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Decatur County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Decatur County

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Decatur CountyCourthouse Grounds
Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana

Thomas Hendricks (1773-1835) — of Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Pa.,January28, 1773.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; founder ofGreensburg, Indiana; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1823-25, 1827-31; member ofIndianastate senate, 1831-34.Presbyterian.Died in Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.,March31, 1835 (age62 years, 62days).Interment atSouth Park Cemetery; memorialmonument at Decatur County Courthouse Grounds.

Politicians who have(or had) monuments here:

	Relatives: Sonof Abraham 'Abram' Hendricks and Ann (Jamison) Hendricks; brother ofWilliamHendricks andJohnHendricks; married to Elizabeth Trimble and Elizabeth CooperPaul; father ofAbrahamHendricks; uncle ofWilliamHendricks Jr.,ThomasAndrews Hendricks (who marriedElizaCarol Morgan),AbramWashington Hendricks andWilliamChalmers Hendricks; granduncle ofScottSpringer Hendricks; third cousin thrice removed ofFrederickB. Piatt.
		Political family:Hendricksfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

South ParkCemetery
Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana

William Cumback (1829-1905) — also known asWill Cumback — of Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.Born inFranklinCounty, Ind.,March24, 1829.Republican.U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1855-57; served in theUnion Army during the Civil War; member ofIndianastate senate, 1867;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1867-72;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Greensburg, Indiana, 1879.Methodist.Member,OddFellows;GrandArmy of the Republic;Freemasons.Died in Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.,August1, 1905 (age76 years, 130days).Interment at South Park Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

James Bradford Foley (1807-1886) — also known asJames B. Foley — of Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.Born near Dover,MasonCounty, Ky.,October18, 1807.Democrat.Delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850;U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1857-59; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1860,1864(alternate).Died in Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.,December5, 1886 (age79 years, 48days).Interment at South Park Cemetery.

Thomas Hendricks (1773-1835) — of Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Pa.,January28, 1773.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; founder ofGreensburg, Indiana; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1823-25, 1827-31; member ofIndianastate senate, 1831-34.Presbyterian.Died in Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.,March31, 1835 (age62 years, 62days).Interment at South Park Cemetery; memorial monument atDecatur County Courthouse Grounds.

	Relatives: Sonof Abraham 'Abram' Hendricks and Ann (Jamison) Hendricks; brother ofWilliamHendricks andJohnHendricks; married to Elizabeth Trimble and Elizabeth CooperPaul; father ofAbrahamHendricks; uncle ofWilliamHendricks Jr.,ThomasAndrews Hendricks (who marriedElizaCarol Morgan),AbramWashington Hendricks andWilliamChalmers Hendricks; granduncle ofScottSpringer Hendricks; third cousin thrice removed ofFrederickB. Piatt.
		Political family:Hendricksfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Oscar L. Pulse (1851-1923) — ofDecaturCounty, Ind.Born inHamiltonCounty, Ohio,February14, 1851.Democrat.Schoolteacher;farmer;lumberbusiness; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1883.Methodist.DutchandGermanancestry.Died in Maryland,March15, 1923 (age72 years, 29days).Interment at South Park Cemetery.

See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

John Polk Thomson (1854-1942) — also known asJohn P. Thomson — of Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.Born in Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.,September5, 1854.Republican.Road andbridge contractor; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Indiana,1900(alternate),1928.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Greensburg,DecaturCounty, Ind.,April13, 1942 (age87 years, 220days).Interment at South Park Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Orville Thomson and Nancy (Hazelrigg) Thomson; married,October30, 1881, to Emma B. Walker.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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