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John J. Barton (1906-2004) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 23,
1906.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1964-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1964.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died May 4,
2004 (age 97 years, 316
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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William J. Cleary (1870-1952) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born near Greenfield, Hancock
County, Ind., May 14,
1870.
Republican. Civil
engineer; Berrien
County Surveyor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1943-50.
Irish ancestry.
Died in 1952
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Maurice Francis Egan (1852-1924) —
also known as Maurice F. Egan —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 24,
1852.
University
professor; author;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1907-17.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1924 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Interment at Old
Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as M. L. Essick; "Old Man
Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1880;
candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District, 1896.
Scottish,
German,
and Irish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Stephen Bond Fleming (1870-1961) —
also known as Stephen B. Fleming —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
20, 1870.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1901-15; resigned 1915; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1908
(alternate), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); president, Holsum Bakery Company,
1938-56.
Catholic.
Irish, German,
and French
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., December
6, 1961 (age 91 years, 16
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Judson Francis Haggerty (1925-1997) —
also known as Judson F. Haggerty —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
19, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-50; chair of
Marion County Democratic Party, 1962-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968
(alternate).
Unitarian.
Irish ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from pneumonia,
in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., April 5,
1997 (age 72 years, 17
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Elsie M. (Buyher) Haggerty and Walter Francis Haggerty; married,
December
8, 1947, to Peggy Jane Hammon; married, April
28, 1971, to Beverly Ann Chalfant. |
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Marshall E. Hanley (1920-1981) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., May 7,
1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1952-53.
Presbyterian.
Irish and English
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, in Ball Memorial Hospital,
Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., May 23,
1981 (age 61 years, 16
days).
Interment at Beech
Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.
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William Kaough (1843-1918) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Allen
County, Ind., June 24,
1843.
Democrat. Postmaster at Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1885-89.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Holy
Name Society; Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., December
16, 1918 (age 75 years, 175
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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James T. McNamara (1894-1950) —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1894.
Republican. Mayor
of Whiting, Ind., 1935-48; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from complications of tuberculosis,
in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., 1950
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Portage, Ind.
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Genevieve Nutto (1902-1993) —
also known as Genevieve Heffernan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., October
23, 1902.
Republican. Stenographer;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1950.
Female.
Irish and German
ancestry.
Died in Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif., May 2,
1993 (age 90 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Heffernan and Anna M. Heffernan. |
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Joseph G. O'Connor (1904-1967) —
of Lincoln Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 24,
1904.
Democrat. Trained as an engineer;
gold assayer for Yellow Jacket Mining Co.,
Nevada; worked for Chrysler
Corporation in the 1930s; executive board
member, United Auto Workers Local 7, 1938; national
representative to the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
1941-48; advertising
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 6th District 1955-62); defeated in
primary, 1962.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; Moose; Elks; Eagles;
Maccabees;
Knights
of Equity.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Velma Eugen Jones. |
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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 Henry O'Neall (1838-1907) —
also known as John H. O'Neall —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.
Born near Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., October
30, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1887-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1896.
Methodist.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Washington, Daviess
County, Ind., July 15,
1907 (age 68 years, 258
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Washington, Ind.
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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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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April
11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Lenore B. Quinn (1891-1961) —
also known as Mary Lenore Bookmyer; Mrs. J. R.
Quinn —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, January
17, 1891.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Female.
German
and Irish ancestry.
Died in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., March
18, 1961 (age 70 years, 60
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas W. Bookmyer and Martha Ann (Murray) Bookmyer;
married, June 14,
1922, to James Rowland Quinn. |
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James Brown Ray (1794-1848) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., February
19, 1794.
Lawyer;
merchant;
tavern
owner; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1822-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1831, 1837; Governor of
Indiana, 1825-31.
Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
4, 1848 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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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.
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Martin M. Ray (1823-1872) —
of Shelby
County, Ind.
Born in Butler
County, Ohio, 1823.
Lawyer;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1848; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; member of Indiana
state senate, 1861-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1872.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., August
5, 1872 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Joseph Hooker Shea (1863-1928) —
also known as Joseph H. Shea —
of Scott
County, Ind.; Seymour, Jackson
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Lexington, Scott
County, Ind., July 24,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; circuit judge in Indiana, 1906-12;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1908;
Judge, Indiana Appellate Court, 1913-16; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1916-21.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
22, 1928 (age 65 years, 151
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Madison, Ind.
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Daniel Joseph Tobin (1875-1955) —
also known as Daniel J. Tobin —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in County Clare, Ireland,
April, 1875.
Democrat. General
president, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 1907-52; secretary-treasurer,
American Federation of Labor, 1917-28; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1948.
Irish ancestry. Member, Teamsters
Union.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
14, 1955 (age 80 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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