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Adams County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Adams County

Index to Locations Corning Unknown location Corning Walnut Grove Cemetery Unknown Location Corning, Adams County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Daniel Webster Turner (1877-1969) — also known as Dan W. Turner — of Corning, Adams County, Iowa. Born in Corning, Adams County, Iowa, March 17, 1877. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; merchant; farmer; member of Iowa state senate, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1916 (alternate), 1928 (speaker), 1932, 1936; Governor of Iowa, 1931-33. Presbyterian. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. Died April 15, 1969 (age 92 years, 29 days). Interment somewhere.   Presumably named for: Daniel Webster   Relatives: Son of Austin B. Turner and Almira (Baker) Turner; married, September 27, 1900, to Alice Sample.   See also National Governors Association biography Walnut Grove Cemetery Corning, Adams County, Iowa Politicians buried here: Horace Mann Towner (1855-1937) — also known as Horace M. Towner — of Corning, Adams County, Iowa. Born in Belvidere, Boone County, Ill., October 23, 1855. Republican. Lawyer; Adams County Superintendent of Schools, 1881-84; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888; district judge in Iowa 3rd District, 1891-1910; U.S. Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1911-23; Governor of Puerto Rico, 1923-29. Suffered a head injury in an accidental fall, and died ten days later, in Corning, Adams County, Iowa, November 23, 1937 (age 82 years, 31 days). Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Loop Towner and Keziah B. (Brownell) Towner; married to Harriet Elizabeth Cole.   Horace Mann Towner Primary School, in Comerío, Puerto Rico, is named for him.  — Horace Mann Towner Primary School, in Cataño, Puerto Rico, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Library of Congress

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