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Post Office Politicians in North Dakota

Alfred J. Abbott (1844-1916) — of Bon Homme, Bon Homme County, S.Dak. Born in Manchester, England, December 22, 1844. Republican. Postmaster; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1868-69; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1889-90. English ancestry. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 7, 1916 (age 71 years, 47 days). Interment at Bon Homme Cemetery, Bon Homme, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Abbott and Emma (Dunhill) Abbott; married, March 22, 1876, to Susanna Bussey.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Miller Baer (1886-1970) — of North Dakota. Born in Black Creek, Outagamie County, Wis., March 29, 1886. Civil engineer; farmer; cartoonist; postmaster; U.S. Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1917-21; defeated (Non-Partisan League), 1920. Congregationalist. Died in Washington, D.C., February 18, 1970 (age 83 years, 326 days). Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   Relatives: Son of Patrick Bray and Catherine (Hughes) Bray; married 1915 to Winifred Mabel Crabbe.   William M. Cuppett (b. 1843) — of Canton, Lincoln County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in Bedford County, Pa., December 26, 1843. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; carriage and wagon manufacturer; postmaster; member Dakota territorial council, 1870-71, 1879-80. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, September 1, 1870, to Miss N. E. Martin. Frank L. Palmer (born c.1863) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich.; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Jackson County, Mich., about 1863. Postal worker; real estate and insurance business; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Minnesota state senate 29th District, 1915-22. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1882 to Mary A. Hogle.   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

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