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Boone County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Boone County

Index to Locations Lebanon Oak Hill Cemetery Oak Hill Cemetery Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Samuel Moffett Ralston (1857-1925) — also known as Samuel M. Ralston — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born near New Cumberland, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, December 1, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Indiana state senate, 1888; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for secretary of state of Indiana, 1896, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1904 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); Governor of Indiana, 1913-17; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1923-25; died in office 1925; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1924. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, from heart and kidney diseases, near Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., October 14, 1925 (age 67 years, 317 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Ralston and Sarah (Scott) Ralston; married, December 26, 1881, to Mary Josephine Backous; married, December 30, 1889, to Jennie Craven.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Jefferson Cason (1828-1901) — of Indiana. Born near Brownsville, Union County, Ind., September 13, 1828. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1861-63; member of Indiana state senate, 1865-67; state court judge in Indiana, 1867-71; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1873-77 (7th District 1873-75, 9th District 1875-77). Methodist. Died in Washington, D.C., July 10, 1901 (age 72 years, 300 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Samuel S. Heath (1850-1926) — of Lebanon, Boone County, Ind. Born in Jennings County, Ind., July 12, 1850. Republican. Livestock dealer; farmer; chair of Boone County Republican Party, 1905; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1924. Died in Lebanon, Boone County, Ind., June 1, 1926 (age 75 years, 324 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Neal) Heath and James M. Heath; married, May 2, 1895, to Cora Belle Devol.   Ollie M. Berry (1890-1968) — of Lebanon, Boone County, Ind. Born in Clinton County, Ind., January 16, 1890. Republican. Farmer; chair of Boone County Republican Party, 1938-44. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in November, 1968 (age 78 years, 0 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Eugene Collins Pulliam (1889-1975) — also known as Eugene C. Pulliam — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born, in a sod dugout, in Grant County, Kan., May 3, 1889. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; director, New York Central Railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1952 (speaker), 1956. Methodist. Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., June 23, 1975 (age 86 years, 51 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Irvin Brown Pulliam and Martha Ellen (Collins) Pulliam; married 1912 to Myrta Smith; married 1919 to Martha Ott; married 1941 to Nina G. Mason; grandfather of James Danforth Quayle (who married Marilyn Quayle); great-grandfather of Benjamin Eugene Quayle.   Political family: Quayle family of Indianapolis, Indiana.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Arizona Republic, August 31, 2011

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