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  • Muscatine Greenwood Cemetery

    Greenwood Cemetery
    1814 Lucas Street
    Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
    Founded 1843
    Politicians buried here:
      Alexander Clark (1826-1891) — of Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. Born in Washington County, Pa., February 25, 1826. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1890-91, died in office 1891. African ancestry. Died in Monrovia, Liberia, May 31, 1891 (age 65 years, 95 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Joseph B. Miller (1868-1938) — of Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. Born in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, July 29, 1868. Mayor of Muscatine, Iowa, 1924-26. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, December 14, 1938 (age 70 years, 138 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, January 19, 1893, to Julia Novak.
      Bertram Calvin Benham (1871-1944) — also known as Bert C. Benham — of Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. Born in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, December 5, 1871. Democrat. Banker; Muscatine County Auditor, 1894; candidate for Iowa state auditor, 1894; Muscatine city clerk, 1896-1902; mayor of Muscatine, Iowa; elected 1926. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Royal and Select Masters; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, August 25, 1944 (age 72 years, 264 days). Entombed at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Milford Benham and Ann (Smith) Benham; married, October 3, 1894, to Emma R. Rickard.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
    Frank W. Mahin Frank Webster Mahin (1851-1936) — also known as Frank W. Mahin — of Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa; Washington, D.C. Born in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, November 6, 1851. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Clinton, Iowa, 1890-94; U.S. Consul in Reichenberg, 1897-1902; Nottingham, 1902-10; Amsterdam, 1910-13, 1915-24. Member, Freemasons. Prohibition advocate in 1890s; longtime friend of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain); was a passenger on a Dutch Ship, Queen Wilhelmina, which was sunk by a German torpedo in the North Sea in 1916; he and his wife escaped to a lifeboat and survived. Died, from a heart ailment, in Washington, D.C., May 6, 1936 (age 84 years, 182 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Jacob Mahin and Elizabeth (Hare) Mahin; married 1879 to Abbie A. Cadle.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Washington Post, May 7, 1936
      George W. Van Horne (1833-1895) — of Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. Born in Chicopee, Hampden County, Mass., October 12, 1833. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1861-65; newspaper editor; postmaster at Muscatine, Iowa, 1893-95. Died in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, February 8, 1895 (age 61 years, 119 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, September 15, 1858, to Mary I. Morrow.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Mary I. Van Horne (1843-1904) — also known as Mary I. Morrow — of Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. Born in 1843. Democrat. Postmaster at Muscatine, Iowa, 1895-97. Female. Died in Iowa, February 15, 1904 (age about 60 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Daughter of James G. Morrow; married, September 15, 1858, to George W. Van Horne.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Caspar Ludwig Dreier (1880-1939) — also known as Caspar L. Dreier — Born in Des Moines County, Iowa, September 10, 1880. U.S. Deputy Consul General in Panama, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Panama, 1911-13; Singapore, 1913-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Singapore, 1915; Dresden, 1915; Nuevo Laredo, 1917-18; Veracruz, 1918; Mexico City, 1918. Died December 4, 1939 (age 59 years, 85 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles William Dreier and Marie A. (Kaut) Dreier; married 1913 to Katherine McNider.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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