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John Kristensen Brostuen (1884-1938) —
also known as John K. Brostuen; Johannes Kristensen
Brostuen —
of Alexander, McKenzie
County, N.Dak.
Born near Ringebu, Norway,
August
28, 1884.
Republican. Farmer; rancher;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1920; North Dakota
Republican state chair, 1937-38.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in an airplane
crash near Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1938
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williston, N.Dak.
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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial
nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes) Burdick;
married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis. |
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Friend." |
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memorial |
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Dorr Howard Carroll (1874-1956) —
also known as Dorr H. Carroll —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Village Creek, Allamakee
County, Iowa, November
25, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; farmer; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 8th District,
1945-48, 1953-54.
Baptist.
Died in Jackson
County, Mo., October
7, 1956 (age 81 years, 317
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph
operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,
Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper publisher;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., February
8, 1908 (age 67 years, 165
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Thomas D. Edwards (1847-1935) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Floyd, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
30, 1847.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Lead,
Dakota Territory, 1883-86; U.S. Consul in Ciudad Juarez, 1905-17; Cornwall, 1917-22.
Died in Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., August
3, 1935 (age 88 years, 95
days).
Interment at South Lead Cemetery, Lead, S.Dak.
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Andrew Jackson Faulk (1814-1898) —
also known as Andrew J. Faulk —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Milford, Pike
County, Pa., November
26, 1814.
Newspaper publisher; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1866-69.
Methodist.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., September
4, 1898 (age 83 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Hall (1869-1958) —
of Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Cliff Mine, Keweenaw
County, Mich., June 6,
1869.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; rancher; secretary
of state of North Dakota, 1913-24, 1943-54; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1924-33; defeated,
1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak., December
4, 1958 (age 89 years, 181
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.
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Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) —
also known as Henry C. Hansbrough —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis.; Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph
County, Ill., January
30, 1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1889-91; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1891-1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1933 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Ferdinand A. Husher (1825-1894) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Viborg, Denmark,
June
16, 1825.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper editor and publisher;
Register, U.S. Land Office, LaCrosse, Wis.; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1889-90; U.S. Consul
in Port Stanley, 1890-93; St. Thomas, 1890-93.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., February
12, 1894 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Kingsbury (1837-1925) —
also known as George W. Kingsbury —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lee, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
16, 1837.
Republican. Printer;
member
Dakota territorial council, 1863-67; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota; member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1895-96; newspaper
editor.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., January
28, 1925 (age 87 years, 43
days).
Interment at Yankton
Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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Harlan Jerome Miner (b. 1869) —
also known as H. J. Miner —
of Sykeston, Wells
County, N.Dak.; International Falls, Koochiching
County, Minn.
Born in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1869.
Newspaper publisher; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1890; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1900; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 62, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Naftalin (1917-2005) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., June 28,
1917.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper columnist;
secretary to Mayor Hubert
H. Humphrey, 1945-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1961-69.
Jewish.
Injured in a fall, and
died a few hours later, in Abbott Northwestern Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 16,
2005 (age 87 years, 322
days). His body was
donated to the University of Minnesota medical school.
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Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971) —
also known as Gerald P. Nye —
of Cooperstown, Griggs
County, N.Dak.
Born in Hortonville, Outagamie
County, Wis., December
19, 1892.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1924; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45; appointed 1925; defeated,
1944, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Dakota, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1971 (age 78 years, 210
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Frank Edward Packard (1880-1961) —
of North Dakota; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Renwick, Humboldt
County, Iowa, November
18, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper reporter; lawyer;
North Dakota state tax commissioner, 1911-18; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1918-20; attorney for Standard Oil
Company, 1921-46.
Congregationalist.
Died February
9, 1961 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank D. Packard and Harriet (Olden) Packard; married, September
16, 1903, to Bulah Richardson. |
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; newspaper editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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