Find A Grave - Linn County

Allison, Fran b. November 20, 1907 d. July 13, 1989
Actress. Born in La Porte City, Iowa, she began working as a songstress on Iowa radio programs and eventually moved to Chicago in 1937, where she was hired as a staff singer and personality on NBC Radio. From 1937 to 1939, she was a regular on "Don McNeill's Breakfast Club" radio show as Aunt Franny. In the early 1940s, she joined puppeteer Burr Tillstrom, formed a program and became known as "Fran" of the "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie" puppet show on television 1948 to 1950s. Known as the "First...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Old Section 2, near entrance
Chartak, Michael George 'Shotgun' b. April 28, 1916 d. July 25, 1967
Major League Baseball Player. He spent four seasons in the major leagues as an outfielder and first baseman for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns. Chartak made his major league debut in 1940 at the age of 24. He appeared in 256 games during his big league career, finishing with 21 home runs, 186 hits and a .243 lifetime batting average. Following the 1944 season he was forced to retire after being diagnosed with tuberculosis. (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Cherry, Addie F. b. 1859 d. 1942
Addie Cherry and her sisters Jessie, Effie and Lizzie were forced to turn to show business after the death of their parents. From 1893 until 1917, they toured regularily on the Vaudeville circuit, singing songs they wrote, reciting poetry and performing an original operetta. They were so bad, they were good. Audiences enjoyed hissing, booing and throwing fruit at them. Yet, they persevered. In 1896 they played to sold out houses at the Olympia Theater on Broadway for four weeks. When a critic...[Read More] (Bio by: Gary Thelen)
Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Plot: South edge of block 17 of the 3rd addition
Cherry, Effie L. b. 1876 d. 1944
Effie Cherry and her sisters Addie, Jessie and Lizzie were raised on an Iowa farm in Marion County near Cedar Rapids. After the death of their parents, they were forced to turn to show business. From 1893 until 1917, they toured regularily on the Vaudeville circuit, singing songs they wrote, reciting poetry and performing an original operetta. They were so bad, they were good. Audiences enjoyed hissing, booing and throwing fruit at them. Yet, they persevered. In 1896 they played to sold out...[Read More] (Bio by: Gary Thelen)
Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Plot: South edge of block 17 of the 3rd addition
Clark, Charles Amory b. January 26, 1841 d. December 22, 1913
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Awarded for actions as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant on the 6th Maine Volunteer Infantry at Brooks Ford, Virginia, on May 4, 1863. His citation reads "Having voluntarily taken command of his regiment in the absence of its commander, at great personal risk and with remarkable presence of mind and fertility of resource, led the command down an exceedingly precipitous embankment to the Rappahannock River, and by his gallantry, coolness, and good...[Read More]
Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Good, James William b. September 24, 1866 d. November 18, 1929
US Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary.
Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 96, Lot 12
Hamilton, John Taylor b. September 16, 1843 d. January 25, 1925
US Congressman. Elected to represent Iowa's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1891 to 1893. He also served as a Mayor of Cedar Rapids in 1878, Member of the Iowa State House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives from 1890 to 1891, and as a Candidate for the Governor of Iowa in 1914. (Bio by: K)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Hickenlooper, Bourke B. b. July 21, 1896 d. September 4, 1971
Served as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1939-1943 then served as Governor of the State of Iowa from 1943-1945. Upon completing his term as Governor, he was elected as United States Senator from Iowa and served from 1945-1969. (Bio by: Mark Pawelczak)
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
McKean, Gen. Thomas Jefferson b. August 21, 1810 d. April 19, 1870
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Born in Burlington, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the US Military Academy in 1831 and served as an officer in the 4th Infantry during the Mexican War. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a US Army paymaster when appointed a Brigadier General in November, 1861. He served in the Mississippi campaign and participated in the Battle of Corinth. From 1863 to 1864, he was in command of the northeast district of Missouri and district of Kansas. In...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Linn County, Iowa, USA
McKeeby, Dr. Byron H. b. July 10, 1867 d. January 6, 1950
Folk figure. As the model for the solemn farmer in Grant Wood's iconic painting, "American Gothic" (1930), he is one of the famous figures in modern portrait art although his name is little known. He studied dentistry at the University of Iowa, graduating in 1894 and founding his first practice in Winthrop, IA. He moved to Cedar Rapids in 1901 where he established an office which he maintained almost until his death. It was here that Grant Wood, who was one of McKeeby's patients, approached him...[Read More] (Bio by: William Woodburn)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 95 Lot 40
Moody, Granville b. January 2, 1812 d. June 4, 1887
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Portland, Maine, he moved from New England to Ohio when he was a young man to assist his brother in his mercantile pursuits. Although he was raised a Presbyterian, he began to attend a Methodist church and became a Methodist minister, and traveled to churches throughout Ohio. With the beginning of the Civil War, he was commissioned Colonel and commander of the 74th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, despite having no previous military experience. Before...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 6, Lot 22
Pratt, Henry O. b. February 11, 1838 d. May 22, 1931
US Congressman. He graduated from Harvard University and was admitted to the bar in Mason City, Iowa. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army serving in Company B, 32nd Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, until he was discharged in 1863. He commenced the practice of law in Charles City, Iowa and was superintendent of public schools of Floyd County in 1868 and 1869. From 1870 to 1872, he was a member of the State house of representatives. In 1873, he was elected as a Republican to the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Block 143, Lot 1278
Smyth, William b. January 3, 1824 d. September 30, 1870
US Congressman. A native of Eden, County Tyrone, Ireland, William Smyth was educated in rural schools in Ireland. At the age of fourteen, he immigrated to Pennsylvania with his parents. At the age of twenty, he moved to Iowa and studied law at the University of Iowa. Smyth was admitted to the Iowa Bar in 1847. He served as the prosecuting attorney for Linn County, Iowa, from 1848 to 1853, when he was appointed as a district judge until 1857. He went back to the private practice of law in...[Read More] (Bio by: Steven Tynan)
Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Thompson, William G. b. January 17, 1830 d. April 2, 1911
US Congressman. From 1854 to 1856, he was the prosecuting attorney of Linn County, Iowa and member of the State Senate, 1856 to 1860. During the Civil War he served as a Major in the 20th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Afterwards he was appointed chief justice of the Territory of Idaho and served until his resignation in 1879. That same year he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rush Clark. He was reelected to the Forty-seventh...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Whitehill, Earl b. February 7, 1900 d. October 22, 1954
Major League Baseball Player. He was a no-nonsense left-handed pitcher who won 218 games over a 17-year career with the Detroit Tigers (1923 to 1932), Washington Senators (1933 to 1936), Cleveland Indians (1937 and 1938) and the Chicago Cubs (1939). In 1924, he went 17-9 with a 3.86 earned run average for 233 innings and 16 complete games. He was 16-13 in 1926 with a 3.99 ERA and 252 innings pitched. The following year he had a 16-14 record, a 3.36 ERA and 17 complete games. He was 17-13 in...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA

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