Index to Locations BarnesvilleGreen Mount CemeteryBellaireGreenwood CemeteryBellaireRock Hill CemeteryBellaireUnion CemeteryBridgeportWeeks CemeteryMartins FerryMartins Ferry PioneerCemeteryMartins FerryRiverview CemeterySt. ClairsvilleMethodist CemeterySt. ClairsvilleMethodist EpiscopalCemeterySt. ClairsvilleUnion CemeteryNear St. ClairsvilleScotch RidgeCemetery
Green MountCemetery
Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  John Davenport (1788-1855) — of Ohio. Born inWinchester,Va.,January9, 1788.Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1824, 1827, 1830; member ofOhiostate senate, 1825-26;U.S.Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1827-29; circuit judge inOhio, 1830.Died in Woodsfield,MonroeCounty, Ohio,July 18,1855 (age67 years, 190days).Interment at Green Mount Cemetery. | | Thomas Shannon (1786-1843) — of Barnesville,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born inWashingtonCounty, Pa.,November15, 1786.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;leaf tobaccobusiness; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1819-22, 1824-25;U.S.Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1826-27; member ofOhiostate senate, 1829, 1837-41.Irishancestry.Died in Barnesville,BelmontCounty, Ohio,March16, 1843 (age56 years, 121days).Interment at Green Mount Cemetery.
GreenwoodCemetery
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Benjamin Rush Cowen (1831-1908) — also known asBenjamin R. Cowen — of Bellaire,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Moorefield,HarrisonCounty, Ohio,August15, 1831.Republican.Secretaryof state of Ohio, 1862; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Ohio, 1866-; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1868(ConventionSecretary).Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,January19, 1908 (age76 years, 157days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. | | Thornton Allan Rodefer (c.1846-1910) — also known asThornton A. Rodefer — of Bellaire,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Ohio, about 1846. Liberty candidate forOhiotreasurer of state, 1897; Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1906.Died inBelmontCounty, Ohio,April21, 1910 (ageabout 64years).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Rodefer and Mary Alice (Horn) Rodefer; married,January31, 1878, to Mary Elizabeth Pumphrey. |
Rock HillCemetery
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Hester Ann Birdsong (1824-1890) — also known asHester Ann Moore — of Bellaire,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Virginia,November24, 1824.Republican. Postmaster atBellaire,Ohio, 1881.Female.Died inBelmontCounty, Ohio,February9, 1890 (age65 years, 77days).Interment at Rock Hill Cemetery.
UnionCemetery
Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio
WeeksCemetery
Bridgeport, Belmont County, Ohio
Martins FerryPioneer Cemetery
Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio
RiverviewCemetery
Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas W. Shreve (1858-1924) — of Martins Ferry,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Roscoe,CoshoctonCounty, Ohio,March31, 1858.Lawyer;Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1902.Died in St. Albans,KanawhaCounty, W.Va.,December9, 1924 (age66 years, 253days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Martha B. (Bradshaw) Shreve and Charles Ridgway Shreve; married,July3, 1883, to Jennie L. Gray. |
MethodistCemetery
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Kennon Sr. (1793-1881) — of St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.,May 14,1793.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1829-33, 1835-37 (10th District1829-33, 11th District 1835-37); common pleas court judge in Ohio,1840-47;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Belmont County,1850-51;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1854-56.Died in St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio,November2, 1881 (age88 years, 172days).Interment at Methodist Cemetery. | | James Caldwell (1770-1838) — ofBelmontCounty, Ohio.Born inBaltimore,Md.,November30, 1770.Democrat.Merchant;banker;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Belmont County,1802;BelmontCounty Clerk of the Court, 1806-10; member ofOhiostate senate from Belmont County, 1809-13; served in the U.S.Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1813-17; PresidentialElector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); Presidential Elector for Ohio,1824(voted forHenryClay andNathanSanford).Died in Wheeling,OhioCounty, Va (now W.Va.),May 5,1838 (age67 years, 156days).Interment at Methodist Cemetery.
MethodistEpiscopal Cemetery
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899) — of St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Washington Township,BelmontCounty, Ohio,October18, 1829.Republican.U.S.Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1873-79, 1895-99; died inoffice 1899.Died in St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio,June 19,1899 (age69 years, 244days).Interment at Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
UnionCemetery
St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857) — also known as"Wheel-Horse of theSenate" —of St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Abington, Pomfret,WindhamCounty, Conn.,February21, 1783.Schoolteacher;lawyer;farmer;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1815-33; Whig Presidential Elector for Ohio,1836.DiedSeptember2, 1857 (age74 years, 193days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | Capell Lane Weems (1860-1913) — also known asCapell L. Weems — of St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Ohio,1860.Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1900;U.S.Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1903-09.Died in1913(ageabout53 years).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | Wayne Levere Hays (1911-1989) — also known asWayne L. Hays — of Flushing,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Bannock,BelmontCounty, Ohio,May 13,1911.Democrat. Mayor of Flushing, Ohio, 1939-45; member ofOhiostate senate, 1941-42;BelmontCounty Commissioner, 1945-48;U.S.Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1949-76; resigned 1976;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1960,1964;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1976;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1979.In May 1976, he was caught up in ascandalwhen a clerk in his congressional office, Elizabeth Ray,chargedthat she was on the public payroll solely to providesexualfavors to the Congressman; Haysadmittedmost of the allegations; heresignedas committee chair in June, andresignedfrom Congress in September.DiedFebruary13, 1989 (age77 years, 276days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | Earl Ramage Lewis (1887-1956) — also known asEarl R. Lewis — of St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Lamira,BelmontCounty, Ohio,February22, 1887.Republican. Member ofOhiostate senate, 1927-28, 1931-34;U.S.Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1939-41, 1943-49;defeated, 1940.Died in Wheeling,OhioCounty, W.Va.,February1, 1956 (age68 years, 344days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | John Patterson (1771-1848) — of St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Little Britain Township,LancasterCounty, Pa.,February10, 1771.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1807-08; common pleas court judgein Ohio, 1810-15; member ofOhiostate senate, 1815-18; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1816(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins);U.S.Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1823-25.Died in St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio,February7, 1848 (age76 years, 362days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | William Kennon Jr. (1802-1867) — of Ohio. Born in Carrickfergus,Ireland,June12, 1802.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1847-49; common pleascourt judge in Ohio, 1865-67.Died in St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio,October19, 1867 (age65 years, 129days).Interment at Union Cemetery.
Scotch RidgeCemetery
Near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Alexander Jr. (1789-1846) — ofBelmontCounty, Ohio.Born near Delta,YorkCounty, Pa.,October17, 1789.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives from Belmont County, 1830,1833-34; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1831;U.S.Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1837-39; defeated, 1838.Died in McNabb,PutnamCounty, Ill.,September5, 1846 (age56 years, 323days).Interment at Scotch Ridge Cemetery.
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