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Jesse B. Bridges (1862-1927) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Aberdeen, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Putnam
County, Ind., November
10, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; Grays
Harbor County Prosecuting Attorney; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1919-27; died in office 1927.
Universalist.
Died April
14, 1927 (age 64 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Bridges and Mary (Darnell) Bridges; married, June 26,
1895, to Mary L. Smith. |
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Rousseau Angelus Burch (1862-1944) —
also known as Rousseau A. Burch —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Williamsport, Warren
County, Ind., August
4, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1902-35; chief
justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1935-36.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., January
29, 1944 (age 81 years, 178
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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Judson Francis Haggerty (1925-1997) —
also known as Judson F. Haggerty —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
19, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1949-50; chair of
Marion County Democratic Party, 1962-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1964,
1968
(alternate).
Unitarian. Irish
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from pneumonia,
in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., April 5,
1997 (age 72 years, 17
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Elsie M. (Buyher) Haggerty and Walter Francis Haggerty; married,
December
8, 1947, to Peggy Jane Hammon; married, April
28, 1971, to Beverly Ann Chalfant. |
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Horace Heffren (1831-1883) —
of Indiana.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., May 27,
1831.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1857-59; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1883; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., May 20,
1883 (age 51 years, 358
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Keeney (1848-1920) —
of Indiana.
Born in Switzerland
County, Ind., 1848.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1899-1901; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1911.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rising Sun, Ohio
County, Ind., March 3,
1920 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Kennard (1791-1866) —
of Indiana.
Born in Maryland, October
10, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; state court judge in
Indiana, 1844-47; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847-48; member of Indiana
state senate, 1849-52.
Universalist.
Died in Rossville, Clinton
County, Ind., January
14, 1866 (age 74 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Kerr (1791-1876) —
of Indiana.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., November
29, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1840-41, 1843-47.
Unitarian.
Died in Bridgeton, Parke
County, Ind., August
16, 1876 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Barbara Ann Jackson Koerber (b. 1929) —
also known as Barbara A. Koerber —
of Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
6, 1929.
Democrat. Candidate for Iowa
state senate 17th District, 1970.
Female.
Unitarian. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Sierra
Club; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2000.
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Abijah O'Neall (1798-1874) —
of Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., December
9, 1798.
Miller;
merchant;
surveyor;
farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1849.
Quaker;
later Universalist. Irish
ancestry.
Sheltered escaping slaves as part of the "Underground
Railroad" before the Civil War.
Died in 1874
(age about
75 years).
Original interment at Yountsville
Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Samuel Petitt Oyler (1819-1898) —
of Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Hawkhurst, Kent, England,
August
26, 1819.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1860;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state senate, 1865-67; defeated, 1860; circuit judge in Indiana,
1869-70.
Universalist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Led the charge at Missionary Ridge, Georgia, November 25, 1863.
Died, of a stroke,
at Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., September
6, 1898 (age 79 years, 11
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Franklin, Ind.
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Daniel Darwin Pratt (1813-1877) —
also known as Daniel D. Pratt —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Palermo, Waldo
County, Maine, October
24, 1813.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1847; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-53; member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1860; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1860,
1868
(alternate); served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1869-75.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April
17, 1877 (age 63 years, 175
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Lewis W. Purviance (1796-1874) —
of Huntington
County, Ind.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., April 8,
1796.
Farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40.
Universalist; later Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Huntington
County, Ind., May 9,
1874 (age 78 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Rose Jr. (b. 1895) —
of Hobart, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Hobart, Lake
County, Ind., February
14, 1895.
Republican. Coffee
salesman; mayor of
Hobart, Ind., 1939-44, 1952-59.
Universalist. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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William Vance (c.1793-c.1848) —
of Indiana.
Born in Fayette
County, Ohio, about 1793.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1837-39.
Unitarian.
Died in Adams
County, Ind., about 1848 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Clifford Veatch (1819-1895) —
also known as James C. Veatch —
of Rockport, Spencer
County, Ind.
Born in Harrison
County, Ind., December
19, 1819.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1856; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1860,
1884;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Indiana, 1869-70; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue
for the 1st Indiana District, 1879; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rockport, Spencer
County, Ind., December
22, 1895 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Rockport, Ind.
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