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Floyd County
Indiana

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Floyd County

Ashbel Parsons Willard (1820-1860) — also known asAshbel P. Willard — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born in Vernon,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,October31, 1820.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1850-51;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1853-57;Governor ofIndiana, 1857-60; died in office 1860.Member,Freemasons.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,October4, 1860 (age39 years, 339days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Index to Locations

New AlbanyFairview Cemetery

New AlbanyHoly Trinity CatholicCemetery

FairviewCemetery
New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana

Michael Crawford Kerr (1827-1876) — also known asMichael C. Kerr — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born in Titusville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,March15, 1827.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1857;Indianareporter of state courts, 1863-64;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1865-73, 1875-76 (2nd District1865-73, 3rd District 1875-76); died in office 1876;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1875-76; died in office 1876.Died inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,August19, 1876 (age49 years, 157days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Father ofSamuelB. Kerr.
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James Whitson Dunbar (1860-1943) — also known asJames W. Dunbar — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,October17, 1860.Republican.U.S.Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1919-23, 1929-31;defeated, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention fromIndiana,1932.Died in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,May 19,1943 (age82 years, 214days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

George Augustus Bicknell (1815-1891) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February6, 1815.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1877-81.Died in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,April11, 1891 (age76 years, 64days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Simeon Kalfius Wolfe (1824-1888) — of Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.; New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born near Georgetown,FloydCounty, Ind.,February14, 1824.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1860;member ofIndianastate senate, 1860-64;U.S.Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1873-75; circuit judgein Indiana, 1880-84.Died in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,November18, 1888 (age64 years, 278days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Raymond L. Jaegers (1903-1946) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,June 23,1903.Republican.FloydCounty Sheriff, 1939-42;mayorof New Albany, Ind., 1943-46; died in office 1946.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star.Died from aself-inflicted gunshot,in hisCityHall office,New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,September5, 1946 (age43 years, 74days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married to Virginia M. Huckeby.
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Robert W. Morris (1858-1949) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.BornNovember10, 1858.Republican. Postmaster atNewAlbany, Ind., 1899-1911; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1924.DiedApril11, 1949 (age90 years, 152days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof William Duncan Morris and Eliza A. (Cutshaw) Morris; brother ofMauriceMorris.
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Robert F. Kraft (1859-1894) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born inJohnsonCounty, Ill., October,1859.Democrat.Shoemaker;candidate formayorof New Albany, Ind., 1894.Killedhimself byswallowingarsenic, in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,October2, 1894 (ageabout 35years).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Ferdinand Kraft and Sophia (Scharf) Kraft; married,April22, 1884, to Blanche E. Riggle.
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Maurice Morris (1866-1942) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.BornDecember27, 1866.Republican. Postmaster atNewAlbany, Ind., 1897-99.Died in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,June 29,1942 (age75 years, 184days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof William Duncan Morris and Eliza A. (Cutshaw) Morris; brother ofRobertW. Morris.
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Patrick Shields — of Indiana.Delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816.Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Holy TrinityCatholic Cemetery
New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana

Sherman Minton (1890-1965) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.Born in Georgetown,FloydCounty, Ind.,October20, 1890.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1935-41; defeated, 1940; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1940;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1941-49;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-56; took senior status 1956.Member,Freemasons.Died in New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.,April 9,1965 (age74 years, 171days).Interment at Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges
		Books about Sherman Minton: WilliamFranklin Radcliff,ShermanMinton : Indiana's Supreme Court Justice — Linda C.Gugin & James E. St. Clair,ShermanMinton: New Deal Senator, Cold War Justice

John A. Cody (1871-1953) — of New Albany,FloydCounty, Ind.BornMarch 4,1871.Democrat. Postmaster atNewAlbany, Ind., 1915-22.DiedMay 4,1953 (age82 years, 61days).Interment at Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery.

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