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French ancestry Politicians in Iowa

Horace Boies (1827-1923) — of Hamburg, Erie County, N.Y.; Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa; Palermo Township, Grundy County, Iowa; Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Aurora, Erie County, N.Y., December 7, 1827. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1857; Governor of Iowa, 1890-94; defeated, 1893; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1892; candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1902. French and English ancestry. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 4, 1923 (age 95 years, 118 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of Heber Boies and Ester 'Hattie' (Henshaw) Boies; married, May 10, 1848, to Adella King; married 1858 to Versalia M. Barber; father of Herbert B. Boies; second cousin twice removed of David Henshaw; third cousin once removed of Amos Gustine and Andrew Isbell Henshaw; third cousin twice removed of Charles Pennell Crosby.   Political family: Henshaw-Torrey family of Claiborne, Alabama.   Cross-reference: Frederick W. Hossfeld   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1902   William Larrabee (1832-1912) — of Iowa. Born in Ledyard, New London County, Conn., January 20, 1832. School teacher; grain miller; banker; member of Iowa state senate, 1867; Governor of Iowa, 1886-90. Methodist. French Huguenot ancestry. Blinded in his right eye by a gun accident at age 15. Died November 16, 1912 (age 80 years, 301 days). Interment at God's Acre Cemetery, Clermont, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of Adam Larrabee and Hannah Gallup (Lester) Larrabee; married, September 12, 1861, to Anna Matilda Appleman; father of Julia Larrabee (who married Don Lathrop Love).   Cross-reference: Frederick W. Hossfeld   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   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, Des Moines, Iowa.   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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