Pike County
Indiana
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Pike County
Indiana
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pike County
Index to Locations
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George H. Proffit (1807-1847) —
of Petersburg, Pike
County, Ind.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
7, 1807.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-33, 1836-39; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1839-43; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1843-44.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
7, 1847 (age 40 years, 0
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery.
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Arthur Herbert Taylor (1852-1922) —
of Petersburg, Pike
County, Ind.
Born in Canada,
February
29, 1852.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1893-95; defeated, 1894.
Died February
20, 1922 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery.
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Francis Blackburn Posey (1848-1915) —
also known as Francis B. Posey —
of Poseyville, Posey
County, Ind.; Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Indiana, 1848.
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1889; defeated
(Republican), 1910; U.S.
Surveyor of Customs, 1909.
Died in 1915
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery.
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