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Charles Mitchell Barnett (1870-1940) —
also known as Charles M. Barnett —
of Norfolk,
Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
September
22, 1870.
Steamship agent; coal
dealer; bank
director; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Norfolk,
Va., 1898-1907; Vice-Consul
for Ecuador in Norfolk,
Va., 1899-1907; Consul
for Nicaragua in Norfolk,
Va., 1899-1921; Consul
for Costa Rica in Norfolk,
Va., 1900-07; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Norfolk,
Va., 1902-07; Consul
for Paraguay in Norfolk,
Va., 1903-29; Honorary
Consul for Mexico in Norfolk,
Va., 1929.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
26, 1940 (age 69 years, 217
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Richardson Cemetery, Eureka, Ind.
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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.
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William Chandler (b. 1846) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Raisin Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., April
27, 1846.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1876; superintendent of the
ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie, 1881-85; involved in electric
power development; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1899-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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David Maxwell Dunn (1818-1889) —
of Indiana.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ind., November
28, 1818.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1855; director, Logansport and
Pacific Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; trustee, Wabash and
Erie Canal, 1865-67; U.S. Consul in Charlottetown, 1871-83; Valparaiso, 1883.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1889 (age 70 years, 265
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Fitzgerald (1796-1855) —
of Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind.; St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Mich.; Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y., April
10, 1796.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825-27; probate judge in
Indiana, 1829; postmaster at Boonville,
Ind., 1831-32; lighthouse keeper; Berrien
County Clerk, 1834; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1837; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County, 1839;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1839; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1848-49; Berrien
County Probate Judge, 1852-55.
Died in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., March
25, 1855 (age 58 years, 349
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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John Stewart Hopkins (1811-1882) —
also known as John S. Hopkins —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Truxton, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
28, 1811.
Merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1853-56; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1867, 1879; president of
Evansville, Cairo & Memphis Packet Company; president of First
National Bank in
Evansville; director of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 6,
1882 (age 70 years, 251
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1834 to Mary
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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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Marcus M. Towle (1841-1910) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Rockingham
County, N.H., January
12, 1841.
Co-founder of the G. H. Hammond meat packing
plant, and of the city of Hammond; financed and built railroads
and port facilities; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1884-88.
Died, in Longcliffe Asylum for
the Insane, Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., September
6, 1910 (age 69 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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