Find A Grave - Scott County

Beiderbecke, Leon Bismarck 'Bix' b. March 10, 1903 d. August 6, 1931
Jazz Musician. With the bands of Frankie Trumbauer, Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman, he created new cornet sounds. He also wrote a few piano pieces. A 1950 film called "Young Man with a Horn" was loosley based on Bix. It starred Kirk Douglas, Lauren Becall, Doris Day and Hoagy...[Read More]
Cause of death: Lobar Pneumonia brought on by alcoholism
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Beiderbecke, Leon Bismarck 'Bix' [memorial]
Memorial Site. In memory of Bix Beiderbecke, the legendary jazz musician, and subject of the movie "Young Man With a Horn." The city of Davenport, Iowa, also holds the annual Bix 7 footrace in his honor. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
LeClaire Park, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Bettendorf, Joseph
Businessman. Co-founder, along with his brother, William, of the Bettendorf Axle Compnay, whose Bettendorf Truck revolutionized the railroad industry. The city of Bettendorf, Iowa is named for the Bettendorf brothers. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Bettendorf, William P. b. July 1, 1857 d. June 3, 1910
Inventor, Businessman. As president and co-founder of Bettendorf Axle Company, he invented the Bettendorf Truck, which revolutionized the railroad industry. Before that time, railroad trucks had been made from many smaller pieces. The Bettendorf Truck was cast from one piece of steel. The city of Bettendorf, Iowa is named for him and his brother, Joseph. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Bosse, Henry Peter b. November 3, 1844 d. December 14, 1903
Photographer. As a draughtsman for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, he took many photographs of the Mississippi River. These photos were discovered in 1990, and a collection was sold by Sotheby's for $60,000. In Sotheby's 1995 photographic catalogue, the discovery of his work was proclaimed the most important discovery of 1990. His photos are mostly oval shaped and blue (cyanotype). He is considered by many to be one of the late nineteenth century's greatest photographers. He was born...[Read More] (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Cook, John Parsons b. August 31, 1817 d. April 17, 1872
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Iowa's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Cosgrove, Henry b. December 19, 1834 d. December 22, 1906
Roman Catholic Bishop. He was ordained a priest August 25, 1857, and became pastor of St. Marguerite's church, Davenport, Iowa in 1861. After the death of Bishop McMullen, Davenport's first Bishop, he became administrator of the Catholic see in the Diocese of Davenport. When he was consecrated as Bishop on July 20, 1884, he was the first native of the United States appointed to a see west of the Mississippi. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Cram, George Henry b. January 22, 1838 d. August 5, 1872
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the the 9th Kentucky (USA) Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, United States Volunteers, on March 13 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Stones River, Chicakamuaga and Mission Ridge, in the campiagn in East Tennessee, in the winter of 1863 and 1864, and throughout the Atlanta Campaign". (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 123 (Dodge family)
Davis, James b. November 7, 1852 d. December 2, 1926
Roman Catholic Bishop. Third Bishop of the Diocese of Davenport, and the first Bishop to admit the Carmelite Nuns into a Midwestern Diocese. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Dillon, John Forrest b. December 25, 1831 d. May 5, 1914
Jurist. He authored a judicial treatise that is now referred to as "Dillon's Law." It is the theory that municipal governments have no powers other than those expressly given them by the state government. He was a member of the Iowa Supreme Court from January 1, 1864, until he resigned December 31, 1869. For two years of this period he was Chief Justice. In 1870 he became the first judge of the Eighth Circuit, US Circuit Court of Appeals. He resigned in 1879 to become Professor of Law Columbia...[Read More] (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Hayes, Ralph L. b. September 21, 1884 d. July 4, 1970
Roman Catholic Bishop. Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Davenport. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Lane, Joseph Reed b. May 6, 1858 d. May 1, 1931
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Iowa's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1899 to March 3, 1901. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Le Claire, Antoine [memorial] b. December 15, 1797 d. September 25, 1861
Memorial Site. In memory of Antoine Le Claire, the first white settler of Iowa, and translator for the Black Hawk Purchase Treaty. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
LeClaire Park, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Le Claire, Antoine b. December 15, 1797 d. September 25, 1861
Pioneer. First white settler in Iowa. Co-founder of the city of Davenport, Iowa. Le Claire, Iowa is named for him. He acted as an interpreter for the US government in dealings with Native Americans in the midwest, notably providing his services at the signing of the treaty which secured the Black Hawk Purchase, which included parcels of land which became Davenport and Le Claire, Iowa, and Moline, Illinois. He was fluent in both French and English, and could speak many Native American dialects...[Read More] (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Plot: along the main drive, near the entrance gate
Leake, Joseph Bloomfield b. April 1, 1828 d. June 1, 1918
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Deerfield, New Jersey, he was admitted to the bar in 1850 and opened a law practice in Davenport, Iowa. In 1862, he was elected as a State Senator but took leave from office to serve in the Union Army when appointed Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 20th Iowa Infantry. He led the 20th Iowa in the Battle of Prairie Grove, at Morganza, Vicksburg, and in the Mobile campaign. At Bayou Fordoche, he was taken prisoner and remained in confinement...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Section 1, Lot 120
McCullough, John Fremont 'Grandpa' b. May 10, 1871 d. February 9, 1963
Entrepreneur. After attending college in Oswego, New York, he moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1911, then went into the dairy business in nearby Green River, Illinois. In 1938, he and his son Bradley developed a formula for soft-serve ice cream. They tested their new product at the ice cream retail shop of one of their customers, Sheb Noble on August 4, 1938. They sold over 1,600 servings for ten cents each in just two hours. The McCulloughs spent the next two years modifying a soft serve freezer to...[Read More] (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Cause of death: Cerebral thrombosis
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Section 27, Lot 70, SW 1/4
McMullen, John b. January 8, 1832 d. July 4, 1883
Roman Catholic Bishop. He was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, and founder of St. Ambrose University, which is now a leading private liberal arts college. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Murphy, Jeremiah Henry b. 1835 d. 1893
Politician. U.S. Represntative from Iowa. Former Mayor of Davenport, Iowa, and (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Norton, Paul N. b. 1909 d. 1984
Artist. Nationally known for his watercolor paintings, which hang in the US Capitol Building, the White House, and the Iowa Governor's Mansion. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Public Mausoleum, NE Tier C, Elevation 4
O'Keefe, Gerald Francis b. March 30, 1918 d. April 12, 2000
Roman Catholic Bishop. He served as Auxillary Bishop of Minneapolis - St. Paul, and Bishop of Davenport. In 1992, two Minnesota women filed suit against him, alleging that he sexually abused them in the 1960's on the grounds of St. Paul Cathedral in Minnesota. The charges were eventually dropped and O'Keefe was never found guilty. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA

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