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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, Osage, Iowa.
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Terry Edward Branstad (b. 1946) —
also known as Terry E. Branstad —
of Iowa.
Born in Leland, Winnebago
County, Iowa, November
17, 1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1973-79; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1979-83; Governor of
Iowa, 1983-99, 2011-; president, Des Moines University.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2011.
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Ernest T. Eaton (b. 1877) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Deer Lodge, Powell
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Atkinson, Piscataquis
County, Maine, September
11, 1877.
Son of Thomas O. Eaton and Delia E. (Bolster) Eaton.
Superintendent
of schools; founder
in 1908, Billings Polytechnic Institute; (now Rocky Mountain
College); president, 1931; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1915-19, 1923-25; member of Montana
state senate, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1935, 1941-49.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Augusta M. Valiton. |
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Oran Faville (1817-1872) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1817.
Son of Thomas Faville (1788-1860) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West)
Faville (1794-1877).
College
professor; president, Wesleyan Female College, Delaware,
Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.
Died in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, November
2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Faville (1788-1860) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville
(1794-1877); married to Maria M. Peck (1815-1903); uncle of Frederick
F. Faville. |
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James Harlan (1820-1899) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Clark
County, Ill., August
26, 1820.
Republican. Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1847; president of
Iowa Wesleyan College, 1853-55, 1869-70; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1855-57, 1857-65, 1867-73; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1865-66; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1868.
Methodist.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, October
5, 1899 (age 79 years, 40
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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Melvin Orlando McLaughlin (1876-1928) —
also known as Melvin O. McLaughlin —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; York, York
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, August 8,
1876.
Son of William D. McLaughlin and Jane (Creger) McLaughlin.
Republican. School
teacher; minister;
president, York College, York, Nebraska, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1919-27.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1928
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, York, Neb.
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Stanley Barnum Niles (1896-1978) —
also known as Stanley B. Niles —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Nashville, Barry
County, Mich., January
22, 1896.
Son of Fred Lewis Niles and Carrie A. (Barnum) Niles.
Methodist
minister; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton County,
1933; Commonwealth candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1935; Commonwealth candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1936; president, Iowa Wesleyan
College, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, in Methodist Manor retirement
home, Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., December
30, 1978 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tulsa, Okla.
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1838-1898) —
also known as Sul Ross —
of Texas.
Born in Benton, Ringgold
County, Iowa, September
27, 1838.
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; member of Texas
state senate, 1880; Governor of
Texas, 1887-91.
President of Texas A.&M. University.
While on a hunting
trip along the Navasota River, he became ill and died, January
3, 1898 (age 59 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, Tex.
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 12,
1821.
Republican. First principal, in 1851-65, of the Michigan State
Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich. (later Eastern Michigan
University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber mill
at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president, in
1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later Iowa
State University); college
professor; author.
Welch Hall, at Eastern Michigan University, is named for him.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 14,
1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949) —
also known as Ray L. Wilbur —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Boonesboro, Boone
County, Iowa, April 13,
1875.
Son of Dwight Locke Wilbur and Edna Maria (Lyman) Wilbur.
Republican. Physician;
dean of
Stanford University Medical School, 1911-16; president of
Stanford University, 1916-43; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1929-33.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 26,
1949 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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