Index to Locations Mt. PleasantMt. Pleasant CemeteryMt. PleasantShort Creek CemeteryMt. PleasantUpdegraff CemeterySteubenvilleUnion Cemetery
Mt. PleasantCemetery
Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  William Bates Francis (1860-1954) — also known asWilliam B. Francis — of Martins Ferry,BelmontCounty, Ohio.Born in Updegraff,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,October25, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1904;U.S.Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1911-15.Died in Wheeling,OhioCounty, W.Va.,December5, 1954 (age94 years, 41days).Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Short CreekCemetery
Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio
UpdegraffCemetery
Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio
UnionCemetery
1720 W. Market St. & Lincoln Ave.
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1987
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward Moody McCook (1833-1909) — also known asEdward M. McCook — of Colorado. Born in Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,June 15,1833.Republican. Member ofKansasterritorial House of Representatives, 1859; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toHawaiian Islands, 1866-68;Governorof Colorado Territory, 1869-73, 1874-75; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Colorado Territory, 1872-.Died ofBright'sdisease, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September9, 1909 (age76 years, 86days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857) — of Ravenna, Trumbull County (nowPortageCounty), Ohio; Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio.Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,May 25,1773.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate senate from Trumbull County, 1803-04; served in the U.S.Army during the War of 1812; common pleas court judge in Ohio,1816-23; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1826; Democratic Presidential Elector for Ohio,1832;U.S.District Judge for Ohio, 1833;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1839-45;censuredby the Senate on May 10, 1844, over hisdisclosureto the New YorkEvening Post of asecretmessage from PresidentJohnTyler, outlining terms for the annexation of Texas.Died in Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,April20, 1857 (age83 years, 330days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | Joseph John Gill (1846-1920) — also known asJoseph J. Gill — of Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio.Born in Barnesville,BelmontCounty, Ohio,September21, 1846.Republican.Lawyer;banker;manufacturer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1896;U.S.Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1899-1903; resigned 1903.Died in Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,May 22,1920 (age73 years, 244days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | Benjamin Franklin Murphy (1867-1938) — also known asB. Frank Murphy — of Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio.Born in Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,December24, 1867.Republican.Shoe storeowner;real estatebusiness;U.S.Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932,1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1936.Methodist.Died, ofmyocarditis,in Takoma Park,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,March 6,1938 (age70 years, 72days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | Anson George McCook (1835-1917) — also known asAnson G. McCook — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio,October10, 1835.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 8th District, 1877-83; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1884,1896.Died in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,December30, 1917 (age82 years, 81days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | Christopher Parsons Wolcott (1820-1863) — also known asChristopher P. Wolcott — of Akron,SummitCounty, Ohio.BornDecember12, 1820.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1856;Ohiostate attorney general, 1856-61.DiedApril 4,1863 (age42 years, 113days).Interment at Union Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Christopher Columbus Wolcott and Susan (Blinn) Wolcott; married,April18, 1844, to Pamphlia Stanton; great-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799),DanielPitkin,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; fourth cousin ofElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesHillhouse,TimothyPitkin,EdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Stokely (1796-1861) — of Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio.Born in Pennsylvania,1796.Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1841-43; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1860.Died in1861(ageabout65 years).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | William Cochran McCauslen (1796-1863) — of Ohio. Born in Ohio,1796.Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1843-45.Died in1863(ageabout67 years).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | Andrew Stuart (1823-1872) — of Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio.Born near Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August3, 1823.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1853-55.DiedApril30, 1872 (age48 years, 271days).Interment at Union Cemetery. | | George Wythe McCook (c.1820-1877) — also known asGeorge W. McCook — of Steubenville,JeffersonCounty, Ohio.Born about 1820. Democrat.Ohiostate attorney general, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1860;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died in1877(ageabout57 years).Interment at Union Cemetery.
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