The Political Graveyard: Buchanan County, Iowa

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Buchanan County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Buchanan County

Index to Locations

Oakwood Cemetery
Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa

Politicians buried here:

William G. Donnan (1834-1908) — of Iowa. Born in West Charlton, Saratoga County, N.Y., June 30, 1834. Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature; U.S. Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1871-75. Died in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, December 4, 1908 (age 74 years, 157 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

George Washington Bemis (1826-1905) — also known as George W. Bemis — of Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa. Born in Spencer, Worcester County, Mass., October 13, 1826. Son of Eleazer Bemis (1794-1873) and Susanna (Hartwell) Bemis (1802-1834). Iowa state treasurer, 1877-81. Died in Buchanan County, Iowa, September 24, 1905 (age 78 years, 346 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of Eleazer Bemis (1794-1873) and Susanna (Hartwell) Bemis (1802-1834); married, April 11, 1855, to Hannah Narcissa Rebecca Therese Roszell (1829-1899); fourth cousin of George Pickering Bemis; fourth cousin once removed of Walter S. Bemis and Eldred C. Pitkin. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.

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