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M. Plin Beebe (1881-1941) —
of Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sandusky, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
7, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 37th District, 1915-16.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died August
9, 1941 (age 59 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Marcus
P. Beebe and Leota (Fuller) Beebe; married to Alice
Conklin. |
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Hiram A. Boucher (1896-1967) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Eureka, McPherson
County, S.Dak., December
14, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1921-24; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1924-27; Cobh, 1928-29; Rome, 1929-36; Geneva, 1936-41; Auckland, 1941-45; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1945-47.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Died November
15, 1967 (age 70 years, 336
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) —
also known as Royal C. Johnson —
of Highmore, Hyde
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa, October
3, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Hyde
County State's Attorney, 1909-10; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1915-33; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August
2, 1939 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Chambers Kellar (b. 1867) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Jason Elihu Payne (1874-1941) —
also known as Jason E. Payne —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clay
County, S.Dak., January
22, 1874.
Republican. Lost his
right arm as a youth, in an accident with a runaway team of
horses; college
instructor; lawyer; law
professor; member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1903-06.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association.
An enraged litigant, Ozzie Kirby, tried to
kill him in in 1940; Kirby also shot and killed Payne's law
partner.
Injured in an automobile
accident, and died several weeks later as a result, in a hospital
at Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., September
11, 1941 (age 67 years, 232
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Byron Spencer Payne and Charlotte Elizabeth (Woodworth) Payne;
brother of Byron
Samuel Payne; married, July 20,
1905, to Iwae E. Sheppard. |
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