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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Mitchell County, Iowa</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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Deering</b> — of Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-lived.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa. Born in Denmark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-born.html">Oxford County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/09-02.html">September 2, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 4th District, 1877-83. Died in Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-died.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/12-11.html">December 11, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 100 days</a>). Interment at Osage 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=D000188">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403349">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Henry Sweney (1845-1918)</b> — of Iowa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/index.html">1845</a>. Republican. Member of Iowa state legislature, 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 4th District, 1889-91. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/index.html">1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Osage 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=S001112">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410564">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Willard Lee Eaton (1848-1911)</b> — also known as <b>Willard L. Eaton</b> — of Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-lived.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa. Born in Delhi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/10-13.html">October 13, 1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/osage.html">Mayor of Osage, Iowa</a>, 1883-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives</a>, 1902-03; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/rrco.html">Iowa railroad commission</a>, 1907-10; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IA.html">1908</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-died.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-07.html">June 7, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at Osage 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#918.91.62">Arial Kendrick Eaton</a> and Sarah (Jarnagin) Eaton.</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/6650586">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alonzo Abernethy (1836-1915)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Iowa; Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-lived.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SA-born.html">Sandusky County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/04-14.html">April 14, 1836</a>. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1866; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Des Moines College, 1871; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sppi.html">Iowa superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1872-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a> of the original University of Chicago (now defunct), 1876-78. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/index.html">1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at Osage 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://findagrave.com/memorial/18342227">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Thomas Kathan (1869-1950)</b> — also known as <b>Charles T. Kathan</b> — of Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-lived.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa. Born in Guttenberg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CT-born.html">Clayton County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/02-14.html">February 14, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Horse trainer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/osage.html">mayor of Osage, Iowa</a>, 1897-1901, 1907-13. Died in Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-died.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/03-10.html">March 10, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 24 days</a>). Interment at Osage 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 Mary Louise (Renshaw) Kathan and John Charles Kathan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/10-29.html">October 29, 1902</a>, to Emma Gregory.</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/59868762">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Arial Kendrick Eaton (1813-1896)</b> — also known as <b>Arial K. Eaton</b> — of Delhi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Iowa; Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-lived.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa. Born in Sutton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/12-01.html">December 1, 1813</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1851. Died in Osage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MT-died.html">Mitchell County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-15.html">July 15, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 227 days</a>). Interment at Osage 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 Elijah Eaton and Elizabeth (Vose) Eaton; married to Sarah Jarnagin; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#011.48.29">Willard Lee Eaton</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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/82276484">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <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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