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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Fall River County, S.Dak.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Born in Bellefontaine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LG-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/05-19.html">May 19, 1860</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 42nd District, 1917-18. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">about 90 years</a>). Interment at Duck Creek 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/38750174">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02676">Evergreen Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=96981&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <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>Leslie Jensen (1892-1964)</b> — of Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-lived.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-born.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-15.html">September 15, 1892</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/aberdeen.html#3">U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Aberdeen, South Dakota</a>, 1921-34; president, People's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone and Telegraph</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1937-39; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Dakota</a>, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Suffered a head injury in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile accident</a>, and died three days later, in St. Johns-McNamara <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Rapid City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/PE-died.html">Pennington County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/12-14.html">December 14, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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 C. L. Jensen and Lillie May (Haxby) Jensen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/12-19.html">December 19, 1925</a>, to Elizabeth Ward.</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;">The Leslie Jensen <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-roads.html">Scenic Drive</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-names.html">Fall River County, South Dakota</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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.nga.org/governor/leslie-jensen/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie Jensen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/41668282">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=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA11"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/282/55.05.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="Eben W. Martin"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Eben Wever Martin (1855-1932)</b> — also known as <b>Eben W. Martin</b> — of Deadwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/LA-lived.html">Lawrence County</a>, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-lived.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Maquoketa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/04-12.html">April 12, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trhs.html">Dakota territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1885-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Dakota</a>, 1901-07, 1908, 1909-15 (at-large 1901-07, 1908, 1909-13, 3rd District 1913-15). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-died.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-22.html">May 22, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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 Capt. James W. Martin and Lois Hyde (Wever) Martin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-13.html">June 13, 1883</a>, to Jessie A. Miner.</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=M000176">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407198">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben Martin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6407980">Find-A-Grave memorial</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> South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</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>L. E. Highley (1876-1935)</b> — of Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-lived.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-13.html">March 13, 1876</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 42nd District, 1909-10, 1929-32. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-15.html">September 15, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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/67503024">Find-A-Grave memorial</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>Elnathan Benjamin Adams (1881-1946)</b> — also known as <b>Elnathan B. Adams</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-lived.html">Fall River County</a>, S.Dak. Born in West Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-21.html">May 21, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/SD.html">South Dakota Republican state chair</a>, 1908-10, 1914-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-officials.html">Walworth County State's Attorney</a>, 1910-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FR-officials.html">Fall River County State's Attorney</a>, 1916-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/SD.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/SD.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/05-01.html">May 1, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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 Benajah P. Adams and Emma S. (Benjamin) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/06-25.html">June 25, 1907</a>, to Lillian Grace Hall.</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/159755378">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <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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