Kossuth County
Iowa
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Kossuth County
Iowa
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Kossuth County
Index to Locations
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Lester Jesse Dickinson (1873-1968) —
also known as L. J. Dickinson —
of Algona, Kossuth
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Derby, Lucas
County, Iowa, October
20, 1873.
Son of Levi D. Dickinson and Willamine (Morton) Dickinson.
Republican. Lawyer; Kossuth
County Attorney; member of Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1914-18; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1919-31; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1931-37; defeated, 1936, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, June 4,
1968 (age 94 years, 228
days).
Interment at Algona Cemetery.
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Harold Barlow Quarton (1888-1981) —
also known as Harold B. Quarton —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Algona, Kossuth
County, Iowa, February
8, 1888.
Son of William B. Quarton and Ella Belle (Reaser) Quarton.
U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1912-17; U.S. Consul in Rotterdam, 1918; Malmo, 1918-19; Reval, 1922-25; Coblenz, 1925-27; Havana, 1927-33; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1933-34; SAINT John's, 1934-41; Malaga, 1942-46; Tampico, 1946-48.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Rotary.
Died in September, 1981
(age 93
years, 0 days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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John Calhoun Cook (1846-1920) —
of Iowa.
Born in Seneca, Seneca
County, Ohio, December
26, 1846.
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1883, 1883-85.
Died in Algona, Kossuth
County, Iowa, June 7,
1920 (age 73 years, 164
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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