Editing Vinton, Iowa (section)

==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->

<!-- NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE
Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here as Notable people. This establishes notability.
The biographical article should say how they are associated with THIS CITY examples = born, raised, residing etc.
An external reliable source of their association with THIS CITY should be cited in their Article and MUST be cited HERE.
All others will be deleted without further explanation.
Alphabetical by last name please. Use a short one line description of Notability.
If the person you think is Notable and does not have a Wikipedia Article for themselves create one.
Guidelines for the Notability of a person can be found by entering WP:PEOPLE in the wiki search.
Guidelines on what is needed and how to write the Article can be found  by entering WP:MOSBIO in the wiki search.
END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *END OF NOTICE -->

* [[Desi Druschel]], baseball coach, graduated from Vinton's high school and began his coaching career in Vinton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vintontoday.com/articles/Sports/article1023357.html |title=Former V-S Baseball Player Desi Druschel Joins Yankees Coaching Staff |publisher=Vinton Today |date=February 10, 2019 |accessdate=December 7, 2021}}</ref>
* [[James Lorraine Geddes]] (1827–1887) A native of [[Scotland]] he moved to Vinton before the [[American Civil War]] where he joined as a [[Private (rank)|private]] but rose in rank to [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] and later became Superintendent of the Iowa Institution for the Education of the Blind from 1867 to 1869.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/arch/rgrp/13-16-11.html|title=James L. Geddes Papers|publisher=Iowa State University|access-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Mary E. Holland]] (1868–1915) A detective and fingerprint expert; She was born in Vinton.
* [[Mary Ingalls]] (1865–1928) was a student at the ''Iowa College for the Blind'' (now the [[Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School]]) in the early 1880s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/sites/vintonpast.html|title=Vinton School for the Blind - Mary Ingalls Era 1877-1889 |publisher=Laura's Prairie House|access-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref> The town is often mentioned in connection with the writings of her sister [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]], author of ''[[Little House on the Prairie]].''
* [[Seaman A. Knapp]] (1833–1911), whose farming experiments led to the formation of the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]'s [[Cooperative Extension System]], claimed Vinton, Iowa, as his hometown and named [[Vinton, Louisiana]], after it.<ref>{{cite news
|title = Vinton, Louisiana: Founded by famous ag innovator
|date = 2013-02-18
|newspaper = Advocate
|location = Baton Rouge
|page = 6D
}}</ref>
* [[Bing Miller]] (1894-1966) was a professional baseball player and coach for the Philadelphia Athletics; his walk-off hit won the final game of the [[1929 World Series]] against the [[Chicago Cubs]]. He was born in Vinton.
* [[Sally Pederson]] (1951- ), who was the 45th [[List of lieutenant governors of Iowa|lieutenant governor of Iowa]], graduated from Washington High School in Vinton.
* [[Cato Sells]] (1859–1948) The Commissioner at the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] from 1913 to 1921 was born in Vinton.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gue|first=Benjamin F.| author-link=Benjamin F. Gue|title=History of Iowa from the earliest times to the beginning of the twentieth century Volume IV|date=1903 <!-- copyright expired -->|publisher=The Century History Company|location=New York City |pages=238| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-mUOAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Cato+Sells%22&pg=PA242|access-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Buren R. Sherman]] (1836–1904) who would later become the 12th [[List of Governors of Iowa|governor of Iowa]], was a resident of Vinton from 1863 to 1866, during which he served as county judge for Benton County. His gravesite is in Vinton, in Evergreen Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=57fc224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD|title=Iowa Governor Buren Robinson Sherman|publisher=[[National Governors Association]]|access-date=May 16, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516071714/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=57fc224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD|archive-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Calvin Pearl Titus]] (September 22, 1879 – May 27, 1966), a soldier of the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], was the last American standard-bearer. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Peking of the Boxer Rebellion. He was born in Vinton.
* [[Everett Warner]] (1877–1963) was an artist born in Vinton who became a leading contributor to US naval [[camouflage]] during both World Wars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobolinkbooks.com/Camoupedia/EverettWarner.html|title=evertt warner (1877-1963) Ship Camouflage Artist|publisher=Bobolink Books|last=Behrems|first=Roy R.|access-date=May 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516091859/http://www.bobolinkbooks.com/Camoupedia/EverettWarner.html|archive-date=May 16, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>