Mitchell County
Iowa
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Mitchell County
Iowa
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Mitchell County
Index to Locations
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Nathaniel Cobb Deering (1827-1887) —
of Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Denmark, Oxford
County, Maine, September
2, 1827.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1877-83.
Died in Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa, December
11, 1887 (age 60 years, 100
days).
Interment at Osage Cemetery.
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Joseph Henry Sweney (1845-1918) —
of Iowa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1845.
Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1889-91.
Died in 1918
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Osage Cemetery.
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Alonzo Abernethy (1836-1915) —
of Crawford
County, Iowa; Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, April 14,
1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1866; president,
Des Moines College, 1871; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1872-76; president
of the original University of Chicago (now defunct), 1876-78.
Died in 1915
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Osage Cemetery.
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