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Clark County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Clark County

Index to Locations Union Cemetery CharlestownCharlestown Cemetery CharlestownOld Cemetery CharlestownSalem MethodistCemetery JeffersonvilleOld City Cemetery JeffersonvilleWalnut RidgeCemetery UnionCemetery Clark County, Indiana Bessie L. Riggs (1877-1957) — also known asBessie Lewman;Mrs. James R.Riggs —of Sullivan,SullivanCounty, Ind.Born in Indiana,July 18,1877.Democrat. Member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Indiana, 1926-29; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Indiana,1928.Female.Died, from acoronaryocclusion, in Sullivan,SullivanCounty, Ind.,March24, 1957 (age79 years, 249days).Interment atCenterRidge Cemetery, Sullivan, Ind.; cenotaph at Union Cemetery. Politicians who have(or had) monuments here:     Relatives:Daughter of Moses T. Lewman and Naomi Lavana (Conover) Lewman;married,September11, 1895, toJamesReed Riggs.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834) — of Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.Born in Readington,HunterdonCounty, N.J.,March27, 1784.Democrat.Lawyer;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Indiana Territory, 1809-16;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816;Governor ofIndiana, 1816-22; resigned 1822;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1822-31 (at-large 1822-23, 2ndDistrict 1823-31).Member,Freemasons.Died near Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.,July 26,1834 (age50 years, 121days).Interment at Charlestown Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Jacob Jennings and Mary (Kennedy) Jennings; married1811 to AnnGilmore Hay; married1827 toClarissa Barbee.
		Jennings County,Ind. is named for him.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

John Carr (1793-1845) — of Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.Born in Uniontown,PerryCounty, Ind.,April 9,1793.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1831-37, 1839-41 (2nd District1831-33, 3rd District 1833-37, 1839-41).Died in Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.,January20, 1845 (age51 years, 286days).Interment at Old Cemetery.

James Beggs (1760-1835) — ofClarkCounty, Ind.Born inRockinghamCounty, Va.,April 4,1760.Member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1807-09;memberIndiana territorial council, 1810-14; member ofIndianastate senate, 1816-20.Methodist.Died near Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.,May 13,1835 (age75 years, 39days).Interment at Salem Methodist Cemetery.

Thomas Terry Davis (1765-1807) — Born inFluvannaCounty, Va.,1765.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1795-97;U.S.Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1797-1803;justice ofIndiana territorial supreme court, 1803-07.Member,Freemasons.Died in Jeffersonville,ClarkCounty, Ind.,November15, 1807 (ageabout 42years).Interment at Old City Cemetery.

Cyrus Livingston Dunham (1817-1877) — also known asCyrus L. Dunham — of Indiana. Born in Dryden,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,January16, 1817.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1846-48, 1865; PresidentialElector for Indiana,1848;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1849-55 (2nd District 1849-53, 3rdDistrict 1853-55);secretaryof state of Indiana, 1859-61; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; state court judge in Indiana, 1871-74.Died in Jeffersonville,ClarkCounty, Ind.,November21, 1877 (age60 years, 309days).Interment at Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

	Relatives: UncleofHoraceHeffren.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Jonas George Howard (1825-1911) — also known asJonas G. Howard — of Jeffersonville,ClarkCounty, Ind.Born near New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,May 22,1825.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1863-66;U.S.Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1885-89.Died in Jeffersonville,ClarkCounty, Ind.,October5, 1911 (age86 years, 136days).Interment at Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

 James Keigwin (1829-1904) — of Indiana. Born in Jeffersonville,ClarkCounty, Ind.,October18, 1829.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIndianastate senate, 1871.Died in Jeffersonville,ClarkCounty, Ind.,August25, 1904 (age74 years, 312days).Interment at Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

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