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Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., September
8, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1843-47; Governor of
Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1855-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Platform
Committee); Governor of
Minnesota, 1860-63; defeated, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1863-75; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1879-81.
Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 22,
1903 (age 87 years, 226
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897) —
also known as Samuel J. R. McMillan —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1826.
Republican. District judge in Minnesota 1st District, 1850; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1864-74; chief
justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1874-75; resigned 1875;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1875-87.
Died in 1897
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Walter Henry Sanborn (1845-1928) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Epsom, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
19, 1845.
Son of Henry F. Sanborn and Eunice (Davis) Sanborn.
School
principal; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1892-1903; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1903-28.
Member, Union
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in the Angus Hotel, St.
Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 10,
1928 (age 82 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Benjamin Sanborn (1883-1964) —
also known as John B. Sanborn —
of Otisville, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
9, 1883.
Son of Gen. John B. Sanborn and Rachel (Rice) Sanborn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-16 (37th District 1913-14,
42nd District 1915-16); served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
district judge in Minnesota, 1922-25; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1925-32; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1932-59; took senior
status 1959.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Chi Psi.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in a hospital
at St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 7,
1964 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Rainey Marshall (1825-1896) —
also known as William R. Marshall —
of St. Croix Falls, Polk
County, Wis.; St. Anthony, Hennepin
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., October
17, 1825.
Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1848; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1849-50;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1866-70; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1874, 1876; appointed 1874,
1876.
Swedenborgian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Succeeded in removing the word "white" (race) from the Minnesota
state constitution.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
8, 1896 (age 70 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Horace Austin (1831-1905) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Mound, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., October
15, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 6th District, 1865-69; Governor of
Minnesota, 1870-74; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1887; appointed 1887.
Died, in St. Barnabas Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
2, 1905 (age 74 years, 18
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakland Cemetery.
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Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891) —
also known as Henry H. Sibley —
of Mendota, Dakota
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
20, 1811.
Son of Solomon
Sibley.
Democrat. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1848-49; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1855; Governor of
Minnesota, 1858-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
18, 1891 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Willis Arnold Gorman (1816-1876) —
also known as Willis A. Gorman —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., January
12, 1816.
Son of David Gorman and Elizabeth Gorman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-44; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1849-53; Governor of
Minnesota Territory, 1853-57; delegate to
Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Catholic.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 20,
1876 (age 60 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Andrew Ryan McGill (1840-1905) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Saegertown, Crawford
County, Pa., February
19, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Governor of
Minnesota, 1887-89; member of Minnesota
state senate 37th District, 1899-1905; died in office 1905;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1904.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
31, 1905 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829-1923) —
also known as C. C. Andrews —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
27, 1829.
Son of Luther Andrews and Nabby (Beard) Andrews.
Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1859-60; Democratic candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1882-85; Minnesota Forestry Commissioner,
1895-1911.
Died September
21, 1923 (age 93 years, 329
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894) —
also known as Henry M. Rice —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., November
29, 1816.
Son of Edmund Rice (1784-1829).
Democrat. Fur
trader; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Minnesota Territory, 1853-57; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1858-63; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1865.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
15, 1894 (age 77 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Arthur Emanuel Nelson (1892-1955) —
also known as Arthur E. Nelson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., May 10,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1922-26; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942-43; defeated, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 11,
1955 (age 62 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Jefferson Parish Kidder (1815-1883) —
also known as Jefferson P. Kidder —
of Snowsville, Braintree, Orange
County, Vt.; West Randolph, Randolph, Orange
County, Vt.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Braintree, Orange
County, Vt., June 4,
1815.
Son of Lyman
Kidder and Ruth (Nichols) Kidder (1776-1842).
Delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1841; Orange
County State's Attorney, 1843-47; member of Vermont
state senate, 1847-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1853-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1856;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 1st District, 1863-64; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1865-75, 1879-83; died in
office 1883; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1875-79.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
2, 1883 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Jacob Henry Stewart (1829-1884) —
also known as Jacob H. Stewart —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Clermont, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
15, 1829.
Republican. Physician;
Minnesota surgeon general, 1857-63; member of Minnesota
state senate 2nd District, 1859-60; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1864-65, 1868-69, 1872-75; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1877-79; Minnesota
surveyor general, 1879-82.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1884 (age 55 years, 223
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Edmund Rice (1819-1889) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., February
14, 1819.
Son of Edmund Rice (1784-1829).
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1851;
president of several railroads;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1864-65, 1873-74 (1st District 1864-65, 23rd
District 1873-74); member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1867, 1872 (1st District 1867,
24th District 1872); candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1879; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1881-83, 1885-87; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1887-89.
Died in White Bear Lake, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 11,
1889 (age 70 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Charles Eugene Flandrau (1828-1903) —
also known as Charles E. Flandrau —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; member
Minnesota territorial council 10th District, 1856; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1857-58; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1858-64; resigned 1864; candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1867.
Died September
9, 1903 (age 75 years, 56
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Andrew Robert Kiefer (1832-1904) —
also known as Andrew R. Kiefer —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Marienborn, Germany,
May
25, 1832.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives 21st District, 1864; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1893-97; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1898-1900; defeated, 1890.
German
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 1,
1904 (age 71 years, 342
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Frederick Clement Stevens (1861-1923) —
also known as Frederick C. Stevens —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1888-91; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1897-1915; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 1,
1923 (age 62 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Thomas Averill (1825-1889) —
also known as John T. Averill —
of Wabasha
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alna, Lincoln
County, Maine, March 1,
1825.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
state senate 12th District, 1859-60; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1868-80; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1871-75 (2nd District 1871-73, 3rd
District 1873-75).
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
3, 1889 (age 64 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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George Lorenzo Otis (1829-1882) —
also known as George L. Otis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
7, 1829.
Son of Isaac Otis (1798-1853) and Caroline Abigail (Curtiss) Otis.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1857-58; member of
Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1866; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1869.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 29,
1882 (age 52 years, 173
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Moses G. Sherburne (1808-1868) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Orono, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
25, 1808.
Justice
of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Died March 29,
1868 (age 60 years, 64
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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George Loomis Becker (1829-1904) —
also known as George L. Becker —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
4, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1856-57; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1859, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1860;
member of Minnesota
state senate 1st District, 1868-71; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
6, 1904 (age 74 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John B. Brisbin (1827-1898) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Schuylerville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
10, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; member
Minnesota territorial council 2nd District, 1856-57; President
of the Minnesota Territorial Council, 1856-57; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 21st District, 1863.
French
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 22,
1898 (age 71 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Samuel Mayall (1816-1892) —
of Gray, Cumberland
County, Maine; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in North Gray, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 21,
1816.
Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1845-47, 1848; member of Maine
state senate, 1847-48; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1853-55; served in the
Union Army during the Civil War; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1871, 1873.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
17, 1892 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Lee (1822-1906) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Milford, Hunterdon
County, N.J., April 14,
1822.
Democrat. Mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1870-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1876.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
21, 1906 (age 84 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Frederick P. Wright (1854-1916) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper
work; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1892-94.
Presbyterian.
Died in Florida Keys, Monroe
County, Fla., February
18, 1916 (age 62 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Richard W. Johnson (1827-1897) —
also known as R. W. Johnson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Smithland, Livingston
County, Ky., February
7, 1827.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1881.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 21,
1897 (age 70 years, 73
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888) —
also known as Norman W. Kittson; "Commodore
Kittson" —
of Pembina, Pembina
County, Minn. (now N.Dak.); St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sorel, Lower Canada (now part of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec),
March
5, 1814.
Democrat. Fur
trader; helped end the Hudson Bay Company's fur trading monopoly
in 1849; member
Minnesota territorial council 7th District, 1852-55; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1858-59; operated steamboats
on the Red River from Minnesota north into Winnipeg in the 1870s;
worked with James J. Hill to build the St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway
in 1879-81.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in the dining
car of a train
en route from Chicago to St. Paul, near Roberts, St. Croix
County, Wis., May 10,
1888 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Rensselaer Russell Nelson (1826-1904) —
also known as R. R. Nelson; R. R Nelson —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 12,
1826.
Lawyer;
justice
of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1857-58.
Died October
15, 1904 (age 78 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Robert Kennedy (1801-1889) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, 1801.
Town
president of St. Paul, Minnesota, 1851-52.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 21,
1889 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900) —
also known as Cushman K. Davis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 16,
1838.
Son of Horatio
N. Davis.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 1st District, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1868-73; Governor of
Minnesota, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1887-1900; died in office 1900; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900.
Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American
War, and gave Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
27, 1900 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Oakland Cemetery; later interred in 1901 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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