Fairfield County
Ohio
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Fairfield County
Ohio
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Fairfield County
Index to Locations St. MaryCemetery South Broad Street Berne Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
ElmwoodCemetery Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio
|  William White Irvin (1779-1842) — also known asWilliam W. Irvin — of Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio.Born near Charlottesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,April 5,1779.Democrat.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1803-04;impeachedandremoved fromoffice as judge by the state legislature, 1804; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1806-07, 1825-27;Speaker ofthe Ohio State House of Representatives, 1825-26;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1811-18; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1822;U.S.Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1829-33.Member,Freemasons.Died in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,March27, 1842 (age62 years, 356days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
| Philemon Beecher (1776-1839) — of Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio.Born in Oxford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March19, 1776.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives from Fairfield County, 1803,1805-08;Speaker ofthe Ohio State House of Representatives, 1807-08;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1817-21, 1823-29 (5th District 1817-21,9th District 1823-29).Died in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,November30, 1839 (age63 years, 256days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
| Philadelph Van Trump (1810-1874) — also known asPhil Van Trump — of Ohio. Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,November15, 1810.Newspapereditor;lawyer;delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1852; Americancandidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1857; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1862-67;U.S.Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1867-73; defeated (Whig),1850.Died in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,July 31,1874 (age63 years, 258days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
| Charles Robert Sherman (1788-1829) — of New Lancaster (now Lancaster),FairfieldCounty, Ohio.Born in Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,September17, 1788.Lawyer;justiceof Ohio state supreme court, 1823-29; died in office 1829.Died in Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio,June 24,1829 (age40 years, 280days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.Forest RoseCemetery Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio
St. Mary'sCemetery Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio
| Peter Francis Hammond (1887-1971) — of Ohio. Born in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,June 30,1887.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1936-37.Died in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,April 2,1971 (age83 years, 276days).Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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