Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-28
VAN BuRENlTES
HOLD REUNION.
CURATOR e. r. HARLAN GIVES
OUT NAMES OF CoUNTY's
NOTABAEs.

R. Harlan Of the state historical de-
partment gave list of men who have
at one time maintained residence in
Van Buren, county and who have be-
come famous. It is the claim Of the
Van Burenites that more men from
their county have become famous than
any other county in the state.
The list of notable men from Van
Buren,. county as given by Curator
Harlan, himself former resident OF
the county, is as follows:
B. F. Carroll, governor Of Iowa.
Delazon Smith, United States sen
ator from Oregon.
Paul Brattain, treasurer Des
Moines improvement commission.
Josiah H. Bonney, secretary OF
state of Iowa.
Robert Sloan, district judge.
Elisha Cutler, secretary of state OF
Iowa.
! Gideon S. Bailey, United States mar
shall
II Seth Richards, capitalist.
Abner Kneeland, freethipker.
Andrew J. Davis, capitalist.
L. j. Rose, capitalist
Henry C. Dean, preacher.
William Meek, manufacturer.
Timothy Day, delegate third con-
n stitutional convention; introduced
short Horn cattle into Iowa.
Edwin Manning, Des Moines i'm
provement commissioner; capitalist.
| John D. Ebert, president Territorial
council.
Augustus Hall, congressman; chief
| justice of Nebraska.
CYRUS Olney Judge
George G. Wright, jurist; United
| States senator
Joseph G. Knapp, jurist; Demo
cratic leader.
H. H. Trimble, colonel Third Iowa
cavalry; lawyer.
Charles C. Nourse, attorney gen.
eral.
Henry Clay Caldwell, colonel Third
Iowa cavalry; United States circuit
judge.
James B. Weaver. presidential eau
didate; union general
George w. McCrary, congressman;
United States circuit judge; secretary
of war.
James M. futile, union general.
Israel Kister, state treasurer.
| John ]. Selman, early legislator. i
II. d. IeuCACu6C, pAO'OoI AAAe@A SAAoA'
John W. Jones, state treasurer.
| Samuel H. Summers, colonel Eighth
Iowa cavalry; lawyer.
H. w. Sample, Des Moines improve
ment commissioner.
S. T. Caldwell, early legislator; dele
gate and Lincoln supporter Chicago
Republican convention 1860.
J. B. Howell, editor; United States
senator.
P. M. Cassidy, early legislator,
f1nancier.
John H. Gear, speaker. governor,
United States senator.
Joshua G. Newbold, governor.
Samuel M. Clark, editor, congress-
man.
John A. T. Hull, congressman.
John F. Dillon, lawyer, United
States circuit Judge, writer.
D. c. Beaman, lawyer, capitalist
John T. Mcfarland, educator, editor,
clergyman.
Theodosia (HalD Shepherd, horti-
culurist
John M. Strong, clergyman. !
Alonzo Allen, lieutenant governor
Nevada.
Nathan v. Harlan, speaker Ne
braSka mouse, attorney general Alaska
William A. Clark, financier, United |
States senator of Montana.
e. X. Valentine, congressman from
Nebraska.
William E. Mason, United States
senator, Illinois.
Samuel Ebert, chief justice and
governor, Colorado.
Samuel Parker, president Oregon
Territorial council.
Edwin o. Stannard, lieutenant gov
ernor and congressman, Missouri.
Sullivan Ross, ranger; confederate
general and governor of Texas.
V. P. Twombly, state treasurer, hero
Of Donelson.
William w Baldwin, vice president
Burlington railway.
T. S. Wright, general counsel Rock
Island railroad.
Carroll Wright, general attorney for
Iowa, Rock Island railroad.
B. B. Kaufman, lawyer, capitalist.
James E. Harlan, educator.
BENJAMIN Johnston, United States
consul to Ceiba.
w. o. Mitchell, speaker of the
house, Iowa.
Charles E. Pickett, congressman.
w. J. Calhoun, minister to China:
H. M. Hoxsie, railway manager.
Albert Biglow Paine, author, editor.
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