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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Vigo 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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Pleasant Cemetery</a> <li><b>Terre Haute</b> <a href="cms05747">Roselawn Memorial Park</a> <li><b>Terre Haute</b> <a href="cms04273">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a> <li><b>Terre Haute</b> <a href="cms02318">Woodlawn Cemetery</a> <li><b>West Terre Haute</b> <a href="cms02353">Bethesda Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07860">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Terre Haute, Vigo 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>James Solomon Barcus (1863-1920)</b> — also known as <b>James S. Barcus</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/03-18.html">March 18, 1863</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1903-05. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/05-03.html">May 3, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 46 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <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 Solomon Barcus and Martha Barcus; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/">1884</a> to Bettie Belle Tichenor.</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://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054121">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6925793">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03732">Calvary Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Terre Haute, Vigo 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 Edward Lamb (1852-1914)</b> — also known as <b>John E. Lamb</b> — of Indiana. Born in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-born.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/12-26.html">December 26, 1852</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 8th District, 1883-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Indiana</a>, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IN.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/IN.html">1908</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/08-23.html">August 23, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at Calvary 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=L000034">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406544">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 James O'Grady (1889-1971)</b> — also known as <b>Jack J. O'Grady</b> — of Indiana. Born in Kewanee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HE-born.html">Henry County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/07-06.html">July 6, 1889</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">band and orchestra leader</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1927, 1939-41; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1943-53; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 6th District, 1948. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/06-04.html">June 4, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00649">Highland Lawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 4520 Wabash Ave. <br> Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana <br> <i>Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1990</i><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"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/10506909994/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/750/82.23.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="Richard W. Thompson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard Wigginton Thompson (1809-1900)</b> — also known as <b>Richard W. Thompson</b> — of Bedford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LW-lived.html">Lawrence County</a>, Ind.; Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born near Culpeper Court House, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CP-born.html">Culpeper County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/06-09.html">June 9, 1809</a>. <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>, 1834-36; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1836-38; delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1839; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1841-43, 1847-49 (2nd District 1841-43, 7th District 1847-49); candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 7th Indiana District, 1864-66; circuit judge in Indiana, 1867-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/IN.html">1868</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/IN.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/IN.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/IN.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1877-80; chairman of the American Committee of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Panama Canal</a> Company, 1881; director of the Panama <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a> Company, 1881-88. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/02-09.html">February 9, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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=T000214">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410793">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1717">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> The Parties and The Men (1896)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nJVdCsi0HsEC&pg=PA295"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/554/09.01.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Eugene V. Debs"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926)</b> — also known as <b>Eugene V. Debs</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-born.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/11-05.html">November 5, 1855</a>. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive fireman</a> on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">secretary-treasurer</a> of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1885; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">founder</a> in 1893 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a> (1893-97) of the American Railway Union; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> during a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">strike</a> in 1894 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">conspiracy to commit murder</a>; the charges were dropped, but he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jailed</a> for six months for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/contempt.html">contempt of court</a>; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist), 1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">founder</a> of the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped to organize all workers in "One Big Union"; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> under the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">Sedition and Espionage Act</a> for an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">anti-war speech</a> he made in 1918, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to ten years in federal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; released in 1921. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>. Died in Lindlahr <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Sanitarium</a>, Elmhurst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DP-died.html">DuPage County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/10-20.html">October 20, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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 Daniel Debs and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/06-09.html">June 9, 1885</a>, to Katherine 'Kate' Metzel (step-sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/battles-baxmeyer.html#999.09.28">Bertha D. Baur</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>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bergan-berkstresser.html#303.64.59">Victor L. Berger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cummins-cunneen.html#834.63.32">William A. Cunnea</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://www.nndb.com/people/156/000057982">NNDB dossier</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>Books about Eugene V. Debs:</i> James Chace, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743203941/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743203941&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">1912 : Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the Country</a> — Charles W. Carey, Jr., <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0766019799/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0766019799&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Eugene V. Debs : Outspoken Labor Leader and Socialist</a> (for young readers)</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> American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1908</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/10506912725/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/094/56.56.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Daniel W. Voorhees"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (1827-1897)</b> — also known as <b>Daniel W. Voorhees</b> — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FO-lived.html">Fountain County</a>, Ind.; Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/09-26.html">September 26, 1827</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Indiana</a>, 1858-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1861-66, 1869-73 (7th District 1861-66, 6th District 1869-73); defeated, 1856; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/IN.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/IN.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/IN.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/IN.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/IN.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1877-97. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/04-10.html">April 10, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voorhees.html#286.55.86">Charles Stewart Voorhees</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=V000116">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411170">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel W. Voorhees">Wikipedia article</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> The Parties and The Men (1896)</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>Claude Gernade Bowers (1878-1958)</b> — also known as <b>Claude G. Bowers</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Westfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-20.html">November 20, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 5th District, 1904, 1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/IN.html">1908</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-diplomats.html ">Spain</a>, 1933-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-diplomats.html ">Chile</a>, 1939-53. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/leukemia.html">leukemia</a> in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/01-21.html">January 21, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 62 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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 Lewis Bowers and Juliet (Tipton) Bowers; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/11-28.html">November 28, 1911</a>, to Sybil McCaslin.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bowers-claude-gernade ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/171/000117817">NNDB dossier</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>Books about Claude G. Bowers:</i> Peter J. Sehlinger & Holman Hamilton, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0871951452/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0871951452&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Spokesman for Democracy : Claude G. Bowers</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 Givan Davis (1810-1866)</b> — also known as <b>John G. Davis</b> — of Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PA-lived.html">Parke County</a>, Ind.; Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FE-born.html">Fleming County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/10-10.html">October 10, 1810</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PA-officials.html">Parke County Sheriff</a>, 1830-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 7th District, 1851-55, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IN.html">1864</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-18.html">January 18, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 100 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms02318">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Highland Lawn 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=D000118">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403253">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>Ralph Tucker (1906-1977)</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Hymera, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/09-30.html">September 30, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/terrehaute.html">Mayor of Terre Haute, Ind.</a>, 1948-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IN.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IN.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IN.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IN.html">1964</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1956. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/11-12.html">November 12, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 43 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Washington Faris (1854-1914)</b> — also known as <b>George W. Faris</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born near Rensselaer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JS-born.html">Jasper County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/06-09.html">June 9, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1895-1901 (8th District 1895-97, 5th District 1897-1901); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IN.html">1908</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/04-17.html">April 17, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 312 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</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=F000016">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403978">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>James Everett Sanders (1882-1950)</b> — also known as <b>Everett Sanders</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log cabin</a> near Coalmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CY-born.html">Clay County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/03-08.html">March 8, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 5th District, 1917-25; secretary to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#826.74.23">Calvin Coolidge</a>, 1925-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Chairman of Republican National Committee</a>, 1932-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">law office</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/05-12.html">May 12, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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 James Sanders and Melissa Everal (Stark) Sanders; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-13.html">December 13, 1903</a>, to Ella Neal; married to Hilda Sims.</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=S000034">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409551">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/342/000055177">NNDB dossier</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>Vernon Ream McMillan (1892-1968)</b> — also known as <b>Vernon R. McMillan</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Morrill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BR-born.html">Brown County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-15.html">September 15, 1892</a>. Founded <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/musical-sporting.html">sporting goods</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">invented</a> the football face mask and the basketball inflator; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/terrehaute.html">mayor of Terre Haute, Ind.</a>, 1943-48. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/12-01.html">December 1, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Virginia Ellis Jenckes (1877-1975)</b> — also known as <b>Virginia E. Jenckes</b>; <b>Virginia Ellis Somes</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-born.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/11-06.html">November 6, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 6th District, 1933-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/01-09.html">January 9, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 64 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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> Daughter of James Ellis Somes and Mary (Oliver) Somes; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/02-22.html">February 22, 1912</a>, to Ray Green Jenckes.</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=J000077">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405980">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>William Edward McLean (1832-1906)</b> — of Indiana. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CL-born.html">Calvert County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/10-12.html">October 12, 1832</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1857-60, 1893-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1861, 1867-68; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1876. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-06.html">November 6, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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> Step-son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#484.17.75">James Hughes</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cookerly-cooledge.html#939.73.07">Grafton Fleener Cookerly</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/11645.html">Hughes-McLean-Cookerly family</a> of Terre Haute, Indiana.</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>Bertha D. Baur (1870-1967)</b> — also known as <b>Bertha E. Duppler</b>; <b>Mrs. Jacob Baur</b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Mineral Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/IA-born.html">Iowa County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-14.html">October 14, 1870</a>. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/IL.html">1932</a>; member, Arrangements Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">1940</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 9th District, 1936; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Republican National Committee from Illinois</a>, 1937-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/07-10.html">July 10, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 269 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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> Step-sister-in-law of Katherine 'Kate' Metzel (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/debolt-deckard.html#554.09.01">Eugene Victor Debs</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/11-23.html">November 23, 1908</a>, to Jacob Baur.</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 Engles Cox (1866-1927)</b> — also known as <b>John E. Cox</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born near Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-born.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-27.html">December 27, 1866</a>. Democrat. Superior court judge in Indiana, 1907-15, 1919-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IN.html">1924</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/10-12.html">October 12, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ambrose B. Carlton (1825-1901)</b> — of Indiana. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/12-18.html">December 18, 1825</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; state court judge in Indiana, 1856, 1873; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1877. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/09-05.html">September 5, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn 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/carlstrom-carmical.html#911.34.78">Robert M. Carlton</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>Robert Noble Hudson (1819-1889)</b> — of Indiana. Born in Brookville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/11-07.html">November 7, 1819</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1851-52, 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Uncovered a canal bond fraud in 1859-60, thus saving the state of Indiana more than $1.2 million. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">stomach ailment</a>, in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-30.html">August 30, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Chapman Jay Root (1864-1945)</b> — also known as <b>C. J. Root</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-22.html">November 22, 1864</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/IN.html">1936</a> (alternate; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/IN.html">1940</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Founded Root Glass Company in 1901; in 1915, Root Glass designed and patented the "pod-shaped" Coca-Cola bottle. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-20.html">November 20, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Madge P. Stephens (born c.1872)</b> — also known as <b>Madge Louise Patton</b>; <b>Madge Louise Hawkins</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Indiana, about 1872. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Indiana, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Interment at Highland Lawn 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/1897/11-15.html">November 15, 1897</a>, to Audley B. Hawkins; married to Wallace W. Stephens.</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>Epitaph:</i> "A follower of Christ's teaching, a socialist."; "She lived for those who loved her / Whose heart was kind & true / & the Heaven that smiled above her / Received her spirit too."</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/22722751">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05442">Mt. Pleasant Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Terre Haute, Vigo 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>Martin M. Ray (1823-1872)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/index.html">1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1848; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1858; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1861-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/IN.html">1872</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-05.html">August 5, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">about 49 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Pleasant 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> Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ray.html#925.58.84">James Brown Ray</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ray.html#380.56.19">Martin M. Ray (1795-1865)</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/11663.html">Ray family</a> of Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana.</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>Martin M. Ray (1795-1865)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ind.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind.; Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/08-29.html">August 29, 1795</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Cabinetmaker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</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>, 1826-27, 1834-36; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1848. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/05-16.html">May 16, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Pleasant 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> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ray.html#925.58.84">James Brown Ray</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ray.html#127.62.52">Martin M. Ray (1823-1872)</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/11663.html">Ray family</a> of Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05747">Roselawn Memorial Park</a></b></span><br> Terre Haute, Vigo 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>Fred Wampler (1909-1999)</b> — of Indiana. Born in Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/index.html">1909</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 6th District, 1959-61. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/06-08.html">June 8, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">about 89 years</a>). Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park. <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=W000120">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411295">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>Orly Edwin Adams (1859-1937)</b> — also known as <b>Orly E. Adams</b> — of Brazil, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CY-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/index.html">1859</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/brazil.html#2">Brazil, Ind.</a>, 1910-14. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/index.html">1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park. <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 to Mary Nees.</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/189092038">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04273">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Terre Haute, Vigo 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>Elisha Mills Huntington (1806-1862)</b> — also known as <b>Elisha M. Huntington</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Butternuts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/03-26.html">March 26, 1806</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>, 1832-36; circuit judge in Indiana, 1837-41; delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1839 (Convention Vice-President); Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1841-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Indiana</a>, 1842-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/IN.html">1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">lung ailment</a>, in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/10-26.html">October 26, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at St. Joseph's 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 Nathaniel Huntington (1763-1815) and Mary (Corning) Huntington; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington (1793-1828)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/11-03.html">November 3, 1841</a>, to Susan Mary Rudd; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hull.html#798.18.54">Helen Huntington Hull</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#713.93.60">William Barret Ridgely</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#729.62.14">Zina Hyde Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#525.38.95">Isaac Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#779.42.84">Chauncey Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#850.68.26">Elizur Goodrich</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html#914.38.57">Samuel Nicholls Smallwood</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyde.html#300.28.98">Thomas Worcester Hyde</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#964.75.12">Alonzo Mark Leffingwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#058.29.17">Abial Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.97.85">William Clark Huntington</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha Mills Huntington">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15680953">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>Donn M. Roberts (1867-1936)</b> — of Indiana. Born in Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CA-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-28.html">September 28, 1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/terrehaute.html">Mayor of Terre Haute, Ind.</a>, 1913-15. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> in 1915 and spent three and a half years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">embezzlement</a> in 1936 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. Released from prison following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died a few days later, in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-03.html">August 3, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 310 days</a>). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02318">Woodlawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Terre Haute, Vigo 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 Henry Nelson (1820-1896)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas H. Nelson</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MA-born.html">Mason County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/10-20.html">October 20, 1820</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1860; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-diplomats.html ">Chile</a>, 1861-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1869-73; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/IN.html">1880</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-14.html">March 14, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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/nelson-thomas-henry ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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>Edward Allen Hannegan (1807-1859)</b> — also known as <b>Edward A. Hannegan</b> — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FO-lived.html">Fountain County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/06-25.html">June 25, 1807</a>. Democrat. <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>, 1832-33, 1841-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 7th District, 1833-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1843-49; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-diplomats.html ">Prussia</a>, 1849-50. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. In May, 1852, during a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/intoxication.html">drunken</a> argument, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">stabbed</a> his brother-in-law, Captain Duncan, who <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">died the next day</a>. Died from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">overdose of morphine</a> (probably <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/02-25.html">February 25, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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=H000167">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405049">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward A. Hannegan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/hannegan-edward-allen ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/773/000118419">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1714">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>Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas H. Blake</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CL-born.html">Calvert County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/06-14.html">June 14, 1792</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Indiana</a>, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana, 1818; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1819-20, 1823-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1821-22, 1829-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 1st District, 1827-29; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1842-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a> in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">hotel</a> at Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/11-28.html">November 28, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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> Brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#973.72.02">William Crawford Linton</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=B000534">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401509">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas H. Blake">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>James McLean Hanna (1816-1872)</b> — also known as <b>James M. Hanna</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CY-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Ind.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/10-25.html">October 25, 1816</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1847; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1849-52, 1869; circuit judge in Indiana, 1856-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Indiana state supreme court</a>, 1857-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IN.html">1864</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Curryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SU-died.html">Sullivan County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-15.html">January 15, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 82 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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/hanna.html#540.59.88">David Graem Hanna</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#788.40.65">Joseph Hanna</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#148.16.21">Robert Hanna Jr.</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#767.51.26">Albert G. Hanna</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/11671.html">Hanna family</a> of Indiana.</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 Kirkpatrick Edwards (1820-1878)</b> — of Indiana. Born near Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/12-26.html">December 26, 1820</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1846-51, 1859, 1873; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives</a>, 1873; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/terrehaute.html">mayor of Terre Haute, Ind.</a>, 1853-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-26.html">September 26, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert Lange (1801-1869)</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (now part of Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/12-16.html">December 16, 1801</a>. Republican. He belonged to a secret society which <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">advocated</a> a constitutional government for the German Empire; in 1824, the conspiracy was uncovered; he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">treason</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to fifteen years in in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> in 1829, and left Germany for the United States; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-consuls.html ">Amsterdam</a>, 1849-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/aud.html">Indiana state auditor</a>, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/terrehaute.html">mayor of Terre Haute, Ind.</a>, 1863-67. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/07-25.html">July 25, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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;">Lange <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a> (now closed), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-names.html">Terre Haute, Indiana</a>, 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://findagrave.com/memorial/15566013">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>Samuel Barnes Gookins (1809-1880)</b> — of Indiana. Born in Rupert, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/BE-born.html">Bennington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/05-30.html">May 30, 1809</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1851-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spju.html">justice of Indiana state supreme court</a>, 1854-57. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-14.html">June 14, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Grafton Fleener Cookerly (1815-1885)</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/02-04.html">February 4, 1815</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1845-48; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1849; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1850-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/IN.html">1856</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/terrehaute.html">mayor of Terre Haute, Ind.</a>, 1867-71. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/07-05.html">July 5, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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> Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclean.html#830.58.64">William Edward McLean</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/11645.html">Hughes-McLean-Cookerly family</a> of Terre Haute, Indiana.</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>Ballard Smith (1821-1866)</b> — of Cannelton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PE-lived.html">Perry County</a>, Ind.; Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-born.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/01-13.html">January 13, 1821</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>, 1855-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives</a>, 1857; circuit judge in Indiana, 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/10-03.html">October 3, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 263 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#782.35.67">Hamilton Smith</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 Crawford Linton (1795-1835)</b> — of Indiana. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/index.html">1795</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1828-31; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1833. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-31.html">January 31, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">about 39 years</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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> Brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#325.02.89">Thomas Holdsworth Blake</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;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GE-names.html">Linton, Indiana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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>James M. Farrington (1798-1869)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/12-06.html">December 6, 1798</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1825, 1840-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-officials.html">Vigo County Treasurer</a>, 1829-1842; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1831-34. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-08.html">October 8, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 306 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jacob Drennan Early (1859-1919)</b> — also known as <b>Jacob D. Early</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-born.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/11-04.html">November 4, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/IN.html">1888</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1897-99. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-18.html">October 18, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 348 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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 Samuel Stockwell Early and Anna Louisa (Andrews) Early.</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/35065281">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>Thomas Dowling (c.1806-1876)</b> — of Indiana. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, about 1806. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1836-38, 1840-41, 1843-46, 1848-49; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IN.html">Democratic National Committee from Indiana</a>, 1876. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/12-06.html">December 6, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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 Pierson Baird (1830-1881)</b> — also known as <b>John P. Baird</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SP-born.html">Spencer County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/01-05.html">January 5, 1830</a>. Republican. <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>, 1859; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/IN.html">1868</a>. Was commander at Fort Granger in Tennessee in June 1863, when he was required to execute by hanging Lawrence Orton Williams and Walter Peter as Confederate spies; an engraving of the execution was on the front page of <i>Harper's Weekly</i>. Both spies were related to Gen. Robert E. Lee's wife and were descendants of Martha Washington. Baird was severely affected by this episode, and had a mental breakdown in 1875. Died in the Indiana <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/asylum.html">Hospital for the Insane</a>, Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/03-07.html">March 7, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly 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 Givan Davis (1810-1866)</b> — also known as <b>John G. Davis</b> — of Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PA-lived.html">Parke County</a>, Ind.; Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FE-born.html">Fleming County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/10-10.html">October 10, 1810</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/PA-officials.html">Parke County Sheriff</a>, 1830-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 7th District, 1851-55, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IN.html">1864</a>. Died in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-died.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-18.html">January 18, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 100 days</a>). Original interment at Woodlawn Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms00649">Highland Lawn Cemetery</a>. <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=D000118">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403253">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02353">Bethesda Cemetery</a></b></span><br> West Terre Haute, Vigo 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>Noble Jacob Johnson (1887-1968)</b> — also known as <b>Noble J. Johnson</b> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Born in Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-born.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-23.html">August 23, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1925-31, 1939-48 (5th District 1925-31, 6th District 1939-48); defeated, 1930 (5th District), 1936 (6th District); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#h">Associate Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals</a>, 1948-58. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/03-17.html">March 17, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 207 days</a>). Interment at Bethesda 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 S. Johnson and Ida M. 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