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Telephone and Telegraph Politicians in North Dakota

	Tracy R. Bangs (1862-1936) — of Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, N.Dak. Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, Minn., April 29, 1862. Son of Alfred Walstein Bangs and Alena Baker (Stiles) Bangs. Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., Northern States Power Co., and Occidental Life Insurance Co.; Grand Forks County State's Attorney, 1892; U.S. Attorney for North Dakota, 1894-98. Episcopalian. Died February 22, 1936 (age 73 years, 299 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.   Relatives: Second cousin thrice removed of Martin Keeler; third cousin twice removed of Stephen Hiram Keeler; son of Alfred Walstein Bangs and Alena Baker (Stiles) Bangs; third cousin once removed of John Clarence Keeler; married, June 15, 1887, to Jessie L. Caughell; half-brother of Frank D. Bangs; fourth cousin once removed of Anson Foster Keeler; uncle of George A. Bangs. See Keeler-Bangs family.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) — also known as Alanson W. Edwards — of Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak. Born in Lorain County, Ohio, August 27, 1840. Express agent; telegraph operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden, Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper publisher; mayor of Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul General in Montreal, 1903-06. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died February 14, 1908 (age 67 years, 171 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1870 to Elizabeth Robertson.
	Richard Jones (b. 1887) — of Kempton, Grand Forks County, N.Dak.; Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. Born in Brisbin, Clearfield County, Pa., August 14, 1887. Telegraph operator; secretary and president, Duluth Federated Trades Assembly; lawyer; member of Minnesota state senate 58th District, 1915-18. Welsh ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

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