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Clarke County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Clarke County

Index to Locations Osceola Maple Hill Cemetery Near Osceola Green Bay Cemetery Maple Hill Cemetery Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Manoah Bostic Reese (1839-1917) — also known as Manoah B. Reese — of Wahoo, Saunders County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born in Macoupin County, Ill., September 5, 1839. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; District Attorney, 4th District, 1876-83; justice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1884-90, 1908-15; chief justice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1888-90. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kan., 1917 (age about 77 years). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Simon Reese and Mary Ann (Steidly) Reese; married, January 1, 1862, to Carrie Burrows.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Lloyd Thurston (1880-1970) — of Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa. Born in Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, March 27, 1880. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; member of Iowa state senate, 1920-24; U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1925-39 (8th District 1925-33, 5th District 1933-39); candidate for U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1938. Protestant. Member, American Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Rotary. Died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, May 7, 1970 (age 90 years, 41 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of S. Thurston and Margaret (Maloy) Thurston; married, January 13, 1910, to Louella Bolibaugh.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Green Bay Cemetery Near Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Smiley Hughes Bonham (1814-1879) — also known as Smiley H. Bonham — of Johnson County, Iowa; Clarke County, Iowa. Born in Ohio, May 30, 1814. Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1848-49. Died April 18, 1879 (age 64 years, 323 days). Interment at Green Bay Cemetery.

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