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John Pierson Baird (1830-1881) —
also known as John P. Baird —
of Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Spencer
County, Ky., January
5, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1859; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1868.
Was commander at Fort Granger in Tennessee in June 1863, when he was
required to execute by hanging Lawrence Orton Williams and Walter
Peter as Confederate spies; an engraving of the execution was on the
front page of Harper's Weekly. Both spies were related to
Gen. Robert E. Lee's wife and were descendants of Martha Washington.
Baird was severely affected by this episode, and had a mental
breakdown in 1875.
Died in the Indiana Hospital for
the Insane, Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 7,
1881 (age 51 years, 61
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Francis Elisha Baker (1860-1924) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., October
20, 1860.
Lawyer; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1899-1902; Judge of U.S. Circuit
Court for the 7th Circuit, 1902-11; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1902-24; died in
office 1924.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from endocarditis,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
15, 1924 (age 63 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.
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John Harris Baker (1832-1915) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Parma town, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
28, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1863; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1875-81; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1892-1902.
Methodist.
Died in Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., October
21, 1915 (age 83 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.
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William Baker (1813-1872) —
of Loudon (now Fort Loudon), Franklin
County, Pa.; Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton, Franklin
County, Pa., February
11, 1813.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1847-49; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1859-68, 1870-72; defeated, 1868; died in
office 1872.
Lutheran;
later Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died May 23,
1872 (age 59 years, 102
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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John Harvey Baldwin (b. 1851) —
also known as John H. Baldwin —
of Jonesboro, Grant
County, Ind.; St. Lawrence, Hand
County, S.Dak.; Frazee, Becker
County, Minn.
Born near Jonesboro, Grant
County, Ind., 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1896;
member of Minnesota
state senate 63rd District, 1915-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Claude C. Ball (b. 1873) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Delaware
County, Ind., September
26, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert C. Baltzell (1879-1950) —
of Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ill., August
15, 1879.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; chair of
Gibson County Republican Party, 1912; member of Indiana
Republican State Committee, 1914-18; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; circuit judge in Indiana, 1921-25; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1925-28; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, 1928-50;
took senior status 1950; member executive committee, Methodist Hospital.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died October
18, 1950 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Interment somewhere
in Sumner, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Baltzell and Margaret C. (Roderick) Baltzell; married, March
28, 1904, to Vienna N. Carlton. |
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Lucien Barbour (1811-1880) —
of Indiana.
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., March 4,
1811.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1848-50; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1855-57.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 19,
1880 (age 69 years, 137
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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James Solomon Barcus (1863-1920) —
also known as James S. Barcus —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Sullivan
County, Ind., March
18, 1863.
Publisher;
author;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1903-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., May 3,
1920 (age 57 years, 46
days).
Interment somewhere
in Terre Haute, Ind.
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Sarah Evans Barker (b. 1943) —
of Indiana.
Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind., June 10,
1943.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1981-84; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, 1984-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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George M. Barnard (1881-1949) —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.
Born in New Castle, Henry
County, Ind., June 6,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; mayor
of New Castle, Ind., 1910-14; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1944-49; died in office 1949.
Quaker.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1949 (age 67 years, 210
days).
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Longwood, Pa.
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Job Barnard (1844-1923) —
of Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Porter
County, Ind., June 8,
1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1899-1914.
Died February
28, 1923 (age 78 years, 265
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Barnard and Sally (Williams) Barnard; married, September
25, 1867, to Florence A. Putnam. |
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Albert Raymond Barnes (1865-1944) —
also known as A. R. Barnes —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Attica, Fountain
County, Ind., March
18, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; Utah
state attorney general, 1909-17; district judge in Utah, 1925.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Epsilon.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 20,
1944 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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George N. Bashara, Sr. (1901-1980) —
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hartford City, Blackford
County, Ind., July 20,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941, 1947, 1948 (primary), 1953,
1959; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1964; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1966.
Eastern
Orthodox. Lebanese
ancestry.
Died, in Bon Secours Hospital,
Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., September
12, 1980 (age 79 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (1928-2019) —
also known as Birch Bayh —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., January
22, 1928.
Democrat. Farmer;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1954-62; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Izaak
Walton League; Jaycees;
Farm
Bureau; Elks; Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., March
14, 2019 (age 91 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Birch Evans Bayh III (b. 1955) —
also known as Evan Bayh —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., December
26, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1986-89; Governor of
Indiana, 1989-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1999-2011.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Fred Fenton Bays —
also known as Fred F. Bays —
of Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind.; Merom, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Bloomfield, Greene
County, Ind.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Sullivan County Democratic Party, 1904-06, 1938-44; Indiana
Democratic state chair, 1938-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944,
1952
(alternate).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) —
also known as William H. H. Beadle —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born, in a log
cabin at Howard, Parke
County, Ind., January
1, 1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S. Surveyor-General for Dakota Territory, 1869-71;
member of Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1872-;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1877-79; Dakota
Territory superintendent of public instruction, 1879-86; president,
Madison State Normal School (now Dakota State University), 1889-1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
15, 1915 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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George N. Beamer (1904-1974) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Bowling Green, Clay
County, Ind., October
9, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-38; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1938; Indiana
state attorney general, 1941-42; defeated, 1942; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, 1962-74;
died in office 1974.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Optimist
Club; American Bar
Association.
Died October
21, 1974 (age 70 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jasper F. Beamer and Frances M. (Roush) Beamer; married, May 14,
1932, to Charlotte L. Hoover. |
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John Thomas Beasley (b. 1860) —
also known as John Beasley —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., May 29,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1887-93; president, Indiana Gas
Utilities Co.; director, Terre Haute Savings Bank;
director, Indianapolis and Terre Haute Railway.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Beasley and Sarah (Williams) Beasley; married, November
5, 1885, to Cora E. Hoke. |
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Lawrence Becker (1869-1947) —
of Montana; Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.; East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Finnentrop, Germany,
August
10, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1904-11; superior court judge in Indiana,
1911-14, 1934-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, following a kidney
operation, in St. Catherine's Hospital,
East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., March
12, 1947 (age 77 years, 214
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Eberhard Becker and Margaret (Alvers) Becker; married, September
8, 1898, to Agnes D. Eaton. |
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John J. Beckman (b. 1886) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 4,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1933-35; chair of
Multnomah County Democratic Party, 1934-40; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Woodmen;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Haddon Bedwell (1884-1948) —
also known as Charles H. Bedwell —
of Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Dugger, Sullivan
County, Ind., March
18, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1934-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1940; Judge, Indiana
Appellate Court, 1941-43.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in 1948
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Center
Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Ind.
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Godlove Orth Behm (1828-1888) —
also known as Godlove O. Behm —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., January
7, 1828.
Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., March
14, 1888 (age 60 years, 67
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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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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Arlington A. Bergman (1870-1952) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Jay
County, Ind., October
3, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1910, 1911; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1912-16.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., April 8,
1952 (age 81 years, 188
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Bergman and Eleanor (Drake) Bergman; married to Lulu A.
Dobie. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1862-1927) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Highland
County, Ohio, October
6, 1862.
Lawyer; historian;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1899-1911; defeated, 1914 (Progressive),
1922 (Republican); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1900,
1904
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1908,
1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Progressive candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1912; received the Pulitzer
Prize in Biography, 1920.
Member, American
Historical Association.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April
27, 1927 (age 64 years, 203
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Henry Beveridge and Frances Eleanor (Parkinson) Beveridge;
married, November
24, 1887, to Katherine Maude Langsdale; married, August
7, 1907, to Catherine Spencer Eddy; father of Albert
Jeremiah Beveridge Jr.. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Albert J. Beveridge: The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835
(1916) — The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815
(1916) — The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 (1916) — The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker
(1916) — Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 (1928) — The
Art of Public Speaking (1924) — The
Meaning of the Times, and Other Speeches (1908) — The
Russian Advance (1904) — The
State of the Nation (1924) — What
Is Back of the War (1915) |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, December 1902 |
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John C. Billheimer (1857-1918) —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.
Born in Wayne
County, Ind., March 3,
1857.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; chair of
Daviess County Republican Party, 1886; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888;
U.S. Consul in Zanzibar, 1898-99; Indiana
state auditor, 1906-10.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Knights
of Honor.
Died in 1918
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Washington, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Billheimer and Margaret (Gephat) Billheimer; married 1879 to Susan
Kimball. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Moore's Hoosier
Cyclopedia (1905) |
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Roy L. Black (1878-1970) —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho; Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Topeka, LaGrange
County, Ind., September
26, 1878.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1911-12; Idaho
state attorney general, 1919-23.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died August
15, 1970 (age 91 years, 323
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) —
also known as Thomas H. Blake —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., June 14,
1792.
Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana,
1818; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1821-22, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; Commissioner
of the General Land Office, 1842-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of cholera
in a hotel at
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
28, 1849 (age 57 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Oscar Edward Bland (1877-1951) —
also known as Oscar E. Bland —
of Indiana.
Born in Greene
County, Ind., November
21, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1917-23; defeated,
1910, 1912, 1922; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1923-47.
Member, Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Sigma
Nu.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
3, 1951 (age 73 years, 255
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Archie Newton Bobbitt (1895-1978) —
also known as Arch N. Bobbitt —
of English, Crawford
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Eckerty, Crawford
County, Ind., September
3, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; Crawford
County Auditor, 1921-24; chair of
Crawford County Republican Party, 1921-25; Indiana
state auditor, 1928-30; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1937-42; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1940;
justice
of Indiana state supreme court, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
24, 1978 (age 82 years, 143
days).
Interment at Bethlehem Cemetery, Crandall, Ind.
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John William Boehne Jr. (1895-1973) —
also known as John W. Boehne, Jr. —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., March 2,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
manufacturer;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-43 (1st District 1931-33, 8th
District 1933-43); defeated, 1928 (1st District), 1942 (8th District).
Lutheran.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Irvington, Baltimore
County, Md., July 5,
1973 (age 78 years, 125
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Homer Truett Bone (1883-1970) —
also known as Homer T. Bone —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., January
25, 1883.
Lawyer; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1920; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1923-24; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1940;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1944-56; took
senior status 1956.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Gamma
Eta Gamma.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., March
11, 1970 (age 87 years, 45
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Fenton Whitlock Booth (1869-1947) —
also known as Fenton W. Booth —
of Marshall, Clark
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Clark
County, Ill., May 12,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1896-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1905-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died July 26,
1947 (age 78 years, 75
days).
Interment somewhere
in Indianapolis, Ind.
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Newton Booth (1825-1892) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., December
25, 1825.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Harvey
David Scott; member of California
state senate, 1863; Governor of
California, 1871-75; U.S.
Senator from California, 1875-81.
Died in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., July 14,
1892 (age 66 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sacramento
City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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James Wallace Borden (1810-1882) —
also known as James W. Borden —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born near Beaufort, Carteret
County, N.C., February
5, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Richmond,
Ind., 1836-40; circuit judge in Indiana 12th Circuit, 1841-50;
delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; common pleas
court judge in Indiana, 1851-57, 1864-67; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1856;
U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Hawaiian Islands, 1858-61.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., April
25, 1882 (age 72 years, 79
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Marcellus G. Boss (1901-1967) —
also known as Marc Boss —
of Columbus, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Bremen, Marshall
County, Ind., January
24, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Cherokee
County Attorney, 1931-33; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945-49; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1952;
Governor
of Guam, 1959-60.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Suffered a heart
attack while addressing
a meeting of the Kansas Business and Professional Women, and died
soon after, in the City Hospital,
Columbus, Cherokee
County, Kan., March
21, 1967 (age 66 years, 56
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Columbus, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank W. Boss and Alice M. (Lehr) Boss; married, August
11, 1926, to Margery Griswold. |
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Elliot Newman Bowman (1826-1900) —
also known as Elliot N. Bowman —
of Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., October
11, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; merchant;
hotel
owner; Fountain
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1871-78; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1891; deputy auditor, U.S. Navy,
1893; Sixth Auditor, U.S. Treasury.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Covington, Fountain
County, Ind., May 21,
1900 (age 73 years, 222
days).
Interment at Prescott
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bowman and Rebecca (Newman) Bowman; married, May 23,
1866, to Harriet A. (Spinning) Jarvis. |
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Samuel Evan Boys (1871-1966) —
also known as Samuel E. Boys —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.; Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born in Lacon, Marshall
County, Ill., June 20,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1936
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana.
Died in Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind., April
14, 1966 (age 94 years, 298
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind.
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James Bradley (1810-1887) —
of LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., August
19, 1810.
Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-51; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1854-57; member of Indiana
state senate, 1869-71.
Died in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., April
30, 1887 (age 76 years, 254
days).
Interment at Patton
Cemetery, LaPorte, Ind.
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Thomas Jefferson Brady (1839-1904) —
also known as Thomas J. Brady; T. J. Brady —
Born in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., February
12, 1839.
Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1870-75; second assistant U.S. Postmaster General;
indicted
in 1881 as a participant in the Star Route bribery
scheme; found
guilty, but a judge set aside the conviction; retried
and acquitted.
Died April
22, 1904 (age 65 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roger Douglas Branigin (1902-1975) —
also known as Roger D. Branigin —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 26,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968
(delegation chair); Governor of
Indiana, 1965-69; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died November
19, 1975 (age 73 years, 116
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Franklin, Ind.
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William Gilmer Bray (1903-1979) —
also known as William G. Bray —
of Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind.
Born near Mooresville, Morgan
County, Ind., June 17,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; Morgan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-31; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1951-75 (7th District 1951-67, 6th
District 1967-75).
Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis;
Tau
Kappa Alpha; Acacia.
Died in Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind., June 4,
1979 (age 75 years, 352
days).
Interment at White
Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Ind.
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Samuel Brenton (1810-1857) —
of Indiana.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ky., November
22, 1810.
Minister;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1851-53, 1855-57;
defeated, 1852; died in office 1857.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., March
29, 1857 (age 46 years, 127
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Abraham Lincoln Brick (1860-1908) —
also known as Abraham L. Brick —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born near South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., May 27,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1899-1908; died in
office 1908.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April 7,
1908 (age 47 years, 316
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Jesse B. Bridges (1862-1927) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Aberdeen, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Putnam
County, Ind., November
10, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; Grays
Harbor County Prosecuting Attorney; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1919-27; died in office 1927.
Universalist.
Died April
14, 1927 (age 64 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Bridges and Mary (Darnell) Bridges; married, June 26,
1895, to Mary L. Smith. |
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John Robert Britten (1898-1955) —
also known as John R. Britten —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Reading, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
16, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer; Wayne
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; mayor
of Richmond, Ind., 1939-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Grotto;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Moose;
Junior
Order; Elks; Kiwanis.
Suffered severe
burns to his feet and toes from overnight application of an
electric pad, leading to a pulmonary
embolism and ultimately death, in Reid Hospital,
Spring Grove, Wayne
County, Ind., February
25, 1955 (age 56 years, 71
days).
Interment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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Robert Lee Brokenburr (1886-1974) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-44.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died March
24, 1974 (age 87 years, 128
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Gene Edward Brooks (1931-2004) —
Born in Griffin, Posey
County, Ind., June 21,
1931.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, 1979-96;
resigned 1996.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., April
19, 2004 (age 72 years, 303
days).
Interment at Alexander
Memorial Park, Evansville, Ind.
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Susan Brooks (b. 1960) —
also known as Susan Wiant —
of Carmel, Hamilton
County, Ind.
Born in Auburn, DeKalb
County, Ind., August
25, 1960.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 2001-07; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 2013-.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2018.
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Elijah Voorhees Brookshire (1856-1936) —
also known as Elijah V. Brookshire —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born near Ladoga, Montgomery
County, Ind., August
15, 1856.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1889-95.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April
14, 1936 (age 79 years, 243
days).
Interment at Harshbarger
Cemetery, Near Ladoga, Montgomery County, Ind.
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Macy A. Brouse (1867-1906) —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., 1867.
Lawyer; mayor of
Kokomo, Ind., 1903-06; died in office 1906.
Died October
2, 1906 (age about 39
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry A. Brouse. |
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Ethan Allen Brown (1776-1852) —
also known as Ethan A. Brown —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Dearborn County (part now in Ohio
County), Ind.
Born in Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 4,
1776.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1810-18; Governor of
Ohio, 1818-22; defeated, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1822-25; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Brazil, 1830-34; Commissioner of the General Land Office,
1835-36; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-43.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
24, 1852 (age 75 years, 235
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hedge Cemetery, Rising Sun, Ind.
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George Tracy Buckingham (1864-1940) —
also known as George T. Buckingham —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., April
21, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., September
9, 1940 (age 76 years, 141
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Rousseau Angelus Burch (1862-1944) —
also known as Rousseau A. Burch —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Williamsport, Warren
County, Ind., August
4, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1902-35; chief
justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1935-36.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., January
29, 1944 (age 81 years, 178
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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John Henry Burford (1852-1922) —
also known as John H. Burford —
of Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.
Born in Parkeville, Parke
County, Ind., February
29, 1852.
Lawyer; prosecuting attorney, Indiana 22nd Circuit, 1880;
register, U.S. Land Office, Oklahoma City, 1890; probate judge in
Oklahoma, 1890-92; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1892-1906; chief
justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1898-1903; member
of Oklahoma
state senate, 1912-15.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
2, 1922 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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C. W. Burkart (b. 1875) —
of Seymour, Jackson
County, Ind.
Born in Seymour, Jackson
County, Ind., July 14,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Seymour, Ind., 1918-21, 1927-38, 1943-44.
Burial location unknown.
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James Nelson Burnes (1827-1889) —
also known as James N. Burnes —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Ind., August
22, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; railroad
executive; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri;
common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1868-72; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1883-89; died in
office 1889.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1889 (age 61 years, 154
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Robert W. Bushee —
of Ossian, Wells
County, Ind.
Born in Wells
County, Ind.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1944.
Protestant.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles H. Butterfield (b. 1834) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, May 17,
1834.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; superintendent
of schools; criminal court judge in Indiana, 1869-71; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1872-74.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Evansville |
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Stephen Earle Buyer (b. 1958) —
also known as Stephen E. Buyer; Steve
Buyer —
of Monticello, White
County, Ind.
Born in Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind., November
26, 1958.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1993-2006 (5th District 1993-2003,
4th District 2003-06).
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Dallas Bynum (1846-1927) —
also known as William D. Bynum —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Newberry, Greene
County, Ind., June 26,
1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Washington, Ind., 1875-79; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Indiana; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1885-95; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
21, 1927 (age 81 years, 117
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Washington, Ind.
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Elinor Byrns —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Socialist. Lawyer; woman suffrage activist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1918, 1926; candidate
for New York
state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1927.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Ainsworth Harrison Byrns and Eliza (Grover)
Byrns. |
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