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Charles P. Kellison (b. 1850) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben
County, N.Y., June 17,
1850.
Son of James Kellison and Elizabeth Kellison.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1885-87; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1896.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Son of Dr. Jacob Kern and Nancy (Ligget) Kern; married, November
10, 1869, to Annie Hazzard (died 1884); married, December
23, 1885, to Araminta
Cooper; father of John
Worth Kern, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis
and uremic
poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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John Worth Kern, Jr. (1900-1971) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., July 7,
1900.
Son of John
Worth Kern and Araminta
Cooper Kern; married, April 30,
1927, to Bernice Winn.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Indiana, 1931-34; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1935-37; resigned 1937.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons.
At age 8, his legs were
paralyzed by polio.
Died January
29, 1971 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Joseph J. Kowalski (1911-1967) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., February
19, 1911.
Married to Lorraine Kapp.
Democrat. Lawyer; international
representative, AFL-CIO; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-67 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 10th District 1955-64, 19th District
1965-67); defeated, 1946; died in office 1967; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1965-66; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died in 1967
(age about
56 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Marion LaFollette (1898-1974) —
also known as Charles M. LaFollette —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., February
27, 1898.
Great-grandson of William
Heilman; son of Harry C. LaFollette and Marian (Allis)
LaFollette; married, May 14,
1925, to Frances Hartmetz.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927; general
counsel, Central Labor Union (AFL) of Evansville, 1934-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1943-47.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 27,
1974 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Locust
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Francis Eddy Lambert (1860-1924) —
also known as Francis E. Lambert —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in St. Joseph
County, Ind., June 4,
1860.
Son of Oliver C. Lambert and Ellen (McMullen) Lambert; married 1891 to Mary
Etta Moomaw (1863-1902); married, February
12, 1904, to Blanche Gee.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1894-98; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1908.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died June 19,
1924 (age 64 years, 15
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cary D. Landis (b. 1873) —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Claypool, Kosciusko
County, Ind., May 10,
1873.
Son of David Landis and Elizabeth Landis; married, September
4, 1895, to Margaret Weaver.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; law
professor; Florida
state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ivan Lebamoff —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1971-75; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1972.
Still living as of 1975.
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Robert Bartlett Lee (1912-1988) —
also known as Robert B. Lee —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.; Aurora, Adams
County, Colo.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., November
16, 1912.
Son of Clarence Eugene Lee and Mary Lillian (Jennings) Lee; married,
September
27, 1941, to Ruth Elisabeth Wade.
Lawyer; district judge in Colorado 18th District, 1960-69; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1969-83.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Elks; Lions.
Died June 16,
1988 (age 75 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Guyer Leslie (1878-1937) —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., April 6,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1923-27; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1925-27; Governor of
Indiana, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., December
10, 1937 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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David A. Levy (b. 1953) —
of New York.
Born in Johnson
County, Ind., December
18, 1953.
Lawyer; utility
company executive; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1993-95; defeated
(Conservative), 1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) —
also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old
Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The
Illinois Baboon" —
of Spencer
County, Ind.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in a log
cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue
County), Ky., February
12, 1809.
Married, November
4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (1818-1882; grandniece of David
Rittenhouse Porter; sister-in-law of Ninian
Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of N. H.
R. Dawson); father of Robert
Todd Lincoln.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1858; President
of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865.
English
ancestry.
His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War;
determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the
battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing
this, redefined American nationhood.
Shot
by the assassin
John Wilkes Booth, during a play at
Ford's Theater,
in Washington,
D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding
House, across the street, the following day, April 15,
1865 (age 56 years, 62
days). He was elected in 1900 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. penny
(one
cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5
bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also
appeared on U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $1
to $500.
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary
Park, Washington, D.C.
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Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Abraham
L. Keister
— Abraham
L. Brick
— Abraham
L. Kellogg
— Abraham
Lincoln Bernstein
— A.
Lincoln Reiley
— A.
L. Helmick
— A.
Lincoln Acker
— A.
L. Auth
— A.
Lincoln Niditch
— Abraham
Lincoln Freedman
— A.
L. Marovitz
— Lincoln
Gordon
— Abraham
Lincoln Tosti
|
| | | Cross-reference: Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr. — Isham
N. Haynie — William
M. Stone — John
Pitcher — Stephen
Miller — John
T. Stuart — William
H. Seward — Henry
L. Burnett — Judah
P. Benjamin — Robert
Toombs — Richard
Taylor Jacob — George
W. Jones — James
Adams — John
G. Nicolay — Edward
Everett — Stephen
T. Logan — Francis
P. Blair — John
Hay |
| | | See also Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd
family |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: David
Herbert Donald, Lincoln —
George Anastaplo, Abraham
Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,
ed., The
Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American
Icon — Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 (out of print) — Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's
War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander
in Chief — David Herbert Donald, We
Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —
Edward Steers, Jr., Blood
on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —
Mario Cuomo, Why
Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.
Kauffman, American
Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln
Conspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's
Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His
Greatness — John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's
Speeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr., The
Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His
Words — Harold Holzer, Lincoln
at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln
President — Michael Lind, What
Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest
President — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham
Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John
Hay — Thomas J. Craughwell, Stealing
Lincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — Karen
Judson, Abraham
Lincoln (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The
Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an
Unnecessary War |
| | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore
Vidal, Lincoln:
A Novel |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Walter J. Little (1894-1960) —
of Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, 1894.
Republican. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1925-34; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1933-34.
Protestant.
Died in 1960
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell G. Lloyd, Sr. (1932-1980) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 29,
1932.
Father of Russell
G. Lloyd, Jr..
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1972-79; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1972.
Catholic.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Julia Van Orden; he died eight hours later, in St.
Mary's Hospital,
Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., March 21,
1980 (age 47 years, 358
days); his killer was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in
prison.
Interment at St.
Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Carl Raymond Loop (1877-1923) —
also known as Carl R. Loop —
Born in New Ross, Montgomery
County, Ind., 1877.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Winnipeg, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Winnipeg, 1908-09; U.S. Deputy Consul General in London, 1909-11; U.S. Consul in Hamilton, 1915-17; Malta, 1919-21.
Died July 29,
1923 (age about 46
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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E. M. Love (born c.1860) —
of Ainsworth, Brown
County, Neb.
Born in Indiana, about 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Mace (1811-1867) —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, September
5, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1836; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1845-48; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1851-57.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., July 26,
1867 (age 55 years, 324
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Ray John Madden (1892-1987) —
also known as Ray J. Madden —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Gary, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn., February
25, 1892.
Son of John Madden and Mary Elizabeth (Burns) Madden.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Nebraska, 1916; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; Lake
County Treasurer, 1938-42; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1943-77 (1st District 1943-63, 8th
District 1963-65, 1st District 1965-77); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1987 (age 95 years, 215
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clarence E. Manion (1896-1979) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., July 7,
1896.
Son of Edward Manion and Elizabeth (Carroll) Manion; married, August 3,
1936, to Virginia O'Brien.
Lawyer; law
professor; chair,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died July 28,
1979 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Marshall (1858-1931) —
of Howard, Elk
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April 11,
1858.
Son of Humphrey Marshall and Margaret (Rice) Marshall; married 1882 to Addie
Jenks.
Republican. Lawyer; Elk
County Attorney, 1895-99; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1915-31; died in office 1931.
Methodist.
Died March 25,
1931 (age 72 years, 348
days).
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.
Son of Daniel M. Marshall and Martha A. (Patterson) Marshall;
married, October
2, 1895, to Lois Irene Kimsey and Lois
Irene Kimsey (1873-1958).
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Indiana, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912;
Vice
President of the United States, 1913-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; 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).
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
La Porte, Ind., 1943-44.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Earl Maxwell (1924-2010) —
also known as Robert E. Maxwell —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., March 15,
1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; Randolph
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1953-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1961-64; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia,
1965-95; took senior status 1995; senior judge, 1995-2010.
Died in Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., November
20, 2010 (age 86 years, 250
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Claude B. McBride (b. 1883) —
of Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Clark
County, Ind., March 19,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; Clark
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1935-42.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward I. McCabe (b. 1901) —
of Williamsport, Warren
County, Ind.
Born in Williamsport, Warren
County, Ind., January
18, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; Warren
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1941.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Lions; Knights
of Pythias; Delta
Tau Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Martin McIntosh (b. 1958) —
also known as David M. McIntosh —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 8,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1995-2001; candidate
for Governor of
Indiana, 2000.
Episcopalian.
Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2009.
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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.
Married to Louella Hiett (1857-1943).
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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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Married 1918
to Kathleen Timolet.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
law
professor; national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Henry Harrison Miller (1840-1917) —
Born in Augusta, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
6, 1840.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1889-93.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 25,
1917 (age 76 years, 261
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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James Beverly Milner (1857-1936) —
also known as James B. Milner —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Middlefork, Clinton
County, Ind., October
31, 1857.
Son of William Milner (1817-1892) and Anna Elmira (Williams) Milner
(1831-1906); married, May 25,
1885, to May Frances Allen (1869-1922); father of George
Milner.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Calais, 1898-1916; Niagara Falls, 1917-24.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., November
25, 1936 (age 79 years, 25
days).
Interment at Spring
Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Sherman Minton (1890-1965) —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.
Born in Georgetown, Floyd
County, Ind., October
20, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1935-41; defeated, 1940; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1940;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1941-49; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-56.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 9,
1965 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Holy
Trinity Catholic Cemetery, New Albany, Ind.
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Gideon Curtis Moody (1832-1904) —
also known as Gideon C. Moody —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
16, 1832.
Father of James
C. Moody.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1867-69, 1874-75; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1868-69,
1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Dakota
Territory Territory, 1868;
justice
of Dakota territorial supreme court, 1878-83; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1889-91.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 17,
1904 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Cremated.
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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.
Son of Gideon
Curtis Moody.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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O. Otto Moore (b. 1896) —
of Colorado.
Born in Floyds Knobs, Floyd
County, Ind., June 14,
1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1949-69; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1957-58.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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William W. Morrow (1843-1929) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Milton, Wayne
County, Ind., July 15,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; California
Republican state chair, 1879-82; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1884;
U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 1885-91; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1891-97;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1897-1922.
One of the incorporators of the American Red Cross.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 24,
1929 (age 86 years, 9
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Jeremiah Neterer (b. 1862) —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Washington, 1900;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1912;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1913-.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeptha Dudley New (1830-1892) —
of Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind.
Born in Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind., November
28, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Indiana,
1864-68; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1875-77, 1879-81;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1882-88.
Died in Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind., July 9,
1892 (age 61 years, 224
days).
Interment at Vernon
Cemetery, Vernon, Ind.
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John Chalfant New (1831-1906) —
of Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Vernon, Jennings
County, Ind., July 6,
1831.
Father of Harry
Stewart New.
Republican. Banker; newspaper
publisher; lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1863; 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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Mason Jenks Niblack (1857-1926) —
of Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., April 14,
1857.
Son of William
Ellis Niblack.
Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1887-91, 1915; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1889-91.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., January
3, 1926 (age 68 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Ellis Niblack (1822-1893) —
also known as William E. Niblack —
of Martin
County, Ind.; Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Portersville, Dubois
County, Ind., May 18,
1822.
Cousin of Silas
Leslie Niblack; father of Mason
Jenks Niblack.
Democrat. Surveyor;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1849-50, 1863; member of Indiana
state senate, 1850-52; circuit judge in Indiana, 1854-57; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1857-61, 1865-75;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864,
1868;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1864-72; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1877-89.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 7,
1893 (age 70 years, 354
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Campbell
County, Ky., April 19,
1805.
Son of James
Noble; nephew of Noah
Noble and Benjamin
Sedgwick Noble (1809?-1869).
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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James Noble (1785-1831) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born near Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., December
16, 1785.
Brother of Noah
Noble and Benjamin
Sedgwick Noble (1809?-1869); father of Benjamin
Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837).
Lawyer; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1813-14; member
Indiana territorial council, 1815; circuit judge in Indiana,
1815; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1816-31; died in office 1831.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1831 (age 45 years, 72
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Noah Noble (1794-1844) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., January
14, 1794.
Brother of James
Noble and Benjamin
Sedgwick Noble (1809?-1869); uncle of Benjamin
Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837).
Lawyer; farmer; merchant;
miller;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825; Governor of
Indiana, 1831-37; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1836, 1838.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
8, 1844 (age 50 years, 25
days).
Original interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;
reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Val Nolan (b. 1892) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
21, 1892.
Son of John J.
Nolan and Valentine F. (FitzWilliam) Nolan; married, October
4, 1917, to Jeannette Covert.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1933-40.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Ellsworth Noland (1920-1992) —
also known as James E. Noland —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in La Grange, Lewis
County, Mo., April 22,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1946, 1950; secretary of
Indiana Democratic Party, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, 1966-86;
took senior status 1986.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., August
12, 1992 (age 72 years, 112
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Arthur Nordhoff (b. 1909) —
of Jasper, Dubois
County, Ind.
Born in Jasper, Dubois
County, Ind., April 15,
1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Jesse Switzer Ogden and Mary Ann (Carter) Ogden; married, November
11, 1903, to Bess Alice Dean (1884-1975).
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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John Henry O'Neall (1838-1907) —
also known as John H. O'Neall —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.
Born near Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., October
30, 1838.
Nephew of John
F. O'Neall.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1887-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1896.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington, Daviess
County, Ind., July 15,
1907 (age 68 years, 258
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Washington, Ind.
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Godlove Stein Orth (1817-1882) —
also known as Godlove S. Orth —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born near Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., April 22,
1817.
Nephew of Christian
Henry Orth; uncle of Sarah M. Orth (who married Godlove
O. Behm).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1843-49; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1845; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Indiana, 1848;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1863-71, 1873-75, 1879-82 (8th
District 1863-69, 7th District 1869-71, at-large 1873-75, 9th
District 1879-82); died in office 1882; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1875-76.
German
ancestry.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., December
16, 1882 (age 65 years, 238
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, 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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William Sacket Palmer (1816-1852) —
of Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Potter
County, Pa., June 22,
1816.
Son of Nathan
B. Palmer.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846-47; defeated, 1844.
Died in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., November
10, 1852 (age 36 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859) —
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, 1844,
1856;
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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William Fletcher Parrett (1825-1895) —
of Warrick
County, Ind.
Born in Posey
County, Ind., August
10, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1856;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1859; circuit judge in Indiana,
1859-69, 1873-88; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1889-93.
Methodist.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., June 30,
1895 (age 69 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Edward Allan Pease (b. 1951) —
also known as Ed Pease —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., May 22,
1951.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1980-92; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1997-2001.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2001.
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Stanton Judkins Peelle (1843-1928) —
also known as Stanton J. Peelle —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Wayne
County, Ind., February
11, 1843.
Nephew of William
A. Peelle.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1881-84; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888
(alternate), 1892;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1892-1913; law
professor.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1928 (age 85 years, 206
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William A. Peelle (1819-1902) —
of Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Richmond
County, N.C., September
18, 1819.
Uncle of Stanton
Judkins Peelle.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Indiana,
1854-56; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1860;
secretary
of state of Indiana, 1861-63; defeated, 1858, 1862; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1867; county judge in Indiana,
1867-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868.
Died in Centerville, Wayne
County, Ind., July 2,
1902 (age 82 years, 287
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce (1843-1898) —
of Indiana.
Born in Laurel, Franklin
County, Ind., February
17, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1881-83; receiver of
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railway.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
5, 1898 (age 55 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Bart Peterson (b. 1958) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born June 15,
1958.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 2000-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 2000,
2004.
Still living as of 2009.
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K. Berry Peterson (b. 1891) —
of Tahlequah, Cherokee
County, Okla.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Alamo, Montgomery
County, Ind., July 24,
1891.
Son of Charles Arthur Peterson (M.D.) and Hannah N. (Duckworth)
Peterson; married, September
15, 1923, to Elizabeth Downing Mason.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Pima
County Attorney, 1922-27; Arizona
state attorney general, 1929-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Barrett Pettengill (1886-1974) —
also known as Samuel B. Pettengill —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
19, 1886.
Nephew of William
Horace Clagett; son of Samuel B. Pettengill and Sue (Clagett)
Pettengill; married, June 1,
1912, to Josephine Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1931-39 (13th District 1931-33, 3rd
District 1933-39).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March 20,
1974 (age 88 years, 60
days).
Interment at Grafton
Village Cemetery, Grafton, Vt.
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Henry Corbin Pettit (1863-1913) —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., 1863.
Son of John
Upfold Pettit.
Lawyer; mayor of
Wabash, Ind., 1888-90; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1895-97; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1897.
Presbyterian.
English,
Scottish,
and French
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 26,
1913 (age about 50
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Pettit (1807-1877) —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 24,
1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39; defeated, 1835, 1841; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1839-41; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1843-49; delegate to
Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; Presidential
Elector for Indiana, 1852;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1853-55; defeated, 1854; circuit judge in
Indiana, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1856,
1864
(alternate); chief
justice of Kansas territorial supreme court, 1859-61; mayor
of Lafayette, Ind., 1867-71; justice of
Indiana state supreme court, 1871-77.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., June 17,
1877 (age 69 years, 328
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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John Upfold Pettit (1820-1881) —
also known as John U. Pettit —
of Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1820.
Father of Henry
Corbin Pettit.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1844-45, 1865; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1865; circuit judge
in Indiana, 1853-54, 1873-79; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1855-61; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., March 21,
1881 (age 60 years, 191
days).
Interment at Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Ind.
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George E. Philipps (1875-1928) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., 1875.
Lawyer; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1912-15.
Died in 1928
(age about
53 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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John Pitcher (1795-1892) —
of Spencer
County, Ind.; Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Watertown, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
22, 1795.
Lawyer; Spencer
County Sheriff, 1826-30; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1830-31; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1848;
candidate for delegate to
Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Reputed to have loaned law books to the young Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., August 2,
1892 (age 96 years, 346
days).
Interment at Hedges
Central Elementary School Playground, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
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Albert Gallatin Porter (1824-1897) —
also known as Albert G. Porter —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., April 20,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1853-56; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1859-63; Governor of
Indiana, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1888;
U.S. Minister to Italy, 1889-92.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 3,
1897 (age 73 years, 13
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, 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, 1848,
1856;
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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William Prince (1772-1824) —
of Knox
County, Ind.; Gibson
County, Ind.
Born in Ireland,
1772.
Lawyer; farmer; Knox
County Sheriff, 1800-04; member
Indiana territorial council, 1809; Indiana
territorial auditor, 1810-13; served in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1816; circuit judge in Indiana, 1816-18; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1823-24; died in office
1824.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., September
8, 1824 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Princeton, Ind.
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George H. Proffit (1807-1847) —
of Petersburg, Pike
County, Ind.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
7, 1807.
Merchant;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-33, 1836-39; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1839-43; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1843-44.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
7, 1847 (age 40 years, 0
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hills Cemetery, Petersburg, Ind.
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Fred Sampson Purnell (1882-1939) —
also known as Fred S. Purnell —
of Attica, Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Fountain
County, Ind., October
25, 1882.
Son of Samuel J. Purnell and Odessa (Furr) Purnell; married, June 27,
1907, to Elizabeth Shoaf.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1917-33; defeated, 1914.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in 1939
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Rockfield
Cemetery, Near Veedersburg, Fountain County, Ind.
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