The Political Graveyard: Madison County, Iowa

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Madison County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Madison County

Index to Locations

Winterset Cemetery
Winterset, Madison County, Iowa

Politicians buried here:

Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings (1831-1909) — of Winterset, Madison County, Iowa. Born in Newton, Sussex County, N.J., May 21, 1831. Republican. U.S. Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1877-79. Died in Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, April 16, 1909 (age 77 years, 330 days). Interment at Winterset Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Raymond R. Gillespie (b. 1890) — of Iowa. Born July 23, 1890. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa state senate 16th District; elected 1948. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Farm Bureau; American Legion. Interment at Winterset Cemetery.

Daniel James Gallery (1896-1964) — also known as Daniel J. Gallery — of Winterset, Madison County, Iowa. Born in Winthrop, Buchanan County, Iowa, December 9, 1896. Son of James Andrew Gallery (1857-1942) and Teresa (Kane) Gallery (1866-1950). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; chair of Madison County Democratic Party, 1930-32, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1940, 1948; mayor of Winterset, Iowa, 1949. Catholic. Member, Lions; American Legion. Died in Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, April 18, 1964 (age 67 years, 131 days). Interment at Winterset Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Marguerite York (1917-1992).
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