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Politicians in Nautical and Maritime Trades in Iowa
including Shipbuilding and Fishing

	Daniel L. Cushing (b. 1836) — of Poweshiek County, Iowa; Quechee, Hartford, Windsor County, Vt. Born in Hartford, Windsor County, Vt., August 4, 1836. Republican. Civil engineer; worked on the Erie Canal and railroad projects; farmer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Hartford, 1882-83; member of Vermont state senate from Windsor County, 1886. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.
	Edward Langworthy (1808-1893) — of Iowa. Born in Rutland, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 31, 1808. Son of Stephen Langworthy (1777-1848) and Betsey (Massey) Langworthy (1781-1820). Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; farmer; lead mining business; steamboat owner; delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention from Dubuque, Delaware, Black Hawk and Fayette counties, 1844. Died in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, January 4, 1893 (age 84 years, 126 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Langworthy (1777-1848) and Betsey (Massey) Langworthy (1781-1820); nephew of Cyrus Langworthy; brother of Lucius Hart Langworthy; married, August 13, 1835, to Paulina Reeder (1815-1892); first cousin of Benjamin Franklin Langworthy. See Langworthy family of Iowa and New York.
	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.   Relatives: Son of William Olney and Eliza Ann (Green) Olney; married, September 11, 1865, to Mary Jane Craven; father of Warren Olney, Jr..

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