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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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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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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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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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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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Thompson Benton Ferguson (1857-1921) —
also known as Thompson B. Ferguson —
of Watonga, Blaine
County, Okla.
Born near Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, March
17, 1857.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma Territory, 1896;
postmaster; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901-06; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1907; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1916.
Methodist.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., February
14, 1921 (age 63 years, 334
days).
Interment at Watonga
City Cemetery, Watonga, Okla.
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Harry Edward Hull (1864-1938) —
also known as Harry E. Hull —
of Williamsburg, Iowa
County, Iowa.
Born near Belvidere, Allegany
County, N.Y., March
12, 1864.
Republican. Grain
business; mayor of Williamsburg, Iowa, 1889-1901;
postmaster; president, Williamsburg Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1938 (age 73 years, 310
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Iowa.
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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.
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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.
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Carleton Miller (b. 1877) —
of Manila, Philippines.
Born in Jackson
County, Iowa, August
19, 1877.
Postal clerk; school
teacher; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nagasaki, 1907-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Zoe S. Nabers (1887-1964) —
also known as Zoe Skinner —
of Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Truro, Madison
County, Iowa, July 10,
1887.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Iowa, 1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1940; postmaster.
Female.
Died in Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa, July 22,
1964 (age 77 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of George Newell Skinner and Laura Luella (Rankin) Skinner;
married to Theodore Herman Nabers. |
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S. L. Potter (b. 1858) —
of Butler, Day
County, S.Dak.; Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Howard
County, Iowa, March 1,
1858.
Republican. Postmaster; grain
dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Bertil Mathias Rasmusen (b. 1862) —
also known as Bertil M. Rasmusen —
Born in Roland, Story
County, Iowa, November
20, 1862.
Employed in the railway
mail service, 1889-99; later in the postal services of
Cuba and the Philippines; U.S. Consular Agent in Stavanger, 1903-05; U.S. Consul in Stavanger, 1905-10; Bergen, 1910-14; Gothenberg, as of 1916-17; Moncton, as of 1919-27.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry P. Scholte (1805-1868) —
of Pella, Marion
County, Iowa.
Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands,
September
25, 1805.
Republican. Preacher;
joined the dissenters from the national church of the Netherlands; tried in
1834 for teaching
heresy, expelled
from the church, fined,
and imprisoned;
helped organize a group which emigrated to Iowa in 1847; lawyer;
postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1860.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died August
25, 1868 (age 62 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Pella, Iowa.
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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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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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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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