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Joseph Clemence Arts (1878-1935) —
also known as Joseph C. Arts —
of Carroll, Carroll
County, Iowa.
Born in Carroll, Carroll
County, Iowa, September
17, 1878.
Democrat. Banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Catholic.
German ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
Order of Foresters; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died in Carroll, Carroll
County, Iowa, April 8,
1935 (age 56 years, 203
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Arts and Christina (Manemann) Arts; married, April
27, 1904, to Caroline B. 'Carrie' Meyers. |
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Arthur William Bartels (1878-1939) —
also known as Arthur W. Bartels —
of Hamlin
County, S.Dak.; Gary, Deuel
County, S.Dak.
Born in Iowa, November
29, 1878.
Republican. Real estate
agent; merchant;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 59th District, 1915-18;
member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1919-22.
German ancestry.
Died in Gary, Deuel
County, S.Dak., December
3, 1939 (age 61 years, 4
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Gary, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Anthony Bartels and Mary Theresa (Geopfert) Bartels;
married to Ethel A. Asher. |
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memorial |
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James Williamson Bosler (1833-1883) —
also known as James W. Bosler —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., April 4,
1833.
Lawyer;
merchant;
real
estate agent; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1860; Republican candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1882.
German ancestry.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
17, 1883 (age 50 years, 257
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Charles August Ficke (1850-1931) —
also known as Charles A. Ficke —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Beitzenburg, Germany,
April
21, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Scott
County Attorney, 1886-88; mayor
of Davenport, Iowa, 1890-92.
German ancestry.
Died in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, December
10, 1931 (age 81 years, 233
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Christoph Ficke and Elisabeth (Praesent) Ficke; married, March
23, 1882, to Frances 'Fannie' Davison. |
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George Flengler —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Germany.
Republican. U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1891.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Earl Harrington (b. 1881) —
of University Place (now part of Lincoln), Lancaster
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Delmar, Clinton
County, Iowa, February
6, 1881.
Business
executive; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1923-26.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen of America; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank William Howbert (b. 1858) —
also known as Frank W. Howbert; William Frank
Howbert —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Clarinda, Page
County, Iowa, October
26, 1858.
Republican. El
Paso County Clerk, 1888; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for
Colorado, 1897-1913, 1921-32; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
German ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Carl J. Jungbluth (1888-1964) —
of Washington, Washington
County, Iowa.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 19,
1888.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1944.
German ancestry.
Died November
14, 1964 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Washington, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter H. Jungbluth and Theresia (Schubert) Jungbluth; brother of
Peter H. Jungbluth, Jr. (who married Alvina
Shedesky); married to Olga Augusta Smevog. |
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memorial |
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Jacob George Kleinsasser (1887-1965) —
also known as Jacob G. Kleinsasser —
of Bowdon, Wells
County, N.Dak.; Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa; Tyndall, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hutchinson
County, S.Dak., April
14, 1887.
Democrat. Physician;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1933-34.
German ancestry.
Died in 1965
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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August Koenig —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Hardin
County, Iowa; Tyndall, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Mainz, Germany.
Democrat. Bricklayer;
farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1891-94, 1903-04 (4th
District 1891-92, 7th District 1893-94, 1903-04).
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Peter H. Konzen (1857-1935) —
of Hallock, Kittson
County, Minn.
Born in Chickasaw
County, Iowa, May 27,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1896;
mayor of Hallock, Minn.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 67, 1915-18.
German ancestry.
Died in Hallock, Kittson
County, Minn., July 15,
1935 (age 78 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Hallock, Minn.
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Loren H. Laughlin (1896-1966) —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Mt. Ayr, Ringgold
County, Iowa, August
13, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1928,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1940; served in the
U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; senior claims commissioner,
Manila, Philippines, 1947-48; hearing examiner, Federal Trade
Commission, 1953-66.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., June 21,
1966 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Esther B. Narey (1884-1969) —
also known as Esther Ann Bergman —
of Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, June 26,
1884.
Republican. School
teacher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1940.
Female.
German and English
ancestry. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died, in Dickinson County Memorial Hospital,
Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa, August
22, 1969 (age 85 years, 57
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Spirit Lake, Iowa.
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John Washington Rath (1872-1951) —
also known as John W. Rath —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Ackley, Hardin
County, Iowa, February
26, 1872.
Republican. Meatpacking
executive; president, First National Bank of
Waterloo; director, Illinois Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1944.
Presbyterian.
German ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Newcomen
Society; Union
League; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis, in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, December
22, 1951 (age 79 years, 299
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
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William Tecumseh Sherman Rath (1868-1952) —
also known as W. T. S. Rath —
of Ackley, Hardin
County, Iowa.
Born in Ackley, Hardin
County, Iowa, May 5,
1868.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1920,
1928
(alternate).
German ancestry.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died four days later, in Allen Memorial Hospital,
Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, April
24, 1952 (age 83 years, 355
days).
Interment at Oak Wood Cemetery, Ackley, Iowa.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of M. J. Rohlfs and Eliza (Rohde) Rohlfs. |
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Charles Hubbard Sergel (1861-1926) —
also known as Charles H. Sergel —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, September
25, 1861.
Republican. Book
publisher; Consul
for Peru in Chicago,
Ill., 1893-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1919.
German ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1926 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Sergel and Jean Gilchrist (Pocock) Sergel; married, November
3, 1891, to Annie Myers. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Chicago Tribune, January
12, 1896 |
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William Garner Waddel (1870-1937) —
also known as W. G. Waddel —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Grant
County, Wis., June 29,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1913-16; member of South
Dakota state senate 34th District, 1919-22.
Methodist.
Scottish
and German ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Day
County, S.Dak., January
24, 1937 (age 66 years, 209
days).
Interment at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Adaville, Iowa.
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Fred Waddle (b. 1881) —
of Roslyn, Day
County, S.Dak.; Nutley Township, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Liberty Township, Plymouth
County, Iowa, May 27,
1881.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1927-28.
Scottish
and German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward E. Wagner (b. 1874) —
of Alexandria, Hanson
County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lyon
County, Iowa, October
22, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Hanson
County State's Attorney, 1901-02; member of South
Dakota state senate 11th District, 1905-06; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1907-13.
Presbyterian.
German ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Wagner and Louisa E. (Conklin) Wagner; married, July 10,
1894, to Alice Tresslar. |
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Louis Weinstein —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Germany.
Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th Iowa
District, 1891.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles L. Wohlheter (born c.1860) —
of White, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Iowa, about 1860.
Lumber
business; member of South
Dakota state senate 20th District, 1899-1900; postmaster.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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