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William Baker (1813-1872) —
of Loudon (now Fort Loudon), Franklin
County, Pa.; Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton, Franklin
County, Pa., February
11, 1813.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1847-49; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1859-68, 1870-72; defeated, 1868; died in
office 1872.
Lutheran;
later Presbyterian.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died May 23,
1872 (age 59 years, 102
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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John S. Bender (b. 1827) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
26, 1827.
School
teacher; miller; surveyor;
Starke
County Clerk and Auditor; lawyer; newspaper
publisher.
Methodist.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bender and Jane (Dobbs) Bender; married 1855 to Maggie
Bowers; married 1858 to Rachel
Houghton. |
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William Frederick Bickel (1862-1933) —
also known as William F. Bickel —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Huntington
County, Ind., September
5, 1862.
Republican. Contractor;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 27, 1889-90.
German ancestry.
Died in 1933
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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John C. Billheimer (1857-1918) —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.
Born in Wayne
County, Ind., March 3,
1857.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; chair of
Daviess County Republican Party, 1886; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888;
U.S. Consul in Zanzibar, 1898-99; Indiana
state auditor, 1906-10.
Methodist.
German ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Knights
of Honor.
Died in 1918
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Washington, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Billheimer and Margaret (Gephat) Billheimer; married 1879 to Susan
Kimball. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Moore's Hoosier
Cyclopedia (1905) |
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Frank Probasco Bohn (1866-1944) —
also known as Frank P. Bohn —
of Newberry, Luce
County, Mich.
Born in Charlottesville, Hancock
County, Ind., July 14,
1866.
Physician;
banker;
Democratic candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Delta District, 1896;
candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1916; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1923-26; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1927-33; defeated
(Republican), 1932.
Episcopalian.
German and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Newberry, Luce
County, Mich., June 1,
1944 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Newberry, Mich.
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Ning S. Eley (1868-1943) —
also known as Ning Eley —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Newcastle Township, Fulton
County, Ind., May 13,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1932.
German ancestry.
Died in Cook
County, Ill., August
9, 1943 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as M. L. Essick; "Old Man
Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1880;
candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District, 1896.
Scottish,
German, and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Bert Fish (1875-1943) —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., October
8, 1875.
Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
county judge in Florida, 1910-17, 1931-33; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1933-38; Saudi Arabia, 1939-41; Portugal, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
German and English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Nu.
Died in Lisbon, Portugal,
July
21, 1943 (age 67 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
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Stephen Bond Fleming (1870-1961) —
also known as Stephen B. Fleming —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
20, 1870.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1901-15; resigned 1915; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1908
(alternate), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); president, Holsum Bakery Company,
1938-56.
Catholic.
Irish,
German, and French
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., December
6, 1961 (age 91 years, 16
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Charles Frank (1842-1911) —
of Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Beaver
County, Pa., March
18, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
owner; mayor
of Mishawaka, Ind., 1905-06.
German ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in 1911
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Mishawaka City Cemetery, Mishawaka, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Reinhold Frank and Catherine (Raup) Frank; married 1868 to Mary
A. Buchheit. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Herman Freygang (1840-1913) —
of Angola, Steuben
County, Ind.
Born in Uniontown, Stark
County, Ohio, March 4,
1840.
Democrat. Harness
maker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1884;
postmaster at Angola,
Ind., 1885-89.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Angola, Steuben
County, Ind., May 22,
1913 (age 73 years, 79
days).
Interment at Old Angola Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Julius Freygang and Fredericka (Weicht) Freygang; brother
of Elizabeth Freygang (who married George
E. Young); married 1859 to Irene
Wakefield. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles L. Goetz (b. 1859) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
22, 1859.
Democrat. Cigar
manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President).
German ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Casper Goetz and Mary (Holderied) Goetz; married 1883 to Emma
E. Klingel. |
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Irving Howbert (1846-1934) —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind., April
11, 1846.
Republican. Banker; El
Paso County Clerk, 1869-79; member of Colorado
state senate, 1882-86; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912;
Colorado
Republican state chair, 1894-95.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., December
21, 1934 (age 88 years, 254
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Albert C. Kamp (1837-1927) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Germany,
June
6, 1837.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1893-95.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died December
10, 1927 (age 90 years, 187
days).
Interment at Kamp Cemetery, Cypress, Ind.
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Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles B. Landis —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,
1908.
Swiss
and German ancestry.
Died, from uremia
due to interstital
nephritis, in Meriwether Hospital,
Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., April
24, 1922 (age 63 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Frederick Daniel Landis (1872-1934) —
also known as Frederick Landis; Fred
Landis —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Sevenmile, Butler
County, Ohio, August
18, 1872.
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1903-07; defeated
(Republican), 1906; Progressive candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1912; candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Indiana, 1928.
Swiss
and German ancestry.
Died in a hospital
at Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., November
6, 1934 (age 62 years, 80
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Frederick Daniel Landis Jr. (1912-1990) —
also known as Frederick Landis —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., January
17, 1912.
Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1965-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-83; took senior status 1983.
German and Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Carmel, Hamilton
County, Ind., March 1,
1990 (age 78 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Kumler Landis (1856-1917) —
also known as Walter K. Landis —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, April
15, 1856.
Republican. Postmaster at San
Juan, Puerto Rico, 1900-12.
Swiss
and German ancestry.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., November
5, 1917 (age 61 years, 204
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Carlton Mason (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold C. Mason —
of Blissfield, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.
Born in Kunkle, Williams
County, Ohio, November
9, 1888.
School
teacher; minister;
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1914; bishop; college
professor; president,
Huntington College, 1932-39.
Free
Methodist. German, Scottish,
English,
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind., June 2,
1964 (age 75 years, 206
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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John B. Nees (1804-1882) —
also known as John B. Neese —
of Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., December
8, 1804.
Farmer;
merchant;
sheriff;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44.
Presbyterian.
German ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died in Poland, Clay
County, Ind., May 19,
1882 (age 77 years, 162
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Nusbaum (1856-1928) —
of DeKalb
County, Ind.
Born in Crestline, Crawford
County, Ohio, April
16, 1856.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99.
German ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
8, 1928 (age 71 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Genevieve Nutto (1902-1993) —
also known as Genevieve Heffernan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., October
23, 1902.
Republican. Stenographer;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1950.
Female.
Irish
and German ancestry.
Died in Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif., May 2,
1993 (age 90 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Heffernan and Anna M. Heffernan. |
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Godlove Stein Orth (1817-1882) —
also known as Godlove S. Orth —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born near Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., April
22, 1817.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1843-49; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1845; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1863-71, 1873-75, 1879-82 (8th
District 1863-69, 7th District 1869-71, at-large 1873-75, 9th
District 1879-82); died in office 1882; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1875-76.
German ancestry.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., December
16, 1882 (age 65 years, 238
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859) —
also known as Samuel W. Parker —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
9, 1805.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-43; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (4th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1849.
German and English
ancestry.
Died in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
1, 1859 (age 53 years, 145
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Gottlieb Adolph Fredrick Pfafflin (1836-1879) —
of Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Hohenheim, Wurttemberg, Germany,
November
20, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Vanderburgh
County Sheriff, 1870-74; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1875.
German ancestry.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 43 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar Allan Planck (b. 1868) —
also known as Edgar A. Planck —
of Union, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Lagrange, LaGrange
County, Ind., September
27, 1868.
Republican. Physician;
member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Maccabees;
Gleaners.
Interment at East
Union Cemetery, Union, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1892 to Grace
E. Hartman. |
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Oscar L. Pulse (1851-1923) —
of Decatur
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
14, 1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; lumber
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883.
Methodist.
Dutch
and German ancestry.
Died in Maryland, March
15, 1923 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Ind.
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Lenore B. Quinn (1891-1961) —
also known as Mary Lenore Bookmyer; Mrs. J. R.
Quinn —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, January
17, 1891.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Female.
German and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., March
18, 1961 (age 70 years, 60
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas W. Bookmyer and Martha Ann (Murray) Bookmyer;
married, June 14,
1922, to James Rowland Quinn. |
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Joseph Clayton Ratliff (1827-1909) —
of Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Wayne
County, Ind., July 6,
1827.
Republican. Physician;
dentist;
business
executive; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1875.
Quaker.
English
and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wayne
County, Ind., October
16, 1909 (age 82 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David B. J. Schafer (b. 1859) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Adams
County, Ind., February
21, 1859.
Republican. Grocer; mayor
of South Bend, Ind., 1894-97; St.
Joseph County Sheriff.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Christian Schafer and Catherine (Ahr) Schafer. |
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Charles Schoenlaub (1868-1909) —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Indiana, June, 1868.
Prohibition candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1908.
German ancestry.
Died in Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1909 (age 41 years, 0
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Newton, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Emil Schoenlaub and Appolonia (Strasser) Schoenlaub; married 1892 to Anna
M. Robertson. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Campaign palm card
(1908) |
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H. L. Shannon (b. 1860) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Carlisle, Sullivan
County, Ind., March
16, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Jasper
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1894-96, 1899-1900; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1915-16.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Sterne —
of Indiana.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany.
U.S. Consul in Pesth, as of 1883-84.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William F. Struve (1865-1943) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Batesville, Ripley
County, Ind., August
14, 1865.
Republican. Saloon
keeper; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1908.
German ancestry.
Died in Madison
County, Ala., February
13, 1943 (age 77 years, 183
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Simon Wile (1830-1907) —
of LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind.
Born near Munich (München), Germany,
August
22, 1830.
Democrat. Grocer; miller;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869.
Jewish.
German ancestry.
Died in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., September
10, 1907 (age 77 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) —
also known as Wendell L. Willkie —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., February
18, 1892.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924;
Republican candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Episcopalian.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1944 (age 52 years, 233
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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John Walter Yeager (b. 1891) —
also known as John W. Yeager —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Richland, Spencer
County, Ind., March 1,
1891.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in
Nebraska 4th District, 1933-; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1940-.
Presbyterian.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilhelm Carl Yeager and Laura Elizabeth (Barton) Yeager; married,
June
28, 1922, to Lena E. Deeg. |
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Martin Washington Yencer (1871-1960) —
of Boston, Wayne
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Greenfield Township, Fairfield
County, Ohio, December
27, 1871.
Republican. Physician;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1903-06; served
in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Protestant.
Swiss
and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Sons
of Veterans.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., February
22, 1960 (age 88 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911 to
Jeanette May Hill. |
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Jonathan Stoltzfus Yoder (1881-1959) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Weilersville, Wayne
County, Ohio, September
13, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Elkhart County, 1917-20;
president of two milk
condensing firms.
Methodist.
German and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died in Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., April
22, 1959 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911 to Nelle
Catherine Colburn; married 1920 to Mrs.
Laura Ethel Cole. |
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