The Political Graveyard: Belmont County, Ohio (original) (raw)

Index to Locations

Green Mount Cemetery
Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio
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| | John Davenport (1788-1855) — of Ohio. Born in Winchester, Va., January 9, 1788. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1824, 1827, 1830; member of Ohio state senate, 1825-26; U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1827-29; circuit judge in Ohio, 1830. Died in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, July 18, 1855 (age 67 years, 190 days). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery. |
| | Thomas Shannon (1786-1843) — of Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Washington County, Pa., November 15, 1786. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; leaf tobacco business; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1819-22, 1824-25; U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1826-27; member of Ohio state senate, 1829, 1837-41.Irishancestry. Died in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, March 16, 1843 (age 56 years, 121 days). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery. |

Greenwood Cemetery
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
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| | Benjamin Rush Cowen (1831-1908) — also known as Benjamin R. Cowen — of Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Moorefield, Harrison County, Ohio, August 15, 1831. Republican. Secretary of state of Ohio, 1862; member of Republican National Committee from Ohio, 1866-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868(Convention Secretary). Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 19, 1908 (age 76 years, 157 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. |
| | Thornton Allan Rodefer (c.1846-1910) — also known as Thornton A. Rodefer — of Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, about 1846. Liberty candidate for Ohio treasurer of state, 1897; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1906. Died in Belmont County, Ohio, April 21, 1910 (age about 64 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. Relatives: Son of John Rodefer and Mary Alice (Horn) Rodefer; married, January 31, 1878, to Mary Elizabeth Pumphrey. |

Rock Hill Cemetery
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
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| | Hester Ann Birdsong (1824-1890) — also known as Hester Ann Moore — of Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Virginia, November 24, 1824. Republican. Postmaster at Bellaire, Ohio, 1881.Female. Died in Belmont County, Ohio, February 9, 1890 (age 65 years, 77 days). Interment at Rock Hill Cemetery. |

Union Cemetery
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio

Weeks Cemetery
Bridgeport, Belmont County, Ohio

Martins Ferry Pioneer Cemetery
Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio

Riverview Cemetery
Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio
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| | Thomas W. Shreve (1858-1924) — of Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Roscoe, Coshocton County, Ohio, March 31, 1858.Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1902. Died in St. Albans, Kanawha County, W.Va., December 9, 1924 (age 66 years, 253 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Martha B. (Bradshaw) Shreve and Charles Ridgway Shreve; married,July 3, 1883, to Jennie L. Gray. |

Methodist Cemetery
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
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| | William Kennon Sr. (1793-1881) — of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., May 14, 1793. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1829-33, 1835-37 (10th District 1829-33, 11th District 1835-37); common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1840-47; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Belmont County, 1850-51; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1854-56. Died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, November 2, 1881 (age 88 years, 172 days). Interment at Methodist Cemetery. |
| | James Caldwell (1770-1838) — of Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Baltimore, Md., November 30, 1770. Democrat. Merchant;banker;delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Belmont County, 1802; Belmont County Clerk of the Court, 1806-10; member of Ohio state senate from Belmont County, 1809-13; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1813-17; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Died in Wheeling, Ohio County, Va (now W.Va.), May 5, 1838 (age 67 years, 156 days). Interment at Methodist Cemetery. |

Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
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| | Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899) — of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio, October 18, 1829. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1873-79, 1895-99; died in office 1899. Died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, June 19, 1899 (age 69 years, 244 days). Interment at Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. |

Union Cemetery
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
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| | Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857) — also known as "Wheel-Horse of the Senate" — of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Abington, Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., February 21, 1783.School teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1815-33; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Died September 2, 1857 (age 74 years, 193 days). Interment at Union Cemetery. |
| | Capell Lane Weems (1860-1913) — also known as Capell L. Weems — of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1860. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1900; U.S. Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1903-09. Died in 1913(age about 53 years). Interment at Union Cemetery. |
| | Wayne Levere Hays (1911-1989) — also known as Wayne L. Hays — of Flushing, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Bannock, Belmont County, Ohio, May 13, 1911. Democrat. Mayor of Flushing, Ohio, 1939-45; member of Ohio state senate, 1941-42; Belmont County Commissioner, 1945-48; U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1949-76; resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960,1964; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1979. In May 1976, he was caught up in a scandalwhen a clerk in his congressional office, Elizabeth Ray, chargedthat she was on the public payroll solely to provide sexual favors to the Congressman; Hays admittedmost of the allegations; he resignedas committee chair in June, and resignedfrom Congress in September. Died February 13, 1989 (age 77 years, 276 days). Interment at Union Cemetery. |
| | Earl Ramage Lewis (1887-1956) — also known as Earl R. Lewis — of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Lamira, Belmont County, Ohio, February 22, 1887. Republican. Member of Ohio state senate, 1927-28, 1931-34; U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1939-41, 1943-49; defeated, 1940. Died in Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va., February 1, 1956 (age 68 years, 344 days). Interment at Union Cemetery. |
| | John Patterson (1771-1848) — of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pa., February 10, 1771. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1807-08; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1810-15; member of Ohio state senate, 1815-18; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1823-25. Died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, February 7, 1848 (age 76 years, 362 days). Interment at Union Cemetery. |
| | William Kennon Jr. (1802-1867) — of Ohio. Born in Carrickfergus, Ireland,June 12, 1802. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1847-49; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1865-67. Died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, October 19, 1867 (age 65 years, 129 days). Interment at Union Cemetery. |

Scotch Ridge Cemetery
Near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio

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