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John J. Ahmann (1860-1927) —
also known as Johann Josef Ahmann —
of Richmond, Stearns
County, Minn.; Munson Township, Stearns
County, Minn.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Westphalia, Germany,
January
6, 1860.
Son of Joseph Ahmann (1830-1903) and Mara Magdalena (Schultenover)
Ahmann (1833-1909).
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state senate 54th District, 1907-10.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Stearns
County, Minn., February
9, 1927 (age 67 years, 34
days).
Interment at Sts.
Peter and Paul Catholic Church Cemetery, Richmond, Minn.
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Oscar Ayers (born c.1841) —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Vermont, about 1841.
Republican. Merchant; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1888;
member of Minnesota
state senate 3rd District, 1891-94.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Nelson Bishop (1894-1975) —
also known as Harold Bishop —
of Park Rapids, Hubbard
County, Minn.
Born in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., September
20, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1948.
Died in 1975
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Hartwell W. Booth (b. 1883) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Forest City, Meeker
County, Minn., May 7,
1883.
Son of Charles W. Booth (Baptist clergyman).
Republican. Office supply business; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1919-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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John P. Bray (1859-1917) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henderson, Sibley
County, Minn., February
14, 1859.
Republican. Merchant; Grand
Forks County Auditor; North Dakota
state auditor, 1889-92; resigned 1892; postmaster;
U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, 1897-1908; Sydney, 1908-15; Singapore, 1915-16; U.S. Consul in Johannesburg, 1916-17, died in office 1917.
Died in Johannesburg, South
Africa, December
20, 1917 (age 58 years, 309
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas David Craven (1900-1961) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Chaska, Carver
County, Minn., March 11,
1900.
Merchant; mayor of
Laramie, Wyo., 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolus, at Kassis Department
Store, Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., August
14, 1961 (age 61 years, 156
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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George Egbert (1820-1908) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., November
15, 1820.
Merchant; farmer; steamboat
business; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1875-76, 1877-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
22, 1908 (age 87 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871
to Sarah Savery. |
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H. H. Flowers (b. 1865) —
of Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn.
Born in Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn., 1865.
School
teacher; postmaster;
merchant; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 17th District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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W. J. Franz —
also known as Walt Franz —
of Mountain Lake, Cottonwood
County, Minn.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state senate 10th District, 1959.
Still living as of 1959.
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P. A. Gandrud (b. 1868) —
of Sunburg, Kandiyohi
County, Minn.
Born in Rice
County, Minn., 1868.
Merchant; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 55th District, 1901-06; member of
Minnesota
state senate 25th District, 1915-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Martin Greeley (1814-1899) —
of Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Palermo, Waldo
County, Maine, March 16,
1814.
Son of Jacob Greeley (1762-1838) and Hannah (Hazeltine) Greeley
(1773-1852).
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 31st District, 1872.
Died in Maine Prairie, Stearns
County, Minn., September
4, 1899 (age 85 years, 172
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Gros —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Ontario.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state senate 33rd District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Orrin T. Hayes (b. 1827) —
of Georges Mills, Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
2, 1827.
Merchant; postmaster;
justice of the peace; lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1855; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1859-60; major in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 7th District, 1863.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucina A. Emerson (died 1858); married 1859 to Mary C.
Matthews. |
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Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (1862-1936) —
also known as Bernhard M. Jacobsen —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa.
Born in Klixbüll, Germany,
March
26, 1862.
Son of Boh Jacobsen and Magdelena (Tadsen) Jacobsen.
Democrat. Merchant; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1931-36; died in office
1936.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 30,
1936 (age 74 years, 96
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa.
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Ole Kron (b. 1847) —
of Holmes City, Douglas
County, Minn.; Evansville, Douglas
County, Minn.; Clitherall, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
1847.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant; Prohibition candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1892.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolph S. Larson (born c.1880) —
of Sandstone, Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
about 1880.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (32nd District 1913-14,
56th District 1915-18); member of Minnesota
state senate 56th District, 1919-28.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Carl F. Neitzel (born c.1873) —
of Bird Island, Renville
County, Minn.
Born in McLeod
County, Minn., about 1873.
Merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Samuel B. Nelson (b. 1863) —
of Luverne, Rock
County, Minn.
Born in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, January
2, 1863.
Democrat. President and manager, Nelson Brothers department
store, Luverne, Minn.; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Otto Christian Neuman (1869-1938) —
also known as O. C. Neuman —
of Wheaton, Traverse
County, Minn.
Born in Dakota
County, Minn., June 29,
1869.
Son of Frederick Carl Neumann (1828-1899) and Johanna L. (Wudke)
Neuman (1829-1906).
Democrat. Merchant; land
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 48th District, 1917-18.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Wheaton, Traverse
County, Minn., May 30,
1938 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment somewhere in Wheaton, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Carl Neumann (1828-1899) and Johanna L. (Wudke) Neuman
(1829-1906); married to Mary Thompson; married, May 27,
1903, to Fannie
Mapes (daughter of David
Parshall Mapes). See Beakes-Galloway-Mapes-Neuman
family of Michigan. |
| | | Epitaph: "In grateful recognition of
David P, Mapes, for his vision and valuable services as pioneer,
founder, benefactor and promoter of the City of Ripon and its
College, the citizens of Ripon dedicate this marker." |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Elias Nordgren (b. 1872) —
of Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn.
Born in Jamtland, Sweden,
June
23, 1872.
Merchant; postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 56th District, 1915-18.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Nils Nyquist (b. 1846) —
of Blue
Earth County, Minn.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
1846.
Republican. Farmer;
merchant; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1897-1903 (10th District 1897-98,
11th District 1899-1903).
Owned the first
automobile in Blue Earth County.
Burial
location unknown.
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Erwin E. Orr (b. 1868) —
of Sciota Township, Dakota
County, Minn.; Madison Lake, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Waterville, Le Sueur
County, Minn.; New York Mills, Otter Tail
County, Minn.; Wadena, Wadena
County, Minn.
Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., 1868.
Merchant; land
business; stockman;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 51st District, 1917-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1892
to Vinnie M. Poe. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Don G. Stokes (b. 1859) —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Buffalo, Wright
County, Minn., January
8, 1859.
Republican. Sawmill
owner; merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 32nd District, 1903-06.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John L. Thorne (b. 1814) —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Winkleigh, Devon, England,
May
18, 1814.
Merchant; banker; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1860-61, 1863-65, 1869-70.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1863
to Josephine Chapman. |
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March 22,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; merchant; banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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Woodford Allen Yerxa (1856-1935) —
also known as Woodford A. Yerxa —
of Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born in St. John, New
Brunswick, 1856.
Merchant; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1883-85.
Died in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., February
10, 1935 (age about 78
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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