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Greene County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Greene County

Index to Locations Wilberforce Wilberforce Cemetery Xenia Woodland Cemetery Yellow Springs Unknown location Yellow Springs Glen Forest Cemetery Wilberforce Cemetery Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of Samuel G. Arnett and Mary Louisa Arnett; married, May 25, 1858, to Mary Louisa Gordon.   Arnett Hall, at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Woodland Cemetery Xenia, Greene County, Ohio Politicians buried here:   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   Relatives: Son of Anna (McCrory) Alexander (1752-1796) and Alexander Alexander (1753-1806).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   Relatives: Son of Franklin Weimer (1841-1906) and Catherine (Crise) Weimer (1850-1920); married to Jessie Bieler.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of William Brown Chew (1854-1923) and Anna Vida (McBurney) Chew (1855-1937); married, October 26, 1904, to Jessie Ruth Baker (1881-1974).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Unknown Location Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio Politicians formerly buried here: 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.   Relatives: Married 1830 to Charlotte Messer (1809-1832); married, May 1, 1843, to Mary Tyler Peabody (1806-1887; sister-in-law of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)).   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Deming family of Maryland and New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS Horace Mann (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1940) Glen Forest Cemetery Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of Henry Fess and Barbara (Herring) Fess; married 1890 to Eva C. Thomas.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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