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Alfred J. Abbott (b. 1844) —
of Bon Homme, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Manchester, England,
December
22, 1844.
Republican. Postmaster;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1868-69; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1889-90.
English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Allin (1848-1936) —
of Walsh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Bradworthy, Devon, England,
December
18, 1848.
Republican. Member
Dakota territorial council, 1887-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Walsh
County, 1889; member of North Dakota state legislature, 1889; Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1891-92; Governor of
North Dakota, 1895-97.
English ancestry.
Died January
1, 1936 (age 87 years, 14
days).
Interment at Park
River Memorial Park, Park River, N.Dak.
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Charles Ulyses Arnold (1864-1946) —
also known as Charles U. Arnold —
of White, Brookings
County, S.Dak.; Norden Township, Deuel
County, S.Dak.; Leola Township, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Farmington Township, Olmsted
County, Minn., December
10, 1864.
Son of James Arnold (1832-1900) and Mary Ann (Wheeler) Arnold
(1844-1906).
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 22nd District, 1909-10.
English ancestry.
Died in Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak., October
9, 1946 (age 81 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of James Arnold (1832-1900) and Mary Ann (Wheeler) Arnold
(1844-1906); married, July 21,
1895, to Catherine Loi Hansen (1872-1938; divorced 1911);
married, October
20, 1915, to Clara Ida (Brosowske) Falk (1890-1945); father of
Ernest Foch Arnold (1919-1944; U.S. Air Force sergeant in World War
II; killed over England). |
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Damon Henry Clark (1873-1947) —
also known as Damon H. Clark —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
11, 1873.
Son of Henry Clay Clark and Kate (Horst) Clark.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1913-36 (48th District
1913-18, 46th District 1919-36).
English ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died in Perris, Riverside
County, Calif., December
9, 1947 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Interment at Perris
Valley Cemetery, Perris, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married 1901
to Katherine M. 'Kate' Pohlzon. |
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Charles Ham (b. 1851) —
of Farmingdale, Pennington
County, S.Dak.; Piedmont, Meade
County, S.Dak.; Grashul, Meade
County, S.Dak.
Born in Shefford, Quebec,
January
6, 1851.
Republican. Copper
miner; stockman;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1903-06 (45th District
1903-04, 46th District 1905-06); member of South
Dakota state senate 41st District, 1919-20.
English and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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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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Eben Wever Martin (1855-1932) —
also known as Eben W. Martin —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, April 12,
1855.
Son of Capt. James W. Martin and Lois Hyde (Wever) Martin.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1901-07, 1908, 1909-15
(at-large 1901-07, 1908, 1909-13, 3rd District 1913-15).
Methodist.
English and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., May 22,
1932 (age 77 years, 40
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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Ellis T. Pierce (b. 1846) —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real estate
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 44th District, 1903-04.
English and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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George E. Scobell (b. 1861) —
of near Scotland, Hutchinson
County, S.Dak.
Born in Michigan, July 25,
1861.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 6th District, 1903-04.
English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Edwin R. Thompson (b. 1842) —
of Waubay, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Quebec,
July
1, 1842.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 32nd District, 1903-04.
Scotch-Irish
and English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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