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The Political Graveyard: Knox County, Ind.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Knox County, Ind.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PI-born.html">Pickaway County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/01-16.html">January 16, 1808</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1843, 1847, 1851, 1856, 1868; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1858, 1862, 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1875-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1877-80; died in office 1880. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-20.html">November 20, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000507">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411664">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-douglas-williams/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03150">City Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Ewing (1789-1858)</b> — of Indiana. Born in County Cork, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/05-19.html">May 19, 1789</a>. State court judge in Indiana, 1816-17; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1825-33, 1842-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1833-35, 1837-39; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1851. Died in Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/04-06.html">April 6, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at City Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000277">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403956">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03337">Greenlawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Allen Cullop (1853-1927)</b> — also known as <b>William A. Cullop</b> — of Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/03-28.html">March 28, 1853</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1891-93; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1909-17; defeated, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/10-09.html">October 9, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 195 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000975">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403086">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Law (1796-1873)</b> — of Evansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VA-lived.html">Vanderburgh County</a>, Ind. Born in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/10-28.html">October 28, 1796</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1824; state court judge in Indiana, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#z">federal judge</a>, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 1st District, 1861-65. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/10-07.html">October 7, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/law.html#618.01.09">Lyman Law</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/law.html#657.02.00">Richard Law</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#841.12.93">Amasa Learned</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10796.html">Law family</a> of New London, Connecticut.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000125">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406630">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frederick W. Viehe (1832-1888)</b> — of Indiana. Born in Westphalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/09-02.html">September 2, 1832</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1877; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1879-81. Died in Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-27.html">November 27, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Badollet</b> — of Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-born.html">Switzerland</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1816; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/vincennes.html#3">register of U.S. Land Office at Vincennes, Indiana</a>, 1816. Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/648/72.43.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Hubbard T. Smith"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hubbard T. Smith (1854-1903)</b> — Born in Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">Songwriter</a>; U.S. Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Paris</a>, 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Constantinople</a>, 1896-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EG-consuls.html ">Cairo</a>, 1902-03, died in office 1903; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-consuls.html ">Osaka</a>, 1898-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-consuls.html ">Hiogo</a>, 1898-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Canton</a>, 1899-1900. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">Bright's disease</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/bladder-cancer.html">kidney cancer</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Genoa (Genova), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-died.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/02-10.html">February 10, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Hubbard Madison Smith and Nannie Willis (Pendleton) Smith; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#543.31.18">James Benjamin Garnett</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#307.03.32">George Cassety Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#705.85.12">Charles M. Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#073.46.25">Daniel Micajah Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#400.69.26">Henry Gaines Johnson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#349.23.41">Philip Coleman Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#031.41.28">George Hunt Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#919.09.30">Joseph Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#999.09.60">Charles Sumner Pendleton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/63140505">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Philadelphia Times, October 5, 1890</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03302">Old Vincennes Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Reed Cobb (1828-1892)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas R. Cobb</b> — of Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ind. Born in Springville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/07-02.html">July 2, 1828</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1859-65; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/IN.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1877-87. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-23.html">June 23, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 357 days</a>). 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