Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) — also known as"The Hero of Deme" — of Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,1776.During the war against the Barbary pirates, as lieutenant, he led adetachment of U.S. Marines and assorted mercenaries to Deme, in NorthAfrica, in 1805, to rescue an American crew held captive by the Pashaof Tripoli; the words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymncommemorate these events; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1812, 1817, 1820-21; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1824-26.Irishancestry.Died inHenryCounty, Ky.,September12, 1850 (ageabout 74years).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1919 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Lewis McClellan O'Bannon (1864-1943) — also known asLew M. O'Bannon — of Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.Born in Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,August18, 1864.Democrat.Schoolteacher;HarrisonCounty Surveyor, 1887-90;HarrisonCounty Recorder, 1890-94;lawyer;private secretary, U.S. Rep.WilliamTaylor Zenor, 1897-1907;newspaperpublisher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Indiana,1908;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1924; candidate forU.S.Senator from Indiana, 1932.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;ModernWoodmen of America;Elks;Lions.Died, in MethodistHospital,Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,February14, 1943 (age78 years, 180days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind. | | Robert Presley O'Bannon (1898-1987) — also known asRobert P. O'Bannon — of Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.Born in Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,September10, 1898.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher; member ofIndianastate senate, 1951-71.Methodist.Member,FarmBureau;Grange;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Knightsof Pythias;Rotary.Died in Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,June 16,1987 (age88 years, 279days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind. | | Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003) — also known asFrank L. O'Bannon — of Indiana. Born in Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,January30, 1930.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; member ofIndianastate senate, 1971-89;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1989-97;Governor ofIndiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Indiana,2000.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Rotary;PhiDelta Phi;PhiGamma Delta;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanLegion.Suffered amajorstroke, and subsequently died, in Northwestern MemorialHospital,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September13, 2003 (age73 years, 226days).Cremated;ashes interred atCedarHill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue atOldCourthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.
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