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Alfred J. Abbott (b. 1844) —
of Bon Homme, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Manchester, England,
December
22, 1844.
Republican. Postmaster;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1868-69; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1889-90.
English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Allin (1848-1936) —
of Walsh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Bradworthy, Devon, England,
December
18, 1848.
Republican. Member
Dakota territorial council, 1887-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Walsh
County, 1889; member of North Dakota state legislature, 1889; Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1891-92; Governor of
North Dakota, 1895-97.
English ancestry.
Died January
1, 1936 (age 87 years, 14
days).
Interment at Park
River Memorial Park, Park River, N.Dak.
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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, St. Paul, Minn.
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Eben Wever Martin (1855-1932) —
also known as Eben W. Martin —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, April 12,
1855.
Son of Capt. James W. Martin and Lois Hyde (Wever) Martin.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1901-07, 1908, 1909-15
(at-large 1901-07, 1908, 1909-13, 3rd District 1913-15).
Methodist.
English and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., May 22,
1932 (age 77 years, 40
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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