The Political Graveyard: Fulton County, Ind.

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Fulton County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fulton County

Index to Locations

Odd Fellows Cemetery
Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana

Politicians buried here:

Henry A. Barnhart (1858-1934) — of Rochester, Fulton County, Ind. Born near Twelve Mile, Cass County, Ind., September 11, 1858. Son of Jacob Barnhart and Mary (Fisher) Barnhart. Democrat. School teacher; Fulton County Surveyor, 1885-87; newspaper editor and publisher; president, Rochester Telephone Co. from 1896; president, National Telephone Association, 1901-03; U.S. Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1908-19. Died in Rochester, Fulton County, Ind., March 26, 1934 (age 75 years, 196 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Jacob Barnhart and Mary (Fisher) Barnhart; married 1881 to Loretta Leffel; father of Hugh A. Barnhart.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) — also known as "Old Man Eloquent" — of Manhattan, Riley County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton County, Ind. Born in Ohio, February 20, 1834. Son of Samuel Essick (abolitionist; took part in the "Underground Railroad" helping escaped slaves) and Grizella (Todd) Essick. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District, 1896. Scottish, German, and Irish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Rochester, Fulton County, Ind., September 19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Relatives: Son of Samuel Essick (abolitionist; took part in the "Underground Railroad" helping escaped slaves) and Grizella (Todd) Essick; married to the sister-in-law of Washington Irving Howard; married 1858 to Ellen L. Rowley. See Howard-Bibler-Merriman-Pillsbury family of Indiana.

Hugh A. Barnhart (1892-1986) — of Rochester, Fulton County, Ind. Born in Rochester, Fulton County, Ind., July 14, 1892. Son of Henry A. Barnhart. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; president, Rochester Telephone Co.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1932. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Moose; Delta Tau Delta. Died in 1986 (age about 93 years). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

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