Ex-Governor Buren R, Sherman died very suddenly at his home in Vinton on the evening of Nov. 11th — though in poor health for years he had b...

SHERMAN, Buren Robinson, governor of Iowa. b. in Phelps, N. Y., 28 May, 1836. In 1849 the family removed to Elmira, where he attended the pu...

SAMUEL MERRILL, seventh Governor of the State, was born in Oxford County in the State of Maine on the 7th of August, 1822. He received a lib...

WILLIAM M. STONE, sixth Governor of Iowa, was born in Jefferson County, New York, October 14, 1827. In 1834 his parents removed to Coshocton...

SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD, fifth Governor of the State, was born in Hartford County, Maryland, December 20, 1813. He was educated in Washington, D....

GOVERNOR OF IOWA. William M. Stone was born in Jefferson county, New York, on the 14th day of October, 1827. At the age of six years, he acc...