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Valentine, Ezra Gates

lawyer,. banker, was born Aug. 9, 1847, in Wyoming county, N. Y. He graduated with the full classical course in 1869 from the Beloit college, Wisconsin. He has attained distinction as an eminent lawyer of Breckenridge, Minn.; was a delegate to the national republican convention in 1896; and takes a prominent part in public affairs. He has been president of the state drainage board of Minnesota; vicepresident and director of the First National bank of Breckenridge, and director of other banks. He has been mayor of his city; is a thirty-two degree Mason, and stands high in several fraternal orders.