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Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) —
also known as Grenville M. Dodge —
of Iowa.
Born in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., April 12,
1831.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1872-74.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Chief engineer
of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, January
3, 1916 (age 84 years, 266
days).
Entombed at Walnut
Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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William Greene Dows (1864-1926) —
also known as William G. Dows —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Clayton
County, Iowa, August
12, 1864.
Son of Stephen Leland Dows (1832-1909) and Henrietta Weddell (Safley)
Dows (1834-1893).
Republican. President, Iowa Railway
and Light
Company, Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway;
Iowa Electric
Company; Central States Electric
Company; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1897-99; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; United
Spanish War Veterans; Loyal Legion.
Died, in University Hospital,
Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, November
25, 1926 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., December
30, 1830.
Son of John Adams Drake and Harriet Jane (O'Neal) Drake.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; railroad
builder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1888;
Governor
of Iowa, 1896-98.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa is named for
him.
Died, of diabetes,
in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, November
20, 1903 (age 72 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Eben Wever Martin (1855-1932) —
also known as Eben W. Martin —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, April 12,
1855.
Son of Capt. James W. Martin and Lois Hyde (Wever) Martin.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1901-07, 1908, 1909-15
(at-large 1901-07, 1908, 1909-13, 3rd District 1913-15).
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal Legion.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., May 22,
1932 (age 77 years, 40
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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John Willock Noble (1831-1912) —
also known as John W. Noble —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, October
26, 1831.
Son of Col. John Noble and Catherine McDill Noble.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1867-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion.
Died March 22,
1912 (age 80 years, 148
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Warren Olney (1841-1921) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Davis
County, Iowa, March 11,
1841.
Son of William Olney and Eliza Ann (Green) Olney.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896;
director, California Title
Insurance and Trust Company; president, South San Francisco Dock
Company; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1903-05.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 2,
1921 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Charles W. Raymond —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Indian Territory (now Okla.).
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Son of William M. Raymond (killed at Civil War Battle of Nashville)
and Mary Ellen (Myers) Raymond.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1900;
U.S.
District Judge for Indian Territory, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indian Territory, 1904.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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