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Index to Locations
Mishawaka Mishawaka City Cemetery
Notre Dame Holy Cross Cemetery
South Bend Highland Cemetery
South Bend Riverview Cemetery
South Bend South Bend City Cemetery
Mishawaka City
Cemetery
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Holy Cross
Cemetery
Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, Indiana
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Theodore Martin Hesburgh (1917-2015) —
also known as Theodore Hesburgh; "Father
Ted" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 25,
1917.
Catholic
priest; president,
Notre Dame University, 1952-87; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission,
1957-72.
Catholic.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 1964.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., February
26, 2015 (age 97 years, 277
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Highland
Cemetery
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Riverview
Cemetery
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
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Abraham Lincoln Brick (1860-1908) —
also known as Abraham L. Brick —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born near South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., May 27,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1899-1908; died in
office 1908.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 7,
1908 (age 47 years, 316
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Robert Allen Grant (1905-1998) —
also known as Robert A. Grant —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.; Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born near Bourbon, Marshall
County, Ind., July 31,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1939-49; defeated,
1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1956;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, 1957-72;
took senior status 1972.
Died March 2,
1998 (age 92 years, 214
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (1917-1986) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., February
13, 1917.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1951-57; superior court
judge in Indiana, 1977-85.
Died, in St. Joseph's Medical
Center, South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., October
14, 1986 (age 69 years, 243
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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F. Jay Nimtz (1915-1990) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
1, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1957-59; defeated,
1958, 1960.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
6, 1990 (age 75 years, 5
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Riverview Cemetery.
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George Ford (1846-1917) —
of St.
Joseph County, Ind.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., January
11, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-84; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1885-87; superior
court judge in Indiana, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., August
30, 1917 (age 71 years, 231
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Francis Eddy Lambert (1860-1924) —
also known as Francis E. Lambert —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in St. Joseph
County, Ind., June 4,
1860.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1894-98; candidate for mayor
of South Bend, Ind., 1905; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1908.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from influenza
and pneumonia,
in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., June 19,
1924 (age 64 years, 15
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Joseph Doty Oliver (1850-1933) —
also known as Joseph D. Oliver; J. D.
Oliver —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind., August
20, 1850.
Republican. Chairman, Oliver Farm
Equipment Company; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1884,
1912.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Died August
6, 1933 (age 82 years, 351
days).
Entombed at Riverview Cemetery.
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James Oliver II (1885-1944) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., November
3, 1885.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1936
(alternate), 1940.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, at the Claypool Hotel,
Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 19,
1944 (age 58 years, 198
days).
Entombed at Riverview Cemetery.
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South Bend City
Cemetery
214 Elm Street
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Founded 1832
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) —
also known as "The Christian Statesman";
"Smiler" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
23, 1823.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1863-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1872.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., January
13, 1885 (age 61 years, 296
days).
Interment at South Bend City Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Schuyler Washington Colfax and Hannah (Stryker) Colfax; married 1844 to Evelyn
Clark; married, November
18, 1868, to Ellen
Maria Wade (niece of Benjamin
Franklin Wade and Edward
Wade; first cousin of Decius
Spear Wade); father of Schuyler
Colfax III. |
| | | Political family: Wade-Colfax
family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio. |
| | | Colfax counties in Neb. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Schuyler,
Nebraska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Schuyler Colfax: Willard H.
Smith, Schuyler
Colfax : The changing fortunes of a political idol —
James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler
Colfax — Willard H. Smith, Schuyler
Colfax and the political upheaval of 1854-1855 —
Willard H. Smith, Schuyler
Colfax: a reappraisal |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Ellen Maria Colfax (1836-1911) —
also known as Ellen Maria Wade —
Born in Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 26,
1836.
Second
Lady of the United States, 1869-73.
Female.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., March 4,
1911 (age 74 years, 221
days).
Interment at South Bend City Cemetery.
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Norman Eddy (1810-1872) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
10, 1810.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847; member of Indiana
state senate, 1849-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1853-55; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1855-57; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1871-72.
Episcopalian.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
28, 1872 (age 61 years, 49
days).
Interment at South Bend City Cemetery.
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Samuel Caldwell Sample (1796-1855) —
also known as Samuel C. Sample —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., August
15, 1796.
Whig. Carpenter;
lawyer;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1836-43; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1843-45; banker.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
2, 1855 (age 59 years, 109
days).
Interment at South Bend City Cemetery.
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Schuyler Colfax III (1870-1925) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
11, 1870.
Mayor
of South Bend, Ind., 1898-1901.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
29, 1925 (age 54 years, 352
days).
Interment at South Bend City Cemetery.
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Elisha Egbert (1806-1870) —
of Indiana.
Born in Readington, Hunterdon
County, N.J., November
4, 1806.
School
teacher; lawyer;
probate judge in Indiana, 1834-38, 1848-52; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39; defeated, 1832; common
pleas court judge in Indiana, 1852-70.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., November
4, 1870 (age 64 years, 0
days).
Interment at South Bend City Cemetery.
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