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John M. Berry (d. 1887) —
of Faribault, Rice
County, Minn.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 8th District, 1863-64; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1865-87; died in office 1887.
Died November
8, 1887.
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Michael Cook (1828-1864) —
of Rice
County, Minn.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., March 17,
1828.
Son of Richard Cook (1787-1880) and Nellie Louisa (Courter) Cook
(1793-1845).
Carpenter;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1857-62 (5th District 1857-60, 8th District
1861-62); major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Wounded in the Civil
War battle of Nashville, and died eleven days later in the
Cumberland field
hospital, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
27, 1864 (age 36 years, 285
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Levi Nutting —
of Rice
County, Minn.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 8th District, 1865.
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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George F. Batchelder —
of Rice
County, Minn.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 8th District, 1869-70.
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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O. F. Perkins —
of Rice
County, Minn.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 8th District, 1867-68.
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Edward John Thye (1896-1969) —
also known as Edward J. Thye —
of Northfield, Rice
County, Minn.
Born near Frederick, Brown
County, S.Dak., April 26,
1896.
Son of Andrew J. Thye.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1943; Governor of
Minnesota, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1944,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1947-59; defeated, 1958.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., August
28, 1969 (age 73 years, 124
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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Joel Prescott Heatwole (1856-1910) —
also known as Joel P. Heatwole —
of Northfield, Rice
County, Minn.
Born in Waterford Mills, Elkhart
County, Ind., August
22, 1856.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1888;
Minnesota
Republican state chair, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1895-1903; defeated,
1892.
Died in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., April 4,
1910 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
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