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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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George Ade (1866-1944) —
of Kentland, Newton
County, Ind.
Born in Kentland, Newton
County, Ind., February
9, 1866.
Republican. Author; humorist;
newspaper columnist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1908.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Suffered a heart
attack, fell into a coma, and died, in Brook, Newton
County, Ind., May 16,
1944 (age 78 years, 97
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Kentland, Ind.
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De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1846-1925) —
also known as De Alva S. Alexander —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Richmond, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, July 17,
1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1872;
secretary
of Indiana Republican Party, 1874-78; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1889-93; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1897-1911 (33rd District 1897-1903,
36th District 1903-11); defeated, 1910.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
30, 1925 (age 78 years, 197
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Raymond Lee Anglemire (1876-1936) —
also known as Raymond L. Anglemire —
of Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Remington, Jasper
County, Ind., June 3,
1876.
Democrat. Newspaper work; dentist;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1926; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1928, 1932; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Allegan
County, 1933.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Trowbridge Township, Allegan
County, Mich., January
8, 1936 (age 59 years, 219
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saugatuck, Mich.
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Warren Worth Bailey (1855-1928) —
also known as Warren W. Bailey —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Hendricks
County, Ind., January
8, 1855.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1913-17;
defeated, 1906, 1920, 1922, 1926; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., November
9, 1928 (age 73 years, 306
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Orlando Harrison Baker (1830-1913) —
also known as Orlando H. Baker —
of Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Union
County, Ind., September
16, 1830.
College
professor; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1892-94; Sydney, 1900-08; Sandakan, 1908-13, died in office 1913.
Died, from uremia,
on board the steamship
Thomas, en route to San Francisco, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August
6, 1913 (age 82 years, 324
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa.
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Henry A. Barnhart (1858-1934) —
of Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born near Twelve Mile, Cass
County, Ind., September
11, 1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; Fulton
County Surveyor, 1885-87; newspaper editor and publisher;
president, Rochester Telephone
Co. from 1896; president, National Telephone
Association, 1901-03; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1908-19.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., March
26, 1934 (age 75 years, 196
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, 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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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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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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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Republican. Newspaper reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Scott Cordelle Bone (1860-1936) —
also known as Scott C. Bone —
of Alaska.
Born in Shelby
County, Ind., February
15, 1860.
Newspaper editor; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1921-25.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died of a heart
attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
27, 1936 (age 75 years, 346
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Claude Gernade Bowers (1878-1958) —
also known as Claude G. Bowers —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Westfield, Hamilton
County, Ind., November
20, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904, 1906; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1908;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928,
1932;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1933-39; Chile, 1939-53.
Died of leukemia
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1958 (age 79 years, 62
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Samuel Evan Boys (1871-1966) —
also known as Samuel E. Boys —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.; Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born in Lacon, Marshall
County, Ill., June 20,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana.
Died in Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind., April
14, 1966 (age 94 years, 298
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind.
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Thomas Jefferson Brady (1839-1904) —
also known as Thomas J. Brady; T. J. Brady —
Born in Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind., February
12, 1839.
Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1870-75; second assistant U.S. Postmaster General;
indicted
in 1881 as a participant in the Star Route bribery
scheme; found
guilty, but a judge set aside the conviction; retried
and acquitted.
Died April
22, 1904 (age 65 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John P. Carter (1858-1935) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Vevay, Switzerland
County, Ind., December
27, 1858.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th California District, 1917-21, 1933-35; died in
office 1935; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1924.
Died, from influenza,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
25, 1935 (age 76 years, 119
days).
Cremated.
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Walter Scott Chambers (b. 1870) —
also known as Walter S. Chambers —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.
Born in New Castle, Henry
County, Ind., June 30,
1870.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
Democratic State Committee, 1914-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1920; Indiana
Democratic state chair, 1922-26; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1936,
1940.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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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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James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 17,
1842.
Republican. Newspaper editor; railroad
builder; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1869-71; postmaster at Des
Moines, Iowa, 1871-79; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Iowa, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1880-96; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1891-92; First Assistant U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-90; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1902-10.
Assisted more than 500 escaping slaves en route to Canada via the
"underground railroad," 1856-62.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., May 31,
1918 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment somewhere
in Des Moines, Iowa.
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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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John B. Conner (1831-1912) —
of Indiana.
Born in Jennings
County, Ind., April
28, 1831.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor
and publisher; Indiana
state statistician, 1892-1901.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., April
10, 1912 (age 80 years, 348
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Willoughby Conner and Rachel (Johnson) Conner; married 1852 to Anna
Maria Weidman. |
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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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Walter H. Cox (b. 1860) —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Fairfax, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., September
5, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 19th District, 1915-16.
Baptist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sanford C. Cox and Charity E. (Davis) Cox; married, May 11,
1878, to Anna Reese; married, October
24, 1894, to Bessie Richardson. |
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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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William F. Cronin (b. 1878) —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., January
31, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Coffroth Dailey (b. 1870) —
also known as Frank C. Dailey —
Born in Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., December
22, 1870.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1913-16; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Mark Lindsey De Motte (1832-1908) —
also known as Mark L. De Motte —
of Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind.; Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born in Rockville, Parke
County, Ind., December
28, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor
and publisher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1872, 1876; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1881-83; member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1888;
postmaster at Valparaiso,
Ind., 1890-94.
Methodist.
French
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind., September
23, 1908 (age 75 years, 270
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Charles B. Enlow —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928
(alternate), 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as M. L. Essick; "Old Man
Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1880;
candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District, 1896.
Scottish,
German,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Louis William Fairfield (1858-1930) —
also known as Louis W. Fairfield —
of Angola, Steuben
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, October
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; college
teacher; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1917-25.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., February
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Henry James Feltus (1846-1926) —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
15, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Bloomington,
Ind., 1886-87.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., January
12, 1926 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Entombed at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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Paul Lambert Feltus (1889-1971) —
also known as Paul L. Feltus —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.
Born in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., December
10, 1889.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); acting postmaster at Bloomington,
Ind., 1952-54.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died, in Bloomington Hospital,
Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., February
2, 1971 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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Rufus Fleming (1852-1920) —
of Avondale, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in West Lebanon, Warren
County, Ind., 1852.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S.
Consul in Edinburgh, 1897-1920, died in office 1920.
Died in Edinburgh, Scotland,
April
3, 1920 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John Watson Foster (1836-1917) —
also known as John W. Foster —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pike
County, Ind., March 2,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1868;
postmaster at Evansville,
Ind., 1869-73; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1873-80; Russia, 1880-81; Spain, 1883-85; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1892-93.
Presbyterian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
15, 1917 (age 81 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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William Dudley Foulke (1848-1935) —
of Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
20, 1848.
Lawyer;
writer;
poet;
reformer and woman suffrage advocate; member of Indiana
state senate, 1883-86; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission,
1901-03; newspaper editor.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., May 30,
1935 (age 86 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Foulke and Hannah (Shoemaker) Foulke; married to Mary
Taylor Reeves. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, May 1902 |
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Harry Luther Gandy (1881-1957) —
also known as Harry L. Gandy —
of Wasta, Pennington
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Churubusco, Whitley
County, Ind., August
13, 1881.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state senate 40th District, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1915-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
15, 1957 (age 76 years, 2
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Michael Christian Garber (1813-1881) —
also known as M. C. Garber —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Staunton,
Va., April 7,
1813.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1856;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., April 8,
1881 (age 68 years, 1
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery, Madison, Ind.
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Michael Christian Garber Jr. (1850-1930) —
also known as M. C. Garber —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., April 6,
1850.
Newspaper editor; postmaster at Madison,
Ind., 1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., July 14,
1930 (age 80 years, 99
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery, Madison, Ind.
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Robert Hayes Gore (1886-1972) —
also known as Robert H. Gore —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Knottsville, Daviess
County, Ky., May 24,
1886.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1933-34; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1944.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1972 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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John M. Grimes (b. 1873) —
of Missouri; Clarke
County, Iowa.
Born near Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., February
1, 1873.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1907-10; Iowa state
treasurer, 1943-51.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Baltimore,
Md.; Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
DePauw University, 1912-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29;
religious editor, Pasadena Star-News.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind.
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Russell Benjamin Harrison (1854-1936) —
also known as Russell Lord Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, August
12, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper work; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1921-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1925-28; Honorary
Consul for Mexico in Indianapolis,
Ind., 1929.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
13, 1936 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Charles Calmer Hart (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles C. Hart —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; Washington,
D.C.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Jay
County, Ind., September
14, 1878.
Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to
Albania, 1925-29; Persia, 1929-33.
Died in 1956
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joel Prescott Heatwole (1856-1910) —
also known as Joel P. Heatwole —
of Northfield, Rice
County, Minn.
Born in Waterford Mills, Elkhart
County, Ind., August
22, 1856.
Republican. School
teacher; printer;
newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1888;
Minnesota
Republican state chair, 1890; mayor
of Northfield, Minn., 1894; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1895-1903; defeated,
1892.
Died in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., April 4,
1910 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Northfield, Minn.
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David Pierson Holloway (1809-1883) —
also known as David P. Holloway —
of Indiana.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, December
7, 1809.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-52; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1855-57; lawyer.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1883 (age 73 years, 276
days).
Original interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery (which no longer exists), Richmond, Ind.;
reinterment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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William Robeson Holloway (1836-1911) —
also known as William R. Holloway —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., December
6, 1836.
Republican. Printer;
lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. Oliver
P. Morton, 1861; newspaper editor; postmaster at Indianapolis,
Ind., 1869-81; private secretary to Mayor Caleb
S. Denny, 1894-95; U.S. Consul General in St. Petersburg, 1897-98; Halifax, as of 1904-06.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
30, 1911 (age 75 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Washington Irving Howard (1831-1899) —
of Steuben
County, Ind.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Jamaica, Windham
County, Vt., May 7,
1831.
Republican. Lawyer; hardware
dealer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1873; newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1887; defeated, 1856.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Spencer, Owen
County, Ind., 1899
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Hull and Frances 'Fanny' (Robinson) Hull; married, November
29, 1832, to Sarah Ann Hanson. |
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Merlin Hull (1870-1953) —
of Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis.
Born in Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind., December
18, 1870.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; Jackson
County District Attorney, 1907-09; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1909-16; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1913-16; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1917-21; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1929-31, 1935-53 (7th District
1929-31, 9th District 1935-53); died in office 1953.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 17,
1953 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Original interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.; reinterment in 1959 somewhere
in Black River Falls, Wis.
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Theron Preston Keator (1850-1917) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rosendale, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
1, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; lecturer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1884.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1917 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Phineas M. Kent (1808-1888) —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.
Born in Whitesborough, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
20, 1808.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52; postmaster at New
Albany, Ind., 1853; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1856.
Died in Brookston, White
County, Ind., November
21, 1888 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles B. Landis —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,
1908.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Died, from uremia
due to interstital
nephritis, in Meriwether Hospital,
Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., April
24, 1922 (age 63 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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George W. Lane (b. 1812) —
of Aurora, Dearborn
County, Ind.
Born in Burlington, Boone
County, Ky., November
7, 1812.
Newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847, 1856; assistant Treasurer
of the United States; superintendent of the U.S. Mint at Denver,
Colorado.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Leon Ludlow (1873-1950) —
also known as Louis Ludlow —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., June 24,
1873.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper correspondent;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1929-49 (7th District 1929-33, 12th
District 1933-43, 11th District 1943-49).
Methodist.
One of the leading isolationists in Congress; sponsor in 1935-41 of a
proposal to require a national referendum before the country could
declare war. Early advocate of an Equal Rights Amendment to give
women the same legal rights and privileges as men.
Died, probably from heart
trouble, in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1950 (age 77 years, 157
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper, 1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Isaac Augustus Manning (1864-1942) —
also known as Isaac A. Manning —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Abington, Wayne
County, Ind., January
14, 1864.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; newspaper reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; coffee
planter;
U.S. Consular Agent in Matagalpa, 1899-1905; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1907-09; La Guaira, 1909-11; Barranquilla, 1911-16.
Congregationalist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
17, 1942 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Robert E. Mansfield (1866-1925) —
of Marion, Grant
County, Ind.
Born in Long Creek (unknown
county), Iowa, June 13,
1866.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Zanzibar, 1899-1901; Valparaiso, 1901-06; Lucerne, 1906-08; St. Gall, 1908-09; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, 1909-13; Vancouver, 1913-16; Stockholm, as of 1917.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
18, 1925 (age 59 years, 97
days).
Interment at Arlington East Hill Cemetery, Arlington, Ind.
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Neil Duncan McCallum (b. 1883) —
also known as Neil D. McCallum —
of Batesville, Ripley
County, Ind.
Born in Benham, Ripley
County, Ind., August
4, 1883.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster;
secretary
of Indiana Republican Party, 1936-42.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel McDonald (born c.1832) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born about 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Marshall
County Clerk, 1871-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1876,
1884.
Burial location unknown.
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James C. Moody (b. 1863) —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind., 1863.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward E. Moore —
of Indiana; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
School
teacher; newspaper editor; member of Indiana
state senate, 1904-12; lawyer; real estate
dealer; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Stewart New (1858-1937) —
also known as Harry S. New —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
31, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896,
1912,
1920,
1924;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1900-12; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1907-08; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1917-23; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1923-29.
Disciples
of Christ. English
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 9,
1937 (age 78 years, 129
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John Chalfant New (1831-1906) —
also known as John C. New —
of Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind., July 6,
1831.
Republican. Banker;
newspaper publisher; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1863; Treasurer of the United States, 1875-76; Indiana
Republican state chair, 1880-82.
Disciples
of Christ. English
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 4,
1906 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Samuel Edgar Nicholson (1862-1934) —
of Howard
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Media, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born near Elizabethtown, Bartholomew
County, Ind., June 29,
1862.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1895-97.
Quaker.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Media, Delaware
County, Pa., April
17, 1934 (age 71 years, 292
days).
Interment at Middletown
Friends Meeting Cemetery, Lima, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Nicholson and Rhoda (Holliday) Nicholson; married 1889 to Rhoda
Elma Parker. |
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Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Campbell
County, Ky., April
19, 1805.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1829-30, 1831-32, 1833-34;
defeated, 1834.
Died in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., January
26, 1837 (age 31 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003) —
also known as Frank L. O'Bannon —
of Indiana.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., January
30, 1930.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1971-89; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; Governor of
Indiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Suffered a major
stroke, and subsequently died, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 2003 (age 73 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue at Old
Courthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.
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Robert Presley O'Bannon —
also known as Robert P. O'Bannon —
of Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1951-71.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April
11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) —
also known as Robert D. Owen —
of New Harmony, Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
November
9, 1801.
Democrat. Farmer; author;
newspaper editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836-39, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1843-47; defeated,
1839, 1847; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Two Sicilies, 1854-58.
Scottish
and Welsh
ancestry.
Aided his father in the establishment of the New Harmony social
experiment.
Died in Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., June 24,
1877 (age 75 years, 227
days).
Original interment at Village
Cemetery, Lake George, N.Y.; reinterment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, New Harmony, Ind.
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Francis Wayland Palmer (1827-1907) —
also known as Frank W. Palmer —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
11, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; printer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1854-55; Iowa
State Printer, 1861-69; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1869-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1876;
postmaster at Chicago,
Ill., 1877-85; U.S. Public Printer, 1889-94, 1897-1905.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1907 (age 80 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859) —
also known as Samuel W. Parker —
of Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind.
Born near Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
9, 1805.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-43; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (4th District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1849.
German
and English
ancestry.
Died in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
1, 1859 (age 53 years, 145
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Samuel Manoah Pickler (1846-1929) —
also known as Samuel M. Pickler —
of Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Ind., November
6, 1846.
Republican. College
instructor; newspaper editor and publisher; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Adair County, 1877-78,
1897-1900, 1911-12; mayor
of Kirksville, Mo., 1882-83; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1900.
Died in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., March
12, 1929 (age 82 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; newspaper editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Eugene Collins Pulliam (1889-1975) —
also known as Eugene C. Pulliam —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born, in a sod
dugout, in Grant
County, Kan., May 3,
1889.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; director, New York
Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., June 23,
1975 (age 86 years, 51
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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James Wilson Ragsdale (b. 1848) —
also known as James W. Ragsdale —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Monroe
County, Ind., February
12, 1848.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly, 1880; member of California
state senate, 1880; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1897-1903; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1903-08; St. Petersburg, 1908-09; Halifax, 1909-11.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Brown Ray (1794-1848) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., February
19, 1794.
Lawyer;
merchant;
tavern
owner; newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1822-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1831, 1837; Governor of
Indiana, 1825-31.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
4, 1848 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) —
also known as Carl W. Riddick —
of Winamac, Pulaski
County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
25, 1872.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus
County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1922.
Methodist.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., July 9,
1960 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.
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Henry Frederick Schricker (1883-1966) —
also known as Henry F. Schricker —
of Knox, Starke
County, Ind.
Born in North Judson, Starke
County, Ind., August
30, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1912
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1933-36; defeated, 1924; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1937-41; Governor of
Indiana, 1941-45, 1949-53; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1944, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Knox, Starke
County, Ind., December
28, 1966 (age 83 years, 120
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Knox, Ind.
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Paul Werntz Shafer (1893-1954) —
also known as Paul W. Shafer —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., April
27, 1893.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; municipal judge in
Michigan, 1929-36; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1937-54; nominated,
but died before the election 1954; died in office 1954.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
17, 1954 (age 61 years, 112
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper editor; candidate for secretary
of state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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John Taffe (1827-1884) —
of Nebraska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
30, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1858-59; member
Nebraska territorial council, 1860-61; major in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska at-large, 1867-73.
Founder, Omaha Public Library.
Died in North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb., March
14, 1884 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Charles H. Warner (b. 1866) —
of Aitkin, Aitkin
County, Minn.
Born in Indiana, August, 1866.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper publisher; real estate
business; secretary of
Minnesota Republican Party, 1904; superintendent, Minnesota state
immigration department, 1905-06; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-22 (District 52 1911-14,
District 54 1915-22); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) —
also known as Albert B. White —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
22, 1856.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker;
vice-president, George Washington Life Insurance
Company; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, 1891;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1896
(speaker),
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President); Governor of
West Virginia, 1901-05; West Virginia State Tax Commissioner,
1907-08; member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1927-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 3,
1941 (age 84 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Henry Lane Wilson (1857-1932) —
also known as Henry L. Wilson —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., November
3, 1857.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S. Minister to Chile, 1897-1904; Belgium, 1905-09; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1909-12; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1928.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
22, 1932 (age 75 years, 49
days).
Entombed at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Alfred Augustus Winslow (1854-1929) —
also known as Alfred A. Winslow —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind., June 20,
1854.
School
teacher; newspaper publisher; Hammond city treasurer; U.S.
Consul in Liège, 1898-1902; Valparaiso, 1906-15; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1902-06; Auckland, 1915-20; Cape Town, 1920-22; Windsor, 1922-23; St. John's, 1923-24.
Died in Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind., August
16, 1929 (age 75 years, 57
days).
Interment at Maplewood Historic Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind.
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