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Whitley County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Whitley County

Index to Locations Coesse Coesse Hope Lutheran Cemetery Columbia City Eel River Cemetery Columbia City Greenhill Cemetery Columbia City Masonic Cemetery Coesse Hope Lutheran Cemetery Coesse, Whitley County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Alexander Morton Campbell (1907-1968) — also known as Alexander M. Campbell; Alex Campbell — of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind.; Coesse, Whitley County, Ind. Born in Coldwater, Mercer County, Ohio, April 14, 1907. Democrat. Chair of Allen County Democratic Party, 1934-36, 1958-63; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1941-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956; member of Democratic National Committee from Indiana, 1960-64. Christian. Member, Delta Theta Phi; Tau Kappa Alpha; Delta Chi; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Jesters; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Eagles; Kiwanis. Died in 1968 (age about 61 years). Interment at Coesse Hope Lutheran Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel T. Campbell and Elsie (Bolman) Campbell; married, April 8, 1958, to Ruby Marie Tharp.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Eel River Cemetery Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   Alfred James Brown (1856-1913) — of Colorado. Born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., March 23, 1856. Physician; druggist; member of Colorado state legislature, 1890. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, of cerebral apoplexy, at his drugstore in Higbee, Randolph County, Mo., February 17, 1913 (age 56 years, 331 days). Interment at Eel River Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David Brown. Greenhill Cemetery Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Ralph Fesler Gates (1893-1978) — also known as Ralph F. Gates — of Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind. Born in Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind., February 24, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee), 1936, 1940 (alternate), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; Indiana Republican state chair, 1941-44; Governor of Indiana, 1945-49; member of Republican National Committee from Indiana, 1946-50. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Rotary. Died July 28, 1978 (age 85 years, 154 days). Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Robert Edwards Gates; grandfather of Marjorie Gates (who married Kenneth N. Giffin).   Political family: Gates family of Columbia City, Indiana.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Dupont Adams (1887-1966) — also known as James D. Adams — of Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind. Born in Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind., July 2, 1887. Democrat. President, Citizens State Bank; among the organizers of Columbia Woolen Mills; publisher, Columbia City Post newspaper; owner of movie theaters; president, Whitley County Telephone Co., 1912-26; cattle breeder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Rotary; American Bankers Association. Died in August, 1966 (age 79 years, 0 days). Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Garland F. Stickler (1909-1988) — of Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind. Born in 1909. Democrat. Mayor of Columbia City, Ind., 1956-63; defeated, 1963; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956; postmaster at Columbia City, Ind., 1964-72 (acting, 1964-65). Died in 1988 (age about 79 years). Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Georgia M. Kneller.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Masonic Cemetery Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana Politicians buried here:   William Forgy McNagny (1850-1923) — of Indiana. Born in Ohio, 1850. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1893-95. Died in 1923 (age about 73 years). Interment at Masonic Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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