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Politicians in Shoes, Leather, and Fur in Indiana

Joe A. Brady (b. 1911) — of Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Ind., September 5, 1911. Republican. Shoe store manager; mayor of Mishawaka, Ind., 1943-44. Baptist. Member, Lions; Eagles. Burial location unknown.   Matthew Robinson Hull (c.1807-1875) — also known as Matthew R. Hull — of Fayette County, Ind. Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Taylor County, W.Va.), about 1807. Farmer; tanner; school teacher; newspaper publisher; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1839; abolitionist. Methodist. Died in Fayette County, Ind., July 23, 1875 (age about 68 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ind.; reinterment to unknown location.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Hull and Frances 'Fanny' (Robinson) Hull; married, November 29, 1832, to Sarah Ann Hanson.   Robert F. Kraft (1859-1894) — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born in Johnson County, Ill., October, 1859. Democrat. Shoemaker; candidate for mayor of New Albany, Ind., 1894. Killed himself by swallowing arsenic, in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., October 2, 1894 (age about 35 years). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Ferdinand Kraft and Sophia (Scharf) Kraft; married, April 22, 1884, to Blanche E. Riggle.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Lowell Francis Luking (1915-1993) — also known as Lowell F. Luking — of Connersville, Fayette County, Ind. Born in Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., April 30, 1915. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; shoe salesman; postmaster at Connersville, Ind., 1963-85 (acting, 1963-65). Catholic. Member, Lions. Died in Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., September 2, 1993 (age 78 years, 125 days). Entombed at Shrine of Memories Mausoleum, Connersville, Ind.   Relatives: Son of William Henry Luking and Clementine (Hartman) Luking; married to Elizabeth Eugenia McCarthy.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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