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Nelson County
North Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nelson County

Index to Locations Lakota Lakota Cemetery McVille New Luther Valley Cemetery Petersburg City Cemetery Whitman West Forest Cemetery Lakota Cemetery Lakota, Nelson County, North Dakota Politicians buried here:   Asle Jorgenson Gronna (1858-1922) — also known as Asle J. Gronna — of Lakota, Nelson County, N.Dak. Born in Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa, December 10, 1858. Republican. Member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1889; U.S. Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1905-11; resigned 1911; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1911-21. Died in Lakota, Nelson County, N.Dak., May 4, 1922 (age 63 years, 145 days). Interment at Lakota Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page New Luther Valley Cemetery McVille, Nelson County, North Dakota Politicians buried here:   Henry T. Quanbeck (1887-1972) — of McVille, Nelson County, N.Dak. Born in North Dakota, May 22, 1887. Republican. Insurance and real estate business; member of North Dakota state house of representatives, 1915-16; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1948. Lutheran. Died in 1972 (age about 85 years). Interment at New Luther Valley Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial City Cemetery Petersburg, Nelson County, North Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: Martin Nelson Johnson (1850-1909) — also known as Martin N. Johnson — of Iowa; Petersburg, Nelson County, N.Dak. Born in Racine County, Wis., March 3, 1850. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; farmer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1877; member of Iowa state senate, 1878-82; delegate to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Nelson County, 1889; U.S. Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1891-99; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1909; died in office 1909. Died in Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak., October 21, 1909 (age 59 years, 232 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nelson Johnson and Anna (Selheim) Johnson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) West Forest Cemetery Whitman, Nelson County, North Dakota Politicians buried here:   Mikkel Thorsyeinson Lillehaugen (1881-1972) — also known as M. T. Lillehaugen — of Perth Township, Walsh County, N.Dak.; Brocket, Ramsey County, N.Dak. Born in Hallingdal, Norway, June 4, 1881. Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1952 (Honorary Vice-President). Norwegian ancestry. Died in East Grand Forks, Polk County, Minn., October 24, 1972 (age 91 years, 142 days). Interment at West Forest Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1907 to Helen Mathilda Sando; married, March 10, 1917, to Marie Amanda Moe.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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