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Floyd County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Floyd County

Index to Locations

  • New Albany Fairview Cemetery
  • New Albany Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery

    Fairview Cemetery
    New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Michael Crawford Kerr (1827-1876) — also known as Michael C. Kerr — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born in Titusville, Crawford County, Pa., March 15, 1827. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1857; Indiana reporter of state courts, 1863-64; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1865-73, 1875-76 (2nd District 1865-73, 3rd District 1875-76); died in office 1876; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1875-76; died in office 1876. Died in Rockbridge County, Va., August 19, 1876 (age 49 years, 157 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Samuel B. Kerr.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Ashbel Parsons Willard (1820-1860) — also known as Ashbel P. Willard — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born in Vernon, Oneida County, N.Y., October 31, 1820. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1850-51; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1853-57; Governor of Indiana, 1857-60; died in office 1860. Member, Freemasons. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., October 4, 1860 (age 39 years, 339 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      See also National Governors Association biography
      James Whitson Dunbar (1860-1943) — also known as James W. Dunbar — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., October 17, 1860. Republican. U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1919-23, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1932. Died in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., May 19, 1943 (age 82 years, 214 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      George Augustus Bicknell (1815-1891) — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 6, 1815. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1877-81. Died in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., April 11, 1891 (age 76 years, 64 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Simeon Kalfius Wolfe (1824-1888) — of Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.; New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born near Georgetown, Floyd County, Ind., February 14, 1824. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1860; member of Indiana state senate, 1860-64; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1873-75; circuit judge in Indiana, 1880-84. Died in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., November 18, 1888 (age 64 years, 278 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Raymond L. Jaegers (1903-1946) — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., June 23, 1903. Republican. Floyd County Sheriff, 1939-42; mayor of New Albany, Ind., 1943-46; died in office 1946. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in his City Hall office, New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., September 5, 1946 (age 43 years, 74 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Virginia M. Huckeby.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Robert W. Morris (1858-1949) — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born November 10, 1858. Republican. Postmaster at New Albany, Ind., 1899-1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1924. Died April 11, 1949 (age 90 years, 152 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Duncan Morris and Eliza A. (Cutshaw) Morris; brother of Maurice Morris.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Robert F. Kraft (1859-1894) — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born in Johnson County, Ill., October, 1859. Democrat. Shoemaker; candidate for mayor of New Albany, Ind., 1894. Killed himself by swallowing arsenic, in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., October 2, 1894 (age about 35 years). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Ferdinand Kraft and Sophia (Scharf) Kraft; married, April 22, 1884, to Blanche E. Riggle.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Maurice Morris (1866-1942) — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born December 27, 1866. Republican. Postmaster at New Albany, Ind., 1897-99. Died in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., June 29, 1942 (age 75 years, 184 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Duncan Morris and Eliza A. (Cutshaw) Morris; brother of Robert W. Morris.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Patrick Shields — of Indiana. Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816. Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

    Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
    New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana
    Politicians buried here:
      Sherman Minton (1890-1965) — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born in Georgetown, Floyd County, Ind., October 20, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1935-41; defeated, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1941-49; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-56; took senior status 1956. Member, Freemasons. Died in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., April 9, 1965 (age 74 years, 171 days). Interment at Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
      Books about Sherman Minton: William Franklin Radcliff, Sherman Minton : Indiana's Supreme Court Justice — Linda C. Gugin & James E. St. Clair, Sherman Minton: New Deal Senator, Cold War Justice
      John A. Cody (1871-1953) — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born March 4, 1871. Democrat. Postmaster at New Albany, Ind., 1915-22. Died May 4, 1953 (age 82 years, 61 days). Interment at Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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