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Nelson County
North Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Nelson County

Index to Locations LakotaLakota Cemetery McVilleNew Luther Valley Cemetery PetersburgCity Cemetery WhitmanWest Forest Cemetery LakotaCemetery Lakota, Nelson County, North Dakota Asle Jorgenson Gronna (1858-1922) — also known asAsle J. Gronna — of Lakota,NelsonCounty, N.Dak.Born in Elkader,ClaytonCounty, Iowa,December10, 1858.Republican. Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1889;U.S.Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1905-11; resigned1911;U.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1911-21.Died in Lakota,NelsonCounty, N.Dak.,May 4,1922 (age63 years, 145days).Interment at Lakota Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Henry T. Quanbeck (1887-1972) — of McVille,NelsonCounty, N.Dak.Born in North Dakota,May 22,1887.Republican.Insuranceandrealestate business; member ofNorthDakota state house of representatives, 1915-16; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota,1948.Lutheran.Died in1972(ageabout85 years).Interment at New Luther Valley Cemetery.

Martin Nelson Johnson (1850-1909) — also known asMartin N. Johnson — of Iowa; Petersburg,NelsonCounty, N.Dak.Born inRacineCounty, Wis.,March 3,1850.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;farmer;Republican Presidential Elector for Iowa,1876;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1877; member ofIowastate senate, 1878-82;delegateto North Dakota state constitutional convention from NelsonCounty, 1889;U.S.Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1891-99;U.S.Senator from North Dakota, 1909; died in office 1909.Died in Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,October21, 1909 (age59 years, 232days).Interment at City Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Nelson Johnson and Anna (Selheim) Johnson.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: Autobiographies andPortraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)

Mikkel Thorsyeinson Lillehaugen (1881-1972) — also known asM. T. Lillehaugen — of Perth Township,WalshCounty, N.Dak.; Brocket,RamseyCounty, N.Dak.Born in Hallingdal,Norway,June4, 1881.Republican.Farmer;delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota,1952(HonoraryVice-President).Norwegianancestry.Died in East Grand Forks,PolkCounty, Minn.,October24, 1972 (age91 years, 142days).Interment at West Forest Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married1907 to HelenMathilda Sando; married,March10, 1917, to Marie Amanda Moe.
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