time of his death on February 13, 1908. Newton Edmunds is the namesake of Edmunds County, South Dakota. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Notes 1819 births 1908 deaths 19th-century American politicians Governors of Dakota Territory People from Hartland, New York People from Michigan People of North Dakota in the American Civil War