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Edwin Ross Adair (1907-1983) —
also known as E. Ross Adair —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Albion, Noble
County, Ind., December
14, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1951-71; defeated,
1970; U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1971-74.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; American Bar
Association; Amvets;
Delta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, following multiple heart
bypass surgery, in Lutheran Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 5,
1983 (age 75 years, 142
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Andrew Addison Adams (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew A. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., January
27, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1888-92; member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1904; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court,
1910-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Christiana (Elliott) Adams; married 1890 to Lois
Andrew. |
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James Dupont Adams (1887-1966) —
also known as James D. Adams —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., July 2,
1887.
Democrat. President, Citizens State Bank;
among the organizers of Columbia Woolen Mills;
publisher, Columbia City Post newspaper;
owner of movie
theaters; president, Whitley County Telephone
Co., 1912-26; cattle
breeder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
American
Bankers Association.
Died in August, 1966
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
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John Taylor Adams (1873-1942) —
also known as John T. Adams —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1925-35; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1931-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1942
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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William Everett Adams (1922-1983) —
also known as William E. Adams —
of Tonawanda, Erie
County, N.Y.; Kenmore, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind., December
25, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1957-64; member of
New
York state senate, 1966-70 (61st District 1966, 53rd District
1967-70); indicted
in December 1969 on charges of lying to a
grand jury when he testified that he returned a cash
campaign contribution from a medical services company; tried in
1970 and found not guilty.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Sigma
Nu; Knights
of Pythias.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a week later, in Albany Medical
Center, Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
14, 1983 (age 60 years, 110
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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George Washington Aldridge (1856-1922) —
also known as George W. Aldridge; "The Boss";
"The Big Fellow" —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Michigan City, LaPorte
County, Ind., December
28, 1856.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1894; New York State Superintendent of Public
Works, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1910; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1921-22; died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons; Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, from a heart
attack or stroke,
while golfing
at the Biltmore Country Club, near Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 13,
1922 (age 65 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Rue J. Alexander (b. 1889) —
of Pine Village, Warren
County, Ind.
Born in Benton
County, Ind., October
4, 1889.
Republican. Operator of
farms; chair of
Warren County Republican Party, 1933-40; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Carruthers Allen (b. 1869) —
also known as F. C. Allen —
of Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex.
Born in Rockville, Parke
County, Ind., July 30,
1869.
Republican. Dentist;
postmaster;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Alexander Allen and Mary Jane (Ott) Allen; married to Mary
Belle Atkinson. |
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Joseph P. Allen (1839-1903) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Elkhart
County, Ind., October
9, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., August
17, 1903 (age 63 years, 312
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. (1873-1936) —
also known as A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. —
of Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., February
12, 1873.
Republican. Director, U.S. Mint, 1909; U.S. Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, 1910-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1921-36; died in
office 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1924,
1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Economic Association.
Died, from influenza
and arteriosclerosis,
in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., June 3,
1936 (age 63 years, 112
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Thomas Armstrong (b. 1817) —
of Florence, Switzerland
County, Ind.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., May 5,
1817.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1864
(alternate), 1876.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Scott Armstrong (1838-1908) —
also known as W. Scott Armstrong —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1838.
Democrat. Hardware
merchant; mayor of
Kokomo, Ind., 1881-85, 1899-1902; postmaster at Kokomo,
Ind., 1885-89.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., January
14, 1908 (age 69 years, 345
days).
Interment at Crown
Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Andrew Armstrong and Sarah (Grant) Armstrong; married 1869 to Martha
Ellen 'Mattie' Winfield. |
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Harry William Baals (1886-1954) —
also known as Harry W. Baals —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lumber
business; postmaster at Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1922-31 (acting, 1922); mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1934-47, 1951-54; died in office 1954.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died, from a kidney
infection, in Parkview Memorial Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 9,
1954 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Edward L. Baker (1906-1987) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Orchard Lake, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Georgetown, Floyd
County, Ind., February
1, 1906.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1942, 1944; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1952;
postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1953-76 (acting, 1953-54).
Member, Freemasons; Jaycees.
Died in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., March 4,
1987 (age 81 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1932 to Elios
Giuliano. |
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William C. Baker (b. 1925) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., July 18,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; dentist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Omega
Psi Phi; American
Dental Association; NAACP;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Urban
League.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Esau Baker and Ella (Cranfielo) Baker; married 1955 to Mae
Helen Morgan. |
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George Alexander Ball (1862-1955) —
also known as George A. Ball —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Green, Summit
County, Ohio, November
5, 1862.
Republican. President, Ball Brothers glass
manufacturing company; chairman, Merchants National Bank of
Muncie; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1936;
member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1932-37.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Gamma Sigma; Freemasons; Rotary.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis, in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., October
22, 1955 (age 92 years, 351
days).
Entombed at Beech
Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.
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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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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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Carl F. Barney (b. 1878) —
of Marion, Grant
County, Ind.
Born in Whitley
County, Ind., July 3,
1878.
Republican. Grocer; restaurant
owner; mayor of
Marion, Ind., 1935-42; defeated, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh A. Barnhart (1892-1986) —
of Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., July 14,
1892.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; president, Rochester Telephone
Co.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in 1986
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Edward Lawrence Barnhouse (1867-1937) —
also known as Edward L. Barnhouse —
of Mt. Sterling, Van Buren
County, Iowa; Ironton, Iron
County, Mo.
Born in Brook, Newton
County, Ind., December
15, 1867.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
pharmacist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Iron County, 1927-28.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ironton, Iron
County, Mo., February
3, 1937 (age 69 years, 50
days).
Interment at Masonic Cemetery, Ironton, Mo.
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Noble P. Barr (b. 1889) —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Bruceville, Knox
County, Ind., July 23,
1889.
Republican. Banker; Knox
County Auditor, 1935-42; mayor
of Vincennes, Ind., 1943-44.
Christian.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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James Madison Barrett Sr. (1852-1929) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in La Salle
County, Ill., February
7, 1852.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-89.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 1,
1929 (age 77 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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William C. Bates (1898-1973) —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.
Born in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., September
10, 1898.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1943-44; chair of
Floyd County Republican Party, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in March, 1973
(age 74
years, 0 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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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 Valentine Beamer (1896-1964) —
also known as John V. Beamer —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Wabash
County, Ind., November
17, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-50; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1951-59; defeated, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Anderson, Madison
County, Ind., September
8, 1964 (age 67 years, 296
days).
Interment at Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Ind.
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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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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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Lewis Bell (b. 1898) —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Gas City, Grant
County, Ind., August
23, 1898.
Republican. Oil and gas
distributor; chair of
Fayette County Republican Party, 1942-44.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Adam Benjamin Jr. (1935-1982) —
of Indiana.
Born in Gary, Lake
County, Ind., August
6, 1935.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1967; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1977-82; died in office
1982.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Freemasons; Jaycees;
Exchange
Club.
Died, from heart
disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1982 (age 47 years, 32
days).
Interment at Calumet
Park Cemetery, Merrillville, Ind.
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Thomas Warren Bennett (1831-1893) —
Born in Union
County, Ind., February
16, 1831.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1859-61, 1865-67; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; mayor
of Richmond, Ind., 1869-71, 1877-83, 1885-87; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1871-75; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1875-76.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., February
2, 1893 (age 61 years, 352
days).
Interment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone
directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone
Hall
of Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Ollie M. Berry (1890-1968) —
of Lebanon, Boone
County, Ind.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., January
16, 1890.
Republican. Farmer; chair of
Boone County Republican Party, 1938-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in November, 1968
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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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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Ronald J. Blanchard (1935-2009) —
also known as Ron Blanchard —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Hammond, Lake
County, Ind., November
2, 1935.
Mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1990-2007.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., August
26, 2009 (age 73 years, 297
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of C. H. Blanchard and Gracyann (Kolassa) Blanchard; married, June 9,
1962, to Judith Kranich. |
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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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Walter C. Boetcher (1881-1951) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., November
13, 1881.
Democrat. Chair of
Marion County Democratic Party, 1934-36; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1937-38; Marion
County Treasurer, 1940-43.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Moose.
Died October
5, 1951 (age 69 years, 326
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Frank Probasco Bohn (1866-1944) —
also known as Frank P. Bohn —
of Newberry, Luce
County, Mich.
Born in Charlottesville, Hancock
County, Ind., July 14,
1866.
Physician;
banker;
Democratic candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Delta District, 1896;
candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1916; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1923-26; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1927-33; defeated
(Republican), 1932.
Episcopalian.
German
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Newberry, Luce
County, Mich., June 1,
1944 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Newberry, Mich.
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Charles Andrews Bookwalter (1860-1926) —
also known as Charles A. Bookwalter —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., December
7, 1860.
Republican. Candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1886; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1901-03, 1906-09; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1908.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died October
26, 1926 (age 65 years, 323
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, 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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Allen Bowsher (1899-1956) —
of Clinton, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Lee, White
County, Ind., June 22,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; road and
bridge contractor; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Henry County, 1945-48;
defeated, 1950; member of Missouri
state senate 31st District; elected 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Clinton, Henry
County, Mo., April 2,
1956 (age 56 years, 285
days).
Interment at Englewood
Cemetery, Clinton, Mo.
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John Brademas (1927-2016) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind., March 2,
1927.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Patrick
McNamara; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep Thomas
L. Ashley; executive assistant to presidential candidate Adlai
E. Stevenson; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1959-81; defeated,
1954, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1964,
1968,
1972;
president,
New York University, 1981-92.
Methodist.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Order of
Ahepa; Eagles;
Moose;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
2016 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Bradley (1787-1863) —
of Switzerland
County, Ind.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., September
22, 1787.
County judge in Indiana, 1827-29; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Vevay, Switzerland
County, Ind., 1863
(age about
75 years).
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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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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Michael Graham Bright (1803-1881) —
of Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
16, 1803.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
19, 1881 (age 78 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Alfred James Brown (1856-1913) —
of Colorado.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., March
23, 1856.
Physician;
druggist;
member of Colorado state legislature, 1890.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of cerebral
apoplexy, at his drugstore
in Higbee, Randolph
County, Mo., February
17, 1913 (age 56 years, 331
days).
Interment at Eel
River Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of David Brown. |
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Thomas McLelland Browne (1829-1891) —
also known as Thomas M. Browne —
of Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind.
Born in New Paris, Preble
County, Ohio, April
19, 1829.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1863; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1869-75; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1877-91 (5th District 1877-81, 6th
District 1881-91).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind., July 17,
1891 (age 62 years, 89
days).
Interment at Fountain
Park Cemetery, Winchester, Ind.
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Alvan V. Burch (b. 1887) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Crawford
County, Ill., May 27,
1887.
Republican. Railway
conductor; merchant;
president, Blount Plow
Works; Indiana State Highway Commissioner, 1921-27; candidate for
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1925; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1944;
Indiana
state auditor, 1944-48.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Charles R. Burnham (1892-1968) —
of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Athol, Worcester
County, Mass., April
18, 1892.
Republican. Mayor
of West Lafayette, Ind., 1943-44, 1950-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in December, 1968
(age 76
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Danny Lee Burton (b. 1938) —
also known as Dan Burton —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 21,
1938.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1967-68, 1977-80; member of Indiana
state senate, 1969-72, 1981-82; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1983-2013 (6th District 1983-2003,
5th District 2003-13); defeated, 1970, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 2014.
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Gordon Hubert Butler (1889-1964) —
also known as Gordon H. Butler —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Scipio, Jennings
County, Ind., February
10, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; general
contractor; president, Polaris Concrete
Products Company; bank
director; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1951-64 (57th District 1951-62, 61st District
1963-64); died in office 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
1, 1964 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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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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James William Cammack (b. 1869) —
also known as James W. Cammack —
of Owenton, Owen
County, Ky.
Born near English, Crawford
County, Ind., July 15,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1904-07; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1907-16; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1927-31.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Butler Cammack and Elizabeth (Franks) Cammack; married, April
27, 1898, to Nellie Allen. |
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Alexander Morton Campbell (1907-1968) —
also known as Alexander M. Campbell; Alex
Campbell —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Coesse, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Coldwater, Mercer
County, Ohio, April
14, 1907.
Democrat. Chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1934-36, 1958-63; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1941-49; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1960-64.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Delta
Chi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Jesters;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1968
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Coesse
Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Coesse, Ind.
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Harry Clifford Canfield (1875-1945) —
also known as Harry C. Canfield —
of Batesville, Ripley
County, Ind.
Born near Moores Hill, Dearborn
County, Ind., November
22, 1875.
Democrat. Furniture
manufacturer; chairman, Batesville State Bank; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1923-33; defeated, 1920.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in Batesville, Ripley
County, Ind., February
9, 1945 (age 69 years, 79
days).
Interment at First
Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Batesville, Ind.
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Homer Earl Capehart (1897-1979) —
also known as Homer E. Capehart —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.
Born in Algiers, Pike
County, Ind., June 6,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; manufacturer;
farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1945-63; defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
3, 1979 (age 82 years, 89
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Ross W. Castle (b. 1885) —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born in Randolph
County, Ind., September
7, 1885.
Republican. Mayor
of Connersville, Ind., 1939-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Abrom Chambers (1805-1877) —
of Indiana.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
11, 1805.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49, 1863; defeated, 1850.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Warrick
County, Ind., April
19, 1877 (age 71 years, 190
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alonzo Monroe Clark (1868-1952) —
also known as Alonzo M. Clark —
of Gillette, Campbell
County, Wyo.
Born in Flint, Steuben
County, Ind., August
13, 1868.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; Campbell
County Clerk; secretary
of state of Wyoming, 1927-35; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1928;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1931-33; defeated, 1934.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Thermopolis, Hot Springs
County, Wyo., October
12, 1952 (age 84 years, 60
days).
Interment at Carleton
Cemetery, Carleton, Neb.
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Chase Addison Clark (1883-1966) —
also known as Chase A. Clark —
of Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Amo, Hendricks
County, Ind., August
20, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1913-16; served in the U.S. Army
on the Mexican border; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1928; member of Idaho
state senate, 1933-36; mayor
of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1937-38; Governor of
Idaho, 1941-43; U.S.
District Judge for Idaho, 1943.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons.
Died in a hospital
at Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, December
30, 1966 (age 83 years, 132
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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Charles Emmett Coffin (1849-1934) —
also known as Charles E. Coffin —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., July 14,
1849.
Real
estate business; banker; Vice-Consul
for Paraguay in Indianapolis,
Ind., 1900-03.
Methodist.
Member, Optimist
Club; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
15, 1934 (age 85 years, 93
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Fred B. Cohee (b. 1894) —
of Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind.
Born in Bringhurst, Carroll
County, Ind., July 21,
1894.
Republican. Grain
dealer; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1942-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) —
also known as "The Christian Statesman";
"Smiler" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
23, 1823.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1863-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1872.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., January
13, 1885 (age 61 years, 296
days).
Interment at South
Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Schuyler Washington Colfax and Hannah (Stryker) Colfax; married 1844 to Evelyn
Clark; married, November
18, 1868, to Ellen
Maria Wade (niece of Benjamin
Franklin Wade and Edward
Wade; first cousin of Decius
Spear Wade); father of Schuyler
Colfax III. |
| | | Political family: Wade-Colfax
family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio. |
| | | Colfax counties in Neb. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Schuyler,
Nebraska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Schuyler Colfax: Willard H.
Smith, Schuyler
Colfax : The changing fortunes of a political idol —
James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler
Colfax — Willard H. Smith, Schuyler
Colfax and the political upheaval of 1854-1855 —
Willard H. Smith, Schuyler
Colfax: a reappraisal |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Samuel LaFort Collins (1895-1965) —
also known as Sam L. Collins —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Fortville, Hancock
County, Ind., August
6, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 19th District, 1933-37; defeated,
1936; member of California
state assembly, 1940-52; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1947-52.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif., June 26,
1965 (age 69 years, 324
days).
Interment at Loma
Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Calif.
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Norman Jay Colman (1827-1911) —
also known as Norman J. Colman —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 16,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; defeated, 1868; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1889.
Member, Freemasons.
Editor and publisher of an agricultural newspaper.
Died, of apoplexy,
in St.
Louis, Mo., November
3, 1911 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Colman and Nancy (Sprague) Colman; married 1851 to Clara
Porter; married 1866 to
Catherine 'Kate' Wright. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Charles Gerard Conn (1844-1931) —
of Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
29, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Elkhart, Ind., 1880-83; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1893-95.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
5, 1931 (age 86 years, 341
days).
Interment at Grace
Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Ind.
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Nathaniel Parrish Conrey (1860-1936) —
also known as Nathaniel P. Conrey —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Franklin
County, Ind., June 30,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1899-1900; superior court judge in California,
1900-09; Judge,
California Court of Appeal 2nd District, 1913-35; justice of
California state supreme court, 1935-36; died in office 1936.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died, of complications from a spinal injury suffered in a fall, in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
2, 1936 (age 76 years, 125
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of David La Rue Conrey and Hannah (Jameson) Conrey; married, November
21, 1890, to Ethelwyn Wells. |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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Lawrence Cory (b. 1892) —
of Monticello, White
County, Ind.
Born in Argos, Marshall
County, Ind., August
30, 1892.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; chair of
White County Democratic Party, 1922-26; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1932.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles G. Covert (c.1863-1953) —
also known as "Mr. Republican" —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born about 1863.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; sheriff;
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1901-06; postmaster at Evansville,
Ind., 1906-10, 1923-33.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died in Deaconess Hospital,
Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., November
18, 1953 (age about 90
years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Image source:
City of Evansville |
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Cary E. Cowgill (1843-1914) —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Winchester, Randolph
County, Ind., August
5, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1873; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., May 4,
1914 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Engles Cox (1866-1927) —
also known as John E. Cox —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born near Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., December
27, 1866.
Democrat. Superior court judge in Indiana, 1907-15, 1919-27; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1924.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Woodmen.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., October
12, 1927 (age 60 years, 289
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Albert Wayne Coy (b. 1903) —
also known as Wayne Coy —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Shelby
County, Ind., November
23, 1903.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; radio
executive; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1947-52;
chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1947-52; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Delta Theta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Roscoe Coy and Lillian Monell (Nation) Coy; married, September
6, 1927, to Grace Elizabeth Cady. |
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George North Craig (1909-1992) —
also known as George N. Craig —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Annandale, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Brazil, Clay
County, Ind., August
6, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of
Indiana, 1953-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Delta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
17, 1992 (age 83 years, 133
days).
Interment at Clearview
Cemetery, Brazil, Ind.
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Aaron Asbury Cravens (b. 1844) —
of Indiana.
Born in Madison Township, Washington
County, Ind., July 26,
1844.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1893, 1899.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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James Addison Cravens (1818-1893) —
also known as James A. Cravens —
of Hardinsburg, Washington
County, Ind.
Born in Rockingham
County, Va., November
4, 1818.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; major in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-50; member of Indiana
state senate, 1850-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1861-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1868,
1880.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hardinsburg, Washington
County, Ind., June 22,
1893 (age 74 years, 230
days).
Interment at Hardin
Cemetery, Hardinsburg, Ind.
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Cecil Willis Creel (b. 1889) —
also known as Cecil W. Creel —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Angola, Steuben
County, Ind., October
22, 1889.
Republican. Agricultural
extension agent; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1942; dean of
agriculture, University of Nevada.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Jesters;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lorenzo Dow Creel and Estella Frances (Willis) Creel; married, June 5,
1915, to Laura Belle Stevens; married, July 17,
1945, to Millie La Rayne Malley. |
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Jonathan William Crumpacker (1854-1904) —
also known as J. W. Crumpacker —
of LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind.
Born in New Durham Township, LaPorte
County, Ind., September
6, 1854.
Republican. School
teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of LaPorte, Ind., 1882; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1888;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-96; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1897-1903.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., March
15, 1904 (age 49 years, 191
days).
Interment at Westville Cemetery, Westville, Ind.
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William Cumback (1829-1905) —
also known as Will Cumback —
of Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.
Born in Franklin
County, Ind., March
24, 1829.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1855-57; served in the
Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state senate, 1867; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1867-72; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue
for the 4th Indiana District, 1879.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind., August
1, 1905 (age 76 years, 130
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Ind.
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