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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Jackson County, Iowa</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Hope Cemetery</a> <li><b>Preston</b> <a href="cms03366">Preston Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04589">Andrew Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Andrew, Jackson County, Iowa <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6251733597/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/866/11.82.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Ansel Briggs"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ansel Briggs (1806-1881)</b> — of Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa. Born in Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/02-03.html">February 3, 1806</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Sheriff</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/trhs.html">Iowa territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1842-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Iowa</a>, 1846-50. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-died.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-05.html">May 5, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 91 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-buried.html#cms04588">somewhere</a> in Omaha, Neb.; reinterment in 1909 at Andrew Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ansel-briggs/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel Briggs">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> History and Civil Government of Iowa (1897)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07668">Bellevue Catholic Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard J. Norpel Sr. (1918-2007)</b> — of Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa. Born in Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-24.html">June 24, 1918</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotelier</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1971-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/stsen.html">Iowa state senate</a>, 1975-76. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/05-24.html">May 24, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at Bellevue Catholic Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Step-son of Herman Pogeman; son of Charles Norpel and Laura (Meier) Norpel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/02-23.html">February 23, 1943</a>, to Janaan Lewis.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms08266">St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Grover Joseph Bittner (1885-1965)</b> — also known as <b>Grover J. Bittner</b>; <b>Grove Bittner</b> — of Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa. Born in Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/08-23.html">August 23, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber dealer</a>; mayor of Bellevue, Iowa, 1936-48; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1939-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IA.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, in Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-died.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/07-04.html">July 4, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 315 days</a>). Entombed at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Louis Bittner and Mary Gertrude (Niemeyer) Bittner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/10-29.html">October 29, 1915</a>, to Frances Margaret Ernst; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/">1946</a> to Waive Ellen Ernst.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17086019">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05270">St. Patrick Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Garryowen, Jackson County, Iowa <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Dennis Aloysius Mahoney (1821-1879)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa; Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-lived.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa. Born in Ross, County Cork, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/01-20.html">January 20, 1821</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>; elected 1848, 1858; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a>, 1862, 1864. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper</a> editor who <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">criticized the Civil War</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in August 1862 and held until November at the Old Capitol Federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Prison</a> in Washington, D.C. Died in Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-died.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/11-05.html">November 5, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at St. Patrick Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06642">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Mrs. Walter Keck (d. 1982)</b> — of Maquoketa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/IA.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/index.html">1982</a>. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03366">Preston Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Preston, Jackson County, Iowa <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert Foster Dawson (1872-1949)</b> — also known as <b>Albert F. Dawson</b> — of Preston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa. Born in Spragueville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JC-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-26.html">January 26, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 2nd District, 1905-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">utility company executive</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-trains.html">on a train</a> near Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/03-09.html">March 9, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at Preston Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000150">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403283">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21349574">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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