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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, St. Paul, Minn.
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William Burdette Richardson (1874-1945) —
also known as William B. Richardson —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
10, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1911-17; member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1927-43; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1936.
Died September
19, 1945 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles W. Root —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1945-50; member of Minnesota
state senate 33rd District, 1951-59.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gordon Rosenmeier (b. 1907) —
of Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born in Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn., July 1,
1907.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 53rd District, 1941-59.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Son of Rev. Joseph A. Russell and Sarah (Parker) Russell; married, July 17,
1880, to Lillian Davis (1861-1939).
Lawyer; Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate to
Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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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; married, May 18,
1907, to Helen Clarke (died 1957).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-15; 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; 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, St. Paul, Minn.
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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; married, November
10, 1874, to Emily F. Bruce.
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, St. Paul, Minn.
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Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) —
also known as Thomas D. Schall —
of Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich., June 4,
1878.
Son of David Schall and Mary Ellen (Jordan) Schall; married 1907 to
Margaret Huntley.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; defeated in primary, 1923; died
in office 1935.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Blinded
by an electric shock from a cigar lighter, 1907.
Hit by
an automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, near
Cottage City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three days
later, in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
22, 1935 (age 57 years, 201
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Harold W. Schultz (b. 1917) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born December
4, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 37th District, 1951-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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George Thomas Simpson (b. 1867) —
also known as George T. Simpson —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Winona, Winona
County, Minn., 1867.
Lawyer; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1909-11; resigned 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert O. Sletvold (1889-1967) —
of Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn.
Born in Otter Tail
County, Minn., April 6,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1932;
member of Minnesota
state senate 63rd District, 1935-51; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1951-52.
Died in 1967
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyndon Ambrose Smith (b. 1854) —
also known as Lyndon A. Smith —
of Montevideo, Chippewa
County, Minn.
Born in New Hampshire, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1899-1903; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1912-18; appointed 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert A. Smith (1827-1913) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind., June 13,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1887-92, 1894-96, 1900-08; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1888.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., February
12, 1913 (age 85 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis C. Spooner (born c.1851) —
of Morris, Stevens
County, Minn.
Born in Erie
County, N.Y., about 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 57th District, 1907-10; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001) —
also known as Harold E. Stassen —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., April 13,
1907.
Lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1931-38; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1936,
1940;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1939-43; resigned 1943; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; among the founders of the United Nations, 1945
(in 2001, he was the last surviving signer of the UN Charter); president,
University of Pennsylvania, 1948-53; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1948,
1952,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1958; Republican candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960;
Independent Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1986.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, at the Friendship Village nursing
home, Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 4,
2001 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Ozora Pierson Stearns (1831-1896) —
also known as Ozora P. Stearns —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in DeKalb, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., January
15, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; Olmsted
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1871; district judge in Minnesota 11th
District, 1874-95.
Died in Pacific Beach, San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 2,
1896 (age 65 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Halvor Steenerson (1852-1926) —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Pleasant Springs, Dane
County, Wis., June 30,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; Polk
County Attorney, 1881-82; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1883-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1884,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1903-23; defeated,
1922; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
22, 1926 (age 74 years, 145
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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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, St. Paul, Minn.
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Hiram Fairchild Stevens (1852-1904) —
of Minnesota.
Born September
11, 1852.
Son of Hiram
Fairchild Stevens (1825?-1866).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1889; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1891-95.
Member, American Bar
Association.
One of the organizers of the American Bar Association in 1878.
Died March 9,
1904 (age 51 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter H. Stolberg (1848-1915) —
also known as P. H. Stolberg —
of Harris, Chisago
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
December
7, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1904;
district judge in Minnesota 18th District, 1910.
Died in Pine City, Pine
County, Minn., December
21, 1915 (age 67 years, 14
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Harris, Minn.
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James Albertus Tawney (1855-1919) —
also known as James A. Tawney —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Adams
County, Pa., January
3, 1855.
Republican. Blacksmith;
machinist;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 15th District, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1893-1911.
Died in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., June 12,
1919 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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Paul A. Thuet —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1959; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1964.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1964.
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C. L. Todd (b. 1869) —
of Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Iowa, 1869.
Lawyer; banker; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 7th District; elected 1930.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thor Carl Tollefson (1901-1982) —
also known as Thor C. Tollefson —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Perley, Norman
County, Minn., May 2,
1901.
Son of Christian Tollefson and Bertha (Jacobson) Tollefson; married,
November
24, 1934, to Eva M. Keuss.
Republican. Lawyer; Pierce
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-34, 1939-46; U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1947-65; defeated,
1944, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
30, 1982 (age 81 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Memorial Park, Tacoma, Wash.
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 17,
1848.
Son of Charlemagne Tower and Amelia (Bartle) Tower; married, February
8, 1888, to Helen Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad;
managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Charles Arnette Towne (1858-1928) —
also known as Charles A. Towne —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born near Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., November
21, 1858.
Son of Judson Towne and Laura (Fargo) Towne.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1895-97; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1900-01; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1905-07.
Died, from asthma and
pneumonia,
in Southern Methodist Hospital,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., October
22, 1928 (age 69 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tucson, Ariz.
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John Van Dyke (1807-1878) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Wabasha, Wabasha
County, Minn.
Born in Lamington, Somerset
County, N.J., April 3,
1807.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1846-47, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1847-51; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856;
associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1859-66; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 15th District, 1872; district
judge in Minnesota, 1873-78.
Died in Wabasha, Wabasha
County, Minn., December
24, 1878 (age 71 years, 265
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Wabasha, Minn.
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Andrew John Volstead (1860-1947) —
also known as Andrew J. Volstead —
of Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.
Born near Kenyon, Goodhue
County, Minn., October
31, 1860.
Son of Jon Einartson Vraalstad and Dorothe Mathea (Lilleoe)
Vraalstad; married to Nellie Gilruth.
Republican. Lawyer; Yellow
Medicine County Attorney; mayor of Granite Falls, Minn., 1900-02;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1903-23; defeated,
1922.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Introduced the National Prohibition Act (or "Volstead Act"), passed
in October 1919.
Died in Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn., January
20, 1947 (age 86 years, 81
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Granite Falls, Minn.
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James Beach Wakefield (1825-1910) —
also known as James B. Wakefield —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 21,
1825.
Son of Dr. Luman Wakefield (1787-1850) and Betsey (Rockwell)
Wakefield; third cousin of Albert
Gallatin Wakefield; married 1864 to Nanette
Reinhart.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1857-58, 1863, 1866 (14th
District 1857-58, 20th District 1863, 1866); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1866; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1867-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1876-80; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1883-87.
Died in Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn., August
25, 1910 (age 85 years, 157
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio.
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Thomas William Walsh (b. 1897) —
also known as Thomas W. Walsh —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
27, 1897.
Son of Richard A. Walsh and Margaret (McManus) Walsh; married to
Mildred Stewart.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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John E. Warren (1827-1896) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
18, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1854-55; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1863-64.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
July
6, 1896 (age 69 years, 170
days).
Interment somewhere
in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
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Thomas P. Welch (b. 1897) —
of Buffalo, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Jacksonville Township, Chickasaw
County, Iowa, June 5,
1897.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 27th District, 1939-59.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Joseph Wells (1856-1941) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Mazomanie, Dane
County, Wis., October
4, 1856.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 60th District, 1901-10.
Baptist.
Died in Winter Haven, Polk
County, Fla., February
12, 1941 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Winter Haven, Fla.
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Charles S. Whiting (1863-1922) —
of DeSmet, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Olmsted
County, Minn., May 25,
1863.
Lawyer; circuit judge in South Dakota 9th Circuit, 1903-08;
judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1908-22; died in
office 1922.
Died March 25,
1922 (age 58 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Wilkin (c.1820-1864) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., about 1820.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; secretary
of Minnesota Territory, 1851-53; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 14,
1864 (age about 44
years); highest ranking volunteer from Minnesota to be killed in
the Civil War.
Burial
location unknown.
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Morton Smith Wilkinson (1819-1894) —
also known as Morton S. Wilkinson —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Wells, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
22, 1819.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1859-65; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1869-71; defeated
(Democratic), 1888; member of Minnesota
state senate 14th District, 1874-77.
Died in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
4, 1894 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Mankato, Minn.
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William Chapman Williston (1830-1909) —
also known as W. C. Williston —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Cheraw, Chesterfield
County, S.C., June 22,
1830.
Second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles and Daniel
Pitkin; first cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; son of William King Williston (1796-1879) and Annis
(Chapman) Williston (1796-1863); third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; married, April 12,
1854, to Mary E. Canfield (1835-1915); fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell and Horatio
Seymour, Jr.; second cousin once removed of George
Williston Nash.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 16th District, 1873-74; member of
Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1876-77; district judge in Minnesota
1st District, 1891.
Died in Goodhue
County, Minn., June 22,
1909 (age 79 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene McLanahan Wilson (1833-1890) —
also known as Eugene M. Wilson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
25, 1833.
Great-grandson of Isaac
Griffin; grandson of Thomas
Wilson; son of Edgar
Campbell Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1857-61; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1869-71; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1872-73, 1874-75; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1876;
member of Minnesota
state senate 27th District, 1879; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1888.
Died April 10,
1890 (age 56 years, 106
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Donald Orr Wright —
also known as Donald O. Wright —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1927-33; member of Minnesota
state senate 30th District, 1935-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1940;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1954-55.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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