|
Carl F. Barney (b. 1878) —
of Marion, Grant
County, Ind.
Born in Whitley
County, Ind., July 3,
1878.
Republican. Grocer; restaurant
owner; mayor of
Marion, Ind., 1935-42; defeated, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
John Ebenezer Durkee (1874-1932) —
also known as John E. Durkee —
of South Haven, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, April
22, 1874.
Grocer; mayor
of South Haven, Mich., 1920.
Gravely injured in a head-on
collision, and died an hour later in Clinic Hospital,
Michigan City, LaPorte
County, Ind., May 14,
1932 (age 58 years, 22
days).
Interment at Arlington
Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Mich.
| |
Relatives: Son
of Rosseau Durkee and Aurelia Durkee; married, December
23, 1901, to Edith O. Gish. |
|
|
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.
|
|
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.
| |
Relatives: Son
of Joseph William McDaniel and Ida Bell (Young) McDaniel; married, August
15, 1920, to Ethel Hittle. |
|
|
Francis D. McNamara (1899-1929) —
also known as "Bab" —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., November
14, 1899.
Republican. Grocer; mayor
of Whiting, Ind., 1929; died in office 1929.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., December
22, 1929 (age 30 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
| |
Image source:
Whiting Public Library |
|
|
Charles Pigman (1857-1930) —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., August
29, 1857.
Republican. Grocer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1904;
chair
of Carroll County Republican Party, 1905.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., 1930
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
| |
Relatives: Son
of George Washington Pigman and Caroline (Armstrong) Pigman; married,
December
25, 1882, to Grace Sims; third cousin once removed of Eli
Pigman. |
|
|
David B. J. Schafer (b. 1859) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Adams
County, Ind., February
21, 1859.
Republican. Grocer; mayor
of South Bend, Ind., 1894-97; St.
Joseph County Sheriff.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
| |
Relatives: Son
of Christian Schafer and Catherine (Ahr) Schafer. |
|
|
Simon Wile (1830-1907) —
of LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind.
Born near Munich (München), Germany,
August
22, 1830.
Democrat. Grocer; miller;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869.
Jewish.
German
ancestry.
Died in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., September
10, 1907 (age 77 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
|