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Index to Locations
Bedford Bedford Cemetery
Brook Park Holy Cross Cemetery
Cleveland Unknown location
Cleveland Calvary Cemetery
Cleveland Cathedral of St. John the
Evangelist
Cleveland Erie Street Cemetery
Cleveland Lake View Cemetery
Cleveland Monroe Street Cemetery
Cleveland Riverside Cemetery
Cleveland Woodland Cemetery
Cleveland Heights Mayfield Cemetery
Highland Hills Highland Park
Cemetery
Mayfield Heights Knollwood Cemetery
North Olmsted Butternut Ridge
Cemetery
Bedford
Cemetery
Bedford, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
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Vincent Albert Taylor (1845-1922) —
of Ohio.
Born in Ohio, 1845.
Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1891-93.
Died in 1922
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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Holy Cross
Cemetery
Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Anthony Joseph Celebrezze (1910-1998) —
also known as Anthony J. Celebrezze; Antonio Guiseppe
Cilibrizzi —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Anzi, Italy,
September
4, 1910.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Ohio
state senate, 1951-53; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1954-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1962-65; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1965.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
29, 1998 (age 88 years, 55
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Ralph J. Perk (c.1914-1999) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born about 1914.
Republican. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1972-77; defeated, 1969, 1977 ( primary);
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1974.
Died April
21, 1999 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Arthur Hiram Day (1890-1967) —
also known as Arthur H. Day —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pandora, Putnam
County, Ohio, February
1, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Ohio
state house of representatives, 1916; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Ohio
state senate, 1921-22, 1925-26; municipal judge in Ohio, 1932;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1933-34; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1935-36; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
11, 1967 (age 76 years, 344
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Anthony Alfred Fleger (1900-1963) —
also known as Anthony A. Fleger —
of Ohio.
Born in Austria-Hungary,
October
21, 1900.
Democrat. State court judge in Ohio, 1930-32; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1933; mayor of
Parma, Ohio, 1934-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1937-39; defeated, 1940.
Died in Alexandria Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., July 16,
1963 (age 62 years, 268
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
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William Augustus Barstow (1813-1865) —
also known as William A. Barstow —
of Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., September
13, 1813.
Postmaster at Prairieville,
Wis., 1842-43; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1850-52; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1860;
president, St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
13, 1865 (age 52 years, 91
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Calvary
Cemetery
10000 Miles Avenue
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Founded 1893
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Thomas A. Burke (1898-1971) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
30, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1946-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1953-54.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
5, 1971 (age 73 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Frank John Lausche (1895-1990) —
also known as Frank J. Lausche —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
14, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
municipal judge in Ohio, 1932-37; common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1937-41; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1942-45; Governor of
Ohio, 1945-47, 1949-57; defeated, 1946; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1957-69.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
21, 1990 (age 94 years, 158
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Francis Patrick Corrigan (1881-1968) —
also known as Frank P. Corrigan —
of Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 14,
1881.
Physician;
surgeon;
U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1934-37; Panama, 1937-39; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, 1939-47.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Rotary.
Assisted with the first
modern blood transfusion, in 1906 at the Cleveland Clinic.
Died, in St. Joseph's Manor home
for the aged, Trumbull, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
21, 1968 (age 86 years, 191
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Martin Leonard Sweeney (1885-1960) —
also known as Martin L. Sweeney —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
15, 1885.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1913-14; municipal judge in Ohio,
1924-32; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1931-43; defeated, 1942;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1932;
candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1933, 1941; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1944.
Catholic.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 1,
1960 (age 75 years, 16
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Frank Joseph Battisti (1922-1994) —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, October
4, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1959-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1961-94; took
senior status 1994.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
19, 1994 (age 72 years, 15
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Joseph Babka (1884-1937) —
also known as John J. Babka —
of Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
16, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
22, 1937 (age 53 years, 6
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Robert E. Sweeney (1924-2007) —
of Bay Village, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
4, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Ohio
state attorney general, 1962, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio at-large, 1965-67.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Gates Mills, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 30,
2007 (age 82 years, 238
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Suzette Agnes Junglas (1873-1962) —
also known as Suzette A. Junglas; Susan Agnes
Berllayette; Mrs. George Junglas —
of Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Chatham, Ontario,
April
4, 1873.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1924;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Woodbridge, 1932.
Female.
French
Canadian and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
1, 1962 (age 89 years, 150
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Nazar Amos Berllayette and Bridget (Deegan) Berllayette;
married to George William Junglas. |
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Helen Bernice Karpinski (b. 1899) —
also known as Helen B. Karpinski; Helen Bernice
Olszewski —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
7, 1899.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1940,
1964;
vice-chair
of Ohio Democratic Party, 1942-44; member of Ohio
Democratic State Central Committee, 1949-50.
Female.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John Olszewski and Anna (Grabowski) Olszewski; married to
John Joseph Karpinski. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Cathedral of St.
John the Evangelist
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Joseph Schrembs (1866-1945) —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Wutzlhofen (now part of Regensburg), Germany,
March
12, 1866.
Republican. Catholic
priest; bishop of the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio, 1911-21; bishop of
the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, 1921-45; archbishop, 1939-45; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
2, 1945 (age 79 years, 235
days).
Entombed at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
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Erie Street
Cemetery
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Founded 1826
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Joshua McFarson Mills (1797-1843) —
also known as Joshua Mills —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April
20, 1797.
Whig. Physician;
mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1838-39, 1842; defeated, 1840, 1841.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
29, 1843 (age 46 years, 9
days).
Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
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John William Allen (1802-1887) —
also known as John W. Allen —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
4, 1802.
Lawyer;
director, Commercial Bank of
Lake Erie, 1832; incorporator, Cleveland Newburg Railroad,
1834; member of Ohio
state senate from Cuyahoga County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841; president, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad,
1845; postmaster at Cleveland,
Ohio, 1870-75.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
5, 1887 (age 85 years, 62
days).
Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Allen and Ursala (McCurdy) Allen; married, July 22,
1830, to Harriet Caroline Mather; grandnephew of Roger
Griswold; great-grandson of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Oliver
Wolcott Jr. and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin of Henry
Titus Backus and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); second cousin once removed of Frederick
William Lord; second cousin twice removed of Selden
Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin and Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; third cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), James
Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Thomas
Hale Sill, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Albert
Haller Tracy, Theodore
Sill, George
Bradley Kellogg, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), George
Frederick Stone, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott and Alfred
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821), Daniel
Pitkin, Zina
Hyde Jr. and James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of James
Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Amaziah
Brainard, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Elisha
Hunt Allen, George
Washington Wolcott, Augustus
Frank and George
Griswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah
Boardman, William
Bostwick, Timothy
Pitkin, Oliver
Owen Forward, Daniel
Warner Bostwick, Walter
Forward, Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878), Chauncey
Forward, Chester
William Chapin, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Edmund
Holcomb, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Erastus
Clark Scranton, Sereno
Hamilton Scranton, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Henry
Ward Beecher, Philemon
Bliss, Joseph
H. Elmer, Leveret
Brainard, William
Fessenden Allen, Samuel
Lord, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Frederick
Hobbes Allen and Allen
Jacob Holcomb. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jabez W. Fitch —
of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864;
Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1878-80.
Interment at Erie Street Cemetery.
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George Hoadley (1781-1857) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Connecticut, December
15, 1781.
Lawyer;
mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1822-26; resigned 1826; justice of the
peace; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1846.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
20, 1857 (age 75 years, 67
days).
Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) —
also known as John W. Willey —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Goshen, Sullivan
County, N.H., 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio
state senate, 1830-32; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-37; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1838; district judge in
Ohio, 1840-41; died in office 1841.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 9,
1841 (age about 44
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment
at Lake View Cemetery.
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Joseph William Gray (d. 1862) —
also known as Joseph W. Gray; J. W. Gray —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Postmaster at Cleveland,
Ohio, 1853-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1860.
Died May 26,
1862.
Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery; reinterment at Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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Lake View
Cemetery
12316 Euclid
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Founded 1869
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake View Cemetery; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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John Milton Hay (1838-1905) —
also known as John Hay —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., October
8, 1838.
Private secretary and assistant to President Abraham
Lincoln; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-98; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1898-1905; died in office 1905.
Died in Newbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 1,
1905 (age 66 years, 266
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Helen (Leonard) Hay and Dr. Charles Hay; married, February
4, 1874, to Clara Louise Stone; father of Adelbert
Stone Hay and Alice Evelyn Hay (who married James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.); grandfather of John
Hay Whitney and James
Jermiah Wadsworth; great-grandfather of James
Wadsworth Symington; second cousin thrice removed of James
Hodges; third cousin twice removed of James
Leonard Hodges; fourth cousin once removed of William
Dean Kellogg and Marcus
Morton. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay
family of Massachusetts; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Morton
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Spencer
F. Eddy |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Hay (built 1943 at Panama
City, Florida; scrapped 1961) was named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "The Fruit of Righteousness is
sown in peace of they that make peace." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about John Milton Hay: Michael
Burlingame, ed., At
Lincoln's Side : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected
Writings — Robert L. Gale, John
Hay — Howard I. Kushner, John
Milton Hay : The Union of Poetry and Politics —
Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham
Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John
Hay — John Taliaferro, All
the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to
Roosevelt |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,
October 1903 |
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Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) —
also known as Newton D. Baker —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., December
3, 1871.
Democrat. Private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General William
L. Wilson, 1896-97; lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1912-15; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1912
(speaker),
1916,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1916-21; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Gamma Delta; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
25, 1937 (age 66 years, 22
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) —
also known as George M. Humphrey —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., March 8,
1890.
Lawyer;
president, M.A. Hanna Company (mining and
processing iron and
nickel ores), 1929-52; chairman of Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal
Company; chairman, Executive Committee, National Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in University Hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
20, 1970 (age 79 years, 318
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Myron Timothy Herrick (1854-1929) —
also known as Myron T. Herrick —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Huntington, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
9, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
secretary-treasurer and president, Society for Savings,
Cleveland; director and board chairman of railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1904,
1908,
1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1901; Governor of
Ohio, 1904-06; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1912-14, 1921-29, died in office 1929; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; on October 19, 1921, a bomb, sent in a
package to the Ambassador's residence, exploded
when his valet opened it.
Member, American
Bankers Association.
Died of a heart
attack in Paris, France,
March
31, 1929 (age 74 years, 173
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Harry Lyman Davis (1878-1950) —
also known as Harry L. Davis —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
25, 1878.
Republican. Insurance
business; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1916-19, 1934-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920;
Governor
of Ohio, 1921-23; defeated, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Moose.
National organizer, Loyal Order of Moose, 1912.
Died May 21,
1950 (age 72 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Robert Erastus McKisson (1863-1915) —
also known as Robert E. McKisson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Northfield, Summit
County, Ohio, January
30, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1895-98.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1915
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Van Buren McKisson and Finette Adeline (Eldridge) McKisson;
married, January
16, 1901, to Mamie Marie Langenau. |
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Samuel Starkweather (1799-1876) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., December
27, 1799.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1844-45, 1857-58; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Ohio; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-57.
Died July 5,
1876 (age 76 years, 191
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Rensselaer R. Herrick (1826-1899) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in 1826.
Republican. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1879-82.
Died in 1899
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William Ganson Rose (1829-1899) —
also known as William G. Rose —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born September
23, 1829.
Republican. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1877-78, 1891-92.
Died September
15, 1899 (age 69 years, 357
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Charles Augustus Otis, Sr. (1827-1905) —
also known as Charles A. Otis —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum
County, Ohio, January
30, 1827.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1873-74.
Founder, Otis Iron and
Steel Co.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 28,
1905 (age 78 years, 149
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John D. Marshall (1885-1961) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, April
14, 1885.
Republican. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1926-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1936.
Died May 17,
1961 (age 76 years, 33
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Marshall and Mary (Gerster) Marshall. |
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John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) —
also known as John W. Willey —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Goshen, Sullivan
County, N.H., 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio
state senate, 1830-32; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-37; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1838; district judge in
Ohio, 1840-41; died in office 1841.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 9,
1841 (age about 44
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Erie Street
Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William Case (1818-1862) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
10, 1818.
Whig. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1850-51.
Died April
19, 1862 (age 43 years, 252
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Nicholas Dockstader (1802-1871) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
4, 1802.
Whig. Fur
trader; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1840.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
9, 1871 (age 69 years, 309
days).
Original interment at Woodland Cemetery;
reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William B. Castle (1814-1872) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in 1814.
Republican. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1855-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1868.
Died in 1872
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Josiah A. Harris (1808-1876) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in 1808.
Whig. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1847.
Died in 1876
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Herman M. Chapin (1823-1879) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in 1823.
Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1865-66.
Died in 1879
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Nathan P. Payne (1838-1885) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in 1838.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1875-76.
Died in 1885
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Alson Kelsey (1803-1890) —
also known as Lorenzo A. Kelsey —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Port Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., February
22, 1803.
Democrat. Lumber
business; steamboat
owner; hotelier;
mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1848.
Died in 1890
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Eber Leete Kelsey and Lucy (Leete) Kelsey; married 1825 to Sophia
Smith; father of Theodore Rowland Kelsey. |
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Carl Burton Stokes (1927-1996) —
also known as Carl B. Stokes —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1927.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1962; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1968-71; defeated, 1965; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1972;
municipal judge in Ohio, 1983-94; U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles, 1994-95.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died of cancer,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 3,
1996 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Edward Sherrill Flint (1819-1902) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in 1819.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1861-62.
Died in 1902
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Brenton D. Babcock (1830-1906) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in 1830.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1887-88.
Died in 1906
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Lucretia Garfield (1832-1918) —
also known as Lucretia Rudolph —
Born in Garrettsville, Portage
County, Ohio, April
19, 1832.
First
Lady of the United States, 1881.
Female.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
13, 1918 (age 85 years, 328
days).
Entombed at Lake View Cemetery.
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Frederick Kohler (1864-1934) —
also known as Fred Kohler —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 2,
1864.
Republican. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1922-23; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1928.
Died January
31, 1934 (age 69 years, 274
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Edward Blythin (1884-1958) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Parma Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Newmarket, Wales,
October
10, 1884.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1941; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1949.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died February
14, 1958 (age 73 years, 127
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Blythin and Elizabeth (Roberts) Blythin; married, April 5,
1913, to Jane Rankin. |
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Theodore Elijah Burton (1851-1929) —
also known as Theodore E. Burton —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, December
20, 1851.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1889-91, 1895-1909, 1921-28 (21st
District 1889-91, 1895-1909, 22nd District 1921-28); resigned 1909,
1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1908
(speaker),
1912,
1924
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1928;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1909-15, 1928-29; died in office 1929;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1929 (age 77 years, 312
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Raymond Henry Norweb (1894-1983) —
also known as R. Henry Norweb —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Nottingham, England,
May
31, 1894.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1936-37; Dominican Republic, 1937-40; Portugal, 1943-44; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1940-43; Portugal, 1944-45; Cuba, 1945-48.
Died in 1983
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) —
also known as Marcus A. Hanna; Mark Hanna;
"Dollar Mark" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
24, 1837.
Republican. Partner in wholesale
grocery; head of M. A. Hanna and Co., coal
dealers; director, Globe Ship
Manufacturing Co.; president, Union National Bank;
president, Cleveland City Railroad
Co. president, Chapin Mining Co.;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1904 (age 66 years, 144
days).
Entombed at Lake View Cemetery.
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Henry B. Payne (1810-1896) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., November
30, 1810.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; member of Ohio
state senate, 1849-50; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1860;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1875-77; defeated, 1876;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1880;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1885-91.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
9, 1896 (age 85 years, 284
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Robert Johns Bulkley (1880-1965) —
also known as Robert J. Bulkley —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Bratenahl, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
8, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1911-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912,
1916,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1930-39; defeated, 1938; delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 21,
1965 (age 84 years, 286
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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David Austin Starkweather (1802-1876) —
also known as David A. Starkweather —
of Ohio.
Born in Preston, New London
County, Conn., January
21, 1802.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1833-35; member of Ohio
state senate, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1839-41, 1845-47;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1854-57.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 12,
1876 (age 74 years, 173
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Thomas James Herbert (1894-1974) —
also known as Thomas J. Herbert —
of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; lawyer; Ohio
state attorney general, 1939-45; Governor of
Ohio, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
26, 1974 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Daniel Edgar Morgan (1877-1949) —
also known as Daniel E. Morgan —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Oak Hill, Jackson
County, Ohio, August
7, 1877.
Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1928; city
manager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1930-31; candidate for mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1932; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1939-49;
died in office 1949.
Died in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 1,
1949 (age 71 years, 267
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) —
also known as W. R. Hopkins; "Chautauqua
Bill" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 26,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
industrial real estate
developer; promoter of Cleveland Short Line Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
city
manager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-30; he was fascinated by aviation,
in 1925, he successfully advocated purchase of land for an airport,
the first
municipal airport in the United States.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
9, 1961 (age 91 years, 198
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Kingsley Arter Taft (1903-1970) —
also known as Kingsley A. Taft —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 19,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1933-34; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1946-47; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1948-62, 1962-70; died in office 1970.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
28, 1970 (age 66 years, 252
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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David Kellogg Cartter (1812-1887) —
also known as David K. Cartter —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 22,
1812.
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1849-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1861-62; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1863; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1875-77.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
16, 1887 (age 74 years, 298
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Rufus Percival Ranney (1813-1891) —
also known as Rufus P. Ranney —
of Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born October
30, 1813.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1843 (20th District), 1846 (19th
District), 1848 (19th District); delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Trumbull County,
1850-51; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1851-57, 1863-65; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1857; candidate for
Governor
of Ohio, 1859; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1864.
Died December
6, 1891 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Louis Stokes (1925-2015) —
of Warrensville Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
23, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1969-99 (21st District 1969-93, 11th
District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972,
1996.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Arrested
for drunken
driving
in 1983; convicted
on a lesser charge
and fined.
Died August
18, 2015 (age 90 years, 176
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) —
also known as Frances P. Bolton; Frances Payne
Bingham —
of Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
29, 1885.
Republican. Member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1938-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948
(speaker),
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League of Women
Voters; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
First
woman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955.
Died in Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 9,
1977 (age 91 years, 345
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Jacob Atlee Beidler (1852-1912) —
also known as Jacob A. Beidler —
of Willoughby, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Tredyffrin Township, Chester
County, Pa., November
2, 1852.
Republican. Coal
operator; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1901-07.
Died near Willoughby, Lake
County, Ohio, September
13, 1912 (age 59 years, 316
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Rufus Paine Spalding (1798-1886) —
also known as Rufus P. Spalding —
of Ohio.
Born in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., May 3,
1798.
Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1830; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1849-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President; speaker),
1868
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1863-69.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
29, 1886 (age 88 years, 118
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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James Thomas Begg (1877-1963) —
also known as James T. Begg —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio.
Born near Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, February
16, 1877.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1919-29; defeated, 1942;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died March
26, 1963 (age 86 years, 38
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Leonard Paul Howland (1865-1942) —
also known as L. Paul Howland —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, December
5, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1907-13; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1924
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1942
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Amos Townsend (1821-1895) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1821.
Republican. Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County,
1873; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1877-83.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., March
17, 1895 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Chester Castle Bolton (1882-1939) —
also known as Chester C. Bolton —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
5, 1882.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state senate, 1923-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1929-37, 1939; died in
office 1939.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Rotary.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
29, 1939 (age 57 years, 54
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Crowell (1801-1883) —
of Ohio.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
15, 1801.
Member of Ohio state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1847-51.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 8,
1883 (age 81 years, 174
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Martin Ambrose Foran (1844-1921) —
also known as Martin A. Foran —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Choconut, Susquehanna
County, Pa., November
11, 1844.
Democrat. Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County,
1873; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1883-89.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 28,
1921 (age 76 years, 229
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) —
also known as Oliver P. Bolton —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
22, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
13, 1972 (age 55 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Hutchins (1812-1891) —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Vienna, Trumbull
County, Ohio, July 25,
1812.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1849-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1859-63.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
20, 1891 (age 79 years, 118
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Clifton Bailey Beach (1845-1902) —
also known as Clifton B. Beach —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Sharon, Medina
County, Ohio, September
16, 1845.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1895-99.
Died in Rocky River, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
15, 1902 (age 57 years, 60
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Lycurgus Luther Marshall (1888-1958) —
also known as L. L. Marshall —
of Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, July 9,
1888.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1920-21; member of Ohio
state senate, 1921-34; U.S.
Representative from Ohio at-large, 1939-41; defeated, 1940.
Lutheran.
Died in 1958
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William Collins (1818-1878) —
of New York.
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., February
22, 1818.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1847-49.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1878 (age 60 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Sherlock James Andrews (1801-1880) —
also known as Sherlock J. Andrews —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
17, 1801.
Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1841-43; superior court
judge in Ohio, 1848-50; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County,
1850-51; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County,
1873.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
11, 1880 (age 78 years, 86
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Henry Ivory Emerson (1871-1953) —
also known as Henry I. Emerson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Litchfield, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
15, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1915-21; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1924, 1926.
Methodist.
Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1953 (age 82 years, 227
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Richard Chappel Parsons (1826-1899) —
also known as Richard C. Parsons —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., October
10, 1826.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Cuyahoga County, 1858-61; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1873-75.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
9, 1899 (age 72 years, 91
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William John White (1850-1923) —
also known as William J. White —
of West Cleveland (now part of Cleveland), Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Rice Lake, Ontario,
October
7, 1850.
Republican. Candy and chewing
gum manufacturer; mayor
of West Cleveland, Ohio, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1893-95.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
16, 1923 (age 72 years, 132
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Stillman Witt Eells (1873-1937) —
also known as Stillman W. Eells —
of New York.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
24, 1873.
Foundry
business; U.S. Vice Consul in Hamilton, 1916-18; U.S. Consul in Mombasa, 1918; Nairobi, 1918-21; Funchal, 1921-25; Leeds, 1925-28; Colombo, 1928-31; Cardiff, 1931-33.
Died May 12,
1937 (age 64 years, 18
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Charles Candee Baldwin (1834-1895) —
also known as Charles C. Baldwin —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
2, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; bank
director; circuit judge in Ohio, 1885-95 (6th Circuit 1885-88,
8th Circuit 1888-95); died in office 1895.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
2, 1895 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of S. W. Baldwin and Mary E. (Candee) Baldwin; married to Caroline
Sophia Prentiss. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Elliott Edmund Stearns (1891-1969) —
also known as Elliott E. Stearns —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born October
7, 1891.
Honorary
Consul for Belgium in Cleveland,
Ohio, 1923-59.
Died June 23,
1969 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Adelbert Stearns and Lillian Grant (Platt) Stearns; married
1915 to
Sarah Hoyt; married 1932 to
Blanche Josephine Hoyt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Paul Merrill Griffith (1872-1944) —
also known as P. Merrill Griffith —
of Ohio.
Born in Bellbrook, Greene
County, Ohio, April
29, 1872.
U.S. Consul in Matamoros, as of 1898-1905; Pernambuco, 1910-15; Santiago de Cuba, as of 1916-17.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March
29, 1944 (age 71 years, 335
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Cutter Covert (1837-1919) —
also known as John C. Covert —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
11, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Cuyahoga County, 1879-80;
U.S. Consul in Lyon, 1897-1909.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
13, 1919 (age 81 years, 336
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Covert and Phoebe Ann (Cutter) Covert; married 1870 to Minnie
Dutcher. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Black (c.1837-1899) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born about 1837.
U.S. Consul in Budapest, as of 1881-85.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
27, 1899 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Beaumont Parks (1868-1929) —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
25, 1868.
Democrat. Superintendent, Standard Oil refinery;
mayor
of Whiting, Ind., 1910-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died February
25, 1929 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Adelbert Stone Hay (1876-1901) —
also known as Adelbert S. Hay —
Born in 1876.
U.S. Consul in Pretoria, 1901.
Fell to his
death from a third-floor window of the New Haven House hotel,
New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 23,
1901 (age about 24
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Leonard Case Sr. (1786-1864) —
of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., July 29,
1786.
Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1824-27.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
7, 1864 (age 78 years, 131
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Joseph Carabelli (1850-1911) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Porto Ceresio, Italy,
April
9, 1850.
Republican. Sculptor;
founder and proprietor, Lakeview Granite and Monumental Works;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904,
1908;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1909.
Italian
ancestry.
Died April
19, 1911 (age 61 years, 10
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Henry Darling Coffinberry (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry D. Coffinberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Maumee, Lucas
County, Ohio, October
14, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; shipbuilder;
Gold Democratic candidate for Ohio board
of public works, 1897.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
17, 1912 (age 70 years, 95
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Liberty Emery Holden (1833-1913) —
of Bratenahl, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Raymond, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 20,
1833.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1888,
1896.
Died in 1913
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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James W. Conger (1845-1921) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., August
6, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; roofing
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
22, 1921 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Harrison Conger and Martha (Auld) Conger; married,
February
15, 1869, to Anna M. Higgins; married, November
18, 1914, to Maude A. Miller; third cousin twice removed of Hugh
Conger; fourth cousin once removed of James
Lockwood Conger, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger, Frederick
Ward Conger, Charles
Franklin Conger, Isaac
Young Conger and Abraham
Benjamin Conger. |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George A. Myers (1859-1930) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 5,
1859.
Republican. Barber;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1892,
1900;
member of Ohio
Republican State Executive Committee, 1897-98.
African
ancestry.
Died at the New York Central Railroad ticket
office in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
17, 1930 (age 70 years, 318
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Dudly Stuart Blossom (1879-1938) —
of Ohio.
Born in 1879.
Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1910.
Died in 1938
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Alexander Hadden (1886-1979) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 11,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1925-31.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
1, 1979 (age 92 years, 174
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William R. Van Aken (1912-1993) —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in 1912.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1943-44, 1947-48; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960.
Died in 1993
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Bourne Dempsey —
also known as John B. Dempsey —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1940.
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Monroe Street
Cemetery
3207 Monroe Avenue
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Riverside
Cemetery
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Stephen Buhrer (1825-1907) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born near Zoar, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
25, 1825.
Democrat. Cooper; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1867-70; defeated, 1871; candidate for Ohio
treasurer of state, 1870.
German
ancestry.
Died December
9, 1907 (age 81 years, 349
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Frederic William Pelton (1827-1902) —
also known as Frederic Pelton —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Chester, Middlesex
County, Conn., March
24, 1827.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1871-72; Cuyahoga
County Treasurer, 1878.
Died in 1902
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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John Beach Coffinberry (1847-1927) —
also known as John B. Coffinberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, April 5,
1847.
Mayor
of Lorain, Ohio, 1896-98; mayor
of Lakewood, Ohio, 1912-13.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
26, 1927 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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James McClure Coffinberry (1818-1891) —
also known as James M. Coffinberry —
of Maumee, Lucas
County, Ohio; Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, May 16,
1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lucas
County Prosecuting Attorney; newspaper
editor and publisher; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1861; chair of
Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, 1861.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
29, 1891 (age 73 years, 197
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Omar Eugene Mueller (1880-1946) —
also known as Omar E. Mueller —
of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 27,
1880.
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Saint John, 1908-09; Bahia, 1909-11; brewer.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 22,
1946 (age 65 years, 330
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Woodland
Cemetery
6901 Woodland Avenue
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Founded 1853
| Politicians buried
here: |
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George W. Gardner (1834-1911) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1834.
Republican. Grain elevator
business; miller; banker;
vice-president, Cleveland and Buffalo Steamship
Line; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1885-86, 1889-90.
Died December
18, 1911 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Gardner and Caroline Griscilda (Porter)
Gardner. |
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John Harrington Farley (1846-1922) —
also known as John H. Farley; "Honest
John" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
5, 1846.
Democrat. Wholesale
grocer; brass foundry
business; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1880;
mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1883-84, 1899-1900.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke
while riding in a
streetcar, and died soon after in an
ambulance en route to a hospital, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
9, 1922 (age 76 years, 4
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Reuben Wood (1792-1864) —
of Ohio.
Born in 1792.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1828 (14th District), 1832 (Democratic,
15th District); justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1833-47; Governor of
Ohio, 1850-53; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1853-54.
Died October
1, 1864 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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John Brough (1811-1865) —
of Ohio.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, September
17, 1811.
Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1838-39; Ohio
auditor of state, 1839-45; Governor of
Ohio, 1864-65; died in office 1865.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
29, 1865 (age 53 years, 346
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Frederick William Green (1816-1879) —
also known as Frederick W. Green —
of Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Fredericktown (now Frederick), Frederick
County, Md., February
18, 1816.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1851-55 (6th District 1851-53, 9th
District 1853-55).
Editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1866-74.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1879 (age 63 years, 120
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Edward Wade (1802-1866) —
of Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Unionville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in West Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
22, 1802.
Lawyer;
Ashtabula
County Justice of the Peace, 1831; Ashtabula
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1853-61.
Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
13, 1866 (age 63 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Jacob Mueller (1822-1905) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Alsenz, Germany,
March
9, 1822.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1872;
Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1872-74; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Cuyahoga County,
1873; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, as of 1885-91.
German
ancestry.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
31, 1905 (age 83 years, 175
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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John Patterson Green (1845-1940) —
also known as John P. Green; "The Father of Labor
Day" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April 2,
1845.
Republican. Lawyer;
justice of the peace; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1882-84; member of Ohio
state senate, 1890-92, 1892-94; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1896.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry.
Introduced the bill that made Labor Day an Ohio state holiday; later,
the U.S. Congress made it a national holiday.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
1, 1940 (age 95 years, 152
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Rice Green and Temperance (Dirden) Green; married 1869 to Annie
Laura Walker; married 1912 to Lottie
(Mitchell) Richardson. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
|
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Van R. Humphrey (1800-1864) —
of Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 28,
1800.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864.
Died September
5, 1864 (age 64 years, 39
days).
Original interment at Hudson
Cemetery, Hudson, Ohio; reinterment in 1871 at Woodland Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Stella Beach. |
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| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Nicholas Dockstader (1802-1871) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
4, 1802.
Whig. Fur
trader; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1840.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
9, 1871 (age 69 years, 309
days).
Original interment at Woodland Cemetery; reinterment at Lake View Cemetery.
|
Mayfield
Cemetery
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) —
also known as Howard M. Metzenbaum; "Senator
No"; "Headline Howard" —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 4,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; airport
parking
lot and car
rental business; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Ohio
state senate, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1952
(alternate), 1964;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1974, 1977-95; defeated, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Aventura, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March
12, 2008 (age 90 years, 282
days).
Interment at Mayfield Cemetery.
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Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) —
also known as Abraham Silver —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Nayshtot-Shaki, Suwalki, Russian Empire (now Kudirkos
Naumiestis, Lithuania),
January
28, 1893.
Republican. Rabbi, The
Temple (Tifereth Israel), Cleveland, Ohio, 1917-63; offered prayer,
Republican National Convention, 1952,
1960.
Jewish.
Member, Zionist
Organization of America.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
28, 1963 (age 70 years, 304
days).
Interment at Mayfield Cemetery.
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Highland Park
Cemetery
Highland Hills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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George Hoadley (1781-1857) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Connecticut, December
15, 1781.
Lawyer;
mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1822-26; resigned 1826; justice of the
peace; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1846.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
20, 1857 (age 75 years, 67
days).
Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery,
Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Nelson Hayward (c.1800-1857) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass., about 1800.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1843.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died April
14, 1857 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Robert Crosser (1874-1957) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland,
June
7, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1911-12; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1913-19, 1923-55 (at-large 1913-15,
21st District 1915-19, 1923-55).
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 3,
1957 (age 82 years, 361
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Joseph William Gray (d. 1862) —
also known as Joseph W. Gray; J. W. Gray —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Postmaster at Cleveland,
Ohio, 1853-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1860.
Died May 26,
1862.
Original interment at Erie Street Cemetery,
Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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William Percival Whitlock (1884-1927) —
also known as William P. Whitlock —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
26, 1884.
Manager, Cincinnati Zoo; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1916-25.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in a nursing
home at Epinay-sur-Seine, France,
April
26, 1927 (age 42 years, 151
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
|
Knollwood
Cemetery
Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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George Harrison Bender (1896-1961) —
also known as George H. Bender —
of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
29, 1896.
Republican. Insurance
executive; member of Ohio
state senate 25th District, 1921-30; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1939-49, 1951-54 (at-large 1939-49,
1951-53, 23rd District 1953-54); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1954-57.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1961 (age 64 years, 262
days).
Interment at Knollwood Cemetery.
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George John Urban (1906-1978) —
also known as George J. Urban —
of South Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 14,
1906.
Republican. Mayor
of South Euclid, Ohio, 1948-72.
Methodist.
German
and Czech
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died, of cancer,
in a nursing
home at Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., March
25, 1978 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Knollwood Cemetery.
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Butternut Ridge
Cemetery
North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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