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Jackson County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Jackson County

Index to Locations AndrewAndrew Cemetery BellevueBellevue CatholicCemetery BellevueSt. Joseph's CatholicCemetery GarryowenSt. Patrick Cemetery MaquoketaMt. Hope Cemetery PrestonPreston Cemetery AndrewCemetery Andrew, Jackson County, Iowa Politicians buriedhere: Ansel Briggs (1806-1881) — of Ohio;JacksonCounty, Iowa.Born in Vermont,February3, 1806.Democrat.Sheriff;member ofIowaterritorial House of Representatives, 1842-46;Governor ofIowa, 1846-50.Congregationalist.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,May 5,1881 (age75 years, 91days).Original intermentsomewherein Omaha, Neb.; reinterment in 1909 at Andrew Cemetery.   See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle   Image source: History and CivilGovernment of Iowa (1897) Bellevue CatholicCemetery Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa Richard J. Norpel Sr. (1918-2007) — of Bellevue,JacksonCounty, Iowa.Born in Bellevue,JacksonCounty, Iowa,June 24,1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;grocer;hotelier;insuranceandrealestate business; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1971-72; member ofIowastate senate, 1975-76.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus.DiedMay 24,2007 (age88 years, 334days).Interment at Bellevue Catholic Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives:Step-son of Herman Pogeman; son of Charles Norpel and Laura (Meier)Norpel; married,February23, 1943, to Janaan Lewis.

Grover Joseph Bittner (1885-1965) — also known asGrover J. Bittner;GroveBittner —of Bellevue,JacksonCounty, Iowa.Born in Bellevue,JacksonCounty, Iowa,August23, 1885.Democrat.Lumberdealer; mayor of Bellevue, Iowa, 1936-48; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1939-40; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Iowa,1940.Catholic.Member,Lions;Knightsof Columbus.Died, in MercyHospital,Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,July 4,1965 (age79 years, 315days).Entombed at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Louis Bittner and Mary Gertrude (Niemeyer) Bittner; married,October29, 1915, to Frances Margaret Ernst; married1946 to WaiveEllen Ernst.
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Dennis Aloysius Mahoney (1821-1879) — ofJacksonCounty, Iowa; Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Ross, County Cork,Ireland,January20, 1821.Member ofIowastate house of representatives; elected 1848, 1858; candidate forU.S.Representative from Iowa, 1862, 1864.Catholic.Newspapereditor whocriticizedthe Civil War;arrestedin August 1862 and held until November at the Old Capitol FederalPrisonin Washington, D.C.Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,November5, 1879 (age58 years, 289days).Interment at St. Patrick Cemetery.

Mrs. Walter Keck (d. 1982) — of Maquoketa,JacksonCounty, Iowa.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIowa,1936.Female.Died in1982.Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Albert Foster Dawson (1872-1949) — also known asAlbert F. Dawson — of Preston,JacksonCounty, Iowa.Born in Spragueville,JacksonCounty, Iowa,January26, 1872.Republican.U.S.Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1905-11;banker;utilitycompany executive.Diedona train near Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March 9,1949 (age77 years, 42days).Interment at Preston Cemetery.

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