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Index to Locations
Burlington Aspen Grove Cemetery
Burlington Crapo Park
Danville Jagger Cemetery
Aspen Grove
Cemetery
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
| Politicians buried
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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.
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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; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1892,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1895-1900; died in office 1900.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1900 (age 75 years, 98
days).
Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.
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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.
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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,
1864;
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.
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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.
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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.
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John Murray Corse (1835-1893) —
also known as John M. Corse —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
27, 1835.
Democrat. Book and
stationery business; candidate for secretary
of state of Iowa, 1860; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1868-69;
postmaster at Boston,
Mass., 1886-91.
Died in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
27, 1893 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Entombed at Aspen Grove Cemetery; statue at Crapo
Park.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Lockwood Corse and Sarah (Murray) Corse; married, December
23, 1856, to Ellen Edwards Prince; married, June 23,
1882, to Frances McNeil (grandniece of Franklin
Pierce; great-granddaughter of Benjamin
Pierce). |
| | | Political family: Appleton
#2 family of New Hampshire (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Corse Elementary
School, in Burlington,
Iowa, is named
partly for him. — The John Corse Memorial
Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 6 over the Iowa River, at Iowa City,
Iowa, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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John Lockwood Corse (1813-1868) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Dover, Kent
County, Del., March 5,
1813.
Carriage
builder; book and
stationery business; mayor
of Burlington, Iowa, 1845-46, 1856-57; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1848-50, 1854-56.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, March
20, 1868 (age 55 years, 15
days).
Interment at Aspen Grove Cemetery.
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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.
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Crapo
Park
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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John Murray Corse (1835-1893) —
also known as John M. Corse —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
27, 1835.
Democrat. Book and
stationery business; candidate for secretary
of state of Iowa, 1860; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1868-69;
postmaster at Boston,
Mass., 1886-91.
Died in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
27, 1893 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Entombed at Aspen Grove Cemetery; statue at
Crapo Park.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Lockwood Corse and Sarah (Murray) Corse; married, December
23, 1856, to Ellen Edwards Prince; married, June 23,
1882, to Frances McNeil (grandniece of Franklin
Pierce; great-granddaughter of Benjamin
Pierce). |
| | | Political family: Appleton
#2 family of New Hampshire (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Corse Elementary
School, in Burlington,
Iowa, is named
partly for him. — The John Corse Memorial
Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 6 over the Iowa River, at Iowa City,
Iowa, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jagger
Cemetery
Danville, Des Moines County, Iowa
Founded 1913
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