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Fall River County
South Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fall River County

Index to Locations Ardmore Duck Creek Cemetery Hot Springs Evergreen Cemetery Duck Creek Cemetery Ardmore, Fall River County, South Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   David Anderson (1860-1950) — of Ardmore, Fall River County, S.Dak. Born in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, May 19, 1860. Democrat. Member of South Dakota state senate 42nd District, 1917-18. Died in 1950 (age about 90 years). Interment at Duck Creek Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Evergreen Cemetery Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Leslie Jensen (1892-1964) — of Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak. Born in Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak., September 15, 1892. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for South Dakota, 1921-34; president, People's Telephone and Telegraph Co.; Governor of South Dakota, 1937-39; candidate for U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American Legion. Suffered a head injury in an automobile accident, and died three days later, in St. Johns-McNamara Hospital, Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak., December 14, 1964 (age 72 years, 90 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of C. L. Jensen and Lillie May (Haxby) Jensen; married, December 19, 1925, to Elizabeth Ward.   The Leslie Jensen Scenic Drive, in Fall River County, South Dakota, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Eben Wever Martin (1855-1932) — also known as Eben W. Martin — of Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak. Born in Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, April 12, 1855. Republican. Lawyer; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1885-86; U.S. Representative from South Dakota, 1901-07, 1908, 1909-15 (at-large 1901-07, 1908, 1909-13, 3rd District 1913-15). Methodist. English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal Legion. Died in Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak., May 22, 1932 (age 77 years, 40 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Capt. James W. Martin and Lois Hyde (Wever) Martin; married, June 13, 1883, to Jessie A. Miner.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903   L. E. Highley (1876-1935) — of Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak. Born March 13, 1876. Republican. Member of South Dakota state senate 42nd District, 1909-10, 1929-32. Died September 15, 1935 (age 59 years, 186 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Elnathan Benjamin Adams (1881-1946) — also known as Elnathan B. Adams — of Walworth County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak. Born in West Haven, Rutland County, Vt., May 21, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota Republican state chair, 1908-10, 1914-16; Walworth County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Fall River County State's Attorney, 1916-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932, 1936 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Christian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; Modern Woodmen of America; Kiwanis; American Bar Association. Died in South Dakota, May 1, 1946 (age 64 years, 345 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Benajah P. Adams and Emma S. (Benjamin) Adams; married, June 25, 1907, to Lillian Grace Hall.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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