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Andrew Ericson Lee (1847-1934) —
also known as Andrew E. Lee —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Bergen, Norway,
March
18, 1847.
Son of Eric Lee and Augusta (Johnson) Lee.
Governor
of South Dakota, 1897-1901; defeated, 1908; Progressive candidate
for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1924.
Died March 19,
1934 (age 87 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
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Carl Gunderson (1864-1933) —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born near Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), June 20,
1864.
Son of Hans
Gunderson and Isabel (Lee) Gunderson.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1893-94, 1897-1902, 1917-18; President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1899-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1921-25; Governor of
South Dakota, 1925-27.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died February
26, 1933 (age 68 years, 251
days).
Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
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John Lawlor Jolley (1840-1926) —
also known as John L. Jolley —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Canada,
July
14, 1840.
Republican. Member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory, 1868
(alternate), 1884;
member
Dakota territorial council, 1874-76, 1881-82; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1874-76; mayor
of Vermillion, S.Dak., 1877; member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1889-92; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1891-93.
Died December
14, 1926 (age 86 years, 153
days).
Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
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Horace J. Austin (1837-1891) —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Washington
County, N.Y., July 11,
1837.
Republican. Surveyor;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-67; member
Dakota territorial council, 1867-69, 1874-76; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1867-68; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 2nd District, 1891; died in
office 1891.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
27, 1891 (age 53 years, 231
days).
Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
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Aaron A. Carpenter (1826-1914) —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Concord, Essex
County, Vt., July 7,
1826.
Member
Dakota territorial council, 1867-69.
Died in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
22, 1914 (age 87 years, 230
days).
Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
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A. B. Gunderson —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1927-30; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
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Hans Gunderson —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Norway.
Member
Dakota territorial council, 1877-78.
Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
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Lyman Burgess —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1862.
Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
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