Index to Locations DubuqueLinwood CemeteryDubuqueMt. Olivet Cemetery
LinwoodCemetery
2735 Windsor Avenue
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa
Founded 1875
| Politicians buriedhere: |  |  David Bremner Henderson (1840-1906) — also known asDavid B. Henderson — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire,Scotland,March14, 1840.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Dubuque, Iowa, 1865-69; delegateto Republican National Convention from Iowa,1880,1888,1896(speaker);U.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1883-1903;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1899-1903.Scottishancestry.Wounded during the Civil War, in 1863, andlost aleg.Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,February25, 1906 (age65 years, 348days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery.  | William Boyd Allison (1829-1908) — also known asWilliam B. Allison — of Ashland,AshlandCounty, Ohio; Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in alogcabin in Perry,WayneCounty, Ohio,March 2,1829.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,1860,1904;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1863-71;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1873-1908; died in office 1908; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1888,1896.Died, fromkidneydisease andprostateenlargement, in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,August4, 1908 (age79 years, 155days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Stephen P. Hempstead (1812-1883) — of Iowa. Born in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October1, 1812.Lawyer;memberIowa territorial council, 1838-48;delegateto Iowa state constitutional convention from Dubuque, Delaware,Black Hawk and Fayette counties, 1844;Governor ofIowa, 1850-54.Congregationalist.Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,February16, 1883 (age70 years, 138days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery.  | John Taylor Adams (1862-1939) — also known asJohn T. Adams — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,December22, 1862.Republican. Door and sash manufacturer; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Iowa, 1912-24;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1921-24;Vice-Chairof Republican National Committee, 1917-21; member, ArrangementsCommittee (1920),speaker (1924),, Republican National Convention.Died, following aheartattack, in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,October28, 1939 (age76 years, 310days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Shubael Pratt Adams (1817-1894) — also known asShubael P. Adams — of Lowell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Medfield,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,February5, 1817.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1845, 1857;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; candidateforU.S.Representative from Iowa, 1862.Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,March14, 1894 (age77 years, 37days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Frederick W. Carberry (1875-1938) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,February3, 1875.Republican.Musicteacher;musicalinstrument dealer; director of community singing;performed, Republican National Convention, 1920 ;blindin his later years.Died, fromheartdisease, in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,January27, 1938 (age62 years, 358days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
Mt. OlivetCemetery
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) — also known asGeorge W. Jones — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,April12, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister toNew Grenada, 1859-61.Welshancestry.In 1861, wasarrestedin New York City by order of Secretary of StateWilliamH. Seward on achargeofdisloyalty,based on correspondence with his friendJeffersonDavis;imprisonedfor 64 days; released by order of PresidentAbrahamLincoln.Slaveowner. Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,July 22,1896 (age92 years, 101days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Richard Louis Murphy (1875-1936) — also known asLouis Murphy — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,November6, 1875.Democrat.Newspapereditor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1920,1936;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1933-36; died in office 1936.Catholic.Died in anautomobileaccident near Chippewa Falls,ChippewaCounty, Wis.,July 16,1936 (age60 years, 253days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Maurice Connolly (1877-1921) — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,March13, 1877.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1913-15; candidate forU.S.Senator from Iowa, 1914; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Iowa,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); postmaster atDubuque,Iowa, 1917-18.Member,Elks.Died in anairplaneaccident near Indian Head,CharlesCounty, Md.,May 28,1921 (age44 years, 76days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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