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Ashtabula County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Ashtabula County

Index to Locations Ashtabula Chestnut Grove Cemetery Jefferson Oakdale Cemetery Chestnut Grove Cemetery Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio Politicians buried here:   John Warren Prine (1862-1925) — also known as J. Warren Prine — of Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, May 19, 1862. Republican. Postmaster at Ashtabula, Ohio, 1903-15. Died May 31, 1925 (age 63 years, 12 days). Interment at Chestnut Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Green Perrine and Mary A. (Moon) Perrine; married, December 23, 1887, to Marian Minnie Cameron Ross; second cousin once removed of Spencer Gale Frink.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Oakdale Cemetery Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio Politicians buried here:   Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878) — also known as Benjamin F. Wade — of Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Born in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Hampden County, Mass., October 27, 1800. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Ashtabula County Prosecuting Attorney, 1835-37; member of Ohio state senate, 1837-38, 1841-42; circuit judge in Ohio, 1847-51; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1851-69; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1868. Died in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 2, 1878 (age 77 years, 126 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin   Relatives: Son of James Wade and Mary (Upham) Wade; brother of Edward Wade; married to Caroline Marie Rosecrans; uncle of Decius Spear Wade and Ellen Maria Wade (who married Schuyler Colfax Jr.); granduncle of Schuyler Colfax III.   Political family: Wade-Colfax family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Decius Spear Wade (1835-1905) — also known as Decius Wade; "Father of Montana Jurisprudence" — of Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Born in Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio, January 23, 1835. Lawyer; novelist; Ashtabula County Probate Judge, 1861-67; member of Ohio state senate, 1868; chief justice of Montana territorial supreme court, 1871-87. Died in Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio, August 3, 1905 (age 70 years, 192 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Wade and Juliet (Spear) Wade; married, June 3, 1863, to Bernice Galpin; nephew of Benjamin Franklin Wade and Edward Wade; first cousin of Ellen Maria Wade (who married Schuyler Colfax Jr.); first cousin once removed of Schuyler Colfax III.   Political family: Wade-Colfax family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Strangest Names in American Political History Joshua Reed Giddings (1795-1864) — also known as Joshua R. Giddings; "The Lion of Ashtabula" — of Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Born in Tioga Point (now Athens), Bradford County, Pa., October 6, 1795. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1826; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1838-59 (16th District 1838-43, 20th District 1843-59); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856 (member, Platform Committee; speaker), 1860; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1861-64, died in office 1864. Died in Montreal, Quebec, May 27, 1864 (age 68 years, 234 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: New York Public Library   Stephen Asa Northway (1833-1898) — also known as Stephen A. Northway — of Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Born in New York, 1833. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1870; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1893-98; died in office 1898. Died September 18, 1898 (age about 65 years). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Miner Gibbs Norton (1857-1926) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio, May 11, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Died September 5, 1926 (age 69 years, 117 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rowland Miner Norton and Eliza Ann (Gibbs) Norton; married, August 5, 1885, to Agnes Hine.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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