Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Connersville City Cemetery
Connersville Dale Cemetery
Connersville Shrine of Memories
Mausoleum
Private or family
graveyard
Fayette County,
Politicians formerly
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Matthew Robinson Hull (c.1807-1875) —
also known as Matthew R. Hull —
of Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Taylor
County, W.Va.), about 1807.
Farmer;
tanner;
school
teacher; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839; abolitionist.
Methodist.
Died in Fayette
County, Ind., July 23,
1875 (age about 68
years).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
to unknown location.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Hull and Frances 'Fanny' (Robinson) Hull; married, November
29, 1832, to Sarah Ann Hanson. |
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City
Cemetery
Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana
Politicians buried
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Caleb Blood Smith (1808-1864) —
also known as Caleb B. Smith —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
16, 1808.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1833-37, 1840-41; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1843-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1860;
speaker, 1856;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1861-62; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1862-64; died in office 1864.
A large private mausoleum was built for him in Crown Hill Cemetery,
Indianapolis, but he was never entombed there.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
7, 1864 (age 55 years, 266
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at City Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Claypool (1825-1888) —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., December
12, 1825.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1856,
1868;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1861-63; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1874.
Died in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., December
11, 1888 (age 62 years, 365
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Newton Claypool (1795-1864) —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Randolph
County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 20,
1795.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825-28, 1842-43, 1844-45; member
of Indiana
state senate, 1828-31, 1836-37.
Died in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., May 14,
1864 (age 68 years, 360
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Dale
Cemetery
Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Finly Hutchinson Gray (1863-1947) —
also known as Finly H. Gray —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Orange, Fayette
County, Ind., July 21,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Connersville, Ind., 1904-10; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1911-17, 1933-39 (6th District
1911-17, 10th District 1933-39).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Moose.
Died in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., May 8,
1947 (age 83 years, 291
days).
Interment at Dale Cemetery.
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Raymond Smiley Springer (1882-1947) —
also known as Raymond S. Springer —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Indiana, 1882.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1939-47; died in
office 1947.
Died August
28, 1947 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Dale Cemetery.
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Richard Nash Elliott (1873-1948) —
also known as Richard N. Elliott —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., April
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1905-09; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1917-31; defeated, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
21, 1948 (age 74 years, 331
days).
Interment at Dale Cemetery.
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William Henry Luking (1883-1954) —
also known as William H. Luking —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Indiana, August
9, 1883.
Democrat. Postmaster at Connersville,
Ind., 1935-53.
Died in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., April 4,
1954 (age 70 years, 238
days).
Interment at Dale Cemetery.
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Shrine of
Memories Mausoleum
Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Lowell Francis Luking (1915-1993) —
also known as Lowell F. Luking —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., April
30, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; shoe
salesman; postmaster at Connersville,
Ind., 1963-85 (acting, 1963-65).
Catholic.
Member, Lions.
Died in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., September
2, 1993 (age 78 years, 125
days).
Entombed at Shrine of Memories Mausoleum.
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