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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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Emil Wiley Hanley (1896-1982) —
also known as Emil W. Hanley —
of Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind.
Born in Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind., March 4,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pharmacist;
mayor
of Rensselaer, Ind., 1950-63; defeated, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sigma Chi.
Died in Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind., May 18,
1982 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Interment at Weston
Cemetery, Rensselaer, Ind.
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William Henry Harrison (1896-1990) —
also known as William H. Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
10, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927-29; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1945-50; member of Wyoming
Republican State Committee, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1951-55, 1961-65, 1967-69;
defeated, 1964, 1968; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1954.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Sigma Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
8, 1990 (age 94 years, 59
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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John Stafford McMillin (1855-1936) —
also known as John S. McMillin —
of Roche Harbor, San Juan
County, Wash.
Born near Sugar Grove, Harrison
County, Ind., October
28, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1924,
1932.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Chi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died November
3, 1936 (age 81 years, 6
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Afterglow
Vista Mausoleum, Roche Harbor, Wash.
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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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James Matlock Ogden (1870-1956) —
also known as James M. Ogden —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Danville, Hendricks
County, Ind., April 5,
1870.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; Indiana
state attorney general, 1929-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Chi; Delta
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
11, 1956 (age 86 years, 220
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, 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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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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Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) —
also known as Booth Tarkington —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 29,
1869.
Republican. Novelist;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1903-04.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize in fiction, 1919, for The Magnificent Ambersons and
in 1922 for Alice Adams.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 19,
1946 (age 76 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Stevenson Tarkington and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington;
brother-in-law of Ovid
Butler Jameson; married, June 18,
1902, to Laura Louisa Fletcher; married 1912 to
Susannah Kiefer Robinson; nephew of Newton
Booth; uncle of John
Tarkington Jameson and Donald
Ovid Butler Jameson; grandnephew of William
Clayborne Tarkington; first cousin of Fenton
Whitlock Booth. |
| | | Political family: Booth-Tarkington-Jameson
family of Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| | | Tarkington Hall, at Purdue University,
in West
Lafayette, Indiana, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Booth Tarkington: The
Gentleman from Indiana (1899) — In
The Arena : Stories of Political Life (1905) |
| | | Fiction by Booth Tarkington: The
Turmoil — Alice
Adams — Penrod
and Sam — The
Magnificent Ambersons — Penrod —
Seventeen —
Gentle
Julia — Ramsey
Milholland — The
Conquest of Canaan — The
Two Vanrevels — Harlequin
and Columbine — The
Beautiful Lady — Monsieur
Beaucaire — The
Gibson Upright — The
Guest of Quesnay — His
Own People — Women —
Beasley's
Christmas Party |
| | | Books about Booth Tarkington: James L.
Woodress, Booth
Tarkington : Gentleman from Indiana — Keith J.
Fennimore, Booth
Tarkington |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, December
21, 1925 |
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Hosford Edwin Valentine (1865-1937) —
also known as Hosford E. Valentine —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Edinburg, Johnson
County, Ind., November
26, 1865.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Centerville, Iowa, 1897-98; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, April 2,
1937 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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