Index to Locations
Springfield Ferncliff Cemetery
Springfield Masonic Home Cemetery
Ferncliff
Cemetery
501 West McCreight Avenue
Springfield, Clark County, Ohio
Founded 1863
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Joseph Warren Keifer (1836-1932) —
also known as J. Warren Keifer —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Bethel Township, Clark
County, Ohio, January
30, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio
state senate, 1868-69; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1876,
1908;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-85, 1905-11 (8th District 1877-79,
4th District 1879-81, 8th District 1881-85, 7th District 1905-11);
defeated, 1910; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1881-83; general in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died April
22, 1932 (age 96 years, 83
days).
Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery.
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Asa Smith Bushnell (1834-1904) —
also known as Asa S. Bushnell —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
16, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Warder, Bushnell & Glassner Company, manufacturers of mowers and
reapers; Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884
(voted for James
G. Blaine and John
A. Logan); Ohio
Republican state chair, 1885; Governor of
Ohio, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1896
(speaker).
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1904 (age 69 years, 121
days).
Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery.
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Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896) —
of Ohio.
Born near Enon, Clark
County, Ohio, December
10, 1817.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1861-63, 1865-69, 1871-73 (8th District
1861-63, 7th District 1865-69, 1871-73); U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1869-70.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
7, 1896 (age 78 years, 241
days).
Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery.
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Samson Mason (1793-1869) —
of Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, 1793.
Whig. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1835-43; Whig
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1844;
delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Clark County,
1850-51; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1850-53.
Died February
1, 1869 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery.
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Walter Lowrie Weaver (1851-1909) —
also known as Walter L. Weaver —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, 1851.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1897-1901.
Died May 27,
1909 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery.
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Arthur William Aleshire (1900-1940) —
also known as Arthur W. Aleshire —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born near Luray, Page
County, Va., February
15, 1900.
Democrat. Grocer; gasoline
station business; His legs were
paralyzed as the result of an accident in 1923; used a
wheelchair; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1937-39; defeated, 1938.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from uremia
and heart
disease, in a hospital
at Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, March
11, 1940 (age 40 years, 25
days).
Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery.
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Newton Hamilton Fairbanks (1859-1937) —
also known as Newton H. Fairbanks —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Unionville Center, Union
County, Ohio, December
10, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1924.
Died in Clark
County, Ohio, March
22, 1937 (age 77 years, 102
days).
Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery.
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Masonic Home
Cemetery
Springfield, Clark County, Ohio
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Joseph Ellis Blackburn (1860-1928) —
also known as Joseph E. Blackburn —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin in Farmington, Belmont
County, Ohio, June 30,
1860.
Republican. Glass mold
maker; organizer,
president,
and secretary,
mold-maker's union; druggist;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1895; Ohio dairy
and food commissioner, 1897-1901.
Died in Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, 1928
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Masonic Home Cemetery.
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