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Nelson, Arthur Emanuel b. May 10, 1892 d. April 11, 1955
US Senator. Served in the United States Army during World War I. He served as a United States Senator from Minnesota from 1942 to 1943, St. Paul, Minnesota, Mayor from 1922 to 1926, and Republican Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in 1936. (Bio by: K)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 45, Lot 128
Newport, Reece Marshall b. May 27, 1838 d. November 1, 1912
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. When the Civil War broke out, Newport joined the army as assistant quartermaster. By the end of the war, he rose in the quartermaster's department from colonel to chief quartermaster of the Baltimore depot. On March 13, 1865, he received the brevet brigadier general commission "for faithful and meritorious services during the war." After the war he was a banker, real estate agent, and railroad executive. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 62, Lot 11
Paine, Eleazer Arthur b. September 9, 1815 d. December 16, 1882
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Parkman, Ohio, he graduated from West Point in 1839 and served in the Mexican War. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he was elected Colonel of the 9th Illinois Infantry and promoted Brigadier General in September 1861. He commanded the 4th Division Army of Mississippi at the battles of Corinth, Island Number Ten and Fort Pillow. Placed in command of District of West Kentucky, he deployed his corps in guarding railroads from Confederate raiders from...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 60, Lot 16
Phillips, Samuel D. b. January 28, 1845 d. November 12, 1915
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the United States Army in Company H, 2nd US Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 7, 1877 at Muddy Creek, Montana. His citation reads "Gallantry in action." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 46, Lot 57
Ramsey, Alexander b. September 8, 1815 d. April 22, 1903
Minnesota Governor. He served as the 1st Territorial Governor of Minnesota, then as the State's 2nd Governor. He was also served Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 15, Lot 1
Rice, Edmund b. February 14, 1819 d. July 11, 1889
US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 4th District in the United States House of Reprsentatives, serving from 1887 until his death in 1889. Also served as a Member of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1851, Member of the Minnesota State Senate representing the 1st and 23rd Districts from 1864 to 1865, and 1873 to 1874, Member of the Minnesota State House of Representatives in 1867, Candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1879, and Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1881. (Bio by: K)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 3, Lot 44
Rice, Henry Mower b. November 29, 1816 d. January 15, 1894
US Senator. He was Minnesota's first Senator after entering statehood. After his father died when he was very young he lived with friends and attended local schools. He studied law for two years but there is no evidence he was admitted to the bar or that he ever practiced law. At the age of 18 he moved to Detroit, Michigan and participated in the survey of the canal between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. As he moved farther west he obtained a position as sutler at Fort Snelling near what is now...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 25, Lot 1
Sanborn, Gen. John Benjamin b. December 5, 1826 d. May 16, 1904
Civil War Union Brigadier General. After the fall of Fort Sumter, Sanborn was appointed as the adjutant general of the state of Minnesota. He oversaw the organization and equiping of five regiments, a battalion, and two batteries to defend the Union. In December of 1861, he became the colonel of the 4th Minnesota Infantry and was sent to northern Mississippi. He led one of Rosecrans' brigades of the Army of Mississippi at the Battle of Iuka and sustained a twenty-seven percent casualty rate. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 2, Lot 71-74
Sherman, Marshall b. 1823 d. April 19, 1896
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company C, 1st Minnesota Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His citation reads "Capture of flag of 28th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.)." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 41, Soldiers Rest, Lot 77
Sibley, Henry Hastings b. February 20, 1811 d. February 18, 1891
Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman, Minnesota Governor. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he was educated in a common school in the Michigan wilderness. He was a clerk and fur trapper with the American Fur Company and in 1835 built the first private residence in Minnesota. In 1849 he was elected as a territorial delegate to Congress, where he actively pursued the establishment of the Minnesota Territory. In 1858 he became the state's first elected Governor, however he chose not to run...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 16, Lot 2
Simpson, James Hervey b. March 9, 1813 d. March 2, 1883
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. An 1832 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was serving as an officer in the Regular Army Topographical Engineers when the Civil War began. Appointed as a Colonel of Volunteers, he was given command of the 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He led the unit through the Spring 1862 Penninsular Campaign, and was captured with over 400 of his men at the June 27, 1862 Battle of Gaines Mill. Upon his exchange he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Block 15, Lot 4
Stevens, Frederick Clement b. January 1, 1861 d. July 1, 1923
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Minnesota's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1915.
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Stewart, Jacob Henry b. January 15, 1829 d. August 25, 1884
US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1877 to 1879. Also served as a Member of the Minnesota State Senate for the 2nd District from 1859 to 1860, and Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1864. (Bio by: K)
Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA

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