singer Mack Garner, jockey in Hall of Fame Jonathan Mathews, professional baseball coach Rick Mathews, professional baseball coach and scout Harry J. Middleton, journalist, writer, and museum director Mike Morris, pro football player Claude Payton, actor Claude R. Porter, government official and politician Edna May Spooner, actress H.N. Swanson, literary agent Andrew W. Tibbets, Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War, entered service in Centerville John K. Valentine, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa Himie Voxman, clarinetist Madison M. Walden, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa See also References External links City of Centerville Centerville-Rathbun Lake Chamber of Commerce Newspaper archive Centerville Historical Society's archive of area newspapers ranging from 1857 to 2009. Cities in Appanoose County, Iowa Cities in Iowa County seats in Iowa Populated places established in 1846 Swedish-American culture in Iowa 1846 establishments in Iowa Territory