William Charles Cochran (August 25, 1934 – January 3, 2019) was a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, he represented the 72nd District from 1982 to 2008 and the 68th District from 1974 to 1982.
Cochran was born in New Albany, Indiana. He went to Indiana University Southeast. Cochran was involved with the real estate business. Cochran served as the Floyd County Clerk from 1967 to 1974.
Arville Lynn Funk (1929–1990) was a lawyer, teacher, author, and an Indiana historian. He was born in Harrison County, Indiana, the son of Herman E. and Elsie McGonigle Funk. He attended public school in Corydon and studied law in New Albany. He opened a law practice in Corydon where he lived most of his life.
A member of the Indiana Historical Society and the Harrison County Indiana Historical and Genealogical Society, Funk was most interested in Indiana's Civil War History. He authored several books about Indiana history and commonly wrote an abbreviated version of his larger works dedicated to Harrison County topics. His many books include:
Tales of Our Hoosier Heritage (1965)
Indiana's Birthplace: a History of Harrison County, Indiana (1966)
Our Historic Corydon (1966)
Hoosiers in the Civil War (1967)
Harrison County in the Indiana Sesquicentennial Year (1967)
A Sketchbook of Indiana History (1969)
The Morgan Raid in Indiana and Ohio (1971)
Historical Almanac of Harrison County, Indiana (1974)
Squire Boone in Indiana (1974)
Revolutionary War Soldiers of Harrison County, Indiana (1975)
Revolutionary War Era in Indiana (1975)
The Battle of Corydon (1976)
Harrison County in the Indiana Sesquicentennial Year (1976)
A Hoosier Regiment in Dixie: A History of the Thirty-Eighth Indiana Regiment (1978)
The Hoosier Scrapbook (1981)He coauthored Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana in 1966 and was a regular contributor the Indiana Magazine of History between 1950 and 1980. He was an advocate of county historical societies and oversaw the creation of historical societies in several Indiana counties.
From 1955 to 1965 he taught high school history. Funk married Rosemary E. Springer on August 25, 1956. They had two children, named Cynthia and Mark. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1963 and, in 1965, formed a partnership with Frank O'Bannon and C. Blaine Hays Jr.
Arville Funk died in 1990 and is buried in Corydon's Cedar Hill cemetery.
Knox Wagner "Bulldog" Ramsey (February 13, 1926 – March 19, 2005) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Washington Redskins. Ramsey also played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Los Angeles Dons. When the All-America Football Conference dissolved in 1950, the NFL an AAFC dispersal draft to assign players from the Buffalo Bills, Chicago Hornets and Los Angeles Dons. Ramsey was drafted (1st Round) by the San Francisco 49ers as the 10th overall pick and traded to the Chicago Cardinals.
Knox Ramsey played college football at the College of William & Mary where he was selected for three consecutive years to Virginia's all-state teams and the Southern Conference teams. He also was named to the all-time state of Virginia team and the all-time William & Mary football team. Ramsey received second-team All-American honors in 1947 when he was selected by the Associated Press. He played in the 1948 College All-Star Game against the NFL Champions Chicago Cardinals where he faced his brother Buster Ramsey. Ramsey was drafted in the fifth round of the 1948 NFL Draft (32nd pick overall) by the Chicago Bears and in the ninth round (37th pick overall) of the 1948 AAFC Draft by the Los Angeles Dons. Following his professional football career Ramsey was inducted into the William & Mary Hall of Fame and the Blount County (TN) Sports Hall of Fame.
Harold "Bruce" Jacobi (June 23, 1935 – February 4, 1987) was an American race car driver. In 1987, Jacobi, 51, died of head injuries sustained in a NASCAR race crash at the Daytona International Speedway in 1983. He had 37 USAC Champ Car starts between 1960 and 1970, with a best finish of fourth at Springfield in 1970. Jacobi also completed rookie refresher testing in preparation for the 1967 Indianapolis 500, but did not attempt to qualify.