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Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  William Clayborne Tarkington (1816-1895) — of Monroe County, Ind. Born in Edwardsport, Knox County, Ind., June 2, 1816. Dry goods merchant; member of Indiana state senate, 1855-62. Member, Freemasons. Died July 19, 1895 (age 79 years, 47 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Married to Eliza Kay Foster; uncle of John Stevenson Tarkington; granduncle of Newton Booth Tarkington.
  Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Newton Booth (1825-1892) — of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Salem, Washington County, Ind., December 25, 1825. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Harvey David Scott; member of California state senate, 1863; Governor of California, 1871-75; U.S. Senator from California, 1875-81. Died in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., July 14, 1892 (age 66 years, 202 days). Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Beebe Booth and Hannah (Pitts) Booth; brother of Walter Booth; uncle of Newton Booth Tarkington and Fenton Whitlock Booth.
  Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Walter Booth — of Paris, Edgar County, Ill. Mayor of Paris, Ill., 1870. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of Newton Booth.
  Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  John Stevenson Tarkington (1832-1923) — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., June 24, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1863; defeated, 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1870-72. Methodist. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., January 30, 1923 (age 90 years, 220 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Father-in-law of Ovid Butler Jameson; father of Newton Booth Tarkington; nephew of William Clayborne Tarkington; grandfather of John Tarkington Jameson and Donald Ovid Butler Jameson.
  Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  Ovid Butler Jameson (1854-1915) — of Indiana. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., July 17, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1885-86. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., January 15, 1915 (age 60 years, 182 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of John Stevenson Tarkington; brother-in-law of Newton Booth Tarkington; father of John Tarkington Jameson and Donald Ovid Butler Jameson.
  Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  Fenton Whitlock Booth (1869-1947) — also known as Fenton W. Booth — of Marshall, Clark County, Ill. Born in Marshall, Clark County, Ill., May 12, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1905-. Member, American Bar Association. Died July 26, 1947 (age 78 years, 75 days). Interment somewhere in Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Lyman Booth and Fayette W. (Whitlock) Booth; married, December 17, 1893, to Mabel Dana; nephew of Newton Booth; first cousin of Newton Booth Tarkington.
  Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Booth Tarkington Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) — also known as Booth Tarkington — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., July 29, 1869. Republican. Novelist; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1903-04. Member, Sigma Chi. Won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, 1919, for The Magnificent Ambersons and in 1922 for Alice Adams. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., May 19, 1946 (age 76 years, 294 days). Entombed at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of John Stevenson Tarkington and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington; brother-in-law of Ovid Butler Jameson; married, June 18, 1902, to Laura Louisa Fletcher; married 1912 to Susannah Kiefer Robinson; nephew of Newton Booth; uncle of John Tarkington Jameson and Donald Ovid Butler Jameson; grandnephew of William Clayborne Tarkington; first cousin of Fenton Whitlock Booth.
  Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  Tarkington Hall, at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Booth Tarkington: The Gentleman from Indiana (1899) — In The Arena : Stories of Political Life (1905)
  Fiction by Booth Tarkington: The Turmoil — Alice Adams — Penrod and Sam — The Magnificent Ambersons — Penrod — Seventeen — Gentle Julia — Ramsey Milholland — The Conquest of Canaan — The Two Vanrevels — Harlequin and Columbine — The Beautiful Lady — Monsieur Beaucaire — The Gibson Upright — The Guest of Quesnay — His Own People — Women — Beasley's Christmas Party
  Books about Booth Tarkington: James L. Woodress, Booth Tarkington : Gentleman from Indiana — Keith J. Fennimore, Booth Tarkington
  Image source: Time Magazine, December 21, 1925
  John Tarkington Jameson (1889-1963) — of Indiana. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., July 16, 1889. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1921-22. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., June, 1963 (age 73 years, 0 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Ovid Butler Jameson; brother of Donald Ovid Butler Jameson; nephew of Newton Booth Tarkington; grandson of John Stevenson Tarkington.
  Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  Donald Ovid Butler Jameson (1891-1967) — of Indiana. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., January 19, 1891. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1917-18. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., December 31, 1967 (age 76 years, 346 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Ovid Butler Jameson; brother of John Tarkington Jameson; nephew of Newton Booth Tarkington; grandson of John Stevenson Tarkington.
  Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
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