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Des Moines County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Des Moines County

Index to Locations Burlington Aspen Grove Cemetery Danville Jagger Cemetery Aspen Grove Cemetery Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Henry Dodge (1782-1867) — of Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.; Michigan; Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wis. Born near Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., October 12, 1782. Democrat. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve County, 1820; member Michigan territorial council 7th District, 1832-33; Governor of Wisconsin Territory, 1836-41, 1845-48; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1841-45; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-57. Slaveowner. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, June 19, 1867 (age 84 years, 250 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Israel Dodge and Nancy Ann (Hunter) Dodge; half-brother of Lewis Fields Linn; married 1800 to Christiana McDonald; father-in-law of James Clarke; father of Augustus Caesar Dodge; third cousin once removed of Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896); third cousin twice removed of Irving Hall Chase; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970); fourth cousin once removed of David Lane Dodge.   Political family: Polk family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Dodge counties in Minn. and Wis., and Henry County, Iowa, are named for him.   Fort Dodge (military installation, 1850-53), and the city of Fort Dodge, Iowa, were named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry Dodge (built 1943 at Richmond, California; sold and renamed SS Alheli; sank during a storm in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1968) was originally named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Wilson Grimes (1816-1872) — also known as James W. Grimes — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Deering, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 20, 1816. Member of Iowa territorial legislature, 1838-43; member of Iowa state legislature, 1852-54; Governor of Iowa, 1854-58; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1859-69. Congregationalist. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, February 7, 1872 (age 55 years, 110 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Grimes and Betsey (Wilson) Grimes; married 1846 to Elizabeth Sarah Neally.   The city of Grimes, Iowa, is named for him.  — Grimes Elementary School, in Burlington, Iowa, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS James W. Grimes (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1972) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Augustus Caesar Dodge (1812-1883) — also known as Augustus C. Dodge — of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill.; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., January 2, 1812. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; register of U.S. Land Office at Burlington, Iowa, 1838-40; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1840-46; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1848-55; resigned 1855; first U.S. Senator who was born west of the Mississippi River; 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, 1874-75. Scottish ancestry. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, November 20, 1883 (age 71 years, 322 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Augustus Caesar   Relatives: Son of Henry Dodge and Christiana (McDonald) Dodge; nephew of Lewis Fields Linn; third cousin once removed of James Knox Polk and William Hawkins Polk; third cousin twice removed of Charles Polk; fourth cousin of Augustus Sabin Chase, Marshall Tate Polk, Tasker Polk, Richard Tyler Polk and Edwin Fitzhugh Polk; fourth cousin once removed of Trusten Polk, Irving Hall Chase, Rufus King Polk and Frank Lyon Polk.   Political families: Polk family; Maull family of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Dodge County, Neb. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Henry Gear (1825-1900) — also known as John H. Gear — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., April 7, 1825. Republican. Mayor of Burlington, Iowa, 1863; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1871-77; Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1874-77; Governor of Iowa, 1878-82; U.S. Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1887-91, 1893-95; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1895-1900; died in office 1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee). Died in Washington, D.C., July 14, 1900 (age 75 years, 98 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   James Clarke (1812-1850) — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., July 5, 1812. Secretary of Iowa Territory, 1839-41; mayor of Burlington, Iowa, 1844-45; delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention from Des Moines County, 1844; Governor of Iowa Territory, 1845-46. Died in a cholera epidemic, in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, July 28, 1850 (age 38 years, 23 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son-in-law of Henry Dodge.   Political families: Polk family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Clarke County, Iowa is named for him.   Shepherd Leffler (1811-1879) — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Washington County, Pa., April 24, 1811. Democrat. Member of Iowa territorial House of Representatives, 1839; delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention from Des Moines County, 1844; delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention from Des Moines County, 1846; U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1846-51 (at-large 1846-47, 2nd District 1847-51); candidate for Governor of Iowa, 1875. Died September 7, 1879 (age 68 years, 136 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Isaac Leffler.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Thomas Hedge (1844-1920) — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, June 24, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1899-1907. Member, Skull and Bones. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, November 28, 1920 (age 76 years, 157 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Hedge (1815-1885) and Eliza B. (Eldridge) Hedge; married, January 8, 1873, to Mary Frances Cook.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Isaac Leffler (1788-1866) — Born in Washington County, Pa., November 17, 1788. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1817; U.S. Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1827-29; member of Wisconsin territorial legislature, 1836; member of Iowa territorial House of Representatives, 1841. Slaveowner. Died March 8, 1866 (age 77 years, 111 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Shepherd Leffler.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Benton Jay Hall (1835-1894) — also known as Benton J. Hall — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, January 13, 1835. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1872-73; member of Iowa state senate, 1882-85; U.S. Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1885-87; defeated, 1886. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, January 5, 1894 (age 58 years, 357 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Joseph Champlin Stone (1829-1902) — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Westport, Essex County, N.Y., July 30, 1829. Republican. Iowa superintendent of public instruction, 1857; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1877-79. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, December 3, 1902 (age 73 years, 126 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Joseph Seerley (1852-1931) — also known as John J. Seerley — of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born near Toulon, Stark County, Ill., March 13, 1852. Democrat. School principal; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1891-93; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1920. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, February 23, 1931 (age 78 years, 347 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Seerley and Louisa Ann (Smith) Seerley; married to Elizabeth L. Clark and Caroline Keeler.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Flournoy Henry (1793-1873) — of Kentucky; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Born in Scott County, Ky., January 17, 1793. Physician; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 12th District, 1826-27; medical school professor. Slaveowner. Died in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, November 12, 1873 (age 80 years, 299 days). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Julia (Flournoy) Henry; brother of Robert Pryor Henry and Gustavus Adolphus Henry; married, May 7, 1818, to Mary Wilson Duke; married, January 1, 1828, to Lucy Stringer Ridgely; second cousin of Thomas Stanhope Flournoy; second cousin once removed of James Speed; third cousin once removed of Richard Aylett Buckner, Luke Pryor Blackburn and Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn; third cousin twice removed of James Madison and William Taylor Madison; third cousin thrice removed of Smith Alford Blackburn; fourth cousin of Aylette Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of Aylett Hawes Buckner and James Francis Buckner Jr..   Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Dale Ray Andre (1889-1950) — of Iowa. Born in 1889. Member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1917. Was indicted in 1931 for misusing investment funds; found not guilty, but his career was wrecked. Died in 1950 (age about 61 years). Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery. Jagger Cemetery Danville, Des Moines County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Howard Alvin Mathews (1866-1945) — also known as Howard A. Mathews — of Iowa. Born September 27, 1866. Superintendent of schools; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1922-32; Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1928. Died April 23, 1945 (age 78 years, 208 days). Interment at Jagger Cemetery.

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