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Monroe County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Monroe County

Index to Locations Bloomington Rose Hill Cemetery Rose Hill Cemetery Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Paris Chipman Dunning (1806-1884) — also known as Paris C. Dunning — of Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., March 15, 1806. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1833-36; member of Indiana state senate, 1836-39, 1863-65; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1844; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1846-48, 1863-65; Governor of Indiana, 1848-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1860. Died in Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind., May 9, 1884 (age 78 years, 55 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   See also National Governors Association biography   Morton Craig Hunter (1825-1896) — of Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind. Born in Versailles, Ripley County, Ind., February 5, 1825. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1858; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1867-69, 1873-79 (3rd District 1867-69, 6th District 1873-75, 8th District 1875-79). Died October 25, 1896 (age 71 years, 263 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Robert Walter Miers (1848-1930) — also known as Robert W. Miers — of Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind. Born in Decatur County, Ind., January 27, 1848. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1879; circuit judge in Indiana, 1885, 1890-96, 1914-20; candidate for secretary of state of Indiana, 1886, 1888; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1897-1905; defeated, 1904. Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis; Elks. Died in Martinsville, Morgan County, Ind., February 20, 1930 (age 82 years, 24 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Sebrie Watts (1816-1876) — of Indiana; Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Boone County, Ky., January 19, 1816. Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1846; U.S. District Judge for New Mexico, 1851-54; Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1861-63; justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1868-69. Died in Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind., June 11, 1876 (age 60 years, 144 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Hughes (1823-1873) — of Indiana. Born in Bladensburg, Prince George's County, Md., October 24, 1823. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; state court judge in Indiana, 1852-56; U.S. Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1857-59; Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1860; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1866-68; member of Indiana state senate, 1868-69. Died October 21, 1873 (age 49 years, 362 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Step-father-in-law of William Edward McLean.   Political family: Hughes-McLean-Cookerly family of Terre Haute, Indiana.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   David Hervey Maxwell (1786-1854) — of Indiana. Born in Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky., September 17, 1786. Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1821-25; Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1823-24; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1822; member of Indiana state senate, 1826-30; mayor of Bloomington, Ind., 1848. Presbyterian. Died in Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind., May 24, 1854 (age 67 years, 249 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Edward Russell Maxwell; uncle of Samuel Campbell Dunn, William McKee Dunn and David Maxwell Dunn.   Political family: Clay family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Paul Lambert Feltus (1889-1971) — also known as Paul L. Feltus — of Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind. Born in Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind., December 10, 1889. Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940, 1944 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1948 (alternate), 1952 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); acting postmaster at Bloomington, Ind., 1952-54. Member, Sigma Delta Chi; Elks; Kiwanis; American Legion; Reserve Officers Association. Died, in Bloomington Hospital, Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind., February 2, 1971 (age 81 years, 54 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry James Feltus and Ella Catherine (Baird) Feltus; married to Lucille Clevenger and Thelma Hinkle.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry James Feltus (1846-1926) — also known as Henry J. Feltus — of Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 15, 1846. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Bloomington, Ind., 1886-87; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1900. Episcopalian. Member, Elks. Died in Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind., January 12, 1926 (age 79 years, 150 days). Entombed at Rose Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lambert Moore Feltus and Eliza Greenwood (Colton) Feltus; married, February 13, 1872, to Catherine Ella Baird; father of Paul Lambert Feltus.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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