Delaware County
Indiana
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Delaware County
Indiana
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Delaware County
Index to Locations Van MatreCemetery Mt. Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana
Beech GroveCemetery 1400 West Kilgore Avenue Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847) — of Muncietown (now Muncie),DelawareCounty, Ind.Born in Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,July 24,1810.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate senate, 1836-40; candidate for Presidential Elector forIndiana,1840;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1841-47 (5th District 1841-43, 10thDistrict 1843-47).Died ofsmallpox,in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,December31, 1847 (age37 years, 160days).Original interment atGreenlawnCemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.;reinterment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
| John C. Quick (1862-1929) — of Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.Born near Frankton,MadisonCounty, Ind.,December4, 1862.Republican.Physician;mayorof Muncie, Ind., 1922-26.Disciplesof Christ. Member,American MedicalAssociation.Died in Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.,March15, 1929 (age66 years, 101days).Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery. Marshall E. Hanley (1920-1981) — of Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.Born in Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.,May 7,1920.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1952-53.Presbyterian.IrishandEnglishancestry. Member,Rotary;BetaTheta Pi.Died, in Ball MemorialHospital,Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.,May 23,1981 (age61 years, 16days).Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
| George Alexander Ball (1862-1955) — also known asGeorge A. Ball — of Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.Born in Green,SummitCounty, Ohio,November5, 1862.Republican. President, Ball Brothersglassmanufacturing company; chairman, Merchants NationalBank ofMuncie; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1928(ConventionVice-President),1936;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Indiana, 1932-37.Presbyterian.Member,BetaGamma Sigma;Freemasons;Rotary.Died, fromcerebralthrombosis, in Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.,October22, 1955 (age92 years, 351days).Entombed at Beech Grove Cemetery.
| Edmund Arthur Ball (1894-1947) — also known asE. Arthur Ball — of Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.; Westwood,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind., December,1894.Democrat. Vice-president of the Ball Brothersglasscontainer company; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Indiana,1940.Died, from aheartseizure brought on byinfluenza,while seatedin hisparked car at themunicipalairport, in Millville,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,April16, 1947 (age52 years, 0days).Entombed at Beech Grove Cemetery.
 John Wesley Fisher (1915-2009) — also known asJohn W. Fisher — of Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.Born in Walland,BlountCounty, Tenn.,July 15,1915.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1952,1960,1968;president and CEO, Ball Corporation, 1970-81.Methodist.Member,DeltaTau Delta;Rotary.Died, fromleukemia,in Ball MemorialHospital,Muncie,DelawareCounty, Ind.,June 28,2009 (age93 years, 348days).Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Olive BranchCemetery Washington Township, Delaware County, Indiana
Mt. PleasantCemetery Yorktown, Delaware County, Indiana
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