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Robert Jackson Gamble (1851-1924) —
also known as Robert J. Gamble —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Akron, Genesee
County, N.Y., February
7, 1851.
Son of Robert Gamble and Jennie A. (Abernethy) Gamble.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1901-13.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
22, 1924 (age 73 years, 228
days).
Interment at Yankton Cemetery.
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John Chandler Gurney (1896-1985) —
also known as J. Chandler Gurney; Chan
Gurney —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., May 21,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1939-51.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., March 9,
1985 (age 88 years, 292
days).
Interment at Yankton Cemetery.
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Charles Hall Dillon (1853-1929) —
also known as Charles H. Dillon —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Jasper, Dubois
County, Ind., December
18, 1853.
Son of Mathew B. Dillon and Mary A. (Stewart) Dillon.
Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1903-10; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1913-19; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1923-26;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Died in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., September
15, 1929 (age 75 years, 271
days).
Interment at Yankton Cemetery.
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John Rankin Gamble (1848-1891) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Alabama, Greene
County, N.Y., January
15, 1848.
Member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1877; member
Dakota territorial council, 1881-82, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1891; died in office
1891.
Died August
14, 1891 (age 43 years, 211
days).
Interment at Yankton Cemetery.
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Walter Atwood Burleigh (1820-1896) —
also known as Walter A. Burleigh —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, October
25, 1820.
Republican. Physician;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1865-69; defeated, 1868;
member of Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory,
1870-72; member
Dakota territorial council, 1877-78; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1877; delegate to
Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1890; member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1893-94.
Died March 7,
1896 (age 75 years, 134
days).
Interment at Yankton Cemetery.
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John Blair Smith Todd (1814-1872) —
also known as John B. S. Todd —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., April 4,
1814.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1861-63, 1864-65; member
of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1866-67.
Died in Yankton
County, S.Dak., January
5, 1872 (age 57 years, 276
days).
Interment at Yankton Cemetery.
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Francis Marion Ziebach (1830-1929) —
also known as Frank Ziebach —
of South Dakota.
Born in 1830.
Democrat. Member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory, 1884;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1908.
Died in 1929
(age about
99 years).
Interment at Yankton Cemetery.
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John Stanage (1823-1898) —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in County Cavan, Ireland,
1823.
Member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1862.
Episcopalian.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., 1898
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Yankton Cemetery.
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