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Charles E. Allen (b. 1865) —
of Cozad, Dawson
County, Neb.
Born in Lucas
County, Iowa, January
8, 1865.
Son of Tandy Allen and Joan (Van Nuys) Allen.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1923, 1931, 1935.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Tandy Allen and Joan (Van Nuys) Allen; married, August
29, 1889, to Sue L. Morrow (died 1919); married, June 14,
1925, to Katherine Worley. |
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Arthur William Bartels (1878-1939) —
also known as Arthur W. Bartels —
of Hamlin
County, S.Dak.; Gary, Deuel
County, S.Dak.
Born in Iowa, November
29, 1878.
Son of Frederick Anthony Bartels and Mary Theresa (Geopfert) Bartels.
Republican. Real estate
agent; merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 59th District, 1915-18;
member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1919-22.
German
ancestry.
Died in Gary, Deuel
County, S.Dak., December
3, 1939 (age 61 years, 4
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Gary, S.Dak.
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Louis N. Crill (b. 1867) —
of Richland, Union
County, S.Dak.; Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.
Born in Spragueville, Jackson
County, Iowa, 1867.
Democrat. Farmer;
merchant; member of South
Dakota state senate 1st District, 1893-94, 1897-98; President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1897-98; candidate
for Governor of
South Dakota, 1904, 1922 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1920;
South
Dakota Democratic state chair, 1925-27.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (1862-1936) —
also known as Bernhard M. Jacobsen —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa.
Born in Klixbüll, Germany,
March
26, 1862.
Son of Boh Jacobsen and Magdelena (Tadsen) Jacobsen.
Democrat. Merchant; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1931-36; died in office
1936.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 30,
1936 (age 74 years, 96
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa.
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John Henry Morehead (1861-1942) —
also known as John H. Morehead —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.
Born near Columbia, Lucas
County, Iowa, December
3, 1861.
Son of Andrew Morehead and Frances (Cooper) Morehead.
Democrat. Merchant; farmer; banker; Richardson
County Treasurer, 1896-99; mayor, Falls City, Neb., 1900; member
of Nebraska
state senate, 1911; Governor of
Nebraska, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1916
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1923-35.
Presbyterian.
Died in a hospital
at St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., May 31,
1942 (age 80 years, 179
days).
Interment at Steele
Cemetery, Falls City, Neb.
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Samuel B. Nelson (b. 1863) —
of Luverne, Rock
County, Minn.
Born in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, January
2, 1863.
Democrat. President and manager, Nelson Brothers department
store, Luverne, Minn.; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Isom H. Newby (b. 1853) —
of Parker, Turner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa, June 10,
1853.
Son of I. H. Newby and Catherine (Hoskins) Newby.
Republican. Merchant; member of South
Dakota state senate 6th District, 1893-94.
Baptist.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Webster Turner (1877-1969) —
also known as Dan W. Turner —
of Corning, Adams
County, Iowa.
Born in Corning, Adams
County, Iowa, March 17,
1877.
Son of Austin B. Turner and Almira (Baker) Turner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
merchant; farmer;
member of Iowa state
senate, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1916
(alternate), 1932,
1936;
Governor
of Iowa, 1931-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died April 15,
1969 (age 92 years, 29
days).
Interment somewhere
in Corning, Iowa.
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Albert Clinton Willford (1877-1937) —
also known as Albert C. Willford —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Vinton, Benton
County, Iowa, 1877.
Democrat. Merchant; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934,
1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1937
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
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