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Brown County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Brown County

Index to Locations

  • Georgetown Confidence Cemetery
  • Georgetown Old Georgetown Cemetery
  • Ripley Maplewood Cemetery

    Confidence Cemetery
    Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Chilton Allen White (1826-1900) — also known as Chilton A. White — of Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. Born in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, February 6, 1826. Democrat. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; Brown County Prosecuting Attorney, 1852-54; member of Ohio state senate, 1859-60; U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1861-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Brown County, 1873; candidate for secretary of state of Ohio, 1896. Died in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, December 7, 1900 (age 74 years, 304 days). Interment at Confidence Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John D. White and Margaret R. (Baker) White; married to Frances Boyle; married 1885 to Mary A. Pulliam.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Wallace Ellsberry (1833-1894) — of Ohio. Born in Brown County, Ohio, December 18, 1833. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1880; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1885-87. Died in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, September 7, 1894 (age 60 years, 263 days). Interment at Confidence Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

    Old Georgetown Cemetery
    Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
    Thomas L. Hamer Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) — also known as Thomas L. Hamer — of Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. Born in Northumberland County, Pa., July, 1800. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1829; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1828 (voted for Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun); U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Nominated Ulysses S. Grant to be a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Died in the military service, probably from dysentery, at Monterrey, Nuevo León, December 2, 1846 (age 46 years, 0 days). Original interment somewhere in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Old Georgetown Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      Relatives: Uncle of Thomas Ray Hamer.
      The village of Hamersville, Ohio, is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
      Image source: Unknown

    Maplewood Cemetery
    Ripley, Brown County, Ohio
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Alexander Campbell (1779-1857) — of Kentucky; Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. Born in Frederick County, Va., 1779. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1803; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1807-09, 1819, 1832-33; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1808-09; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1809-13; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1820 (voted for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins); member of Ohio state senate, 1822-24; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1826; mayor of Ripley, Ohio, 1838-40. Died in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, November 5, 1857 (age about 78 years). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Leon Stivers Wiles (1878-1918) — also known as Leon S. Wiles — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, June 26, 1878. Republican. Manager, Huntington Tobacco Warehouse; mayor of Huntington, W.Va., 1918; died in office 1918. Died, from influenza, in Huntington, Wayne County, W.Va., October 18, 1918 (age 40 years, 114 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Newton P. Wiles and Juliet Burnham (Hathaway) Wiles; married to Laura Gibson Kirkpatrick.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Hugh Seneca Hood (1864-1936) — also known as Hugh S. Hood — Born in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, May 4, 1864. U.S. Vice Consul in Durban, as of 1914-29. Died in 1936 (age about 72 years). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Fenton Hood and Samantha (Young) Hood; married, October 21, 1891, to Anna May Garrison.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Archie Ray Hicks Jr. (1915-1974) — also known as Arch R. Hicks, Jr. — of Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. Born in Levanna, Brown County, Ohio, October 13, 1915. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Ripley, Ohio; Brown County Prosecuting Attorney, 1941-49; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948, 1952, 1960. Church of Christ. Member, Kiwanis; Jaycees. Died in 1974 (age about 58 years). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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