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Edwin Stockton Johnson (1857-1933) —
also known as Edwin S. Johnson —
of Armour, Douglas
County, S.Dak.; Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born near Spencer, Owen
County, Ind., February
26, 1857.
Son of Allison C. Johnson and Emily J. (Brenton) Johnson.
Democrat. Clothing merchant; banker; lawyer; Douglas
County State's Attorney, 1893; member of South
Dakota state senate 8th District, 1895-96; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1912; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1915-21.
Died July 19,
1933 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Ridge Cemetery, Armour, S.Dak.
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John George Laxson (1867-1911) —
also known as John G. Laxson —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elkport, Clayton
County, Iowa, February, 1867.
Republican. Clothing merchant; bookkeeper;
real
estate business; mayor of Canton, S.D., 1895-96; member of South
Dakota state senate 5th District, 1907-10.
English
ancestry.
Died in Lincoln
County, S.Dak., May 20,
1911 (age 44 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert E. Vreeland (b. 1854) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Montour, Tama
County, Iowa, December
27, 1854.
Republican. Clothing merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
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