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John M. Biggerstaff (b. 1858) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., November
18, 1858.
Republican. Builder; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st
District, 1915-16; defeated, 1916.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Lolita Lamb (died 1897); married 1899 to Effie
J. Grant. |
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Charles Wesley Bouck (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles W. Bouck —
of Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., February
29, 1852.
Carpenter; employed building bridges for the Northern Pacific
Railroad,
1880-85; hardware
and farm
implement business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1915-18.
Died in Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn., June 4,
1920 (age 68 years, 96
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Royalton, Minn.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary L. Ball (1853-1933). |
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memorial |
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Manual 1917 |
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Gordon Hubert Butler (1889-1964) —
also known as Gordon H. Butler —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Scipio, Jennings
County, Ind., February
10, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; general contractor; member of Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1950-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Rotary; Elks.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August 1,
1964 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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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, Faribault, Minn.
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Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) —
also known as Leonard Irving —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 24,
1898.
Democrat. Railroad
work; theater
manager; hotel
manager; construction worker; president and
business
agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in 1962
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Arthur Sanford (1896-1981) —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; builder;
realtor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Died in 1981
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph M. Thornton (b. 1872) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., 1872.
Son of P.
H. Thornton.
General contractor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 39th District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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George A. Turnham (b. 1859) —
of Long Lake, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Hennepin
County, Minn., 1859.
Road
contractor; bridge builder; member of Minnesota
state senate 36th District, 1915-28.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Louis A. Zimmerman —
also known as Louie Zimmerman —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Minnesota.
Builder; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1951-52.
Still living as of 1956.
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