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Emanuel Philip Adler (1872-1949) —
also known as E. P. Adler —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
30, 1872.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1932.
Jewish.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, March 2,
1949 (age 76 years, 153
days).
Interment at Mt. Nebo Hebrew Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Philipp Emanuel Adler and Bertha (Blade) Adler; married to Lena
Rothschild. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Byron Gilchrist Allen (1901-1988) —
also known as Byron G. Allen; Barney Allen —
of Pocahontas, Pocahontas
County, Iowa; Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn.
Born in Laurens, Pocahontas
County, Iowa, September
13, 1901.
Democrat. Farmer;
newspaper editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1927-32; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1940; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944
(speaker),
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Democratic-Farmer-Labor
candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1944; candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1946, 1950; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1948-55; Minnesota
Commissioner of Agriculture, 1955-61; assistant U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture, 1961-69.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn., June 10,
1988 (age 86 years, 271
days).
Interment at Summit Hill Cemetery, Pocahontas, Iowa.
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Amund P. Amundson (1874-1958) —
of Colton, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ridgeway, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, May 16,
1874.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; bank
director; member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1933-36.
Died in Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., July 18,
1958 (age 84 years, 63
days).
Interment at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Colton, S.Dak.
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Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861-1929) —
also known as Steven B. Ayres —
of New York.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
27, 1861.
Newspaper editor; real estate
business; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1911-13; defeated
(Progressive), 1914.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, in Park West Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1929 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Clearwater
Municipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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John Raymond Bahne (b. 1889) —
also known as J. R. Bahne —
of Eldora, Hardin
County, Iowa.
Born in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, February
26, 1889.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate).
Congregationalist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob H. Bahne and Lenora (Richardson) Bahne; married, November
12, 1912, to Vera Shell. |
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Nathaniel Bradley Baker (1818-1876) —
also known as Nathaniel B. Baker —
of New Hampshire; Iowa.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
29, 1818.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1850; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1854-55; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1859; Adjutant
General of Iowa, 1861-76.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, September
11, 1876 (age 57 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Orlando Harrison Baker (1830-1913) —
also known as Orlando H. Baker —
of Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Union
County, Ind., September
16, 1830.
College
professor; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1892-94; Sydney, 1900-08; Sandakan, 1908-13, died in office 1913.
Died, from uremia,
on board the steamship
Thomas, en route to San Francisco, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August
6, 1913 (age 82 years, 324
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa.
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Kenneth Ferguson Baldridge (1886-1971) —
also known as Kenneth F. Baldridge —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa.
Born in Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa, May 25,
1886.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1936.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in November, 1971
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Franklin Baldridge and Margaret Jane (Ferguson) Baldridge;
married, May 17,
1910, to Katharine McClure. |
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Frank Baldwin (born c.1892) —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Iowa, about 1892.
Newspaper editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives 97th District, 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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George Sherman Banta (1884-1952) —
also known as George S. Banta —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa.
Born in Manchester, Delaware
County, Iowa, July 2,
1884.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; farmer;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1924.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
attack, August
1, 1952 (age 68 years, 30
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Manchester, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of M. S. Banta and Briget (Hickey) Banta; married, January
1, 1907, to Elizabeth Davis; married, July 15,
1936, to Stella T. Mutschler. |
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Benjamin H. Barrows (1847-1910) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, December
30, 1847.
Newspaper reporter; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1875-76; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1876-86; librarian;
U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1903-10; died in office 1910.
Died, from bronchitis
and heart
disease, in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
30, 1910 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Willard Barrows and Ann Barrows; brother of Caroline Barrows (who
married Joseph
Hopkins Millard); married 1878 to Lizzie
Phelan; married to Gertrude Carpenter Fitzpatrick. |
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family of Omaha, Nebraska. |
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Don Lytton Berry (1880-1974) —
also known as Don L. Berry —
of Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa, October
8, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Died November
11, 1974 (age 94 years, 34
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa.
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Ellis Yarnal Berry (1902-1999) —
also known as E. Y. Berry —
of McLaughlin, Corson
County, S.Dak.
Born in Larchwood, Lyon
County, Iowa, October
6, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1939-42; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Dakota; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1951-71; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., April 1,
1999 (age 96 years, 177
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Walter Henry Beuse (1901-1957) —
also known as Walter H. Beuse —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, November
2, 1901.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; sports
writer; Scott
County Sheriff; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 1940;
member of Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee, 1949; acting postmaster at Davenport,
Iowa, 1952-53; mayor
of Davenport, Iowa, 1954-57; died in office 1957.
Lutheran.
Member, Eagles;
Moose;
Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
United
Commercial Travelers; Lions; Jaycees.
Died August
26, 1957 (age 55 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Beuse and Ida (Weetz) Beuse. |
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Frederick Elliott Biermann (1884-1968) —
also known as Fred Biermann —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
20, 1884.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Agnostic.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., July 1,
1968 (age 84 years, 103
days). His body was
donated to the Iowa Medical School.
Interment at Phelps
Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa.
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Hiram Evans Booth (b. 1860) —
also known as Hiram E. Booth —
of Carson, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born near Postville, Allamakee
County, Iowa, October
25, 1860.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Utah
territorial senate, 1894-96; member of Utah
state senate, 1896-97; U.S.
Attorney for Utah, 1906-13.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Booth and Caroline (Bishop) Booth; married, May 29,
1889, to Lillian B. Redhead. |
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James F. Bryan (b. 1857) —
of Creston, Union
County, Iowa.
Born in Illinois, October, 1857.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lecturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert O. Burrows Sr. (b. 1899) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa.
Born in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., June 29,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Benton County, 1951.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Beryl Franklin Carroll (1860-1939) —
also known as Beryl F. Carroll —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Davis
County, Iowa, March
15, 1860.
Republican. School
teacher; livestock
dealer; newspaper editor; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Iowa; candidate for Iowa
state house of representatives, 1893; member of Iowa
state senate, 1895-98; postmaster;
Iowa
state auditor, 1903-09; Governor of
Iowa, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1912;
organizer and president, Provident Life
Insurance Company.
Methodist.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Kentucky Baptist Hospital,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
16, 1939 (age 79 years, 276
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Dorr Howard Carroll (1874-1956) —
also known as Dorr H. Carroll —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Village Creek, Allamakee
County, Iowa, November
25, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; farmer; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 8th District,
1945-48, 1953-54.
Baptist.
Died in Jackson
County, Mo., October
7, 1956 (age 81 years, 317
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
newspaper editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956
(speaker).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Edwin Percival Chase (1879-1949) —
also known as E. Percy Chase —
of Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa.
Born in Anita, Cass
County, Iowa, November
2, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1949 (age 69 years, 249
days).
Interment at Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles F. Chase and Ruth Catharine (Dull) Chase; married to Jane
Colton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 17,
1842.
Republican. Newspaper editor; railroad
builder; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1869-71; postmaster at Des
Moines, Iowa, 1871-79; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1880-96; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1891-92; First Assistant U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-90; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1902-10.
Assisted more than 500 escaping slaves en route to Canada via the
"underground railroad," 1856-62.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., May 31,
1918 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment somewhere
in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Orion Clemens (1825-1897) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Missouri, October
6, 1825.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer; secretary
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1865.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, December
11, 1897 (age 72 years, 66
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Cyrenus Cole (1863-1939) —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born near Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, January
13, 1863.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1921-33.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1939 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at First
Dutch Reform Church Cemetery, Pella, Iowa.
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Datus Ensign Coon (1831-1893) —
also known as Datus E. Coon —
of Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa; Mason City, Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa; Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., February
20, 1831.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1868; member of Alabama
state senate, 1870; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alabama, 1872;
U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Baracoa, 1879-85.
Accidentally
shot,
and died soon after, in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
17, 1893 (age 62 years, 300
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Gardner Cowles (b. 1863) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, February
28, 1863.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1899-1903; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1916.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter H. Cox (b. 1860) —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Fairfax, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., September
5, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 19th District, 1915-16.
Baptist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sanford C. Cox and Charity E. (Davis) Cox; married, May 11,
1878, to Anna Reese; married, October
24, 1894, to Bessie Richardson. |
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Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865-1912) —
also known as Thomas C. Dawson —
of Enterprise, Volusia
County, Fla.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., July 30,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Santo Domingo, 1904-07; Colombia, 1907-09; Chile, 1909; Panama, 1910; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1904-07.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 1,
1912 (age 46 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John E. Duncan (1836-1900) —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in 1836.
Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Ames,
Iowa, 1891.
Died in 1900
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Ames
Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Francis J. Dyer (1864-1924) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Dyersville, Dubuque
County, Iowa, June 21,
1864.
Postmaster;
lumber
business; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in
Swansea, 1915; Ceiba, 1915-17; Tegucigalpa, 1917-18.
Died December
26, 1924 (age 60 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elton R. Eaton (1881-1952) —
of Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Mitchell
County, Iowa, July 30,
1881.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Kalamazoo
County Sheriff, 1917-20; executive secretary to Gov. Alex
J. Groesbeck, 1923-26; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
5th District, 1933; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1937-40, 1945-48 (Wayne County
5th District 1937-40, Wayne County 7th District 1945-48); defeated,
1948; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1942.
Member, Rotary.
Died in 1952
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Plymouth, Mich.
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William L. Etter —
also known as W. L. Etter —
of Sigourney, Keokuk
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Felt (1833-1912) —
also known as Andrew J. Felt —
of Nashua, Chickasaw
County, Iowa; Seneca, Nemaha
County, Kan.
Born in East Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
27, 1833.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1868,
1872;
postmaster;
banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 27,
1912 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Seneca
City Cemetery, Seneca, Kan.
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John Fields (1871-1934) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, July 29,
1871.
Republican. Chemist;
farmer;
banker;
editor, Oklahoma Farmer magazine; president, Times Co.,
publisher of Oklahoma Daily Times newspaper; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1914, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1916.
Died April
17, 1934 (age 62 years, 262
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Highland
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) —
also known as O. K. Fjetland —
of Lemmon, Perkins
County, S.Dak.; Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.; Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa, March
26, 1893.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; insurance
agent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Dakota, 1924;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1928,
1932.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
6, 1969 (age 76 years, 194
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Relatives: Son
of Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland and Knut Fjetland. |
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John M. Grimes (b. 1873) —
of Missouri; Clarke
County, Iowa.
Born near Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., February
1, 1873.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1907-10; Iowa state
treasurer, 1943-51.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin F. Gue (1828-1904) —
of Scott
County, Iowa; Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Greene
County, N.Y., December
25, 1828.
Newspaper editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1858-62; member of Iowa
state senate, 1862-66; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1866-68.
Died in Polk
County, Iowa, June 4,
1904 (age 75 years, 162
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Frank Hatton (1846-1894) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April
28, 1846.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1884-85.
Died, from a stroke,
in his office
at the Washington Post, Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1894 (age 48 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Andrew J. Hoisington (1848-1907) —
of Great Bend, Barton
County, Kan.
Born near Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., July 12,
1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Great
Bend, Kan., 1875-77.
Died near Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa, February
25, 1907 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Interment at Jefferson-Goar Cemetery, Winterset, Iowa.
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William Harrison Hornibrook (1884-1946) —
also known as William H. Hornibrook —
of Condon, Gilliam
County, Ore.; Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho; Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash.; Utah.
Born in Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa, July 6,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Idaho
state senate, 1910-12; member of Oregon
Democratic State Central Committee, 1913-15; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1915-16; Persia, 1933-36; Afghanistan, 1935-36; Costa Rica, 1937-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oregon, 1918-19.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1946
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar Howard (1858-1951) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, September
16, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1923-35; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Columbus, Platte
County, Neb., July 19,
1951 (age 92 years, 306
days).
Interment at Columbus
Cemetery, Columbus, Neb.
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John Frederick Hull (1874-1948) —
also known as John F. Hull —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Boone
County, Iowa, October
10, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 1st District, 1922;
resigned 1922.
Died August
28, 1948 (age 73 years, 323
days).
Interment at Grant City Cemetery, Grant City, Mo.
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John Powell Irish (1843-1923) —
also known as John P. Irish —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, January
1, 1843.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1868; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1869-72; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1890; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896.
Died from a fall while
trying to board a
moving streetcar, in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., October
6, 1923 (age 80 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Macy Irish and Elizabeth Ann (Robinson) Irish; married,
November
8, 1875, to Anna McClellan. |
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William Darius Jamieson (1873-1949) —
of Shenandoah, Page
County, Iowa.
Born near Wapello, Louisa
County, Iowa, November
9, 1873.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Iowa
state senate, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1909-11; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
18, 1949 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Robert M. L. Johnson (1921-2009) —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
6, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
reporter; radio and
television newsman; mayor
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1962-67; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1966; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1979-82; candidate for Iowa
state senate 25th District, 1982.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club; Delta
Phi Epsilon.
Died in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, April
13, 2009 (age 88 years, 97
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Cedar
Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Max L. Johnson and Nell (Lanphear) Johnson; married, July 20,
1941, to Edna Mae Haldy. |
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Paul Keith (b. 1885) —
of Chatfield, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Traer, Tama
County, Iowa, April
23, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Clark Keith and Betsy (Jackson) Keith; married, December
1, 1920, to Lois Onstine. |
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Harry Eugene Kelly (b. 1870) —
also known as Harry E. Kelly —
of Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill.; Sullivan, Moultrie
County, Ill.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
27, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper editor; school
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1906-08; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1912-14.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Joseph Kelly and Margery A. (Lytle) Kelly; married 1893 to Jessie
L. Speer; married 1903 to Edna
(McElravy) Smalley. |
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Freeman Tulley Knowles (1846-1910) —
also known as Freeman Knowles —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa; Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Harmony, Somerset
County, Maine, October
10, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1897-99.
Died in Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., June 1,
1910 (age 63 years, 234
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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Laurence William Lane Jr. (1919-2010) —
also known as Laurence W. Lane, Jr. —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Florida.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
7, 1919.
Republican. Magazine publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1985-89; Nauru, 1985-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Died July 31,
2010 (age 90 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Florence Mary Lynch (b. 1891) —
also known as Florence Lynch; Florence Mary
Coddington —
of Le Mars, Plymouth
County, Iowa.
Born in Le Mars, Plymouth
County, Iowa, February
17, 1891.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; linotype
operator; secretary of
Iowa Democratic Party, 1936-40; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952
(co-chair, Credentials
Committee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1949.
Female.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Fred Coddington and Catherine (Willmas) Coddington;
married, June 1,
1910, to William Lynch. |
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Frank Webster Mahin (1851-1936) —
also known as Frank W. Mahin —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, November
6, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Clinton,
Iowa, 1890-94; U.S. Consul in Reichenberg, 1897-1902; Nottingham, 1902-10; Amsterdam, 1910-13, 1915-24.
Member, Freemasons.
Prohibition advocate in 1890s; longtime friend of Samuel Clemens
(Mark Twain); was a passenger on a Dutch Ship, Queen
Wilhelmina, which was sunk by a German torpedo in the North Sea
in 1916; he and his wife escaped to a lifeboat and survived.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Washington,
D.C., May 6,
1936 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Mahin and Elizabeth (Hare) Mahin; married 1879 to Abbie
A. Cadle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Washington Post, May 7,
1936 |
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Dennis Aloysius Mahoney (1821-1879) —
of Jackson
County, Iowa; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Ross, County Cork, Ireland,
January
20, 1821.
Member of Iowa
state house of representatives; elected 1848, 1858; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1862, 1864.
Catholic.
Newspaper editor who criticized
the Civil War; arrested
in August 1862 and held until November at the Old Capitol Federal Prison
in Washington, D.C.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, November
5, 1879 (age 58 years, 289
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick Cemetery, Garryowen, Iowa.
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Robert E. Mansfield (1866-1925) —
of Marion, Grant
County, Ind.
Born in Long Creek (unknown
county), Iowa, June 13,
1866.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Zanzibar, 1899-1901; Valparaiso, 1901-06; Lucerne, 1906-08; St. Gall, 1908-09; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, 1909-13; Vancouver, 1913-16; Stockholm, as of 1917.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
18, 1925 (age 59 years, 97
days).
Interment at Arlington East Hill Cemetery, Arlington, Ind.
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Silas Clark McFarland (1859-1908) —
also known as Silas C. McFarland —
of Marshalltown, Marshall
County, Iowa.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, June 3,
1859.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888;
U.S. Consul in Nottingham, 1899-1902; Reichenberg, 1902-07; U.S. Consul General in St. Gall, 1907.
Killed
himself, by gunshot,
in his compartment on the Hamburg-Berlin express
train, near Ludwigslust, Germany,
October
24, 1908 (age 49 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel McFarland and Mary A. (Woolson) McFarland; married, September
1, 1886, to Marie Eiboeck. |
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Katheryn Clancy Metz —
also known as Katheryn C. Metz —
of Lamoni, Decatur
County, Iowa.
Born in Lucas, Lucas
County, Iowa.
Republican. Writer;
newspaper editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Decatur County; elected 1950.
Female.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Michael (1845-1916) —
of Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa; Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, July 14,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; served in the Union
Navy during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer;
U.S. Consul General in Calcutta, 1905-11.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1916 (age 70 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Herbert Miles (1854-1928) —
also known as Charles H. Miles —
of Moundville, Vernon
County, Mo.; Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo.
Born in Bremer
County, Iowa, July 31,
1854.
Republican. School
teacher; president,
Cooper College, Moundville, Mo.; newspaper editor and
publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Benton County, 1919-20;
defeated, 1908.
Died in Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo., July 31,
1928 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Warsaw, Mo.
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Richard Louis Murphy (1875-1936) —
also known as Louis Murphy —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, November
6, 1875.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1920,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1933-36; died in office 1936.
Catholic.
Died in an automobile
accident near Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis., July 16,
1936 (age 60 years, 253
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Ambrose O'Connell (1881-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born near Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, July 9,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper work; assistant to postmaster general James
A. Farley, 1933-39; Second Assistant Postmaster General, 1939-40;
First Assistant Postmaster General, 1940-43; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1944-48.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., October
13, 1962 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Olmsted (1822-1861) —
also known as David Olmstead —
of Clayton
County, Iowa; Belle Prairie, Morrison
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Fairfax, Franklin
County, Vt., May 5,
1822.
Democrat. Newspaper work; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Clayton County,
1846; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1854-55.
Died in Fairfax, Franklin
County, Vt., February
2, 1861 (age 38 years, 273
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Edward Packard (1880-1961) —
of North Dakota; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Renwick, Humboldt
County, Iowa, November
18, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper reporter; lawyer;
North Dakota state tax commissioner, 1911-18; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1918-20; attorney for Standard Oil
Company, 1921-46.
Congregationalist.
Died February
9, 1961 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank D. Packard and Harriet (Olden) Packard; married, September
16, 1903, to Bulah Richardson. |
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Francis Wayland Palmer (1827-1907) —
also known as Frank W. Palmer —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
11, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; printer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1854-55; Iowa
State Printer, 1861-69; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1869-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1876;
postmaster at Chicago,
Ill., 1877-85; U.S. Public Printer, 1889-94, 1897-1905.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1907 (age 80 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Isaac Parrish (1804-1860) —
of Ohio.
Born near St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio, March, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Guernsey
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1839-41, 1845-47 (11th District
1839-41, 13th District 1845-47); newspaper publisher.
Died in Iowa, August
9, 1860 (age 56 years, 0
days).
Interment at Calhoun
Cemetery, Calhoun, Iowa.
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George Douglas Perkins (1840-1914) —
also known as George D. Perkins —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Holley, Orleans
County, N.Y., February
29, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Iowa
state senate, 1873; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1876,
1880,
1888,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1891-99.
Died in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, February
3, 1914 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Floyd
Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
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Charles William Pugsley (1878-1940) —
also known as Charles W. Pugsley —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Woodbine, Harrison
County, Iowa, 1878.
Farmer;
editor, Nebraska Farmer weekly newspaper; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; assistant
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-23; president,
South Dakota State College (later University), 1923-40.
Died, in a hospital
at Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
17, 1940 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Review of Reviews, February 1922 |
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Allan W. Ricker (1869-1955) —
also known as Allen W. Ricker —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Johnson
County, Iowa, December
15, 1869.
Socialist. Newspaper editor; People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1912; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1917.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
11, 1955 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Lone Tree Cemetery, Lone Tree, Iowa.
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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.
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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 |
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Howard Clayton Shober (1859-1956) —
also known as Howard C. Shober —
of Highmore, Hyde
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Tipton, Cedar
County, Iowa, December
24, 1859.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1905-06; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1907-11; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Died in Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak., April
29, 1956 (age 96 years, 127
days).
Interment at Highmore Cemetery, Highmore, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of John Abram Shober and Mary (McLeod) Shober; married 1894 to Alice
Shuey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Sylvester Clark Smith (1858-1913) —
also known as Sylvester C. Smith —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born near Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, August
26, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of California
state senate, 1894-1902; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1905-13; defeated,
1902; died in office 1913.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
26, 1913 (age 54 years, 153
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bakersfield, Calif.
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Albert Winfield Swalm (1845-1922) —
also known as Albert W. Swalm —
of Grand Junction, Greene
County, Iowa; Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Womelsdorf, Berks
County, Pa., November
30, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
U.S. Consul in Montevideo, 1897-1903; Southampton, 1903-19; Hamilton, 1919-22, died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Bermuda,
August
24, 1922 (age 76 years, 267
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. Swalm and Elizabeth (Christ) Swalm; married, October
1, 1872, to Pauline Given. |
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Ella C. Taylor (b. 1867) —
also known as Ella Canfield —
of Traer, Tama
County, Iowa.
Born in Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt., April 1,
1867.
Republican. Newspaper writer and editor; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1924.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Galen Canfield and Maria L. (Hyatt) Canfield; married, February
23, 1887, to Elmer E. Taylor, Sr. |
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Robert John Thompson (b. 1865) —
also known as Robert J. Thompson —
Born in La Porte City, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, October
15, 1865.
School
teacher; railway
mail
clerk; newspaper editor; president and manager, National
Recording Safe Company; U.S. Consul in Hanover, 1906-11; Aix-la-Chapelle, as of 1914.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Montreux, Switzerland.
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Vevey, Switzerland.
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Madison Miner Walden (1836-1891) —
also known as Madison M. Walden —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Adams
County, Ohio, October
6, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives 4th District, 1866-67, 1890;
member of Iowa
state senate 4th District, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1871-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., July 24,
1891 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 11,
1866.
Farmer;
college
professor; magazine editor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24; died in office 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1924 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Otha Donner Wearin (1903-1990) —
also known as Otha D. Wearin —
of Hastings, Mills
County, Iowa.
Born in Hastings, Mills
County, Iowa, January
10, 1903.
Democrat. Farmer; author;
newspaper editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1928-32; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1940,
1952
(alternate); member of Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee, 1948-52; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1950; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1952.
Congregationalist.
Died in 1990
(age about
87 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Baird Weaver (1833-1912) —
also known as James B. Weaver —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa; Colfax, Jasper
County, Iowa.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, June 12,
1833.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1879-81, 1885-89;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880 (Greenback Labor), 1892 (Populist);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
6, 1912 (age 78 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Theodore B. Werner (1892-1989) —
also known as "Dates" —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ossian, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, June 2,
1892.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; printing
business; postmaster at Rapid
City, S.Dak., 1915-23; mayor
of Rapid City, S.Dak., 1929-30; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1933-37; defeated,
1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died in 1989
(age about
97 years).
Burial location unknown.
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G. E. Whitehead (b. 1892) —
of Perry, Dallas
County, Iowa.
Born in Marshall
County, Iowa, August
11, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,
1932;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1943-45; member of Iowa
state senate 17th District; elected 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John McClelland Work (1869-1961) —
also known as John M. Work —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Washington
County, Iowa, January
3, 1869.
Socialist. Lawyer; lecturer;
writer;
candidate for mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1902; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1914; editorial page
editor for the Socialist Milwaukee Leader newspaper,
1917-42; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1925; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Wisconsin.
Died in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
5, 1961 (age 92 years, 2
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lafayette Young (1848-1926) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, Iowa, May 10,
1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Iowa
state legislature, 1890; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1900,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1910-11; in May 1915, while working as a war
correspondent for a Des Moines newspaper, he was arrested
in Innsbruck, Austria, on suspicion of espionage;
released a few hours later.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
15, 1926 (age 78 years, 189
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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