South Bend City Cemetery | |
 Grave of the 17th U.S. Vice President Schuyler Colfax. | |
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| Location | South Bend, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°40′41″N86°16′04″W / 41.67806°N 86.26778°W |
| Built | 1831 |
| NRHP reference No. | 100003189 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 4, 2018 |
The South Bend City Cemetery is a historic cemetery in South Bend, Indiana.
The South Bend City Cemetery was established in 1831, when Lathrop Taylor and Alexis Coquillard donated the land upon which it was built. Jacob Roof was the first burial was on August 25, 1831. [2] [3] The Miller Mausoleum was built in 1882 and the Studebaker-Milburn Mausoleum in 1884. [2] The sexton's cottage, designed by Parker & Austin, was built in 1899, the same year that the cast iron entrance gate was installed at the Elm Street entrance. [2] [3]
By December 1911, there were 7,190 burials at City Cemetery. [3] A monument in memory of the veterans of the American Civil War of 1861–1865 was added in 1914 thanks to a donation from Union Army colonel Norman Eddy. [2]
The cemetery has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 4, 2018. [1]
Schuyler Colfax was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Originally a Whig, then part of the short-lived People's Party of Indiana, and later a Republican, he was the U.S. representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district from 1855 to 1869.
Colfax is a city in Placer County, California, at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174. The population was 1,963 at the 2010 census. The town is named in honor of U.S. Vice President Schuyler Colfax (1869–73), a bronze statue of whom stands at Railroad Street and Grass Valley Street.
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Norman S. Eddy was an American politician and military officer. He served as a member of the Indiana State Senate from 1850 to 1853 and a U.S. Representative of Indiana from 1853 to 1855. He then served as U.S. Attorney for the Territory of Minnesota from 1855 to 1861 and as Secretary of State of Indiana from 1870 to 1872.
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Clement Studebaker was an American wagon and carriage manufacturer. With his brother Henry, he co-founded the H & C Studebaker Company, precursor of the Studebaker Corporation, which built Pennsylvania-German Conestoga wagons and carriages during his lifetime, and automobiles after his death, in South Bend, Indiana.
John Mohler Studebaker was the Pennsylvania Dutch co-founder and later executive of what would become the Studebaker Corporation automobile company. He was the third son of the founding Studebaker family, and played a key role in the growth of the company during his years as president, from 1868 until his death in 1917.
Clement Studebaker Jr. was an American businessman and the son of wagon, carriage and automobile manufacturer Clement Studebaker. He held executive positions in the family's automobile business, Studebaker Corporation, and later became the president and chairman of several other important companies.
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Purple Cane is an unincorporated community in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States.
Schuyler Washington Colfax III was an American Republican politician who served as the 11th mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 1898 to 1902. He assumed office at the age of 28, and remains the youngest person to become mayor in the city's history.
WETL is a radio station licensed to serve the community of South Bend, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by the South Bend Community School Corporation and airs a high school radio format, with programming designed and hosted by high school students. The station is housed at James Whitcomb Riley High School. Students in any of the school corporation's four high schools can take a class in radio and TV broadcasting, which provides credit through Vincennes University.
Peter Everst Studebaker was treasurer and chairman for the Studebaker wagon business. He was known for helping his brothers expand the business to St. Joseph, Missouri, Chicago and throughout the United States in the 1860s and 1870s.
William Miller was a banker and politician from South Bend, Indiana. He served as Mayor of South Bend from 1872 to 1876 and was on the city council.
Marvin Campbell was a politician and businessman from Indiana. He served as a member of the Indiana Senate from 1883 to 1887. He was one of the founders and president of the Campbell Paper Box Company.
H. B. Miller was a politician and newspaperman. He organized the Republican in Niles, Michigan, Michigan Telegraph in Kalamazoo, Michigan and the Buffalo Telegraph in Buffalo, New York. He served as a member of the New York Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives.
E. Volney Bingham was a politician and lawyer from Indiana. He served in the Indiana Senate from 1893 to 1895 and 1907 to 1909.
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