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Index to Locations
Alliance Alliance City Cemetery
Alliance Mt. Union Cemetery
Canton Mapleton Cemetery
Canton McKinley Monument
Canton North Lawn Cemetery
Canton St. John's Cemetery
Canton West Lawn Cemetery
Louisville St. Louis Catholic Church
Cemetery
Magnolia Magnolia Cemetery
Masillon Protestant Cemetery
Massillon Massillon Cemetery
Navarre Shepler Church Cemetery
Wilmot Greenlawn Cemetery
Alliance City
Cemetery
541 West Vine Street
Alliance, Stark County, Ohio
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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James Lyman Amerman (1882-1968) —
also known as James L. Amerman —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, March
23, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died December
10, 1968 (age 86 years, 262
days).
Interment at Alliance City Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Amerman and Rachel L. (Teeters) Amerman; married, November
23, 1910, to Mary G. Milbourne. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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Mt. Union
Cemetery
Alliance, Stark County, Ohio
Founded 1889
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Heaton Willis Harris (1858-1928) —
also known as Heaton W. Harris —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born near Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, April
23, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Mannheim, 1899-1907; Nuremberg, 1907-08; U.S. Consul General in , 1909-12; Frankfort, 1912-17; Stockholm, 1917-18; Havana, 1918-20.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, July 11,
1928 (age 70 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt. Union Cemetery.
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Mapleton
Cemetery
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Howard Ross Ake (1878-1954) —
also known as H. Ross Ake —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Stark
County, Ohio, September
22, 1878.
Banker;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1921; Ohio
treasurer of state, 1929-30.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Junior
Order.
Died in East Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, February
11, 1954 (age 75 years, 142
days).
Interment at Mapleton Cemetery.
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McKinley
Monument
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West Lawn Cemetery;
re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley Monument; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Ida McKinley (1847-1907) —
also known as Ida Saxton —
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, June 8,
1847.
First
Lady of the United States, 1897-1901.
Female.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, May 26,
1907 (age 59 years, 352
days).
Originally entombed at West Lawn Cemetery;
re-entombed at McKinley Monument.
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North Lawn
Cemetery
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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James Seccombe (1893-1970) —
also known as Jim Seccombe —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Mineral City, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, February
12, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Canton, Ohio, 1932-33, 1936-39; defeated, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1939-41; defeated, 1940.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, August
23, 1970 (age 77 years, 192
days).
Interment at North Lawn Cemetery.
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Harvey Francis Ake (1872-1955) —
also known as Harvey F. Ake —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Mapleton, Stark
County, Ohio, February
1, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1913-21; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, April
19, 1955 (age 83 years, 77
days).
Interment at North Lawn Cemetery.
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St. John's
Cemetery
1920 Walden Avenue Northwest
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John F. Blake (1844-1923) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born October
8, 1844.
Mayor
of Canton, Ohio, 1887-93.
Died December
11, 1923 (age 79 years, 64
days).
Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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Robert D. Freeman (c.1921-2001) —
also known as Bob Freeman; "Sunshine
Bob" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born about 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Ohio
state senate, 1974-78.
Catholic.
Sponsored Ohio's Open Meetings Law.
Died, from injuries suffered in an automobile
accident, December
17, 2001 (age about 80
years).
Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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West Lawn
Cemetery
Seventh Street Northwest
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
Founded 1859
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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William Rufus Day (1849-1923) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenna, Portage
County, Ohio, April
17, 1849.
Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1886-90; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1898; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1899-1903; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1903-22.
Lutheran.
Died in Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich., July 9,
1923 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Atlee Pomerene (1863-1937) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Berlin, Holmes
County, Ohio, December
6, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1911-23; defeated, 1922, 1926; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932;
delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Elks.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
12, 1937 (age 73 years, 341
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Leiter (1813-1866) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Leitersburg, Washington
County, Md., October
13, 1813.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1848; mayor of
Canton, Ohio, 1852-53, 1854-55; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1855-59.
Died June 17,
1866 (age 52 years, 247
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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William Richard Thom (1885-1960) —
also known as William R. Thom —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, July 7,
1885.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1933-39, 1941-43,
1945-47; defeated, 1946; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Moose;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
28, 1960 (age 75 years, 52
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Frank Townsend Bow (1901-1972) —
also known as Frank T. Bow —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, February
20, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1945-46; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1951-72; died in office
1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Pi; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
13, 1972 (age 71 years, 267
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Henderson Haverfield Carson (1893-1971) —
also known as Henderson H. Carson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, October
25, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1943-45, 1947-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, October
5, 1971 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Samuel Lahm (1812-1876) —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Leitersburg, Washington
County, Md., April
22, 1812.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state senate, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860.
Died June 16,
1876 (age 64 years, 55
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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Isaac Hamilton Taylor (1840-1936) —
of Ohio.
Born in Ohio, April
18, 1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1885-87; state court
judge in Ohio, 1889.
Died December
18, 1936 (age 96 years, 244
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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David Albert Arter (1820-1913) —
also known as David A. Arter —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ohio; Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Hanoverton, Columbiana
County, Ohio, January
3, 1820.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1860.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, November
5, 1913 (age 93 years, 306
days).
Interment at West Lawn Cemetery.
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| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West Lawn Cemetery; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley Monument; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Ida McKinley (1847-1907) —
also known as Ida Saxton —
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, June 8,
1847.
First
Lady of the United States, 1897-1901.
Female.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, May 26,
1907 (age 59 years, 352
days).
Originally entombed at West Lawn Cemetery; re-entombed at McKinley Monument.
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| Other politicians who
have (or had) monuments here: |
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Joseph Meharry Medill (1823-1899) —
also known as Joseph Medill —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Saint John, New
Brunswick, April 6,
1823.
Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune newspaper;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March
16, 1899 (age 75 years, 344
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.; cenotaph at West Lawn Cemetery.
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St. Louis
Catholic Church Cemetery
Louisville, Stark County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Robert H. Menegay (c.1904-1951) —
of Louisville, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born about 1904.
Barber;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1947-48.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Mercy Hospital,
Louisville, Stark
County, Ohio, August
2, 1951 (age about 47
years).
Interment at St. Louis Catholic Church Cemetery.
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Magnolia
Cemetery
Magnolia, Stark County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Jefferson Whitacre (1860-1938) —
also known as John J. Whitacre —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Ohio, December
28, 1860.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1911-15; defeated, 1908;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1912.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Iorwith Wilbur Abel (1908-1987) —
also known as I. W. Abel —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Sun City, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Magnolia, Stark
County, Ohio, August
11, 1908.
Democrat. President,
United Steelworkers, 1965-77; vice-president,
AFL-CIO; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1968,
1972.
Died, of cancer,
in Malvern, Carroll
County, Ohio, August
10, 1987 (age 78 years, 364
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery; cenotaph at Sunland Memorial Park, Sun City, Ariz.
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Protestant
Cemetery
Masillon, Stark County, Ohio
Massillon
Cemetery
1827 South Erie Street
Massillon, Stark County, Ohio
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Robert Peet Skinner (1866-1960) —
also known as Robert P. Skinner —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio; Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio, February
24, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1897-1901; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1901-08; Hamburg, 1908-14; Berlin, 1914; London, 1914-24; Paris, 1924-26; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1926-32; Estonia, 1931-33; Latvia, 1931-33; Lithuania, 1931-33; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1933-36.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
Died in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, July 1,
1960 (age 94 years, 128
days).
Interment at Massillon Cemetery.
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Jacob Sechler Coxey (1854-1951) —
also known as Jacob S. Coxey; "General
Coxey" —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa., April
16, 1854.
Greenback candidate for Ohio
state senate 21st District, 1885; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1894 (People's, 18th District), 1922
(18th District), 1924 (Independent, 16th District), 1926 (Republican
primary, 16th District), 1928 (Independent, 16th District), 1930
(Republican primary, 16th District), 1936 (Union, 16th District),
1938 (Democratic primary, 16th District), 1942 (Democratic primary,
16th District); People's candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1895, 1897; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916, 1928 (Republican primary), 1932
(Republican primary), 1934 (Republican primary); mayor
of Massillon, Ohio, 1931-33; defeated, 1933 (Republican primary),
1941 (Democratic primary), 1943 (Democratic); Farmer-Labor candidate
for President
of the United States, 1932.
Leader of protest marches of unemployed men (dubbed Coxey's Army")
demanding that money be provided for jobs, 1894 and 1914.
Died in 1951
(age about
97 years).
Interment at Massillon Cemetery.
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Shepler Church
Cemetery
Navarre, Stark County, Ohio
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Matthias Shepler (1790-1863) —
of Ohio.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1790.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1837-39.
Died in 1863
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Shepler Church Cemetery.
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Greenlawn
Cemetery
Wilmot, Stark County, Ohio
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles Blaine McClintock (1886-1965) —
also known as Charles B. McClintock —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Wayne
County, Ohio, May 25,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1929-33; Judge, Ohio
Court of Appeals, 1946-63.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, February
1, 1965 (age 78 years, 252
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Abram Wilhelm Agler (1873-1929) —
also known as Abram W. Agler —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Wilmot, Stark
County, Ohio, April
13, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Stark County Republican Party, 1902-04; Stark
County Clerk of Courts, 1909-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Junior
Order; Sons
of Veterans; Grange;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Stark
County, Ohio, November
18, 1929 (age 56 years, 219
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Harrison Agler and Mary Jane (Wilhelm) Agler;
married, June 16,
1904, to Lila May Deal. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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