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George Alexander (1839-1923) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September
21, 1839.
Son of William Alexander and Mary Alexander.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; feed and
grain business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909-13.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic; Moose.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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George W. Burrows (b. 1867) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Wright
County, Iowa, 1867.
Real
estate business; abstractor;
vice-president, Breckenridge National Bank;
treasurer, Breckenridge Telephone
Company; director, Farmers' Co-Op Elevator Company; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (60th District 1913-14,
49th District 1915-18).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Edward Gregory Dunn (b. 1879) —
also known as Edward G. Dunn; E. G. Dunn —
of Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa.
Born in Nora Springs, Floyd
County, Iowa, April 18,
1879.
Son of Michael Dunn and Anna (Ryan) Dunn.
Democrat. School
teacher; operator of grain elevator and organizer of
co-operative grain elevators; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1908,
1944;
lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, 1934-40.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Asher Howard (b. 1877) —
Born near Webster City, Hamilton
County, Iowa, 1877.
Grain business; lawyer; Kanabec
County Attorney, 1907-10; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 34th District, 1917-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) —
also known as Harry E. Hull —
of Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Belvidere, Allegany
County, N.Y., March 12,
1864.
Son of Henry D. Hull and Isabel (Renwick) Hull.
Republican. Grain business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa,
1889-1901; postmaster;
president, Williamsburg Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.
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William Larrabee (1832-1912) —
of Iowa.
Born in Ledyard, New London
County, Conn., January
20, 1832.
Son of Adam Larrabee (1787-1869) and Hannah Gallup (Lester) Larrabee
(1798-1837).
School
teacher; grain miller; banker;
member of Iowa state
senate, 1867; Governor of
Iowa, 1886-90.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Blinded
in his right eye by a gun accident at age 15.
Died November
16, 1912 (age 80 years, 301
days).
Interment at God's
Acre Cemetery, Clermont, Iowa.
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S. L. Potter (b. 1858) —
of Butler, Day
County, S.Dak.; Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Howard
County, Iowa, March 1,
1858.
Republican. Postmaster;
grain dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1903-06.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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J. W. Seney (b. 1851) —
of Sheffield, Franklin
County, Iowa; Pope
County, Minn.; Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Port Hope, Ontario,
January
31, 1851.
Republican. Machinist;
flour mill business; lumber
dealer; member of South
Dakota state senate 17th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, December
25, 1872, to Eliza Anderson. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Samuel E. Squires (b. 1882) —
of near Mason, Bayfield
County, Wis.
Born in Iowa, September
27, 1882.
Republican. School
teacher; grain merchant; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Bayfield County; elected 1942, 1948.
Burial
location unknown.
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