Index to Locations
Bloomington Rose Hill Cemetery
Rose Hill
Cemetery
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
Politicians buried
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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; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Henry James Feltus (1846-1926) —
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.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., January
12, 1926 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Entombed at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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