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Walter Lincoln Anderson (1868-1959) —
also known as Walter L. Anderson —
of Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa, February
19, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1916;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; member of
Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-22; Speaker of
the Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1922; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1922.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; United
Spanish War Veterans; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in 1959
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Jay Norwood Darling (1876-1962) —
also known as Jay N. Darling;
"Ding" —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Norwood, Charlevoix
County, Mich., October
21, 1876.
Republican. Cartoonist;
received the Pulitzer
Prize for his political cartoons in 1924 and 1943; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1932;
founder and first president, National Wildlife Federation; head of
the U.S. Biological Survey (which later became the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service), 1934-35; obtained millions of acres for wildlife
refuges.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Died January
12, 1962 (age 85 years, 83
days).
Interment at Logan
Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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John Howard Gates (1865-1927) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, October
26, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1913-27; died in
office 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Died November
8, 1927 (age 62 years, 13
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cook Gates and Adelia (St. John) Gates; married, November
13, 1899, to Mary Edna Carter. |
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Dick Haney (b. 1852) —
of Lansing, Allamakee
County, Iowa; Plankinton, Aurora
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lansing, Allamakee
County, Iowa, November
10, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1889-96; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1896-1913; member
of South
Dakota state senate 21st District, 1925-26.
Member, Freemasons;
Beta Theta Pi; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Haney and Fanny (Hemmingway) Haney; married, January
22, 1876, to Roxie W. Doe; married, September
14, 1909, to Florence May Tredway. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law
professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy,
in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Milton Remley (b. 1844) —
of Anamosa, Jones
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
12, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa; Iowa
state attorney general, 1895-1901.
Baptist.
Member, Beta Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. James Remley and Jane C. (Alderson) Remley; married, September
6, 1869, to Josephine Dennis. |
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Orville Taylor (1885-1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, September
8, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died in 1969
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orville J. Taylor and Eleanor Sarah (Harris) Taylor; married, January
19, 1924, to Catherine E. Apperson. |
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