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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Jefferson 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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Wilson</b>; <b>"Jefferson Jim"</b> — of Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LI-born.html">Licking County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/10-19.html">October 19, 1828</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cncn3.html">Delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention</a> 6th District, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/IA.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/IA.html">1888</a>; member of Iowa state legislature, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 1st District, 1861-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Iowa</a>, 1883-95. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">paralysis of the brain</a>, in Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/04-22.html">April 22, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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> Married to Mary Jewett.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000594">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411749">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James F. Wilson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6202451">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>Moses Ayers McCoid (1840-1904)</b> — also known as <b>Moses A. McCoid</b> — of Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa. Born near Bellefontaine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LG-born.html">Logan County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/11-05.html">November 5, 1840</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/stsen.html">Iowa state senate</a>, 1872; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 1st District, 1879-85. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/05-19.html">May 19, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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=M000348">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407357">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18528800">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>Bernhart Henn (1817-1865)</b> — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-lived.html">Des Moines County</a>, Iowa; Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa. Born in Cherry Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/index.html">1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 1st District, 1851-55. Died in Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/08-30.html">August 30, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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 Bernhart Henn (1778-1825) and Ann (Hudson) Henn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/08-06.html">August 6, 1841</a>, to Elizabeth S. Price.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000500">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405363">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07202">Antioch Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Penn Township, Jefferson 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>William Geyer Coop (1805-1874)</b> — also known as <b>William G. Coop</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MP-lived.html">Macoupin County</a>, Ill.; Penn Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/02-25.html">February 25, 1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MP-officials.html">Macoupin County Treasurer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention</a> from Jefferson County, 1846. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/06-04.html">June 4, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at Antioch 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 David Coop and Christina (Stauffer) Coop; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/08-15.html">August 15, 1829</a>, to Nancy Harris.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07252">Gwynne Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Penn Township, Jefferson 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>James I. Murray (1801-1848)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/index.html">1801</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention</a> from Jefferson County, 1844. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/12-05.html">December 5, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). Interment at Gwynne 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> Married to Margaret Jane Stuart.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06688">East Pleasant Plain Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Pleasant Plain, Jefferson 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>Harry Lamansky</b> — of Pleasant Plain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IA.html">1940</a>. 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