Walter Raper Beardsley (b. 1905) — also known as
Walter R. Beardsley — of Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind. Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., October
23, 1905. Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1936-40; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1972;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II.
Presbyterian. President, Miles Laboratories. Still living as
of 1972.
Ferdinand Lathrop Mayer (1887-1986) — also known as
Ferdinand L. Mayer — of Indiana. Born in Indianapolis,
Marion
County, Ind., May 25,
1887. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1937-40. Presbyterian. Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., 1986.
Interment at Old
First Church Graveyard, Bennington, Vt.