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Baker, Nathaniel Bradley b. August 29, 1818 d. September 11, 1876
New Hampshire Governor. He graduated from Harvard in 1839, studied law under future President Franklin Pierce, and became an attorney in Concord in 1842. He also became active in the newspaper business as co-owner and publisher of the New Hampshire "Patriot". In 1845 he became Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and in 1846 Clerk of the Merrimack County Superior Court. Baker was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1850, and served as Chief Engineer of the Concord Fire...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Crocker, Marcellus Monroe b. February 6, 1830 d. August 26, 1865
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Franklin, Indiana, he entered West Point in 1847, but resigned in 1849. Though he did not graduate, he had great military ability and was later praised by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant as one of the army's best division commanders. Beginning his military career in Iowa, where he had lived for most of the preceding decade while practicing law in Des Moines, he enlisted when the 2nd Iowa Infantry was being raised for the Civil War. Elected one of...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 6, Lot 109
Cummins, Albert Baird b. February 15, 1850 d. July 30, 1926
Iowa Governor, US Senator. He served as Governor of Iowa from 1902 to 1908. He resigned the Governorship after being elected to the US Senate and served until he died in office in 1926. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Dowell, Cassius C. b. February 29, 1864 d. February 4, 1940
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced law practice in Des Moines, Iowa. From 1894 to 1898, he served as member of the State House of Representatives and in the State Senate, 1902 to 1912. In 1915, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress and to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving until 1935, and again from 1937 until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Eberhart, Gustavus Adolphus b. November 27, 1836 d. 1916
Civil War Union Army Officer. A civil engineer residing in Des Moines, Iowa when the Civil War started, he enlisted in the Union Army, and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry on June 10, 1861, only seven days after he was married. He served with the until until May 1, 1862, when he resigned due to poor health. Recovering sufficiently by the later part of the year, he again offered his services, and was commissioned as Major of the 32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry on...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 22
Given, Josiah b. August 31, 1828 d. February 3, 1908
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A veteran of the the Mexican War, he served in the Civil War first as a Captain in the 24th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then as Lieutenant Colonel of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then finally as Colonel and commander of the 74th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". After the end of the conflict he became a prominent lawyer and judge, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 14, Lot 86
Kasson, John Adam b. January 11, 1822 d. May 18, 1910
US Congressman, US Diplomat. Elected to represent Iowa's 5th and 7th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1863 to 1867, 1873 to 1877, and 1881 to 1884. He also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Iowa in 1860, Member of the Iowa State Legislature in 1868, and as a United States Minister to Austria-Hungary from 1877 to 1881. He was also a successful lawyer. (Bio by: K)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Merrill, Samuel b. August 7, 1822 d. August 31, 1899
Iowa Governor. During the Civil War, he served with the 21st Regiment, Iowa Infantry. He was Governor of the state from 1868 to 1872. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Pike, Emory Jenison b. 1876 d. September 16, 1918
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was posthumously awarded the CMOH for meritorious actions near Vandieres, France, on September 15, 1918. He was Lieutenant Colonel and Division Machinegun Officer for the 82nd Division, and the first member of the 82nd Division to be awarded the Medal of Honor. (The second was Sergeant Alvin York.) Colonel Pike went forward during heavy artillery shelling to reconnoiter new positions for his guns. He rounded up several infantry platoons...[Read More] (Bio by: Kent Kooi)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Gold Star Plat
Rawson, Charles Augustus b. May 29, 1867 d. September 2, 1936
US Senator. He was appointed as a Republican Senator from Iowa to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy, and served from February 2 to December 1, 1922. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Smith, Hiram b. March 22, 1843 d. November 4, 1894
US Congressman. From 1862 to 1864, he was in the Post Office Department, Washington, D.C. and with the US Treasury Department in 1865. In 1866, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Des Moines, Iowa. From 1875 to 1879, he was district attorney of the fifth judicial district of Iowa. He was a member of the State senate from 1882 to 1884. In 1884, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John A. Kasson and served...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Tuttle, James Madison b. September 24, 1823 d. October 24, 1892
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He was born in Summerfield, Ohio, but as a young man he migrated to Farmington, Iowa. Beginning in 1846 he worked as a farmer and merchant until 1855 when he was elected sheriff of Van Buren County. Two years later he was elected county treasurer and in 1859, recorder of deeds. On May 31, 1861, he joined the 2nd Iowa Infantry with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. A modestly capable soldier, serving best in combat, he never set aside personal ambitions during...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Wallace, Henry Cantwell b. May 11, 1866 d. October 25, 1924
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Educated at the Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa, he was a life long promoter of equality for agriculture and a better rural society. Appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Harding in 1921, he achieved a distinguished record as an administrator for framer of agricultural policies. He promoted programs for American farmers following the first World War and was creator of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. In addition, he was the founder and publisher...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Weaver, James Baird b. June 12, 1833 d. February 12, 1912
Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman. Served as a General in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was elected to represent Iowa's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1879 to 1881, then from 1885 to 1889. He was a candidate for President of the United States in 1880 and 1892. He was the Great-Grandfather of "Dennis The Menace" cartoonist Hank Ketcham. (Bio by: K)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 23, Lot 52
Wright, Ed b. June 27, 1827 d. December 6, 1895
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Ohio, of Quaker ancestry, he pursued a career as a carpenter, millwright, and teacher before moving his family to Iowa in 1852. He was a farmer in Cedar county, Iowa, until he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1856. When President Lincoln called for 300,000 volunteers to defend the Union in July of 1862, he responded and was commissioned a major in the 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. The 24th Iowa was called the "Iowa Temperance...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 9, Lot 26
Wright, George Grover b. March 24, 1820 d. January 11, 1896
US Senator. From 1847 to 1848, he was the prosecuting attorney of Van Buren County, Iowa, and served in the State Senate, 1849 to 1851. He served on the State Supreme Court, 1854 to 1870 and as president of the Iowa Agricultural Society, 1860 to 1865. In 1871, he was elected as a Republican Senator from Iowa to the United States Senate, serving until 1877. He also served as chairman for the Committee on the Judiciary Forty-second Congress, Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment Forty-third...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Young, Lafayette b. May 10, 1848 d. November 15, 1926
US Senator. He was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan P. Dolliver, and served from 1910 to 1911. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA

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