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Clergy Politicians in South Dakota


  Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) — also known as Orville S. Basford — of Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn County, Mo. Born in Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vt., August 29, 1848. Son of Samuel Basford (1808-1877) and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford (1810-1889). Republican. Methodist minister; postmaster; South Dakota Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper editor and publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner, 1907. Methodist. Died in Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak., October 27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Married, August 21, 1870, to Arminda Malvina Blake (1848-1919).
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  George S. S. Codington — also known as G. S. S. Codington — of Medary, Brookings County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Minister; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1877-78. Congregationalist or Presbyterian. Died of tuberculosis in Wisconsin. Burial location unknown.
  Codington County, S.Dak. is named for him.
  Barbara Elkjer (born c.1947) — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born about 1947. Republican. Minister; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.
  Roland N. Holsaple (1876-1940) — also known as R. N. Holsaple — of Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; South Dakota; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Minnesota; Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Monroeville, Allen County, Ind., April 11, 1876. Republican. Minister; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1940. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died, of pneumonia, in Pleasant Home Hospital, Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich., October 31, 1940 (age 64 years, 203 days). Interment at Elkland Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
  Relatives: Married, May 11, 1899, to Gertrude Ann Perry.
  John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) — also known as John P. Richmond — of Schuyler County, Ill. Born in Middletown, Frederick County, Md., August 11, 1811. Son of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond. Democrat. Physician; minister; in 1840, he officiated at the first Protestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841, he delivered the first Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member of Illinois state senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1855-56; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1856; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Schuyler County, 1862; postmaster. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in South Dakota, August 28, 1895 (age 84 years, 17 days). Interment at Tyndall Cemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond; married 1835 to America Walker; married 1859 to Kitty Gristy.

 

 


 
   
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