Aspen Grove Cemetery is a cemetery in
Burlington, Iowa
Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,982 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in 2000. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area, which includes ...
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History
Aspen Grove Cemetery was established in 1843.
The Aspen Grove Cemetery Association was approved by the Legislature of the Iowa Territory in December 1843 and they first met on January 3, 1844. Charles Starker, the first president of the Cemetery Association, designed and laid out a large portion of the cemetery.
Initially, ten acres were purchased in 1844 and an additional eight acres were purchased shortly after. In 1866, 32 more acres were purchased for the cemetery. Between 1867 and 1875, the cemetery had 2,173 interments. By 1887, the cemetery had near 9,000 interments. By 1935, the cemetery had 32,000 interments and had expanded to around 100 acres.
By 1930, the cemetery started expanding to the north, laying out roads closer to Sunnyside Avenue.
Notable interments
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G. F. A. Atherton (1790–1882), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin Legislature
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Tony Baker (1945–1998), NFL player of the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, and San Diego Chargers
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Floy Little Bartlett (1883–1956), composer
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Nicholas Bouquet
Nicholas S. Bouquet (14 November 1842 – 27 December 1912) was a German soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Bouquet received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battl ...
(1842–1912), medal of honor recipient and soldier in the Civil War
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James Clarke (1812–1850), 3rd governor of Iowa Territory
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John M. Corse (1835–1893), general in the Union Army, lieutenant governor of Iowa
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Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus Caesar Dodge (January 2, 1812November 20, 1883) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic delegate to the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa Territory, a U.S. minister to Spain, and o ...
(1812–1883), U.S. Representative from Iowa Territory, U.S. minister to Spain, U.S. senator from Iowa
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Henry Dodge
Moses Henry Dodge (October 12, 1782 – June 19, 1867) was a Democratic member to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, Territorial Governor of Wisconsin and a veteran of the Black Hawk War. His son, Augustus C. Dodge, served as a ...
(1782–1867), U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of the Wisconsin Territory
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John H. Gear
John Henry Gear (April 7, 1825 – July 14, 1900) served as the 11th Governor of Iowa, a United States representative and a member of the United States Senate.
Biography
Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Gal ...
(1825–1900), 11th governor of Iowa
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James Isham Gilbert
James Isham Gilbert (1823–1884) was a Union general during the American Civil War. He served with distinction in the Western theaters of the war as a regimental and brigade commander.
Biography
Early life
James Gilbert was born in Louisville, ...
(1823–1884), general in the Union Army
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James W. Grimes
James Wilson Grimes (October 20, 1816 – February 7, 1872) was an American politician, serving as the third Governor of Iowa and a United States Senator from Iowa.
Biography
Born in Deering, New Hampshire, Grimes graduated from Hampton Acad ...
(1816–1872), 3rd governor of Iowa and U.S. senator
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Benton Jay Hall
Benton Jay "Ben" Hall (January 13, 1835 – January 5, 1894) was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.
Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Hall moved in December 1840 with his parents ...
(1835–1894), U.S. Representative From Iowa
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Thomas Hedge
Thomas Hedge (June 24, 1844 – November 28, 1920) was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district, in southeastern Iowa.
Early life
Thomas Hedge was born on June 24, 1844, in Burlington, Iowa Territory, Hed ...
(1844–1920), U.S. Representative from Iowa
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John Flournoy Henry
John Flournoy Henry (January 17, 1793 – November 12, 1873) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born at Scott County, Kentucky, Henry attended Georgetown Academy, Kentucky, and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He g ...
(1793–1873), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
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Jacob Gartner Lauman
Jacob Gartner Lauman (January 20, 1813 – February 9, 1867) was a prominent American businessman from Iowa and a controversial general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
He commanded an infantry brigade in the Army of the Tennessee ...
(1813–1867), businessman and general in the Union Army
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Isaac Leffler
Isaac Leffler (November 7, 1788March 8, 1866), sometimes spelled Lefler or Loeffler, was an American lawyer and Iowa pioneer who represented Virginia's 18th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term in the 1 ...
(1788–1866), American lawyer and U.S. Representative from Virginia
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Shepherd Leffler
Shepherd Leffler (April 24, 1811 – September 7, 1879) was one of the two original U.S. Representatives to represent Iowa when the state was first admitted to the Union. Elected as a Democrat in 1846, Leffler went on to represent Iowa's 2nd cong ...
(1811–1879), U.S. Representative from Iowa
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Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his ...
(1887–1948), author, conservationalist, and educator
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Charles L. Matthies
Charles Leopold MatthiesEicher p.367 (or Karl Leopold Matthies) (31 May 1824 – 16 October 1868) was a Prussian soldier, revolutionary and Union Army officer during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier general.
Biograph ...
(1824–1868), Union Army officer
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William Butler Remey
William Butler Remey (1842 – January 20, 1895) was an American military officer who served in the American Civil War and was the first Judge Advocate General of the Navy, serving from 1880 to 1892.
Early life
William Butler Remey was born in ...
(1842–1895), colonel in the Union Army
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Jeremiah Smith Jr. (1802–1862), representative of the Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
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Joseph Champlin Stone
Joseph Champlin Stone (July 30, 1829 – December 3, 1902) was a pioneer doctor and one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district.
Born in Westport, New York, Stone moved to Iowa Territory in 1844.
He attende ...
(1829–1902), U.S. Representative from Iowa
References
1843 establishments in Iowa Territory
Buildings and structures in Des Moines County, Iowa
Cemeteries in Iowa
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