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William Milo Stone (1827-1893) —
also known as William M. Stone —
of Knoxville, Marion
County, Iowa.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
14, 1827.
District judge in Iowa, 1857-61 (11th District 1857-58, 6th District
1859-61); delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Iowa, 1864-68; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1878-79.
A friend of President Abraham
Lincoln, he was present at Ford's Theater when Lincoln was shot,
and helped carry the injured president across the street.
Died of pneumonia,
July
8, 1893 (age 65 years, 267
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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James Mathews (1805-1887) —
of Ohio.
Born in Ohio, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1841-45 (13th District 1841-43, 16th
District 1843-45).
Died in 1887
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Edward Retilla Hays (1847-1896) —
of Iowa.
Born near Fostoria, Seneca
County, Ohio, May 26,
1847.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1890-91.
Died February
28, 1896 (age 48 years, 278
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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N. D. Shinn (1884-1959) —
of Knoxville, Marion
County, Iowa.
Born January
26, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marion
County Attorney; mayor of Knoxville; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1948.
Died June 1,
1959 (age 75 years, 126
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Bert Andrew Bandstra (1922-1995) —
also known as Bert Bandstra —
of Marion
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, Iowa, January
25, 1922.
Son of Andrew Bandstra and Adriana 'Jennie' (De Jong) Bandstra.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Marion
County Attorney, 1955-59; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966,
1968.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, October
23, 1995 (age 73 years, 271
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Henry P. Scholte (1805-1868) —
of Pella, Marion
County, Iowa.
Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands,
September
25, 1805.
Republican. Preacher;
joined the dissenters from the national church of the Netherlands; tried in
1834 for teaching
heresy, expelled
from the church, fined,
and imprisoned;
helped organize a group which emigrated to Iowa in 1847; lawyer; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died August
25, 1868 (age 62 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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