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Muscatine County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Muscatine County

Joseph B. Miller (1868-1938) — of Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa.Born in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,July 29,1868.Mayorof Muscatine, Iowa, 1924-26.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,December14, 1938 (age70 years, 138days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

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MuscatineGreenwood Cemetery

GreenwoodCemetery
1814 Lucas Street
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Founded 1843

Alexander Clark (1826-1891) — of Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa.Born inWashingtonCounty, Pa.,February25, 1826.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1890-91, died in office 1891.Africanancestry.Died in Monrovia,Liberia,May31, 1891 (age65 years, 95days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

Relatives:Married,January19, 1893, to Julia Novak.

Bertram Calvin Benham (1871-1944) — also known asBert C. Benham — of Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa.Born in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,December5, 1871.Democrat.Banker;MuscatineCounty Auditor, 1894; candidate forIowa stateauditor, 1894; Muscatine city clerk, 1896-1902;mayorof Muscatine, Iowa; elected 1926.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Royaland Select Masters;Order of theEastern Star.Died in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,August25, 1944 (age72 years, 264days).Entombed at Greenwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Milford Benham and Ann (Smith) Benham; married,October3, 1894, to Emma R. Rickard.
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Frank Webster Mahin (1851-1936) — also known asFrank W. Mahin — of Clinton,ClintonCounty, Iowa;Washington,D.C.Born in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,November6, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; postmaster atClinton,Iowa, 1890-94; U.S. Consul inReichenberg, 1897-1902;Nottingham, 1902-10;Amsterdam, 1910-13, 1915-24.Member,Freemasons.Prohibition advocate in 1890s; longtime friend of Samuel Clemens(Mark Twain); was a passenger on a Dutch Ship,QueenWilhelmina, which was sunk by a German torpedo in the North Seain 1916; he and his wife escaped to a lifeboat and survived.Died, from aheartailment, inWashington,D.C.,May 6,1936 (age84 years, 182days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Jacob Mahin and Elizabeth (Hare) Mahin; married1879 to AbbieA. Cadle.
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		Image source: Washington Post, May 7,1936

George W. Van Horne (1833-1895) — of Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa.Born in Chicopee,HampdenCounty, Mass.,October12, 1833.Lawyer;U.S. Consul inMarseille, 1861-65;newspapereditor; postmaster atMuscatine,Iowa, 1893-95.Died in Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa,February8, 1895 (age61 years, 119days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married,September15, 1858, toMaryI. Morrow.
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Mary I. Van Horne (1843-1904) — also known asMary I. Morrow — of Muscatine,MuscatineCounty, Iowa.Born in1843.Democrat. Postmaster atMuscatine,Iowa, 1895-97.Female.Died in Iowa,February15, 1904 (ageabout 60years).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

	Relatives:Daughter of James G. Morrow; married,September15, 1858, toGeorgeW. Van Horne.
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John Caspar Ludwig Dreier (1880-1939) — also known asCaspar L. Dreier — Born inDes MoinesCounty, Iowa,September10, 1880.U.S. Deputy Consul General inPanama, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General inPanama, 1911-13;Singapore, 1913-15; U.S. Vice Consul inSingapore, 1915;Dresden, 1915;Nuevo Laredo, 1917-18;Veracruz, 1918;Mexico City, 1918.DiedDecember4, 1939 (age59 years, 85days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Charles William Dreier and Marie A. (Kaut) Dreier; married1913 toKatherine McNider.
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