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James Abdnor (b. 1923) —
of Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak.
Born in Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak., February
13, 1923.
Son of Samuel J. Abdnor and Mary (Wehby) Abdnor.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; rancher; school
teacher; athletic
coach; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1957-68 (29th District 1957-66, 24th
District 1967-68); President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1965-66; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1973-81; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87; defeated, 1986.
Methodist.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Farmers
Union; Grange; Sigma
Chi; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 2009.
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Elnathan Benjamin Adams (b. 1881) —
also known as Elnathan B. Adams —
of Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in West Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., May 21,
1881.
Son of Benajah P. Adams and Emma S. (Benjamin) Adams.
Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1908-10, 1914-16; Walworth
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Fall
River County State's Attorney, 1916-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Vincent Ayres (1852-1939) —
also known as George V. Ayres —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Luzerne
County, Pa., November
1, 1852.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 46th District, 1927-30.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died May 29,
1939 (age 86 years, 209
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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Oscar Beck (b. 1892) —
of Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., March 3,
1892.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; mayor of
Greeley, Colo., 1954-55.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren E. Beck (b. 1883) —
of Geddes, Charles Mix
County, S.Dak.
Born in Harrisburg, Lincoln
County, S.Dak., January
27, 1883.
Son of Elias S. Beck and Delia (Klapp) Beck.
Democrat. Railway
station agent; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias.
President,
South Dakota State Federation of Labor.
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Canton, S.Dak.
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Albert W. Bigelow (b. 1864) —
of Andover, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winona
County, Minn., April 14,
1864.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1903-04.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Newton Dexter Burch (1871-1931) —
also known as N. D. Burch —
of Boyd
County, Neb.; Dallas, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Stewartsville, DeKalb
County, Mo., June 17,
1871.
Son of George N. Burch and Elizabeth (Dexter) Burch.
Republican. Lawyer; Boyd
County Attorney, 1903-07; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1921-26;
judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1926-31; died in
office 1931.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died March 18,
1931 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert O. Burrows, Sr. (b. 1899) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa.
Born in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., June 29,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; member of Iowa state
house of representatives from Benton County, 1951.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vera Cahalan Bushfield (1889-1976) —
also known as Vera E. Cahalan —
of Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., August 9,
1889.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1948.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order of the Eastern Star.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., April 16,
1976 (age 86 years, 251
days).
Interment at G.A.R.
Cemetery, Miller, S.Dak.
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Clarence Edward Coyne (1881-1929) —
also known as Clarence E. Coyne —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., December
23, 1881.
Son of Foster Coyne and Mary (McGavaran) Coyne.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; Stanley
County Sheriff, 1911-14; secretary of
state of South Dakota, 1922-27; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1929; died in office 1929.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died May 27,
1929 (age 47 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Throckmorton-Gird. |
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Buell Fay Jones (b. 1892) —
also known as Buell F. Jones —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Spain, Marshall
County, S.Dak., November
25, 1892.
Son of Even N. Jones and Ellen (Hughes) Jones.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1923-29; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1929.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Theta Phi; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Florence Bockler. |
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George Theodore Mickelson (1903-1965) —
also known as George T. Mickelson —
of Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak., July 23,
1903.
Son of George M. Mickelson and Emma L. (Craig) Mickelson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1937-42 (40th District
1937-38, 39th District 1939-42); Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1941-42; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of
South Dakota, 1947-51; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1953-.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Elks.
Died February
28, 1965 (age 61 years, 220
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Byron Samuel Payne (b. 1876) —
also known as Byron S. Payne —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
2, 1876.
Son of Byron Spencer Payne (1839-1925) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Woodworth) Payne (1846-1926).
Republican. Lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the Eastern Star; Modern
Woodmen of America; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Sons
of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Snow (1842-1927) —
of Springfield, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Indiana, December, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real estate
business; banker; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1885; member of South
Dakota state senate 4th District, 1889-90, 1899-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1901-05.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Springfield, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., November
8, 1927 (age 84 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Boyd Wales (b. 1873) —
of Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb., August
10, 1873.
Son of Prescutt Wales and Phebe (Cunningham) Wales.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1924.
Unitarian.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
American
Legion; Knights
of Pythias; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to May Furman. |
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