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Wood County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wood County


Index to Locations

  • Bowling Green Oak Grove Cemetery
  • North Baltimore Old Maplewood Cemetery
  • Perrysburg Fort Meigs Cemetery


    Oak Grove Cemetery
    Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Edward Baird (1865-1942) — also known as Joseph E. Baird — of Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio. Born in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, November 12, 1865. Son of Charles C. Baird and Elizabeth A. (Croft) Baird. Republican. Mayor of Bowling Green, Ohio, 1902-05; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1929-31. Died in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, June 14, 1942 (age 76 years, 214 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, February 22, 1898, to Ida Alice Graham.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Old Maplewood Cemetery
    North Baltimore, Wood County, Ohio
    Founded 1883
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Earl D. Bloom (1871-1930) — of Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio. Born in Wood County, Ohio, May 29, 1871. Son of James Lewis Bloom (1840-1892) and Lydia A. (Ackerman) Bloom (1840-1916). Democrat. Lawyer; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916, 1920, 1924; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1917-19, 1923-25, 1927-28; defeated, 1924; candidate in primary for Governor of Ohio, 1928. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, January 8, 1930 (age 58 years, 224 days). Interment at Old Maplewood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, July 24, 1895, to Eleanor G. Lathrop (1869-1939).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Fort Meigs Cemetery
    Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Erasmus Darwin Peck (1808-1876) — of Ohio. Born in Stafford, Tolland County, Conn., September 16, 1808. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1870-73. Died in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, December 25, 1876 (age 68 years, 100 days). Interment at Fort Meigs Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Nelson Edwin Matthews (1852-1917) — also known as Nelson E. Matthews — of Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1852. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1915-17. Died in 1917 (age about 65 years). Interment at Fort Meigs Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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