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Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) —
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., July 28,
1813.
Son of Asahel Bliss and Lydia Adams (Griswold) Bliss.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Ohio, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1855-59; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1868-72; law professor.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1889 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Frank Edward Denholm (b. 1923) —
also known as Frank E. Denholm —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Scotland Township, Day
County, S.Dak., November
29, 1923.
Democrat. Farmer; auctioneer;
trucking
business; Day
County Sheriff, 1950-52; FBI
agent; lawyer;
university lecturer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1971-75.
Still living as of 1998.
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C. G. Lawrence (b. 1871) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
12, 1871.
College professor; South
Dakota superintendent of public instruction, 1911-15.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Williston Nash (1868-1944) —
also known as George W. Nash —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., December
22, 1868.
Son of Jennie Eliza (Williston) Nash (1842-1937) and Newman Curtis
Nash (1843-1905).
College professor; South
Dakota superintendent of public instruction, 1903-06.
Died June 30,
1944 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Canton, S.Dak.
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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. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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John E. Powell (born c.1937) —
also known as Jack Powell —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Kingsley, Plymouth
County, Iowa, about 1937.
University professor; mayor
of Vermillion, S.Dak., 2010-.
Still living as of 2011.
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Ellison Griffith Smith (b. 1854) —
also known as Ellison G. Smith —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Noble
County, Ohio, December
5, 1854.
Son of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1887; circuit judge in South Dakota
1st Circuit, 1889-1909; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1909-23; law
professor.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith; married, October
18, 1877, to Anna F. Kirkwood; married, January
3, 1922, to Florence Pearl Hunkins. |
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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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