Index to Locations AvonProtestant CemeteryAvonSt. Mary Catholic CemeteryElyriaBrookdale CemeteryElyriaRidgelawn CemeteryGraftonGrafton CemeteryLorainElmwood CemeteryOberlinUnknown locationOberlinWestwood CemeteryWellingtonGreenwood Cemetery
ProtestantCemetery
Avon, Lorain County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Norton Strange Townshend (1815-1895) — also known asNorton S. Townshend — ofLorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Northamptonshire,England,December25, 1815.Democrat.Delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Lorain County,1850-51; member of Ohio state legislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1851-53.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,July 13,1895 (age79 years, 200days).Interment at Protestant Cemetery.
St. Mary CatholicCemetery
Avon, Lorain County, Ohio
BrookdaleCemetery
Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
RidgelawnCemetery
Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Graves Sharp (1859-1922) — also known asWilliam G. Sharp — of Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Mt. Gilead,MorrowCounty, Ohio,March14, 1859.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Ohio,1893;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1904;U.S.Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1909-14; defeated, 1900;U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1914-19.Died in Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio,November17, 1922 (age63 years, 248days).Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery. | | Amos Richard Webber (1852-1948) — also known asAmos R. Webber — of Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Hinckley,MedinaCounty, Ohio,January21, 1852.Republican. Common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1901-04, 1922-35;U.S.Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1904-07.Churchof Christ.Died in Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio,February25, 1948 (age96 years, 35days).Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery. | | Bird Beers Chapman (1821-1871) — also known asBird B. Chapman — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August24, 1821.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Nebraska Territory, 1855-57.Died in Put-in-Bay,OttawaCounty, Ohio,September21, 1871 (age50 years, 28days).Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery. | | Arthur Lovett Garford (1858-1933) — also known asArthur L. Garford — of Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio,August4, 1858.Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1896,1908,1912,1924,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business); Progressive candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1912; Progressive candidate forU.S.Senator from Ohio, 1914.Died in Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio,January23, 1933 (age74 years, 172days).Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof George Henry Garford and Hannah (Lovett) Garford; married1881 to MaryNelson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Irving Harrington Griswold (1869-1947) — also known asIrving H. Griswold — of Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Elyria,LorainCounty, Ohio,November26, 1869.Republican.Lawyer;postmaster atElyria,Ohio, 1898-1906.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks.Died in Lake Placid,EssexCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1947 (age77 years, 49days).Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
GraftonCemetery
Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Monroe Ritchie (1829-1918) — also known asJames M. Ritchie — of Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio.Born in Dunfermline, Fife,Scotland,July28, 1829.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1880;U.S.Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1881-83.Died in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,August17, 1918 (age89 years, 20days).Interment at Grafton Cemetery.
ElmwoodCemetery
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Seward Henry Williams (1870-1922) — also known asSeward H. Williams — of Lorain,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1910-13;U.S.Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1915-17.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Lorain,LorainCounty, Ohio,September2, 1922 (age51 years, 299days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
UnknownLocation
Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867) — also known asH. E. Peck — of Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1821.Republican.Collegeprofessor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1856;U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner toHaiti, 1865-66; U.S. Minister toHaiti, 1866-67, died in office 1867.Abolitionist; involved in rescue of an escaping slave in Wellington,near Oberlin, Ohio, in September 1858; among the 20 men who werearrestedandchargedwith "infringement of theFugitiveSlave Law"; thetrialended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) wereindicted for kidnapping.Died, ofyellowfever, inHaiti,June9, 1867 (age45 years, 324days).Interment somewhere.
WestwoodCemetery
Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Wesley Frost (1884-1968) — of Berea,MadisonCounty, Ky.; Winter Park,OrangeCounty, Fla.Born in Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio,June 17,1884.Secretary to U.S. SenatorTheodoreE. Burton, 1907-08;lawyer;Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul inCharlottetown, 1912-14;Cork, 1914-17;Marseille, 1921-24; U.S. Consul General inMarseille, 1924-28;Montreal, 1928-35; U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador toParaguay, 1942-44.Died in Winter Park,OrangeCounty, Fla.,January9, 1968 (age83 years, 206days).Interment at Westwood Cemetery. | | | James Monroe (1821-1898) — of Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Plainfield,WindhamCounty, Conn.,July 18,1821.Republican.Collegeprofessor; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1856-59; member ofOhiostate senate, 1860-62; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Ohio,1860;U.S. Consul inRio de Janeiro, 1862-70;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1871-81 (14th District 1871-73, 18thDistrict 1873-79, 17th District 1879-81).Died in Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio,July 6,1898 (age76 years, 353days).Interment at Westwood Cemetery. | | Charles Adams Mosher (1906-1984) — also known asCharles A. Mosher — of Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Sandwich,DeKalbCounty, Ill.,May 7,1906.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1948;member ofOhiostate senate, 1951-60;U.S.Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1961-77.DiedNovember16, 1984 (age78 years, 193days).Interment at Westwood Cemetery.
GreenwoodCemetery
Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Roswell Gilbert Horr (1830-1896) — also known asRoswell G. Horr — of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw),SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Waitsfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,November26, 1830.Republican.U.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1879-85; defeated,1884, 1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1884,1888.Died in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,December19, 1896 (age66 years, 23days).Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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