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Wright County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Wright County

Index to Locations

EvergreenCemetery
Clarion, Wright County, Iowa

Benjamin Pixley Birdsall (1858-1916) — also known asBenjamin P. Birdsall — of Clarion,WrightCounty, Iowa.Born in Weyauwega,WaupacaCounty, Wis.,October26, 1858.Republican.Lawyer;district judge in Iowa 11th District, 1893-1900;U.S.Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1903-09.Most sources give his date of death as May 26, 1917, but hisNewYork Times obituary and the Iowa cemetery record (WPAtranscription) contradict this.Died in Clarion,WrightCounty, Iowa,May 16,1916 (age57 years, 203days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

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	Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Birdsall and Anne (Hyde) Birdsall; married,December24, 1877, to Bertha Schultz; married,June 9,1888, to Isabella Bernice 'Belle' Johnston; nephew ofJohnCharles Birdsall and Anna Birdsall (who marriedAlvahHunt); sixth great-grandnephew ofThomasWelles; second cousin once removed ofAusburnBirdsall; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles andSimeonBaldwin.
		Political family:Birdsallfamily of Greene and New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1902

Rose HillCemetery
Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa

Ira D. McVicker (1853-1938) — of Eagle Grove,WrightCounty, Iowa.Born in Henry,MarshallCounty, Ill.,January27, 1853.Farmer;member ofIowastate house of representatives; elected 1912.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Eagle Grove,WrightCounty, Iowa,November20, 1938 (age85 years, 297days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

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