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John S. Bender (b. 1827) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
26, 1827.
School
teacher; miller; surveyor;
Starke
County Clerk and Auditor; lawyer; newspaper
publisher.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bender and Jane (Dobbs) Bender; married 1855 to Maggie
Bowers; married 1858 to Rachel
Houghton. |
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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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Fred B. Cohee (b. 1894) —
of Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind.
Born in Bringhurst, Carroll
County, Ind., July 21,
1894.
Republican. Grain dealer; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1942-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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William Wade Dudley (b. 1842) —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Weathersfield Bow, Weathersfield, Windsor
County, Vt., August
27, 1842.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded
at the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, and lost his
right leg; Wayne
County Clerk of Courts, 1866-74; milling business; lawyer; banker;
U.S. Marshal, District of Indiana, 1879-81; U.S. Commissioner of
Pensions, 1881-85; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1864 to
Theresa Fiske. |
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James La Fayette Evans (1825-1903) —
also known as James L. Evans —
of Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind.
Born in Clayville, Harrison
County, Ky., March
27, 1825.
Republican. Merchant;
grain elevator business; meat packing
business; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1875-79; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1880.
Died in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., May 28,
1903 (age 78 years, 62
days).
Interment at Crownland
Cemetery, Noblesville, Ind.
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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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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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Ezra Perin Savage (1842-1920) —
also known as Ezra P. Savage —
of Sargent, Custer
County, Neb.
Born in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., April 3,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; stock,
grain, and implement
business; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1901-03; Governor of
Nebraska, 1901-03.
Died January
8, 1920 (age 77 years, 280
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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John Dillon Seaman (1840-1911) —
also known as John D. Seaman —
of Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Benton Township, Elkhart
County, Ind., February
15, 1840.
Republican. Grain dealer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1879; postmaster at Tulsa,
Indian Territory, 1898-1907.
Died in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., May 30,
1911 (age 71 years, 104
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Rueben D. Seaman and Elizabeth Dillon Seaman; married, June 16,
1858, to Hadasah J. Grant. |
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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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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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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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