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Warren County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Warren County

Don Lytton Berry (1880-1974) — also known asDon L. Berry — of Indianola,WarrenCounty, Iowa.Born in Indianola,WarrenCounty, Iowa,October8, 1880.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Iowa,1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Methodist.Member,FarmBureau;Rotary.DiedNovember11, 1974 (age94 years, 34days).Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Index to Locations IndianolaOdd Fellows Cemetery New VirginiaNew Virginia Cemetery Odd FellowsCemetery Indianola, Warren County, Iowa See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Orlando Harrison Baker (1830-1913) — also known asOrlando H. Baker — of Indianola,WarrenCounty, Iowa.Born inUnionCounty, Ind.,September16, 1830.Collegeprofessor;newspapereditor; U.S. Consul inCopenhagen, 1892-94;Sydney, 1900-08;Sandakan, 1908-13, died in office 1913.Died, fromuremia,on board thesteamshipThomas, en route to San Francisco, in theNorthPacific Ocean,August6, 1913 (age82 years, 324days).Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives:Married to Mary Catherine Ridley.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof William H. Berry and Alice M. (Barker) Berry; married,October10, 1905, to Bertha Sloan.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

William S. Beardsley (1901-1954) — also known asBill Beardsley — of New Virginia,WarrenCounty, Iowa.Born in Beacon,MahaskaCounty, Iowa,May 13,1901.Republican.Pharmacist;farmer;member ofIowastate senate, 1933-41; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1947-48;Governor ofIowa, 1949-54; died in office 1954; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Iowa,1952.Methodist.EnglishandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;FarmBureau;Rotary;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Killed in anautomobileaccident,November21, 1954 (age53 years, 192days).Interment at New Virginia Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof William Beardsley and Carrie (Shane) Beardsley; married,January29, 1919, to Charlotte E. Manning.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier
		Image source: Iowa Official Register1951-52

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