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Index to Locations
Union Cemetery
Charlestown Charlestown Cemetery
Charlestown Old Cemetery
Charlestown Salem Methodist
Cemetery
Jeffersonville Old City Cemetery
Jeffersonville Walnut Ridge
Cemetery
Union
Cemetery
Clark County, Indiana
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Bessie L. Riggs (1877-1957) —
also known as Bessie Lewman; Mrs. James R.
Riggs —
of Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Indiana, July 18,
1877.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1926-29; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1928.
Female.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., March
24, 1957 (age 79 years, 249
days).
Interment at Center
Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Ind.; cenotaph at Union Cemetery.
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Charlestown
Cemetery
Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana
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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.
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Old
Cemetery
Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana
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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.
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Salem Methodist
Cemetery
Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana
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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.
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Old City
Cemetery
300 Mulberry Street
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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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.
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Walnut Ridge
Cemetery
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana
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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; Presidential
Elector for Indiana, 1848;
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.
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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. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1863-66; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1885-89.
Died in Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind., October
5, 1911 (age 86 years, 136
days).
Interment at Walnut Ridge Cemetery.
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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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