| Harry C. Poindexter | |
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Mayor of Jeffersonville
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| In office January 1, 1926 – December 31, 1929 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Warder |
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| Succeeded by | Allen Jacobs |
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| Born | May 10, 1857 Clark County, Indiana[1] |
| Political party | Republican |
| Religion | Christian |
Harry C. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph H Warder Sr (born June 17, 1878) was a Lawyer and Politician of Jeffersonville Indiana. Allen Winnitt Jacobs (born May 19, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American football fullback and Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Clark County is a County located in the US state of Indiana, located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Poindexter born May 10, 1857 in Clark County, Indiana was mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana and son of former Jeffersonville Mayor Gabriel Poindexter. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Clark County is a County located in the US state of Indiana, located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky Jeffersonville (ˈdʒɛfɚsənˌvɪl is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Gabriel Poindexter ( September 26, 1827 - September 11, 1890) was born in Memphis Indiana and he would serve in the Civil War [2]
Biography
Harry was born in Jeffersonville as one of nine children of Gabriel and Mary Poindexter. [3] He attended the schools of Jeffersonville and graduated and held an interest in politics. He married Anna King of Jackson County. Jackson County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. By 1894 he became the only Republican elected to be a member of the Clark County legislature. [3] However after his term ended around 1896 he would move to Marion County and in 1901 he became a clerk to Broad Ripple, Indiana until he returned to Jeffersonville in 1903 and worked in a canning shop. Marion County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. Broad Ripple Village is one of six designated cultural districts in Indianapolis Indiana, USA [3] Three years later he would be appointed to City Court Judge by Governor Frank Hanly. James Franklin Hanly ( April 4, 1863 August 1, 1920) was a United States politician who served as the 26th Governor of Indiana He would serve that office for four years and attend law at a school in Louisville, Kentucky in which he would graduate in 1909 in which after serving as judge he would continue a general practice. In 1910 he would become a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 3rd district, but wasn't elected losing to William E. Cox. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=C000840 [4] The years following the election he would become the superintendent for Jeffersonville's Government Depot now better known as the Jeffersonville Quartermaster Intermediate Depot. Jeffersonville Quartermaster Intermediate Depot (JQMD was a military warehouse located in Jeffersonville Indiana. [5] In 1926 he would become mayor of Jeffersonville and serve until 1929. [6] Harry Poindexter was also a local preacher at the Wall Street Church.
See also
References
- ^ http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nh/merrimack/history/families/willey/willey1.txt
- ^ Eighth Generation
- ^ a b c Indiana Biography Ref. Page
- ^ The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Poindexter
- ^ Indiana and Indianans: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Indiana and the Century of Statehood by Jacob Piatt Dunn, published 1919, page 2153
- ^ Kleber, John E. List of mayors of Jeffersonville Indiana is a list from the first mayor to the current mayor of the city Encyclopedia of Louisville. (University Press of Kentucky). pg. 443.
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