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Bremer County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bremer County

Index to Locations Readlyn Zion Lutheran Cemetery Waverly Harlington Cemetery Zion Lutheran Cemetery Readlyn, Bremer County, Iowa Politicians buried here: Ernest John Seemann (1906-1967) — also known as Ernest J. Seemann — of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Born near Readlyn, Bremer County, Iowa, February 5, 1906. Lathe operator; garbage disposal business; debt collector; candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1934 (Democratic primary), 1940 (Democratic), 1946 (Democratic primary), 1954 (Republican primary), 1964 (Republican primary); candidate for U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1942 (Democratic primary), 1942 (Progressive New Dealer), 1944 (Democratic primary), 1950 (States Rights Democratic), 1954 (Republicsons); candidate for mayor of Waterloo, Iowa, 1959, 1961, 1963. Member, Freemasons. Died in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, 1967 (age about 61 years). Interment at Zion Lutheran Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Wilhelmina Sophia (Schroeder) Seemann and William Carl Seemann; married 1928 to Agatha Elizabeth Cook; married 1935 to Doris Mildred Satterlee; married 1939 to Esther Virginia Vice.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Iowa City Press-Citizen, May 24, 1948 Harlington Cemetery Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Burton Erwin Sweet (1867-1957) — also known as Burton E. Sweet — of Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa. Born in Bremer County, Iowa, December 10, 1867. Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1900-04; member of Iowa Republican State Central Committee, 1902-06; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1904; U.S. Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1915-23; candidate for U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1922, 1924. Member, Freemasons. Died January 3, 1957 (age 89 years, 24 days). Interment at Harlington Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alpheus E. Sweet and Isabelle (Lyon) Sweet.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Oran Faville (1817-1872) — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell County, Iowa. Born in Manheim, Herkimer County, N.Y., October 13, 1817. College professor; president, Wesleyan Female College, Delaware, Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67. Died in Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa, November 2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20 days). Interment at Harlington Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Faville and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville; married to Maria M. Peck; uncle of Frederick F. Faville.

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