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Cedar County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cedar County

Index to Locations Bennett Inland Cemetery Tipton Masonic Cemetery Tipton Red Oak Cemetery West Branch Herbert Hoover National Historic Site West Branch West Branch Municipal Cemetery Inland Cemetery Bennett, Cedar County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Paul H. Downing (1852-1918) — of Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. Born in Indiana, October, 1852. Republican. Banker; Cedar County Auditor, 1897-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912. Presbyterian. Died September 7, 1918 (age 65 years, 0 days). Interment at Inland Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Sarah (Moore) Downing and Albert Gallatin Downing.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Masonic Cemetery Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   William Penn Wolf (1833-1896) — also known as William P. Wolf — of Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. Born in Harrisburg, Stark County, Ohio, December 1, 1833. Republican. Lawyer; superintendent of schools; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1863-64, 1881-85; Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1884-85; member of Iowa state senate, 1867-69; U.S. Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1870-71; district judge in Iowa 18th District, 1895-96; died in office 1896. Died in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, September 19, 1896 (age 62 years, 293 days). Interment at Masonic Cemetery.   Presumably named for: William Penn   Relatives: Son of Jacob Wolf and Ann Catharine (Smith) Wolf; married 1859 to Alice Macy; married 1885 to Martha Redfield.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Spencer Gale Frink (1861-1943) — also known as Spencer G. Frink — of Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. Born in Dayton, Cedar County, Iowa, January 6, 1861. Republican. Bank cashier; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1924 (alternate), 1928. Died in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, October 7, 1943 (age 82 years, 274 days). Interment at Masonic Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Homer Clinton Frink and Helen (Jobes) Frink; married, September 8, 1887, to Blanche Alpen Dean; second cousin once removed of John Warren Prine; second cousin thrice removed of Noyes Barber; second cousin four times removed of Waightstill Avery and David Hough; third cousin twice removed of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; third cousin thrice removed of Jeremiah Mason; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Avery Burnham and Judson B. Phelps.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Red Oak Cemetery Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Robert Gordon Cousins (1859-1933) — also known as Robert G. Cousins — of Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. Born near Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, January 31, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1886; U.S. Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1893-1909. Died in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, June 20, 1933 (age 74 years, 140 days). Interment at Red Oak Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Herbert Hoover National Historic Site West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa Politicians buried here: Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" — of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, August 10, 1874. Republican. Mining engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1940, 1952, 1960. Quaker. Swiss and Dutch ancestry. Inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame, Leadville, Colorado. Died, of intestinal cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71 days). Interment at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.   Relatives: Son of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married, February 10, 1899, to Lou Hoover; father of Herbert Clark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** of Charles Lewis Hoover.   Political family: Hoover family of Palo Alto, California.   Cross-reference: Horace A. Mann — Walter H. Newton — Christian A. Herter — Lewis L. Strauss — Clarence C. Stetson   Hoover Dam (built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River between Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona, is named for him.  — Herbert Hoover High School, in Glendale, California, is named for him.  — Herbert Hoover High School, in Des Moines, Iowa, is named for him.  — Herbert Hoover High School, in San Diego, California, is named for him.  — Herbert Hoover High School, in Fresno, California, is named for him.  — Herbert Hoover High School, in Elkview, West Virginia, is named for him.  — The minor planets (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and 1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are named for him.   Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in every pot."   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books by Herbert Hoover: The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson   Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L. Fausold, The Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 — George H. Nash, The Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies, 1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — Glen Jeansonne, The Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 — Kendrick A. Clements, The Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary, 1918-1928 — David Holford, Herbert Hoover (for young readers)   Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1965)   Lou Hoover (1874-1944) — also known as Lou Henry — Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, March 29, 1874. First Lady of the United States, 1929-33. Female. Suffered a heart attack, and died soon after, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 7, 1944 (age 69 years, 284 days). Original interment at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.; reinterment in 1964 at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.   Relatives: Daughter of Charles Delano Hoover and Florence Ida (Weed) Hoover; married, February 10, 1899, to Herbert Clark Hoover; mother of Herbert Clark Hoover Jr..   Political family: Hoover family of Palo Alto, California.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail West Branch Municipal Cemetery West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Fred Ralph Albin (1872-1957) — also known as Fred Albin — of West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa. Born near West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, August 5, 1872. Republican. Auctioneer; meat merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1936. Died February 23, 1957 (age 84 years, 202 days). Interment at West Branch Municipal Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Albin and Emily (Gruewell) Albin; married 1893 to Alice Rebecca Pennock.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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