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Fountain County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fountain County

Index to Locations Attica Riverside Cemetery Attica Union Cemetery Covington Mt. Hope Cemetery Covington Prescott Grove Cemetery Near Veedersburg Rockfield Cemetery Riverside Cemetery Attica, Fountain County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Deon H. Swift II (1947-2009) — also known as "Butch" — of Attica, Fountain County, Ind. Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind., October 22, 1947. Republican. Facilities supervisor for Harrison Steel Castings Co.; mayor of Attica, Ind., 2000-09. Died, from prostate cancer, in a Home Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind., December 10, 2009 (age 62 years, 49 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Betty (Zinsmeister) Swift and Deon Swift, Jr.; married, December 18, 1970, to Monica Lynn Parlier.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Union Cemetery Attica, Fountain County, Indiana Politicians buried here: Jacob Edwin Meeker (1878-1918) — also known as Jacob E. Meeker — of St. Louis, Mo. Born near Attica, Fountain County, Ind., October 7, 1878. Republican. Minister; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1915-18; died in office 1918. Died in St. Louis, Mo., October 16, 1918 (age 40 years, 9 days). Interment at Union Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917 Mt. Hope Cemetery Covington, Fountain County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   John Thomas Myers (1927-2015) — also known as John T. Myers — of Covington, Fountain County, Ind. Born in Covington, Fountain County, Ind., February 8, 1927. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; banker; farmer; U.S. Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1967-97. Episcopalian. Died in Covington, Fountain County, Ind., January 27, 2015 (age 87 years, 353 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Father-in-law of Brian D. Kerns.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Cecil Murray Harden (1894-1984) — also known as Cecil M. Harden; Cecil Murray; Mrs. F. R. Harden — of Covington, Fountain County, Ind. Born in Covington, Fountain County, Ind., November 21, 1894. Republican. School teacher; member of Republican National Committee from Indiana, 1944-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948, 1952 (speaker), 1956, 1972; U.S. Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1949-59; defeated, 1958. Female. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; American Legion Auxiliary; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind., December 5, 1984 (age 90 years, 14 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Timothy James Murray and Sarah Jane 'Jennie' (Clotfelter) Murray; married, December 22, 1914, to Frost Revere Harden.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Prescott Grove Cemetery Covington, Fountain County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Elliot Newman Bowman (1826-1900) — also known as Elliot N. Bowman — of Fountain County, Ind. Born in Greene County, Tenn., October 11, 1826. Democrat. Lawyer; merchant; hotel owner; Fountain County Circuit Court Clerk, 1871-78; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1891; deputy auditor, U.S. Navy, 1893; Sixth Auditor, U.S. Treasury. Died, from a heart attack, in Covington, Fountain County, Ind., May 21, 1900 (age 73 years, 222 days). Interment at Prescott Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Bowman and Rebecca (Newman) Bowman; married, May 23, 1866, to Harriet A. (Spinning) Jarvis. Rockfield Cemetery Near Veedersburg, Fountain County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Fred Sampson Purnell (1882-1939) — also known as Fred S. Purnell — of Attica, Fountain County, Ind. Born in Fountain County, Ind., October 25, 1882. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1917-33; defeated, 1914. Disciples of Christ. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in 1939 (age about 56 years). Interment at Rockfield Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel J. Purnell and Odessa (Furr) Purnell; married, June 27, 1907, to Elizabeth Shoaf.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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