Cass County
North Dakota
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Cass County
North Dakota
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Cass County
Index to Locations St. Leo'sCatholic Cemetery Casselton, Cass County, North Dakota
Holy CrossCemetery Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota
RiversideCemetery Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota
|  Louis Benjamin Hanna (1861-1948) — also known asLouis B. Hanna — of Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.Born in New Brighton,BeaverCounty, Pa.,August9, 1861.Republican. Member ofNorthDakota state house of representatives, 1895-97; member ofNorthDakota state senate, 1897-1901, 1905-09;North DakotaRepublican state chair, 1902-08, 1925;U.S.Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1909-13;Governor ofNorth Dakota, 1913-17; candidate forU.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1916, 1926 (Republican).Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,April23, 1948 (age86 years, 258days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
| Burleigh Folsom Spalding (1853-1934) — also known asBurleigh F. Spalding — of Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.Born near Craftsbury,OrleansCounty, Vt.,December3, 1853.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto North Dakota state constitutional convention from Cass County,1889;U.S.Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1899-1901, 1903-05;justice ofNorth Dakota state supreme court, 1907; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from North Dakota,1924,1928(alternate),1932.Died in Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,March17, 1934 (age80 years, 104days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
| Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) — also known asAlanson W. Edwards — of Bunker Hill,MacoupinCounty, Ill.; Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.Born inLorainCounty, Ohio,August27, 1840.Expressagent;telegraphoperator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72;newspaperpublisher;mayor ofFargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member ofNorthDakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. ConsulGeneral inMontreal, 1903-06.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,February8, 1908 (age67 years, 165days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
| Kenneth Keith Pyle (1899-1965) — of North Dakota. Born in Raymond Township,CassCounty, N.Dak.,March13, 1899.Member of North Dakota state legislature, 1942-54. DiedJuly 10,1965 (age66 years, 119days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.St. John'sLutheran Church Cemetery Horace, Cass County, North Dakota
KindredCemetery Kindred, Cass County, North Dakota
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