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Index to Locations
Barnesville Green Mount Cemetery
Bellaire Greenwood Cemetery
Bellaire Rock Hill Cemetery
Bellaire Union Cemetery
Bridgeport Weeks Cemetery
Martins Ferry Martins Ferry Pioneer
Cemetery
Martins Ferry Riverview Cemetery
St. Clairsville Methodist Cemetery
St. Clairsville Methodist Episcopal
Cemetery
St. Clairsville Union Cemetery
Near St. Clairsville Scotch Ridge
Cemetery
Green Mount
Cemetery
Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio
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John Davenport (1788-1855) —
of Ohio.
Born in Winchester,
Va., January
9, 1788.
Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1824, 1827, 1830; member of Ohio
state senate, 1825-26; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1827-29; circuit judge in
Ohio, 1830.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, July 18,
1855 (age 67 years, 190
days).
Interment at Green Mount Cemetery.
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Thomas Shannon (1786-1843) —
of Barnesville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., November
15, 1786.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; leaf tobacco
business; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1819-22, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1826-27; member of Ohio
state senate, 1829, 1837-41.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Barnesville, Belmont
County, Ohio, March
16, 1843 (age 56 years, 121
days).
Interment at Green Mount Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Cemetery
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
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Benjamin Rush Cowen (1831-1908) —
also known as Benjamin R. Cowen —
of Bellaire, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Moorefield, Harrison
County, Ohio, August
15, 1831.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Ohio, 1862; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1866-; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1868
(Convention
Secretary).
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
19, 1908 (age 76 years, 157
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Thornton Allan Rodefer (c.1846-1910) —
also known as Thornton A. Rodefer —
of Bellaire, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, about 1846.
Liberty candidate for Ohio
treasurer of state, 1897; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1906.
Died in Belmont
County, Ohio, April
21, 1910 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Rodefer and Mary Alice (Horn) Rodefer; married, January
31, 1878, to Mary Elizabeth Pumphrey. |
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Rock Hill
Cemetery
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
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Hester Ann Birdsong (1824-1890) —
also known as Hester Ann Moore —
of Bellaire, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Virginia, November
24, 1824.
Republican. Postmaster at Bellaire,
Ohio, 1881.
Female.
Died in Belmont
County, Ohio, February
9, 1890 (age 65 years, 77
days).
Interment at Rock Hill Cemetery.
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Union
Cemetery
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
Weeks
Cemetery
Bridgeport, Belmont County, Ohio
Martins Ferry
Pioneer Cemetery
Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio
Riverview
Cemetery
Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio
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Thomas W. Shreve (1858-1924) —
of Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Roscoe, Coshocton
County, Ohio, March
31, 1858.
Lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1902.
Died in St. Albans, Kanawha
County, W.Va., December
9, 1924 (age 66 years, 253
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Martha B. (Bradshaw) Shreve and Charles Ridgway Shreve; married,
July
3, 1883, to Jennie L. Gray. |
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Methodist
Cemetery
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
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William Kennon Sr. (1793-1881) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., May 14,
1793.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1829-33, 1835-37 (10th District
1829-33, 11th District 1835-37); common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1840-47; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Belmont County,
1850-51; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1854-56.
Died in St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio, November
2, 1881 (age 88 years, 172
days).
Interment at Methodist Cemetery.
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James Caldwell (1770-1838) —
of Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
30, 1770.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker;
delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Belmont County,
1802; Belmont
County Clerk of the Court, 1806-10; member of Ohio
state senate from Belmont County, 1809-13; served in the U.S.
Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1813-17; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va (now W.Va.), May 5,
1838 (age 67 years, 156
days).
Interment at Methodist Cemetery.
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Methodist
Episcopal Cemetery
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
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Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington Township, Belmont
County, Ohio, October
18, 1829.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1873-79, 1895-99; died in
office 1899.
Died in St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio, June 19,
1899 (age 69 years, 244
days).
Interment at Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
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Union
Cemetery
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
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Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857) —
also known as "Wheel-Horse of the
Senate" —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Abington, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., February
21, 1783.
School
teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1815-33; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio.
Died September
2, 1857 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Capell Lane Weems (1860-1913) —
also known as Capell L. Weems —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, 1860.
Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1903-09.
Died in 1913
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Wayne Levere Hays (1911-1989) —
also known as Wayne L. Hays —
of Flushing, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Bannock, Belmont
County, Ohio, May 13,
1911.
Democrat. Mayor of Flushing, Ohio, 1939-45; member of Ohio
state senate, 1941-42; Belmont
County Commissioner, 1945-48; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1949-76; resigned 1976;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1964;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1979.
In May 1976, he was caught up in a scandal
when a clerk in his congressional office, Elizabeth Ray, charged
that she was on the public payroll solely to provide sexual
favors to the Congressman; Hays admitted
most of the allegations; he resigned
as committee chair in June, and resigned
from Congress in September.
Died February
13, 1989 (age 77 years, 276
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Earl Ramage Lewis (1887-1956) —
also known as Earl R. Lewis —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Lamira, Belmont
County, Ohio, February
22, 1887.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state senate, 1927-28, 1931-34; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1939-41, 1943-49;
defeated, 1940.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., February
1, 1956 (age 68 years, 344
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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John Patterson (1771-1848) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Little Britain Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
10, 1771.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1807-08; common pleas court judge
in Ohio, 1810-15; member of Ohio
state senate, 1815-18; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1823-25.
Died in St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio, February
7, 1848 (age 76 years, 362
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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William Kennon Jr. (1802-1867) —
of Ohio.
Born in Carrickfergus, Ireland,
June
12, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1847-49; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1865-67.
Died in St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio, October
19, 1867 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Scotch Ridge
Cemetery
Near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
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James Alexander Jr. (1789-1846) —
of Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born near Delta, York
County, Pa., October
17, 1789.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Belmont County, 1830,
1833-34; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1837-39; defeated, 1838.
Died in McNabb, Putnam
County, Ill., September
5, 1846 (age 56 years, 323
days).
Interment at Scotch Ridge Cemetery.
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