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Allen County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Allen County


Index to Locations

  • Bluffton Ebenezer Cemetery
  • Lima Gethsemane Cemetery
  • Lima Lima Memorial Park Cemetery
  • Lima Old Cemetery
  • Lima Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Rockport Rockport Cemetery
  • Shawnee Township Woodlawn Cemetery


    Ebenezer Cemetery
    Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Cyrus Locher (1878-1929) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Putnam County, Ohio, March 8, 1878. Democrat. U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1928; defeated in primary, 1928. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, August 17, 1929 (age 51 years, 162 days). Interment at Ebenezer Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Gethsemane Cemetery
    Lima, Allen County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      John Henry Goeke (1869-1930) — also known as J. Henry Goeke — of Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio; Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Born near Minster, Auglaize County, Ohio, October 28, 1869. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1911-15; defeated, 1922; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912, 1924, 1928. Died March 25, 1930 (age 60 years, 148 days). Interment at Gethsemane Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Lima Memorial Park Cemetery
    Lima, Allen County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) — also known as Robert F. Jones — of Lima, Allen County, Ohio; Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Cairo, Allen County, Ohio, June 25, 1907. Son of Jenkin Charles Jones and Josephine (Devine) Jones. Republican. Lawyer; Allen County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1947-52. Methodist; later Baptist. Member, Delta Sigma Phi; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons. Died June 22, 1968 (age 60 years, 363 days). Interment at Lima Memorial Park Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, June 21, 1930, to Ida Marie Spreen.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Old Cemetery
    Lima, Allen County, Ohio
    Politicians formerly buried here:
      Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862) — of Ohio. Born in New Jersey, 1824. U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1853-59. Died in 1862 (age about 38 years). Original interment at Old Cemetery; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Woodlawn Cemetery
    Lima, Allen County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Calvin Stewart Brice (1845-1898) — also known as Calvin S. Brice — of Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Born in Denmark, Morrow County, Ohio, September 17, 1845. Son of Rev. William Kilpatrick Brice and Elizabeth (Stewart) Brice. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; active in railroad law; president of railroad companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1876, 1884; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1888; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1889-92; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1891-97. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 15, 1898 (age 53 years, 89 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1870 to Catherine Olivia Meily.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862) — of Ohio. Born in New Jersey, 1824. U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1853-59. Died in 1862 (age about 38 years). Original interment at Old Cemetery; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Charles Nelson Lamison (1826-1896) — of Ohio. Born in Columbia County, Pa., 1826. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1871-75. Died April 24, 1896 (age about 69 years). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Rockport Cemetery
    Rockport, Allen County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Neil L. Lora (1895-1944) — of Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Born in Rockport, Allen County, Ohio, April 4, 1895. Lawyer; piano player; played in his own band in the 1920s; municipal judge in Ohio, 1932-39; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1939-44. Methodist. Died, from a coronary thrombosis, in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, September 4, 1944 (age 49 years, 153 days). Interment at Rockport Cemetery.


    Woodlawn Cemetery
    Shawnee Township, Allen County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Benjamin Franklin Welty (1870-1962) — also known as Benjamin F. Welty — of Lima, Allen County, Ohio. Born near Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio, August 9, 1870. Son of Frederick Welty and Katharine (Steiner) Welty. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Allen County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S. Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1917-21; defeated, 1920, 1926. Died in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 23, 1962 (age 92 years, 75 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
      Relatives: Married to Cora Gottschalk.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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