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Politicians in Mining in Indiana

Charles Duncan Baker (1901-1972) — also known as Charles D. Baker; C. D. Baker — of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., February 26, 1901. Democrat. Civil and mining engineer; member of Nevada Democratic State Central Committee, 1932-48; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1941-43; member of Nevada state senate, 1947-50; mayor of Las Vegas, Nev., 1951-59; defeated, 1939; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1956. Protestant. Member, Kiwanis; Elks; Eagles. Died in 1972 (age about 71 years). Burial location unknown.   See also OurCampaigns candidate detail   Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) — also known as Henry G. Blasdel — of Virginia City, Storey County, Nev.; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind., January 29, 1825. Republican. Farmer; merchant; riverboat captain; miller; mining business; Governor of Nevada, 1864-71. Died in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., July 22, 1900 (age 75 years, 174 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Blasdel and Elizabeth (Weaver) Blasdel; married 1845 to Sarah Jane Cox.   The Blasdel state office building, in Carson City, Nevada, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS H. G. Blasdel (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1947) was named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Harvey Lycurgus Doney (1859-1943) — also known as Harvey L. Doney — of Bloomfield, Greene County, Ind. Born in Taylor Township, Greene County, Ind., April 16, 1859. Republican. Greene County Auditor, 1895-1902; coal mining business; chair of Greene County Republican Party, 1905. Methodist. Member, Odd Fellows. Died October 19, 1943 (age 84 years, 186 days). Interment at Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Harvey Doney and Eliza (Howell) Doney.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Luther Thomas Ellsworth (1853-1914) — also known as Luther T. Ellsworth — of East Richfield, Summit County, Ohio; Elkhart, Elkhart County, Ind.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in West Richfield, Summit County, Ohio, November 13, 1853. Stockholder, directtor, and secretary of a gold mining company; school teacher; foreman of railway coaling station; U.S. Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1898-1903; Cartagena, 1903-07; Chihuahua, 1907; Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1907-13. Died in Summit County, Ohio, July 2, 1914 (age 60 years, 231 days). Interment at West Richfield Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Harriet Melinda (Dustin) Ellsworth and Elisha T. Ellsworth; uncle of Hallet Thomas Ellsworth; second cousin thrice removed of Abijah Blodget; second cousin four times removed of Oliver Ellsworth; third cousin twice removed of Harrison Blodget; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Walter Harrison Blodget.   Political families: Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Job Freeman (1844-1919) — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind.; Linton, Greene County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind. Born in Henley, Staffordshire, England, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; coal mine operator; Knox County Auditor, 1887; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1900. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., January 3, 1919 (age about 74 years). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Linton, Ind.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   J. S. McBride (b. 1888) — of Brazil, Clay County, Ind. Born in Clay County, Ind., January 1, 1888. Democrat. Farmer; coal miner; chair of Clay County Democratic Party, 1944. Protestant. Burial location unknown.   Joseph G. O'Connor (1904-1967) — of Lincoln Park, Wayne County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., May 24, 1904. Democrat. Trained as an engineer; gold assayer for Yellow Jacket Mining Co., Nevada; worked for Chrysler Corporation in the 1930s; executive board member, United Auto Workers Local 7, 1938; national representative to the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1941-48; advertising business; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Wayne County 1st District 1949-54, Wayne County 6th District 1955-62); defeated in primary, 1962. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, United Auto Workers; Moose; Elks; Eagles; Maccabees; Knights of Equity. Died in 1967 (age about 63 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Velma Eugen Jones.   Joshua Howe Watts (b. 1838) — Born in Versailles, Ripley County, Ind., March 28, 1838. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil and mining engineer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1910-11. Burial location unknown.

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