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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) —
also known as "Little Ben"; "Kid
Gloves" —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in North Bend, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
20, 1833.
Son of John
Scott Harrison.
Republican. Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1861-63, 1865-69; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1876; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1881-87; President
of the United States, 1889-93; defeated, 1892.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died of pneumonia,
in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 13,
1901 (age 67 years, 205
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin twice removed of Beverley
Randolph and Burwell
Bassett; grandson of William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841); son of John
Scott Harrison; second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison; married, October
20, 1853, to Caroline Lavinia Scott (died 1892); married, April 6,
1896, to Mary Scott Lord Dimmick (sister-in-law of Joseph
Benjamin Dimmick); father of Russell
Benjamin Harrison; second cousin twice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II; grandfather of William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Benjamin
Harrison Reeves
— Benjamin
Harrison Eaton
— Benjamin
H. Swig
— Benjamin
Harrison DeHart
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Grandfather's hat
fits Ben." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Benjamin Harrison: Rita
Stevens, Benjamin
Harrison, 23rd President of the United States — Harry
J. Sievers, Benjamin
Harrison : Hoosier President: The White House and After,
1889-1901 — Charles W. Calhoun, Benjamin
Harrison — Homer E. Socolofsky & Allan B. Spetter, The
Presidency of Benjamin Harrison — Susan Clinton, Benjamin
Harrison : Twenty-Third President of the United States (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Benjamin Harrison:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) —
also known as Thomas R. Marshall —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in North Manchester, Wabash
County, Ind., March 14,
1854.
Son of Daniel M. Marshall and Martha A. (Patterson) Marshall.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Indiana, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912;
Vice
President of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Coined the saying: "What this country needs is a good five-cent
cigar.".
Died, from the effects of a heart
attack, in his room at the Willard Hotel, Washington,
D.C., June 1,
1925 (age 71 years, 79
days).
Entombed at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885) —
also known as Thomas A. Hendricks —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
7, 1819.
Son of John
Hendricks.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (5th District 1851-53, 6th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1863-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868,
1876,
1884;
Governor
of Indiana, 1873-77; defeated, 1860, 1868; Vice
President of the United States, 1885; defeated, 1876; died in
office 1885; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1884.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10
silver certificate in about 1887-1914.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
25, 1885 (age 66 years, 79
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852-1918) —
also known as Charles W. Fairbanks —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Unionville Center, Union
County, Ohio, May 11,
1852.
Son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks and Mary Adelaide de Forest (Smith)
Fairbanks.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896
(Temporary
Chair; speaker;
chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1900,
1904,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1897-1905; resigned 1905; Vice
President of the United States, 1905-09; defeated, 1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 4,
1918 (age 66 years, 24
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Henry Harrison Miller (1840-1917) —
Born in Augusta, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
6, 1840.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1889-93.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 25,
1917 (age 76 years, 261
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Harry Stewart New (1858-1937) —
also known as Harry S. New —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
31, 1858.
Son of John
Chalfant New and Melissa (Beeler) New.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1896,
1912,
1920,
1924;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1900-12; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1907-08; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1917-23; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1923-29.
Disciples
of Christ. English
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 9,
1937 (age 78 years, 129
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Lane Wilson (1857-1932) —
also known as Henry L. Wilson —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., November
3, 1857.
Son of James Wilson and Emma (Ingersoll) Wilson.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; banker;
U.S. Minister to Chile, 1897-1904; Belgium, 1905-09; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1909-12.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1932
(age about
74 years).
Entombed at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1885
to Alice Vajen. |
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Son of Dr. Jacob Kern and Nancy (Ligget) Kern.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis
and uremic
poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Hayden English (1822-1896) —
also known as William H. English —
of Lexington, Scott
County, Ind.
Born in Lexington, Scott
County, Ind., August
27, 1822.
Son of Elisha
Gale English.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1853-61; candidate for
Vice
President of the United States, 1880.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
7, 1896 (age 73 years, 164
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877) —
also known as Oliver P. Morton —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Salisbury, Wayne
County, Ind., August 4,
1823.
Republican. Circuit judge in Indiana, 1852; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1861; Governor of
Indiana, 1861-67; defeated, 1856; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1867-77; died in office 1877; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1872-; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1876.
His legs were
paralyzed after a stroke in 1865; suffered another stroke in
1877, and died soon after, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
1, 1877 (age 54 years, 89
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery; statue at Vicksburg
National Military Park, Vicksburg, Miss.; statue at Statehouse Grounds.
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James Whitcomb (1795-1852) —
of Indiana.
Born near Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., December
1, 1795.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1830-36; Governor of
Indiana, 1843-48; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1849-52; died in office 1852.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Poet James Whitcomb Riley is named for him.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1852 (age 56 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn Cemetery
(which no longer exists); reinterment in 1892 at Crown Hill Cemetery;
statue at Monument Circle.
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John Cooper Wiley (1893-1967) —
also known as John C. Wiley —
of Indiana.
Born in Bordeaux, France
of American parents, September
26, 1893.
Son of John
McClure Wiley and Virginie Emmaline (Cooper) Wiley.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Antwerp, 1935-37; Vienna, 1937-38; U.S. Minister to Estonia, 1938-40; Latvia, 1938-40; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1944-47; Portugal, 1947-48; Iran, 1948-50; Panama, 1951-53.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1967
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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David Turpie (1828-1909) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, 1828.
Democrat. Member of Indiana state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1863, 1887-99; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in 1909
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Albert Gallatin Porter (1824-1897) —
also known as Albert G. Porter —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., April 20,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1853-56; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1859-63; Governor of
Indiana, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1888;
U.S. Minister to Italy, 1889-92.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 3,
1897 (age 73 years, 13
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Meredith Nicholson (1866-1947) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., December
9, 1866.
Son of Edward Willis Nicholson (1826-1894) and Emily Ellen (Meredith)
Nicholson (1842-1914).
Democrat. Member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1930-32; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1933-35; Venezuela, 1935; Nicaragua, 1938-41; novelist;
poet.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
21, 1947 (age 81 years, 12
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Willis Nicholson (1826-1894) and Emily Ellen (Meredith)
Nicholson (1842-1914); married, June 16,
1896, to Eugenie Kountze (1867-1931); married, September
20, 1933, to Dorothy (Wolfe) Lannon. |
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Noah Noble (1794-1844) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., January
14, 1794.
Lawyer;
farmer;
merchant;
miller;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825; Governor of
Indiana, 1831-37; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1836, 1838.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
8, 1844 (age 50 years, 25
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn Cemetery
(which no longer exists); reinterment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1862-1927) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Highland
County, Ohio, October
6, 1862.
Son of Thomas Henry Beveridge (1818-1895) and Frances Eleanor
(Parkinson) Beveridge (1824-1918).
Lawyer;
historian;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1899-1911; defeated, 1914 (Progressive),
1922 (Republican); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1900,
1904
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1908,
1924;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1912; received the Pulitzer
Prize in Biography, 1920.
Member, American
Historical Association.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 27,
1927 (age 64 years, 203
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Henry Beveridge (1818-1895) and Frances Eleanor (Parkinson)
Beveridge (1824-1918); married, November
24, 1887, to Katherine Maude Langsdale (1864-1900); married, August 7,
1907, to Catherine Spencer Eddy (1881-1970); father of Albert
Jeremiah Beveridge, Jr.. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Albert J. Beveridge: The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835
(1916) — The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815
(1916) — The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 (1916) — The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker
(1916) — Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 (1928) — The
Art of Public Speaking (1924) — The
Meaning of the Times, and Other Speeches (1908) — The
Russian Advance (1904) — The
State of the Nation (1924) — What
Is Back of the War (1915) |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, December 1902 |
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Homer Earl Capehart (1897-1979) —
also known as Homer E. Capehart —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.
Born in Algiers, Pike
County, Ind., June 6,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1945-63; defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Moose.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
3, 1979 (age 82 years, 89
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Oliver Hampton Smith (1794-1859) —
also known as Oliver H. Smith —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Smiths Island (unknown
county), N.J., October
23, 1794.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1827-29; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1837-43.
Died March 19,
1859 (age 64 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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David Wallace (1799-1859) —
of Indiana.
Born near Lewistown, Mifflin
County, Pa., April 24,
1799.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1828-30; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1831-37; Governor of
Indiana, 1837-40; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1841-43; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; state court
judge in Indiana, 1856-59.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
4, 1859 (age 60 years, 133
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Ewing McDonald (1819-1891) —
also known as Joseph E. McDonald —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Butler
County, Ohio, August
29, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1849-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864,
1876;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1875-81; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1884.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 21,
1891 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Dunkerson Orr (1917-2004) —
also known as Robert D. Orr —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
17, 1917.
Son of Samuel Lowry Orr and Louise (Dunkerson) Orr.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
chair
of Vanderburgh County Republican Party, 1965-67; member of Indiana
state senate; elected 1968; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana; elected 1972; Governor of
Indiana, 1981-89; board member, Amtrak
(representing all state governors); U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 1989-92.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Rotary; Jaycees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 10,
2004 (age 86 years, 114
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Winfield Taylor Durbin (1847-1928) —
also known as Winfield T. Durbin —
of Anderson, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., May 4,
1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker;
Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1892,
1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1896; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1896,
1904
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1924;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Indiana, 1901-05; defeated, 1912.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
18, 1928 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Isaac Newton Blackford (1786-1859) —
of Indiana.
Born in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., November
6, 1786.
Territorial court judge in Indiana, 1814-15; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-17; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1817-53; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana, 1824;
candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1825; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1825, 1826; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1855-59.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
31, 1859 (age 73 years, 55
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Ira Joy Chase (1834-1895) —
of Indiana.
Born December
7, 1834.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1886; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1889-91; Governor of
Indiana, 1891-93; defeated, 1892.
Died in Lubec, Washington
County, Maine, May 11,
1895 (age 60 years, 155
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Allen Miller Fletcher (1853-1922) —
also known as Allen M. Fletcher —
of Proctorsville, Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
25, 1853.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Cavendish, 1902-03, 1906,
1908, 1910; member of Vermont
state senate, 1904-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1908;
Governor
of Vermont, 1912-15.
Congregationalist.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the Berwick Hotel,
Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1922 (age 68 years, 228
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Harry Guyer Leslie (1878-1937) —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., April 6,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1923-27; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1925-27; Governor of
Indiana, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., December
10, 1937 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Addison Clay Harris (1840-1916) —
also known as Addison C. Harris —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Wayne
County, Ind., October
1, 1840.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1877-79; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1886; Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1896;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1899-1901.
Quaker.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
2, 1916 (age 75 years, 337
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Taggart (1856-1929) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; French Lick, Orange
County, Ind.
Born in County Monaghan, Ireland,
November
17, 1856.
Son of Thomas Taggart and Martha (Kingsbury) Taggart.
Democrat. Hotelier;
Marion
County Auditor, 1887-94; Indiana
Democratic state chair, 1892-94; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1895-1901; member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1900-16; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1904-08; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1912,
1924,
1928;
speaker, 1908,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1916; defeated, 1916, 1920.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 6,
1929 (age 72 years, 109
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Hanna (1786-1858) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.; Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., April 6,
1786.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1831-32; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1836-39; defeated, 1830,
1835; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-41; defeated, 1846; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850.
Killed by
a train while walking on the track in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
16, 1858 (age 72 years, 224
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Crown Hill
Cemetery.
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Abram Adams Hammond (1814-1874) —
of Indiana.
Born March 21,
1814.
Common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1850; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1857-60; Governor of
Indiana, 1860-61.
Died in Denver,
Colo., August
27, 1874 (age 60 years, 159
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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George Washington Julian (1817-1899) —
also known as George W. Julian —
of Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born near Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., May 5,
1817.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1845; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1849-51, 1861-71 (4th District
1849-51, 5th District 1861-69, 4th District 1869-71); Free Soil
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1852; received 5 electoral votes
for Vice-President, 1872.
Died July 7,
1899 (age 82 years, 63
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) —
also known as William S. Taylor; W. S. Taylor;
"Hogjaw" —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.
Born in Butler
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
state court judge in Kentucky, 1886; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1896-99; Governor of
Kentucky, 1899-1900.
Indicted
in 1900 as a conspirator in the assassination
of William
J. Goebel; fled
to Indiana; never extradited; pardoned
in 1909 by Gov. Augustus
E. Willson.
Died August 2,
1928 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Parke (1777-1835) —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in New Jersey, September
22, 1777.
Indiana
territory attorney general, 1804-08; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1805; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1805-08; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1817-35.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., July 12,
1835 (age 57 years, 293
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Crown Hill
Cemetery.
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William Ellis Niblack (1822-1893) —
also known as William E. Niblack —
of Martin
County, Ind.; Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Portersville, Dubois
County, Ind., May 18,
1822.
Democrat. Surveyor;
lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1849-50, 1863; member of Indiana
state senate, 1850-52; circuit judge in Indiana, 1854-57; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1857-61, 1865-75;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864,
1868;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1864-72; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1877-89.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 7,
1893 (age 70 years, 354
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John Coburn (1825-1908) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
27, 1825.
Son of Henry P. Coburn.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-51; Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1852;
common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1859-61; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1867-75 (6th District 1867-69, 5th
District 1869-75); member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1870-72; justice of
Montana territorial supreme court, 1884-86.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
28, 1908 (age 82 years, 93
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Julia May Carson (1938-2007) —
also known as Julia Carson; Julia May
Porter —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 8,
1938.
Democrat. Staff assistant for U.S. Rep. Andrew
Jacobs, Jr., 1965-72; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1972-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1972,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1976-90; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1997-2007 (10th District 1997-2003,
7th District 2003-07); died in office 2007.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
15, 2007 (age 69 years, 160
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Wallace Chalmers (1861-1944) —
also known as William W. Chalmers —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Strathroy, Ontario,
November
1, 1861.
Son of Andrew Chalmers and Catherine (Doyle) Chalmers.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; farmer; lumber
business; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1921-23, 1925-31;
defeated, 1922.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
1, 1944 (age 82 years, 335
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John Caven (1824-1905) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 12,
1824.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1863-67, 1875-81.
Died March 9,
1905 (age 80 years, 331
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Merrill Moores (1856-1929) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 21,
1856.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1915-25.
Died, as the result of an automobile
accident, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
21, 1929 (age 73 years, 183
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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James Ellsworth Noland (1920-1992) —
also known as James E. Noland —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in La Grange, Lewis
County, Mo., April 22,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1946, 1950; secretary of
Indiana Democratic Party, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, 1966-86;
took senior status 1986.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., August
12, 1992 (age 72 years, 112
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William John Brown (1805-1857) —
also known as William J. Brown —
of Indiana.
Born in Mason
County, Ky., August
15, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1828-30, 1841-43; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1837-41; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1843-45, 1849-51.
Died in Perry Township, Marion
County, Ind., March 18,
1857 (age 51 years, 215
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) —
also known as Booth Tarkington —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 29,
1869.
Son of John
Stevenson Tarkington and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington.
Republican. Novelist;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1903-04.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Won Pulitzer
Prize in fiction, 1919, for The Magnificent Ambersons and
in 1922 for Alice Adams. Tarkington Hall at Purdue University
is named for
him.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 19,
1946 (age 76 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Ebenezer Dumont (1814-1871) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Vevay, Switzerland
County, Ind., November
23, 1814.
Son of John
L. Dumont.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39, 1850-51; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1850-51; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1852;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1863-67.
Methodist.
Appointed territorial governor of Idaho, but died before taking
office, of typhoid
fever, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 16,
1871 (age 56 years, 144
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Lucien Barbour (1811-1880) —
of Indiana.
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., March 4,
1811.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1848-50; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1855-57.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 19,
1880 (age 69 years, 137
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Franklin Landers (1825-1901) —
of Indiana.
Born near Landersdale, Morgan
County, Ind., March 22,
1825.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1875-77; candidate for
Governor
of Indiana, 1880.
Died September
10, 1901 (age 76 years, 172
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Andrews Bookwalter (1860-1926) —
also known as Charles A. Bookwalter —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., December
7, 1860.
Republican. Candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1886; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1901-03, 1906-09; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died October
26, 1926 (age 65 years, 323
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Webster Jewett (1884-1961) —
also known as Charles W. Jewett —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., January
7, 1884.
Son of Edward Parker Jewett and Mary Alma (Aten) Jewett.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Marion County Republican Party, 1914-16; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1918-21; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1938; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April 28,
1961 (age 77 years, 111
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Henry F. West (1796-1856) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in 1796.
Democrat. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1856; died in office 1856.
Died November
8, 1856 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel D. Maxwell (1803-1873) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in 1803.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1858-63.
Died in 1873
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Robert H. Tyndall (1877-1947) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 2,
1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
banker;
mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1943-47; died in office 1947.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American
Legion.
Died July 9,
1947 (age 70 years, 68
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Reginald H. Sullivan (1876-1980) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 10,
1876.
Son of Thomas
Lennox Sullivan.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1911-13; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1930-34, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1932,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Died January
30, 1980 (age 103 years,
326 days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John Hanson Farquhar (1818-1873) —
also known as John H. Farquhar —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Union Bridge, Carroll
County, Md., December
20, 1818.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1865-67; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1872-73.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
1, 1873 (age 54 years, 285
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Louis Blasdel Ewbank (1864-1953) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Dearborn
County, Ind., September
5, 1864.
Lawyer;
justice
of Indiana state supreme court, 1920-26.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Guilford, Dearborn
County, Ind., March 7,
1953 (age 88 years, 183
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Caleb S. Denny —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1886-90, 1893-95.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Nathan B. Palmer (1790-1875) —
of Jefferson
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Stonington, New London
County, Conn., August
27, 1790.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825-26, 1828-29, 1832-34; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1833-34; Presidential
Elector for Indiana, 1832;
Indiana
state treasurer, 1835-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1841; Indiana
Democratic state chair, 1860.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 13,
1875 (age 84 years, 229
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Summerville Haymond (1823-1885) —
of Indiana.
Born near Clarksburg, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
20, 1823.
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1875-77.
Died December
24, 1885 (age 62 years, 307
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Amos Myers (1824-1893) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1824.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1863-65.
Died in 1893
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Ralph Hill (1827-1899) —
of Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, October
12, 1827.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1865-67.
Died August
20, 1899 (age 71 years, 312
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Lennox Sullivan (1846-1936) —
also known as Thomas L. Sullivan —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
6, 1846.
Democrat. Circuit judge in Indiana, 1888; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1890-93; candidate for superior court
judge in Indiana, 1899.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died July 9,
1936 (age 89 years, 277
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John Worth Kern, Jr. (1900-1971) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 7,
1900.
Son of John
Worth Kern and Araminta
Cooper Kern.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Indiana, 1931-34; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1935-37; resigned 1937.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons.
At age 8, his legs were
paralyzed by polio.
Died January
29, 1971 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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James McCready (1816-1909) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in 1816.
Democrat. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1854-56.
Died in 1909
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John McClure Wiley (1846-1912) —
also known as John M. Wiley —
of New York.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), August
11, 1846.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1871-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1884,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1889-91; U.S. Consul
in Bordeaux, 1893-97.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Catherines, Ontario,
August
13, 1912 (age 66 years, 2
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Eastin English (1850-1926) —
also known as William E. English —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Lexington, Scott
County, Ind., November
3, 1850.
Son of William
Hayden English and Emma Mardulia (Jackson) English.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1879; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1883-85; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1892,
1896;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1912;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1917-25; defeated (Republican), 1908, 1910.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 29,
1926 (age 75 years, 177
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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James Matlock Ogden (1870-1956) —
also known as James M. Ogden —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Hendricks
County, Ind., April 5,
1870.
Son of Jesse Switzer Ogden and Mary Ann (Carter) Ogden.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; Indiana
state attorney general, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Delta
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
11, 1956 (age 86 years, 220
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John L. Duvall (1874-1962) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Tazewell
County, Ill., November
29, 1874.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1926-27; resigned 1927.
Convicted
in 1927 of violating the state corrupt practices act by taking
bribes from Ku Klux
Klan leader leader D. C. Stephenson; sentenced
to 30 days in jail, fined
$1,000, and forced to
resign as mayor.
Died February
25, 1962 (age 87 years, 88
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John W. Holtzman (1858-1942) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Berks
County, Pa., April 23,
1858.
Democrat. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1903-05.
Died March 6,
1942 (age 83 years, 317
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Horatio C. Newcomb —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Whig. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1849-51; resigned 1851.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel St. George Rogers (1832-1880) —
of Florida.
Born in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., June 30,
1832.
Member of Florida
state senate, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Representative
from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., September
11, 1880 (age 48 years, 73
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Harry R. Wallace (d. 1915) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1913.
Died in 1915.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Daniel W. Grubbs —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1881-84.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Caleb Scudder —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Whig. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1851-54.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Walter C. Boetcher (1881-1951) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., November
13, 1881.
Democrat. Chair of
Marion County Democratic Party, 1934-36; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1937-38; Marion
County Treasurer, 1940-43.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Moose.
Died October
5, 1951 (age 69 years, 326
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Albert H. Losche (1891-1966) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born January
6, 1891.
Democrat. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1962-63.
Died November
22, 1966 (age 75 years, 320
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Christian J. Emhardt (1883-1971) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
5, 1883.
Democrat. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1951; superior court judge in Indiana,
1959-63.
Died September
4, 1971 (age 87 years, 303
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John Stough Bobbs (1809-1870) —
also known as John S. Bobbs —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Green Village, Franklin
County, Pa., December
22, 1809.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1857-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1860;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Performed the first
gall-bladder surgery in the nation, 1867.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 1,
1870 (age 60 years, 130
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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George L. Denny —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1947; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1948.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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James Sidney Hinton (1834-1892) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
25, 1834.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1872;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1881.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
First
black member of the Indiana legislature.
Died of a heart
attack while making a speech,
in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., November
6, 1892 (age 57 years, 317
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Claude E. Negley —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Marion
County, Ind.
Republican. Mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1927.
Pleaded
guilty in 1927 to bribery
charges
and fined.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Merrill (1792-1855) —
of Indiana.
Born in 1792.
Indiana
state treasurer, 1823-35.
Died in 1855
(age about
63 years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Crown Hill
Cemetery.
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Arcada Stark Balz (1879-1973) —
also known as Arcada Balz —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Monroe
County, Ind., December
31, 1879.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1943; First
woman elected to Indiana State Senate; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1944.
Female.
Methodist.
Died August
18, 1973 (age 93 years, 230
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John B. Conner (1831-1912) —
of Indiana.
Born in Jennings
County, Ind., April 28,
1831.
Son of Willoughby Conner and Rachel (Johnson) Conner.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; Indiana
state statistician, 1892-1901.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 10,
1912 (age 80 years, 348
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Royal Mayhew (c.1805-1865) —
of Indiana.
Born about 1805.
Indiana
state treasurer, 1844-47.
Died March 11,
1865 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Frederick Augustus Sims (1867-1947) —
also known as Fred A. Sims —
of Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind., October
8, 1867.
Son of James
Noble Sims and Margaret (Allen) Sims (1830-1912).
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor
of Frankfort, Ind., 1894-98; member of Indiana
Republican State Committee, 1896-1906; secretary of
Indiana Republican Party, 1904-06; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1906-10; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1916.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 20,
1947 (age 79 years, 194
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Larry Allyn Conrad (1935-1990) —
also known as Larry Conrad —
of Indiana.
Born February
8, 1935.
Secretary
of state of Indiana, 1970-78.
Died July 7,
1990 (age 55 years, 149
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John A. Watkins (1898-1973) —
of Indiana.
Born in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., March 8,
1898.
Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1949-53.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
26, 1973 (age 74 years, 355
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Jacob Piatt Dunn (1855-1924) —
also known as Jacob P. Dunn —
of Indiana.
Born in 1855.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1902.
Died in 1924
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Son of Albert
Jeremiah Beveridge and Catherine Spencer (Eddy) Beveridge
(1881-1970).
Republican. Newspaper
reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Bruce Charles Savage (1906-1993) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 30,
1906.
Son of Fred C. Savage and Nellie W. (Ferguson) Savage.
Republican. Real estate
broker; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., 1993
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Elisha Gale English (c.1797-1874) —
of Indiana.
Born in Kentucky, about 1797.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-34, 1839-40, 1842-43; member
of Indiana
state senate, 1845-51, 1865-67.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
14, 1874 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William Clayborne Tarkington (1816-1895) —
of Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in Edwardsport, Knox
County, Ind., June 2,
1816.
Dry goods
merchant; member of Indiana
state senate, 1855-62.
Member, Freemasons.
Died July 19,
1895 (age 79 years, 47
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Russell Benjamin Harrison (1854-1936) —
also known as Russell Lord Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, August
12, 1854.
Son of Caroline (Scott) Harrison and Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901).
Republican. Newspaper
work; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1921-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1925-28.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
13, 1936 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John Stevenson Tarkington (1832-1923) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., June 24,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1863; defeated, 1860; served in
the Union Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana,
1870-72.
Methodist.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
30, 1923 (age 90 years, 220
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Lee Brokenburr (1886-1974) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-44.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died March 24,
1974 (age 87 years, 128
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John Chalfant New (1831-1906) —
also known as John C. New —
of Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind., July 6,
1831.
Son of John Bowman New and Mariah (Chalfant) New.
Republican. Banker; newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1863; Treasurer of the United States, 1875-76; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1880-82.
Disciples
of Christ. English
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 4,
1906 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Ovid Butler Jameson (1854-1915) —
of Indiana.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 17,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
15, 1915 (age 60 years, 182
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Jefferson Helm Claypool (1856-1919) —
of Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., August
15, 1856.
Son of Benjamin
Franklin Claypool.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1889-91.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
22, 1919 (age 62 years, 160
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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William C. Van Arsdel (1849-1922) —
of Indiana.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ind., December
19, 1849.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1895.
Methodist.
Died in Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., January
7, 1922 (age 72 years, 19
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Julia Ethel Landers (1872-1953) —
also known as Julia E. Landers —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., 1872.
Daughter of Franklin
Landers and Martha (Turner) Landers.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1920; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1924.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 12,
1953 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Lois Irene Marshall (1873-1958) —
also known as Lois Irene Kimsey —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born May 9,
1873.
Daughter of William Edward Kimsey and Elizabeth (Dale) Kimsey.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1928.
Female.
Suffered a stroke in
her hotel
suite, and died a few days later, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
6, 1958 (age 84 years, 242
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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John Tarkington Jameson (1889-1963) —
of Indiana.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 16,
1889.
Son of Ovid
Butler Jameson.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1921-22.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June, 1963
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Donald Ovid Butler Jameson (1891-1967) —
of Indiana.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
19, 1891.
Son of Ovid
Butler Jameson.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1917-18.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
31, 1967 (age 76 years, 346
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Henry J. Richardson, Jr. (1902-1983) —
of Indiana.
Born June 21,
1902.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives; elected 1932.
African
ancestry.
Died December
5, 1983 (age 81 years, 167
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Michael L. Fansler —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1924
(alternate), 1940.
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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