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Newton County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Newton County

Index to Locations Brook Riverside Cemetery Kentland Fairlawn Cemetery Kentland Kentland Cemetery Riverside Cemetery Brook, Newton County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Henry Hermansen — of Brook, Newton County, Ind. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964; candidate for Indiana state auditor, 1968. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Lawrence E. Lyons (1869-1939) — of Brook, Newton County, Ind. Born February 7, 1869. Republican. Chair of Newton County Republican Party, 1905; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928. Died December 2, 1939 (age 70 years, 298 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Fairlawn Cemetery Kentland, Newton County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Warren Terry McCray (1865-1938) — also known as Warren T. McCray — of Kentland, Newton County, Ind. Born in Newton County, Ind., February 4, 1865. Republican. Farmer; grain shipper; banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1900; Governor of Indiana, 1921-24. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Died December 19, 1938 (age 73 years, 318 days). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Greenberry Ward McCray and Martha Jane (Galey) McCray; brother-in-law of George Ade; married, June 15, 1892, to Ella M. Ade.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jethro Ayers Hatch (1837-1912) — also known as Jethro A. Hatch — of Kentland, Newton County, Ind. Born in Pitcher, Chenango County, N.Y., June 18, 1837. Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1872; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888; U.S. Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1895-97. Died in Victoria, Victoria County, Tex., August 3, 1912 (age 75 years, 46 days). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jethro Hatch and Minerva (Pierce) Hatch; married to Sarah Melissa Shaeffer; fifth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin of Herschel Harrison Hatch; third cousin once removed of Gershom Birdsey, Benjamin Hard and Lorin Andrews Lathrop; third cousin twice removed of John Strong, Elijah Hunt Mills and Daniel Garrison; fourth cousin of Eli Coe Birdsey (1799-1843), Julius Levi Strong and Edward Wingate Hatch; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Strong, Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong, Eli Coe Birdsey (1843-1929) and Edwin Dilworth Hatch.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Garrison-Fithian-Hires-Sayers family of New Jersey; DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   George Ade (1866-1944) — of Kentland, Newton County, Ind. Born in Kentland, Newton County, Ind., February 9, 1866. Republican. Author; humorist; newspaper columnist; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1908. Member, Sigma Chi. Suffered a heart attack, fell into a coma, and died, in Brook, Newton County, Ind., May 16, 1944 (age 78 years, 97 days). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Ade and Adaline (Bush) Ade; brother-in-law of Warren Terry McCray.   The Ross-Ade Stadium (built 1924), at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, is partly named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS George Ade (built 1944 at Panama City, Florida; scrapped 1968) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial Kentland Cemetery Kentland, Newton County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Edward C. Dowling (1900-1974) — of Hammond, Lake County, Ind. Born in Morocco, Newton County, Ind., November 5, 1900. Democrat. Machinist; mayor of Hammond, Ind., 1956-68; defeated in primary, 1951; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956, 1960. Died February 20, 1974 (age 73 years, 107 days). Interment at Kentland Cemetery.

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