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• Bennett, Granville Gaylord    b. October 9, 1833  d. June 28, 1910
  US Congressman. Served in many posts including, Member of the Iowa State House of Representatives (1865-1867), Member of the Iowa State Senate (1867-1871), Justice of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court (1875-1878) and Delegate to the United States Congress from Dakota Territory (1879-1881). Also served in the Union Army during the Civil War (1861-1865).
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Bullock, Seth    b. July 23, 1847  d. September, 1919
  Western Folk Figure. He arrived in Helena, Montana in 1867 and was later elected as a Republican member of the Territorial Senate of Montana in 1871 to 1872. He also introduced a resolution that prompted Congress to establish Yellowstone National Park. In 1873, he was elected Sheriff of Montana territory in Lewis and Clark County. In 1876, he followed the gold rush to Deadwood, South Dakota, opened a hardware store and a horse ranch. Befriending Wild Bill Hickok and after Hickok’s death in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Cannary, Martha Jane 'Calamity Jane'    b. May 1, 1852  d. August 1, 1903
  American Folk Figure, Frontierswoman. She is best remembered for her association with famous Western lawman, scout, and gunfighter, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok. Her early life that she documented in an autobiographical pamphlet later in her life is subject to inaccuracies and exaggeration. She was born the oldest of six children to parents who were farmers and received little to no formal education and was illiterate. In 1865 the family moved to Virginia City, Montana, and her mother died...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Dawson, Andrew Rea Zina    b. May 10, 1835  d. July 19, 1896
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born near Hayesville, Ohio, he attended Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War he served first as the Major of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then as Chief of Outposts and Pickets on the staff of Brig. General Thimas J. Wood, then finally as Colonel and commander of the 187th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on November 21, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious service". Moving to...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
  Plot: Section 2, Lot 86
   
• Hickok, James Butler 'Wild Bill'    b. May 27, 1837  d. August 2, 1876
  Western Figure. Born in Troy Grove, near Ottawa, Illinois, he took part in the Kansas struggle preceding the Civil War, was a driver of the Butterfield stage line, and gained fame as a gunfighter. He was an assistant station tender for the Pony Express at the Rock Creek, Nebraska station. He served as a Union scout in the Civil War. After the war he became deputy United States Marshal at Fort Riley (1866), Marshal of Hays, Kansas (1869), and Marshal of Abilene (1871). His reputation as a...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Knowles, Corp. Freeman Tully    b. October 10, 1846  d. June 1, 1910
  US Congressman. Elected to represent South Dakota at-large in the United states House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1899. He was a also a Civil War Vet, and a publisher of a newspaper.
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Smith, Henry Weston    b. January 10, 1827  d. August 20, 1876
  Folk Figure. During his life time, he was a Civil War soldier, doctor, prospector, and, most of all, he was a preacher for practically all his adult life. He was first married in 1847, but his wife and child both died within a year. He became a Methodist preacher at the age of 23 while still living in Connecticut. In 1859 he married for the second time and had four children. He moved to Massachusetts and joined the states 52nd Infantry during the Civil War. After the war he became a doctor. But...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Steele, William Randolph    b. July 24, 1842  d. November 30, 1901
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Wyoming Territory as a Delegate in 1873 in the United States House of Representatives. Also served as Mayor of Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1894. (Bio by: K)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
   

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