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Clark County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Clark County

Index to Locations Charlestown Charlestown Cemetery Charlestown Old Cemetery Charlestown Salem Methodist Cemetery Jeffersonville Old City Cemetery Jeffersonville Walnut Ridge Cemetery Charlestown Cemetery Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834) — of Charlestown, Clark County, Ind. Born in Readington, Hunterdon County, N.J., March 27, 1784. Democrat. Lawyer; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1809-16; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; Governor of Indiana, 1816-22; resigned 1822; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1822-31 (at-large 1822-23, 2nd District 1823-31). Member, Freemasons. Died near Charlestown, Clark County, Ind., July 26, 1834 (age 50 years, 121 days). Interment at Charlestown Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Jennings and Mary (Kennedy) Jennings; married 1811 to Ann Gilmore Hay; married 1827 to Clarissa Barbee.   Jennings County, Ind. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Old Cemetery Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   John Carr (1793-1845) — of Charlestown, Clark County, Ind. Born in Uniontown, Perry County, Ind., April 9, 1793. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1831-37, 1839-41 (2nd District 1831-33, 3rd District 1833-37, 1839-41). Died in Charlestown, Clark County, Ind., January 20, 1845 (age 51 years, 286 days). Interment at Old Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Salem Methodist Cemetery Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   James Beggs (1760-1835) — of Clark County, Ind. Born in Rockingham County, Va., April 4, 1760. Member of Indiana territorial House of Representatives, 1807-09; member Indiana territorial council, 1810-14; member of Indiana state senate, 1816-20. Methodist. Died near Charlestown, Clark County, Ind., May 13, 1835 (age 75 years, 39 days). Interment at Salem Methodist Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Charles Beggs. Old City Cemetery 300 Mulberry Street Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Thomas Terry Davis (1765-1807) — Born in Fluvanna County, Va., 1765. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1795-97; U.S. Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1797-1803; justice of Indiana territorial supreme court, 1803-07. Member, Freemasons. Died in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Ind., November 15, 1807 (age about 42 years). Interment at Old City Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Walnut Ridge Cemetery Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Cyrus Livingston Dunham (1817-1877) — also known as Cyrus L. Dunham — of Indiana. Born in Dryden, Tompkins County, N.Y., January 16, 1817. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1846-48, 1865; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1849-55 (2nd District 1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55); secretary of state of Indiana, 1859-61; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; state court judge in Indiana, 1871-74. Died in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Ind., November 21, 1877 (age 60 years, 309 days). Interment at Walnut Ridge Cemetery.   Relatives: Uncle of Horace Heffren.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Jonas George Howard (1825-1911) — also known as Jonas G. Howard — of Jeffersonville, Clark County, Ind. Born near New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., May 22, 1825. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1863; U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1885-89. Died October 5, 1911 (age 86 years, 136 days). Interment at Walnut Ridge Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Keigwin (1829-1904) — of Indiana. Born in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Ind., October 18, 1829. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana state senate, 1871. Died in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Ind., August 25, 1904 (age 74 years, 312 days). Interment at Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

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