The Political Graveyard: Lake County, Ind.

Lake County
Indiana

Lake County information:

Population: 484,564 (2000); 475,594 (1990)
Land area 497 square miles.
County seat: Crown Point
Lake County official web site.
Capital Impact: Lake County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Lake County -- census data on population, race, economics
Lake County INGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Lake County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Lake County
Politicians who were born in Lake County
Politicians who lived in Lake County
Politicians who died in Lake County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lake County

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Selected officials of Lake County

(not intended to be complete)

Joseph E. Finerty (County Auditor, 1934-41) Ray J. Madden (County Treasurer, 1938-42)

Maplewood Cemetery
Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana

Politicians buried here:

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. Cousin of Horatio Clifford Claypool and Harold Kile Claypool. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1910. Died in Crown Point, Lake County, Ind., July 16, 1944. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
- See also Claypool family of Ohio
- See also: congressional biography.
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. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
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. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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.
Elihu Griffin (1830-1887) — of Indiana. Born in Spiceland, Henry County, Ind., March 23, 1830. Father of Charles Fremont Griffin. 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. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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. Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.

Concordia Cemetery
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Politicians buried here:

Adam Reinhart Ebert (1851-1934) — also known as Adam R. Ebert — of Hammond, Lake County, Ind. Born in Germany, December 21, 1851. Postmaster; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1891. Lutheran. Died December 23, 1934. Interment at Concordia Cemetery.

Elmwood Cemetery
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Politicians buried here:

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. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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.
Charles O. Schonert (1887-1963) — of Hammond, Lake County, Ind. Born near Rushville, Rush County, Ind., December 27, 1887. Married, February 14, 1920, to Florence Leidecker. Republican. Engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Hammond, Ind., 1930-35; defeated, 1935. Died August 11, 1963. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
Adrian E. Tinkham (1879-1942) — of Hammond, Lake County, Ind. Born near Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind., January 22, 1879. Married, January 1, 1901, to Grace Remley. Lawyer; mayor of Hammond, Ind., 1925-30. Died November 6, 1942. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.

Oak Hill Cemetery
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Politicians buried here:

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. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
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; married, September 8, 1898, to Agnes D. Eaton. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Hammond, Ind., 1904-11; superior court judge in Indiana, 1911-14, 1934-46. 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. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Marcus M. Towle (1841-1910) — of Hammond, Lake County, Ind. Born in Danville, Rockingham County, N.H., January 12, 1841. Married, December 5, 1866, to Irena Dow (died 1905). 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. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Fred Mott (1857-1935) — of Hammond, Lake County, Ind. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 29, 1857. Married 1884 to Emma Hohman. Mayor of Hammond, Ind., 1894-99. Died December 8, 1935. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.

St. John-St. Joseph Cemetery
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Politicians buried here:

William Theodore Schulte (1890-1966) — also known as William T. Schulte — of Hammond, Lake County, Ind. Born in St. Bernard, Platte County, Neb., August 19, 1890. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1933-43. Died in Hammond, Lake County, Ind., December 7, 1966. Interment at St. John-St. Joseph Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

St. Joseph's Cemetery
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Politicians buried here:

Patrick Reilley (1848-1924) — of Hammond, Lake County, Ind. Born in Verplanks Point (unknown county), N.Y., January 1, 1848. Married to Mary A. McSweeney. Mayor of Hammond, Ind., 1893-94, 1899-1902. Died February 18, 1924. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Calumet Park Cemetery
Merrillville, Lake County, Indiana
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Adam Benjamin, Jr. (1935-1982) — of Indiana. Born in Gary, Lake County, Ind., August 6, 1935. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army 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 in Washington, D.C., September 7, 1982. Interment at Calumet Park Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
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. Entombed in mausoleum at Calumet Park Cemetery.

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Selected officials of Lake County

Politicians who were born in Lake County

Politicians who lived in Lake County

Politicians who died in Lake County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lake County