Index to Locations
Cambridge City Riverside Cemetery
Hagerstown West Lawn Cemetery
Richmond Earlham Cemetery
Richmond Maple Grove Cemetery (now
gone)
Riverside
Cemetery
Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana
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James Rariden (1795-1856) —
of Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., February
14, 1795.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1823-29; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1829-30, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1837-41; defeated,
1835; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Died in Cambridge City, Wayne
County, Ind., October
20, 1856 (age 61 years, 249
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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West Lawn
Cemetery
Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana
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James M. Knapp (1876-1961) —
of Indiana.
Born in Indiana, December
11, 1876.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1919-32, 1935-45; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1929, 1939-41;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1932.
Died in Spiceland, Henry
County, Ind., March
20, 1961 (age 84 years, 99
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Earlham
Cemetery
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
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Thomas Warren Bennett (1831-1893) —
Born in Union
County, Ind., February
16, 1831.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1859-61, 1865-67; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; mayor
of Richmond, Ind., 1869-71, 1877-83, 1885-87; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1871-75; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1875-76.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., February
2, 1893 (age 61 years, 352
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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John Albyne Burbank (1827-1905) —
also known as John A. Burbank —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., July 23,
1827.
Democrat. Postmaster at Falls
City, Neb., 1858-61; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1869-73.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., December
19, 1905 (age 78 years, 149
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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Henry Underwood Johnson (1850-1939) —
also known as Henry U. Johnson —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge City, Wayne
County, Ind., October
28, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Wayne
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876-80; member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1891-99.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., June 4,
1939 (age 88 years, 219
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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Daniel Webster Comstock (1840-1917) —
of Indiana.
Born in Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio, December
16, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state senate, 1879-81; state court judge in Indiana, 1885-96,
1897-1911; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1917; died in office
1917.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1917 (age 76 years, 154
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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David Pierson Holloway (1809-1883) —
also known as David P. Holloway —
of Indiana.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, December
7, 1809.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-52; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1855-57; lawyer.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1883 (age 73 years, 276
days).
Original interment at Maple Grove Cemetery
(which no longer exists); reinterment at Earlham Cemetery.
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John Franklin Kibbey (1826-1900) —
also known as John F. Kibbey —
of Indiana.
Born in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., May 4,
1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Indiana
state attorney general, 1862; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; district judge in Indiana 6th District, 1865-73;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1873-85; candidate for justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1876, 1882.
Presbyterian.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., October
10, 1900 (age 74 years, 159
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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David Worth Dennis (1912-1999) —
also known as David W. Dennis —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1912.
Republican. Member of Indiana state legislature, 1950; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1969-75.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Reid Hospital,
Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., January
6, 1999 (age 86 years, 213
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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John Robert Britten (1898-1955) —
also known as John R. Britten —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Reading, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
16, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer; Wayne
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; mayor
of Richmond, Ind., 1939-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Grotto;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Moose;
Junior
Order; Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered severe
burns to his feet and toes from overnight application of an
electric pad, leading to a pulmonary
embolism and ultimately death, in Reid Hospital,
Spring Grove, Wayne
County, Ind., February
25, 1955 (age 56 years, 71
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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James Farquhar Hibberd (1816-1903) —
also known as James F. Hibberd —
of Ohio; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born near New Market, Frederick
County, Md., November
4, 1816.
Physician;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1845-47; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; mayor
of Richmond, Ind., 1875-77.
Member, American Medical
Association; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., September
8, 1903 (age 86 years, 308
days).
Interment at Earlham Cemetery.
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Maple Grove
Cemetery (now gone)
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
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David Pierson Holloway (1809-1883) —
also known as David P. Holloway —
of Indiana.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, December
7, 1809.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-52; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1855-57; lawyer.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1883 (age 73 years, 276
days).
Original interment at Maple Grove Cemetery; reinterment at Earlham Cemetery.
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