Anderson, Albert R. b. November 8, 1837 d. November 17, 1898 US Congressman. At the outbreak of the Civil War he had a law practice and was postmaster of Clarinda, Iowa. He enlisted in the Union Army as a private in Company K, Fourth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry and rose through the ranks to Lieutenant Colonel. After the war, he resumed the practice of law, was an assessor of internal revenue 1868 to 1871, delegate to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1872, district attorney 1876 to 1880 and State railroad commissioner in 1881...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa, USA
Thornell, John G. b. May 8, 1886 d. February 21, 1922 United States Army Officer. He was the commander of the dirigible “USS Roma”. In 1920, the United States Air Service bought a semi-rigid dirigible from Italy. Named the “Roma”, it was 410' long. Its first flight in the United States was on November 15, 1921. Numerous other flights were made afterwards, but on almost all of them, its Ansaldo engines encountered difficulty. In February 1922 Major John Thornell, the original commanding officer of the Roma, was busy preparing for his new assignment...[Read More] (Bio by: Graveaddiction) Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa, USA
