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Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885) —
also known as "The Christian Statesman";
"Smiler" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 23,
1823.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1863-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1872.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., January
13, 1885 (age 61 years, 296
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Norman Eddy (1810-1872) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
10, 1810.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847; member of Indiana
state senate, 1849-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1853-55; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1855-57; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1871-72.
Episcopalian.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
28, 1872 (age 61 years, 49
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Samuel Caldwell Sample (1796-1855) —
also known as Samuel C. Sample —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., August
15, 1796.
Whig. Carpenter;
lawyer;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1836-43; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1843-45; banker.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
2, 1855 (age 59 years, 109
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Elisha Egbert (1806-1870) —
of Indiana.
Born in Readington, Hunterdon
County, N.J., November
4, 1806.
School
teacher; lawyer;
probate judge in Indiana, 1834-38, 1848-52; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39; defeated, 1832; common
pleas court judge in Indiana, 1852-70.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., November
4, 1870 (age 64 years, 0
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Eliza McCartney (1811-1846) and Mary Elizabeth Davis
(1828-1911). |
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Abraham Lincoln Brick (1860-1908) —
also known as Abraham L. Brick —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born near South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., May 27,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1899-1908; died in
office 1908.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 7,
1908 (age 47 years, 316
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Robert Allen Grant (1905-1998) —
also known as Robert A. Grant —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.; Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born near Bourbon, Marshall
County, Ind., July 31,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1939-49; defeated,
1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1956;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, 1957-72;
took senior status 1972.
Died March 2,
1998 (age 92 years, 214
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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F. Jay Nimtz (1915-1990) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
1, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1957-59; defeated,
1958, 1960.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
6, 1990 (age 75 years, 5
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Riverview Cemetery.
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George Ford (1846-1917) —
of St.
Joseph County, Ind.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., January
11, 1846.
Son of Isaac Ford and Emeline (Perkins) Ford.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-84; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1885-87; superior
court judge in Indiana, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., August
30, 1917 (age 71 years, 231
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Joseph Doty Oliver (1850-1933) —
also known as Joseph D. Oliver; J. D.
Oliver —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind., August
20, 1850.
Son of James Oliver and Susan (Doty) Oliver.
Republican. Chairman, Oliver Farm
Equipment Company; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1884,
1912.
Presbyterian.
Died August 6,
1933 (age 82 years, 351
days).
Entombed at Riverview Cemetery.
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James Oliver II (1885-1944) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born November
3, 1885.
Son of Joseph
Doty Oliver and Anna Gertude (Wells) Oliver.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1936
(alternate), 1940.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, at the Claypool Hotel,
Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 19,
1944 (age 58 years, 198
days).
Entombed at Riverview Cemetery.
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