Index to Locations
Bluffton Ebenezer Cemetery
Lima Gethsemane Cemetery
Lima Lima Memorial Park Cemetery
Lima Old Cemetery
Lima Woodlawn Cemetery
Rockport Rockport Cemetery
Spencerville Spencerville Cemetery
Ebenezer
Cemetery
Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio
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Cyrus Locher (1878-1929) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Putnam
County, Ohio, March 8,
1878.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1928; defeated in primary, 1928.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
17, 1929 (age 51 years, 162
days).
Interment at Ebenezer Cemetery.
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Gethsemane
Cemetery
Lima, Allen County, Ohio
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John Henry Goeke (1869-1930) —
also known as J. Henry Goeke —
of Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio; Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born near Minster, Auglaize
County, Ohio, October
28, 1869.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1911-15; defeated, 1922;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912,
1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died March
25, 1930 (age 60 years, 148
days).
Interment at Gethsemane Cemetery.
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Lima Memorial
Park Cemetery
Lima, Allen County, Ohio
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Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Jones —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cairo, Allen
County, Ohio, June 25,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1947-52.
Methodist;
later Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died June 22,
1968 (age 60 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lima Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Old
Cemetery
Lima, Allen County, Ohio
Woodlawn
Cemetery
Lima, Allen County, Ohio
Founded 1873
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Calvin Stewart Brice (1845-1898) —
also known as Calvin S. Brice —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Denmark, Morrow
County, Ohio, September
17, 1845.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
active in railroad
law; president of railroad
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1888;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1888; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1889-92; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1891-97.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1898 (age 53 years, 89
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862) —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in New Jersey, October
3, 1824.
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1853-59.
Died September
15, 1862 (age 37 years, 347
days).
Original interment at Old Cemetery;
reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Charles Nelson Lamison (1826-1896) —
also known as Charles N. Lamison —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbia
County, Pa., 1826.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1871-75.
Died April
24, 1896 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Welty (1870-1962) —
also known as Benjamin F. Welty —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born near Bluffton, Allen
County, Ohio, August
9, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1917-21; defeated, 1920,
1926.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
23, 1962 (age 92 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Fred C. Becker (1875-1941) —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
18, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Lima, Ohio, 1908-10; Allen
County Probate Judge, 1913-21; common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1921.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Elks; Moose; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in 1941
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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James Wood Halfhill (1861-1923) —
also known as James W. Halfhill —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Ohio, March 1,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, The Old National Bank of
Lima, Ohio, First National Bank of
Ada, Ohio, Ada Heat, Water
and Light Company, Ohio State Life
Insurance Company; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1911-12; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1920.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died, from influenza,
in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1923 (age 62 years, 45
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Rockport
Cemetery
Rockport, Allen County, Ohio
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Neil L. Lora (1895-1944) —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Rockport, Allen
County, Ohio, April 4,
1895.
Lawyer;
piano
player; played in his own band in the 1920s; municipal judge in
Ohio, 1932-39; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1939-44.
Methodist.
Died, from a coronary
thrombosis, in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
4, 1944 (age 49 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rockport Cemetery.
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Spencerville
Cemetery
Spencerville, Allen County, Ohio
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William Benjamin Hartzog (1863-1945) —
also known as William B. Hartzog —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Wilshire Township, Van Wert
County, Ohio, May 29,
1863.
Republican. Pastor;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1925-28.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., July 12,
1945 (age 82 years, 44
days).
Interment at Spencerville Cemetery.
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