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Thomas Warren Bennett (1831-1893) —
Born in Union
County, Ind., February
16, 1831.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1859-61, 1865-67; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; mayor
of Richmond, Ind., 1869-71, 1877-83, 1885-87; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1871-75; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1875-76.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., February
2, 1893 (age 61 years, 352
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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Henry Underwood Johnson (1850-1939) —
also known as Henry U. Johnson —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge City, Wayne
County, Ind., October
28, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1891-99.
Died June 4,
1939 (age 88 years, 219
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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Daniel Webster Comstock (1840-1917) —
of Indiana.
Born in Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio, December
16, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state senate, 1879-81; state court judge in Indiana, 1885-96,
1897-1911; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1917; died in office
1917.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1917 (age 76 years, 154
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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David Pierson Holloway (1809-1883) —
also known as David P. Holloway —
of Indiana.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, December
6, 1809.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-52; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1848,
1852;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1855-57.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1883 (age 73 years, 277
days).
Original interment at Maple Grove Cemetery
(which no longer exists); reinterment at Earlham Cemetery.
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David Worth Dennis (1912-1999) —
also known as David W. Dennis —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1912.
Republican. Member of Indiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1969-75.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Reid Hospital,
Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., January
6, 1999 (age 86 years, 213
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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