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Samuel Ellis Cook (1860-1946) —
also known as Samuel E. Cook —
of Indiana.
Born in Huntington
County, Ind., September
30, 1860.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1920, 1924.
Died in Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind., February
22, 1946 (age 85 years, 145
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Henry Benton Sayler (1836-1900) —
of Indiana.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, March 31,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1873-75; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1875-1900.
Died in Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind., June 18,
1900 (age 64 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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James Richard Slack (1818-1881) —
also known as J. R. Slack —
of Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., September
28, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1854, 1880; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1856;
member of Indiana
state senate; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1872-78.
General Slack Park in Huntington, Ind. is named for him.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1881 (age 62 years, 303
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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