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Wapello County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wapello County

Index to Locations Blakesburg Blakesburg Cemetery Eddyville Unknown location Ottumwa Ottumwa Cemetery Ottumwa Shaul Cemetery Blakesburg Cemetery Blakesburg, Wapello County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Eugene Abegg (1897-1980) — of Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill. Born October 10, 1897. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1956. Died in July, 1980 (age 82 years, 0 days). Interment at Blakesburg Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Unknown Location Eddyville, Wapello County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Sulifand Sutherland Ross (1800-1856) — also known as Sulifand S. Ross — of Jefferson County, Iowa. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., February 5, 1800. Delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention from Jefferson County, 1844; delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention from Jefferson County, 1846. Died in Eddyville, Wapello County, Iowa, September 16, 1856 (age 56 years, 224 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of William Ross and Nancy (Chinn) Ross; married, July 16, 1823, to Mary Ann Junken; married, December 17, 1833, to Elizabeth Junken; married, August 24, 1855, to Jane Hill Gilmore; great-grandfather of Edwin McPherson Holden and Arthur Wesley Holden; second cousin twice removed of George Washington; third cousin once removed of Bushrod Washington; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Henry Ball Jr., Claude C. Ball and Franklin Delano Roosevelt; fourth cousin of John Thornton Augustine Washington.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky; Shober-Roosevelt-Wheat-Roberdeau family of Salisbury, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Ottumwa Cemetery 1302 N. Court St. Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Daniel Frederic Steck (1881-1950) — also known as Daniel F. Steck — of Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. Born in Iowa, 1881. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1928; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1926-31; defeated, 1924, 1930. Died in 1950 (age about 69 years). Interment at Ottumwa Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Herschel Celiel Loveless (1911-1989) — also known as Herschel C. Loveless — of Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. Born in Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa, May 5, 1911. Democrat. Mayor of Ottumwa, Iowa, 1949-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1952; candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1954; Governor of Iowa, 1957-61; defeated, 1952. Methodist. Member, Elks; Eagles; Lions. Died May 4, 1989 (age 77 years, 364 days). Interment at Ottumwa Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David H. Loveless and Ethel (Beaver) Loveless; married, October 1, 1933, to Amelia R. Howard.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   George Gillaspy — of Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention 8th District, 1857; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1857; candidate for Governor of Iowa, 1869. Interment at Ottumwa Cemetery.   Henry Benham Hendershott (b. 1816) — also known as H. B. Hendershott — of Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. Born in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, May 15, 1816. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1876. Interment at Ottumwa Cemetery. Shaul Cemetery Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Irvin St. Clair Pepper (1876-1913) — also known as Irvin S. Pepper — of Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. Born in Iowa, 1876. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1911-13; died in office 1913. Died in 1913 (age about 37 years). Interment at Shaul Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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