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William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) —
also known as William H. H. Beadle —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born, in a log
cabin at Howard, Parke
County, Ind., January
1, 1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
U.S. Surveyor-General for Dakota Territory, 1869-71; member of
Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1872-; member of
Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1877-79; Dakota
Territory superintendent of public instruction, 1879-86;
president, Madison State Normal School (now Dakota State
University), 1889-1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
15, 1915 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Edwin Freemont Ladd (1859-1925) —
also known as Edwin F. Ladd —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Starks, Somerset
County, Maine, December
13, 1859.
Republican. Chemist;
college
professor; president, North Dakota Agricultural College
(now North Dakota State University), 1916-21; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1921-25; died in office 1925.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., June 22,
1925 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) —
also known as Robert E. O'Brian —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Fulton
County, Ill., July 22,
1895.
Democrat. Locomotive
fireman; automobile
mechanic; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pastor;
president, Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938;
president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a meat packing
plant), 1944-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Killed when he was hit by a
car on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., October
25, 1977 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married 1920 to Mabel
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