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Index to Locations
Crawfordsville Unknown location
Crawfordsville Crawfordsville Masonic
Cemetery
Crawfordsville Masonic Cemetery
Crawfordsville Oak Hill Cemetery
Crawfordsville Odd Fellows Cemetery
Crawfordsville Yountsville Cemetery
Near Ladoga Harshbarger Cemetery
Waynetown Waynetown Masonic
Cemetery
Unknown
Location
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
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Albert Barnes Anderson (1857-1938) —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Zionsville, Boone
County, Ind., February
10, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-90; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1902-25; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1925-29; took
senior status 1929.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April
27, 1938 (age 81 years, 76
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives: Son
of Philander Anderson and Emma A. (Duzan) Anderson; married, November
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Crawfordsville
Masonic Cemetery
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Masonic
Cemetery
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Oak Hill
Cemetery
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
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Henry Smith Lane (1811-1881) —
also known as Henry S. Lane —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born near Sharbsburg, Bath
County, Ky., February
24, 1811.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1837-38; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1840-43; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1856
(Permanent
Chair; speaker),
1868;
Governor
of Indiana, 1861; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1861-67.
Methodist.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., June 18,
1881 (age 70 years, 114
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Lewis Wallace (1827-1905) —
also known as Lew Wallace —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., April
10, 1827.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Indiana
state senate, 1857-59; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1870; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1878-81; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Author
of Ben-Hur.
Died of stomach
cancer at Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., February
15, 1905 (age 77 years, 311
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Ewart Humphrey (1862-1934) —
also known as William E. Humphrey —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Alamo, Montgomery
County, Ind., March
31, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1903-17 (at-large 1903-09, 1st
District 1909-17); member, Federal Trade Commission, 1925-33; chair,
Federal Trade Commission, 1927-28, 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
14, 1934 (age 71 years, 320
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James Wilson (1825-1867) —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., April 9,
1825.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1857-61; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1866-67, died in office 1867.
Died in Caracas, Venezuela,
August
8, 1867 (age 42 years, 121
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Lockwood Wilson (1850-1912) —
also known as John L. Wilson —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., August
7, 1850.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1881; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1889-95; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1895-99.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
6, 1912 (age 62 years, 91
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Bayless W. Hanna (1830-1891) —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, March
14, 1830.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1863; member of Indiana
state senate, 1865-67; Indiana
state attorney general, 1870-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1876
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1880; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1885-89.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., August
2, 1891 (age 61 years, 141
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James Atwell Mount (1843-1901) —
also known as James A. Mount —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ind., March
24, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state senate, 1889-91; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1890; Governor of
Indiana, 1897-1901; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1900.
Presbyterian.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
16, 1901 (age 57 years, 298
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James Reed Hallowell (1841-1898) —
also known as James R. Hallowell —
of Columbus, Cherokee
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., December
27, 1841.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1876; member of Kansas
state senate, 1877-79; elected U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large 1878, but never took office;
U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1879-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1888.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., June 24,
1898 (age 56 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Mahlon Dickerson Manson (1820-1895) —
also known as Mahlon D. Manson —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, February
20, 1820.
Democrat. Druggist;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1849; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1856,
1876
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1871-73; Indiana
state auditor, 1879-81; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1885-87.
Died in Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind., February
4, 1895 (age 74 years, 349
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce (1843-1898) —
also known as Robert B. F. Peirce —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Laurel, Franklin
County, Ind., February
17, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1881-83; receiver of
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railway.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
5, 1898 (age 55 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Beard (1795-1874) —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in North Carolina, January
4, 1795.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1827-31; member of Indiana
state senate, 1831-41, 1846-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President), 1860.
Quaker.
Died in Montgomery
County, Ind., September
27, 1874 (age 79 years, 266
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas L. Cooksey (b. 1870) —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., November
9, 1870.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Crawfordsville, Ind., 1929-33, 1939-44.
Christian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Abijah O'Neall (1798-1874) —
of Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., December
9, 1798.
Miller;
merchant;
surveyor;
farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1849.
Quaker;
later Universalist.
Irish
ancestry.
Sheltered escaping slaves as part of the "Underground
Railroad" before the Civil War.
Died in 1874
(age about
75 years).
Original interment at Yountsville Cemetery;
reinterment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Wilson (1796-1864) —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., November
29, 1796.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1840-41.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., March
25, 1864 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Odd Fellows
Cemetery
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
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David Vance (1795-1856) —
of Indiana.
Born in Butler
County, Ohio, July 26,
1795.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1833-34; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1834.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., January
7, 1856 (age 60 years, 165
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Yountsville
Cemetery
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Harshbarger
Cemetery
Near Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana
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Elijah Voorhees Brookshire (1856-1936) —
also known as Elijah V. Brookshire —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born near Ladoga, Montgomery
County, Ind., August
15, 1856.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1889-95.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April
14, 1936 (age 79 years, 243
days).
Interment at Harshbarger Cemetery.
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Waynetown Masonic
Cemetery
Waynetown, Montgomery County, Indiana
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William Lyman Soards (1942-1996) —
also known as William L. Soards —
of Indiana.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., July 26,
1942.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1975-85; member of Indiana
state senate, 1985-94; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1988.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in a hospital
at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
26, 1996 (age 53 years, 184
days).
Interment at Waynetown Masonic Cemetery.
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