The Political Graveyard: O'Brien County, Iowa

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O'Brien County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in O'Brien County

Index to Locations

Sanborn Roseland Cemetery

Sheldon Eastlawn Cemetery

Sutherland Waterman Cemetery

Roseland Cemetery
Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa

Politicians buried here:

Wiley Mayne (1917-2007) — of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Born in Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa, January 19, 1917. Son of Earl W. Mayne and Gladys (Wiley) Mayne. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1967-75; defeated, 1974. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons. Died, from heart failure, in St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, May 27, 2007 (age 90 years, 128 days). Interment at Roseland Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier

Eastlawn Cemetery
Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa

Politicians buried here:

William Dayton Boies (1857-1932) — also known as William D. Boies — of Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa. Born in Boone County, Ill., January 3, 1857. Son of William Dayton Boies and Sarah C. (Bugbee) Boies. Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Iowa, 1913-18 (4th District 1913, 21st District 1913-18); U.S. Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1919-29. Member, Freemasons. Died in Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, May 31, 1932 (age 75 years, 149 days). Interment at Eastlawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, November 24, 1881, to Lillian E. Biddinger.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Waterman Cemetery
Sutherland, O'Brien County, Iowa

Politicians buried here:

Tom Burrow Bark (1863-1940) — also known as T. B. Bark — of Sutherland, O'Brien County, Iowa. Born in Cassville, Grant County, Wis., May 30, 1863. Son of James Rowe Bark (1821-1895) and Sarah Margaret (Newman) Bark. Republican. Banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912. Died in Sutherland, O'Brien County, Iowa, April 15, 1940 (age 76 years, 321 days). Interment at Waterman Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of James Rowe Bark (1821-1895) and Sarah Margaret (Newman) Bark; married, October 28, 1884, to Ella Townsend (1860-1889); married, February 25, 1890, to Augusta Kathryn Townsend (1861-1915).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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