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Index to Locations
Fairborn Fairfield Cemetery
Wilberforce Wilberforce Cemetery
Xenia Woodland Cemetery
Yellow Springs Unknown location
Yellow Springs Glen Forest Cemetery
Fairfield
Cemetery
730 Clover Street
Fairborn, Greene County, Ohio
Founded 1844
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Absolon Munson Griffith (1831-1899) —
also known as A. M. Griffith —
of Clinton
County, Ohio.
Born in South Charleston, Clark
County, Ohio, October
4, 1831.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Ohio
state house of representatives from Clinton County; elected 1897.
Died in Sabina, Clinton
County, Ohio, September
19, 1899 (age 67 years, 350
days).
Interment at Fairfield Cemetery.
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Wilberforce
Cemetery
Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio
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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
16, 1838.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained
minister; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
Black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African,
Scottish,
American
Indian, and Irish
ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia,
in Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
7, 1906 (age 68 years, 205
days).
Interment at Wilberforce Cemetery.
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Woodland
Cemetery
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio
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John Little (1837-1900) —
of Greene
County, Ohio.
Born near Grape Grove, Greene
County, Ohio, April
25, 1837.
Republican. Mayor of
Xenia, Ohio, 1864; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1869; Ohio
state attorney general, 1872-78; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1885-87.
Died October
18, 1900 (age 63 years, 176
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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John Alexander (1777-1848) —
of Ohio.
Born in Crowsville, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., April
16, 1777.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1813-17; defeated, 1816;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1822-23; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1830.
Died in Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio, June 28,
1848 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Thomas Edmund Scroggy (1843-1915) —
also known as Thomas E. Scroggy —
of Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, 1843.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1905-07.
Died in 1915
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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James January Winans (1818-1879) —
of Ohio.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., June 7,
1818.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state senate, 1857; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1863; common pleas court judge in
Ohio, 1864-71; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1869-71.
Died in Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio, April
28, 1879 (age 60 years, 325
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Leroy Tate Marshall (1883-1950) —
also known as Leroy T. Marshall —
of Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born near Bellbrook, Greene
County, Ohio, November
8, 1883.
Republican. School
teacher; Greene
County Clerk of Courts, 1909-13; lawyer; chair of
Greene County Republican Party, 1920-32; member of Ohio
state senate, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1933-37.
Died in Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio, November
20, 1950 (age 67 years, 12
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Linden Crise Weimer (1880-1949) —
also known as Linden C. Weimer —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Stark
County, Ohio, May 5,
1880.
Republican. Postmaster at Dayton,
Ohio, 1921-35 (acting, 1921-23); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1936;
office
building manager.
Died in Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
22, 1949 (age 69 years, 170
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin Weimer and Catherine (Crise) Weimer; married to Jessie
Bieler. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Andrew Chew (1882-1964) —
also known as James A. Chew —
of Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Greene
County, Ohio, July 10,
1882.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1932.
Died in Kettering, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 26,
1964 (age 82 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio
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Horace Mann (1796-1859) —
also known as "The Father of American Public
Education" —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 4,
1796.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1827-33; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1833-37; secretary, Massachusetts Board of
Education, 1837-48; founder and editor of The Common School
Journal; became a national leader in improving and reforming
public schools; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1848-53; Free
Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1852; president
and professor
at Antioch College, 1852-59.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio, August
2, 1859 (age 63 years, 90
days).
Original interment somewhere; reinterment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
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Glen Forest
Cemetery
Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio
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Simeon Davison Fess (1861-1936) —
also known as Simeon D. Fess —
of Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born near Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, December
11, 1861.
Republican. University
professor; author; editor; president
of Ohio Northern University; president
of Antioch College 1907-17; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1913-23 (6th District 1913-15, 7th
District 1915-23); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1923-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1924,
1932;
Temporary Chair, 1928;
chair, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee, chair, 1928;
speaker, 1928;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1930-32.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1936 (age 75 years, 12
days).
Interment at Glen Forest Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Fess and Barbara (Herring) Fess; married 1890 to Eva
Candice Thomas; father of Hamilton
Lehr Fess. |
| | | Epitaph: "A great teacher and orator
whoe life and character were a source of inspiration in the lives of
thousands. Authority on history and government, leader of his
colleagues and confidant of presidents. A genuine patriot whose
loyalty and unimpeachable integrity never yielded to expediency or
compromised a conviction." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hamilton Lehr Fess (1891-1965) —
also known as Lehr Fess —
of Ohio.
Born in Ada, Hardin
County, Ohio, November
13, 1891.
Republican. School
principal; Parliamentarian, U.S. House of Representatives,
1919-27; Parliamentarian, Republican National Convention, 1920,
1944;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1943-45; Judge, Ohio Court of
Appeals 6th District, 1945-65.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
15, 1965 (age 73 years, 275
days).
Interment at Glen Forest Cemetery.
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