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Politicians in the Furniture Business in Indiana

Benjamin Bosse (1875-1922) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Born November 1, 1875. Democrat. Financier; furniture manufacturer; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1914-22; died in office 1922; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1916 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); Indiana Democratic state chair, 1922. Lutheran. Died, from pneumonia, in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., April 4, 1922 (age 46 years, 154 days). Interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Henry Bosse and Carolyn Bosse; married to Anna Schlensker.   Image source: City of Evansville   Harry Clifford Canfield (1875-1945) — also known as Harry C. Canfield — of Batesville, Ripley County, Ind. Born near Moores Hill, Dearborn County, Ind., November 22, 1875. Democrat. Furniture manufacturer; chairman, Batesville State Bank; U.S. Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1923-33; defeated, 1920. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Eagles. Died in Batesville, Ripley County, Ind., February 9, 1945 (age 69 years, 79 days). Interment at First Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Batesville, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Elias C. Canfield and Martha E. Canfield; married, October 4, 1899, to Kathryn E. Elder.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Bowman Elder (1888-1954) — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., March 4, 1888. Democrat. Real estate business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1916, 1932, 1940; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; treasurer of Indiana Democratic Party, 1924-26; treasurer, Indiana Office Furniture Co., 1929-35; receiver who liquidated Indiana's interurban railways, 1933-40; Consular Agent for France in Indianapolis, Ind., 1935. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Reserve Officers Association; Military Order of Foreign Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Zeta Psi. Died, in Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., June 10, 1954 (age 66 years, 98 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.   Relatives: Son of William Line Elder; married to Madeline Fortune.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John C. Hampton (b. 1891) — of Muncie, Delaware County, Ind. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., February 5, 1891. Republican. Furniture and undertaking business; mayor of Muncie, Ind., 1926-30, 1943-44. Member, Freemasons; Moose; Elks; American Legion; Forty and Eight. Burial location unknown.   Robert H. Bob Menke, Sr. (1919-2008) — also known as Bob Menke — Born in Huntingburg, Dubois County, Ind., October 15, 1919. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; furniture business; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1953-54. Member, Nature Conservancy. A standout basketball player in high school and at Indiana University; inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982. Died, from Lewy body dementia, March 30, 2008 (age 88 years, 167 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Fairmount Cemetery, Huntingburg, Ind.   Relatives: Son of William Menke and Clara (Moenkhaus) Menke; married, August 12, 1944, to Phyllis McMurtrie.   Martin M. Ray (1795-1865) — of Fayette County, Ind.; Wayne County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Kentucky, August 29, 1795. Cabinetmaker; merchant; banker; lawyer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1826-27, 1834-36; candidate for Indiana state senate, 1848. Methodist. Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., May 16, 1865 (age 69 years, 260 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.   Relatives: Brother of James Brown Ray; uncle of Martin M. Ray (1823-1872).   Political family: Ray family of Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana.

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