Index to Locations Battle GroundTippecanoe BattlefieldParkDaytonDayton CemeteryLafayetteUnknown locationLafayetteGreenbush CemeteryLafayetteSoldiers' Home CemeteryLafayetteSpring Vale CemeteryStockwellFairview CemeteryWest LafayetteTippecanoe MemoryGardens TippecanoeBattlefield Park Battle Ground, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) — also known asJoe Daviess — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,March 4,1774.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.Welshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Around 1801, he served as a second toJohnRowan in hisduelwith James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, hefledtoavoidprosecution as accomplice tomurder,and became afugitive,but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legalcounsel.Shotandkilledin the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is nowTippecanoeCounty, Ind.,November7, 1811 (age37 years, 248days).Interment at Tippecanoe Battlefield Park.
DaytonCemetery Dayton, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
UnknownLocation Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
GreenbushCemetery Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Pettit (1807-1877) — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born in Sackets Harbor,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1807.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1838-39; defeated, 1835, 1841;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1839-41;U.S.Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1843-49;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; PresidentialElector for Indiana,1852;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1853-55; circuit judge in Indiana, 1855-57;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1856,1864(alternate);chiefjustice of Kansas territorial supreme court, 1859-61;mayorof Lafayette, Ind., 1867-71;justice ofIndiana state supreme court, 1871-77.Member,Freemasons.Died in Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,June 17,1877 (age69 years, 328days).Interment at Greenbush Cemetery.  | Albert Smith White (1803-1864) — also known asAlbert S. White — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born in Blooming Grove,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,October24, 1803.Lawyer;candidate forIndianastate house of representatives, 1832; Whig Presidential Electorfor Indiana,1836;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1837-39, 1861-63 (7th District1837-39, 8th District 1861-63);U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1839-45;railroadpresident.Died in Stockwell,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,September4, 1864 (age60 years, 316days).Interment at Greenbush Cemetery. | | Godlove Stein Orth (1817-1882) — also known asGodlove S. Orth — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born near Lebanon,LebanonCounty, Pa.,April22, 1817.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate senate, 1843-49;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1845; candidate for Presidential Elector forIndiana,1848;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1863-71, 1873-75, 1879-82 (8thDistrict 1863-69, 7th District 1869-71, at-large 1873-75, 9thDistrict 1879-82); died in office 1882; U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1875-76.Germanancestry.Died in Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,December16, 1882 (age65 years, 238days).Interment at Greenbush Cemetery. | | Daniel Mace (1811-1867) — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born inPickawayCounty, Ohio,September5, 1811.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1836;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1845-48;U.S.Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1851-57; postmaster atLafayette,Ind., 1866-67.Suffered astroke in1866, never completely recovered, and became depressed over hiscondition;killedhimself bygunshot,in thepostoffice at Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,July 26,1867 (age55 years, 324days).Interment at Greenbush Cemetery. | | Godlove Orth Behm (1828-1888) — also known asGodlove O. Behm — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born in Lebanon,LebanonCounty, Pa.,January7, 1828.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1851-52; colonel in the UnionArmy during the Civil War.Died in Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,March14, 1888 (age60 years, 67days).Interment at Greenbush Cemetery.
Soldiers' HomeCemetery Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Jasper Packard (1832-1899) — of Indiana. Born in Austintown,MahoningCounty, Ohio,February1, 1832.Republican.U.S.Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1869-75.Died in Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,December13, 1899 (age67 years, 315days).Interment at Soldiers' Home Cemetery.
Spring ValeCemetery Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Robert Wood (1861-1933) — also known asWilliam R. Wood;Will R.Wood —of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born in Oxford,BentonCounty, Ind.,January5, 1861.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofJ.Frank Hanly; director and attorney, City NationalBank;director, LafayetteTelephoneCo.;TippecanoeCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1890-94; member ofIndianastate senate, 1896-1914; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1912,1928(speaker);U.S.Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1915-33.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Died in1933(ageabout72 years).Interment at Spring Vale Cemetery. | | Thomas Bayless Ward (1835-1892) — of Indiana. Born in Marysville,UnionCounty, Ohio,April27, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Lafayette, Ind., 1861-65; superior court judge in Indiana,1875-80;U.S.Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1883-87.Died in Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,January1, 1892 (age56 years, 249days).Interment at Spring Vale Cemetery. | | George Richard Durgan (1872-1942) — also known asGeorge R. Durgan — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born in Westpoint,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,January20, 1872.Democrat.Mayorof Lafayette, Ind., 1904-13, 1917-25; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Indiana,1912;candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1924;U.S.Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,January13, 1942 (age69 years, 358days).Interment at Spring Vale Cemetery. | | James Beverly Milner (1857-1936) — also known asJames B. Milner — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.; Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Middlefork,ClintonCounty, Ind.,October31, 1857.Lawyer;U.S. Consul inCalais, 1898-1916;Niagara Falls, 1917-24.Died in Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,November25, 1936 (age79 years, 25days).Interment at Spring Vale Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Milner and Anna Elmira (Williams) Milner; married,May 25,1885, to May Frances Allen; father ofGeorgeMilner. |
FairviewCemetery Stockwell, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas H. O'Neall (1813-1889) — ofTippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born in Newberry District (nowNewberryCounty), S.C.,September20, 1813.Farmer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1849-51.QuakerorMethodist.Irishancestry.Died, fromcongestion ofthe lungs, in Stockwell,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,March31, 1889 (age75 years, 192days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
Tippecanoe MemoryGardens West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Earl Lauer Butz (1909-2008) — also known asEarl L. Butz — of West Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born in Albion,NobleCounty, Ind.,July 3,1909.Economist;universityprofessor;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1971-76.Member,AlphaGamma Rho;SigmaXi;SigmaDelta Chi;TauKappa Alpha;AlphaZeta;Kiwanis.Resignedin 1976 following afurorover aracistjoke. In 1981, hepleadedguilty toincometax evasion;sentencedto five years inprison(served 30 days) andfined$10,000.Died in Kensington,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,February2, 2008 (age98 years, 214days).Interment at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens. |
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