Index to Locations BennettInland CemeteryTiptonMasonic CemeteryTiptonRed Oak CemeteryWest BranchHerbert Hoover NationalHistoric SiteWest BranchWest Branch MunicipalCemetery InlandCemetery Bennett, Cedar County, Iowa Founded 1850
MasonicCemetery Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Penn Wolf (1833-1896) — also known asWilliam P. Wolf — of Tipton,CedarCounty, Iowa.Born in Harrisburg,StarkCounty, Ohio,December1, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;superintendentof schools; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; memberofIowastate house of representatives, 1863-64, 1881-85;Speaker ofthe Iowa State House of Representatives, 1884-85; member ofIowastate senate, 1867-69;U.S.Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1870-71; district judge inIowa 18th District, 1895-96; died in office 1896.Died in Tipton,CedarCounty, Iowa,September19, 1896 (age62 years, 293days).Interment at Masonic Cemetery. | | Spencer Gale Frink (1861-1943) — also known asSpencer G. Frink — of Tipton,CedarCounty, Iowa.Born in Dayton,CedarCounty, Iowa,January6, 1861.Republican.Bankcashier; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1924(alternate),1928.Died in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,October7, 1943 (age82 years, 274days).Interment at Masonic Cemetery.
Red OakCemetery 300 East Second Street Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa Founded 1841
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Robert Gordon Cousins (1859-1933) — also known asRobert G. Cousins — of Tipton,CedarCounty, Iowa.Born near Tipton,CedarCounty, Iowa,January31, 1859.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1886;U.S.Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1893-1909.Died in Iowa City,JohnsonCounty, Iowa,June 20,1933 (age74 years, 140days).Interment at Red Oak Cemetery.
Herbert HooverNational Historic Site West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) — also known asHerbert Hoover;"The GreatEngineer";"The Grand Old Man" —of Palo Alto,SantaClara County, Calif.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in West Branch,CedarCounty, Iowa,August10, 1874.Republican.Miningengineer;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1920;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28;Presidentof the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,Republican National Convention,1940,1952,1956,1960.Quaker.SwissandDutchancestry.Inducted into the National MiningHall ofFame, Leadville, Colorado.Died, ofintestinalcancer, in his suite at the Waldorf TowersHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1964 (age90 years, 71days).Interment at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.| |  Relatives: Sonof Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,February10, 1899, toLouHenry; father ofHerbertClark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** ofCharlesLewis Hoover. | | |  | Political family:Hooverfamily of Palo Alto, California. | | |  | Cross-reference:HoraceA. Mann —WalterH. Newton —ChristianA. Herter —LewisL. Strauss —ClarenceC. Stetson | | |  | HooverDam(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado RiverbetweenClarkCounty, Nevada, andMohaveCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inGlendale,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inDesMoines, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inSan Diego,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — Herbert HooverHighSchool, inElkview,West Virginia, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanets (asteroids)932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), arenamed forhim. | | |  | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken inevery pot." | | |  | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | |  | Books by Herbert Hoover:TheOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson | | |  | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.Fausold,ThePresidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson,HerbertHoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash,Lifeof Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —George H. Nash,TheLife of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg,HerbertHoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — GlenJeansonne,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —Kendrick A. Clements,TheLife of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,1918-1928 — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — David Holford,HerbertHoover (for young readers) | | |  | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1965) |
| | Lou Hoover (1874-1944) — also known asLou Henry — Born in Waterloo,Black HawkCounty, Iowa,March29, 1874.FirstLady of the United States, 1929-33.Female.Suffered aheartattack, and died soon after, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January7, 1944 (age69 years, 284days).Original interment atAltaMesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.; reinterment in 1964 atHerbert Hoover National Historic Site.
West BranchMunicipal Cemetery West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa
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