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Fayette County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fayette County

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 buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Hull and Frances 'Fanny' (Robinson) Hull; married, November 29, 1832, to Sarah Ann Hanson. City Cemetery Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges   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.   Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin   Relatives: Son of Newton Claypool and Mary (Kerns) Claypool; father of Jefferson Helm Claypool.   Political family: Claypool family of Connersville, Indiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Married to Mary Kerns; father of Benjamin Franklin Claypool; grandfather of Jefferson Helm Claypool.   Political family: Claypool family of Connersville, Indiana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Dale Cemetery Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   Relatives: Son of Charles W. Elliott and Eliza (Nash) Elliott; married, January 24, 1898, to Lizzie A. Ostheimer.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   Relatives: Son of Henry Valentine Luking and Mary M. (Kirk) Luking; married to Clementine Hartman; father of Lowell Francis Luking.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Shrine of Memories Mausoleum Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of William Henry Luking and Clementine (Hartman) Luking; married to Elizabeth Eugenia McCarthy.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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