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Index to Locations
Finley Chapel Cemetery
Center Township Abraham Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant Forest Home Cemetery
Finley Chapel
Cemetery
Henry County, Iowa
Abraham
Cemetery
Center Township, Henry County, Iowa
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Lot Abraham (1838-1920) —
of Center Township, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Butler
County, Ohio, April
18, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1912.
United
Brethren.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, July 23,
1920 (age 82 years, 96
days).
Interment at Abraham Cemetery.
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Forest Home
Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa
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James Harlan (1820-1899) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Clark
County, Ill., August
26, 1820.
Republican. Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1847; president
of Iowa Wesleyan College, 1853-55, 1869-70; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1855-57, 1857-65, 1867-73; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1865-66; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1868.
Methodist.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, October
5, 1899 (age 79 years, 40
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Joshua G. Newbold (1830-1903) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., May 12,
1830.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1870; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1876-77; Governor of
Iowa, 1877-78; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1880;
mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 1899-1903.
Presbyterian.
Died June 10,
1903 (age 73 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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William Frederick Kopp (1869-1938) —
also known as William F. Kopp —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born near Dodgeville, Des Moines
County, Iowa, June 20,
1869.
Republican. Member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1915; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1921-33; defeated, 1932.
Died August
24, 1938 (age 69 years, 65
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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George Baker Corkhill (1838-1886) —
also known as George B. Corkhill —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Harrison
County, Ohio, 1838.
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1880-84.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, 1886
(age about
48 years).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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James Lisle Gillis (1792-1881) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Hebron, Washington
County, N.Y., October
2, 1792.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1840, 1851; Jefferson
County Judge, 1842; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 28th District, 1846-48; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1857-59.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, July 8,
1881 (age 88 years, 279
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Washington Irving Babb (1844-1925) —
also known as W. I. Babb —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa; Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Des Moines
County, Iowa, October
2, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1884; district judge in Iowa 2nd
District, 1891-94; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1895.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Union
League.
Died September
4, 1925 (age 80 years, 337
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Winfield Scott Withrow (1855-1930) —
also known as Winfield S. Withrow —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Henry
County, Iowa, September
28, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; banker;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1886; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1892;
justice
of Iowa state supreme court, 1913-14.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, February
7, 1930 (age 74 years, 132
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Edward Kennedy Stall (1840-1932) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Pennsylvania, December, 1840.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904
(alternate), 1916.
Died November
16, 1932 (age 91 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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