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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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Ida Brooks Alseth (1888-1970) —
also known as Ida B. Alseth; Ida Brooks; Mrs.
Charles A. Alseth —
of Lake Preston, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Mansfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., 1888.
Republican. College
instructor; school teacher and principal; Kingsbury
County Superintendent of Schools, 1936-43; writer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Female.
Congregationalist.
Died October
9, 1970 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Lake Preston Cemetery, Lake Preston, S.Dak.
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Dana Reed Bailey (b. 1833) —
also known as Dana R. Bailey —
of Highgate, Franklin
County, Vt.; St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.; Baldwin, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Montgomery, Franklin
County, Vt., April
27, 1833.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868;
Franklin
County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state senate, 1871-74; founder of village of Baldwin, Wis., 1871;
built the Matchless Flour Mills
there, and owned three saw mills;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1878-79; St.
Croix County Commissioner, 1880-82; insurance
business; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1890-95.
Burial location unknown.
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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, Canton, S.Dak.
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Christian Oliver Berdahl (1878-1961) —
also known as Christian O. Berdahl —
of Garretson, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Milbank, Grant
County, S.Dak.
Born in South Dakota, November
11, 1878.
Republican. School teacher; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1915-22; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1921-22.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died April 6,
1961 (age 82 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anfin Johannesson Berdahl and Caroline (Christianson) Berdahl;
married, August
24, 1905, to Mary A. Mair. |
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John H. Carroll (b. 1849) —
of De Smet, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1849.
Republican. School teacher; postmaster;
banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 22nd District, 1903-08.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Joseph H. Close (b. 1858) —
of White Lake, Aurora
County, S.Dak.
Born in Columbiana
County, Ohio, April 8,
1858.
Republican. School teacher; farmer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 13th District, 1901-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1887 to Marion
Hoobler. |
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Marvin E. Dillman (b. 1907) —
of Lac du Flambeau, Vilas
County, Wis.
Born in Revillo, Grant
County, S.Dak., July 12,
1907.
Republican. School principal; proprietor of summer resort;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Iron, Oneida and Vilas counties, 1955-58.
Burial location unknown.
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Ray E. Dougherty (b. 1895) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, July 11,
1895.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
candidate for South
Dakota state attorney general, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Dougherty and Sarah Ann (Judkins) Dougherty; married,
June
30, 1920, to Julia Newell Treat. |
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Howard G. Fuller —
of Eldora, Hardin
County, Iowa; South Dakota.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
School teacher and principal; Hardin
County Superintendent of Schools, 1883-86; lawyer;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1889-94; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1894-1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maria Leonard. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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W. C. Graybill (b. 1851) —
of Chamberlain, Brule
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, January
24, 1851.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; real estate
business; Brule
County Register of Deeds, 1891-92; receiver, U.S. Land Office at
Chamberlain, S.D., 1894-98; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Edith Starrett Green (1910-1987) —
also known as Edith Green; Edith Louise
Starrett —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Trent, Moody
County, S.Dak., January
17, 1910.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate for secretary
of state of Oregon, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1955-74; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Female.
Christian.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Urban
League; American
Association of University Women.
Died April
21, 1987 (age 77 years, 94
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Corbett, Ore.
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Frank M. Hanna (b. 1856) —
of Le Mars, Plymouth
County, Iowa; Charles
Mix County, S.Dak.
Born in Mercer
County, Pa., October
28, 1856.
School teacher; farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Hebal (b. 1849) —
of Goodwin, Deuel
County, S.Dak.
Born in Austria,
December
8, 1849.
Republican. School teacher; merchant;
bank
director; Deuel
County Treasurer, 1885-90; member of South
Dakota state senate 26th District, 1893-96; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1905-10 (30th District
1905-08, 29th District 1909-10).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wenzl Hebal and Teresa Hebal; married 1885 to
Abigail A. Van Buskirk. |
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Charles Lewis Hoover (1872-1949) —
also known as Charles L. Hoover —
of Edgemont, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, January
11, 1872.
Superintendent of schools; botanist;
linguist;
divisional superintendent of schools, Philippine Islands, 1902-09;
U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1909-12; Carlsbad, 1912-14; Prague, 1914-16; Sao Paulo, 1916-20; Danzig, as of 1922; Batavia, as of 1926; U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam, as of 1928-32.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
30, 1949 (age 77 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel A. Hoover and Miriam J. (Beardsley) Hoover; married to
Harriet White; married, October
1, 1901, to Helen E. Lowrie; distant cousin *** of Herbert
Clark Hoover. |
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family of Palo Alto, California. |
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Oscar E. Lawson —
of Big Springs, Union
County, S.Dak.
Republican. School teacher; farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 1st District, 1901-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Richard Barrett Lowe (1902-1972) —
Born in Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak., July 8,
1902.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1953-56; Governor of
Guam, 1956-59.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., April
16, 1972 (age 69 years, 283
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Madison, S.Dak.
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Karl Earl Mundt (1900-1974) —
also known as Karl E. Mundt —
of Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born in Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., June 3,
1900.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1939-48; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1948-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; Kiwanis;
Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Kappa Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
16, 1974 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Madison, S.Dak.
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David R. Munson (b. 1942) —
also known as Dave Munson —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April
16, 1942.
School teacher; insurance
agent; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1979-96; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1997-2002; resigned 2002; mayor
of Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 2002-.
Still living as of 2010.
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Donald William Naddy (b. 1917) —
also known as Donald Naddy —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Kidder, Marshall
County, S.Dak., January
12, 1917.
School teacher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1959-60.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Farmers
Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Edward Naddy and Anna (Impecoven) Naddy. |
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Laura Emelia Naplin (1893-1985) —
also known as Laura E. Naplin; Laura Emelia
Johnson —
of Thief River Falls, Pennington
County, Minn.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., February
14, 1893.
School teacher; member of Minnesota
state senate 65th District, 1927-34.
Female.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., 1985
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin W. Odland (b. 1875) —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Clay
County, S.Dak., 1875.
School teacher and principal; newspaper
editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Olive A. Ringsrud (b. 1892) —
of Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.
Born in Union
County, S.Dak., February
7, 1892.
Republican. School teacher; secretary
of state of South Dakota, 1939-43.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin E. Rudolph (b. 1853) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
11, 1853.
Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer; Lincoln
County State's Attorney; member of South
Dakota state senate 5th District, 1903-04.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1884 to
Claudia Shedd. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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William Gardner Smith (b. 1853) —
also known as William G. Smith —
of Sturgis, Meade
County, S.Dak.
Born in Northfield, Washington
County, Maine, August
16, 1853.
School teacher; physician;
South
Dakota railroad commissioner, 1899-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hancock Smith and Lucy (Gardner) Smith; married, August
27, 1885, to Nellie S. Williams. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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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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John Stedronsky (b. 1872) —
of Wagner, Charles
Mix County, S.Dak.
Born in Lakeport, Yankton
County, S.Dak., May 4,
1872.
Democrat. School teacher; farmer; hardware
and farm
implement business; mayor of Wagner, S.D., 1911-14; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1915-18;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1922.
Catholic;
later Congregationalist.
Bohemian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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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, Elk Point, S.Dak.
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William Walter Warner (1879-1980) —
also known as W. W. Warner —
of Onida, Sully
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oakdale, Antelope
County, Neb., November
20, 1879.
Republican. Rancher;
superintendent of schools; banker; Sully
County Auditor, 1933-36; South
Dakota state auditor, 1939-45.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., November
7, 1980 (age 100 years,
353 days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Pierre, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Warner and Mary Elizabeth (Love) Warner; married to Claudia
R. Getchell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Irving H. Welch (b. 1860) —
of Edgerton, Hanson
County, S.Dak.; Platte, Charles
Mix County, S.Dak.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., July 16,
1860.
Republican. School teacher; newspaper
editor; postmaster;
real
estate business; mayor of Platte, S.D., 1901-03; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1903-04.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Winfred E. Whittemore (1868-1947) —
of Estelline, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
22, 1868.
Republican. School teacher; real
estate and insurance
business; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-08, 1913-14 (29th
District 1907-08, 59th District 1913-14); member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1915-18.
Died March
12, 1947 (age 79 years, 18
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Estelline, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Josephus W. Whittemore and Lucy A. (Hoyt) Whittemore; married 1895 to
Margaret Rice. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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