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Lawrence County
South Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lawrence County

Index to Locations Anderson Cemetery Deadwood Mt. Moriah Cemetery Lead South Lead Cemetery Lead West Lead Cemetery Spearfish Rose Hill Cemetery Anderson Cemetery Lawrence County, South Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   James Anderson (1845-1890) — of Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in 1845. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives 49th District, 1889-90; died in office 1890. Died September 11, 1890 (age about 45 years). Interment at Anderson Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mt. Moriah Cemetery Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota Founded 1877 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Granville Gaylord Bennett (1833-1910) — also known as G. G. Bennett — of Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born near Bloomingburg, Fayette County, Ohio, October 9, 1833. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1865-67; member of Iowa state senate, 1867-71; justice of Dakota territorial supreme court, 1875-78; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1900. Died in Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak., June 28, 1910 (age 76 years, 262 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.   Bennett County, S.Dak. may have been named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Freeman Tulley Knowles (1846-1910) — also known as Freeman Knowles — of Denison, Crawford County, Iowa; Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Harmony, Somerset County, Maine, October 10, 1846. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1897-99. Died in Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak., June 1, 1910 (age 63 years, 234 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Alice Freeman Graham.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)   William Randolph Steele (1842-1901) — also known as William R. Steele — of Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo.; Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 24, 1842. Democrat. Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wyoming Territory, 1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory, 1888 (member, Resolutions Committee); member of Democratic National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1892 (member, Resolutions Committee); mayor of Deadwood, S.Dak., 1894. Died November 30, 1901 (age 59 years, 129 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Barnard Fairbank (1839-1908) — also known as John B. Fairbank — of Central City, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Oakham, Worcester County, Mass., August 8, 1839. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; gold miner; member of South Dakota state senate 38th District, 1897-98. Died in Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak., April 28, 1908 (age 68 years, 264 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Chandler Fairbank and Lurana (Robinson) Fairbank; married, August 31, 1863, to Ruth Adelaide Boyce; second cousin once removed of Isaac Davis and Kellogg Fairbank (who married Janet Ayer); third cousin of Edward Livingston Davis; third cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank and Livingston Davis; fourth cousin of Wilson Henry Fairbank, Alexander Warren Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks.   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   Epitaph: "True to every trust - Faithful unto death."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Seth Bullock (1847-1919) — of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont.; Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Ontario, July 23, 1847. Republican. Member of Montana territorial senate, 1871-72; Lewis and Clark County Sheriff, 1873; hardware dealer; hotel owner; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1916. Died, in the Bullock Hotel, Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak., September, 1919 (age 72 years, 0 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Martha Marguerite Eccles.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Andrew Rea Zina Dawson (1835-1896) — also known as Andrew R. Z. Dawson — Born in Ohio, May 10, 1835. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Deadwood. Died July 19, 1896 (age 61 years, 70 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George Vincent Ayres (1852-1939) — also known as George V. Ayres — of Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Luzerne County, Pa., November 1, 1852. Republican. Hardware dealer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 46th District, 1927-30. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Died May 29, 1939 (age 86 years, 209 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, April 23, 1885, to Katie Towle; married to Myrtle Coon; father of Albro Charles Ayres.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Albro Charles Ayres (1907-1981) — also known as Albro C. Ayres — of Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born July 1, 1907. Republican. Hardware and mining supplies business; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1951-56 (52nd District 1951-52, 49th District 1953-56). Member, Freemasons. Died February 2, 1981 (age 73 years, 216 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Vincent Ayres and Myrtle (Coon) Ayres; married 1948 to Linda Mackey.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial South Lead Cemetery Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota Politicians buried here: 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.   Relatives: Son of John Edwards and Mary (Evans) Edwards; married 1899 to Lucy Mary Seymour.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Library of Congress West Lead Cemetery Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota Founded 1879 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Madison Ballantyne (1881-1953) — of Lead, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Lead, Lawrence County, S.Dak., October 25, 1881. Republican. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives 46th District, 1937-38. Died in Lead, Lawrence County, S.Dak., June 20, 1953 (age 71 years, 238 days). Interment at West Lead Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alexander Ballantyne and Martha Alice (Moralee) Ballantyne.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Rose Hill Cemetery Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota Politicians buried here:   Samuel Cleland Polley (b. 1864) — also known as Samuel C. Polley — of Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Winnebago Valley, Houston County, Minn., January 13, 1864. Republican. Lawyer; Lawrence County State's Attorney, 1901; secretary of state of South Dakota, 1909-13; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1913-47. Episcopalian. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

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