Find A Grave - Elkhart County

Baker, John Harris b. February 28, 1832 d. October 21, 1905
US Congressman. Elected to represent Indiana's 13th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1875 to 1881. Also served as a Member of the Indiana State Senate in 1863, and Judge of the United States District Court for Indiana from 1892 to 1904. (Bio by: K)
Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen (Elkhart County), Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Chamberlain, Ebenezer Mattoon b. August 20, 1805 d. March 14, 1861
US Congressman. Elected to represent Indiana's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1855. Also served as a Member of the Indiana State House of Representatives from 1835 to 1838, Member of the Indiana State Senate from 1839 to 1842, District Judge from 1843 to 1852, Presidential Elector from Indiana in 1848, and Candidate for Delegate to the Indiana State Constitutional Convention in 1850. (Bio by: K)
Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen (Elkhart County), Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Chamberlain, Orville Tyron b. September 1, 1841 d. May 27, 1929
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Second Lieutenant in Company G, 74th Indiana Infantry for action on September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga, Georgia. His citation reads "While exposed to a galling fire, Chamberlain went in search of another regiment, found its location, procured ammunition from the men thereof, and returned with the ammunition to his own company." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Plot: Block C, Lot 15
Conn, Charles Gerard b. January 29, 1844 d. January 5, 1931
Bio: US Congressman, Business Entrepreneur. He was born in Phelps, Ontario County, New York and moved with his family to Elkhart, Indiana in 1851. He learned to play the cornet at a young age and with the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted in the US Army on May 18, 1861 at the age of seventeen and was assigned to a regimental band. He reenlisted on December 12, 1863 and at the age of nineteen he was elevated to the rank of Captain. During the Assault on Petersburg on July 30, 1864...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Defrees, Joseph Hutton b. May 13, 1812 d. December 21, 1885
US Congressman. Elected to represent Indiana's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1865 to 1867. Also served as a Member of the Indiana State House of Representatives from 1849 to 1850, 1871, and Member of the Indiana State Senate from 1850 to 1852. (Bio by: K)
Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen (Elkhart County), Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Johnson, Ruel M. b. June 5, 1836 d. November 12, 1901
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as Major and commander of the 100th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 25, 1863. His citation reads "While in command of the regiment bravely exposed himself to the fire of the enemy, encouraging and cheering his men". His Medal was awarded to him on August 24, 1896. He was captured by Confederate forces on July 22, 1864 during the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen (Elkhart County), Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Michael, Harry J. b. March 13, 1922 d. March 14, 1945
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was killed in action. He served as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in Company L, 318th Infantry, 80th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on March 14, 1945 near Neiderzerf, Germany. (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Violett Cemetery, Goshen (Elkhart County), Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Plot: Lot 309, Space G
Miles, Dr. Franklin b. November 15, 1845 d. April 1, 1929
Medical Entrepreneur. He was the founder and president of the present-day Miles Laboratories in Elkhart IN, which is world famous for the manufacturing and distribution of over-the-counter medical products such as Alka-Seltzer, Flintstone Vitamins, One-A-Day Vitamins, and Bactine. Originally intending to embark in the practice of law, he attended Columbia College in New York NY but changed his mind and entered medical school at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and graduated from Rush...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Palm Sunday Tornado Victims [memorial]
On Palm Sunday, April 11, 1965, Northern Indiana was hit by a devastating outbreak of tornadoes, many in the F4 and F5 Fujita category. Hardest hit was the unincorporated town of Dunlap. located between Elkhart and Goshen on US 33 in Elkhart County. The Midway Trailer Park and the Sunnyside addition were especially devastated. The tornado which tore up Sunnyside has been forever immortalized by Elkhart Truth photographer Paul Huffman. He was returning from Goshen with his family when the...[Read More]
Palm Sunday Memorial Cemetery, Dunlap, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Plot: The park and the memorial is located in the Sunnyside addition, on the corner of Cole Street and County Road 45 (Wilden Avenue). It is across the railroad tracks, north and a little east of the Concord Mall, in Dunlap.

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