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Horace Boies (1827-1923) —
of Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.; Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa; Palermo Township, Grundy
County, Iowa; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y., December
7, 1827.
Son of Heber Boies (1795-1873) and Ester 'Hattie' (Henshaw) Boies
(1798-1852).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1857; Governor of
Iowa, 1890-94; defeated, 1893; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1892;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1902.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 4,
1923 (age 95 years, 118
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Philip C. Hanna (1857-1929) —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, June 27,
1857.
Son of George W. Hanna and Mary (Melrose) Hanna.
Republican. U.S. Consul in La Guaira, 1891-94; Trinidad, 1897; San Juan, 1897-98; U.S. Consul General in Monterrey, 1899-1919.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., February
17, 1929 (age 71 years, 235
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Charles Edgar Pickett (1866-1930) —
also known as Charles E. Pickett —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Bonaparte, Van Buren
County, Iowa, January
14, 1866.
Son of Edgar C. Pickett and Glorvina (Ballard) Pickett.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1909-13; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1920.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1930
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Herbert B. Boies (1867-1930) —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Iowa, 1867.
Son of Horace
Boies and Versalia (Barber) Boies.
Lawyer;
district judge in Iowa 10th District, 1915-20.
Died January
14, 1930 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Williams Gwynne (1889-1972) —
also known as John W. Gwynne —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Victor, Iowa
County, Iowa, October
20, 1889.
Son of Thomas Williams Gwynne and Katherine (McGilway) Gwynne.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; municipal judge in Iowa,
1920-26; Black
Hawk County Attorney, 1929-34; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1935-49; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1953-59; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1955-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of the
Coif; American
Legion; Elks.
Died in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, July 5,
1972 (age 82 years, 259
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Albert Clinton Willford (1877-1937) —
also known as Albert C. Willford —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Born in Vinton, Benton
County, Iowa, 1877.
Democrat. Merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934,
1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1937
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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