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Burroughs Abbott (1830-1906) —
of Le
Sueur County, Minn.; Kandiyohi
County, Minn.; Columbia, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Franklin
County, Ind., November
8, 1830.
Farmer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1859-60, 1859-60, 1870 (District
16 1859-60, 1859-60, District 6 1870); member of South
Dakota state senate 33rd District, 1891-92.
Died, from being kicked by a
horse, in Eugene, Lane
County, Ore., December
4, 1906 (age 76 years, 26
days).
Interment at Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, Eugene, Ore.
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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, Columbia City, Ind.
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Rue J. Alexander (b. 1889) —
of Pine Village, Warren
County, Ind.
Born in Benton
County, Ind., October
4, 1889.
Republican. Operator of farms; chair of
Warren County Republican Party, 1933-40; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial location unknown.
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S. D. Baker (b. 1863) —
of Wykoff, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind., 1863.
Farmer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (1928-2019) —
also known as Birch Bayh —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., January
22, 1928.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1954-62; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Izaak
Walton League; Jaycees;
Farm
Bureau; Elks; Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., March
14, 2019 (age 91 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Isaac N. Beard (1808-1871) —
of Indiana.
Born in Wayne
County, Ind., May 16,
1808.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1849-50; defeated, 1850.
Died in 1871
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Russell Bearss (1834-1911) —
also known as George R. Bearss —
of Peru, Miami
County, Ind.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Miamisport (now Peru), Miami
County, Ind., 1834.
Republican. Lumber
business; farmer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1856;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1875.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., April 5,
1911 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Ollie M. Berry (1890-1968) —
of Lebanon, Boone
County, Ind.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., January
16, 1890.
Republican. Farmer; chair of
Boone County Republican Party, 1938-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in November, 1968
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) —
also known as Henry G. Blasdel —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
29, 1825.
Republican. Farmer; merchant;
riverboat
captain; miller; mining
business; Governor of
Nevada, 1864-71.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 22,
1900 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Allen Bowsher (1899-1956) —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Lee, White
County, Ind., June 22,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; road and
bridge contractor; farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Henry County, 1945-48;
defeated, 1950; member of Missouri
state senate 31st District; elected 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., April 2,
1956 (age 56 years, 285
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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Homer Earl Capehart (1897-1979) —
also known as Homer E. Capehart —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.
Born in Algiers, Pike
County, Ind., June 6,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; manufacturer;
farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1945-63; defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
3, 1979 (age 82 years, 89
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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William Wallace Chalmers (1861-1944) —
also known as William W. Chalmers —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Strathroy, Ontario,
November
1, 1861.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; farmer; lumber
business; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1921-23, 1925-31;
defeated, 1922.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
1, 1944 (age 82 years, 335
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John James Cooper (1830-1906) —
also known as John J. Cooper —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born January
20, 1830.
Democrat. Merchant;
farmer; Indiana
state treasurer, 1883-87.
Died January
18, 1906 (age 75 years, 363
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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James Cowgill (1848-1922) —
also known as Jim Cowgill —
of Caldwell
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ind., April 2,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
farmer; stockman; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Caldwell County, 1891-92; Missouri
railroad and warehouse commissioner, 1893-97; Missouri
state treasurer, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1916;
Missouri
Democratic state chair, 1916; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1918-22; died in office 1922.
Died suddenly, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in his office
at City
Hall, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., January
20, 1922 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of William M. Cowgill and Roda Cowgill; married, September
22, 1867, to Ella Myers. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri
Legislature 1897 |
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Mark L. Crawford (b. 1877) —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Indiana, 1877.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1937-38; defeated, 1938, 1940, 1948,
1952; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Burgess Crowe (1878-1970) —
also known as Eugene B. Crowe —
of Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind.
Born near Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind., January
5, 1878.
Democrat. Farmer; furniture
merchant; banker; real estate
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1928
(alternate), 1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-41 (3rd District 1931-33, 9th
District 1933-41); defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 12,
1970 (age 92 years, 127
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Bedford, Ind.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer; lawyer; newspaper
editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Edwin Lincoln Ebbert (1863-1929) —
also known as Edwin L. Ebbert —
of near Carpenter, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Doland, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Born in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., March
11, 1863.
Republican. Farmer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 31st District, 1921-24.
Methodist.
Died in Union Township, Spink
County, S.Dak., January
7, 1929 (age 65 years, 302
days).
Interment at Doland Cemetery, Doland, S.Dak.
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Townsend A. Ely (b. 1843) —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., August
27, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
farmer; postmaster at Alma,
Mich., 1883-91; village
president of Alma, Michigan, 1894-96; member of Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1909-13.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles H. Fehrman (1891-1956) —
of near Dillsboro, Dearborn
County, Ind.
Born in Ripley
County, Ind., October
12, 1891.
Republican. Farmer; chair of
Dearborn County Republican Party, 1926-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions.
Died April
13, 1956 (age 64 years, 184
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Aurora, Ind.
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Otto Glen Fifield (1885-1963) —
also known as Otto G. Fifield —
of Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind.
Born near Hebron, Lake
County, Ind., November
9, 1885.
Republican. Farmer; real estate
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1919-21; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1928-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1944; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1956,
1960.
Died in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
7, 1963 (age 77 years, 59
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind.
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Allen M. Fletcher Jr. (b. 1887) —
of Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
22, 1887.
Lumberman;
farmer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1941-43; member of Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1945-47.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Allen Miller Fletcher (1853-1922) —
also known as Allen M. Fletcher —
of Proctorsville, Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
25, 1853.
Republican. Farmer; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Cavendish, 1902-03, 1906,
1908, 1910; member of Vermont
state senate, 1904-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Vermont, 1908;
Governor
of Vermont, 1912-15.
Congregationalist.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the Berwick Hotel,
Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., May 11,
1922 (age 68 years, 228
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Elwin B. Follett (b. 1877) —
of Hale, Iosco
County, Mich.
Born in Fremont, Steuben
County, Ind., November
14, 1877.
Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iosco District, 1913-15.
Member, Grange;
Gleaners;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Fremont Goodwine (1857-1956) —
of Williamsport, Warren
County, Ind.; St. Joseph, Tensas
Parish, La.
Born in West Lebanon, Warren
County, Ind., May 22,
1857.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1904;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1900; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1908; member of Louisiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-50; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau.
Died August
25, 1956 (age 99 years, 95
days).
Interment at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, La.
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Relatives: Son
of James Goodwine and Sophia (Buckles) Goodwine; married to Mary
Moore. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Andrew Dean Gresham (1868-1950) —
also known as A. D. Gresham —
of Parkville, Platte
County, Mo.; Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Lebanon, Boone
County, Ind., January
5, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; Platte
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-15; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Platte County, 1921-22.
Died in Platte City, Platte
County, Mo., January
27, 1950 (age 82 years, 22
days).
Interment at Platte
City Cemetery, Platte City, Mo.
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Samuel S. Heath (1850-1926) —
of Lebanon, Boone
County, Ind.
Born in Jennings
County, Ind., July 12,
1850.
Republican. Livestock
dealer; farmer; chair of
Boone County Republican Party, 1905; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1924.
Died in Lebanon, Boone
County, Ind., June 1,
1926 (age 75 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth (Neal) Heath and James M. Heath; married, May 2,
1895, to Cora Belle Devol. |
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Jerrold Eldon Hinshaw (1917-2003) —
also known as Jerry Eldon Hinshaw —
of Tontitown, Washington
County, Ark.
Born near Sheridan, Hamilton
County, Ind., January
15, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; poultry
farmer; cattle raiser; real estate
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1964; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1981-96; historian;
director, First State Bank,
Springdale, Ark.
Methodist.
Died in Tontitown, Washington
County, Ark., December
31, 2003 (age 86 years, 350
days).
Interment at Cave
Cemetery, Washington County, Ark.
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James Robert Hogg (1863-1934) —
also known as Jim Hogg —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in Jennings
County, Ind., January
4, 1863.
Republican. Farmer; meat
merchant; distillery
owner; produced Jim Hogg's Corn
Whiskey; Butler
County Sheriff, 1892-96, 1902-06, 1920-24; mayor
of Poplar Bluff, Mo., 1897-99.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Fell into the Black River, and drowned,
in Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo., July 12,
1934 (age 71 years, 189
days).
Interment at Poplar
Bluff City Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Marion Hogg and Mary Belle (Winslow) Hogg; married, September
5, 1880, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; divorced); married, December
13, 1884, to Susan S. 'Susie' Klutts; married, November
19, 1887, to Ida Dillard (1864-1888; died); married, December
7, 1889, to Clara Catherine Smith; married, August
14, 1914, to Naoma Ruth Hawas. |
| | | Epitaph: "Peace be thy silent
slumber." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hugh B. Holman (b. 1879) —
of Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., July 2,
1879.
Republican. Farmer; road
contractor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1921-23; chair of
Fulton County Republican Party, 1930-44.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Izaak
Walton League; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Robinson Hull (c.1807-1875) —
also known as Matthew R. Hull —
of Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Taylor
County, W.Va.), about 1807.
Farmer; tanner; school
teacher; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839; abolitionist.
Methodist.
Died in Fayette
County, Ind., July 23,
1875 (age about 68
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ind.; reinterment to
unknown location.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Hull and Frances 'Fanny' (Robinson) Hull; married, November
29, 1832, to Sarah Ann Hanson. |
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Samuel W. Isler (b. 1882) —
of near Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind., November
14, 1882.
Republican. Grocer;
farmer; real estate
business; member of Indiana
state senate, 1943-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Virginia Ellis Jenckes (1877-1975) —
also known as Virginia E. Jenckes; Virginia Ellis
Somes —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., November
6, 1877.
Democrat. Farmer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1933-39.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., January
9, 1975 (age 97 years, 64
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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William Job (1864-1952) —
of Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo.
Born in Fillmore, Putnam
County, Ind., November
15, 1864.
Democrat. Farmer; one of the organizers of the Farmers' Mutual
Telephone
Company at Maryville, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Nodaway County, 1917-20,
1923-34; defeated, 1920, 1942.
Died in Maryville, Nodaway
County, Mo., December
5, 1952 (age 88 years, 20
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Franklin Justice (1914-1996) —
Born in Clinton Township, Cass
County, Ind., August
2, 1914.
Farmer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1981-84.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., September
5, 1996 (age 82 years, 34
days).
Interment at Keeps Creek Cemetery, Clymers, Ind.
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William Leroy LaFollette (1860-1934) —
also known as William L. LaFollette —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Born in Thorntown, Boone
County, Ind., November
30, 1860.
Republican. Farmer; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1911-19 (3rd District 1911-15,
4th District 1915-19).
Died December
20, 1934 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment at Colfax
Cemetery, Colfax, Wash.
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Harry Guyer Leslie (1878-1937) —
also known as Harry G. Leslie —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., April 6,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1923-27; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1925-27; Governor of
Indiana, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., December
10, 1937 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Aaron Wesley Loucks (1864-1920) —
also known as Aaron W. Loucks —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.
Born in Wakarusa, Elkhart
County, Ind., November
19, 1864.
Republican. Farmer; farm
implement dealer; postmaster at Falls
City, Neb., 1911-15 (acting, 1911).
Died in Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb., June 22,
1920 (age 55 years, 216
days).
Interment at Steele
Cemetery, Falls City, Neb.
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Isaac Augustus Manning (1864-1942) —
also known as Isaac A. Manning —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Abington, Wayne
County, Ind., January
14, 1864.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; newspaper
reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; coffee
planter; U.S. Consular Agent in Matagalpa, 1899-1905; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1907-09; La Guaira, 1909-11; Barranquilla, 1911-16.
Congregationalist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
17, 1942 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Claude Matthews (1845-1898) —
of Indiana.
Born in Bath
County, Ky., December
14, 1845.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1876; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1891-93; Governor of
Indiana, 1893-97.
Suffered a stroke
while making a
speech in Veedersburg, Ind., and died three days later, April
28, 1898 (age 52 years, 135
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.
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J. S. McBride (b. 1888) —
of Brazil, Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Clay
County, Ind., January
1, 1888.
Democrat. Farmer; coal miner;
chair
of Clay County Democratic Party, 1944.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Terry McCray (1865-1938) —
also known as Warren T. McCray —
of Kentland, Newton
County, Ind.
Born in Newton
County, Ind., February
4, 1865.
Republican. Farmer; grain
shipper; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1900;
Governor
of Indiana, 1921-24.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died December
19, 1938 (age 73 years, 318
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Kentland, Ind.
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Russell Lowell McDaniel (b. 1894) —
also known as R. Lowell McDaniel —
of Greensboro, Henry
County, Ind.; Wilkinson, Hancock
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Wilkinson, Hancock
County, Ind., September
16, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wholesale grocery
manager; farmer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1936.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph William McDaniel and Ida Bell (Young) McDaniel; married, August
15, 1920, to Ethel Hittle. |
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J. W. Miles —
of Hale, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Merom, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Republican. Monument
dealer; farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Carroll County, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903 to Anna
L. Enochs. |
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Fred T. Mossman (b. 1878) —
of Grey Eagle, Todd
County, Minn.
Born in Coesse, Whitley
County, Ind., March
24, 1878.
Farm manager; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 51, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Guilford Mullen (b. 1838) —
of Plankinton, Aurora
County, S.Dak.
Born in Carroll
County, Ind., August
8, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
farmer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 15th District, 1901-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John Thomas Myers (1927-2015) —
also known as John T. Myers —
of Covington, Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Covington, Fountain
County, Ind., February
8, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; banker;
farmer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1967-97.
Episcopalian.
Died in Covington, Fountain
County, Ind., January
27, 2015 (age 87 years, 353
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Covington, Ind.
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James L. Nash (1829-1896) —
of Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Haddon Township, Sullivan
County, Ind., March
16, 1829.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1875.
Disciples
of Christ. Welsh
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Paxton, Sullivan
County, Ind., October
10, 1896 (age 67 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Nees (1804-1882) —
also known as John B. Neese —
of Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., December
8, 1804.
Farmer; merchant;
sheriff;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died in Poland, Clay
County, Ind., May 19,
1882 (age 77 years, 162
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Edgar Nicholson (1862-1934) —
of Howard
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Media, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born near Elizabethtown, Bartholomew
County, Ind., June 29,
1862.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; newspaper
editor and publisher; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1895-97.
Quaker.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Media, Delaware
County, Pa., April
17, 1934 (age 71 years, 292
days).
Interment at Middletown
Friends Meeting Cemetery, Lima, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Nicholson and Rhoda (Holliday) Nicholson; married 1889 to Rhoda
Elma Parker. |
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memorial |
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Charles H. Nixon (1876-1958) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph
County, Ind., January
15, 1876.
Republican. Farmer; Wexford
County Sheriff, 1921-24, 1929-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1937-42.
Died in 1958
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara L. Stewart. |
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Noah Noble (1794-1844) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., January
14, 1794.
Lawyer;
farmer; merchant;
miller;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825; Governor of
Indiana, 1831-37.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
8, 1844 (age 50 years, 25
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Abijah O'Neall (1798-1874) —
of Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., December
9, 1798.
Miller;
merchant;
surveyor;
farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1849.
Quaker;
later Universalist.
Irish
ancestry.
Sheltered escaping slaves as part of the "Underground
Railroad" before the Civil War.
Died in 1874
(age about
75 years).
Original interment at Yountsville
Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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John F. O'Neall (c.1804-1865) —
of Greene
County, Ind.
Born in South Carolina, about 1804.
Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-44; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1844, 1847.
Quaker
or Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1865
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Kelly O'Neall (b. 1829) —
of Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, 1829.
Republican. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1881.
Quaker.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas H. O'Neall (1813-1889) —
of Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., September
20, 1813.
Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1849-51.
Quaker
or Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in Stockwell, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., March
31, 1889 (age 75 years, 192
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stockwell, Ind.
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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, New Harmony, Ind.
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Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859) —
also known as Samuel W. Parker —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
9, 1805.
Farmer; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-43; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (4th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1849.
German
and English
ancestry.
Died in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
1, 1859 (age 53 years, 145
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Dennis Lark Pennington (1776-1854) —
also known as Dennis Pennington —
of Harrison
County, Ind.
Born in Virginia, May 18,
1776.
Whig. Farmer; stonemason;
member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1810, 1812-16; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1816-20, 1825-27, 1830-33, 1842-45; defeated, 1839;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1822-24, 1828-30, 1845-46;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1825; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1833.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died near Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., September
2, 1854 (age 78 years, 107
days).
Interment at Pennington
Chapel Cemetery, Harrison County, Ind.
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Jared Peyton (1777-1851) —
of Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., June 16,
1777.
School
teacher; farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-33; probate judge in
Indiana, 1834-38.
Baptist.
Died in Clay
County, Ind., September, 1851
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Manoah Pickler (1846-1929) —
also known as Samuel M. Pickler —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Ind., November
6, 1846.
Republican. College
instructor; newspaper
editor and publisher; farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Adair County, 1877-78,
1897-1900, 1911-12; mayor
of Kirksville, Mo., 1882-83; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1900.
Died in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., March
12, 1929 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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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, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
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William Polke (c.1775-1843) —
of Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Brooke
County, Va. (now W.Va.), about 1775.
Farmer; surveyor;
member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1814-15; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1816-21; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1822; probate judge in Indiana, 1829-31.
Baptist.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., April
26, 1843 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hiram Prather (1809-1874) —
of Jennings
County, Ind.
Born in Clark
County, Ind., October
13, 1809.
Farmer; Jennings
County Treasurer, 1838; served in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847-50, 1865-67; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died in North Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind., March
27, 1874 (age 64 years, 165
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, North Vernon, Ind.
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James H. Price (b. 1891) —
of near Brazil, Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Van Buren Township, Clay
County, Ind., September
1, 1891.
Republican. Dairy
farmer; Clay
County Auditor, 1939; chair of
Clay County Republican Party, 1944.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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William Prince (1772-1824) —
of Knox
County, Ind.; Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind.
Born in Ireland,
1772.
Lawyer;
farmer; Knox
County Sheriff, 1800-04; member
Indiana territorial council, 1809; Indiana
territorial auditor, 1810-13; served in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1816; circuit judge in Indiana, 1816-18; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1823-24; died in office
1824.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., September
8, 1824 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Princeton, Ind.
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Oscar L. Pulse (1851-1923) —
of Decatur
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
14, 1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; lumber
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883.
Methodist.
Dutch
and German
ancestry.
Died in Maryland, March
15, 1923 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Ind.
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Lewis W. Purviance (1796-1874) —
of Huntington
County, Ind.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., April 8,
1796.
Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40.
Universalist;
later Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Huntington
County, Ind., May 9,
1874 (age 78 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tunis Quick (1797-1883) —
of Bartholomew
County, Ind.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March
13, 1797.
Farmer; livestock
dealer; probate judge in Indiana, 1837-40; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1840-42; defeated, 1842.
Baptist.
Died in Bartholomew
County, Ind., February
24, 1883 (age 85 years, 348
days).
Interment at Flatrock Baptist Cemetery, Clifford, Ind.
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John Ratliff (1822-1912) —
of Grant
County, Ind.
Born in Wayne
County, Ind., March 1,
1822.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1867-69.
Quaker.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1912
(age about
90 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joel Ray (1801-1854) —
of Crawford
County, Ind.
Born in Cumberland
County, Ky., 1801.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52.
Baptist.
Died in Crawford
County, Ind., August
28, 1854 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor I. Record (1846-1912) —
of Pulaski
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Ind., October
12, 1846.
Farmer; timber and
lumber merchant; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1897.
On January 19, 1897, he introduced House Bill 246, to change the
value of pi. The bill passed the Indiana House unanimously,
but was later killed in the Senate.
Died in Lynn Township, Posey
County, Ind., November
20, 1912 (age 66 years, 39
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Rockhill (1793-1865) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Burlington
County, N.J., February
10, 1793.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1834-36, 1836-37; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-47; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., January
15, 1865 (age 71 years, 340
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Floyd W. Rowe (b. 1861) —
of Camden, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Steuben
County, Ind., June 8,
1861.
Republican. Farmer; merchant;
banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1921-24;
defeated in primary, 1924, 1932, 1938.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Bronk Sayre (1869-1934) —
also known as Dan B. Sayre —
of McDonald
County, Mo.
Born in Wabash
County, Ind., February
6, 1869.
Republican. Farmer; resort
owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from McDonald County, 1929-30.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Noel, McDonald
County, Mo., July 28,
1934 (age 65 years, 172
days).
Interment at Southwest City Cemetery, South West City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Warren Grover Sayre and Martha Jane (Bronk) Sayre; married 1920 to
Caroline Elizabeth Fisher. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Davis Shannon (b. 1815) —
of Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Indiana, 1815.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Marion County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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John Smith Simonson (1796-1881) —
of Charlestown, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., June 2,
1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
farmer; miller; merchant;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1826-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-46; defeated, 1838; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1845-46; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., December
5, 1881 (age 85 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard L. Smith (b. 1833) —
of Ree Heights, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Jennings
County, Ind., April
26, 1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
superintendent of Indian schools, 1869-72; rancher; member of
South
Dakota state house of representatives 24th District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Ralph Gerold Stallsmith (1890-1973) —
also known as Ralph G. Stallsmith —
of Hartford City, Blackford
County, Ind.
Born in Blackford
County, Ind., July 12,
1890.
Farmer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954,
1956.
Methodist.
Died in Hartford City, Blackford
County, Ind., April
18, 1973 (age 82 years, 280
days).
Interment at Olive Branch Cemetery, Washington Township, Delaware County,
Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Ezra Ackerman Stallsmith and Ida Ann (Moore) Stallsmith; married
to Lodie Reed Hannah Smith. |
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memorial |
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Dan Voorhees Stephens (1868-1939) —
also known as Dan V. Stephens —
of Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb.
Born in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., November
4, 1868.
Democrat. Farmer; Dodge
County Superintendent of Schools, 1890-94; president, Hammond &
Stephens, educational publishers;
director, Fremont Trust and Savings Bank;
director, Goose Lake Grain and Lumber Co.;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1904,
1908
(delegation chair), 1920,
1924,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1911-19.
Died in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., January
13, 1939 (age 70 years, 70
days).
Cremated.
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Walter Roscoe Stubbs (1858-1929) —
also known as W. R. Stubbs —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., November
7, 1858.
Republican. Rancher; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-07; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1905-06; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1904-08; Governor of
Kansas, 1909-13; defeated in primary, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1912.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, after a short illness and some heart
trouble, in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., March
25, 1929 (age 70 years, 138
days).
Interment at Lawrence
Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Marlin Andrew Stutzman (b. 1976) —
also known as Marlin Stutzman —
Born in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., August
31, 1976.
Republican. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 2002-08; member of Indiana
state senate, 2009-10; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 2010, 2016; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 2010-17.
Still living as of 2017.
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John William Summers (1870-1937) —
also known as John W. Summers —
of Walla Walla, Walla
Walla County, Wash.
Born in Valeene, Orange
County, Ind., April
29, 1870.
Republican. Physician;
farmer; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1917; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Christian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1937
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Wash.
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Daniel Webster Waugh (1842-1921) —
also known as Daniel W. Waugh —
of Tipton, Tipton
County, Ind.
Born near Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., March 7,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; farmer; lawyer;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1884-90; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1891-95.
Died in Tipton, Tipton
County, Ind., March
14, 1921 (age 79 years, 7
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Tipton, Ind.
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Philip Herman Willkie (1919-1974) —
also known as Philip H. Willkie —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
7, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; banker;
farmer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1948,
1960;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-54.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Died April
10, 1974 (age 54 years, 124
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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Isaac H. Woods (1810-1892) —
of Gibson
County, Ind.
Born in Gibson
County, Ind., February
9, 1810.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1859.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., August
15, 1892 (age 82 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Young (b. 1854) —
of Interior, Stanley County (now Jackson
County), S.Dak.; Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.
Born in Boone
County, Ind., October
2, 1854.
Democrat. Rancher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 26th District, 1903-04;
member of South
Dakota state senate 25th District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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