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Alexander “Alex” Mardis

Birth	:	1852
Death	:	1920
Burial	:	Corydon Cemetery, Corydon, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7500000, -93.3249969
Description	:	Sep 22 1920 Humeston New Era Corydon, Iowa Sept 19—Death called on e of the prominent citizens of this place yesterday when Alexander Mardis passed away at his home after a painful and lingering illness of several years. The funeral was held at his late home Saturday afternoon and interment made in the Corydon cemetery. Senator Mardis had been a citizen of Corydon for forty years. He came here as a young man and engaged in the business of contracting and erecting rick buildings. Three fourths of all the permanent buildings in Corydon have been built by him. ... Read More	Sep 22 1920 Humeston New Era Corydon, Iowa Sept 19—Death called on e of the prominent citizens of this place yesterday when Alexander Mardis passed away at his home after a painful and lingering illness of several years. The funeral was held at his late home Saturday afternoon and interment made in the Corydon cemetery. Senator Mardis had been a citizen of Corydon for forty years. He came here as a young man and engaged in the business of contracting and erecting rick buildings. Three fourths of all the permanent buildings in Corydon have been built by him. He served two terms as county auditor of the county and in 1899 he was elected to the state senate where he had a prominent part in the legislation of the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth general assemblies. In 1908, the year in which Taft was elected president, he was presidential elector from Iowa. For many years he has been president of the Wayne County State Bank, the oldest banking institution in Wayne county. He was 68 years of age and had been suffering for a number of years with Bright's disease.

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Latitude: 40.7500000
Longitude: -93.3249969

Family Members:

Parent

William Kain Mardis

(1826 - 1904)

Brittiannia Mardis

(1830 - 1915)

Spouse

Margaret “Maggie” Sechrist Mardis

(1852 - 1942)

Siblings

Capitola Mardis Bailey

(1869 - 1921)

Children

Lyman Pearl Mardis

(1876 - 1939)

Stella Mardis Green

(1877 - 1962)

Walter F Mardis

(1889 - 1895)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Corydon Cemetery
Corydon, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7500000, -93.3249969

2. Allerton Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7202988, -93.3542023

3. Hazel Dell Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7392006, -93.3861008

4. Greenlee Cemetery
Humeston, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7779900, -93.3911060

5. Rush Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8065000, -93.3828000

6. Hogue Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8208000, -93.3468000

7. Rankin Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6719017, -93.3360977

8. Richardson Chapel Cemetery
Harvard, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6694412, -93.2981262

9. Shriver Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6808014, -93.2621994

10. Ripper Cemetery
Corydon, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6957000, -93.2290000

11. Bollman Cemetery
Promise City, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7152600, -93.2088800

12. Kirby Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8146500, -93.4176900

13. Lacey Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7952995, -93.2136002

14. Cambria Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8377800, -93.3833300

15. Sharp Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6916700, -93.2002000

16. Green Ridge Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6664009, -93.4261017

17. Moss Sturgeon Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6399994, -93.2861023

18. Thomas Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6333008, -93.3099976

19. Bethlehem Cemetery
Millerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8330994, -93.2125015

20. McDaniel Cemetery
Millerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8491135, -93.2373657

21. New York Cemetery
Millerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8497009, -93.2371979

22. Shriver-Higley Cemetery
Clio, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7107000, -93.4777000

23. Promise City Cemetery
Promise City, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7496986, -93.1568985

24. Sharon Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8795000, -93.3295000