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M. Plin Beebe (1881-1941) —
of Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sandusky, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
7, 1881.
Son of Marcus
P. Beebe and Leota (Fuller) Beebe.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 37th District, 1915-16.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died August 9,
1941 (age 59 years, 336
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Conklin. |
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Hiram A. Boucher (1896-1967) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Eureka, McPherson
County, S.Dak., December
14, 1896.
Son of Lyman Trumbull Boucher and Helen Augusta (Melville) Boucher.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1921-24; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1924-27; Cobh, 1928-29; Rome, 1929-36; Geneva, 1936-41; Auckland, 1941-45; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1945-47.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Died November
15, 1967 (age 70 years, 336
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) —
also known as Royal C. Johnson —
of Highmore, Hyde
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa, October
3, 1882.
Son of Eli Johnson and Philena (Everett) Johnson.
Republican. Lawyer; Hyde
County State's Attorney, 1909-10; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1915-33; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August 2,
1939 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Chambers Kellar (b. 1867) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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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. |
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