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Nemaha County
Nebraska

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Nemaha County

Index to Locations Auburn Sheridan Cemetery Brownville Brownville Cemetery Peru Mt. Vernon Cemetery Sheridan Cemetery Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   John William Armstrong (1854-1950) — also known as John W. Armstrong — of South Auburn (now part of Auburn), Nemaha County, Neb. Born in Des Moines County, Iowa, November 15, 1854. Farmer; hardware and furniture business; funeral director; member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1899-1901, 1907, 1921. Methodist. Died in 1950 (age about 95 years). Interment at Sheridan Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Douden Armstrong and Eve (McDonald) Armstrong; married, February 10, 1876, to Julia Stevens.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Brownville Cemetery Brownville, Nemaha County, Nebraska Politicians buried here:   Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824-1905) — also known as Robert W. Furnas — of Brownville, Nemaha County, Neb. Born in Miami County, Ohio, May 5, 1824. Republican. Printer; farmer; member of Nebraska territorial legislature, 1856; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of University of Nebraska board of regents, 1869-75; Governor of Nebraska, 1873-75. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died June 1, 1905 (age 81 years, 27 days). Interment at Brownville Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Furnas and Martha (Jenkins) Furnas; married, October 29, 1845, to Mary E. McComas; married to Susannah (Emswiler) Jameson.   Furnas County, Neb. is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography Mt. Vernon Cemetery Peru, Nemaha County, Nebraska Politicians buried here:   Thomas Jefferson Majors (1841-1932) — of Peru, Nemaha County, Neb. Born in Libertyville, Jefferson County, Iowa, June 25, 1841. Republican. Member of Nebraska state senate, 1867-69, 1887, 1909; U.S. Representative from Nebraska at-large, 1878-79; member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1889; Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, 1891-95. Died in Peru, Nemaha County, Neb., July 11, 1932 (age 91 years, 16 days). Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel Gordon Daily (1823-1866) — also known as Samuel G. Daily — of Peru, Nemaha County, Neb.; Brownville, Nemaha County, Neb. Born in Trimble County, Ky., 1823. Republican. Member of Nebraska territorial House of Representatives, 1858; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Nebraska Territory, 1860-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska Territory, 1864. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., August 15, 1866 (age about 43 years). Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William S. Horn — of Nemaha County, Neb. Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1864. Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.

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