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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. |
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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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Gladys Pyle (1890-1989) —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak., October
1, 1890.
Republican. School teacher; insurance
business; Republican Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1920;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 24th District, 1923-26; secretary
of state of South Dakota, 1927-31; nominated in primary for Governor of
South Dakota 1930, inconclusive primary; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1938-39; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1940
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
She was the first
woman to be elected U.S. Senator.
Died in Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak., March
14, 1989 (age 98 years, 164
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Huron, S.Dak.
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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. |
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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. |
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memorial |
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