Index to Locations
Nebraska City Cowles Cemetery
Nebraska City Wyuka Cemetery
Syracuse Park Hill Cemetery
Cowles
Cemetery
Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska
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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.
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Wyuka
Cemetery
Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska
Founded 1855
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Park Hill
Cemetery
Syracuse, Otoe County, Nebraska
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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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