Index to Locations Terre HauteUnknown locationTerre HauteCalvary CemeteryTerre HauteHighland Lawn CemeteryTerre HauteMt. Pleasant CemeteryTerre HauteRoselawn Memorial ParkTerre HauteSt. Joseph's CemeteryTerre HauteWoodlawn CemeteryWest Terre HauteBethesda Cemetery
UnknownLocation
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  James Solomon Barcus (1863-1920) — also known asJames S. Barcus — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inSullivanCounty, Ind.,March18, 1863.Publisher;author;lawyer;member ofIndianastate senate, 1903-05.Member,Freemasons.Died in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,May 3,1920 (age57 years, 46days).Interment somewhere.
CalvaryCemetery
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Edward Lamb (1852-1914) — also known asJohn E. Lamb — of Indiana. Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,December26, 1852.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1883-85;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Indiana,1892(chair,CredentialsCommittee;speaker),1904,1908(speaker).Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,August23, 1914 (age61 years, 240days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | John James O'Grady (1889-1971) — also known asJack J. O'Grady — of Indiana. Born in Kewanee,HenryCounty, Ill.,July 6,1889.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;band andorchestra leader; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1927, 1939-41; member ofIndianastate senate, 1943-53; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1948.Member,Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Moose;Eagles;Lions.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,June 4,1971 (age81 years, 333days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Highland LawnCemetery
4520 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1990
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Richard Wigginton Thompson (1809-1900) — also known asRichard W. Thompson — of Bedford,LawrenceCounty, Ind.; Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born near Culpeper Court House,CulpeperCounty, Va.,June 9,1809.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1834-36; member ofIndianastate senate, 1836-38; delegate to Whig National Convention fromIndiana, 1839; Whig Presidential Elector for Indiana,1840;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1841-43, 1847-49 (2nd District1841-43, 7th District 1847-49); Republican Presidential Elector forIndiana,1864;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Terre Haute, Indiana, 1864-66;circuit judge in Indiana, 1867-69; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1868(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1876,1888,1896;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1877-80; chairman of the AmericanCommittee of thePanamaCanal Company, 1881; director of the PanamaRailroadCompany, 1881-88.Member,Freemasons.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,February9, 1900 (age90 years, 245days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery.  | Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) — also known asEugene V. Debs — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,November5, 1855.Socialist.Locomotivefireman on the Terre Haute and IndianapolisRailroad;secretary-treasurerof the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in 1880-93; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1885;founder in1893 andpresident(1893-97) of the American Railway Union;arrestedduring astrikein 1894 andchargedwithconspiracyto commit murder; the charges were dropped, but he wasjailedfor six months forcontemptof court; became a Socialist while incarcerated; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1900 (Social Democratic), 1904 (Socialist),1908 (Socialist), 1912 (Socialist), 1920 (Socialist); in 1905, was afounderof the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies"), which hoped toorganize all workers in "One Big Union";convictedunder theSeditionand Espionage Act for ananti-warspeech he made in 1918, andsentencedto ten years in federalprison;released in 1921.Member,Knightsof Pythias;American CivilLiberties Union.Died in LindlahrSanitarium,Elmhurst,DuPageCounty, Ill.,October20, 1926 (age70 years, 349days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery.  | Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (1827-1897) — also known asDaniel W. Voorhees — of Covington,FountainCounty, Ind.; Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inButlerCounty, Ohio,September26, 1827.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1858-61;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1861-66, 1869-73 (7th District1861-66, 6th District 1869-73); defeated, 1856; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1868,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1880,1884,1888,1892;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1877-97.Died inWashington,D.C.,April10, 1897 (age69 years, 196days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | Claude Gernade Bowers (1878-1958) — also known asClaude G. Bowers — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Westfield,HamiltonCounty, Ind.,November20, 1878.Democrat.Newspapereditor; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904, 1906; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1908;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1928,1932;U.S. Ambassador toSpain, 1933-39;Chile, 1939-53.Died ofleukemiain Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January21, 1958 (age79 years, 62days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | John Givan Davis (1810-1866) — also known asJohn G. Davis — of Rockville,ParkeCounty, Ind.; Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inFlemingCounty, Ky.,October10, 1810.Democrat.ParkeCounty Sheriff, 1830-33;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1851-55, 1857-61;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1864.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,January18, 1866 (age55 years, 100days).Original interment atWoodlawn Cemetery;reinterment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | Ralph Tucker (1906-1977) — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Hymera,SullivanCounty, Ind.,September30, 1906.Democrat.Mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1948-68; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Indiana,1948,1952(alternate),1956,1964;candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1956.Died ofcancer,in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,November12, 1977 (age71 years, 43days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | George Washington Faris (1854-1914) — also known asGeorge W. Faris — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born near Rensselaer,JasperCounty, Ind.,June 9,1854.Republican.U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1895-1901 (8th District 1895-97, 5thDistrict 1897-1901); alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1908.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died inWashington,D.C.,April17, 1914 (age59 years, 312days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | James Everett Sanders (1882-1950) — also known asEverett Sanders — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in alogcabin near Coalmont,ClayCounty, Ind.,March 8,1882.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1917-25; secretary toPresidentCalvinCoolidge, 1925-29;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1932-34.Baptist.Member,Elks.Died, from aheartailment, in hislawoffice, inWashington,D.C.,May 12,1950 (age68 years, 65days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | Vernon Ream McMillan (1892-1968) — also known asVernon R. McMillan — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Morrill,BrownCounty, Kan.,September15, 1892.Foundedsportinggoods business;inventedthe football face mask and the basketball inflator;mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1943-48.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,December1, 1968 (age76 years, 77days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | Virginia Ellis Jenckes (1877-1975) — also known asVirginia E. Jenckes;Virginia EllisSomes —of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,November6, 1877.Democrat.Farmer;U.S.Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1933-39.Female.Episcopalian.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,January9, 1975 (age97 years, 64days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | William Edward McLean (1832-1906) — of Indiana. Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,October12, 1832.Member ofIndianastate senate, 1857-60, 1893-96; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1861, 1867-68; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1876.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;OddFellows;LoyalLegion.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,November6, 1906 (age74 years, 25days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | Bertha D. Baur (1870-1967) — also known asBertha E. Duppler;Mrs. JacobBaur —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Mineral Point,IowaCounty, Wis.,October14, 1870.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois,1924;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1932;member, Arrangements Committee,1940;candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1936; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Illinois, 1937-43.Female.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 10,1967 (age96 years, 269days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | John Engles Cox (1866-1927) — also known asJohn E. Cox — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born near Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,December27, 1866.Democrat. Superior court judge in Indiana, 1907-15, 1919-27; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1924.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Redmen;Woodmen.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,October12, 1927 (age60 years, 289days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | Ambrose B. Carlton (1825-1901) — of Indiana. Born inLawrenceCounty, Ind.,December18, 1825.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; state court judge inIndiana, 1856, 1873; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1877.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,September5, 1901 (age75 years, 261days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | Robert Noble Hudson (1819-1889) — of Indiana. Born in Brookville,FranklinCounty, Ind.,November7, 1819.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1851-52, 1855; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Uncovered a canal bond fraud in 1859-60, thus saving the state ofIndiana more than $1.2 million.Died, of astomachailment, in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,August30, 1889 (age69 years, 296days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | Chapman Jay Root (1864-1945) — also known asC. J. Root — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inWayneCounty, Pa.,November22, 1864.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1936(alternate; member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1940.Member,Elks;Freemasons;Shriners.Founded Root Glass Company in 1901; in 1915, Root Glass designed andpatented the "pod-shaped" Coca-Cola bottle.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,November20, 1945 (age80 years, 363days).Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery. | | Madge P. Stephens (born c.1872) — also known asMadge Louise Patton;Madge LouiseHawkins —of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Indiana, about 1872. Socialist.Physician;delegate to Socialist National Convention from Indiana, 1920.Female.Interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery.| |  Relatives:Married,November15, 1897, to Audley B. Hawkins; married to Wallace W.Stephens. | | | | Epitaph: "A follower of Christ'steaching, a socialist."; "She lived for those who loved her /Whose heart was kind & true / & the Heaven that smiled aboveher / Received her spirit too." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Mt. PleasantCemetery
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Martin M. Ray (1823-1872) — ofShelbyCounty, Ind.Born inButlerCounty, Ohio,1823.Lawyer;delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1848; PresidentialElector for Indiana,1856;candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1858; member ofIndianastate senate, 1861-63; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Indiana,1872.Irishancestry.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,August5, 1872 (ageabout 49years).Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. | | Martin M. Ray (1795-1865) — ofFayetteCounty, Ind.;WayneCounty, Ind.; Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Kentucky,August29, 1795.Cabinetmaker;merchant;banker;lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1826-27, 1834-36; candidate forIndianastate senate, 1848.Methodist.Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,May 16,1865 (age69 years, 260days).Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Roselawn MemorialPark
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
St. Joseph'sCemetery
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Elisha Mills Huntington (1806-1862) — also known asElisha M. Huntington — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Butternuts,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,March26, 1806.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1832-36; circuit judge inIndiana, 1837-41; delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana,1839 (Convention Vice-President); Commissioner of the General LandOffice, 1841-42;U.S.District Judge for Indiana, 1842-62; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Indiana,1860.Catholic.Died of alungailment, in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,October26, 1862 (age56 years, 214days).Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Huntington (1763-1815) and Mary (Corning) Huntington;brother ofNathanielHuntington (1793-1828) andJamesHuntington; married,November3, 1841, to Susan Mary Rudd; grandnephew ofSamuelHuntington; great-grandfather ofHelenHuntington Hull; first cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamBarret Ridgely; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofJosephLyman Huntington; second cousin once removed ofCollinsDwight Huntington andGeorgeMilo Huntington; second cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; third cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,JohnDavenport,EbenezerHuntington,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,AbelHuntington andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelAdams andBenjaminLincoln; fourth cousin ofWilliamWoodbridge,ZinaHyde Jr.,JabezWilliams Huntington,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,CharlesPhelps Huntington andHenryTitus Backus; fourth cousin once removed ofJosephAllen,ChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,AugustusSeymour Porter,SamuelNicholls Smallwood,PeterBuell Porter,JohnHall Brockway,RobertCoit Jr.,ThomasWorcester Hyde,AlonzoMark Leffingwell,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andWilliamClark Huntington. | | | | Political families:Huntington#1 family of Norwich, Connecticut;Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Donn M. Roberts (1867-1936) — of Indiana. Born in Annapolis,CrawfordCounty, Ill.,September28, 1867.Mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1913-15.Convictedofbriberyin 1915 and spent three and a half years inprison;convictedofembezzlementin 1936 andsentencedtoprison.Released from prison following aheartattack, and died a few days later, in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,August3, 1936 (age68 years, 310days).Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
WoodlawnCemetery
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Henry Nelson (1820-1896) — also known asThomas H. Nelson — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inMasonCounty, Ky.,October20, 1820.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1860; U.S. Minister toChile, 1861-66;Mexico, 1869-73; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1880.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,March14, 1896 (age75 years, 146days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Edward Allen Hannegan (1807-1859) — also known asEdward A. Hannegan — of Covington,FountainCounty, Ind.Born inHamiltonCounty, Ohio,June 25,1807.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1832-33, 1841-42;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1833-37;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1843-49; U.S. Minister toPrussia, 1849-50.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.In May, 1852, during adrunkenargument, hestabbedhis brother-in-law, Captain Duncan, whodied thenext day.Died fromoverdose ofmorphine (probablysuicide),inSt.Louis, Mo.,February25, 1859 (age51 years, 245days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792-1849) — also known asThomas H. Blake — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,June 14,1792.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Indiana,1816;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1817-18; state court judge in Indiana,1818; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1819-20, 1823-24; member ofIndianastate senate, 1821-22, 1829-30;U.S.Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1827-29; Commissionerof the General Land Office, 1842-45.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died ofcholerain ahotel atCincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,November28, 1849 (age57 years, 167days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | James McLean Hanna (1816-1872) — also known asJames M. Hanna — ofClayCounty, Ind.;SullivanCounty, Ind.Born inFranklinCounty, Ind.,October25, 1816.Democrat. Candidate forIndianastate house of representatives, 1847; Presidential Elector forIndiana,1848;member ofIndianastate senate, 1849-52, 1869; circuit judge in Indiana, 1856-57;Presidential Elector for Indiana,1856;justiceof Indiana state supreme court, 1857-65; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Indiana,1864.Member,Freemasons.Died in Curryville,SullivanCounty, Ind.,January15, 1872 (age55 years, 82days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | William Kirkpatrick Edwards (1820-1878) — of Indiana. Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December26, 1820.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1846-51, 1859, 1873;Speaker ofthe Indiana State House of Representatives, 1873;mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1853-55; Presidential Elector for Indiana,1860.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,September26, 1878 (age57 years, 274days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Albert Lange (1801-1869) — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (now part of Berlin,Germany),December16, 1801.Republican. He belonged to a secret society whichadvocateda constitutional government for the German Empire; in 1824, theconspiracy was uncovered; he wasconvictedoftreasonandsentencedto fifteen years in inprison;pardonedin 1829, and left Germany for the United States; U.S. Consul inAmsterdam, 1849-50;Indianastate auditor, 1861-63;mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1863-67.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,July 25,1869 (age67 years, 221days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Samuel Barnes Gookins (1809-1880) — of Indiana. Born in Rupert,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,May 30,1809.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1851-52;justice ofIndiana state supreme court, 1854-57.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,June 14,1880 (age71 years, 15days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Grafton Fleener Cookerly (1815-1885) — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inFrederickCounty, Md.,February4, 1815.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1845-48; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1849;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Indiana,1856;mayorof Terre Haute, Ind., 1867-71.Member,AncientOrder of United Workmen.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,July 5,1885 (age70 years, 151days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Ballard Smith (1821-1866) — of Cannelton,PerryCounty, Ind.; Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Durham,StraffordCounty, N.H.,January13, 1821.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1855-57;Speaker ofthe Indiana State House of Representatives, 1857; circuit judgein Indiana, 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil War.Episcopalian.Member,OddFellows.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,October3, 1866 (age45 years, 263days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | William Crawford Linton (1795-1835) — of Indiana. Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,1795.Member ofIndianastate senate, 1828-31; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1833.Presbyterian.Died of aheartattack in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January31, 1835 (ageabout 39years).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | James M. Farrington (1798-1869) — ofVigoCounty, Ind.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December6, 1798.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1825, 1840-41;VigoCounty Treasurer, 1829-1842; member ofIndianastate senate, 1831-34.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,October8, 1869 (age70 years, 306days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Jacob Drennan Early (1859-1919) — also known asJacob D. Early — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,November4, 1859.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1888;member ofIndianastate senate, 1897-99.Member,Freemasons;Sonsof the American Revolution;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October18, 1919 (age59 years, 348days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Stockwell Early and Anna Louisa (Andrews)Early. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Dowling (c.1806-1876) — of Indiana. Born inIreland,about 1806.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1836-38, 1840-41, 1843-46,1848-49; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Indiana, 1876.Member,Freemasons.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,December6, 1876 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | John Pierson Baird (1830-1881) — also known asJohn P. Baird — ofVigoCounty, Ind.Born inSpencerCounty, Ky.,January5, 1830.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1859; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1868.Was commander at Fort Granger in Tennessee in June 1863, when he wasrequired to execute by hanging Lawrence Orton Williams and WalterPeter as Confederate spies; an engraving of the execution was on thefront page ofHarper's Weekly. Both spies were related toGen. Robert E. Lee's wife and were descendants of Martha Washington. Baird was severely affected by this episode, and had a mentalbreakdown in 1875.Died in the IndianaHospital forthe Insane, Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,March 7,1881 (age51 years, 61days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | John Givan Davis (1810-1866) — also known asJohn G. Davis — of Rockville,ParkeCounty, Ind.; Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born inFlemingCounty, Ky.,October10, 1810.Democrat.ParkeCounty Sheriff, 1830-33;U.S.Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1851-55, 1857-61;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1864.Died in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,January18, 1866 (age55 years, 100days).Original interment at Woodlawn Cemetery; reinterment atHighland Lawn Cemetery.
BethesdaCemetery
West Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Noble Jacob Johnson (1887-1968) — also known asNoble J. Johnson — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,August23, 1887.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Indiana, 1925-31, 1939-48 (5th District1925-31, 6th District 1939-48); defeated, 1930 (5th District), 1936(6th District);AssociateJudge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1948-58.DiedMarch17, 1968 (age80 years, 207days).Interment at Bethesda Cemetery.
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