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Crumpacker family of Indiana

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  Edgar Dean Crumpacker (1851-1920) — also known as Edgar D. Crumpacker — of Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind. Born in Westville, LaPorte County, Ind., May 27, 1851. Republican. Lawyer; prosecuting attorney 31st District, 1884-88; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court, 1891-93; U.S. Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1897-1913; defeated, 1912. Died in Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind., May 19, 1920 (age 68 years, 358 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Harriet (Emmons) Crumpacker and Theophilus Henton Crumpacker; married to Charlotte Ann Lucas; father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker; grandfather of Owen Windle Crumpacker; first cousin of Jonathan William Crumpacker; first cousin twice removed of Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr..
  Political family: Crumpacker family of Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jonathan William Crumpacker (1854-1904) — also known as J. W. Crumpacker — of LaPorte, LaPorte County, Ind. Born in New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Ind., September 6, 1854. Republican. School teacher; civil engineer; lawyer; candidate for mayor of LaPorte, Ind., 1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888; member of Indiana state senate, 1893-96; justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1897-1903. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died, from typhoid fever, in LaPorte, LaPorte County, Ind., March 15, 1904 (age 49 years, 191 days). Interment at Westville Cemetery, Westville, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Shepherd Crumpacker and Deborah Ann (Williams) Crumpacker; married, September 17, 1881, to Maggie Ragon; married 1899 to Margaret Murray; granduncle of Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr.; first cousin of Edgar Dean Crumpacker; first cousin once removed of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker; first cousin twice removed of Owen Windle Crumpacker.
  Political family: Crumpacker family of Indiana.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Maurice Edgar Crumpacker (1886-1927) — also known as Maurice E. Crumpacker — of Oregon. Born in Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind., December 19, 1886. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1925-27; died in office 1927. Came to San Francisco with Nicholas Longworth and others; left the group and was found by police, sitting on a curb and claiming he had been poisoned by someone trying to murder him; deemed paranoid, taken to a hospital, and sedated; released at his insistence; walking near the shoreline with a friend, he yelled "Tell everybody good-bye!", jumped into the water, and drowned, in San Francisco Bay, July 24, 1927 (age 40 years, 217 days). Interment at River View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
  Relatives: Son of Edgar Dean Crumpacker and Charlotte Ann (Lucas) Crumpacker; married to Cully Cooke; uncle of Owen Windle Crumpacker; first cousin once removed of Jonathan William Crumpacker; second cousin once removed of Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr..
  Political family: Crumpacker family of Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Owen W. Crumpacker Owen Windle Crumpacker (1912-1998) — also known as Owen W. Crumpacker — of Whiting, Lake County, Ind. Born in Hammond, Lake County, Ind., January 28, 1912. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; disbarred in 1978 by the Indiana Supreme Court, over his unprofessional conduct; repeatedly jailed for contempt of court for continuing to practice law after disbarment; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1988. Died in Portage, Kalamazoo County, Mich., February 10, 1998 (age 86 years, 13 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Charles Crumpacker and Mary (Windle) Crumpacker; married 1938 to Mary Eleanor Noyes; nephew of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker; grandson of Edgar Dean Crumpacker; first cousin twice removed of Jonathan William Crumpacker; third cousin of Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr..
  Political family: Crumpacker family of Indiana.
  Image source: Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), October 14, 1988
  Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (1917-1986) — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., February 13, 1917. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1951-57; superior court judge in Indiana, 1977-85. Died, in St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., October 14, 1986 (age 69 years, 243 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Shepard J. Crumpacker and Grace Elder (Dauchy) Crumpacker; married to Marjorie Patton; grandnephew of Jonathan William Crumpacker; first cousin twice removed of Edgar Dean Crumpacker; second cousin once removed of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker; third cousin of Owen Windle Crumpacker.
  Political family: Crumpacker family of Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
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