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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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Andrew S. Anderson (1877-1924) —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; Alsen, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), May 23,
1877.
Democrat. Farmer;
secretary and manager, Alsen, Beresford and Emmet Telephone
Company; president, Alsen Creamery
Company; member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1911-16.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Modern Woodmen of America.
Died August
11, 1924 (age 47 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Anderson and Margaret (Erickson) Anderson; married 1898 to Olga
Berg; married, June 2,
1915, to Anna Marie Martenson. |
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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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Cassius C. Bennett (b. 1856) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Vermont, February
4, 1856.
Republican. Banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1895-96, 1903-04.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Modern Woodmen of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter H. Cox (b. 1860) —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Fairfax, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., September
5, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 19th District, 1915-16.
Baptist.
Member, Modern Woodmen of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sanford C. Cox and Charity E. (Davis) Cox; married, May 11,
1878, to Anna Reese; married, October
24, 1894, to Bessie Richardson. |
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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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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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Wilbur S. Glass (b. 1852) —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April
27, 1852.
Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1895-1900,
1907-08; U.S. Consul in Kehl, 1897-98.
Congregationalist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Chester F. Glass and Mary (Brown) Glass; married, October
3, 1899, to Kathryn Garner. |
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Dick Haney (b. 1852) —
of Lansing, Allamakee
County, Iowa; Plankinton, Aurora
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lansing, Allamakee
County, Iowa, November
10, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1889-96; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1896-1913; member
of South
Dakota state senate 21st District, 1925-26.
Member, Freemasons;
Beta
Theta Pi; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Haney and Fanny (Hemmingway) Haney; married, January
22, 1876, to Roxie W. Doe; married, September
14, 1909, to Florence May Tredway. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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James Wallace McCarter (1872-1939) —
also known as James W. McCarter —
of Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Born in Jarvis, Ontario,
July
29, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in South Dakota, 1910-13; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1918.
Presbyterian.
Member, Modern Woodmen of America; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in 1939
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry McCoy (b. 1855) —
also known as James H. McCoy —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.; Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oakley, Macon
County, Ill., July 14,
1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Secret
Service agent; Marshall
County Auditor, 1887-88; county judge in South Dakota, 1889-93;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1902-09; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1909-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Modern Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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John E. McDougall (b. 1860) —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Prince
Edward Island, February
24, 1860.
Republican. Stockman;
lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 32nd District, 1901-02;
member of South
Dakota state senate 32nd District, 1903-04; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1905-07.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Modern Woodmen of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Isom H. Newby (1853-1929) —
of Parker, Turner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa, June 10,
1853.
Republican. Merchant;
member of South
Dakota state senate 6th District, 1893-94.
Baptist.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Modern Woodmen of America.
Died in Parker, Turner
County, S.Dak., May 3,
1929 (age 75 years, 327
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Parker, 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 Rice (1854-1952) —
of Flandreau, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born in Butler
County, Iowa, November
16, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1883-86; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1885; Dakota
territory attorney general, 1885-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1900;
member of South
Dakota state senate 15th District, 1905-06; South
Dakota railroad commissioner, 1907-13; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 21st District, 1931-34.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Modern Woodmen of America.
Died October
14, 1952 (age 97 years, 333
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orson Rice and Anna Lee (Hawker) Rice; married to Ida
Smith. |
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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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Alvin Waggoner (b. 1879) —
of Philip, Haakon
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coles Station, Coles
County, Ill., November
23, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; Stanley
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George D. Waggoner and Ada (Feree) Waggoner; married 1908 to
Harriet Brown. |
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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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Walter P. Wohlheter (b. 1886) —
of Sisseton, Roberts
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pukwana, Brule
County, S.Dak., December
4, 1886.
Grain
buyer; candidate for South
Dakota state treasurer, 1922; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1924.
Member, Woodmen; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles
L. Wohlheter and Florence C. (Downie) Wohlheter; married to
Jessie M. Denhart. |
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George W. Wright (b. 1872) —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Illinois, 1872.
Republican. Realtor;
member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1911-14; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1924-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Luella Biddle. |
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