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Lincoln County
South Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lincoln County

Index to Locations Canton Forest Hill Cemetery Hudson Lands Lutheran Church Cemetery Worthing Worthing Cemetery Forest Hill Cemetery Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Oscar Sherman Gifford (1842-1913) — also known as Oscar S. Gifford — of Canton, Lincoln County, S.Dak. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 20, 1842. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; delegate to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1885; U.S. Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1889-91. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Lincoln County, S.Dak., January 16, 1913 (age 70 years, 88 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Gifford and Mary Gifford; married, May 14, 1874, to Phoebe M. Fuller; fourth cousin of Stephen Galloway; fourth cousin once removed of Bennet Bicknell.   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Harold J. Bogue (1906-1959) — of South Dakota. Born in 1906. Judge of South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1957-59; appointed 1957; died in office 1959. Died April 18, 1959 (age about 52 years). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Hilbert David Bogue (1902-1996) — also known as Hilbert Bogue — of Beresford, Lincoln County, S.Dak. Born in Beresford, Union County, S.Dak., May 18, 1902. Republican. Farmer; livestock feeder; member of South Dakota state senate 6th District, 1955-62; President pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1961-62. Lutheran. Member, Farm Bureau. Died May 13, 1996 (age 93 years, 361 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Myrtle Erickson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial George Williston Nash (1868-1944) — also known as George W. Nash — of Yankton, Yankton County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown County, S.Dak. Born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis., December 22, 1868. College professor; South Dakota superintendent of public instruction, 1903-06. Died June 30, 1944 (age 75 years, 191 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jennie Eliza (Williston) Nash and Newman Curtis Nash; second cousin once removed of William Chapman Williston; third cousin thrice removed of Theodore Dwight, Elijah Hunt Mills and Greene Carrier Bronson.   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903   Warren E. Beck (b. 1883) — of Geddes, Charles Mix County, S.Dak. Born in Harrisburg, Lincoln County, S.Dak., January 27, 1883. Democrat. Railway station agent; candidate for U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1924. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Knights of Pythias; Order of Railroad Telegraphers. President, South Dakota State Federation of Labor. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elias S. Beck and Delia (Klapp) Beck.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Willis E. Benedict (1858-1917) — of Custer, Custer County, S.Dak. Born in Wisconsin, July 16, 1858. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; member of South Dakota state senate 41st District, 1899-1900; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 43rd District, 1901-02. Died in 1917 (age about 58 years). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Hiram F. Benedict and Lydia A. (Thompson) Benedict.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Willard H. Huff (1852-1926) — of Worthing, Lincoln County, S.Dak. Born in Gaines town, Orleans County, N.Y., February 2, 1852. Republican. Farmer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1903-06. Died in 1926 (age about 74 years). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 Lands Lutheran Church Cemetery Hudson, Lincoln County, South Dakota Politicians buried here:   Archie M. Gubbrud (1910-1987) — of near Alcester, Lincoln County, S.Dak. Born in Norway Township, Lincoln County, S.Dak., December 31, 1910. Republican. Farmer; bank director; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1951-60; Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1959-60; Governor of South Dakota, 1961-65; candidate for U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1968; state director, U.S. Farmer's Home Administration, 1969-77. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Died, from complications of lung cancer, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., April 26, 1987 (age 76 years, 116 days). Interment at Lands Lutheran Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Torval Marius Gubbrud and Ella (Rommeriam) Gubbrud; married to Florence Dexter; grandson of Andrew J. Rommeriam.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier Worthing Cemetery Worthing, Lincoln County, South Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Fredrick Gerber Jr. (1870-1941) — also known as Fred Gerber, Jr. — of Worthing, Lincoln County, S.Dak. Born in Spring Green, Sauk County, Wis., May 1, 1870. Republican. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives 5th District, 1919-22. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., May 13, 1941 (age 71 years, 12 days). Interment at Worthing Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Fredrick Gerber, Sr. and Augusta (Neuheisel) Gerber.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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