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Gustav Albert Andreen (1864-1940) —
also known as Gustav Andreen —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Porter, Porter
County, Ind., March
13, 1864.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Augustana College, 1901-35; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
1, 1940 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Interment at Chippiannock
Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
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Charles O. Baldwin (b. 1952) —
also known as Chuck Baldwin —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., May 3,
1952.
Pastor; talk
show host; Constitution candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; candidate for President
of the United States, 2008 (Constitution), 2012 (Reform).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2012.
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Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 24,
1813.
Republican. Minister; orator;
abolitionist; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;
in 1872, he was accused
of an adulterous
affair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;
Beecher's church conducted an investigation
and declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husband
Theodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-long trial
took place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 8,
1887 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of Harriet
Beecher Stowe; married, August
3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle of George
Buckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer and Eli
Elmer; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Leveret
Brainard; third cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard and Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, John
Allen, Frederick
Wolcott, Walter
Keene Linscott, Sidney
Smythe Linscott and Frances
Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Daniel
Chapin and Oliver
Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Ambrose
Tuttle, Joseph
H. Elmer and George
Frederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Gideon
Hotchkiss, Asahel
Augustus Hotchkiss, John
William Allen, Julius
Hotchkiss, Giles
Waldo Hotchkiss, Charles
Francis Chidsey, Ernest
Harvey Woodford and Samuel
Russell Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
W. Beecher |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1969) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Rufus Budd Bement —
also known as Rufus B. Bement —
of Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.; Clyde, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Civil
engineer; minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1838;
Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843.
Congregationalist.
Interment at Clyde
Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio.
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Vahan Kewin Beshgetoor (1866-1951) —
also known as Vahan K. Beshgetoor —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born February
10, 1866.
Minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan;
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1914;
Commonwealth candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1938.
Died August
17, 1951 (age 85 years, 188
days).
Interment at Grant
Memorial Park, Marion, Ind.
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Herbert Seely Bigelow (1870-1951) —
of Mt. Washington, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., January
4, 1870.
Democrat. Pastor; candidate for secretary
of state of Ohio, 1902; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1913-14; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1937-39.
Congregationalist.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
11, 1951 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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William Henry Black (1854-1930) —
also known as William H. Black —
of Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., March
19, 1854.
Republican. Minister; president,
Missouri Valley College, 1890-1926; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Presbyterian.
Died June 22,
1930 (age 76 years, 95
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Felix Grundy Black and Lydia Catherine (Frederick) Black;
married 1879 to Mary
Ella Henderson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Samuel Brenton (1810-1857) —
of Indiana.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ky., November
22, 1810.
Minister; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1851-53, 1855-57;
defeated, 1852; died in office 1857.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., March
29, 1857 (age 46 years, 127
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) —
also known as A. M. Bryant —
of Fort Branch, Gibson
County, Ind.; Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb.; Gettysburg, Graham
County, Kan.; Republican City, Harlan
County, Neb.; Falls City, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Ohio
County, Ky., March 1,
1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister; school teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1877; president,
McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of asthma,
in Falls City, Polk
County, Ore., June 4,
1896 (age 58 years, 95
days).
Interment at Falls
City Cemetery, Falls City, Ore.
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Henry Augustus Buchtel (1847-1924) —
also known as Henry A. Buchtel —
of Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, September
30, 1847.
Republican. Ordained minister; chancellor,
University of Denver, 1900-21; Governor of
Colorado, 1907-09.
Methodist.
Died October
22, 1924 (age 77 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Gilbert DeLaMatyr (1825-1892) —
of Indiana.
Born in Pharsalia, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 8,
1825.
Methodist minister; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1879-81.
Died in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, May 17,
1892 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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Henry William Diederich (1845-1926) —
also known as Henry W. Diederich —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
13, 1845.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S. Consul in Leipzig, 1889-93; Magdeburg, 1897-99; Bremen, 1899-1906; Sarnia, 1919-24; U.S. Consul General in Antwerp, 1906-17.
Lutheran.
Died in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
8, 1926 (age 80 years, 87
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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George Fiske Dudley (b. 1867) —
also known as George F. Dudley —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., September
25, 1867.
Episcopal priest; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Lions; Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Tracy L. Gorman (b. 1966) —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.
Born in New Castle, Henry
County, Ind., June 13,
1966.
Republican. Ordained minister; candidate for mayor
of New Castle, Ind., 1987.
Nazarene.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Married to Tammy R. Westhafer. |
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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Baltimore,
Md.; Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
DePauw University, 1912-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29;
religious editor,
Pasadena Star-News.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind.
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Adolph Guttmacher (1861-1915) —
also known as Adolf Guttmacher —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jaraczewo, Silesia (now Poland),
January
7, 1861.
Democrat. Rabbi; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, aboard the
train Pennsylvania Limited, en route from Baltimore to
Chicago, near Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., January
17, 1915 (age 54 years, 10
days).
Interment at Baltimore
Hebrew Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Job Harriman (1861-1925) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., January
15, 1861.
Socialist. Minister; lawyer;
Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
California, 1898; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1900; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1911, 1913; member of Socialist National
Committee from California, 1911; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from California, 1912.
Christian;
later Agnostic.
Founder, in 1914, of the Llano de Rio utopian community in Antelope
Valley, Calif. (relocated to Louisiana in 1918).
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
26, 1925 (age 64 years, 284
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Overton Hatcher (1907-2003) —
also known as Harold O. Hatcher —
of Illinois; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., March 7,
1907.
Socialist. Congregationalist minister; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., August
6, 2003 (age 96 years, 152
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Overton Hatcher and Edna Mitchell Hatcher; married 1930 to
Josephine Timmerman. |
| | | Books about Harold Hatcher: Mike
Hembree, The
Seasons of Harold Hatcher |
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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, Notre Dame, Ind.
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Roland N. Holsaple (1876-1940) —
also known as R. N. Holsaple —
of Litchfield, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; South Dakota; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Minnesota; Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Monroeville, Allen
County, Ind., April
11, 1876.
Republican. Minister; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Pleasant Home Hospital,
Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich., October
31, 1940 (age 64 years, 203
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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William Herbert Hudnut III (1932-2016) —
also known as William H. Hudnut III —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
17, 1932.
Republican. Ordained minister; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1973-75; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1976-91; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1990; mayor of the town of Chevy Chase, Md.,
2004-06.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 2016 (age 84 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ira Landrith (1865-1941) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Ellis
County, Tex., March
23, 1865.
Presbyterian minister; president,
Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12; president,
Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance
Council, 1928-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith; married, January
21, 1891, to Harriet C. Grannis. |
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William Manning (1832-1914) —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Arlington, Rush
County, Ind., November
8, 1832.
School
teacher; ordained minister; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1885.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., May 26,
1914 (age 81 years, 199
days).
Interment at Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Harold Carlton Mason (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold C. Mason —
of Blissfield, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.
Born in Kunkle, Williams
County, Ohio, November
9, 1888.
School
teacher; minister; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1914; bishop; college
professor; president,
Huntington College, 1932-39.
Free
Methodist. German,
Scottish,
English,
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind., June 2,
1964 (age 75 years, 206
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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William Edward McManus (1914-1997) —
also known as William E. McManus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
27, 1914.
Democrat. Catholic priest; auxiliary bishop,
Archdiocese of Chicago, 1967-76; bishop, Diocese of Fort
Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, 1976-85; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1968.
Catholic.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 3,
1997 (age 83 years, 35
days).
Interment at All
Saints Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Jacob Edwin Meeker (1878-1918) —
also known as Jacob E. Meeker —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Attica, Fountain
County, Ind., October
7, 1878.
Republican. Minister; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1915-18; died in
office 1918.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
16, 1918 (age 40 years, 9
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Attica, Ind.
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Walter Henry Moeller (1910-1999) —
also known as Walter H. Moeller —
of Ohio.
Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
15, 1910.
Democrat. Lutheran minister; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1959-63, 1965-67.
Lutheran.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died April
13, 1999 (age 89 years, 29
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen A. Northrup —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1888.
Burial location unknown.
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John Roach Straton (1875-1929) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Norfolk,
Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., April 6,
1875.
Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National
Convention, 1912,
1924.
Baptist.
He was a creationist who led a campaign against the teaching of
evolution, and a strong supporter of alcohol prohibition. During the
1928 presidential campaign, he strongly opposed the candidacy of
Democratic nominee Al
Smith, who was Catholic and "wet" (anti-Prohibition).
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., October
29, 1929 (age 54 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Baker Tout (1867-1941) —
also known as B. B. Tout —
of Archie, Cass
County, Mo.
Born in Hendricks
County, Ind., April 5,
1867.
Republican. Physician;
druggist;
minister; postmaster;
member of Missouri
state senate 17th District, 1921-24.
Died October
29, 1941 (age 74 years, 207
days).
Interment at Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian, Mo.
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Herbert McNultie Wyrick (1893-1978) —
also known as H. M. Wyrick —
of Aurora, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Fairbury, Jefferson
County, Neb.; Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Barberton, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Maynardville, Union
County, Tenn., October
6, 1893.
Republican. Pastor; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., December
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 83
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Maloneyville, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of George M. Wyrick and Catherine (Hawkins) Wyrick; married, June 27,
1917, to Roxie Peters. |
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