —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis.
Born in Cannon Falls, Goodhue
County, Minn., July 6,
1890.
Progressive. Bookkeeper;
railroad switchman; president of
his union local, 10 years; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Ashland County, 1937-42; defeated, 1942;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1944.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died in November, 1979
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Marie Eileen 'May' Habelt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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1940 |
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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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Ellis J. Westlake (b. 1854) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., April
30, 1854.
Superintendent of dining cars for Northern Pacific Railway; hotel
manager; insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state senate 31st District, 1915-18.
Member, Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles D. Westlake and Harriet E. (McNish)
Westlake. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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