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Union County
South Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Union County

Index to Locations Beresford Beresford Cemetery Beresford St. John's Catholic Cemetery Elk Point Elk Point Cemetery Beresford Cemetery Beresford, Union County, South Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: August Frieberg (1863-1932) — of Beresford, Union County, S.Dak. Born in Sweden, December 7, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Beresford, S.D., 1898; member of South Dakota state senate 1st District, 1903-06; vice-president, Security State Bank. Swedish ancestry. Died in Union County, S.Dak., May 16, 1932 (age 68 years, 161 days). Interment at Beresford Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lars Peter Gustafson Frieberg and Anna Kathrina (Johnson) Frieberg; brother of John Frieberg; married, January 1, 1901, to Mathilda Hammer.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 St. John's Catholic Cemetery Beresford, Union County, South Dakota Politicians buried here: William John Bulow (1869-1960) — also known as William J. Bulow — of Beresford, Union County, S.Dak. Born near Moscow, Clermont County, Ohio, January 13, 1869. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state senate 1st District, 1899-1900; Union County Judge, 1918; Governor of South Dakota, 1927-31; defeated, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1928; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43. Died in Washington, D.C., February 26, 1960 (age 91 years, 44 days). Interment at St. John's Catholic Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Bulow and Elizabeth (Ebendorf) Bulow; married, November 25, 1898, to Katherine Reedy; married, October 15, 1922, to Sarah Farrand.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Image source: Library of Congress Elk Point Cemetery Elk Point, Union County, South Dakota Politicians buried here:   Norris J. Wallace — of Elk Point, Union County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). School teacher; served in Dakota Cavalry; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1862-63; member Dakota territorial council, 1868-69; President of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1869. Interment at Elk Point Cemetery.

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