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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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Charles G. Covert (c.1863-1953) —
also known as "Mr. Republican" —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born about 1863.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; sheriff;
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1901-06; postmaster at Evansville,
Ind., 1906-10, 1923-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Redmen; Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died in Deaconess Hospital,
Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., November
18, 1953 (age about 90
years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Image source:
City of Evansville |
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John Engles Cox (1866-1927) —
also known as John E. Cox —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born near Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., December
27, 1866.
Democrat. Superior court judge in Indiana, 1907-15, 1919-27; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Woodmen.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., October
12, 1927 (age 60 years, 289
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Finly Hutchinson Gray (1863-1947) —
also known as Finly H. Gray —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Orange, Fayette
County, Ind., July 21,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Connersville, Ind., 1904-10; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1911-17, 1933-39 (6th District
1911-17, 10th District 1933-39).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Moose.
Died in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., May 8,
1947 (age 83 years, 291
days).
Interment at Dale
Cemetery, Connersville, Ind.
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James Armenius Hedgcock (1853-1907) —
of Indiana.
Born in Dresden, Muskingum
County, Ohio, April 6,
1853.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1897-99.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Freemasons;
Sons
of Veterans.
Died in Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind., March
13, 1907 (age 53 years, 341
days).
Interment at Bunnell
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of John Samuel Hedgcock. |
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William V. Hemphill (b. 1897) —
of Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Trafalgar, Johnson
County, Ind., July 22,
1897.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; dairy
business; mayor
of Franklin, Ind., 1943-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen; Phi
Delta Theta; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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James Robert Hogg (1863-1934) —
also known as Jim Hogg —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in Jennings
County, Ind., January
4, 1863.
Republican. Farmer; meat
merchant; distillery
owner; produced Jim Hogg's Corn
Whiskey; Butler
County Sheriff, 1892-96, 1902-06, 1920-24; mayor
of Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1897-99.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Fell into the Black River, and drowned,
in Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo., July 12,
1934 (age 71 years, 189
days).
Interment at Poplar
Bluff City Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Marion Hogg and Mary Belle (Winslow) Hogg; married, September
5, 1880, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; divorced); married, December
13, 1884, to Susan S. 'Susie' Klutts; married, November
19, 1887, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; died); married, December
7, 1889, to Clara Catherine Smith; married, August
14, 1914, to Naoma Ruth Hawas. |
| | | Epitaph: "Peace be thy silent
slumber." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Mordecai Hudson (1876-1950) —
also known as James M. Hudson —
of Bloomfield, Greene
County, Ind.
Born in Center Township, Greene
County, Ind., April
17, 1876.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Died, in Freeman Greene County Hospital,
Linton, Greene
County, Ind., November
11, 1950 (age 74 years, 208
days).
Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, Ind.
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James V. Kent (1847-1918) —
of Indiana.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., May 29,
1847.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1877-79; circuit judge in Indiana, 1896-1902.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Redmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 10,
1918 (age 71 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Larrabee (1870-1960) —
also known as William H. Larrabee —
of New Palestine, Hancock
County, Ind.
Born near Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., February
21, 1870.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1923; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-43 (6th District 1931-33, 11th
District 1933-43); defeated, 1928 (6th District), 1942 (10th
District).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Eagles.
Died November
16, 1960 (age 90 years, 269
days).
Interment at New
Palestine Cemetery, New Palestine, Ind.
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Claude B. McBride (b. 1883) —
of Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Clark
County, Ind., March
19, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; Clark
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1935-42.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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William Monroe McCarty (b. 1816) —
of Indiana.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 18,
1816.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-49; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; circuit judge in Indiana, 1850-53.
Member, Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank McConaughey (b. 1874) —
of Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Boone
County, Ind., January
26, 1874.
Democrat. Banker; chair of
Johnson County Democratic Party, 1918-20, 1942-44; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1928.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Redmen; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Eugene Updike, Sr. (1894-1953) —
also known as Ralph E. Updike —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 27,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Marion County, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1925-29; defeated, 1928.
Christian.
Dutch
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Improved Order of Red Men.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
16, 1953 (age 59 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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