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Amos Wade Jackson (b. 1904) —
of Versailles, Ripley
County, Ind.
Born in Versailles, Ripley
County, Ind., June 25,
1904.
Lawyer; Ripley
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937-40; president, Bank of
Versailles; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1959-.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rowland H. Jackson and Georgia W. (Frohlinger) Jackson; married,
August
20, 1927, to Lola M. Raper. |
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Edward L. Jackson (1873-1954) —
also known as Ed Jackson —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Orleans, Orange
County, Ind.
Born in Howard
County, Ind., December
27, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-05; circuit judge in Indiana,
1909-14; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1917, 1921-25; defeated, 1914; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Indiana, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1928.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Charged
with bribery;
tried
and found not guilty.
Died November
18, 1954 (age 80 years, 326
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Ind.
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Samuel Dillon Jackson (1895-1951) —
also known as Samuel D. Jackson —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Allen
County, Ind., May 28,
1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1924-28; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1928; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1948;
Indiana
state attorney general, 1940-41; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1944; appointed 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., March 8,
1951 (age 55 years, 284
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Andrew Jacobs Sr. (1906-1992) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Gerald, Perry
County, Ind., February
22, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1952,
1956.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
17, 1992 (age 86 years, 299
days).
Interment at Harding
Cemetery, Perry County, Ind.
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Andrew Jacobs Jr. (1932-2013) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
24, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1965-73, 1975-97 (11th District
1965-73, 1975-83, 10th District 1983-97); defeated, 1962, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1996.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
29, 2013 (age 81 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ovid Butler Jameson (1854-1915) —
of Indiana.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 17,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885-86.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
15, 1915 (age 60 years, 182
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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William Ezra Jenner (1908-1985) —
also known as William E. Jenner —
of Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind.
Born in Marengo, Crawford
County, Ind., July 21,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1934-42; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1944-45, 1947-59; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1945; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
States Rights candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., March 9,
1985 (age 76 years, 231
days).
Interment at Crest
Haven Memorial Gardens, Bedford, Ind.
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Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834) —
of Charlestown, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Readington, Hunterdon
County, N.J., March
27, 1784.
Democrat. Lawyer; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1809-16; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; Governor of
Indiana, 1816-22; resigned 1822; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1822-31 (at-large 1822-23, 2nd
District 1823-31).
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Charlestown, Clark
County, Ind., July 26,
1834 (age 50 years, 121
days).
Interment at Charlestown
Cemetery, Charlestown, Ind.
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Charles Webster Jewett (1884-1961) —
also known as Charles W. Jewett —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., January
7, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Marion County Republican Party, 1914-16; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1918-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died April
28, 1961 (age 77 years, 111
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Parker Jewett and Mary Alma (Aten) Jewett; married, October
25, 1911, to Elizabeth Dougherty. |
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Clark Wesley Johnson, Sr. (1848-1925) —
also known as C. W. Johnson —
of Graham, Young
County, Tex.
Born in Indiana, August
11, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1916;
candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1920.
Died in Graham, Young
County, Tex., February
6, 1925 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Graham, Tex.
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Edwin Stockton Johnson (1857-1933) —
also known as Edwin S. Johnson —
of Armour, Douglas
County, S.Dak.; Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born near Spencer, Owen
County, Ind., February
26, 1857.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; banker;
lawyer; Douglas
County State's Attorney, 1893; member of South
Dakota state senate 8th District, 1895-96; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1912; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1915-21.
Died July 19,
1933 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Ridge Cemetery, Armour, S.Dak.
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Hale Johnson (1847-1902) —
of Newton, Jasper
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ind., August
21, 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; mayor
of Newton, Ill.; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1896.
Disciples
of Christ.
While attempting to collect a debt from a farmer, the debtor, Harry
Harris, shot and
killed
him, in Bogota, Jasper
County, Ill., November
4, 1902 (age 55 years, 75
days). Harris was arrested that day, but poisoned himself on the
way to jail.
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Newton, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John B. Johnson; married 1871 to Mary
E. Loofbourrow. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: The Parties and The Men
(1896) |
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Henry Underwood Johnson (1850-1939) —
also known as Henry U. Johnson —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge City, Wayne
County, Ind., October
28, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Wayne
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876-80; member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1891-99.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., June 4,
1939 (age 88 years, 219
days).
Interment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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Noble Jacob Johnson (1887-1968) —
also known as Noble J. Johnson —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
23, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1925-31, 1939-48 (5th District
1925-31, 6th District 1939-48); defeated, 1930 (5th District), 1936
(6th District); Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1948-58.
Died March
17, 1968 (age 80 years, 207
days).
Interment at Bethesda
Cemetery, West Terre Haute, Ind.
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George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) —
also known as George W. Jones —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., April
12, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1859-61.
Welsh
ancestry.
In 1861, was arrested
in New York City by order of Secretary of State William
H. Seward on a charge
of disloyalty,
based on correspondence with his friend Jefferson
Davis; imprisoned
for 64 days; released by order of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Slaveowner.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 22,
1896 (age 92 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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James Garrard Jones (1814-1872) —
also known as James G. Jones —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., July 3,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1847-53; Indiana
state attorney general, 1861; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1869.
Episcopalian.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., April 5,
1872 (age 57 years, 277
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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John Rice Jones (1759-1824) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.; Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.; Potosi, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Mallwyd, Gwynedd, Wales,
February
11, 1759.
Lawyer; member
Indiana territorial council, 1805-08; member of Missouri
territorial legislature, 1814; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention from Washington
County, 1820; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1820-24; appointed 1820; died in
office 1824.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
1, 1824 (age 64 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Atkinson Jones (1849-1918) —
also known as William A. Jones —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va., March
21, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1880,
1896,
1900;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1891-1918; died in
office 1918.
Died in Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va., April
17, 1918 (age 69 years, 27
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
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James Henry Jordan (1842-1912) —
also known as James H. Jordan —
of Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind.
Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., December
21, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1880-86; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1895-1903.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1912
(age about
69 years).
Interment at New
South Park Cemetery, Martinsville, Ind.
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Robert Scott Justice (1912-1992) —
of Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., March 8,
1912.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1945-48, 1951-52; defeated, 1948;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1957-60; defeated, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; Toastmasters;
United
Commercial Travelers; Delta
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died December
9, 1992 (age 80 years, 276
days).
Interment at Keeps Creek Cemetery, Clymers, Ind.
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James Winfield Karber (1914-1976) —
also known as James W. Karber —
of Ridgway, Gallatin
County, Ill.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill., July 8,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Gallatin
County State's Attorney, 1936-40; member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1941-44; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1946-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., September, 1976
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Interment at Union Ridge Cemetery, Herald, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of James F. Karber and Myrtle C. (Tyer) Karber; married to Irma
Cox. |
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memorial |
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Charles P. Kellison (1850-1921) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., June 17,
1850.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885-87; hotel
proprietor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1896.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of cancer,
in Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind., January
27, 1921 (age 70 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind.
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1904,
1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis
and uremic
poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John Worth Kern Jr. (1900-1971) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 7,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Indiana, 1931-34; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1935-37; resigned 1937.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons.
At age 8, his legs were
paralyzed by polio.
Died January
29, 1971 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John Franklin Kibbey (1826-1900) —
also known as John F. Kibbey —
of Indiana.
Born in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., May 4,
1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Indiana
state attorney general, 1862; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; district judge in Indiana 6th District, 1865-73;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1873-85; candidate for justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1876, 1882.
Presbyterian.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., October
10, 1900 (age 74 years, 159
days).
Interment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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Joseph J. Kowalski (1911-1967) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., February
19, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; international
representative, AFL-CIO; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-67 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 10th District 1955-64, 19th District
1965-67); defeated, 1946; died in office 1967; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1965-66; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died in 1967
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lorraine Kapp. |
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