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With over 74,000 graves and covering 175 acres (0.71 km 2), it is one of the largest cemeteries in Indiana. [2] Famous interments include some of the most important political figures from Fort Wayne history including Samuel Hanna (1797– 1866), Jesse L. Williams (1807–1886), Allen Hamilton (1798–1864), Colonel George W. Ewing (1804–1866 ...
Oliver P. Morton, Governor of Indiana (Centerville) Harry S. New, U.S. Postmaster General (Indianapolis) Mike Pence, former congressman, former governor of Indiana, 2013–2017, and 48th vice president of the United States under Donald Trump ; Dennis Pennington, State Senator and early abolitionist (Central Barren)
On October 19, 1976, the Indiana Historical Bureau and the Board of Corporators of Crown Hill Cemetery erected a historical marker for the cemetery honoring its historic significance to Indiana and the United States. [26] The first African American female, Cynthia Strayhorn Whisler, [27] served as the managing director of Crown Hill Cemetery in ...
An old-growth forest, a cemetery where a person was buried standing up and an African American settlement cemetery make the list. From caves to cemeteries, here are 15 'undiscovered treasures' in ...
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a cemetery on the University of Notre Dame campus in Notre Dame, Indiana. [1] [2] The 22-acre cemetery opened in c. 1844. [3] History.
1. Gen. George Custer. West Point, New York The Civil War general most famous for his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn can be found in the West Point Cemetery alongside many other ...
Records indicate the King and Queen of a tribe of Romany Gypsies are buried at the cemetery. Elizabeth Harrison, Queen of the Gypsies, died in November 1895 and her husband Isaac followed on Christmas Eve in 1900. [5] Other notable interments include: [6] Conrad Baker (1817–1885), 15th Governor of Indiana; William Heilman (1824–1890), U.S ...
At this point, Indiana's Safe Haven law had been enacted for 18 months, but few people in Indianapolis knew. Jacob's death would change that by prompting a widespread awareness campaign.