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Landis family of Logansport, Indiana

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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.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Hoch Landis and Mary (Kumler) Landis; brother of Charles Beary Landis, Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Frederick Daniel Landis; uncle of Frederick Daniel Landis Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Cary Dayton Landis.
  Political family: Landis family of Logansport, Indiana.
Charles B. Landis 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.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Hoch Landis and Mary (Kumler) Landis; brother of Walter Kumler Landis, Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Frederick Daniel Landis; uncle of Frederick Daniel Landis Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Cary Dayton Landis.
  Political family: Landis family of Logansport, Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Millville, Butler County, Ohio, November 20, 1866. U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1905-22; resigned 1922; Commissioner of Baseball, 1920-44. Swiss and German ancestry. Elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame, 1944. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 25, 1944 (age 78 years, 5 days). Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Hoch Landis and Mary (Kumler) Landis; brother of Walter Kumler Landis, Charles Beary Landis and Frederick Daniel Landis; married to Winifred Reed; uncle of Frederick Daniel Landis Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Cary Dayton Landis.
  Political family: Landis family of Logansport, Indiana.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Hoch Landis and Mary (Kumler) Landis; brother of Walter Kumler Landis, Charles Beary Landis and Kenesaw Mountain Landis; married to Bessie Alberta Baker; father of Frederick Daniel Landis Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Cary Dayton Landis.
  Political family: Landis family of Logansport, Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Cary Dayton Landis (1873-1938) — also known as Cary D. Landis — of DeLand, Volusia County, Fla. Born in Claypool, Kosciusko County, Ind., May 10, 1873. Democrat. School principal; superintendent of schools; lawyer; law professor; Florida state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis. Died May 10, 1938 (age 65 years, 0 days). Interment at Ball Hill Cemetery, Cutler, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of David L. Landis and Elizabeth (Ulrey) Landis; married, September 4, 1895, to Margaret Weaver; fourth cousin once removed of Walter Kumler Landis, Charles Beary Landis, Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Frederick Daniel Landis.
  Political family: Landis family of Logansport, Indiana.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Daniel Landis and Bessie Alberta (Baker) Landis; nephew of Walter Kumler Landis, Charles Beary Landis and Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
  Political family: Landis family of Logansport, Indiana.
  See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
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