Index to Locations
Keokuk Oakland Cemetery
Keokuk St. Peter's Cemetery
Montrose Montrose Cemetery
Sandusky Sandusky Cemetery
Oakland
Cemetery
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
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George Washington McCrary (1835-1890) —
also known as George W. McCrary —
of Iowa.
Born near Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., August
29, 1835.
Republican. Member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1857; member of Iowa
state senate, 1861-65; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1869-77; member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1870-72; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1877-79; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the
8th Circuit, 1879-84; resigned 1884.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., June 23,
1890 (age 54 years, 298
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Samuel Freeman Miller (1816-1890) —
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., April 5,
1816.
Republican. Lawyer; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-90; died in office 1890.
Unitarian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
13, 1890 (age 74 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Nichol Irwin (1847-1905) —
also known as John N. Irwin —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Butler
County, Ohio, December
25, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1875; mayor of
Keokuk, Iowa, 1876, 1887; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1883; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1888;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1891-92; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1899-1900.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., December
22, 1905 (age 57 years, 362
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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James Bruen Howell (1816-1880) —
also known as James B. Howell —
of Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born near Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 4,
1816.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee); postmaster at Keokuk,
Iowa, 1861-66; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1870-71.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, June 17,
1880 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Bruce (1832-1901) —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Prairie Bluff, Wilcox
County, Ala.
Born in Stirlingshire, Scotland,
February
16, 1832.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1872-74; U.S.
District Judge for Alabama, 1875-1901; died in office 1901.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Walters Park, Berks
County, Pa., October
1, 1901 (age 69 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Johnathan McCarty (1795-1852) —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., August
3, 1795.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1818-19; Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1824;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1831-37 (3rd District 1831-33, 5th
District 1833-37); defeated, 1836; Presidential Elector for Indiana,
1840.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, March
30, 1852 (age 56 years, 240
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805-1866) —
also known as Samuel R. Curtis —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born near Champlain, Clinton
County, N.Y., February
3, 1805.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1857-61.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, December
25, 1866 (age 61 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Samuel Mercer Clark (1842-1900) —
also known as Samuel M. Clark —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born near Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa, October
11, 1842.
Republican. Postmaster at Keokuk,
Iowa, 1879-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1895-99.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, August
11, 1900 (age 57 years, 304
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Edward William McManus (1887-1954) —
also known as Edward W. McManus —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, January
1, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
acting postmaster at Keokuk,
Iowa, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1920; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1936.
Catholic.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in St. Joseph Hospital,
Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, June 1,
1954 (age 67 years, 151
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Edward Patrick McManus (1857-1918) —
also known as Edward P. McManus —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, January
26, 1857.
Democrat. Member of Iowa
state senate, 1890; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Iowa, 1904;
postmaster at Keokuk,
Iowa, 1914-18.
Died, from heart
failure, in his office
at the Keokuk Post
Office, Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, January
8, 1918 (age 60 years, 347
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Carey Howell (1861-1928) —
also known as William C. Howell —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, May 15,
1861.
Republican. Postmaster at Keokuk,
Iowa, 1923-28.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, May 21,
1928 (age 67 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Virginia Lee Howell (1870-1944) —
also known as Virginia L. Howell; Virginia Lee
Carpenter —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born November
12, 1870.
Republican. Acting postmaster at Keokuk,
Iowa, 1928-29.
Female.
Died June 22,
1944 (age 73 years, 223
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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St. Peter's
Cemetery
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
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Daniel Fry Miller (1814-1895) —
also known as Daniel F. Miller; "Nestor of the Iowa
Bar" —
of Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., October
4, 1814.
Lawyer;
member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1850-51; defeated (Whig),
1848; Republican Presidential Elector for Iowa, 1856;
mayor
of Fort Madison, Iowa, 1858-59; Independent candidate for justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1860; mayor of
Keokuk, Iowa, 1873; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1894.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
9, 1895 (age 81 years, 66
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
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Montrose
Cemetery
Montrose, Lee County, Iowa
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Charles Augustus Kennedy (1869-1951) —
also known as Charles A. Kennedy —
of Montrose, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Montrose, Lee
County, Iowa, March
24, 1869.
Republican. Member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1903; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1907-21.
Died January
10, 1951 (age 81 years, 292
days).
Interment at Montrose Cemetery.
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Sandusky
Cemetery
Sandusky, Lee County, Iowa
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Thomas James McManus (1893-1956) —
also known as Thomas J. McManus —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, September
12, 1893.
Democrat. Postmaster at Keokuk,
Iowa, 1933-56 (acting, 1933-34).
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, December
8, 1956 (age 63 years, 87
days).
Interment at Sandusky Cemetery.
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