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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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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, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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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, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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Oscar Beck (b. 1892) —
of Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., March 3,
1892.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; mayor
of Greeley, Colo., 1954-59.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Albert W. Bigelow (b. 1864) —
of Andover, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winona
County, Minn., April
14, 1864.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1903-04.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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Robert O. Burrows Sr. (b. 1899) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa.
Born in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., June 29,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Benton County, 1951.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Vera Cahalan Bushfield (1889-1976) —
also known as Vera E. Cahalan —
of Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., August
9, 1889.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1948.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., April
16, 1976 (age 86 years, 251
days).
Interment at G.A.R.
Cemetery, Miller, S.Dak.
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Clarence Edward Coyne (1881-1929) —
also known as Clarence E. Coyne —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., December
23, 1881.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; Stanley
County Sheriff, 1911-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1920;
secretary
of state of South Dakota, 1922-27; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1929; died in office 1929.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died May 27,
1929 (age 47 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Foster Coyne and Mary (McGavaran) Coyne; married to Elizabeth
Throckmorton-Gird. |
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Buell Fay Jones (b. 1892) —
also known as Buell F. Jones —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Spain, Marshall
County, S.Dak., November
25, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1923-29; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Theta Phi; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Even N. Jones and Ellen (Hughes) Jones; married to Florence
Bockler. |
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George Theodore Mickelson (1903-1965) —
also known as George T. Mickelson —
of Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak., July 23,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1937-42 (40th District
1937-38, 39th District 1939-42); Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1941-42; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of
South Dakota, 1947-51; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1953-65; died in office 1965.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Elks.
Died February
28, 1965 (age 61 years, 220
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Byron Samuel Payne (b. 1876) —
also known as Byron S. Payne —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
2, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the Eastern Star; Modern
Woodmen of America; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Sons
of Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Byron Spencer Payne and Charlotte Elizabeth (Woodworth) Payne;
brother of Jason
Elihu Payne. |
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George W. Snow (1842-1927) —
of Springfield, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Indiana, December, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real estate
business; banker; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1885; member of
South
Dakota state senate 4th District, 1889-90, 1899-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1901-05.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Springfield, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., November
8, 1927 (age 84 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Boyd Wales (b. 1873) —
of Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb., August
10, 1873.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Unitarian.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Prescutt Wales and Phebe (Cunningham) Wales; married to May
Furman. |
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