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Henry County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Henry County

Index to Locations

Finley Chapel Cemetery

Center TownshipAbraham Cemetery

Mt. PleasantForest Home Cemetery

Finley ChapelCemetery
Henry County, Iowa

Charles Wilson Payne — also known asCharles W. Payne;Wils Payne — ofHenryCounty, Iowa.Republican.Farmer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1880-82.Interment at Finley Chapel Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

Relatives:Father ofFrankSmith Payne.

AbrahamCemetery
Center Township, Henry County, Iowa

Lot Abraham (1838-1920) — of Center Township,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born inButlerCounty, Ohio,April18, 1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;farmer;member ofIowastate senate, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Iowa,1912.UnitedBrethren.Died in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,July 23,1920 (age82 years, 96days).Interment at Abraham Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof John Abraham and Sarah (McCue) Abraham; married,September24, 1865, to Sarah Cornelia Alden; married,October22, 1891, to Mary Blount Blacker.
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Forest HomeCemetery
Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa

James Harlan (1820-1899) — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born inClarkCounty, Ill.,August26, 1820.Republican.Iowasuperintendent of public instruction, 1847;presidentof Iowa Wesleyan College, 1853-55, 1869-70;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1855-57, 1857-65, 1867-73;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1865-66; candidate for Republicannomination for Vice President,1868.Methodist.Died in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,October5, 1899 (age79 years, 40days).Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Father of Mary Harlan (who marriedRobertTodd Lincoln).
		Political family:Lincoln#1 family of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		ThecityofHarlan,Iowa, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Harlan (built 1943 atRichmond,California; wrecked and scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier

Joshua G. Newbold (1830-1903) — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born inFayetteCounty, Pa.,May 12,1830.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1870;LieutenantGovernor of Iowa, 1876-77;Governor ofIowa, 1877-78; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Iowa,1880;mayorof Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 1899-1903.Presbyterian.DiedJune 10,1903 (age73 years, 29days).Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.

William Frederick Kopp (1869-1938) — also known asWilliam F. Kopp — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born near Dodgeville,Des MoinesCounty, Iowa,June 20,1869.Republican. Member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1915;U.S.Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1921-33; defeated, 1932.DiedAugust24, 1938 (age69 years, 65days).Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.

George Baker Corkhill (1838-1886) — also known asGeorge B. Corkhill — of District of Columbia. Born inHarrisonCounty, Ohio,1838.U.S.Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1880-84.Died in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,1886(ageabout48 years).Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.

James Lisle Gillis (1792-1881) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Hebron,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,October2, 1792.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1840, 1851;JeffersonCounty Judge, 1842; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 28th District, 1846-48;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1857-59.Died in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,July 8,1881 (age88 years, 279days).Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.

Washington Irving Babb (1844-1925) — also known asW. I. Babb — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa; Aurora,KaneCounty, Ill.Born inDes MoinesCounty, Iowa,October2, 1844.Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1884; district judge in Iowa 2ndDistrict, 1891-94; candidate forGovernor ofIowa, 1895.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;UnionLeague.DiedSeptember4, 1925 (age80 years, 337days).Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.

	Presumably namedfor:WashingtonIrving
		Relatives: Son of Miles Babb and Mary(Moyer) Babb; married,October9, 1873, to Alice Bird.
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Winfield Scott Withrow (1855-1930) — also known asWinfield S. Withrow — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born in Salem,HenryCounty, Iowa,September28, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor;banker;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1886; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Iowa,1892;justiceof Iowa state supreme court, 1913-14.Died in Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa,February7, 1930 (age74 years, 132days).Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.

	Presumably namedfor:WinfieldScott
		Relatives: Married1885 to AnnaWebb.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Edward Kennedy Stall (1840-1932) — of Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born in Pennsylvania, December,1840.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1904(alternate),1916.DiedNovember16, 1932 (age91 years, 0days).Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married to Kathryn Nicholson.
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