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Alonzo Abernethy (1836-1915) —
of Crawford
County, Iowa; Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, April
14, 1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1866; president, Des
Moines College, 1871; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1872-76; president
of the original University of Chicago (now defunct), 1876-78.
Died in 1915
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Osage
Cemetery, Osage, Iowa.
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Terry Edward Branstad (b. 1946) —
also known as Terry E. Branstad —
of Iowa.
Born in Leland, Winnebago
County, Iowa, November
17, 1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1973-79; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1979-83; Governor of
Iowa, 1983-99, 2011-; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1992
(delegation chair); president, Des Moines University.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Nathaniel Briggs (1874-1952) —
also known as George N. Briggs —
of Lamoni, Decatur
County, Iowa.
Born in Tabor, Fremont
County, Iowa, May 10,
1874.
School
teacher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1893-94; superintendent
of schools; president, Philippine Normal School, 1909-10;
president, Graceland College (now Graceland University),
1915-44; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Member, American
Political Science Association.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
26, 1952 (age 78 years, 230
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Iowa.
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Ernest T. Eaton (b. 1877) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Deer Lodge, Powell
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Atkinson, Piscataquis
County, Maine, September
11, 1877.
Superintendent
of schools; founder
in 1908, Billings Polytechnic Institute; (now Rocky Mountain
College); president, 1931; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1915-19, 1923-25; member of Montana
state senate, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1935, 1941-49.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas O. Eaton and Delia E. (Bolster) Eaton; married 1911 to
Augusta M. Valiton. |
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Oran Faville (1817-1872) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1817.
College
professor; president, Wesleyan Female College, Delaware,
Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.
Died in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, November
2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Faville and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville; married to
Maria M. Peck; uncle of Frederick
F. Faville. |
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Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871-1953) —
also known as Eugene A. Gilmore —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb., July 4,
1871.
Lawyer;
law
professor; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1927, 1929; president,
University of Iowa, 1934-40.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, November
4, 1953 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Cremated.
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James Harlan (1820-1899) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Clark
County, Ill., August
26, 1820.
Republican. Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1847; president of
Iowa Wesleyan College, 1853-55, 1869-70; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1855-57, 1857-65, 1867-73; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1865-66; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1868.
Methodist.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, October
5, 1899 (age 79 years, 40
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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Junius Ralph Magee (1880-1970) —
also known as J. Ralph Magee —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Falmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.; Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, June 3,
1880.
Democrat. Minister;
bishop;
president ad interim, Hamline University, 1933-34; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1952.
Methodist.
Died, in a convalescent
home at Morton Grove, Cook
County, Ill., December
19, 1970 (age 90 years, 199
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Melvin Orlando McLaughlin (1876-1928) —
also known as Melvin O. McLaughlin —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; York, York
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, August
8, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; minister;
president, York College, York, Nebraska, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1919-27.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1928
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, York, Neb.
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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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Daniel Walter Morehouse (1876-1941) —
also known as D. W. Morehouse —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., February
22, 1876.
Astronomer;
university
professor; president, Drake University, 1922-41; Dry
candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
21, 1941 (age 64 years, 334
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Drake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Stanley Barnum Niles (1896-1978) —
also known as Stanley B. Niles —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Nashville, Barry
County, Mich., January
22, 1896.
Methodist
minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton
County, 1933; Commonwealth candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1935; Commonwealth candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1936; president, Iowa Wesleyan
College, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, in Methodist Manor retirement
home, Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., December
30, 1978 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tulsa, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Lewis Niles and Carrie A. (Barnum) Niles; married, April
11, 1919, to Velma A. Thomas. |
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Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) —
also known as Robert E. O'Brian —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Fulton
County, Ill., July 22,
1895.
Democrat. Locomotive
fireman; automobile
mechanic; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pastor;
president, Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938;
president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a meat packing
plant), 1944-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Killed when he was hit by a
car on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., October
25, 1977 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married 1920 to Mabel
Day. |
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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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Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1838-1898) —
also known as Sul Ross —
of Texas.
Born in Benton, Ringgold
County, Iowa, September
27, 1838.
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; member of Texas
state senate, 1880; Governor of
Texas, 1887-91; president, Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas (now Texas A&M University), 1891-98.
Died in College Station, Brazos
County, Tex., January
3, 1898 (age 59 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, Tex.; statue at Academic Plaza, College Station, Tex.
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Oliver Morris Spencer (1829-1895) —
also known as Oliver M. Spencer —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, 1829.
University
professor; president, University of Iowa, 1862-67; U.S.
Consul in Genoa, 1867-78; U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, 1879-84.
Died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
July
27, 1895 (age about 66
years).
Interment at St. Kilda Cemetery, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia.
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
also known as Adonijah S. Welch —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April
12, 1821.
Republican. First principal, in 1851-65, of the Michigan State
Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich. (later Eastern Michigan
University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber mill
at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president, in
1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later Iowa
State University); college
professor; author.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
14, 1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949) —
also known as Ray L. Wilbur —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Boonesborough (now Boone), Boone
County, Iowa, April
13, 1875.
Republican. Physician;
dean of
Stanford University Medical School, 1911-16; president of
Stanford University, 1916-43; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1929-33.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 26,
1949 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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