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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Cass 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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Hope Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Keeps Creek Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Clymers, Cass 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>Robert Scott Justice (1912-1992)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Ind. Born in Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-born.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/03-08.html">March 8, 1912</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1945-48, 1951-52; defeated, 1948; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1957-60; defeated, 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/toastmasters.html">Toastmasters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-comm-travelers.html">United Commercial Travelers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-chi.html">Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/12-09.html">December 9, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 276 days</a>). Interment at Keeps Creek 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 Ethel B. (Scott) Justice and Robert Owen Justice; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#867.84.99">William Franklin Justice</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/">1942</a> to Catherine Augusta Leirer.</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/14788284">Find-A-Grave memorial</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>William Franklin Justice (1914-1996)</b> — Born in Clinton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-born.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/08-02.html">August 2, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1981-84. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-died.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/09-05.html">September 5, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at Keeps Creek 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 Ethel B. (Scott) Justice and Robert Owen Justice; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#585.11.67">Robert Scott Justice</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/">1938</a> to Paulita Sheets.</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/14788264">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01384">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Logansport, Cass 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 Tipton (1786-1839)</b> — of Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SE-born.html">Sevier County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/08-14.html">August 14, 1786</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1819-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1832-39. Died in Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-died.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/04-06.html">April 6, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 235 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope 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> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/">1806</a> to Martha Shields; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/">1825</a> to Matilda Spencer.</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TP.html">Tipton County, Ind.</a> is named for him.</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;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Tipton</i> (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, California</a>; sold 1947; scrapped 1969) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=T000284">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410857">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Tipton">Wikipedia article</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>Daniel Darwin Pratt (1813-1877)</b> — also known as <b>Daniel D. Pratt</b> — of Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Ind. Born in Palermo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-born.html">Waldo County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/10-24.html">October 24, 1813</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1847; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1850-53; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IN.html">Indiana Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/IN.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/IN.html">1868</a> (alternate); served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1869-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-died.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/04-17.html">April 17, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope 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=P000497">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408882">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel D. Pratt">Wikipedia article</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>Graham Newell Fitch (1809-1892)</b> — also known as <b>Graham N. Fitch</b> — of Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Ind. Born in Le Roy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/12-05.html">December 5, 1809</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1836-37, 1839-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 9th District, 1849-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1857-61; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/IN.html">1868</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-died.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/11-28.html">November 28, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope 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 Frederick Fitch and Mercy (Capen) Fitch; brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#367.79.29">Henry Jones Alvord</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/">1832</a> to Harriet Valerie Satterly; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#578.72.49">Charles Harvey Denby</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#750.77.92">Charles Harvey Denby Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#183.22.51">Edwin Denby</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#083.70.08">James Orr Denby</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/10001-0335.html">Denby-Fitch family</a> of Evansville, Indiana (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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000158">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404113">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham N. Fitch">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8347">Find-A-Grave memorial</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>Rufus Magee (1845-1929)</b> — of Indiana. Born in Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-born.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/10-17.html">October 17, 1845</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/IN.html">1880</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1883-85, 1891-93; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-diplomats.html ">Sweden</a>, 1885-89. Died in Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-died.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/04-25.html">April 25, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope 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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/magee-rufus ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34817434">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT149"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/779/76.84.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Charles B. Landis"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922)</b> — also known as <b>Charles B. Landis</b> — of Delphi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ind. Born in Millville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/07-09.html">July 9, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated, 1908. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">uremia</a> due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">interstital nephritis</a>, in Meriwether <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-died.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/04-24.html">April 24, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope 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 Abraham Hoch Landis and Mary (Kumler) Landis; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#830.60.04">Walter Kumler Landis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#297.49.67">Kenesaw Mountain Landis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#260.59.59">Frederick Daniel Landis</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#490.27.32">Frederick Daniel Landis Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#814.52.25">Cary Dayton Landis</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/10786.html">Landis family</a> of Logansport, Indiana.</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=L000050">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406559">Govtrack.us page</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> Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</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 Daniel Landis (1872-1934)</b> — also known as <b>Frederick Landis</b>; <b>Fred Landis</b> — of Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Ind. Born in Sevenmile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-18.html">August 18, 1872</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 11th District, 1903-07; defeated (Republican), 1906; Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Indiana</a>, 1912; candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-died.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/11-06.html">November 6, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 80 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope 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 Abraham Hoch Landis and Mary (Kumler) Landis; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#830.60.04">Walter Kumler Landis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#779.76.84">Charles Beary Landis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#297.49.67">Kenesaw Mountain Landis</a>; married to Bessie Alberta Baker; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#490.27.32">Frederick Daniel Landis Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#814.52.25">Cary Dayton Landis</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/10786.html">Landis family</a> of Logansport, Indiana.</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=L000051">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406560">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 C. Nelson (d. 1935)</b> — of Indiana. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 11th District, 1902. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/index.html">1935</a>. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Kahlo (1840-1904)</b> — of Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Ind. Born in Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/07-04.html">July 4, 1840</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1879-81; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/IN.html">1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/03-02.html">March 2, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope 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 Henry Kahlo and Doratha (Rhein) Kahlo.</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/34780797">Find-A-Grave memorial</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>Frank M. McHale (1891-1975)</b> — of Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Ind. Born in Logansport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CA-born.html">Cass County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-04.html">April 4, 1891</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IN.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IN.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/IN.html">1944</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IN.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IN.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/IN.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IN.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/IN.html">1968</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IN.html">Democratic National Committee from Indiana</a>, 1939-47. Died in Miami, Dade County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>), Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/01-26.html">January 26, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 297 days</a>). Interment at Mt. 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