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Andrew S. Anderson (1877-1924) —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; Alsen, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), May 23,
1877.
Son of Solomon Anderson and Margaret (Erickson) Anderson.
Democrat. Farmer;
secretary and manager, Alsen, Beresford and Emmet Telephone
Company; president, Alsen Creamery
Company; member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1911-16.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died August
11, 1924 (age 47 years, 80
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Anderson and Margaret (Erickson) Anderson; married 1898 to Olga
Berg (killed in accident); married, June 2,
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Charles Nelson Herreid (1857-1928) —
also known as Charles N. Herreid —
of McPherson
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Dane
County, Wis., October
20, 1857.
Son of N. Herreid and Tena (Kytle) Herreid.
Republican. Lawyer; McPherson
County State's Attorney; McPherson
County Judge; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1893-97; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1898-1900; Governor of
South Dakota, 1901-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1916;
director, Western Mutual Life
Insurance Co.; vice-president, Dakota Central Telephone
Co.; president, Citizens Trust and Savings Bank.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died July 6,
1928 (age 70 years, 260
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Aberdeen, S.Dak.
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Leslie Jensen (1892-1964) —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., September
15, 1892.
Son of C. L. Jensen and Lillie May (Haxby) Jensen.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for South Dakota, 1921-34; president, People's
Telephone and Telegraph Co.; Governor of
South Dakota, 1937-39; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion.
The Leslie Jensen Scenic Highway in South Dakota was named for
him.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., December
14, 1964 (age 72 years, 90
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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