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Scioto County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Scioto County


Index to Locations

  • Portsmouth Greenlawn Cemetery
  • Rushtown Rushtown Cemetery
  • South Webster South Webster Cemetery
  • Wheelersburg Memorial Burial Park


    Greenlawn Cemetery
    Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Albert Clifton Thompson (1842-1910) — also known as Albert C. Thompson — of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, 1842. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1885-91 (12th District 1885-87, 11th District 1887-91). Died in 1910 (age about 68 years). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Henry Towne Bannon (1867-1950) — also known as Henry T. Bannon — of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Born near Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, June 5, 1867. Son of Mary E. (Smith) Bannon and James W. Bannon. Republican. Lawyer; Scioto County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1903; legal counsel, Norfolk and Western Railway; U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, September 6, 1950 (age 83 years, 93 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, May 25, 1893, to Jessie Damarin.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Wells Andrews Hutchins (1818-1895) — also known as Wells A. Hutchins — of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1818. Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1863-65; defeated, 1880. Died in 1895 (age about 77 years). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of John Hutchins.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Oscar Fitzallen Moore (1817-1885) — also known as Oscar F. Moore — of Scioto County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1817. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives from Scioto County, 1850-51; member of Ohio state senate 7th District, 1852-53; U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1855-57. Died in 1885 (age about 68 years). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Ward MacLaughlin Miller (1902-1984) — of Ohio. Born in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, November 29, 1902. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1960-61. Died in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, March 11, 1984 (age 81 years, 103 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Wirt Newman (d. 1902) — also known as James W. Newman — of Ohio. Secretary of state of Ohio, 1883-85. Died in 1902. Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      Silas Wattles Cole (1797-1875) — also known as Silas W. Cole — of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. Born in Chenango County, N.Y., August 2, 1797. Son of Silas Cole and Dinah (Crawford) Cole. Wagon maker; mayor of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1835-36. Methodist. Died in Scioto County, Ohio, January 6, 1875 (age 77 years, 157 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Silas Cole and Dinah (Crawford) Cole; married, November 22, 1822, to Elizabeth Huston (died 1861); married, January 27, 1864, to Antoinette (Vincent) Squires; father of Joseph H. Cole (Second Lieutenant, Union Army, killed at Battle of Chickamauga, 1863).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Rushtown Cemetery
    Rushtown, Scioto County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      William Russell (1782-1845) — of West Union, Adams County, Ohio. Born in Ireland, 1782. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1809-13; member of Ohio state senate, 1819-21; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1827-33, 1841-43 (5th District 1827-33, 7th District 1841-43). Died in Scioto County, Ohio, September 28, 1845 (age about 63 years). Interment at Rushtown Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    South Webster Cemetery
    South Webster, Scioto County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Edward Oscar McCowen (1877-1953) — also known as Edward O. McCowen — of Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio. Born in Scioto County, Ohio, 1877. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1943-49; defeated, 1950. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis. Died in 1953 (age about 76 years). Interment at South Webster Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Memorial Burial Park
    Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Vernal G. Riffe, Jr. (1925-1997) — also known as Vern Riffe — of Ohio. Born June 26, 1925. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1959-95; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1975-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1996. Died of cancer, July 31, 1997 (age 72 years, 35 days). Interment at Memorial Burial Park.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Books by Vernal Riffe, Jr.: Whatever's Fair: The Political Autobiography of Ohio House Speaker Vern Riffe


     

     


     
       
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