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Joseph Mosley Root (1807-1879) —
also known as Joseph M. Root —
of Erie
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, 1807.
Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1845-51; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856
(speaker);
delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Erie County, 1873.
Died in 1879
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Francis Lockwood (1822-1901) —
also known as William F. Lockwood —
of Lorain
County, Ohio; Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 1,
1822.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Ohio, 1854-56; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1860; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-67.
Died February
9, 1901 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Beatty (1828-1914) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born near Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, December
16, 1828.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1860,
1884;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1868-73.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
21, 1914 (age 86 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Louis Fiesinger (1877-1953) —
also known as William L. Fiesinger —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio.
Born in Willard, Huron
County, Ohio, October
25, 1877.
Son of Louis Fiesinger and Elizabeth (Fuchs) Fiesinger.
Democrat. Common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1925-31; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1931-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
11, 1953 (age 75 years, 321
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Dell Lindsley (1812-1890) —
of Ohio.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
25, 1812.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1853-55.
Died March 11,
1890 (age 77 years, 76
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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