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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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Lyman Rufus Casey (1837-1914) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 6,
1837.
Son of Lyman Casey and Annie M. Casey.
Republican. Merchant; manufacturer;
U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-93.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1914 (age 76 years, 265
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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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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Robert R. Ray (born c.1903) —
of Amboy, Clark
County, Wash.
Born in North Dakota, about 1903.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Washington
state senate 17th District, 1941-47.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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