| | 
Tracy R. Bangs (1862-1936) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur
County, Minn., April
29, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., Northern States
Power
Co., and Occidental Life
Insurance Co.; Grand
Forks County State's Attorney, 1892; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
Died February
22, 1936 (age 73 years, 299
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
|
 |
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.
|
| |
John Louis Engdahl (1884-1932) —
also known as J. Louis Engdahl —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
11, 1884.
Telegraph operator; newspaper
reporter; later, writer and
editor
for Socialist and Communist publications; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924 (Workers), 1926 (Workers Communist);
Communist candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930; Communist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1931.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Moscow, Russia,
November
21, 1932 (age 48 years, 10
days).
Cremated.
|
 |
Richard Jones (b. 1887) —
of Kempton, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Brisbin, Clearfield
County, Pa., August
14, 1887.
Telegraph operator; secretary
and president,
Duluth Federated Trades Assembly; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 58th District, 1915-18.
Welsh
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Ray G. Kern (b. 1883) —
of Lake Elmo, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Washington
County, Minn., September
12, 1883.
Boot and
shoe salesman; banker;
director, Washington County Telephone Co. and Lake Elmo
Telephone Co.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 43, 1927-34.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Bankers Association; Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Loziene Julius Lee (1907-1999) —
also known as L. J. Lee —
of Bagley, Clearwater
County, Minn.
Born in Glenwood, Pope
County, Minn., March
18, 1907.
Democrat. International
representative, Local 39, Union of Operating Engineers, 1948-68;
vice-president,
Minnesota Federation of Labor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1952;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1961-72 (District 65 1961-66,
District 65-B 1967-72); director and chairman, Garden Valley
Telephone Company, 1970-92.
Lutheran.
Member, Eagles.
Died, in Clearwater County Memorial Hospital,
Bagley, Clearwater
County, Minn., May 9,
1999 (age 92 years, 52
days).
Interment at Bagley Cemetery, Bagley, Minn.
|
 |
George H. Moeller (b. 1882) —
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
13, 1882.
Worked in newspaper,
telephone, insurance,
and advertising
businesses; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 36 1913-14,
District 40 1915-18).
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
|
 |
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.
| |  |
Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
|
|
|
