请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Homer Vawter
释义

  1. See also

  2. References

  3. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Homer Granville Vawter
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 28 May 1894
| birth_place = Tipton County, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = 29 September 1958
| death_place = Clark County, Indiana
| nationality = American
| spouse = Mary Lucille Vawter
| other_names =
| known_for =
| occupation = Mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana
}}

Homer Granville Vawter was Mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana from 1939 to 1942. He was born in Tipton County, Indiana on May 28, 1894 to Samuel M. Vawter and Sara M. (McShane) Vawter. Homer's father was born in Stokes County, NC and his mother in Indiana. They settled in Tipton County, Indiana. His parents are buried in Tipton County at the Fairview Cemetery.

Homer married Mary Lucille Vawter on 28 March 1918, in Clark County, Indiana. Mary was his 4th cousin and her parents were James Mavity Vawter and Lura J. (Sanderson) Vawter. Their marriage date is unknown, but according to the 1920 census they were married and living alone in Newark, New Jersey. Then in the 1930 census they were recorded living in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where they lived with Mary's mother. There is no evidence from the census records that they had any children.

Homer settled in Jeffersonville, where he was the Republican Mayor from 1939 to 1942. Homer died on September 29, 1958 in Clark County, Indiana; he is buried with his wife and in-laws at Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Jeffersonville.

See also

  • List of mayors of Jeffersonville, Indiana

References

External links

  • Vawter Family Association
  • Homer G. Vawter at Find-a-Grave
{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Vawter, Homer}}{{Indiana-mayor-stub}}{{LouisvilleMSA-stub}}

5 : 1894 births|1958 deaths|Mayors of Jeffersonville, Indiana|Indiana Republicans|20th-century American politicians

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/9/23 5:28:50