The Political Graveyard: Delaware County, Ohio

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Delaware County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Delaware County

Index to Locations

Oak Grove Cemetery
334 South Sandusky Street
Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio
Founded 1851
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Frank Bartlett Willis (1871-1928) — also known as Frank B. Willis — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Lewis Center, Delaware County, Ohio, December 28, 1871. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1911-15; Governor of Ohio, 1915-17; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916, 1920, 1924; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1921-28; died in office 1928; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1928. Died suddenly, from a cerebral hemorrhage, as he was about to give a presidential campaign speech, at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, March 30, 1928 (age 56 years, 93 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Jay B. Willis and Lavinia Willis; married 1895 to Almira Parmelia Dustin.
		Frank B. Willis School (opened 1883 as Delaware High School; renamed 1928; closed 2016), in Delaware, Ohio, was named for him.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

James Randolph Hubbell (1824-1890) — of Ohio. Born in Lincoln Township, Delaware County, Ohio, July 13, 1824. Republican. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1849, 1858-59, 1862-63; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1863; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1865-67; defeated, 1870; member of Ohio state senate, 1869. Died in Bellville, Richland County, Ohio, November 26, 1890 (age 66 years, 136 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Charles Sweetser (1808-1864) — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Dummerston, Windham County, Vt., 1808. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1849-53. Died of heart disease, April 14, 1864 (age about 55 years). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Archibald Lybrand (1840-1910) — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Tarlton, Pickaway County, Ohio, May 23, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; partner, Delaware Chair Company; mayor of Delaware, Ohio, 1869-71; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1897-1901. Died in Daytona (now part of Daytona Beach), Volusia County, Fla., February 7, 1910 (age 69 years, 260 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)

Earley Franklin Poppleton (1834-1899) — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Richland County, Ohio, September 29, 1834. Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1870; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1875-77. Died of consumption (tuberculosis), May 6, 1899 (age 64 years, 219 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Mary R. Miller.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

John Sills Jones (1836-1903) — also known as John S. Jones — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born near St. Paris, Champaign County, Ohio, February 12, 1836. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Delaware, Ohio, 1866; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1877-79; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1879. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died April 11, 1903 (age 67 years, 58 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Henry Clay Clippinger (1853-1926) — also known as Henry C. Clippinger; Harry C. Clippinger — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, April 11, 1853. Republican. Mayor of Delaware, Ohio, 1902-06. Died February 12, 1926 (age 72 years, 307 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: Henry Clay
		Relatives: Son of John A. Clippinger and Julia Ann (Carey) Clippinger; married to Nellie Newcomb; third cousin of Charles Hamsher Clippinger; third cousin once removed of Roy Clippinger.
		Political family: Clippinger family of Pennsylvania.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Almira Dustin Willis (1873-1956) — also known as Allie D. Willis; Almira Parmelia Dustin; Mrs. Frank B. Willis — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Delaware County, Ohio, December 29, 1873. Republican. Dry candidate for delegate to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936. Female. Died July 21, 1956 (age 82 years, 205 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

		Relatives: Daughter of John H. Dustin and Hannah L. (Cornell) Dustin; married 1895 to Frank Bartlett Willis.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

James M. Neville (d. 1964) — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924, 1944, 1956 (alternate). Died in June, 1964. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Radnor Cemetery
Radnor, Delaware County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

George A. Dix (1885-1959) — of near Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Delaware County, Ohio, September 27, 1885. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940. Welsh, English, and German ancestry. Died, in Marion General Hospital, Marion, Marion County, Ohio, August 10, 1959 (age 73 years, 317 days). Interment at Radnor Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Charles David Franklin Dix and Sarah (Price) Dix; married to Grace Evans and Ruth Halliday; third cousin twice removed of Alexander Wheelock Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of Alexander Cook Thayer.
		Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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