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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Rice County, Minn.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Taylor</b> — of Stanley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/MU-lived.html">Mountrail County</a>, N.Dak. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/ND.html">1948</a>. Interment somewhere. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor1.html#202.92.12">B. W. Taylor</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>B. W. Taylor</b> — of Stanley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/MU-lived.html">Mountrail County</a>, N.Dak. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/ND.html">1924</a>. Sergeant-at-arms at the 1948 Republican National Convention. Interment somewhere. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor3.html#822.79.14">Franklin Berry Taylor</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06694">Calvary Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alexander Faribault (1806-1882)</b> — of Mendota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DA-lived.html">Dakota County</a>, Minn. Born in Prairie du Chien, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/06-22.html">June 22, 1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fur.html">Fur trader</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">Founder</a> of the city of Faribault, Minnesota; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trhs.html">Minnesota territorial House of Representatives</a> 7th District, 1851. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amerind.html">Dakota Indian</a> ancestry. Died in Faribault, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-died.html">Rice County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/index.html">1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jean Baptiste Faribault and Elizabeth (Piligle) Faribault; brother of Lucy Faribault (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailhache-bakanatch.html#087.59.77">Alexis C. Bailly</a>); married to Mary Elizabeth Graham; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailhache-bakanatch.html#290.75.88">Alexis Phillip Bailly</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailhache-bakanatch.html#005.07.91">Henry G. Bailly</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/27347.html">Bailly-Faribault family</a> of Mendota, Minnesota.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12762">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Maple Lawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ara Barton (1824-1898)</b> — also known as <b>Asa Barton</b> — of Northfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn.; Faribault, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/04-12.html">April 12, 1824</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1859, 1871-72 (District 3 1859, District 8 1871, District 18 1872); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1873. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/11-06.html">November 6, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at Maple Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/87510273">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11161">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph James Rachac (1874-1947)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph J. Rachac</b> — of Faribault, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Born in Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/12-01.html">December 1, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MN.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MN.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MN.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/czech-slovak.html">Czech</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/08-25.html">August 25, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at Maple Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/88500267">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms08208">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John McDonough Berry (d. 1887)</b> — also known as <b>John M. Berry</b> — of Faribault, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trhs.html">Minnesota territorial House of Representatives</a> 8th District, 1857; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 8th District, 1863-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Minnesota state supreme court</a>, 1865-87; died in office 1887. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-08.html">November 8, 1887</a>. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11254">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Michael Cook (1828-1864)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-born.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/03-17.html">March 17, 1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1857-62 (5th District 1857-60, 8th District 1861-62); major in the Union Army during the Civil War. Wounded in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Civil War</a> battle of Nashville, and died eleven days later in the Cumberland <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">field hospital</a>, Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/12-27.html">December 27, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Richard Cook and Nellie Louisa (Courter) Cook.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35443287">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11792">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Washington Batchelder (1826-1910)</b> — also known as <b>George W. Batchelder</b> — of Faribault, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Born in Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/02-18.html">February 18, 1826</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a>, 1869-70, 1872-73 (8th District 1869-70, 18th District 1872-73); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/faribault.html">mayor of Faribault, Minn.</a>, 1880-81. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi.html">Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/01-09.html">January 9, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 325 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/07-12.html">July 12, 1858</a>, to Kate E. Davis.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11169">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Levi Nutting</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 8th District, 1865. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14217">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>O. F. Perkins</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 8th District, 1867-68. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06537">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Mason Wheeler (1854-1930)</b> — of Grand Forks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/GF-lived.html">Grand Forks County</a>, N.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/grandforks.html">mayor of Grand Forks, N.Dak.</a>, 1917-18. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. He helped stop a bank robbery by the Jesse James gang, in Northfield, Minnesota, September 7, 1876. He owned the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> automobile in Grand Forks. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/04-13.html">April 13, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment somewhere. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02670">Oaklawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward John Thye (1896-1969)</b> — also known as <b>Edward J. Thye</b> — of Northfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Born near Frederick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-born.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-26.html">April 26, 1896</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1943; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MN.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MN.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MN.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MN.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1947-59; defeated, 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died in Northfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-died.html">Rice County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/08-28.html">August 28, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 124 days</a>). Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Andrew J. Thye; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/">1921</a> to Hazel Ramage; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/">1942</a> to Myrtle Ennor Oliver.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000259">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410834">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-john-thye/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward John Thye">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/833/000167332">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7892119">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT67"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/436/31.94.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Joel P. Heatwole"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joel Prescott Heatwole (1856-1910)</b> — also known as <b>Joel P. Heatwole</b> — of Northfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Born in Waterford Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/EL-born.html">Elkhart County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/08-22.html">August 22, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/MN.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MN.html">Minnesota Republican state chair</a>, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/northfield.html">mayor of Northfield, Minn.</a>, 1894; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 3rd District, 1895-1903; defeated, 1892. Died in Northfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-died.html">Rice County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/04-04.html">April 4, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 225 days</a>). Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000434">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405300">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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