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John Tipton (1786-1839) —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Sevier
County, Tenn., August
14, 1786.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1819-23; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1832-39.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April 6,
1839 (age 52 years, 235
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Daniel Darwin Pratt (1813-1877) —
also known as Daniel D. Pratt —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Palermo, Waldo
County, Maine, October
24, 1813.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1847; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana, 1848,
1856;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-53; member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1860; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1860,
1868
(alternate); served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1869-75.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April 17,
1877 (age 63 years, 175
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Graham Newell Fitch (1809-1892) —
also known as Graham N. Fitch —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y., December
5, 1809.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-37, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1849-53; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1857-61; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., November
28, 1892 (age 82 years, 359
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Rufus Magee (1845-1929) —
of Indiana.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., October
17, 1845.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1883-85, 1891-93; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1885-89.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April 25,
1929 (age 83 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles B. Landis —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,
1908.
Died April 24,
1922 (age 63 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Frederick Landis (1872-1934) —
also known as Fred Landis —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Sevenmile, Butler
County, Ohio, August
18, 1872.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1903-07; defeated,
1906; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1912, 1928.
Died in a hospital
at Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., November
6, 1934 (age 62 years, 80
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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John C. Nelson (d. 1935) —
of Indiana.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1902.
Died in 1935.
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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