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George Washington McCrary (1835-1890) —
of Iowa.
Born near Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., August
29, 1835.
Republican. Member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1857; member of Iowa state
senate, 1861-65; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1869-77; member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1870-72; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1877-79; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1880-84.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., June 23,
1890 (age 54 years, 298
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Nichol Irwin (1847-1905) —
also known as John N. Irwin —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Butler
County, Ohio, December
25, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1875; mayor of
Keokuk, Iowa, 1876, 1887; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1883; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1888;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1891-92; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1899-1900.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., December
22, 1905 (age 57 years, 362
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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James Bruen Howell (1816-1880) —
also known as James B. Howell —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born near Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 4,
1816.
Son of Elias
Howell.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee); U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1870-71.
Died June 17,
1880 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Samuel Freeman Miller (1816-1890) —
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., April 5,
1816.
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-90.
Unitarian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
13, 1890 (age 74 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Bruce (1832-1901) —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Prairie Bluff, Wilcox
County, Ala.
Born in Stirlingshire, Scotland,
February
16, 1832.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1872-74; U.S.
District Judge for Alabama, 1875-1901; died in office 1901.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Walters Park, Berks
County, Pa., October
1, 1901 (age 69 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Johnathan McCarty (1795-1852) —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., August 3,
1795.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1818-19; Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1824,
1840;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1831-37 (3rd District 1831-33, 5th
District 1833-37); defeated, 1836.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, March 30,
1852 (age 56 years, 240
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805-1866) —
also known as Samuel R. Curtis —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born near Champlain, Clinton
County, N.Y., February
3, 1805.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1857-61.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, December
25, 1866 (age 61 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Samuel Mercer Clark (1842-1900) —
also known as Samuel M. Clark —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born near Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa, October
11, 1842.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1895-99.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, August
11, 1900 (age 57 years, 304
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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