Jackson County
Iowa
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Jackson County
Iowa
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jackson County
Index to Locations
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Ansel Briggs (1806-1881) —
of Ohio; Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Vermont, February
3, 1806.
Democrat. Sheriff;
member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1842-46; Governor of
Iowa, 1846-50.
Congregationalist.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 5,
1881 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Omaha, Neb.; reinterment in 1909 at Andrew Cemetery.
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Richard J. Norpel, Sr. (1918-2007) —
of Bellevue, Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Bellevue, Jackson
County, Iowa, June 24,
1918.
Son of Charles Norpel and Laura (Meier) Norpel.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; grocer; hotelier;
insurance
and real
estate business; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1971-72; member of Iowa state
senate, 1975-76.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died May 24,
2007 (age 88 years, 334
days).
Interment at Bellevue Catholic Cemetery.
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Grover Joseph Bittner (1885-1965) —
also known as Grover J. Bittner; Grove
Bittner —
of Bellevue, Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Bellevue, Jackson
County, Iowa, August
23, 1885.
Son of Louis Bittner (1848-1930) and Mary Gertrude (Niemeyer) Bittner
(1854-1915).
Democrat. Lumber
dealer; mayor of Bellevue, Iowa, 1936-48; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1939-40; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in Mercy Hospital,
Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 4,
1965 (age 79 years, 315
days).
Entombed at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.
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Dennis Aloysius Mahoney (1821-1879) —
of Jackson
County, Iowa; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Ross, County Cork, Ireland,
January
20, 1821.
Member of Iowa state
house of representatives; elected 1848, 1858; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1862, 1864.
Catholic.
Newspaper
editor who criticized
the Civil War; arrested
in August 1862 and held until November at the Old Capitol Federal Prison in
Washington, D.C.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, November
5, 1879 (age 58 years, 289
days).
Interment at St. Patrick Cemetery.
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Mrs. Walter Keck (d. 1982) —
of Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1936.
Female.
Died in 1982.
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Albert Foster Dawson (1872-1949) —
also known as Albert F. Dawson —
of Preston, Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Spragueville, Jackson
County, Iowa, January
28, 1872.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1905-11.
Died on
a train near Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 9,
1949 (age 77 years, 40
days).
Interment at Preston Cemetery.
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