Index to Locations
Avon Protestant Cemetery
Avon St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
Elyria Brookdale Cemetery
Elyria Ridgelawn Cemetery
Grafton Grafton Cemetery
Lorain Elmwood Cemetery
Oberlin Unknown location
Oberlin Westwood Cemetery
Wellington Greenwood Cemetery
Protestant
Cemetery
Avon, Lorain County, Ohio
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Norton Strange Townshend (1815-1895) —
also known as Norton S. Townshend —
of Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Northamptonshire, England,
December
25, 1815.
Democrat. Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Lorain County,
1850-51; member of Ohio state legislature, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1851-53.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, July 13,
1895 (age 79 years, 200
days).
Interment at Protestant Cemetery.
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St. Mary Catholic
Cemetery
Avon, Lorain County, Ohio
Brookdale
Cemetery
Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
Ridgelawn
Cemetery
Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
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William Graves Sharp (1859-1922) —
also known as William G. Sharp —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Mt. Gilead, Morrow
County, Ohio, March
14, 1859.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1909-14; defeated, 1900;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1914-19.
Died in Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio, November
17, 1922 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Amos Richard Webber (1852-1948) —
also known as Amos R. Webber —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Hinckley, Medina
County, Ohio, January
21, 1852.
Republican. Common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1901-04, 1922-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1904-07.
Church
of Christ.
Died in Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio, February
25, 1948 (age 96 years, 35
days).
Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Bird Beers Chapman (1821-1871) —
also known as Bird B. Chapman —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
24, 1821.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Nebraska Territory, 1855-57.
Died in Put-in-Bay, Ottawa
County, Ohio, September
21, 1871 (age 50 years, 28
days).
Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Arthur Lovett Garford (1858-1933) —
also known as Arthur L. Garford —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio, August
4, 1858.
Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896,
1908,
1912,
1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Progressive candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1912; Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1914.
Died in Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio, January
23, 1933 (age 74 years, 172
days).
Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of George Henry Garford and Hannah (Lovett) Garford; married 1881 to Mary
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Grafton
Cemetery
Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio
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James Monroe Ritchie (1829-1918) —
also known as James M. Ritchie —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland,
July
28, 1829.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1881-83.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, August
17, 1918 (age 89 years, 20
days).
Interment at Grafton Cemetery.
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Elmwood
Cemetery
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio
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Seward Henry Williams (1870-1922) —
also known as Seward H. Williams —
of Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
7, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1910-13; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1915-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio, September
2, 1922 (age 51 years, 299
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio
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Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867) —
also known as H. E. Peck —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 20,
1821.
Republican. College
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1856;
U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Haiti, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1866-67, died in office 1867.
Abolitionist; involved in rescue of an escaping slave in Wellington,
near Oberlin, Ohio, in September 1858; among the 20 men who were arrested
and charged
with "infringement of the Fugitive
Slave Law"; the trial
ended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) were
indicted for kidnapping.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Haiti,
June
9, 1867 (age 45 years, 324
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Westwood
Cemetery
Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio
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Wesley Frost (1884-1968) —
of Berea, Madison
County, Ky.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, June 17,
1884.
Secretary to U.S. Senator Theodore
E. Burton, 1907-08; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Charlottetown, 1912-14; Cork, 1914-17; Marseille, 1921-24; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1924-28; Montreal, 1928-35; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1942-44.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., January
9, 1968 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Interment at Westwood Cemetery.
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James Monroe (1821-1898) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., July 18,
1821.
Republican. College
professor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1856-59; member of Ohio
state senate, 1860-62; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1860;
U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1862-70; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1871-81 (14th District 1871-73, 18th
District 1873-79, 17th District 1879-81).
Died in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, July 6,
1898 (age 76 years, 353
days).
Interment at Westwood Cemetery.
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Charles Adams Mosher (1906-1984) —
also known as Charles A. Mosher —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Sandwich, DeKalb
County, Ill., May 7,
1906.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1951-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1961-77.
Died November
16, 1984 (age 78 years, 193
days).
Interment at Westwood Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Cemetery
Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio
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Roswell Gilbert Horr (1830-1896) —
also known as Roswell G. Horr —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Waitsfield, Washington
County, Vt., November
26, 1830.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1879-85; defeated,
1884, 1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1884,
1888.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., December
19, 1896 (age 66 years, 23
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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