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Wallace Barton Douglas (1854-1930) —
also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B.
Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., September
21, 1854.
Son of Asahel M. Douglas and Alma E. (Miller) Douglas.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1904-05; appointed 1904.
Died in 1930
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1881
to Ella M. Smith. |
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Solomon Gilman Comstock (1842-1933) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Argyle, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 9,
1842.
Republican. Member of Minnesota state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1889-91.
Died in Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn., June 3,
1933 (age 91 years, 25
days).
Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.
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Erick C. F. Hansen (c.1853-1891) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born about 1853.
Mayor
of Moorhead, Minn., 1889-91; died in office 1891.
Died December
7, 1891 (age about 38
years).
Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.
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Arthur G. Lewis (1860-1900) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in 1860.
Mayor
of Moorhead, Minn., 1893-96.
Died in 1900
(age about
40 years).
Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.
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George E. Perley (d. 1927) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 60th District, 1903-06; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1904.
Died May 17,
1927.
Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.
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Ole C. Beck (1856-1930) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Vangs Prestegjaeld, Hedemarken, Norway,
August
7, 1856.
Mayor
of Moorhead, Minn., 1913-15.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died of diabetes,
in Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn., March 26,
1930 (age 73 years, 231
days).
Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.
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Bottolf T. Bottolfson (1892-1976) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born December
10, 1892.
Mayor
of Moorhead, Minn., 1927-29, 1962-64.
Died March 27,
1976 (age 83 years, 108
days).
Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery.
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