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

Index to Locations

Glen Rest Memorial Estate
Franklin County, Ohio

Union Grove Cemetery
Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio
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| | Jarvis W. Pike (c.1794-1854) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born about 1794. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1816-17. Died September 12, 1854 (age about 60 years). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Union Grove Cemetery. |
| | John Charles Speaks (1859-1945) — also known as John C. Speaks — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, February 11, 1859. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; milling business; lumber business; U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1921-31.Methodist. Member, Freemasons;Shriners;Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, November 6, 1945 (age 86 years, 268 days). Interment at Union Grove Cemetery. |
| | John Chaney (1790-1881) — of Canal Winchester, Fairfield County, Ohio. Born in Washington County, Md., January 12, 1790. Justice of the peace; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1828-30, 1842, 1855; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1833-39; member of Ohio state senate, 1844-45; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Fairfield County, 1850-51. Died in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, April 10, 1881 (age 91 years, 88 days). Interment at Union Grove Cemetery. |

Broad Street
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
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| | James Allen Rhodes (1909-2001) — also known as James A. Rhodes; Jim Rhodes — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; Bexley, Franklin County, Ohio; Upper Arlington, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Coalton, Jackson County, Ohio, September 13, 1909. Republican. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1944-52; Ohio auditor of state, 1953-63; Governor of Ohio, 1963-71, 1975-83; defeated, 1950, 1954, 1986; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964,1968; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964,1972; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1970.Presbyterian. His decision, in 1970, to send the National Guard to the Kent State University campus to quell a disturbance was blamed for the deaths of four students there. Along with Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, he was the longest-serving state governor in U.S. history. Died, from infectioncomplications and heart failure, in Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 4, 2001 (age 91 years, 172 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Green Lawn Cemetery; statue at Broad Street. Relatives: Son of James Allen Rhodes (1880-1918) and Susan Ann (Howe) Rhodes; married 1941 to Helen Bertha Rawlins; third cousin of Virginia A. Kittell; third cousin once removed of Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.. Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). The Rhodes Tower state office building, in Columbus, Ohio, is named for him. See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier |

Green Lawn Abbey
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Green Lawn Cemetery
1000 Greenlawn Avenue
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Founded 1848
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| | Charles Carroll Walcutt (1838-1898) — also known as Charles C. Walcutt — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, July 12, 1838. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 7th Ohio District, 1868-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1872;mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1883-86. Died in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., May 2, 1898 (age 59 years, 294 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. Presumably named for: Charles Carroll Relatives: Son of John M. Walcutt and Mariel (Broderick) Walcutt; married 1860 to Phebe Neill; first cousin twice removed of David Crockett. Political family: Crockett-Walcutt family of Tennessee. See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial | |
| | William Dennison Jr. (1815-1882) — of Ohio. Born November 23, 1815. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856;Governor of Ohio, 1860-62; U.S. Postmaster General, 1864-66. Died June 15, 1882 (age 66 years, 204 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| Allen G. Thurman | Allen Granberry Thurman (1813-1895) — also known as Allen G. Thurman; "The Old Roman" — of Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Lynchburg, Va., November 13, 1813. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1845-47; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1852-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1867; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1869-81; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1884; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1888. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, December 12, 1895 (age 82 years, 29 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Pleasant Thurman and Mary Granberry (Allen) Thurman; father-in-law of Richard Cunningham McCormick; nephew of William Allen; uncle of Edwin Dun. Political family: Allen-McCormick-Thurman-Dun family of Chillicothe, Ohio. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | Philip H. Bruck (1845-1920) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born January 6, 1845.Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1887-90. Died January 6, 1920 (age 75 years, 0 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | James Allen Rhodes (1909-2001) — also known as James A. Rhodes; Jim Rhodes — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; Bexley, Franklin County, Ohio; Upper Arlington, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Coalton, Jackson County, Ohio, September 13, 1909. Republican. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1944-52; Ohio auditor of state, 1953-63; Governor of Ohio, 1963-71, 1975-83; defeated, 1950, 1954, 1986; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964,1968; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964,1972; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1970.Presbyterian. His decision, in 1970, to send the National Guard to the Kent State University campus to quell a disturbance was blamed for the deaths of four students there. Along with Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, he was the longest-serving state governor in U.S. history. Died, from infectioncomplications and heart failure, in Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 4, 2001 (age 91 years, 172 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Green Lawn Cemetery; statue at Broad Street. Relatives: Son of James Allen Rhodes (1880-1918) and Susan Ann (Howe) Rhodes; married 1941 to Helen Bertha Rawlins; third cousin of Virginia A. Kittell; third cousin once removed of Arthur Callen Kittell Jr.. Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). The Rhodes Tower state office building, in Columbus, Ohio, is named for him. See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier | |
| | John William Bricker (1893-1986) — also known as John W. Bricker — of Upper Arlington, Franklin County, Ohio. Born near Mt. Sterling, Madison County, Ohio, September 6, 1893. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Ohio state attorney general, 1933-37; defeated in primary, 1928; Governor of Ohio, 1939-45; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940,1948,1952(speaker),1960(speaker),1964,1972; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1944; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1947-59; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary;American Legion; Freemasons;Shriners;Knights Templar; Delta Chi; Delta Sigma Rho; Order of the Coif; Optimist Club. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 22, 1986 (age 92 years, 197 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Wallace Ralston Westlake (1907-1978) — also known as Ralston Westlake — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, August 27, 1907. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; glass business; motel owner; mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1960-63.Lutheran. Member, Freemasons;Shriners. Died, in Mt. Carmel Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, December 9, 1978 (age 71 years, 104 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | De Witt Clinton Badger (1858-1926) — also known as De Witt C. Badger — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born near London, Madison County, Ohio, August 7, 1858. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1903-05; defeated, 1904;mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1906-07. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 20, 1926 (age 67 years, 286 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| Samuel L. Black | Samuel Luccock Black (1859-1929) — also known as Samuel L. Black — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Kimbolton, Guernsey County, Ohio, December 22, 1859.Lawyer;mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1897-98; probate judge in Ohio, 1903. Died June 18, 1929 (age 69 years, 178 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. |
| | Charles Anson Bond (1873-1943) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, February 3, 1873.Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1908-09.Methodist. Executive of the Bond Clothing Company. Died in the Wyoming Valley Homeopathic Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., January 5, 1943 (age 69 years, 336 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Robert T. Oestreicher (1897-1955) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio, February 28, 1897.Automobile dealer; mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1953.Christian Reformed. Died, of cerebral thrombosis, in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, February 19, 1955 (age 57 years, 356 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | George Sidney Marshall (1869-1956) — also known as George S. Marshall — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Corning, Perry County, Ohio, January 29, 1869.Lawyer;mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1910-11.Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons;Odd Fellows; Woodmen;Redmen;Royal Arcanum. Died in 1956(age about 87 years). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. Relatives: Son of George Marshall and Theresa (Maxwell) Marshall; married, October 14, 1903, to Alice Badgley. | |
| | Samuel Medary (1801-1864) — also known as "The Wheel Horse of Ohio Democracy" — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery County, Pa., February 25, 1801. Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1834; member of Ohio state senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1844,1856,1864; postmaster at Columbus, Ohio, 1847-49, 1858; Governor of Minnesota Territory, 1857-58; Governor of Kansas Territory, 1858-59, 1859-60, 1860, 1860; candidate forGovernor of Kansas, 1859. Originated the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight," calling for aggressive action on the Oregon boundary dispute with Great Britain in the 1840s; the American claim of all the land up to 54°40' north latitude encompassed most of what is now British Columbia. Indictedby a federal grand jury in 1864 for conspiracy against the government; arrested; released on bond; never tried. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, November 7, 1864 (age 63 years, 256 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Jacob Medary and Elizabeth (Harris) Medary; married to Elizabeth Scott; great-grandfather of James Gillespie Blaine III. Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). The communityof Medary, South Dakota, is named for him. See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial | |
| | Samuel J. Swartz — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1899-1900. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| George K. Nash | George Kilborn Nash (1842-1904) — also known as George K. Nash — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in York Township, Medina County, Ohio, August 14, 1842. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-74; candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1876; Ohio state attorney general, 1880-83; defeated, 1877; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1883-85; Governor of Ohio, 1900-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1900. Member, Freemasons;Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died, of apoplexy, in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, October 28, 1904 (age 62 years, 75 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. |
| | William Turner Coggeshall (1824-1867) — also known as William T. Coggeshall — of Ohio. Born in 1824. U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1866-67, died in office 1867. Died in Guapolo, Ecuador,August 3, 1867 (age about 43 years). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | James Monroe Stewart Comly (1832-1887) — also known as James M. Comly — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in 1832. Republican. Postmaster at Columbus, Ohio, 1870-77; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1877-82; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Close friend and political ally of President Rutherford B. Hayes. Died in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, 1887(age about 55 years). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| James E. Campbell | James Edwin Campbell (1843-1924) — also known as James E. Campbell — of Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, July 7, 1843. Democrat. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1884-89 (7th District 1884-85, 3rd District 1885-87, 7th District 1887-89); defeated, 1906; Governor of Ohio, 1890-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912(speaker),1916,1924. Died, of chronic myocarditis, in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, December 17, 1924 (age 81 years, 163 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. |
| | Charles Nelson Sparks (1881-1950) — also known as C. Nelson Sparks — of Akron, Summit County, Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, July 21, 1881. Republican. Postmaster at Akron, Ohio, 1921-27 (acting, 1921); mayor of Akron, Ohio, 1932-33. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 22, 1950 (age 69 years, 124 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | John Wilson Campbell (1782-1833) — also known as John W. Campbell — of West Union, Adams County, Ohio. Born in Augusta County, Va., February 23, 1782. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1810, 1813, 1815; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1817-27 (2nd District 1817-23, 5th District 1823-27); candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1828; U.S. District Judge for Ohio, 1829-33. Died in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, September 24, 1833 (age 51 years, 213 days). Original interment at North Graveyard; reinterment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | George Leroy Converse (1827-1897) — also known as George L. Converse — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Georgesville, Franklin County, Ohio, June 4, 1827. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives from Franklin County, 1860-63, 1874-77; member of Ohio state senate 10th District, 1864-65; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1879-85 (9th District 1879-81, 12th District 1881-83, 13th District 1883-85). Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 30, 1897 (age 69 years, 299 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Joseph Hodson Outhwaite (1841-1907) — also known as Joseph H. Outhwaite — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1841. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1885-95 (13th District 1885-91, 9th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-95). Died in 1907(age about 66 years). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. (1869-1938) — also known as Edward L. Taylor, Jr. — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, August 10, 1869. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1905-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916. Died March 10, 1938 (age 68 years, 212 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | John Martin Vorys (1896-1968) — also known as John M. Vorys — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, June 16, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1923-24; member of Ohio state senate, 1925-26; U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1939-59. Died in 1968(age about 72 years). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Edward Crawford Turner (1872-1950) — also known as Edward C. Turner — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 26, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-15; Ohio state attorney general, 1915-17, 1927-29; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1928; candidate for justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1938.Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died September 13, 1950 (age 78 years, 171 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Edward Franklin Bingham (1828-1907) — also known as Edward F. Bingham — of McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in West Concord, Concord, Essex County, Vt., August 13, 1828. Democrat. Lawyer; Vinton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1850-55; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1856-57; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1873-87; candidate for justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1881; justice of District of Columbia supreme court, 1887-1903. Died in Union, Monroe County, W.Va., September 5, 1907 (age 79 years, 23 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | David Kemper Watson (1849-1918) — also known as David K. Watson — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born near London, Madison County, Ohio, June 18, 1849. Republican. Ohio state attorney general, 1888-92; U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1896. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, September 28, 1918 (age 69 years, 102 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Joseph Ridgway (1783-1861) — of Ohio. Born in New York, 1783. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1820; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1837-43. Died in 1861(age about 78 years). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | James Lockwood Conger (1805-1876) — of Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich.; St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., February 18, 1805. Whig. School teacher; lawyer; merchant;banker;patent medicine manufacturer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1851-53. Died in St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich., April 10, 1876 (age 71 years, 52 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery; cenotaph at Clinton Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich. Relatives: Son of David Beeman Conger and Hannah (Lockwood) Conger; married, December 23, 1824, to Paulina Belvedere Clark; second cousin once removed of Hanford Nichols Lockwood; second cousin thrice removed of John Hart; third cousin of Homer Nichols Lockwood and Charles Franklin Conger; third cousin once removed of Daniel Lockwood and Hugh Conger; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer Lockwood, Alfred Collins Lockwood and Daniel Clark Joyce; third cousin thrice removed of John Alsop, William Henry Rossell and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; fourth cousin of Thaddeus Betts, Anson Griffith Conger, Harmon Sweatland Conger, Omar Dwight Conger, Moore Conger, Chauncey Stewart Conger (1838-1916) and Frederick Ward Conger; fourth cousin once removed of Horatio Lockwood, Walter Booth, Abiel Case, Abraham Bogart Conger, Edwin Hurd Conger, James W. Conger, Franklin Barker Conger, Benn Conger, Frank Elisha Reed and Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963). Political families: Conger family of New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial | |
| | Heman Allen Moore (1809-1844) — of Ohio. Born in Plainfield, Washington County, Vt., August 27, 1809. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1843-44; died in office 1844. Died April 3, 1844 (age 34 years, 220 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | |
| | Thomas Ewing Miller (1829-1909) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, June 19, 1829. U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1856-57; postmaster at Columbus, Ohio, 1857-58, 1858-60. Died in Franklin County, Ohio, May 6, 1909 (age 79 years, 321 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Samuel Galloway (1811-1872) — of Ohio. Born in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., March 20, 1811. Republican. Secretary of state of Ohio, 1844-50; U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1855-57. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, April 5, 1872 (age 61 years, 16 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| John J. Lentz | John Jacob Lentz (1856-1931) — also known as John J. Lentz — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, January 27, 1856. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1897-1901; defeated, 1900. Died July 27, 1931 (age 75 years, 181 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. |
| C. B. Goodspeed | Charles Barnett Goodspeed (1885-1947) — also known as C. B. Goodspeed — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 8, 1885. Republican. Steel executive; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1936-41. Died, from bladder cancer and uremia, in the Castle Hot Springs Hotel, Castle Hot Springs, Yavapai County, Ariz., February 23, 1947 (age 62 years, 15 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. |
| Horace L. Chapman | Horace Leete Chapman (1837-1917) — also known as Horace L. Chapman — of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio; Springfield, Clark County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Allegany County, N.Y., July 10, 1837. Democrat. Coal operator; banker; vice-president, Springfield, Jackson & Pomeroy Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876,1900; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1897. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, June 28, 1917 (age 79 years, 353 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. |
| | Daniel Scofield Earhart (1907-1976) — also known as Daniel S. Earhart — of Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 28, 1907. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio at-large, 1935-37; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, January 2, 1976 (age 68 years, 219 days).Cremated; ashes interred at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Ebenezer Wilson Poe (1846-1898) — also known as Ebenezer W. Poe — of Ohio. Born in Ayersville, Defiance County, Ohio, November 11, 1846. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Ohio auditor of state, 1888-96. Died, of apoplexy(stroke), on June 19, 1898 (age 51 years, 220 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. Relatives: Son of George L. Poe and Jane (Wilson) Poe. | |
| | James I. Allread (1858-1940) — of Greenville, Darke County, Ohio. Born in Darke County, Ohio, September 29, 1858. Republican. Circuit judge in Ohio 2nd Circuit, 1895, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1913-. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, May 30, 1940 (age 81 years, 244 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | John Holmes Arnold (1862-1944) — also known as John H. Arnold — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Freeport, Armstrong County, Pa., December 11, 1862.Lumberman;railroad mechanic; lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1915-17.Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;Knights of Pythias; Woodmen;Moose. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, March 29, 1944 (age 81 years, 109 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Jacob Leo Bachman (1861-1920) — also known as Jacob L. Bachman — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, October 11, 1861. Socialist. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1910; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Ohio, 1920.Germanancestry. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, July 7, 1920 (age 58 years, 270 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Annie Norton Battelle (1863-1925) — also known as Mrs. John G. Battelle — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born January 26, 1863. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1924(member, Committee on Permanent Organization); member of Republican National Committee from Ohio, 1924.Female. Died March 23, 1925 (age 62 years, 56 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Green Lawn Cemetery. _Relatives:_Married to John Gordon Battelle. | |
| | Wayne Bidwell Wheeler (1869-1927) — also known as Wayne B. Wheeler — of Ohio. Born in Brookfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, November 10, 1869.Lawyer; leader of the movement to bring about national prohibition of alcohol. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died September 5, 1927 (age 57 years, 299 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Alfredo Lutz Demorest (1881-1934) — also known as Alfredo L. Demorest — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del.; Washington, D.C. Born in Santiago, Chile, of American parents, February 13, 1881. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; artist; author; U.S. Vice Consul in Trinidad, 1922-34, died in office 1934. Died in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,November 15, 1934 (age 53 years, 275 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
| | Robert Leroy Barton (1906-1977) — also known as Robert L. Barton — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, June 14, 1906. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936,1956; secretary to Gov. John W. Bricker, 1943-44. Died January 14, 1977 (age 70 years, 214 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. | |
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| | Alfred Parish Stone (1813-1865) — of Ohio. Born in Worthington, Hampshire County, Mass., June 28, 1813.U.S. Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1844-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856(speaker);Ohio treasurer of state, 1857-62. Died, from congestion of the brain, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, August 2, 1865 (age 52 years, 35 days). Original interment at Green Lawn Cemetery; reinterment in 1888 at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | |

North Graveyard
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
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| | John Kerr (c.1778-1823) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), about 1778.Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1818-19. Died in 1823(age about 45 years). Original interment at North Graveyard; reinterment to unknown location. |
| | John Wilson Campbell (1782-1833) — also known as John W. Campbell — of West Union, Adams County, Ohio. Born in Augusta County, Va., February 23, 1782. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1810, 1813, 1815; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1817-27 (2nd District 1817-23, 5th District 1823-27); candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1828; U.S. District Judge for Ohio, 1829-33. Died in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, September 24, 1833 (age 51 years, 213 days). Original interment at North Graveyard; reinterment at Green Lawn Cemetery. |

St. Joseph's Cemetery
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
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| | Chalmers Pangburn Wylie (1920-1998) — also known as Chalmers P. Wylie — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio, November 23, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Ohio state attorney general, 1956; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1961-67; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1967-93.Methodist. Suffered a heart attack and died, while waiting for an eye examination at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, August 14, 1998 (age 77 years, 264 days). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery. |
| | John G. Price — of Franklin County, Ohio. Republican. Ohio state attorney general, 1919-23. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery. |

Sunset Cemetery
West Broad Street
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Union Cemetery
3349 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Founded 1806
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| | Myron B. Gessaman (1894-1975) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, October 15, 1894.Lawyer;Franklin County Prosecutor, 1928-31; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1934-35; mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1936-39.Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;Shriners;American Legion. Died, in Mt. Carmel Hospital, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, August 20, 1975 (age 80 years, 309 days). Interment at Union Cemetery. |
| | Paul M. Herbert (1889-1983) — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in McComb, Hancock County, Ohio, December 2, 1889. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1922-26; member of Ohio state senate, 1926-30; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1939-45, 1947-49, 1957-59; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1952;justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1960.Methodist. Member, American Legion; Elks; Freemasons. Died in Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, July 5, 1983 (age 93 years, 215 days). Interment at Union Cemetery. |
| | James Franklin Atwood (1883-1965) — also known as J. F. Atwood — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Preston County, W.Va., May 8, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state senate 10th District, 1921-22; defeated, 1918; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1924. Member, Knights of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, July 14, 1965 (age 82 years, 67 days). Interment at Union Cemetery. |

Otterbein Cemetery
Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio
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| | Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Stillwater, Washington County, Minn., October 21, 1855.Lawyer;Adams County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister; founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Congregationalist. Member, Anti-Saloon League; Sons of the American Revolution. Died June 30, 1946 (age 90 years, 252 days). Interment at Otterbein Cemetery. |

St. John's Episcopal Church Burying Ground
Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio

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