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Otoe County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Otoe County

Index to Locations Nebraska City Cowles Cemetery Nebraska City Wyuka Cemetery Syracuse Park Hill Cemetery Cowles Cemetery Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska Politicians buried here:   Charles H. Cowles (1818-1888) — of Atchison County, Mo.; Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb. Born in Genesee County, N.Y., May 20, 1818. Member Nebraska territorial council, 1855; member of Nebraska territorial House of Representatives, 1860. Died in Otoe County, Neb., April 14, 1888 (age 69 years, 330 days). Interment at Cowles Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Mary Martin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Wyuka Cemetery Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska Founded 1855 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902) — also known as J. Sterling Morton — of Otoe County, Neb. Born in Adams, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 22, 1832. Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Nebraska territorial House of Representatives, 1855-57; secretary of Nebraska Territory, 1858-61; Governor of Nebraska Territory, 1858-59, 1861; candidate for Governor of Nebraska, 1866, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1880 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1888; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97. Episcopalian. Member, Chi Psi. Died in Lake Forest, Lake County, Ill., April 27, 1902 (age 70 years, 5 days). Interment at Wyuka Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1854 to Caroline Joy French; father of Joy Morton (son-in-law of George B. Lake), Paul Morton and Mark Morton; grandfather of Pauline Morton Sabin and Caroline Morton (who married Harry Frank Guggenheim).   Political family: McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois and New York.   The World War II Liberty ship SS J. Sterling Morton (built 1942 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1971) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York World, March 5, 1893   Monroe Leland Hayward (1840-1899) — also known as Monroe L. Hayward — of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb. Born in Willsboro, Essex County, N.Y., December 22, 1840. Republican. Delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1899; died in office 1899. Died in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb., December 5, 1899 (age 58 years, 348 days). Interment at Wyuka Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William J. Hayward; married, June 14, 1870, to Jennie A. Pelton (daughter of Edwin A. Pelton); father of William Hayward; grandfather of Leland Hayward (who married Pamela Harriman).   Political family: Pelton-Hayward family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   George Henry Heinke (1882-1940) — also known as George H. Heinke — of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb. Born near Dunbar, Otoe County, Neb., July 22, 1882. Republican. Lawyer; Otoe County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-23, 1927-35; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1939-40; died in office 1940. Injured in an automobile collision during a snowstorm, and died a week later in a hospital at Morrilton, Conway County, Ark., January 2, 1940 (age 57 years, 164 days). Interment at Wyuka Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Hyde Sweet (1880-1964) — also known as John H. Sweet — of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb. Born in Milford, Otsego County, N.Y., September 1, 1880. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1932; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1940-41. Died in Community Hospital, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Ariz., April 4, 1964 (age 83 years, 216 days). Interment at Wyuka Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Grandison Utterback (1891-1944) — also known as William G. Utterback — of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb. Born in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb., December 8, 1891. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance agent; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Eagles. Died December 14, 1944 (age 53 years, 6 days). Interment at Wyuka Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lucian Price Utterback and Emilene Strang (Payne) Utterback; married, March 10, 1942, to Lucy M. Reaves.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Park Hill Cemetery Syracuse, Otoe County, Nebraska Politicians buried here:   John Henry Arends — also known as J. H. Arends — of Syracuse, Otoe County, Neb. Republican. Member of Nebraska state senate, 1899-1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1908. Interment at Park Hill Cemetery.

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