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Baker, Tony (Vernon) b. February 16, 1945 d. August 9, 1998
Professional Football Player. Born in Burlington, Iowa, was a running back, making his National Football league debut for the New Orleans Saints in 1968 and also appeared in the Pro Bowl in his rookie season. For seven seasons, he played for the New Orleans Saints 1968 to 1971, Philadelphia Eagles 1972, Los Angeles Rams 1973 to 1974 and San Diego Chargers in 1975. He ended his career appearing in 86 games, with 82 receptions, 2087 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns. Baker was killed at age 53 in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Bouquet, Nicholas b. November 14, 1842 d. December 27, 1912
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Civil War as a Private in Company D, 1st Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Wilsons Creek, Missouri, on August 10, 1861. His citation reads “Voluntarily left the line of battle, and, exposing himself to imminent danger from a heavy fire of the enemy, assisted in capturing a riderless horse at large between the lines and hitching him to a disabled gun, saved the gun from capture”...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Clarke, James b. July 5, 1812 d. July 28, 1850
Iowa Territorial Governor. Mayor of Burlington, Iowa from 1844 to 1845. Served as the last Territorial Governor of Iowa from 1845 to 1846. Died in a Cholera epidemic. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Corse, John Murray b. April 27, 1835 d. April 27, 1893
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Attended the USMA, but resigned after two years to enter law school. When the Civil War broke out, he was commissioned as Major of the 6th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. During the Union operations against the installations Island No. 10 and New Madrid on the Mississippi River, he served on the staff of Major General John Pope. Promoted to Colonel and commander of his regiment, he led it with distinction in the Battle of Cornith, and Ulysses S. Grant's successful...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Corse Chapel
Dodge, Augustus Caeser b. January 2, 1812 d. November 20, 1883
US Congressman, US Senator, US Diplomat. Born in St. Genevieve, Missouri. Served as an officer in the United States Army during the 1832 Black Hawk War. Elected as a Congressional Delegate in the House of Representative from the Territory of Iowa, serving from 1840 to 1846. After Iowa was admitted as a State into the Union, he was elected as one of Iowa first two Senators in the US Senate, serving from 1848 to 1855 (George Wallace Jones served as the other). His election made him the first...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Dodge, Henry b. October 12, 1782 d. June 19, 1867
United States Army Officer, US Congressman, US Senator. Born in Vincennes, Indiana. Enlisted in the War of 1812 as a Captain in the Missouri State Volunteers, eventually rising to Major General of the Missouri Militia. Established successful mining operations in Illinois before taking up residence is what is now Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Led a force of mounted Michigan Territory Militia in the Black Hawk War, and fought in the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. In 1832 he was commissioned Major in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Gear, John Henry b. April 7, 1825 d. July 14, 1900
US Congressman, US Senator, 10th Iowa Governor. Elected as Governor of Iowa, serving from 1878 to 1882. Elected to Represented IA’s 1st District in the House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1891. Appointed as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during the Benjamin Harrison Administration, serving from 1892 to 1893. Elected as a Senator from Iowa, serving from 1895 until his death in office in 1900. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Gilbert, James Isham b. July 16, 1823 d. February 9, 1884
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He built a successful pre-Civil War career as a merchant, and was one of the founders of the town of Lansing, Iowa. He entered Federal service the Civil War rather belatedly, being appointed Colonel and commander of the 27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry on October 3, 1862. His unit saw only garrison duty for well over a year, and didn't enter a combat theatre until the spring of 1864. As part of the XVI Corps under General Andrew J. Smith, he led the regiment into...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 259, Lot 9
Grimes, James Wilson b. October 20, 1816 d. February 7, 1872
Civil War US Senator, 3rd Iowa Governor. Elected as Governor of Iowa, serving from 1854 to 1858. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate from Iowa, serving from 1859 to 1869, when ill health forced his resignation. He was a member of the US Senate throughout the entire length of the Civil War, and was a member of the failed 1861 Peace Commission that unsuccessfully attempted to avert the war. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Hall, Benton Jay b. January 13, 1835 d. January 5, 1894
US Congressman. Elected to represent IA’s 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1887. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Hedge, Thomas b. June 24, 1844 d. November 28, 1920
US Congressman. During the Civil War he served in the 106th New York Volunteer Infantry, rising from Private in Company E to 2nd Lieutenant in Company G, serving from October 10, 1864 to June 22, 1865. He was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1899 to 1907. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Henry, John Flournoy b. January 17, 1793 d. November 12, 1873
US Congressman. Served during the War of 1812 at Fort Meigs as a Surgeon’s Mate in the Kentucky State Militia. Elected to represent Kentucky’s 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1826 to 1827. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Lauman, Jacob Gartner b. January 20, 1813 d. February 9, 1867
Civil War Union Brigadier General. A prominent Iowa businessman just prior to the Civil War, he was commissioned Colonel and commander of the 7th Iowa Volunteer Infantry on July 11, 1861. Assigned to General U.S. Grant’s forces in Missouri, he was badly wounded at the November 1861 Battle of Belmont. He recovered sufficiently enough by February 1862, and distinguished himself in the taking of Fort Donelson while leading a brigade (his forces were some of he first to enter the Fort). Promoted to...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Leffler, Isaac b. November 17, 1788 d. March 8, 1866
US Congressman. Elected to represent Virginia’s 18th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1827 to 1829. He was the older brother of Iowa Congressman Sheperd Leffler. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Leffler, Shepherd b. April 24, 1811 d. September 7, 1879
US Congressman. Elected to represent Iowa, first as an At Large Delegate, then from the 2nd District, in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1846 to 1851. Ran as a Democrat for the Iowa Governorship in 1875, losing to Samuel J. Kirkwood. He was the younger brother of Virginia Congressman Isaac Leffler. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Leopold, Rand Aldo 'Aldo' b. January 11, 1887 d. April 21, 1948
Scientist. Specialist in Environmental biology, he made extensive studies and surveys of wildlife in North America. During his tenure with the United States Forest Service (1909 to 1933) he was a tireless defend of wildlife preservation, and advanced the concept of preserving Wildlife and Wilderness areas for their own sake and for their own beauty.
His oldest son, A. (Aldo) Starker Leopold (October 22, 1913 - August 23, 1983), was also a noted professor, author and conservationist like his...[Read More]
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Matthies, Karl Leopold b. May 31, 1824 d. October 16, 1868
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Prussia in 1824, he served time as an officer in the Prussian Army, fighting in the 1848 Revolutions before emigrating to the United States in 1849. A successful businessman, he is alleged to have offered his services to the United States Government to fight the South in January 1861. After the Civil War broke out in April 1861, he was commissioned first as a Captain, then as Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He served with his...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Remick, David b. March 22, 1820 d. January 23, 1901
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Fought in the Mexican War. When the Civil War started be was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers, and assigned as a Commissary of Subsistence. His subsequent service was first as Chief Commissary of Subsistence for IV Corps in the Army of the Cumberland, then as the Chief Commissary of Subsistence for the Army of the Tennessee. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for “faithful and meritorious services as Chief...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 127, Lot 2
Seerley, John Joseph b. March 13, 1853 d. February 23, 1931
US Congressman. Admitted to the Iowa Bar Association in 1887, he served as City Solicitor of Burlington, Iowa from 1885 to 1890. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Iowa's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 to 1893.
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Stone, Joseph Champlin b. July 30, 1829 d. December 3, 1902
US Congressman. He served during the Civil War first as a 1st Lieutenant and regimental Adjutant of the 1st Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, then as a Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of US Volunteers. He was elected to represent Iowa's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1877 to 1879. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA

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