Index to Locations
Mt. Pleasant Township Van Matre
Cemetery
Muncie Beech Grove Cemetery
Washington Township Olive Branch
Cemetery
Yorktown Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Van Matre
Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana
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William Van Matre (1798-1861) —
of Muncietown (now Muncie), Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Highland
County, Ohio, December
28, 1798.
Postmaster at Muncietown,
Ind., 1828-29; state court judge in Indiana, 1834-36; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-37.
Presbyterian.
Died near Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., October
8, 1861 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Van Matre Cemetery.
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Beech Grove
Cemetery
1400 West Kilgore Avenue
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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George Washington Cromer (1856-1936) —
also known as George W. Cromer —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born near Anderson, Madison
County, Ind., May 13,
1856.
Republican. Delaware
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1887-91; mayor of
Muncie, Ind., 1894-98; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1899-1907; defeated,
1906.
Died in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., November
8, 1936 (age 80 years, 179
days).
Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847) —
of Muncietown (now Muncie), Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 24,
1810.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1836-40; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1841-47 (5th District 1841-43, 10th
District 1843-47).
Died of smallpox,
in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
31, 1847 (age 37 years, 160
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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John C. Quick (1862-1929) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born near Frankton, Madison
County, Ind., December
4, 1862.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Muncie, Ind., 1922-26.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Medical
Association.
Died in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., March
15, 1929 (age 66 years, 101
days).
Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Marshall E. Hanley (1920-1981) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., May 7,
1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1952-53.
Presbyterian.
Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, in Ball Memorial Hospital,
Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., May 23,
1981 (age 61 years, 16
days).
Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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George Alexander Ball (1862-1955) —
also known as George A. Ball —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Green, Summit
County, Ohio, November
5, 1862.
Republican. President, Ball Brothers glass
manufacturing company; chairman, Merchants National Bank of
Muncie; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1936;
member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1932-37.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Gamma Sigma; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis, in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., October
22, 1955 (age 92 years, 351
days).
Entombed at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Edmund Arthur Ball (1894-1947) —
also known as E. Arthur Ball —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., December, 1894.
Democrat. Vice-president of the Ball Brothers glass
container company; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1940.
Died, from a heart
seizure brought on by influenza,
while seated in his
parked car at the municipal
airport, in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
16, 1947 (age 52 years, 0
days).
Entombed at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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John Wesley Fisher (1915-2009) —
also known as John W. Fisher —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Walland, Blount
County, Tenn., July 15,
1915.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1952,
1960,
1968;
president and CEO, Ball Corporation, 1970-81.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Rotary.
Died, from leukemia,
in Ball Memorial Hospital,
Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., June 28,
2009 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Presumably named
for: John
Wesley |
|  | Relatives: Married, August
10, 1940, to Janice Kelsey Ball. |
|  | Personal motto: "Ride hard, shoot
straight, tell the truth, and be good to your fellow
man." |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|  | Image source: University of Tennessee
Knoxville |
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Olive Branch
Cemetery
Washington Township, Delaware County, Indiana
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Ralph Gerold Stallsmith (1890-1973) —
also known as Ralph G. Stallsmith —
of Hartford City, Blackford
County, Ind.
Born in Blackford
County, Ind., July 12,
1890.
Farmer;
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1944;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954,
1956.
Methodist.
Died in Hartford City, Blackford
County, Ind., April
18, 1973 (age 82 years, 280
days).
Interment at Olive Branch Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezra Ackerman Stallsmith and Ida Ann (Moore) Stallsmith; married
to Lodie Reed Hannah Smith. |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery
Yorktown, Delaware County, Indiana
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David Kilgore (1804-1879) —
of Muncietown (now Muncie), Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Harrison
County, Ky., April 3,
1804.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1833-36, 1838-39, 1855; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1855; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1839-46; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana,
1848;
delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1857-61.
Methodist.
Died in Yorktown, Delaware
County, Ind., January
22, 1879 (age 74 years, 294
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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