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Merchant Politicians in Iowa
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  Charles E. Allen (b. 1865) — of Cozad, Dawson County, Neb. Born in Lucas County, Iowa, January 8, 1865. Republican. Merchant; banker; member of Nebraska state senate, 1923, 1931, 1935. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Tandy Allen and Joan (Van Nuys) Allen; married, August 29, 1889, to Sue L. Morrow; married, June 14, 1925, to Katherine Worley.
  David Lee Bales (1873-1952) — also known as David L. Bales — of Eminence, Shannon County, Mo. Born near Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa, April 14, 1873. Democrat. Printer; merchant; farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1917-30; member of Missouri state senate 22nd District, 1931-34; candidate for delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943. Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Eminence, Shannon County, Mo., October 31, 1952 (age 79 years, 200 days). Interment at New Eminence Cemetery, Eminence, Mo.
  Relatives: Married, July 2, 1893, to May Estella Powell.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Anthony Bartels and Mary Theresa (Geopfert) Bartels; married to Ethel A. Asher.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Bosler and Elizabeth (Herman) Bosler; married 1860 to Helen Beltzhoover.
  Bosler Hall (built 1884-86; expanded and transformed, 1940-41; renovated again in 1967 and 1983), at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Louis N. Crill (b. 1867) — of Richland, Union County, S.Dak.; Elk Point, Union County, S.Dak. Born in Spragueville, Jackson County, Iowa, 1867. Democrat. Farmer; merchant; member of South Dakota state senate 1st District, 1893-94, 1897-98; President pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1897-98; candidate for Governor of South Dakota, 1904, 1922 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota; South Dakota Democratic state chair, 1925-27. Burial location unknown.
  Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (1862-1936) — also known as Bernhard M. Jacobsen — of Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. Born in Klixbüll, Germany, March 26, 1862. Democrat. Merchant; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1931-36; died in office 1936. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Eagles. Died in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., June 30, 1936 (age 74 years, 96 days). Interment at Springdale Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Boh Jacobsen and Magdelena (Tadsen) Jacobsen; married, May 28, 1885, to Lena Trager; father of William Sebastian Jacobsen.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Jacob N. Jacobson (1867-1942) — of Hills, Rock County, Minn. Born in Winneshiek County, Iowa, August 5, 1867. School teacher; merchant; banker; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 11, 1919-26; candidate for Minnesota state senate 11th District, 1930. Died in 1942 (age about 74 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1894 to Sigrid Stevens.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  James Findley LaFavor (1869-1930) — also known as James F. LaFavor — of Parnell, Nodaway County, Mo. Born in Marion County, Iowa, October 29, 1869. Republican. Merchant; undertaker; postmaster; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Nodaway County, 1895-96; member of Missouri state senate 1st District, 1921-24. Died, from pernicious anemia, in Parnell, Nodaway County, Mo., September 22, 1930 (age 60 years, 328 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Parnell, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of John W. LaFavor and Sarah (Gregory) LaFavor; married, December 18, 1892, to Ida Tramel.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Henry Morehead (1861-1942) — also known as John H. Morehead — of Falls City, Richardson County, Neb. Born near Columbia, Lucas County, Iowa, December 3, 1861. Democrat. Merchant; farmer; banker; Richardson County Treasurer, 1896-99; mayor, Falls City, Neb., 1900; member of Nebraska state senate, 1911; Governor of Nebraska, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1916 (alternate), 1940; candidate for U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1918; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1923-35. Presbyterian. Died in a hospital at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo., May 31, 1942 (age 80 years, 179 days). Interment at Steele Cemetery, Falls City, Neb.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew Morehead and Frances (Cooper) Morehead; married, February 14, 1885, to Minnie Weisenreder.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
Samuel B. Nelson Samuel B. Nelson (1863-1934) — of Luverne, Rock County, Minn. Born in Winneshiek County, Iowa, January 2, 1863. Democrat. President and manager, Nelson Brothers department store, Luverne, Minn.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1912; member of Minnesota state senate 11th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1910. Died May 17, 1934 (age 71 years, 135 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne, Minn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record
  Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917
  Isom H. Newby (1853-1929) — of Parker, Turner County, S.Dak. Born in Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, June 10, 1853. Republican. Merchant; member of South Dakota state senate 6th District, 1893-94. Baptist. Member, Ancient Order of United Workmen; Modern Woodmen of America. Died in Parker, Turner County, S.Dak., May 3, 1929 (age 75 years, 327 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Parker, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Isom H. Newby and Catherine (Hoskins) Newby; married, December 27, 1877, to Elizabeth Amelia 'Libbie' Harrington.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lampson Parker Sherman (1821-1900) — also known as Lampson P. Sherman — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in New Lancaster (now Lancaster), Fairfield County, Ohio, October 13, 1821. Republican. Printer; newspaper publisher; merchant; mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, 1854-55; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Iowa District, 1867-79. Died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, November 21, 1900 (age 79 years, 39 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles Robert Sherman; brother of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman and John Sherman; married, April 19, 1845, to Mary Getchell; married, December 31, 1851, to Susan Rebecca Lawson; uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who married Nelson Appleton Miles); sixth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin of David Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles Devens Osborne and Lithgow Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards and Aaron Burr; third cousin of Phineas Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight, Henry Waggaman Edwards, Ira Yale, Louis Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Brace, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo Fairchild Barnum, Andrew Gould Chatfield, Henry Jarvis Raymond and Edwin Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Yale, Theodore Davenport, David Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Fred Lockwood Keeler and Thomas McKeen Chidsey.
  Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lucien Cooper Tilden (1868-1953) — also known as Lucien C. Tilden — of Ames, Story County, Iowa. Born in Vermont, November 15, 1868. Department store executive; mayor of Ames, Iowa, 1897-98; postmaster at Ames, Iowa, 1925. Congregationalist. Member, Rotary. Died, in the Mary Greeley Hospital, Ames, Story County, Iowa, September 15, 1953 (age 84 years, 304 days). Interment at Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Lydia Ann (Cooper) Tilden and George Galen Tilden; brother of Julius Galen Tilden; married to Ruth Duncan (daughter of John E. Duncan); 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
  Daniel Webster Turner (1877-1969) — also known as Dan W. Turner — of Corning, Adams County, Iowa. Born in Corning, Adams County, Iowa, March 17, 1877. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; merchant; farmer; member of Iowa state senate, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1916 (alternate), 1928 (speaker), 1932, 1936; Governor of Iowa, 1931-33. Presbyterian. Member, United Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. Died April 15, 1969 (age 92 years, 29 days). Interment somewhere in Corning, Iowa.
  Presumably named for: Daniel Webster
  Relatives: Son of Austin B. Turner and Almira (Baker) Turner; married, September 27, 1900, to Alice Sample.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Albert Clinton Willford (1877-1937) — also known as Albert C. Willford — of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Born in Vinton, Benton County, Iowa, 1877. Democrat. Merchant; U.S. Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934, 1936. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1937 (age about 60 years). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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