The Political Graveyard: Lawrence County, Ohio

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Lawrence County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lawrence County

Index to Locations

Woodland Cemetery
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

John Kelvey Richards (1856-1909) — also known as John K. Richards; Jack Richards — of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Born in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, March 15, 1856. Son of Samuel Richards (1814-1891) and Sarah Ann (Kelvey) Richards (1827-1863). Republican. Lawyer; Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-82; member of Ohio state senate, 1890-92; Ohio state attorney general, 1892-96; U.S. Solicitor General, 1897-1903; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1903-09. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 1, 1909 (age 52 years, 351 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, June 12, 1890, to Anna Willard Steece (1866-1940).
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Thomas Albert Jenkins (1880-1959) — also known as Thomas A. Jenkins — of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Born in Jackson County, Ohio, October 28, 1880. Son of Samuel E. Jenkins and Ann (Harris) Jenkins. Republican. Lawyer; Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Ohio state senate, 1922; U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1925-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940, 1944. Died in 1959 (age about 78 years). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Henry Safford Neal (1828-1906) — also known as Henry S. Neal — of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Born in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, August 25, 1828. Republican. Lawyer; Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney, 1851; member of Ohio state senate 8th District, 1862-65; U.S. Consul in Lisbon, 1869; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Lawrence County, 1873; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-83 (11th District 1877-79, 12th District 1879-81, 11th District 1881-83); U.S. Solicitor of the Treasury, 1884-85. Died in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, July 13, 1906 (age 77 years, 322 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Ezra Dean (1795-1872) — of Ohio. Born in Hillsdale, Columbia County, N.Y., April 9, 1795. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1841-45. Died in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, January 25, 1872 (age 76 years, 291 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Adna Romulus Johnson (1860-1938) — also known as Adna R. Johnson — of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Born in Sweet Springs, Saline County, Mo., December 14, 1860. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1909-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916, 1924. Died June 11, 1938 (age 77 years, 179 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

H. A. McCown — of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940, 1944 (alternate), 1948 (alternate); candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1946. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

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