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Seneca County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Seneca County

Index to Locations

  • Fostoria Fountain Cemetery
  • Tiffin Greenlawn Cemetery

    Fountain Cemetery
    Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles Foster (1828-1904) — also known as "Calico Foster" — of Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio. Born in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, April 12, 1828. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1871-79 (9th District 1871-73, 10th District 1873-79); defeated, 1878; Governor of Ohio, 1880-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1880; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1891-93. Died in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, January 9, 1904 (age 75 years, 272 days). Interment at Fountain Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

    Greenlawn Cemetery
    Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      George Ebbert Seney (1832-1905) — also known as George E. Seney — of Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, May 29, 1832. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1883-91 (5th District 1883-85, 7th District 1885-87, 5th District 1887-91). Author of Seney's Ohio Code. Died June 11, 1905 (age 73 years, 13 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Albert Norton (1843-1912) — also known as James A. Norton — of Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, November 11, 1843. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1878-79; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1897-1903; defeated, 1902. Died July 24, 1912 (age 68 years, 256 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Warren Perry Noble (1820-1903) — also known as Warren P. Noble — of Seneca County, Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, 1820. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives from Seneca County, 1846-47; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1861-65. Died in 1903 (age about 83 years). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      William Wallace Armstrong (1833-1905) — also known as William W. Armstrong — of Columbiana County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio, March 18, 1833. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary of state of Ohio, 1863-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1868, 1876 (member, Credentials Committee), 1880; postmaster at Cleveland, Ohio, 1887-91. Died, from pneumonia, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 21, 1905 (age 72 years, 34 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Armstrong and Isabella (McKaig) Armstrong; married, November 10, 1857, to Sarah Virginia Hedges.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Cooper Kinderdine Watson (1810-1880) — also known as Cooper K. Watson — of Huron County, Ohio. Born in Kentucky, 1810. U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1855-57; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Huron County, 1873. Died in 1880 (age about 70 years). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Edgar Bowe (1828-1890) — also known as James E. Bowe — of California. Born in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, September 5, 1828. Member of California state assembly 18th District, 1856-57. Died in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, December 14, 1890 (age 62 years, 100 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Erastus Bowe and Eleanor (Swinnerton) Bowe.
      Otis Taft Locke (1842-1916) — also known as O. T. Locke — of Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. Born in Cortland County, N.Y., February 27, 1842. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868; postmaster at Tiffin, Ohio, 1901. Member, Freemasons. Died in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, October 1, 1916 (age 74 years, 217 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Nathaniel B. Locke and Philimedia (Taft) Locke; half-brother of David Ross Locke; married 1866 to Maria C. Porch; third cousin twice removed of John Locke; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Locke.
      Political family: Locke family.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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