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William T. Haskell (1818-1859) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., July 21,
1818.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 11th District, 1847-49.
Died, in an insane asylum, March 12,
1859 (age 40 years, 234
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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John Pierson Baird (1830-1881) —
also known as John P. Baird —
of Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Spencer
County, Ky., January
5, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1859; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1868.
Was commander at Fort Granger in Tennessee in June 1863, when he was
required to execute by hanging Lawrence Orton Williams and Walter
Peter as Confederate spies; an engraving of the execution was on the
front page of Harper's Weekly. Both spies were related to
Gen. Robert E. Lee's wife and were descendants of Martha Washington.
Baird was severely affected by this episode, and had a mental
breakdown in 1875.
Died in the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 7,
1881 (age 51 years, 61
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Morrow B. Lowry (d. 1885) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1862-70 (27th District 1862-64, 29th District
1865-70).
Died, in Kirkbride's Asylum, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
20, 1885.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles William Jones (1834-1897) —
also known as Charles W. Jones —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Ireland,
December
24, 1834.
Democrat. Member of Florida state legislature, 1874; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1875-87.
Died in St. Joseph's Retreat, an asylum for the insane, in
Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., October
11, 1897 (age 62 years, 291
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Edwin Bird Allen (1836-1908) —
also known as Edwin B. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, March 7,
1836.
Republican. Physician;
Sedgwick
County Coroner, 1870-71; mayor of
Wichita, Kan., 1871-72; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872-76, 1883-84; secretary of
state of Kansas, 1885-89.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the State Hospital for Insane, St. Joseph,
Buchanan
County, Mo., March 31,
1908 (age 72 years, 24
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Marcus M. Towle (1841-1910) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
12, 1841.
Co-founder of the G. H. Hammond meat packing
plant, and of the city of Hammond; financed and built railroads
and port
facilities; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1884-88.
Died, in Longcliffe Asylum for the Insane, Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., September
6, 1910 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Andrew Jackson Clements (1832-1913) —
also known as A. J. Clements —
of Tennessee.
Born in Clementsville, Clay
County, Tenn., December
23, 1832.
Son of Christopher Clements and Mary Clements.
Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1861-63; member of
Tennessee state legislature.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Central State Hospital (a mental hospital where he was
confined due to senility),
Lakeland, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
7, 1913 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glasgow
Cemetery, Glasgow, Ky.
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Alexander Cook Thayer (1865-1918) —
also known as Alexander Thayer —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 18,
1865.
Son of Henry Thayer (1823-1882) and Jane (Cook) Thayer.
U.S. Deputy Consul in Trieste, 1901-02; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Venice, 1902-05; U.S. Vice Consul in Venice, 1916-17.
Died, from dementia
paralytica, in the Bellevue Sanatorium, Kreuzlingen,
Thurgau, Switzerland,
September
16, 1918 (age 53 years, 90
days).
Interment somewhere in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Frank Austin Norton (1867-1947) —
also known as Frank Norton —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 1,
1867.
Son of Austin B. Norton and Sarah J. (Knapp) Norton.
Republican. Stonemason;
florist;
mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from a stroke,
while hospitalized for senile
psychosis, at Ypsilanti State Psychiatric Hospital, York
Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
2, 1947 (age 80 years, 123
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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