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Elnathan Benjamin Adams (b. 1881) —
also known as Elnathan B. Adams —
of Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in West Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., May 21,
1881.
Son of Benajah P. Adams and Emma S. (Benjamin) Adams.
Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1908-10, 1914-16; Walworth
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Fall
River County State's Attorney, 1916-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Kiwanis;
American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sigurd Anderson (1904-1990) —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Arendal, Norway,
January
22, 1904.
Son of Karl August Anderson and Bertha (Broten) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1947-51; member of South Dakota
Republican State Executive Committee, 1947-48; Governor of
South Dakota, 1951-55; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1955-64; circuit judge in South Dakota.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from prostate
cancer and pneumonia,
in Lake Area Hospital,
Webster, Day
County, S.Dak., December
21, 1990 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment somewhere
in Webster, S.Dak.
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Theodore Mead Bailey (1888-1949) —
also known as T. M. Bailey —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), January
14, 1888.
Son of Charles Olin Bailey and Mary Emma (Swan) Bailey.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1921-22;
member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1925-26; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., January
28, 1949 (age 61 years, 14
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Frank D. Bangs (1878-1935) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur
County, Minn., June 19,
1878.
Son of Alfred
Walstein Bangs and Sara Della (Plowman) Bangs (1841-1926).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1935; died
in office 1935.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks.
Died December
23, 1935 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992) —
also known as Nils A. Boe —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltic, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
10, 1913.
Son of Nils N. Boe (c.1861-1938) and Sissel Catherine (Finseth) Boe
(born 1874).
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1951-58; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1963-65; Governor of
South Dakota, 1965-69; Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for
Pres. Richard
Nixon, 1969-71; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1971-77.
Lutheran.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar Association.
Died July 30,
1992 (age 78 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Joseph Henry Bottum (1903-1984) —
also known as Joe H. Bottum —
of Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak., August 7,
1903.
Son of Joseph
Henry Bottum (1853-1946) and Silvia Grace (Smith) Bottum
(1864-1956).
Republican. Lawyer; Faulk
County State's Attorney, 1933-36; South Dakota director of
taxation, 1937-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Dakota, 1940
(alternate), 1952;
nominated in primary for Governor of
South Dakota 1942, inconclusive primary; member of South Dakota
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1962-63.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., July 4,
1984 (age 80 years, 332
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Memorial Park, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Newton Dexter Burch (1871-1931) —
also known as N. D. Burch —
of Boyd
County, Neb.; Dallas, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Stewartsville, DeKalb
County, Mo., June 17,
1871.
Son of George N. Burch and Elizabeth (Dexter) Burch.
Republican. Lawyer; Boyd
County Attorney, 1903-07; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1921-26;
judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1926-31; died in
office 1931.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; American Bar Association.
Died March 18,
1931 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Raymond Burke (1880-1968) —
also known as Edward R. Burke —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Runningwater, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., November
28, 1880.
Son of Patrick Dorsey Burke and Mary (Nolan) Burke.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1935-41.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., November
4, 1968 (age 87 years, 342
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Harlan John Bushfield (1882-1948) —
also known as Harlan J. Bushfield —
of Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, August 6,
1882.
Son of John A. Bushfield and Cora (Pearson) Bushfield.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
South Dakota, 1939-43; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1940;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Dakota, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., September
27, 1948 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at G.A.R.
Cemetery, Miller, S.Dak.
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Dwight Ezra Campbell (1887-1964) —
also known as Dwight Campbell —
of Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, November
5, 1887.
Son of Frank Ezra Campbell and Cornelia (Bell) Campbell.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented railroads
in the Dakotas; member of South
Dakota state senate 35th District, 1923-24; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1925-37.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died June 15,
1964 (age 76 years, 223
days).
Interment somewhere
in Groton, S.Dak.
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U. S. G. Cherry (b. 1863) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lewistown, Logan
County, Ohio, December
2, 1863.
Son of Amos Cherry and Elizabeth (Smith) Cherry.
Democrat. Lawyer; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1896; candidate for justice of
South Dakota state supreme court, 1904; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1920, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Walter Conway (b. 1898) —
also known as Walter Conway —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., November
13, 1898.
Son of Daniel J. Conway and Jennie Frances (Conness) Conway.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Coe Isaac Crawford (1858-1944) —
also known as Coe I. Crawford —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born near Volney, Allamakee
County, Iowa, January
14, 1858.
Son of Robert Crawford and Sarah (Shannon) Crawford.
Republican. Lawyer; Hughes
County State's Attorney, 1886-88; member
Dakota territorial council, 1889; member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1889-90; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1896; attorney for
Chicago & North Western Railroad,
1897-1905; Governor of
South Dakota, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1909-15.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., April 25,
1944 (age 86 years, 102
days).
Interment at Municipal
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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George Jonathan Danforth (1875-1952) —
also known as George J. Danforth —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Meeme, Manitowoc
County, Wis., November
21, 1875.
Son of Quincy A. Danforth and Gertrude (Silbernagel) Danforth.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1910-11; member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1919-22; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1930, 1938.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died March 30,
1952 (age 76 years, 130
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Ray E. Dougherty (b. 1895) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, July 11,
1895.
Son of William J. Dougherty and Sarah Ann (Judkins) Dougherty.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
candidate for South
Dakota state attorney general, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Leroy Farrar (b. 1929) —
also known as Frank L. Farrar —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak., April 2,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1963-69; Governor of
South Dakota, 1969-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar Association; Jaycees;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1994.
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Edmund Walter Fiske (b. 1874) —
also known as E. W. Fiske —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in London, Ontario,
of American parents, April 12,
1874.
Son of Romanzo Eliot Fiske and Mary Ann (Lince) Fiske.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1919-21.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Yankton, S.Dak.
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John Howard Gates (1865-1927) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, October
26, 1865.
Son of John Cook Gates and Adelia (St. John) Gates.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1913-27; died in
office 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American Bar Association; Kiwanis.
Died November
8, 1927 (age 62 years, 13
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Buell Fay Jones (b. 1892) —
also known as Buell F. Jones —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Spain, Marshall
County, S.Dak., November
25, 1892.
Son of Even N. Jones and Ellen (Hughes) Jones.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1923-29; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1929.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Theta Phi; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Florence Bockler. |
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Steve T. Kirby (b. 1952) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., March 26,
1952.
Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1993-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1993.
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Byron Samuel Payne (b. 1876) —
also known as Byron S. Payne —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
2, 1876.
Son of Byron Spencer Payne (1839-1925) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Woodworth) Payne (1846-1926).
Republican. Lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Modern
Woodmen of America; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
American Bar Association; Sons
of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jason Elihu Payne (1874-1941) —
also known as Jason E. Payne —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clay
County, S.Dak., January
22, 1874.
Son of Byron Spencer Payne (1839-1925) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Woodworth) Payne (1846-1926).
Republican. Lost his
right arm as a youth, in an accident with a runaway team of
horses; college
instructor; lawyer; law
professor; member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1903-06.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar Association.
An enraged litigant, Ozzie Kirby, tried to
kill him in in 1940; Kirby also shot and killed Payne's law
partner.
Injured in an automobile
accident, and died several weeks later as a result, in a hospital
at Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., September
11, 1941 (age 67 years, 232
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Byron Spencer Payne (1839-1925) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Woodworth) Payne (1846-1926); married, July 20,
1905, to Iwae E. Sheppard; brother of Byron
Samuel Payne. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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George Philip (b. 1880) —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fort Augustus, Scotland,
July
16, 1880.
Son of Robert Philip and Catherine (McLaren) Philip.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1934-47.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Larry Lee Pressler (b. 1942) —
also known as Larry Pressler —
of Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., March 29,
1942.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97; defeated, 1996.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Emmett C. Ryan (b. 1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, August
30, 1887.
Son of Samuel B. Ryan and Harriet A. (Nee) Ryan.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1922; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1937-38.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks;
American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Isabel M. Leutwein. |
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Richard W. Sabers (b. 1938) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Salem, McCook
County, S.Dak., February
12, 1938.
Justice
of South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1986-.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 1993.
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Son of Charles Sterling and Anna (Kessler) Sterling.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean,
college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Leo Albert Temmey (1894-1975) —
also known as Leo A. Temmey —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Onida, Sully
County, S.Dak., November
6, 1894.
Son of Lawrence A. Temmey and Annie (O'Connor) Temmey.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Beadle
County State's Attorney, 1930-35; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1939-43; nominated in primary for
Governor
of South Dakota 1942, inconclusive primary; major in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1960-72; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1964.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in April, 1975
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arch Rollin Tuthill (b. 1907) —
also known as Arch R. Tuthill —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., June 19,
1907.
Son of James William Tuthill and Fay (Ames) Tuthill.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1952.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvin Waggoner (b. 1879) —
of Philip, Haakon
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coles Station, Coles
County, Ill., November
23, 1879.
Son of George D. Waggoner and Ada (Feree) Waggoner.
Republican. Lawyer; Stanley
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Presidential Elector for South
Dakota, 1916.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
to Harriet Brown. |
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