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James Abdnor (1923-2012) —
also known as Jim Abdnor; Ellis James
Abdnor —
of Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak.
Born in Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak., February
13, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; rancher; school
teacher; athletic
coach; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1957-68 (29th District 1957-66, 24th
District 1967-68); President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1965-66; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1973-81; defeated
in primary, 1970; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87; defeated, 1986;
administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, 1987-89; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1992.
Methodist; later Lutheran.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Farmers
Union; Grange;
Sigma
Chi; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, at Dougherty Hospice
House, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., May 16,
2012 (age 89 years, 93
days).
Interment at Kennebec Cemetery, Kennebec, S.Dak.
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A. C. Allen (b. 1864) —
of Colman, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winona
County, Minn., January
2, 1864.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 20th District, 1903-04.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Thornton N. Babcock (1865-1944) —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winona
County, Minn., December
29, 1865.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 29th District, 1923-30.
Methodist. Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Codington
County, S.Dak., April
26, 1944 (age 78 years, 119
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) —
also known as Orville S. Basford —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
29, 1848.
Republican. Methodist
minister; postmaster;
South
Dakota Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper
editor and publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner,
1907.
Methodist.
Died in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., October
27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
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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, Canton, S.Dak.
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John Erwin Bibby (1920-2003) —
also known as John E. Bibby —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., November
21, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; creamery
manager; mens wear
retailer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1963-74; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1975-82.
Methodist. Member, Rotary;
Jaycees;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Suffered cardiac
arrest while sailing
on Green Lake, Spicer, Minn., and died two weeks later, in Brookings
Hospital,
Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., July 26,
2003 (age 82 years, 247
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Irwin John 'Jake' Bibby and Ruth Edith (Erwin) Bibby; married 1947 to Jean
Frances Starksen; married 1993 to Mary
McClure; father of John Francis 'Jay' Bibby. |
| | | Epitaph: "Devoted
Citizen." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Mary McClure Bibby (1939-2016) —
also known as Mary Anne Burges; Mary
McClure —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.; Spicer, Kandiyohi
County, Minn.
Born in Milbank, Grant
County, S.Dak., April
21, 1939.
Republican. Fulbright scholar; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1975-89; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1976,
1992,
2008
(alternate); special assistant for intergovernmental affairs, under
President George
H. W. Bush, 1989-92.
Female.
Congregationalist;
later Methodist. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Rotary.
Died, from cancer,
in Spicer, Kandiyohi
County, Minn., July 2,
2016 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Spicer Cemetery, Spicer, Minn.
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Newton Dexter Burch (1871-1931) —
also known as N. D. Burch —
of Boyd
County, Neb.; Dallas, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Stewartsville, DeKalb
County, Mo., June 17,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Boyd
County Attorney, 1903-07; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1921-26;
judge
of South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1926-31; died
in office 1931.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died March
18, 1931 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George N. Burch and Elizabeth (Dexter) Burch; married, March
15, 1899, to Sadie E. Jarman. |
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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956
(speaker).
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Edwin Lincoln Ebbert (1863-1929) —
also known as Edwin L. Ebbert —
of near Carpenter, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Doland, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Born in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., March
11, 1863.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 31st District, 1921-24.
Methodist.
Died in Union Township, Spink
County, S.Dak., January
7, 1929 (age 65 years, 302
days).
Interment at Doland Cemetery, Doland, S.Dak.
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Samuel Harrison Elrod (1856-1935) —
also known as Samuel H. Elrod —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coatesville, Hendricks
County, Ind., May 1,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
Governor
of South Dakota, 1905-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1916,
1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota.
Methodist.
Died in Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak., July 13,
1935 (age 79 years, 73
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Near Clark, Clark County, S.Dak.
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Andrew Jackson Faulk (1814-1898) —
also known as Andrew J. Faulk —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Milford, Pike
County, Pa., November
26, 1814.
Newspaper
publisher; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1866-69.
Methodist.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., September
4, 1898 (age 83 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alva Clark Forney (1871-1956) —
also known as A. Clark Forney —
of Oelrichs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Holt
County, Mo., February
25, 1871.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
rancher;
banker;
mining
business; Fall
River County Treasurer, 1905-08; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 43rd District, 1921-24; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1925-27.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died April
11, 1956 (age 85 years, 46
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Christian W. Forney and Mary Ellen (Iddings) Forney; married, December
29, 1903, to Nellie Hartman. |
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Joseph Jacob Foss (1915-2003) —
also known as Joe Foss; "The American Ace of
Aces" —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April
17, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
received the Medal
of Honor for action over Guadalcanal in 1942-43; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
speaker, 1952,
1956;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1949-50,
1953-54; Governor of
South Dakota, 1955-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1958; Commissioner, American Football
League, 1960; elected to National Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1984; president, National Rifle Association, 1988-90.
Methodist. Member, American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from the effects of a stroke,
in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
1, 2003 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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L. G. Gillespie (b. 1875) —
of O'Neill, Holt
County, Neb.
Born in Canton, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), April
10, 1875.
Republican. Insurance
agent; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1935-36.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bennet S. Gillespie and Nellie A. (Van Fleet) Gillespie; married,
November
20, 1902, to Bertha E. Fawkes. |
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Warren Everett Green (1870-1945) —
also known as Warren E. Green —
of Hazel, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.
Born in Jackson
County, Wis., March
10, 1870.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1907-08, 1923-26; Governor of
South Dakota, 1931-33; candidate in inconclusive primary 1930;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died April
27, 1945 (age 75 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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G. Homer Harding (b. 1925) —
of South Dakota.
Born December
7, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1971-88; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1991-; defeated, 1994.
Methodist. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 1994.
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1882-1949) —
also known as H. H. Humphrey —
of Doland, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., 1882.
Democrat. Druggist; chair of
Spink County Democratic Party, 1928; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 24th District, 1937-38;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Methodist. English
ancestry.
Died in November, 1949
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Montgomery Johnston (b. 1867) —
also known as James M. Johnston —
of Garden City, Clark
County, S.Dak.; Bradley, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in High Point, Moniteau
County, Mo., June 14,
1867.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1901-04, 1909-10 (27th
District 1901-04, 32nd District 1909-10); member of South
Dakota state senate 29th District, 1919-22.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Nicholas Egbert Knight (b. 1866) —
also known as N. E. Knight —
of Castlewood, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.; Thomas, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.
Born in a log
house, Eau Claire
County, Wis., October
15, 1866.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1913-16, 1931-32 (30th
District 1913-16, 28th District 1931-32); South
Dakota commissioner of school and public lands, 1917-25.
Methodist. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Carroll A. Lane (1905-1997) —
of Iowa; Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Eldora, Hardin
County, Iowa, May 9,
1905.
Republican. Member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1943-45; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1944.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died October
15, 1997 (age 92 years, 159
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas Irwin Lowthian (1840-1920) —
of Milbank, Grant
County, S.Dak.
Born in Burford, Ontario,
March
17, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883, 1885;
member of South
Dakota state senate 31st District, 1893-96.
Methodist. Member, Grange;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died April
17, 1920 (age 80 years, 31
days).
Interment at Milbank
Cemetery, Milbank, S.Dak.
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Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., August
4, 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1911-14; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District
1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republican
primary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.
Methodist. Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Sigma Rho; United
Spanish War Veterans.
One of 25 passengers and crew killed in the crash
of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from
Washington to Pittsburgh, during an intense
storm, near Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1940 (age 62 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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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, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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George Stanley McGovern (1922-2012) —
also known as George McGovern —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Avon, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., July 19,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1957-61; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1984;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, in Dougherty Hospice
House, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., October
21, 2012 (age 90 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph C. McGovern and Frances (McLean) McGovern; married, October
31, 1943, to Eleanor Fay Stegeberg. |
| | | Cross-reference: Owen
J. Donley — Frank
Mankiewicz |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by George McGovern: The
Third Freedom : Ending Hunger in Our Time (2001) — Terry
: My Daughter's Life-And-Death Struggle With Alcoholism
(1996) — Grassroots
: The Autobiography of George McGovern (1977) — Agricultural
Thought in the Twentieth Century (1967) — An
American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George
McGovern (1974) — The
Great Coalfield War (1972) — The
Essential America : Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition
(2004) |
| | | Books about George McGovern: Robert Sam
Anson, McGovern:
A Biography — Nicholas Max, President
McGovern's First Term — Gary Hart, Right
from the Start; A Chronicle of the McGovern Campaign —
Kristi Witker, How
to lose everything in politics except Massachusetts —
Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Joshua M. Glasser, The
Eighteen-Day Running Mate: McGovern, Eagleton, and a Campaign in
Crisis |
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John T. Medin (b. 1875) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in St. Angsar, Mitchell
County, Iowa, February
20, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in South Dakota, 1908-19; circuit judge in South Dakota,
1919-; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Dakota, 1932.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) —
also known as John P. Richmond —
of Schuyler
County, Ill.
Born in Middletown, Frederick
County, Md., August
11, 1811.
Democrat. Physician;
minister;
in 1840, he officiated at the first
Protestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841,
he delivered the first
Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member of Illinois
state senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1855-56; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Schuyler County,
1862; postmaster.
Methodist. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in South Dakota, August
28, 1895 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment at Tyndall
Cemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond;
married 1835 to
America Walker; married 1859 to Kitty
Gristy. |
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Jean Feni Sargent (1879-1954) —
also known as Jean F. Sargent —
of Gettysburg, Potter
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hurley, Turner
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), December
23, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Dakota, 1920;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1923-24, 1951-54 (38th
District 1923-24, 26th District 1951-52, 24th District 1953-54); died
in office 1954.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Gettysburg, Potter
County, S.Dak., April
21, 1954 (age 74 years, 119
days).
Interment at Gettysburg Cemetery, Gettysburg, S.Dak.
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Carl G. Sherwood (1855-1938) —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Broome
County, N.Y., January
18, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 29th District, 1889-90; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1912; circuit judge in South Dakota,
1912-17; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1922-31.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Kiwanis.
Died in Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak., August
17, 1938 (age 83 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Near Clark, Clark County, S.Dak.
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Lionel J. Stacey Jr. (b. 1928) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak., 1928.
Republican. School
principal; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 44th District, 1967-68; resigned
1968.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1968.
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Robert Scadden Vessey (1858-1929) —
also known as Robert S. Vessey —
of Wessington Springs, Jerauld
County, S.Dak.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 16,
1858.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Governor of
South Dakota, 1909-13.
Methodist.
Died October
18, 1929 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Garner Waddel (1870-1937) —
also known as W. G. Waddel —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Grant
County, Wis., June 29,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1913-16; member of South
Dakota state senate 34th District, 1919-22.
Methodist. Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Day
County, S.Dak., January
24, 1937 (age 66 years, 209
days).
Interment at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Adaville, Iowa.
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