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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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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
newspaper
editor; author; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Zachary Taylor Sutley (1848-1930) —
also known as Zack T. Sutley —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., May 1,
1848.
Democrat. Farmer; postmaster;
livery
business; railroad
builder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
Honorary Vice-President, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1911-12;
author.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., April
17, 1930 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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