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Index to Locations
Altoona New Altoona Cemetery
Avon Avon Cemetery
Des Moines Unknown location
Des Moines Glendale Cemetery
Des Moines Masonic Cemetery
Des Moines Woodland Cemetery
Waveland Park, Des Moines Drake
Municipal Observatory
Valley Junction Glendale Cemetery
West Des Moines Resthaven Cemetery
New Altoona
Cemetery
Altoona, Polk County, Iowa
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Wilmer Dean Aubrey (1904-1975) —
also known as W. Dean Aubrey —
of Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa.
Born in Munterville, Wapello
County, Iowa, September
28, 1904.
Democrat. Meatpacking
worker; secretary,
United Packinghouse Workers, Local 1; secretary,
Ottumwa Industrial Union Council (CIO); coal
operator; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Wapello County, 1945-46,
1949-51.
Methodist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in October, 1975
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Interment at New Altoona Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Aubrey and Rosa E. (Chrisman) Aubrey; married 1935 to Evelyn
Juanita Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Avon
Cemetery
Avon, Polk County, Iowa
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Alice Elizabeth Figg (1882-1953) —
also known as Alice E. Figg —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
21, 1882.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1940,
1948;
member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-50; treasurer of
Iowa Republican Party, 1950-52.
Female.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in a hospital
at Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
8, 1953 (age 71 years, 291
days).
Interment at Avon Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
| Politicians buried
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James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 17,
1842.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; railroad
builder; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1869-71; postmaster at Des
Moines, Iowa, 1871-79; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1880-96; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1891-92; First Assistant U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-90; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1902-10.
Assisted more than 500 escaping slaves en route to Canada via the
"underground railroad," 1856-62.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., May 31,
1918 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Glendale
Cemetery
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965) —
also known as Henry A. Wallace —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; South Salem, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Orient, Adair
County, Iowa, October
7, 1888.
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-40; Vice
President of the United States, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1940,
1944
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1945-46; Progressive candidate for President
of the United States, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
18, 1965 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Clyde LaVerne Herring (1879-1945) —
also known as Clyde L. Herring —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 3,
1879.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1924-28; Governor of
Iowa, 1933-37; defeated, 1920; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1937-43; defeated, 1922, 1942.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
15, 1945 (age 66 years, 135
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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George Allison Wilson (1884-1953) —
also known as George A. Wilson —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born near Menlo, Adair
County, Iowa, April 1,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Polk
County Attorney, 1915-16; district judge in Iowa, 1917-21; member
of Iowa
state senate, 1925-35; Governor of
Iowa, 1939-43; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1943-49; defeated, 1948; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1944.
Methodist.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, September
8, 1953 (age 69 years, 160
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Archibald Alphonso Alexander (1888-1958) —
also known as Archie Alexander —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, May 14,
1888.
Civil
engineer; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1954-55; resigned 1955.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
4, 1958 (age 69 years, 235
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Ilo Wallace (1888-1981) —
also known as Ilo Browne —
Born in St. Charles, Madison
County, Iowa, March
10, 1888.
Second
Lady of the United States, 1941-45.
Female.
Died in South Salem, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
22, 1981 (age 92 years, 349
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Hubert Utterback (1880-1942) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Hayesville, Keokuk
County, Iowa, June 28,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 9th District, 1915-27; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1932-33; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1935-37; defeated, 1938;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1936;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1939.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Acacia;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Phi Omega; Delta
Theta Phi; Lions.
Died in 1942
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Benjamin Joseph Gibson (1881-1949) —
also known as Ben J. Gibson —
of Corning, Adams
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Corning, Adams
County, Iowa, November
13, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; Adams
County Attorney, 1908-12; member of Iowa
state senate 6th District, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; Iowa
state attorney general, 1921-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1949
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Solomon Francis Prouty (1854-1927) —
also known as Solomon F. Prouty —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, January
17, 1854.
Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature, 1879; district judge in
Iowa 9th District, 1899-1902; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1911-15.
Died in 1927
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Frederic Magoun Miller (1896-1958) —
also known as Frederic M. Miller —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
18, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1939-46.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 8,
1958 (age 62 years, 110
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Alexis U. Coates (1858-1943) —
also known as A. U. Coates —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Excelsior, Richland
County, Wis., June 21,
1858.
School
teacher; music
store manager; grocer; real estate
dealer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1901; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1936.
Church
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
21, 1943 (age 84 years, 214
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Harvey Coates and Anna French (Knowlton) Coates; married,
August
31, 1875, to Isabel Lein. |
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Carroll O. Switzer (1908-1960) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Pilot Mound, Boone
County, Iowa, May 23,
1908.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1940,
1948;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, 1949-50.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, May 30,
1960 (age 52 years, 7
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Mark G. Thornburg (1882-1962) —
of Emmetsburg, Palo Alto
County, Iowa.
Born in Linden, Dallas
County, Iowa, June 8,
1882.
Republican. Iowa
secretary of agriculture, 1924-33, 1939-43.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Kappa Psi; Alpha
Zeta.
Died December
15, 1962 (age 80 years, 190
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas A. Thornburg and Jennie (Vestal) Thornburg; married to
Blanche Scholes. |
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Carl G. Radosevich (1920-2001) —
of Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa.
Born in Lovilia, Monroe
County, Iowa, January
22, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Ottumwa, Iowa, 1988-93; defeated, 1965.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Lions; Elks.
Died in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, August
6, 2001 (age 81 years, 196
days).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Masonic
Cemetery
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
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Edwin Thomas Meredith (1876-1928) —
also known as Edwin T. Meredith —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Avoca, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, December
23, 1876.
Democrat. Democratic candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1916, 1918 (primary); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1916,
1920,
1924;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1920-21; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920.
Methodist.
Died June 17,
1928 (age 51 years, 177
days).
Interment at Masonic Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Oliver Meredith and Minnie Minerva (Marsh) Meredith;
married, January
8, 1896, to Edna C. Elliott. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Paul Harvey Cunningham (1890-1961) —
also known as Paul Cunningham —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Indiana
County, Pa., June 15,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1941-59 (6th District 1941-43, 5th
District 1943-59); defeated, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., July 16,
1961 (age 71 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic Cemetery.
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Francis Robert Gaynor (1852-1920) —
also known as Frank R. Gaynor —
of Le Mars, Plymouth
County, Iowa.
Born in Canada,
1852.
Republican. District judge in Iowa 4th District, 1891-1912; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1913-20.
Died in 1920
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Masonic Cemetery.
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Lewis Eldoris Royal (1855-1921) —
also known as Lewis E. Royal —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 8,
1855.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1889-90; candidate for mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1916.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
11, 1921 (age 66 years, 186
days).
Interment at Masonic Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Ambrose Royal and Mary Adelaide (Buchner) Royal; married to Laura
Almina Bugbee. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clyde Spry (1889-1961) —
of Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born near Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, March
26, 1889.
Republican. Farmer; Iowa
secretary of agriculture, 1950-61; appointed 1950; died in office
1961.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Izaak
Walton League; Moose; Freemasons.
Died June 14,
1961 (age 72 years, 80
days).
Interment at Masonic Cemetery.
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Woodland
Cemetery
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 11,
1866.
Farmer;
college
professor; magazine
editor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24; died in office 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1924 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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John Adam Kasson (1822-1910) —
also known as John A. Kasson —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Charlotte, Chittenden
County, Vt., January
11, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1863-67, 1873-77, 1881-84 (5th District
1863-67, 7th District 1873-77, 1881-84); member of Iowa state
legislature, 1868; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1877-81; Germany, 1884-85.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died May 18,
1910 (age 88 years, 127
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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James Baird Weaver (1833-1912) —
also known as James B. Weaver —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa; Colfax, Jasper
County, Iowa.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, June 12,
1833.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1879-81, 1885-89;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880 (Greenback Labor), 1892 (Populist);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
6, 1912 (age 78 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Albert Baird Cummins (1850-1926) —
also known as Albert B. Cummins —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born, in a log
house, near Carmichaels, Greene
County, Pa., February
15, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1888; member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1896,
1904,
1924;
Governor
of Iowa, 1902-08; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1908-26; died in office 1926; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1912,
1916.
Congregationalist.
Died of a heart
attack, in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, July 30,
1926 (age 76 years, 165
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Samuel Merrill (1822-1899) —
of New Hampshire; Iowa.
Born in Turner, Androscoggin
County, Maine, August
7, 1822.
Republican. Member of New Hampshire state legislature, 1854; member
of Iowa state legislature, 1859; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Iowa, 1868-72.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
31, 1899 (age 77 years, 24
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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George Grover Wright (1820-1896) —
also known as George G. Wright —
of Van
Buren County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., March
24, 1820.
Republican. Member of Iowa
state senate, 1849-51; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1855-60, 1860-70; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1871-77.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
11, 1896 (age 75 years, 293
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Cassius Clay Dowell (1864-1940) —
also known as Cassius C. Dowell —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born near Summerset, Warren
County, Iowa, February
29, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1894-98; member of Iowa
state senate, 1902-12; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1915-35, 1937-40 (7th District 1915-33,
6th District 1933-35, 1937-40); defeated, 1934; died in office 1940.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died February
4, 1940 (age 75 years, 0
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Bradley Baker (1818-1876) —
also known as Nathaniel B. Baker —
of New Hampshire; Iowa.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
29, 1818.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1850; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1854-55; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1859; Adjutant
General of Iowa, 1861-76.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, September
11, 1876 (age 57 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Lampson Parker Sherman (1821-1900) —
also known as Lampson P. Sherman —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in New Lancaster (now Lancaster), Fairfield
County, Ohio, October
13, 1821.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper
publisher; merchant;
mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1854-55; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue
for the 5th Iowa District, 1867-79.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
21, 1900 (age 79 years, 39
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles
Robert Sherman; brother of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman and John
Sherman; married, April
19, 1845, to Mary Getchell; married, December
31, 1851, to Susan Rebecca Lawson; uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman
(who married Nelson
Appleton Miles); sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin of David
Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Aaron
Burr; third cousin of Phineas
Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche
M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Ira
Yale, Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan
Brace, Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo
Fairchild Barnum, Andrew
Gould Chatfield, Henry
Jarvis Raymond and Edwin
Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Yale, Theodore
Davenport, David
Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, Fred
Lockwood Keeler and Thomas
McKeen Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Otis
family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ira Cook (1821-1902) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Union Center, Broome
County, N.Y., October
6, 1821.
Republican. Surveyor;
banker;
insurance
and real
estate business; mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1861.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, March
11, 1902 (age 80 years, 156
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Lafayette Young (1848-1926) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, Iowa, May 10,
1848.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Iowa state legislature, 1890;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1900,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1910-11; in May 1915, while working as a war
correspondent for a Des Moines newspaper, he was arrested
in Innsbruck, Austria, on suspicion of espionage;
released a few hours later.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
15, 1926 (age 78 years, 189
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Charles Augustus Rawson (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles A. Rawson —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, May 29,
1867.
Republican. Manufacturer;
campaign manager for U.S. Senator William
S. Kenyon, 1911; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1912-20; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1922; member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1924.
Protestant.
Died in 1936
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Josiah Given (1828-1908) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Murrysville, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1828.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1876; circuit judge in Iowa 5th
District, 1881-86; district judge in Iowa 9th District, 1887-89,
1903; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1889-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
3, 1908 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Charles Alvord Bishop (1854-1908) —
also known as Charles A. Bishop —
of La Porte City, Black Hawk
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Waukesha
County, Wis., May 22,
1854.
Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1882; district judge in Iowa 9th
District, 1889-90, 1897-1902; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1902-08.
Died in 1908
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Hiram Ypsilanti Smith (1843-1894) —
of Iowa.
Born in Ohio, 1843.
Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1884-85.
Died in 1894
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Benjamin F. Gue (1828-1904) —
of Scott
County, Iowa; Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Greene
County, N.Y., December
25, 1828.
Newspaper
editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1858-62; member of Iowa
state senate, 1862-66; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1866-68.
Died in Polk
County, Iowa, June 4,
1904 (age 75 years, 162
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Albert Winfield Swalm (1845-1922) —
also known as Albert W. Swalm —
of Grand Junction, Greene
County, Iowa; Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Womelsdorf, Berks
County, Pa., November
30, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
U.S. Consul in Montevideo, 1897-1903; Southampton, 1903-19; Hamilton, 1919-22, died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Bermuda,
August
24, 1922 (age 76 years, 267
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. Swalm and Elizabeth (Christ) Swalm; married, October
1, 1872, to Pauline Given. |
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Frederick William Lehmann (1853-1931) —
also known as Frederick W. Lehmann —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Prussia,
February
28, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Wabash Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
U.S. Solicitor General, 1910-12.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
12, 1931 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; cenotaph at Woodland Cemetery.
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Drake Municipal
Observatory
Waveland Park, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
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Daniel Walter Morehouse (1876-1941) —
also known as D. W. Morehouse —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., February
22, 1876.
Astronomer;
university
professor; president,
Drake University, 1922-41; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
21, 1941 (age 64 years, 334
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Drake Municipal Observatory.
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Glendale
Cemetery
Valley Junction, Polk County, Iowa
Resthaven
Cemetery
801 19th Street
West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Founded 1931
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Robert Dolph Ray (1928-2018) —
also known as Robert D. Ray —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, September
26, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1963-67; Governor of
Iowa, 1969-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1972
(delegation chair).
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, July 8,
2018 (age 89 years, 285
days).
Interment at Resthaven Cemetery.
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Robert Kingman Goodwin (1905-1983) —
also known as Robert K. Goodwin —
of Redfield, Dallas
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, May 23,
1905.
Republican. Farmer; brick and clay
tile manufacturer; bank
director; mayor of Redfield, Iowa, 1938-40; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1940-41; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1952;
member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1952-56.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., February
21, 1983 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Interment at Resthaven Cemetery.
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M. L. Abrahamson (1902-1975) —
of Boone
County, Iowa.
Born in Pilot Mound, Boone
County, Iowa, June 19,
1902.
Republican. Boone
County Treasurer, 1927-32; Iowa state
treasurer, 1951-65.
Methodist.
Scandinavian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Moose;
Lions.
Died in February, 1975
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Entombed at Resthaven Cemetery.
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