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The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Atlantic, Iowa. Pages in category "People from Atlantic, Iowa" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Father Aloysius H. Schmitt (December 4, 1909 – December 7, 1941) was a Roman Catholic priest at the Archdiocese of Dubuque, who served as a chaplain in the United States Navy at the beginning of World War II.
Pages in category "Atlantic, Iowa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Atlantic was founded in October 1868 by Franklin H. Whitney, B.F. Allen, John P. Cook, and others. While historians cannot agree on how Atlantic got its name, local legend tells that the founding fathers estimated that the town was about halfway between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, so it led them to flip a coin and, clearly, Atlantic won.
Leonard W. Riches, 85, American Anglican clergyman, presiding bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church (1996–2014) and bishop ordinary of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (1984–2008), cancer. [814] Oscar Schneider, 97, German politician, minister for regional planning, building and urban development (1982–1989) and MP (1969–1994). [815]
The F. Jacob Schmidt House is a historic building located in the West End of Davenport, Iowa, United States. F. Jacob Schmidt, who built this house, worked as a cooper. This Queen Anne style house was possibly ordered from a Victorian pattern book. [2] It is a 1½-story structure with a projecting side pavilion.
The S.F. Martin House is a historic building located in Atlantic, Iowa, United States. S.F. Martin settled in Atlantic in 1865, where he opened the town’s first hardware store and became involved in various industrial ventures. [2] He acquired the property for the house between 1870 and 1872, and construction was completed in 1874.
July 17 – Cudjoe Lewis (Oluale Kossola), the last known surviving male victim of Clotilda, the last ship of the Atlantic slave trade (born c.1941) [47] August 5 – David Townsend, art director (born 1891) August 14 – Harriet Mabel Spalding, litterateur and poet (born 1862) August 15 – aviation accident Wiley Post, aviator (born 1898)