Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
New Concord New Concord Cemetery
Zanesville Greenwood Cemetery
Zanesville Mt. Olive Cemetery
Zanesville St. Thomas' Cemetery
Zanesville Woodlawn Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Muskingum County, Ohio
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George Jackson (1757-1831) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., January
9, 1757.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1785-91, 1794; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1795-97, 1799-1803 (3rd District
1795-97, at-large 1799-1803); member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1809-12.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, May 17,
1831 (age 74 years, 128
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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New Concord
Cemetery
New Concord, Muskingum County, Ohio
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J. Knox Montgomery (d. 1931) —
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1908.
Died in 1931.
Interment at New Concord Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Cemetery
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
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Samuel Herrick (1779-1852) —
of Ohio.
Born in Amenia, Dutchess
County, N.Y., April
14, 1779.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1810-18, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1817-21; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Died June 4,
1852 (age 73 years, 51
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Alexander Harper (1786-1860) —
of Ohio.
Born near Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
5, 1786.
Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1820; state court judge in Ohio,
1822; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1837-39, 1843-47, 1851-53 (12th
District 1837-39, 14th District 1843-47, 1851-53).
Died December
1, 1860 (age 74 years, 300
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Robert Burns Brown (1844-1916) —
also known as Robert B. Brown —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in New Concord, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
2, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor and publisher; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1912; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1916.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1890 for actions at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee,
November 25, 1863.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, July 30,
1916 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Henry Clay Van Voorhis (1852-1927) —
also known as H. Clay Van Voorhis —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Licking Township, Muskingum
County, Ohio, May 11,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1893-1905.
Died December
12, 1927 (age 75 years, 215
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Edward Ball (1811-1872) —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., November
6, 1811.
Farmer;
lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Muskingum County, 1845-49,
1868-71; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1853-57.
Methodist.
Accidentally killed by a railroad
train near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, November
22, 1872 (age 61 years, 16
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Robert Mitchell (1778-1848) —
of Ohio.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1778.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1833-35.
Died in 1848
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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David Chambers (1780-1864) —
of Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., November
25, 1780.
Mayor
of Zanesville, Ohio, 1810; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1814; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1821-23; member of Ohio
state senate, 1843; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Muskingum County,
1850-51.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August
8, 1864 (age 83 years, 257
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Tom Van Horn Moorehead (1898-1979) —
of Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, April
12, 1898.
Republican. Mayor
of Zanesville, Ohio, 1930; member of Ohio
state senate, 1940; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1961-63.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
21, 1979 (age 81 years, 192
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Mt. Olive
Cemetery
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
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Clara Trost Sheehy (d. 1960) —
of Grandview Heights, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1944.
Female.
Died January
5, 1960.
Interment at Mt. Olive Cemetery.
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St. Thomas'
Cemetery
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
Woodlawn
Cemetery
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
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Hugh Judge Jewett (1817-1898) —
also known as Hugh Jewett —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Harford
County, Md., July 1,
1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1853; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1855-56; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1855, 1868-69; railroad
president; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1861; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1873-74; defeated, 1860
(16th District), 1870 (7th District); resigned 1874; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1880.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March 6,
1898 (age 80 years, 248
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Isaac Van Horne (1754-1834) —
of Solebury, Bucks
County, Pa.; Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Solebury Township, Bucks
County, Pa., January
18, 1754.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; justice of the peace; Bucks
County Coroner; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1796-97; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1801-05 (4th District 1801-03,
2nd District 1803-05); receiver
of U.S. Land Office at Zanesville, Ohio, 1805-26.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, February
2, 1834 (age 80 years, 15
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Milton Isaiah Southard (1836-1905) —
also known as Milton I. Southard —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in Hanover, Licking
County, Ohio, October
30, 1836.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1873-79.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, May 4,
1905 (age 68 years, 186
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Harvey C. Smith (1874-1929) —
of Ohio.
Born in 1874.
Secretary
of state of Ohio, 1919-23.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, 1929
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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