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Polk County
Oregon

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Polk County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Falls City Falls City Cemetery Rickreall Nesmith Family Cemetery Private or family graveyard Polk County, Oregon Falls City Cemetery Falls City, Polk County, Oregon Politicians buried here:   Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) — also known as A. M. Bryant — of Fort Branch, Gibson County, Ind.; Wahoo, Saunders County, Neb.; Gettysburg, Graham County, Kan.; Republican City, Harlan County, Neb.; Falls City, Polk County, Ore. Born in Ohio County, Ky., March 1, 1838. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister; school teacher and principal; superintendent of schools; member of Nebraska state senate 16th District, 1877; president, McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87. Presbyterian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died, of asthma, in Falls City, Polk County, Ore., June 4, 1896 (age 58 years, 95 days). Interment at Falls City Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, March 30, 1865, to Susan C. Davis. Nesmith Family Cemetery Rickreall, Polk County, Oregon See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   James Willis Nesmith (1820-1885) — also known as James W. Nesmith — of Salem, Marion County, Ore.; Rickreall, Polk County, Ore. Born in New Brunswick of American parents, July 23, 1820. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1861-67; U.S. Representative from Oregon at-large, 1873-75. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Rickreall, Polk County, Ore., June 17, 1885 (age 64 years, 329 days). Interment at Nesmith Family Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Jennie Nesmith (who married Levi Ankeny) and Harriet K. Nesmith (who married Lewis Linn McArthur); grandfather of Clifton Nesmith McArthur; cousin *** of Joseph Gardner Wilson.   Political family: Nesmith-McArthur family of Oregon.   The World War II Liberty ship SS James W. Nesmith (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; damaged by a torpedo and later scuttled in the North Sea, 1946) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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