h/o Mary E.; f/o Eva S., Anna M., Mary B., Ruth Gordon, Elwood S.; prosecuting attorney & later State Senator in Kenton, Kentucky. Lt.Colonel of 33rd Ohio Inf. during Civil War. Iowa State Senator 1885-1893.He was the author of many important laws among which was the one founding the Historical Department of Iowa and a general law promoting the organization of public libraries in towns and cities. He was the author of a history of the Des Moines River Land Grant and the legislation and litigation following, published in the Annals of Iowa. He died at his home. (Des Moines,IA?)
h/o Mary E.; f/o Eva S., Anna M., Mary B., Ruth Gordon, Elwood S.; prosecuting attorney & later State Senator in Kenton, Kentucky. Lt.Colonel of 33rd Ohio Inf. during Civil War. Iowa State Senator 1885-1893.He was the author of many important laws among which was the one founding the Historical Department of Iowa and a general law promoting the organization of public libraries in towns and cities. He was the author of a history of the Des Moines River Land Grant and the legislation and litigation following, published in the Annals of Iowa. He died at his home. (Des Moines,IA?)
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