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Henry County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Henry County

Index to Locations Finley Chapel Cemetery Center Township Abraham Cemetery Mt. Pleasant Forest Home Cemetery Finley Chapel Cemetery Henry County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Charles Wilson Payne — also known as Charles W. Payne; Wils Payne — of Henry County, Iowa. Republican. Farmer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1880-82. Interment at Finley Chapel Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Frank Smith Payne. Abraham Cemetery Center Township, Henry County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of John Abraham and Sarah (McCue) Abraham; married, September 24, 1865, to Sarah Cornelia Alden; married, October 22, 1891, to Mary Blount Blacker.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Forest Home Cemetery Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Father of Mary Harlan (who married Robert Todd Lincoln).   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The city of Harlan, Iowa, was named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS James Harlan (built 1943 at Richmond, California; wrecked and scrapped 1962) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   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.   See also National Governors Association biography   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   Presumably named for: Washington Irving   Relatives: Son of Miles Babb and Mary (Moyer) Babb; married, October 9, 1873, to Alice Bird.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Married to Kathryn Nicholson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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