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Dixon County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Dixon County

Index to Locations Ponca Ponca Cemetery Wakefield Wakefield Cemetery Ponca Cemetery Ponca, Dixon County, Nebraska Politicians buried here:   John Jay McCarthy (1857-1943) — also known as John J. McCarthy — of Ponca, Dixon County, Neb. Born in Wisconsin, 1857. Republican. Member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1899-1902; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1912. Died in 1943 (age about 86 years). Interment at Ponca Cemetery.   Presumably named for: John Jay   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Asa Mattison — of Bon Homme, Bon Homme County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1863-64. Interment at Ponca Cemetery. Wakefield Cemetery Wakefield, Dixon County, Nebraska Politicians buried here:   Lawrence Brock (1906-1968) — of Wakefield, Dixon County, Neb. Born near Columbus, Platte County, Neb., August 16, 1906. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1952, 1956; Nebraska Democratic state chair, 1954-56; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1959-61. Lutheran. Died in Zion, Lake County, Ill., August 28, 1968 (age 62 years, 12 days). Interment at Wakefield Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Brock and Mary (Moeller) Brock; married, June 26, 1929, to Roenna Utemark.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Cyrus E. Hunter — of Nebraska. Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875. Interment at Wakefield Cemetery.

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