CALEB BLOOD SMITH

Smith, Caleb Blood (1808-1864) — also known as Caleb B. Smith — of Connersville, Fayette County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 16, 1808. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1833-37, 1840-41; Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1836; U.S. Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1843-49; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1860; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1861-62; Judge of U.S. District Court, 1863-64; died in office 1864. A large private mausoleum was built for him in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, but he was never entombed there. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., January 7, 1864. Original interment at Greenlawn Cemetery (which no longer exists), Indianapolis, Ind.; reinterment at City Cemetery, Connersville, Ind.
Father: John Smith
Spouse 1: Elizabeth B Walton
Born: abt 1814 in Ohio
Marriage: 8 Jul 1830 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
Children Sex Birth
Walton Smith M 1832 Iowa
Alice R. Smith F 1837 Iowa
Horace E. Smith M 1840 Iowa

Sources:
U.S. Federal Census
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell