Elkhart County
Indiana
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Elkhart County
Indiana
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Elkhart County
Index to Locations Grace LawnCemetery Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana
Prairie StreetCemetery Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana
RiceCemetery Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
UnknownLocation Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana OakridgeCemetery Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana Founded 1839 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  John Harris Baker (1832-1915) — of Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.Born in Parma town,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,February28, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate senate, 1863;U.S.Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1875-81;U.S.District Judge for Indiana, 1892-1902.Methodist.Died in Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,October21, 1915 (age83 years, 235days).Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.
| Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain (1805-1861) — also known asEbenezer M. Chamberlain — of Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.Born in Orrington,PenobscotCounty, Maine,August20, 1805.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1835-38; member ofIndianastate senate, 1839-42; district judge in Indiana, 1843-52;Presidential Elector for Indiana,1848;candidate fordelegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850;U.S.Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1853-55.Swedenborgian.Died in Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,March14, 1861 (age55 years, 206days).Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.
| Joseph Hutton Defrees (1812-1885) — also known asJoseph H. Defrees — of Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.Born in Sparta,WhiteCounty, Tenn.,May 13,1812.Republican. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1849-50, 1871; member ofIndianastate senate, 1850-52;U.S.Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1865-67.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,December21, 1885 (age73 years, 222days).Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.
| Cary Roy Miller (1872-1919) — also known asCary R. Miller — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Millersburg,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,February25, 1872.U.S. Vice Consul inStockholm, 1918-19, died in office 1919.Member,Freemasons.Shotandkilledhimself, in his suite at the Waldorf-AstoriaHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November9, 1919 (age47 years, 257days).Cremated;ashes interred at Oakridge Cemetery.
ViolettCemetery Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| Benjamin F. Deahl (1863-1930) — of Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.Born in Millersburg,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,July 26,1863.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1900.Died in Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,September25, 1930 (age67 years, 61days).Interment at Violett Cemetery.
VistulaCemetery Vistula, Elkhart County, Indiana
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