Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Black Township Templeton Cemetery
Harmony Township Stillwell Cemetery
Lynn Township Old Beech Cemetery
Mt. Vernon Bellefontaine Cemetery
Mt. Vernon Hedges Central Elementary
School Playground
New Harmony Maple Hill Cemetery
New Harmony New Harmony Cemetery
Poseyville Poseyville Graveyard
Private or family
graveyard
Posey County, Indiana
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Daniel Lynn (1782-1833) —
also known as Dann Lynn —
of Indiana.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., January
24, 1782.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-18, 1819-20.
Died, of cholera,
in West Franklin, Posey
County, Ind., 1833
(age about
51 years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Templeton
Cemetery
Black Township, Posey County, Indiana
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George S. Green (1809-1857) —
of Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Washington, Mason
County, Ky., March 4,
1809.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Indiana, 1831-34; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1834-35.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., September
11, 1857 (age 48 years, 191
days).
Interment at Templeton Cemetery.
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Stillwell
Cemetery
Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana
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Magnus Tate Carnahan (1803-1874) —
also known as Magnus T. Carnahan —
of Indiana.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., August
4, 1803.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846-47, 1849-50, 1855-57, 1869;
defeated, 1847; member of Indiana
state senate, 1859-61, 1871-73.
Presbyterian.
Died in New Harmony, Posey
County, Ind., January
23, 1874 (age 70 years, 172
days).
Interment at Stillwell Cemetery.
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Old Beech
Cemetery
Lynn Township, Posey County, Indiana
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James W. French (1852-1915) —
of Indiana.
Born in Posey
County, Ind., September
17, 1852.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Indiana
state senate, 1887.
Died in Archer City, Archer
County, Tex., March
13, 1915 (age 62 years, 177
days).
Interment at Old Beech Cemetery.
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Bellefontaine
Cemetery
Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Indiana
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Alvin Peterson Hovey (1821-1891) —
also known as Alvin P. Hovey —
of Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind.
Born near Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., September
26, 1821.
Republican. Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1851-54; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1854; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1856-58; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1865-70; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1887-89; resigned 1889;
Governor
of Indiana, 1889-91.
Died November
23, 1891 (age 70 years, 58
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Paley Edson (1834-1902) —
also known as William P. Edson —
of Indiana.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., May 14,
1834.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857; common pleas court judge in
Indiana, 1871-72; candidate for justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1876, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., April
30, 1902 (age 67 years, 351
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Gustavus Vasa Menzies (1844-1917) —
also known as Gustavus V. Menzies —
of Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Boone
County, Ky., December
24, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Indiana; member of Indiana
state senate, 1879-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1884,
1896,
1900,
1904
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1905, 1906.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., December
15, 1917 (age 72 years, 356
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Urbin Marrs (1802-1875) —
of Indiana.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., March
10, 1802.
Circuit judge in Indiana, 1845-51; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Posey
County, Ind., August
28, 1875 (age 73 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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William Carroll Pitts (1814-1884) —
also known as William C. Pitts —
of Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., May 11,
1814.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861.
Died in Lynn Township, Posey
County, Ind., September
20, 1884 (age 70 years, 132
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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George W. Thomas (1813-1892) —
of Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Tennessee, March
22, 1813.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1849-50.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., April
26, 1892 (age 79 years, 35
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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Hedges Central
Elementary School Playground
Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Indiana
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John Pitcher (1795-1892) —
of Spencer
County, Ind.; Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Watertown, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
22, 1795.
Lawyer;
Spencer
County Sheriff, 1826-30; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1830-31; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Reputed to have loaned law books to the young Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., August
2, 1892 (age 96 years, 346
days).
Interment at Hedges Central Elementary School Playground.
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Maple Hill
Cemetery
New Harmony, Posey County, Indiana
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Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) —
also known as Robert D. Owen —
of New Harmony, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
November
9, 1801.
Democrat. Farmer; author; newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-39, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1843-47; defeated,
1839, 1847; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Two Sicilies, 1854-58.
Scottish
and Welsh
ancestry.
Aided his father in the establishment of the New Harmony social
experiment.
Died in Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., June 24,
1877 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Village
Cemetery, Lake George, N.Y.; reinterment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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New Harmony
Cemetery
New Harmony, Posey County, Indiana
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Morris Birkbeck (1764-1825) —
also known as Jonathan Freeman —
of Edwards
County, Ill.
Born in Settle, Yorkshire, England,
January
23, 1764.
Secretary
of state of Illinois, 1824-25.
Anti-slavery writer
under the pseudonym "Jonathan Freeman".
While returning on horseback
from a visit to Robert
Owen, he drowned
while fording the Fox River, Edwards
County, Ill., June 4,
1825 (age 61 years, 132
days).
Interment at New Harmony Cemetery; memorial monument at Courthouse
Grounds, Albion, Ill.
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Poseyville
Graveyard
Poseyville, Posey County, Indiana
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