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Walter Lincoln Anderson (1868-1959) —
also known as Walter L. Anderson —
of Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa, February
19, 1868.
Son of Albert
Raney Anderson and Sarah Jane (Woods) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1916;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; member of
Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-22; Speaker of
the Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1922; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1922.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; United
Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in 1959
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Jay Norwood Darling (1876-1962) —
also known as Jay N. Darling;
"Ding" —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Norwood, Charlevoix
County, Mich., October
21, 1876.
Son of Rev. Marcellus Warner Darling (1844-1913) and Clara (Woolson)
Darling (1848-1916).
Republican. Cartoonist;
received the Pulitzer
Prize for his political cartoons in 1924 and 1943; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1932;
founder and first president, National Wildlife Federation; head of
the U.S. Biological Survey (which later became the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service), 1934-35; obtained millions of acres for wildlife
refuges.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
The J. N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge, in Florida, is named for
him.
Died January
12, 1962 (age 85 years, 83
days).
Interment at Logan
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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John Howard Gates (1865-1927) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, October
26, 1865.
Son of John Cook Gates and Adelia (St. John) Gates.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1913-27; died in
office 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Died November
8, 1927 (age 62 years, 13
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of John Haney and Fanny (Hemmingway) Haney.
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 (died 1907); married, September
14, 1909, to Florence May Tredway. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Son of William McClain.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law
professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy,
in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Milton Remley (b. 1844) —
of Anamosa, Jones
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
12, 1844.
Son of Rev. James Remley and Jane C. (Alderson) Remley.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888;
Presidential Elector for Iowa, 1892;
Iowa
state attorney general, 1895-1901.
Baptist.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orville Taylor (1885-1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, September
8, 1885.
Son of Orville J. Taylor and Eleanor Sarah (Harris) Taylor.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died in 1969
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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