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Locke, J. Frank

clergyman, physician, jurist, author, was born April 27, 1846, in Ossipee, N. H. He received his education in the village academies of New Hampton, N. H.; attended the Theological college; and for many years was a clergyman of the congregational church.

He served with distinction during the war, and was promoted to colonel; and has been district commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. He served as judge of probate; has been United States examining surgeon for pensions; and is a prominent officer in Masonic lodges, Knights of Maccabees, Modern Woodmen, and other fraternal bodies of Long Prairie, Minn.

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