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John Barney Peterson (1850-1944) —
also known as John B. Peterson —
of Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind.
Born near Lowell, Lake
County, Ind., July 4,
1850.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1910.
Died in Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind., July 16,
1944 (age 94 years, 12
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Wood (1844-1908) —
of Indiana.
Born in Ohio, 1844.
Democrat. Member of Indiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1883-85.
Died in 1908
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Otto Glen Fifield (1885-1964) —
also known as Otto G. Fifield —
of Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind.
Born near Hebron, Lake
County, Ind., November
7, 1885.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1919-21; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1928-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1944; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1956,
1960.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
7, 1964 (age 78 years, 61
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Charles Fremont Griffin —
also known as Charles F. Griffin —
of Indiana.
Son of Elihu
Griffin.
Secretary
of state of Indiana, 1887-91.
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Elihu Griffin (1830-1887) —
of Indiana.
Born in Spiceland, Henry
County, Ind., March 23,
1830.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1859; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1860;
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1860.
Quaker
or Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind., 1887
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Bartlett Woods (1818-1903) —
also known as "Grand Old Man of Lake
County" —
of Ross, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Winchelsea, Sussex, England,
July
10, 1818.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1865.
Member, Grange.
Died, of pleurisy, in
Merrillville, Lake
County, Ind., May 1,
1903 (age 84 years, 295
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Frank R. Martin (1879-1959) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, 1879.
Democrat. Real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1928
(alternate), 1932;
mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1935-42; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1936.
Died September
17, 1959 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Daniel Brown (d. 1936) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Republican. Restaurant
owner; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1918-25; defeated in primary, 1929.
Died April 20,
1936.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Charles O. Schonert (1887-1963) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born near Rushville, Rush
County, Ind., December
27, 1887.
Republican. Engineer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1930-35; defeated, 1935.
Died August
11, 1963 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Adrian E. Tinkham (1879-1942) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born near Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., January
22, 1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1925-30.
Died November
6, 1942 (age 63 years, 288
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Vernon C. Anderson (1908-1985) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind., March 27,
1908.
Republican. Mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1948-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1952.
Baptist.
Died September
28, 1985 (age 77 years, 185
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Hammond (1843-1909) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., February
27, 1843.
Democrat. Assistant superintendent of the G. H. Hammond meat packing
plant; real estate
business; banker; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1888-93; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1893-95.
Died in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., September
21, 1909 (age 66 years, 206
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Lawrence Becker (1869-1947) —
of Montana; Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.; East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Finnentrop, Germany,
August
10, 1869.
Son of Eberhard Becker and Margaret (Alvers) Becker.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1904-11; superior court judge in Indiana, 1911-14,
1934-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, following a kidney
operation, in St. Catherine's Hospital,
East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., March 12,
1947 (age 77 years, 214
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John A. Smalley (1859-1920) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born near Upper Sandusky, Wyandot
County, Ohio, May 6,
1859.
Democrat. Mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1911-18.
Died December
15, 1920 (age 61 years, 223
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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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.
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Fred Mott (1857-1935) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 29,
1857.
Mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1894-99.
Died December
8, 1935 (age 78 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Married 1884
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Adam Benjamin, Jr. (1935-1982) —
of Indiana.
Born in Gary, Lake
County, Ind., August 6,
1935.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1967; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1977-82; died in office
1982.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Jaycees;
Exchange
Club.
Died, from heart
disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1982 (age 47 years, 32
days).
Interment at Calumet Park Cemetery.
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Joseph E. Klen (1907-1988) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., January
9, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1935; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1968-76; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1972.
Died February
19, 1988 (age 81 years, 41
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Calumet Park Cemetery.
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