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Cedar County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cedar County


Index to Locations

  • Bennett Inland Cemetery
  • Tipton Masonic Cemetery
  • Tipton Red Oak Cemetery
  • West Branch Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
  • West Branch West Branch Municipal Cemetery


    Inland Cemetery
    Bennett, Cedar County, Iowa
    Politicians buried here:
      Paul H. Downing (1852-1918) — of Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. Born in Indiana, October, 1852. Son of Sarah (Moore) Downing (1821-1893) and Albert Gallatin Downing (born 1815). Republican. Banker; Cedar County Auditor, 1897-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912. Presbyterian. Died September 7, 1918 (age 65 years, 0 days). Interment at Inland Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Masonic Cemetery
    Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
    Politicians buried here:
      William Penn Wolf (1833-1896) — of Cedar County, Iowa. Born in Ohio, 1833. Republican. U.S. Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1870-71; member of Iowa state house of representatives; Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1884-85. Died in 1896 (age about 63 years). Interment at Masonic Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: William Penn
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Red Oak Cemetery
    Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Gordon Cousins (1859-1933) — also known as Robert G. Cousins — of Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. Born near Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, January 31, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1886; U.S. Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1893-1909. Died in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, June 20, 1933 (age 74 years, 140 days). Interment at Red Oak Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
    West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa
    Politicians buried here:
      Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" — of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, August 10, 1874. Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover (1848-1883). Republican. Mining engineer; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960. Quaker. Swiss and Dutch ancestry. Inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame, Leadville, Colorado. Died, of intestinal cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel, New York, New York County, N.Y., October 20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71 days). Interment at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.
      Relatives: Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover (1848-1883); distant cousin of Charles Lewis Hoover; married, February 10, 1899, to Lou Henry (1874-1944); father of Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr.. See Hoover family of California.
      Cross-reference: Horace A. Mann — Walter H. Newton — Christian A. Herter — Lewis L. Strauss
      Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in every pot."
      See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Books by Herbert Hoover: The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson
      Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L. Fausold, The Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 — George H. Nash, The Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies, 1917-1918 — David Holford, Herbert Hoover (for young readers)


    West Branch Municipal Cemetery
    West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa
    Politicians buried here:
      Fred Ralph Albin (1872-1957) — also known as Fred Albin — of West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa. Born near West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, August 5, 1872. Son of Joseph Albin (1835-1924) and Emily (Gruewell) Albin (1840-1907). Republican. Auctioneer; meat merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1936. Died February 23, 1957 (age 84 years, 202 days). Interment at West Branch Municipal Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1893 to Alice Rebecca Pennock.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


     

     


     
       
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