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Elkhart County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Elkhart County


Index to Locations

  • Elkhart Grace Lawn Cemetery
  • Elkhart Rice Cemetery
  • Goshen Unknown location
  • Goshen Oak Ridge Cemetery


    Grace Lawn Cemetery
    Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles Gerard Conn (1844-1931) — of Elkhart, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Manchester, Ontario County, N.Y., January 29, 1844. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Elkhart, Ind., 1880-83; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1889; U.S. Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1893-95. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 5, 1931 (age 86 years, 341 days). Interment at Grace Lawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Rice Cemetery
    Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Walter Raper Beardsley (1905-1980) — also known as Walter R. Beardsley — of Elkhart, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Ind., October 23, 1905. Republican. Member of Indiana state senate, 1936-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1940 (alternate), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1972; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; president, Miles Laboratories pharmaceutical company. Presbyterian. Died in 1980 (age about 74 years). Interment at Rice Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Unknown Location
    Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Francis Elisha Baker (1860-1924) — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., October 20, 1860. Son of John Harris Baker and Harriet (Defrees) Baker. Lawyer; justice of Indiana state supreme court, 1899-1902; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1902-24; died in office 1924. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from endocarditis, March 15, 1924 (age 63 years, 147 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of John Harris Baker and Harriet (Defrees) Baker; nephew of Lucien Baker; married, February 21, 1888, to May Irwin. See Baker family of Indiana.
      See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
      Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, January 1902


    Oak Ridge Cemetery
    Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      John Harris Baker (1832-1915) — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Parma town, Monroe County, N.Y., February 28, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1863; U.S. Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1875-81; U.S. District Judge for Indiana, 1892-1902. Methodist. Died in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., October 21, 1915 (age 83 years, 235 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Harriet Defrees; brother of Lucien Baker; father of Francis Elisha Baker. See Baker family of Indiana.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile
      Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain (1805-1861) — of Indiana. Born in Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, August 20, 1805. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1835-38; member of Indiana state senate, 1839-42; district judge in Indiana, 1843-52; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1848; candidate for delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S. Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1853-55. Swedenborgian. Died in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., March 14, 1861 (age 55 years, 206 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Joseph Hutton Defrees (1812-1885) — also known as Joseph H. Defrees — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Sparta, White County, Tenn., May 13, 1812. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1849-50, 1871; member of Indiana state senate, 1850-52; U.S. Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1865-67. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., December 21, 1885 (age 73 years, 222 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
      Relatives: Brother of John D. Defrees; uncle of William Defrees Frazer. See Defrees-Frazer family of Indiana.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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