Dixie Cornell Gebhardt

Dixie Cornell Gebhardt was a leader of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Iowa during World War I, and was responsible for the design of the Iowas state flag.

Dixie Cornell was born on November 18, 1866, in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Dr. Norman Riley Cornell and Mary Fletcher Timmonds. She married George Tullis Gebhardt in 1900. The designer of Iowas state flag died on October 16, 1955, in Knoxville, Iowa, and is honored by a monument at 217 South Second Street in that town.

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