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Food Industry Politicians in Indiana
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

  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 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.
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