Index to Locations
Fort Dodge Corpus Christi Cemetery
Fort Dodge Oakland Cemetery
Fort Dodge Willowedge Cemetery
Corpus Christi
Cemetery
Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa
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Mary Stella Kelleher (1887-1979) —
also known as Mary S. Kelleher; Mary Stella
Donahoe —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born in Pocahontas
County, Iowa, October
23, 1887.
Democrat. Secretary of
Iowa Democratic Party, 1926-36; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940;
vice-chair
of Iowa Democratic Party, 1936-40; member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1940.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, January
12, 1979 (age 91 years, 81
days).
Interment at Corpus Christi Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edward Andrew Donahoe and Elizabeth Catherine (O'Brien)
Donahoe; married, April
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Oakland
Cemetery
Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa
Politicians buried
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Cyrus Clay Carpenter (1829-1898) —
also known as Cyrus C. Carpenter —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born near Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., November
24, 1829.
Republican. Member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1858; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Governor of
Iowa, 1872-76; member of Iowa
railroad commission, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1879-83; postmaster at Fort
Dodge, Iowa, 1889-94.
Methodist.
Died in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, May 29,
1898 (age 68 years, 186
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (1858-1910) —
also known as Jonathan P. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born near Kingwood, Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
6, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1889-1900; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1900-10; died in office 1910.
Died in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
15, 1910 (age 52 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Squire Kenyon (1869-1933) —
also known as William S. Kenyon —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born in Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio, June 10,
1869.
Republican. District judge in Iowa 11th District, 1900-02; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1911-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1916;
federal
judge, 1922.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Sebasco, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, September
9, 1933 (age 64 years, 91
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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James Isaac Dolliver (1894-1978) —
also known as James I. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1924-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1945-57; defeated, 1956;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., December
10, 1978 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Edward Joseph Breen (1899-1978) —
also known as Edward Breen —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born in Estherville, Emmet
County, Iowa, March
18, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1936;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1937-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1942; president, KVFO radio
station.
Member, American
Legion; Elks.
Died, of cancer,
June
15, 1978 (age 79 years, 89
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Gertrude Duncombe Atwell (1876-1941) —
also known as Gertrude Atwell; Gertrude Williams
Duncombe; Mrs. R. P. Atwell —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, July 20,
1876.
Democrat. Florist;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1928,
1936,
1940.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, 1941
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Willowedge
Cemetery
Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Lorenzo Sweet Coffin (1822-1915) —
also known as Lorenzo S. Coffin —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born in Alton, Belknap
County, N.H., April
10, 1822.
Farmer;
school
teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent
of schools; prominent railroad worker safety advocate; the
Railroad Safety Appliance Act, which he championed, dramatically
reduced loss of life among railroad employees; member of Iowa
railroad commission, 1883; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1906; United Christian candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908.
Free Will
Baptist. Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, January
17, 1915 (age 92 years, 282
days).
Interment at Willowedge Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Stephen Coffin and Deborah (Philbrook) Coffin; married 1843 to
Cynthia T. Curtiss; married 1856 to Mary
Chase. |
|  | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|  | Image source: History of Iowa From the
Earliest Times .. (1903) |
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