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Knox County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Knox County

Index to Locations Monroe City Walnut Grove Cemetery Vincennes City Cemetery Vincennes Greenlawn Cemetery Vincennes Mt. Calvary Cemetery Vincennes Old Vincennes Cemetery Walnut Grove Cemetery Monroe City, Knox County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   James Douglas Williams (1808-1880) — also known as Jimmy Williams; "Blue Jeans" — of Indiana. Born in Pickaway County, Ohio, January 16, 1808. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1843, 1847, 1851, 1856, 1868; member of Indiana state senate, 1858, 1862, 1870; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1875-76; Governor of Indiana, 1877-80; died in office 1880. Died November 20, 1880 (age 72 years, 309 days). Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography City Cemetery Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   John Ewing (1789-1858) — of Indiana. Born in County Cork, Ireland, May 19, 1789. State court judge in Indiana, 1816-17; member of Indiana state senate, 1825-33, 1842-45; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1833-35, 1837-39; candidate for Indiana state house of representatives, 1851. Died in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., April 6, 1858 (age 68 years, 322 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Greenlawn Cemetery Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   William Allen Cullop (1853-1927) — also known as William A. Cullop — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind. Born in Knox County, Ind., March 28, 1853. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1891-93; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1892; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1900; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1909-17; defeated, 1920. Presbyterian. Member, Elks. Died in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., October 9, 1927 (age 74 years, 195 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Law (1796-1873) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., October 28, 1796. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1824; state court judge in Indiana, 1830; federal judge, 1855; U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1861-65. Died October 7, 1873 (age 76 years, 344 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lyman Law; grandson of Richard Law and Amasa Learned.   Political family: Law family of New London, Connecticut.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Badollet — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind. Born in Switzerland. Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; register of U.S. Land Office at Vincennes, Indiana, 1816-35. Swiss ancestry. Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.   Frederick W. Viehe (1832-1888) — of Indiana. Born in Westphalia, Germany, September 2, 1832. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1877; member of Indiana state senate, 1879-81. Died in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., November 27, 1888 (age 56 years, 86 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.   General Washington Johnston (1776-1833) — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind. Born in Culpeper County, Va., November 10, 1776. Lawyer; postmaster at Vincennes, Ind., 1798-1801, 1803-12; member of Northwest Territory legislature, 1807-08; member of Indiana territorial House of Representatives, 1811; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1821-22, 1826, 1829. Member, Freemasons. Died in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., December 26, 1833 (age 57 years, 46 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.   Presumably named for: George Washington   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Johnston; married 1817 to Elizabeth Jane Simms Beckes.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Hubbard T. Smith (1854-1903) — Born in Indiana, 1854. Songwriter; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1896; Constantinople, 1896-97; Cairo, 1902-03, died in office 1903; U.S. Vice Consul in Osaka, 1898-99; Hiogo, 1898-99; Canton, 1899-1900. Died, from Bright's disease or kidney cancer, in a hospital at Genoa (Genova), Italy, February 10, 1903 (age about 48 years). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Hubbard Madison Smith and Nannie Willis (Pendleton) Smith; first cousin four times removed of Edmund Pendleton, John Walker and Francis Walker; second cousin thrice removed of John Penn, John Pendleton Jr., James Madison, Nathaniel Pendleton, William Taylor Madison, Meriwether Lewis and Zachary Taylor; third cousin of James Benjamin Garnett; third cousin twice removed of Philip Clayton Pendleton, Edmund Henry Pendleton, Nathanael Greene Pendleton, Thomas Walker Gilmer and Coleby Chew; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Brooke, George Madison and Richard Aylett Buckner; fourth cousin of George Cassety Pendleton, Charles M. Pendleton and Daniel Micajah Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Gaines Johnson, John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Philip Coleman Pendleton, George Hunt Pendleton, Joseph Henry Pendleton, George Washington Thornton Beck and Charles Sumner Pendleton.   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Philadelphia Times, October 5, 1890 Mt. Calvary Cemetery Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Richard M. Robinson (1864-1946) — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind. Born in Knox County, Ind., July 6, 1864. Democrat. Farm implement dealer; farmer; postmaster at Vincennes, Ind., 1914-21. Killed in a car-train accident, Knox County, Ind., June 21, 1946 (age 81 years, 350 days). Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Richard Robinson and Frances (Stevenson) Robinson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Old Vincennes Cemetery Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Thomas Reed Cobb (1828-1892) — also known as Thomas R. Cobb — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind. Born in Springville, Lawrence County, Ind., July 2, 1828. Democrat. Member of Indiana state senate, 1859-65; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1868; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1876; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1877-87. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., June 23, 1892 (age 63 years, 357 days). Interment at Old Vincennes Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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