The Political Graveyard: Mahaska County, Iowa

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Mahaska County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Mahaska County

Index to Locations

Forest Cemetery
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa

Politicians buried here:

Marsena Edgar Cutts (1833-1883) — of Mahaska County, Iowa. Born in Orwell, Addison County, Vt., May 22, 1833. Republican. Member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1861; member of Iowa state senate, 1864; Iowa state attorney general, 1872-77; U.S. Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1881-83; died in office 1883. Died in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, September 1, 1883 (age 50 years, 102 days). Interment at Forest Cemetery.

John Fletcher Lacey (1841-1913) — also known as John F. Lacey — of Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa. Born in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 30, 1841. Republican. Member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1870; U.S. Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1889-91, 1893-1907; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1908. Died September 29, 1913 (age 72 years, 122 days). Interment at Forest Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

William Loughridge (1827-1889) — of Iowa. Born in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, July 11, 1827. Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature; U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1867-71, 1873-75 (4th District 1867-71, 6th District 1873-75). Died near Reading, Berks County, Pa., September 26, 1889 (age 62 years, 77 days). Interment at Forest Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Samuel Allen Rice (1828-1864) — also known as Samuel A. Rice — of Mahaska County, Iowa. Born in Cattaraugus County, N.Y., January 27, 1828. Lawyer; Iowa state attorney general, 1856-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Mortally wounded at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., April 30, 1864, and died at Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, July 6, 1864 (age 36 years, 161 days). Interment at Forest Cemetery.

Virginia Knight Logan (d. 1940) — also known as Virginia K. Logan — of Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa. Daughter of Oliver Hampton Knight. Republican. Opera singer; music teacher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1924. Female. Died in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, November 27, 1940. Interment at Forest Cemetery.

Relatives: Granddaughter of Jonathan Knight.

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