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Albert N. Barber (1858-1940) —
of Esmond, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Davis Junction, Ogle
County, Ill., May 16,
1858.
Son of Nelson F. Barber (1830-1921) and Jane (Brooks) Barber
(1830-1908).
Republican. Grain elevator
business; druggist; banker; lumber
merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1911-12.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., August
29, 1940 (age 82 years, 105
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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C. B. Collins (b. 1861) —
of Groton, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rockbridge, Richland
County, Wis., October
8, 1861.
Republican. Druggist; jeweler;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1900;
South
Dakota state treasurer, 1903-07.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1887
to Anna M. Smith. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1882-1949) —
also known as H. H. Humphrey —
of Doland, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Albany, Linn
County, Ore., 1882.
Son of John Humphrey and Addie (Regester) Humphrey.
Democrat. Druggist; chair of
Spink County Democratic Party, 1928; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 24th District, 1937-38;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died in November, 1949
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (1911-1978) —
also known as Hubert H. Humphrey; "H.H.H.";
"The Happy Warrior"; "The
Hump" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Wallace, Codington
County, S.Dak., May 27,
1911.
Son of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey and Christine (Sannes) Humphrey.
Pharmacist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1972;
Vice
President of the United States, 1965-69; Democratic candidate for
President
of the United States, 1968.
Congregationalist.
English
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Federation of Teachers.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.
Died, of cancer, at
Waverly, Wright
County, Minn., January
13, 1978 (age 66 years, 231
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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L. P. Jenkins (b. 1862) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lansford, Carbon
County, Pa., December
20, 1862.
Republican. Druggist; postmaster;
mayor of
Lead, S.Dak.; elected 1894, 1898; member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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P. D. Kribs (b. 1856) —
of Leola, McPherson
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Columbia, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., July 5,
1856.
Republican. Druggist; postmaster;
newspaper
publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 35th District, 1903-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
8, 1887, to Hattie M. Cavanagh. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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LeRoy John Laxson (1893-1938) —
also known as LeRoy J. Laxson —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak., February
3, 1893.
Son of John
George Laxson and Flora (Gottschalk) Laxson.
Hardware
merchant; druggist; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 5th District, 1931-32.
English
and German
ancestry.
Died in South Dakota, March 26,
1938 (age 45 years, 51
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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W. H. Stark —
of Emery, Hanson
County, S.Dak.
Druggist; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 12th District, 1901-02.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert H. Stites (1858-1935) —
also known as A. H. Stites —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Dauphin
County, Pa., March 2,
1858.
Son of Samuel Stites (1816-1882) and Catherine (Matter) Stites
(1819-1887).
Republican. Merchant;
druggist; mayor
of Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 1896-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1899-1902; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August
16, 1935 (age 77 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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