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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Bon Homme 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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Abbott (1844-1916)</b> — of Bon Homme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BH-lived.html">Bon Homme County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/12-22.html">December 22, 1844</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">Postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trhs.html">Dakota territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1868-69; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 4th District, 1889-90. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/02-07.html">February 7, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at Bon Homme 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 Thomas Abbott and Emma (Dunhill) Abbott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-22.html">March 22, 1876</a>, to Susanna Bussey.</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/120186792">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07194">Tyndall Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Tyndall, Bon Homme County, South Dakota <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 Plaster Richmond (1811-1895)</b> — also known as <b>John P. Richmond</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SY-lived.html">Schuyler County</a>, Ill. Born in Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/08-11.html">August 11, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">minister</a>; in 1840, he officiated at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> Protestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841, he delivered the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1849-52, 1859-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1855-56; Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr1856-meeting.html">1856</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Schuyler County, 1862; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/08-28.html">August 28, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 17 days</a>). Interment at Tyndall 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 Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/">1835</a> to America Walker; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/">1859</a> to Kitty Gristy.</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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