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Frank Carruthers Allen (b. 1869) —
also known as F. C. Allen —
of Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex.
Born in Rockville, Parke
County, Ind., July 30,
1869.
Son of James Alexander Allen and Mary Jane (Ott) Allen.
Republican. Dentist;
postmaster; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Belle Atkinson. |
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Harry William Baals (1886-1954) —
also known as Harry W. Baals —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Postmaster; lumber
business; mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1934-47, 1951-54; died in office 1954.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from a kidney
infection, in Parkview Memorial Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 9,
1954 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Charles H. Boswell (1909-2006) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., October
31, 1909.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1954; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1959-62; resigned 1962; postmaster.
Died December
30, 2006 (age 97 years, 60
days).
Interment at Washington Park North Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Thomas Carr, Jr. (b. 1801) —
of Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1801.
Son of Thomas
Carr.
Clark
County Sheriff, 1826; postmaster; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846-48, 1850-51.
Burial
location unknown.
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James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 17,
1842.
Son of Elizabeth (Goudie) Clarkson and Coker
Fifield Clarkson.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; railroad
builder; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1869-71; postmaster; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1880-96; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1891-92; First Assistant U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-90; U.S. Surveyor of Customs,
1902-10.
Assisted more than 500 escaping slaves en route to Canada via the
"underground railroad," 1856-62.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., May 31,
1918 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment somewhere
in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Adam Reinhart Ebert (1851-1934) —
also known as Adam R. Ebert —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Germany,
December
21, 1851.
Postmaster; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1891.
Lutheran.
Died December
23, 1934 (age 83 years, 2
days).
Interment at Concordia
Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Samuel Harrison Elrod (1856-1935) —
also known as Samuel H. Elrod —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coatesville, Hendricks
County, Ind., May 1,
1856.
Son of Jesse F. Elrod and Lydia (Pursel) Elrod.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster; Governor of
South Dakota, 1905-07; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1916,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1932.
Methodist.
Died July 13,
1935 (age 79 years, 73
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Townsend A. Ely (b. 1843) —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., August
27, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
postmaster; village
president of Alma, Michigan, 1894-96; member of Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1909-13.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Watson Foster (1836-1917) —
also known as John W. Foster —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pike
County, Ind., March 2,
1836.
Son of Matthew Watson Foster and Eleanor (Johnson) Foster.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1868;
postmaster; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1873-80; Russia, 1880-81; Spain, 1883-85; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1892-93.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
15, 1917 (age 81 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Samuel Hanna (1797-1866) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., October
18, 1797.
Postmaster; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1826-27, 1831-32, 1840-41; member
of Indiana
state senate, 1832-35; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Indiana, 1839; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., June 11,
1866 (age 68 years, 236
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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A. R. Lucas (b. 1879) —
also known as Bert Lucas —
of Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., February
26, 1879.
Republican. Postal worker; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1936-42; mayor
of Frankfort, Ind., 1940-44.
Christian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Neil Duncan McCallum (b. 1883) —
also known as Neil D. McCallum —
of Batesville, Ripley
County, Ind.
Born in Benham, Ripley
County, Ind., August 4,
1883.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; postmaster; secretary of
Indiana Republican Party, 1936-42.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert P. McCardle (b. 1873) —
of Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.
Born June 19,
1873.
Democrat. Railway
mail clerk; chair of
Decatur County Democratic Party, 1942-44.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) —
also known as Ada Belle Mills —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ill., October
6, 1882.
Daughter of Joseph L. Mills and Lavina E. (Allyn) Mills.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster; member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee.
Female.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March 4,
1947 (age 64 years, 149
days).
Interment at Sierra
View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Possum Poke, Poulan, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April 11,
1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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John Dillon Seaman (1840-1911) —
also known as John D. Seaman —
of Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Benton Township, Elkhart
County, Ind., February
15, 1840.
Son of Rueben D. Seaman and Elizabeth Dillon Seaman.
Republican. Grain dealer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1879; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma Territory, 1896;
postmaster.
Died in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., May 30,
1911 (age 71 years, 104
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
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Arthur P. Twineham —
of Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1888;
mayor
of Princeton, Ind., 1904-06; resigned 1906; postmaster.
Burial
location unknown.
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John T. Wilder (1830-1917) —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hunter, Greene
County, N.Y., January
31, 1830.
Son of Reuben Wilder and Mary (Merritt) Wilder.
Millwright;
foundry
owner; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
manufacturer of railroad
rails; railroad
promoter; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1871-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1876; postmaster; hotel
owner.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
20, 1917 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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