Clayton County
Iowa
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Clayton County
Iowa
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Clayton County
Index to Locations
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Timothy Davis (1794-1872) —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 29,
1794.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1857-59; defeated, 1848.
Died in Elkader, Clayton
County, Iowa, April 27,
1872 (age 78 years, 29
days).
Interment at Elkader Cemetery.
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Daniel D. Murphy (1862-1931) —
also known as Daniel Murphy —
of Elkader, Clayton
County, Iowa.
Born in New Diggings, Lafayette
County, Wis., August
22, 1862.
Son of John G. Murphy and Ellen (McCarthy) Murphy.
Democrat. Lawyer; Clayton
County Attorney, 1891-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1892,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1910; vice-president,
Elkader State Bank;
director, St. Olaf Savings Bank,
Elkport Savings Bank, and
Clayton County State Bank;
director, Moresby Island Lumber
Company; president, Iowa Bar Association.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died May 30,
1931 (age 68 years, 281
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Reuben Noble (1821-1896) —
of McGregor, Clayton
County, Iowa.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., April 4,
1821.
Lawyer;
Speaker
of the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1854-56; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1866; Democratic candidate
for chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1868, 1879; district judge
in Iowa; elected 1874, 1878.
Died in McGregor, Clayton
County, Iowa, August 8,
1896 (age 75 years, 126
days).
Interment at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
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Thomas Updegraff (1834-1910) —
of McGregor, Clayton
County, Iowa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1834.
Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1879-83, 1893-99 (3rd District 1879-83,
4th District 1893-99); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1888.
Died in 1910
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
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Virgil B. Noble (b. 1860) —
of Bottineau
County, N.Dak.
Born in McGregor, Clayton
County, Iowa, 1860.
Delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Bottineau
County, 1889.
Interment at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
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