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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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Louis A. Arnold (b. 1872) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind., July 13,
1872.
Socialist. Milwaukee Tax Commissioner, 1912-14, 1922-32; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1915-22; candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1922; delegate
to Wisconsin convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, League
for Industrial Democracy; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Sidney E. Baker (1887-1966) —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.
Born in Rushville, Rush
County, Ind., August
23, 1887.
Democrat. Insurance
business; mayor
of New Castle, Ind., 1930-39, 1943-44, 1956-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Eagles;
Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in 1966
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Southmound
Cemetery, New Castle, Ind.
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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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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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James R. Boland (b. 1903) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
3, 1903.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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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 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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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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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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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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Eugene Burgess Crowe (1878-1970) —
also known as Eugene B. Crowe —
of Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind.
Born near Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind., January
5, 1878.
Democrat. Farmer; furniture
merchant; banker; real estate
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1928
(alternate), 1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-41 (3rd District 1931-33, 9th
District 1933-41); defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 12,
1970 (age 92 years, 127
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Bedford, Ind.
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James John Davis (1873-1947) —
also known as James J. Davis; "Puddler
Jim" —
of Elwood, Madison
County, Ind.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Tredegar, Wales,
October
27, 1873.
Republican. Madison
County Recorder, 1903-07; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1936,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles;
Foresters;
Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., November
22, 1947 (age 74 years, 26
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Grant Edens (1863-1957) —
also known as William G. Edens —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., November
27, 1863.
Republican. Railway
conductor; banker;
president, Illinois Highway Improvement Association, 1912-20; leading
advocate for construction of hard surface roads; campaign manager for
U.S. Sen William
B. McKinley, 1920 and 1926; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; American
Bankers Association; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died, in the Villa St. Cyril old
age home, Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., November
14, 1957 (age 93 years, 352
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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James Indus Farley (1871-1948) —
also known as James I. Farley —
of Auburn, DeKalb
County, Ind.
Born near Hamilton, Steuben
County, Ind., February
24, 1871.
Democrat. School
teacher; automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 16,
1948 (age 77 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Auburn, Ind.
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Joseph E. Finerty (b. 1905) —
of Gary, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
28, 1905.
Democrat. Lake
County Auditor, 1934-41; mayor of
Gary, Ind., 1943-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Fesler Gates (1893-1978) —
also known as Ralph F. Gates —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind., February
24, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Indiana
Republican state chair, 1941-44; Governor of
Indiana, 1945-49; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1946-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose; Rotary.
Died July 28,
1978 (age 85 years, 154
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
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Finly Hutchinson Gray (1863-1947) —
also known as Finly H. Gray —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Orange, Fayette
County, Ind., July 21,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Connersville, Ind., 1904-10; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1911-17, 1933-39 (6th District
1911-17, 10th District 1933-39).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Moose.
Died in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., May 8,
1947 (age 83 years, 291
days).
Interment at Dale
Cemetery, Connersville, Ind.
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John C. Hampton (b. 1891) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
5, 1891.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking
business; mayor of
Muncie, Ind., 1926-30, 1943-44.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose; Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial location unknown.
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William Harrison Hays (1879-1954) —
also known as Will H. Hays —
of Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind.
Born in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., November
5, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Sullivan County Republican Party, 1904-08; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1914-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1916,
1932,
1940;
speaker, 1920;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1918-21; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta; Elks;
Moose; Union
League.
President of Motion
Picture Producers & Distributors of America, 1922-45.
Died in Sullivan, Sullivan
County, Ind., March 7,
1954 (age 74 years, 122
days).
Interment at Center
Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Ind.
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John Henry Hoeppel (1881-1976) —
also known as John H. Hoeppel —
of Arcadia, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Tell City, Perry
County, Ind., February
10, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1933-37; defeated
(Prohibition), 1946.
Catholic.
Member, Elks;
Moose; American
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Convicted
in 1936 of conspiring to sell
an appointment to West Point; sentenced
to prison.
Died at Huntington Care
Center, Arcadia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
21, 1976 (age 95 years, 224
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Gerald Wayne Landis (1895-1971) —
also known as Gerald W. Landis —
of Linton, Greene
County, Ind.
Born in Bloomfield, Greene
County, Ind., February
23, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1939-49; defeated,
1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1944.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Linton, Greene
County, Ind., September
6, 1971 (age 76 years, 195
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Linton, Ind.
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A. R. Lucas (b. 1879) —
also known as Bert Lucas —
of Frankfort, Clinton
County, Ind.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., February
26, 1879.
Republican. Postal
worker; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1936-42; mayor
of Frankfort, Ind., 1940-44.
Christian.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) —
also known as Thomas R. Marshall —
of Columbia City, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in North Manchester, Wabash
County, Ind., March
14, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Indiana, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912,
1920;
Vice
President of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Moose; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Coined the saying: "What this country needs is a good five-cent
cigar.".
Died, from the effects of a heart
attack, in his room at the Willard Hotel, Washington,
D.C., June 1,
1925 (age 71 years, 79
days).
Originally entombed at Estates
of Serenity, Marion, Ind.; re-entombed at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John S. Martin (b. 1886) —
of LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., April
20, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; mayor
of LaPorte, Ind., 1943-44.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis D. McNamara (1899-1929) —
also known as "Bab" —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., November
14, 1899.
Republican. Grocer; mayor
of Whiting, Ind., 1929; died in office 1929.
Catholic.
Member, Elks;
Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis,
in St. Catherine's Hospital,
East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., December
22, 1929 (age 30 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Frank J. Migas (b. 1888) —
of East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
28, 1888.
Democrat. Owner, Sweet Corn Candy Co.,
1921-31; vice-president, American State Bank of
Gary; deputy
sheriff; mayor
of East Chicago, Ind., 1939-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Polish
National Alliance.
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Calumet City, Ill.
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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.
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Relatives:
Married to Velma Eugen Jones. |
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John James O'Grady (1889-1971) —
also known as Jack J. O'Grady —
of Indiana.
Born in Kewanee, Henry
County, Ill., July 6,
1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; band and
orchestra leader; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927, 1939-41; member of Indiana
state senate, 1943-53; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1948.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles;
Lions.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., June 4,
1971 (age 81 years, 333
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Charles V. Orr (b. 1890) —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Tipton
County, Ind., October
1, 1890.
Democrat. Mayor of
Kokomo, Ind., 1943-47.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Eagles;
Moose; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Maurice G. Robinson (b. 1905) —
of Anderson, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Petersburg, Pike
County, Ind., June 4,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1940; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1942-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Moose; Eagles;
Sigma
Chi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Homer T. Showalter (b. 1892) —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., November
20, 1892.
Republican. Insurance
business; mayor of
Wabash, Ind., 1930-35, 1943-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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G. Bertram Smith (1892-1978) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chandler Township, Huron
County, Mich., 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in oil
refining; real estate
business; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1942-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 10,
1978 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Flora
Hill Memory Garden, Tucker, Ga.
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John Richard Walsh (1913-1975) —
also known as John R. Walsh —
of Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind.; Anderson, Madison
County, Ind.
Born in Martinsville, Morgan
County, Ind., May 22,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; Morgan
County Attorney, 1935-36; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950, 1954; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Eagles;
Moose; American
Legion.
Died in Anderson, Madison
County, Ind., January
23, 1975 (age 61 years, 246
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Martinsville, Ind.
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Philip Herman Willkie (1919-1974) —
also known as Philip H. Willkie —
of Rushville, Rush
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born December
7, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; banker; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948,
1960;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-54.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Moose; Elks.
Died April
10, 1974 (age 54 years, 124
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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