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Don Alan Tabbert (b. 1928) —
also known as Don Tabbert —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August
21, 1928.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1957-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1961.
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Relatives: Son
of George Emmett Tabbert and Anna Margaret (Hermann) Tabbert;
married, August
24, 1952, to Cynthia Marie Harrington. |
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John Stevenson Tarkington (1832-1923) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., June 24,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1863; defeated, 1860; served in
the Union Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana,
1870-72.
Methodist.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
30, 1923 (age 90 years, 220
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Waller Taylor (c.1779-1826) —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., about 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1800-02; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1816-25.
Died in Lunenburg
County, Va., August
26, 1826 (age about 47
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lunenburg County, Va.
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William Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) —
also known as William S. Taylor; W. S. Taylor;
"Hogjaw" —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.
Born in Butler
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; state court judge in Kentucky, 1886;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1896-99; Governor of
Kentucky, 1899-1900.
Indicted
in 1900 as a conspirator in the assassination
of William
J. Goebel; fled
to Indiana; never extradited; pardoned
in 1909 by Gov. Augustus
E. Willson.
Died August
2, 1928 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John William Elmer Thomas (1876-1965) —
also known as J. W. Elmer Thomas —
of Medicine Park, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born near Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., September
8, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1907-20; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1923-27; defeated,
1920; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1927-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1956
(alternate).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla., September
19, 1965 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Lawton, Okla.
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Carl W. Thompson (1879-1958) —
of Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Randolph
County, Ind., October
10, 1879.
School
teacher; lawyer; Randolph
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-08; mayor
of Winchester, Ind., 1910-14; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1916 (Progressive, 8th District),
1946 (Prohibition, 10th District), 1947 (Prohibition, 10th District),
1950 (Prohibition, 10th District); Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1956.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Sons
of Veterans.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., July 12,
1958 (age 78 years, 275
days).
Interment at Hollansburg Cemetery, Hollansburg, Ohio.
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Charles Henry Thompson (1882-1972) —
also known as Charles H. Thompson —
of Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill.
Born near Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., December
11, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Saline
County State's Attorney; member of Illinois
state senate 51st District, 1927-35, 1939-43; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1942-51; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1945-46, 1949-50.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, in Doctors Hospital,
Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill., November
26, 1972 (age 89 years, 351
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Thompson and Emma (Monroe) Thompson; married 1914 to Ethel
K. Knight; nephew of John
L. Thompson. |
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John L. Thompson (1852-1916) —
of Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill.
Born in Posey
County, Ind., October
25, 1852.
Lawyer; judge in 1899-1907.
Died in Harrisburg, Saline
County, Ill., May 9,
1916 (age 63 years, 197
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg, Ill.
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Richard Wigginton Thompson (1809-1900) —
also known as Richard W. Thompson —
of Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born near Culpeper Court House, Culpeper
County, Va., June 9,
1809.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1834-36; member of Indiana
state senate, 1836-38; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Indiana, 1839; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1841-43, 1847-49 (2nd District
1841-43, 7th District 1847-49); candidate for Presidential Elector
for Indiana; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 7th Indiana
District, 1864-66; circuit judge in Indiana, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1876,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1877-80; chairman of the American
Committee of the Panama
Canal Company, 1881; director of the Panama Railroad
Company, 1881-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., February
9, 1900 (age 90 years, 245
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Adrian E. Tinkham (1879-1942) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born near Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., January
22, 1879.
Lawyer; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1925-30.
Died November
6, 1942 (age 63 years, 288
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Robert John Tracewell (1852-1922) —
also known as Robert J. Tracewell —
of Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind.; Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Warren
County, Va., May 7,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1895-97; Comptroller of
the U.S. Treasury, 1897-1913; superior court judge in Indiana,
1918-22.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 28,
1922 (age 70 years, 82
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.
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Barbara Dale Underwood (b. 1944) —
also known as Barbara Underwood —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., August
16, 1944.
Lawyer; Solicitor General of New York State, 2007-18; New York
state attorney general, 2018.
Female.
Jewish.
First
woman to serve as New York Attorney General.
Still living as of 2021.
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Ralph Eugene Updike, Sr. (1894-1953) —
also known as Ralph E. Updike —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 27,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Marion County, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1925-29; defeated, 1928.
Christian.
Dutch
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Improved
Order of Red Men.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
16, 1953 (age 59 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Louis W. Vail (b. 1851) —
also known as Lou W. Vail —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.; Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Elkhart
County, Ind., January
20, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-95; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1916,
1924.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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William Newell Vaile (1876-1927) —
also known as William N. Vaile —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 22,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1919-27; defeated,
1916; died in office 1927.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from heart
disease, while riding in an
automobile in or near Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 2,
1927 (age 51 years, 10
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Hosford Edwin Valentine (1865-1937) —
also known as Hosford E. Valentine —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Edinburg, Johnson
County, Ind., November
26, 1865.
Lawyer; mayor
of Centerville, Iowa, 1897-98; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, April 2,
1937 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., April
17, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1888; justice of
Wyoming territorial supreme court, 1889; member of Republican
National Committee from Wyoming, 1896; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1896;
law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1903-10; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-37; took senior status 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1941 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Horatio Middleton Vandeveer (1816-1894) —
also known as H. M. Vandeveer;
"Rash" —
of Illinois.
Born in Washington
County, Ind., March
12, 1816.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1843, 1861; served in the U.S.
Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; county judge in Illinois, 1849-57; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Montgomery and
Christian counties, 1862; member of Illinois
state senate, 1863; circuit judge in Illinois, 1870-79; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1880
(Convention
Vice-President).
Died in Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill., March
12, 1894 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Taylorville, Ill.
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Frederick Van Nuys (1874-1944) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Falmouth, Rush
County, Ind., April
16, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1913-16; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1919-21; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1924;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1933-44; died in office 1944.
Member, Elks.
Died near Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., January
25, 1944 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
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Albert Henry Vestal (1875-1932) —
also known as Albert H. Vestal; Bert
Vestal —
of Anderson, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Frankton, Madison
County, Ind., January
18, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1917-32; died in office
1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Navy
Hospital, Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1932 (age 57 years, 74
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
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Peter J. Visclosky (b. 1949) —
of Gary, Lake
County, Ind.; Merrillville, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Gary, Lake
County, Ind., August
13, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008,
2020.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2020.
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Charles Stewart Voorhees (1853-1909) —
also known as Charles S. Voorhees —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Covington, Fountain
County, Ind., June 4,
1853.
Lawyer; Whitman
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-85; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1885-89.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., December
26, 1909 (age 56 years, 205
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Wash.
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Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (1827-1897) —
also known as Daniel W. Voorhees —
of Covington, Fountain
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Butler
County, Ohio, September
26, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1858-61; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1861-66, 1869-73 (7th District
1861-66, 6th District 1869-73); defeated, 1856; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1868,
1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1880,
1884,
1888;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1877-97.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1897 (age 69 years, 196
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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