Institute of Arts (MIA) as well. Alfred did not go into business, but instead became an art collector. When he died in 1950, the works were donated to MIA. His daughter's Susan's only son, John Pillsbury Snyder (1888 –1959), was a survivor of the RMS Titanic in 1912. John and his wife, Nelle, returning from their European honeymoon, are said to have been the first people to have entered the very first lifeboat, No. 7. Pillsbury died on October 18, 1901 and is interred in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is featured on a New Hampshire historical marker (number 44) along New Hampshire Route 114 in Sutton. Quote A 1901 magazine article described him as follows: References Further reading Sturdevant, Lori (2011). The Pillsburys of Minnesota. Minneapolis: Nodine Press. . External links Biographical information and his gubernatorial records are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society. John Sargent Pillsbury in MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia The Washburn-Fair Oaks Historic District: History and Walking Tour. Hennepin History Museum. Pillsbury Hall (University of Minnesota Geology Department). Minnesota Legislators Past and Present John Sargeant Pillsbury bio at the National Governors Association 1827 births 1901 deaths People from Sutton, New Hampshire Republican Party governors of Minnesota University of Minnesota people Republican Party Minnesota state senators American Congregationalists American people of English descent Burials at Lakewood Cemetery Pillsbury family 19th-century American politicians