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Arthur Calvin Mellette (1842-1896) —
also known as Arthur C. Mellette —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Henry
County, Ind., June 23,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1871-75; Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1889; Governor of
South Dakota, 1889-93.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan., May 25,
1896 (age 53 years, 337
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Henry Roberts Pease (1835-1907) —
of Sisseton, Roberts
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
19, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1874-75; member of South
Dakota state senate 34th District, 1895-96.
Died in Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak., January
2, 1907 (age 71 years, 317
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Fred Herman Hildebrandt (1874-1956) —
also known as Fred H. Hildebrandt —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wisconsin, August 2,
1874.
Democrat. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 29th District, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1933-39; defeated,
1924, 1930; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1938; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1944.
Died January
26, 1956 (age 81 years, 177
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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M. W. Sheafe (d. 1930) —
of Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.; Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Democrat. Member
Dakota territorial council, 1874-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory, 1876;
member of South
Dakota state senate 28th District, 1891-92.
Died in 1930.
Entombed in mausoleum at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Ulyses Arnold (1864-1946) —
also known as Charles U. Arnold —
of White, Brookings
County, S.Dak.; Norden Township, Deuel
County, S.Dak.; Leola Township, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Farmington Township, Olmsted
County, Minn., December
10, 1864.
Son of James Arnold (1832-1900) and Mary Ann (Wheeler) Arnold
(1844-1906).
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 22nd District, 1909-10.
English
ancestry.
Died in Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak., October
9, 1946 (age 81 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Arnold (1832-1900) and Mary Ann (Wheeler) Arnold
(1844-1906); married, July 21,
1895, to Catherine Loi Hansen (1872-1938; divorced 1911);
married, October
20, 1915, to Clara Ida (Brosowske) Falk (1890-1945); father of
Ernest Foch Arnold (1919-1944; U.S. Air Force sergeant in World War
II; killed over England). |
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Mark W. Sheafe (died c.1950) —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Son of M.
W. Sheafe.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Dakota, 1948.
Died about 1950.
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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