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• Armstrong, George Robert    b. August 1, 1819  d. April 20, 1896
  Mayor of Omaha. He served as Interim Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska for six months (September 1858 to March 1859) following the resignation of Andrew Jackson Poppleton, and as elected Mayor from 1861 to 1862. He resigned rather than seek a second full term. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Briggs, Clinton    b. October 17, 1828  d. December 19, 1882
  Omaha Mayor. He served as Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1860 to 1861. (Bio by: K)
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Caldwell, Smith Samuel    b. September 4, 1834  d. June 26, 1884
  Omaha Mayor. He served as Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1871 to 1872. (Bio by: K)
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Connell, William J.    b. 1846  d. 1924
  District attorney of the third judicial district of Nebraska 1872-1876. City attorney of Omaha 1883-1887. Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress. Reappointed city attorney of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1892.
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Hall, Augustus   b. April 29, 1814  d. February 1, 1861
  Congressman for Iowa, appointed first Chief Justice of the Nebraska Territory in 1859. He died in office.
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Hitchcock, Phineas Warren    b. November 30, 1831  d. July 10, 1881
  Phineas Hitchcock attended prep school at Great Barrington, Maine and then attended Williams College, graduating in 1855. After graduation he remained in New York for two years; part of the time as a reporter in central New York and part of the time in law practice. He came to Omaha in 1857 and opened a law office; combining it with an insurance and real estate agency. In 1860 he was elected to the Republican Convention in Chicago, he was appointed Marshall of the Nebraska territory 1860-61. In...[Read More]
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Lobeck, Charles Otto   b. April 6, 1852  d. January 30, 1920
  Representative from Nebraska; elected as a Republican to the State senate in 1892; member of the city council of Omaha 1897-1903, during which time he was engaged in the real estate and insurance business; affiliated with the Democratic Party in 1896; served as city controller from 1903 until 1911; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1919); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Sixty-third...[Read More]
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Lowe, William Warren    b. October 12, 1831  d. May 18, 1898
  Brevet Brigadier General in American Civil War. After graduating from West Point in 1854, he was assigned frontier duty until the outbreak of the Civil War. During the war, he was a captain of cavalry through the Manassas campaign. In the winter of 1861-62, he organized the 5th regiment of Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, of which he was made colonel. He participated in the Tennessee campaign and was engaged in the capture of Fort Donelson. He commanded that fort until March of 1863. During the last two...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
  Plot: 1st Addition, Lot 203
   
• Metz, Frederick    b. 1832  d. 1901
  He and his brother started Metz Brewery. In 1871 he was a Representative for his district in the State Senate and Legislature.
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Millard, Ezra    b. February 2, 1833  d. August 20, 1886
  Omaha Mayor. He served as Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1869 to 1871.
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Millard, Joseph Hopkins    b. April 20, 1836  d. January 13, 1922
  US Senator. He came to the United States when he was 14 years old. The family settled in Jackson County, Iowa. He came to Omaha in October 1856 to work in the real estate firm of Barrows Millard & Company. In January 1867 he became the cashier of the Omaha National Bank. Later he was the president of the bank and helped to organize the South Omaha Bank. He was a member of the Republican party and was the mayor of Omaha in 1872 and a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1901 to 1907.
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Paddock, Algernon Sidney    b. November 9, 1830  d. October 17, 1897
  US Senator, Nebraska Territorial Governor. Served as Governor of Nebraska Territory in 1861. Elected as a Senator from Nebraska to the United States Senate, serving from 1875 to 1881, then from 1887 to 1893. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Poppleton, Andrew Jackson    b. July 24, 1830  d. September 24, 1896
  Omaha Mayor. He served as Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1858. (Bio by: K)
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Snowden, Rachel   b. December 21, 1831  d. December 17, 1899
  The Snowden's were the first citizens of Omaha, Nebraska.
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   
• Strickland, Silas A.    b. September 17, 1830  d. March 31, 1878
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. At the outset of the Civil War, he was Adjutant of the 1st Nebraska Infantry and was Acting Assisstant Adjutant General on the staff of Brigadier General John M. Thayer. He was made Colonel of the 50th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was brevetted Brigadier General for gallant and meritorious services during the war. After the war, he resumed his career as lawyer and politician in Omaha, Nebraska. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
  Plot: Old Section, Lot 742
   
• Wilson, Anna   b. May 27, 1835  d. October 27, 1911
  Folk Figure. She was a Madam in Omaha who was the mistress of Dan Allan (a well-known river boat gambler in and around the Omaha area). After Dan died she started investing in real estate and amassed a large amount of money. As Anna's life was drawing to a close in 1911, she donated the mansion--land and all--to the City of Omaha for use as an emergency hospital. She asked only $125.00 a month rent until her death. Anna, who was 76-years-old at the time, was said to be worth upwards of a...[Read More]
  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
   

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