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John Forrest Dillon (1831-1914) —
also known as John F. Dillon —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Northampton, Montgomery County (now Fulton
County), N.Y., December
25, 1831.
Lawyer;
law
professor; author; district judge in Iowa 7th District,
1859-63; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1864-69; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1867-69; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1870-79.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1914 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.
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Oscar Stuart Heizer (1869-1956) —
also known as Oscar S. Heizer —
Born in Kossuth
County, Iowa, February
2, 1869.
Interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Constantinople, as of 1914; U.S. Consul in Trebizond, as of 1916-17; Baghdad, as of 1919; Constantinople, as of 1921; Jerusalem, as of 1924-27; Algiers, as of 1929-32.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., August
1, 1956 (age 87 years, 181
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of David Blair Heizer and Sarah Louisa (Peet) Heizer; married 1896 to Ida
Wright; married to Sadie Crowder Allison. |
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Klarenc Wade Mak (1861-1930) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Iowa, 1861.
Physician;
poet; author; lecturer.
Advocate of phonetic spelling.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
31, 1930 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Stephen V. Monsma (1936-2017) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, September
22, 1936.
Democrat. College
professor; writer; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1979-82; defeated, 1970, 1985; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives 93rd District, 1975-78; Democratic
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1980 (primary), 1982.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Urban
League.
Died February
18, 2017 (age 80 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Martin Monsma and Marie (Vos) Monsma; married to Mary
Carlisle. |
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Keiron W. Reardon (born c.1901) —
of Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Iowa, about 1901.
Democrat. Editor; member of Washington
state senate 39th District, 1933-39, 1943-47.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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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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