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George Alexander (1839-1923) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
September
21, 1839.
Son of William Alexander and Mary Alexander.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; feed and
grain
business; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909-13.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic; Moose.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August 2,
1923 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Brownlie (1881-1970) —
of Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa.
Born January
19, 1881.
Son of Robert Brownlie and Mary (McFarlane) Brownlie.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives from Madison County; elected 1950.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau.
Died in September, 1970
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Keokuk, Iowa.
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Augustus Caesar Dodge (1812-1883) —
also known as Augustus C. Dodge —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., January
2, 1812.
Son of Henry
Dodge and Christiana (McDonald) Dodge (1785-1865).
Democrat. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1840; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848-55; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1855-59; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1860;
mayor
of Burlington, Iowa, 1874.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, November
20, 1883 (age 71 years, 322
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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William Greene Dows (1864-1926) —
also known as William G. Dows —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Clayton
County, Iowa, August
12, 1864.
Son of Stephen Leland Dows (1832-1909) and Henrietta Weddell (Safley)
Dows (1834-1893).
Republican. President, Iowa Railway
and Light
Company, Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway;
Iowa Electric
Company; Central States Electric
Company; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1897-99; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; United
Spanish War Veterans; Loyal
Legion.
Died, in University Hospital,
Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, November
25, 1926 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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John Donald M. MacKay (b. 1871) —
also known as John D. MacKay —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, August
13, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1905-10 (2nd District 1905-08, 3rd District
1909-10); delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1912;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred W. Messmore (b. 1890) —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Boone, Boone
County, Iowa, July 11,
1890.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 18th District, 1929-37; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1937-.
Methodist.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (c.1809-1869) —
of Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Boone
County, Ky., about 1809.
Physician;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1837-38.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa, November
10, 1869 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Rockwell Sheffield (1864-1938) —
also known as James R. Sheffield —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
13, 1864.
Son of Frederick William Hotchkiss Sheffield and Sarah (Kellogg)
Sheffield.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. William
B. Allison; member of New York
state assembly, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1936;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1924-27; delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
English
and Scottish ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Saranac Inn, Franklin
County, N.Y., September
2, 1938 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment somewhere
in Utica, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick William Hotchkiss Sheffield and Sarah (Kellogg)
Sheffield; married, November
2, 1898, to Edith Tod (granddaughter of David
Tod). |
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William Garner Waddel (1870-1937) —
also known as W. G. Waddel —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Grant
County, Wis., June 29,
1870.
Son of William Warren Waddle (1843-1912) and Elizabeth Ann (Garner)
Waddle (1850-1935).
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1913-16; member of South
Dakota state senate 34th District, 1919-22.
Methodist.
Scottish and German
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Day
County, S.Dak., January
24, 1937 (age 66 years, 209
days).
Interment at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Adaville, Iowa.
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Fred Waddle (b. 1881) —
of Roslyn, Day
County, S.Dak.; Nutley Township, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Liberty Township, Plymouth
County, Iowa, May 27,
1881.
Son of William Warren Waddle (1843-1912) and Elizabeth Ann (Garner)
Waddle (1850-1935).
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1927-28.
Scottish and German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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