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Clothing and Textile Politicians in Iowa

Oliver D. S. Gallup (1857-1920) — of Park Ridge, Cook County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Iowa, September, 1857. Coffee business; clothing salesman; village president of Park Ridge, Illinois, 1893-97. Died April 29, 1920 (age 62 years, 0 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin F. Gallup and Emma Gallup; married, June 23, 1883, to May F. Ruger.   Lovy Lorene Hiatt (1881-1966) — also known as Lovy L. Hiatt — of Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa. Born in Iowa, 1881. Democrat. School teacher; milliner; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1924; Fremont County Recorder, 1927-30. Female. Died January 18, 1966 (age about 84 years). Interment at Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, Iowa.   Relatives: Daughter of David James Hiatt and Celiccia (White) Hiatt; fourth cousin once removed of Jesse Hiatt.   Political family: Hiatt-Ball family of Iowa.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Mildred Jeffrey (1910-2004) — also known as Millie Jeffrey; Mildred McWilliams — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Alton, Sioux County, Iowa, December 29, 1910. Democrat. Organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers in the 1930s; director, Women's Bureau, and later the community relations and consumer affairs departments, United Automobile Workers; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1976, 1980; member, Arrangements Committee, 1964; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1957-61; member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1961-69; candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 12th District, 1961; member of Wayne State University board of governors; elected 1974. Female. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000. Died, in a nursing home at Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 24, 2004 (age 93 years, 86 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1936 to Homer Newman Jeffrey.   John George Laxson (1867-1911) — also known as John G. Laxson — of Canton, Lincoln County, S.Dak. Born in Elkport, Clayton County, Iowa, February, 1867. Republican. Clothing merchant; bookkeeper; real estate business; mayor of Canton, S.D., 1895-96; member of South Dakota state senate 5th District, 1907-10. English ancestry. Died in Lincoln County, S.Dak., May 20, 1911 (age 44 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1891 to Flora Gottschalk; father of LeRoy John Laxson.   Rudolph Rohlfs (1856-1926) — of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Born in Iowa, February, 1856. Republican. Insurance agent; button manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912. Lutheran. German ancestry. Died April 8, 1926 (age 70 years, 0 days). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of M. J. Rohlfs and Eliza (Rohde) Rohlfs.   Julius Galen Tilden (1874-1958) — also known as J. Galen Tilden — of Ames, Story County, Iowa. Born in Ames, Story County, Iowa, March 28, 1874. Dry goods merchant; mayor of Ames, Iowa, 1908-10. Congregationalist. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., May 14, 1958 (age 84 years, 47 days). Interment at Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of Lydia Ann (Cooper) Tilden and George Galen Tilden; brother of Lucien Cooper Tilden; first cousin thrice removed of Stephen Daniel Tilden; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Rose Tilden; third cousin thrice removed of Moses Younglove Tilden and Samuel Jones Tilden.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Otis family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Robert E. Vreeland (b. 1854) — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Montour, Tama County, Iowa, December 27, 1854. Republican. Clothing merchant; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1901-04. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903

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