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WoosterCemetery
Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  George Bliss (1813-1868) — of Akron,SummitCounty, Ohio; Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born in Jericho,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,January1, 1813.Democrat.Lawyer;district judge in Ohio, 1850;mayor ofAkron, Ohio, 1850;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1853-55, 1863-65 (18th District1853-55, 14th District 1863-65).Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,October24, 1868 (age55 years, 297days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery. | | John McSweeney (1890-1969) — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,December19, 1890.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1923-29, 1937-39, 1949-51 (16thDistrict 1923-29, at-large 1937-39, 16th District 1949-51); defeated,1920 (16th District), 1938 (at-large), 1950 (16th District);candidate forU.S.Senator from Ohio, 1940; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1960,1964.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans.Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,December13, 1969 (age78 years, 359days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery. | | John Sloane (1779-1856) — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born in York,YorkCounty, Pa.,1779.Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1803-05, 1807; served in the U.S.Army during the War of 1812;receiverof U.S. Land Office at Wooster, Ohio, 1816;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1819-29 (6th District 1819-23, 12thDistrict 1823-29);secretaryof state of Ohio, 1841-44.Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,May 15,1856 (ageabout 76years).Interment at Wooster Cemetery. | | Benjamin Jones (1787-1861) — of Ohio. Born inWinchester,Va.,April13, 1787.Democrat. Justice of the peace; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1821-22; Presidential Elector forOhio,1828(voted forAndrewJackson andJohnC. Calhoun); member ofOhiostate senate, 1829-32;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1833-37 (19th District 1833-35, 18thDistrict 1835-37).Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,April24, 1861 (age74 years, 11days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery. | | Addison S. McClure (1839-1903) — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,October10, 1839.Republican.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;postmaster;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1868,1876;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1881-83, 1895-97 (18th District1881-83, 17th District 1895-97).Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,April17, 1903 (age63 years, 189days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery. | | Martin Luther Smyser (1851-1908) — also known asMartin L. Smyser — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born in Plaine Township,WayneCounty, Ohio,April 3,1851.U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1889-91, 1905-07 (20th District1889-91, 17th District 1905-07); defeated (Republican), 1906; circuitjudge in Ohio 5th Circuit, 1898; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Ohio,1904.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,May 6,1908 (age57 years, 33days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery. | | Cyrus Spink (1793-1859) — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born inBerkshireCounty, Mass.,March24, 1793.Registerof U.S. Land Office at Wooster, Ohio, 1825-27; member of Ohiostate legislature, 1830; Whig Presidential Elector for Ohio,1844;U.S.Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1859; died in office 1859.Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,May 31,1859 (age66 years, 68days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Martin Welker (1819-1902) — ofStarkCounty, Ohio.Born in Ohio,1819.Republican.LieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1858-60;U.S.Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1865-71.DiedMarch16, 1902 (ageabout 82years).Interment at Wooster Cemetery. | | George K. Rex (1817-1879) — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born in Canton,StarkCounty, Ohio,July 25,1817.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate senate, 1852-53, 1868-69;mayorof Wooster, Ohio, 1862;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1874-77.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromkidneydisease, in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,March27, 1879 (age61 years, 245days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Jacob Rex and Catharine (Wittick) Rex; married to Eleanor J.McCurdy. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Reasin Beall (1769-1843) — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Md.,December3, 1769.Whig.U.S.Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1813-14;registerof U.S. Land Office at Wooster, Ohio, 1816-23; Whig PresidentialElector for Ohio,1840.Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,February20, 1843 (age73 years, 79days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery. | | Lewis Philip Ohliger (1843-1923) — also known asLewis P. Ohliger — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born in Rheinpfalz,Germany,January3, 1843.Democrat.Wholesaledruggist;grocer;WayneCounty Treasurer, 1875-79; trustee, Wooster and LodiRailway;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio,1884;postmaster;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1892;U.S.Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1892-93.Died in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,January9, 1923 (age80 years, 6days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery. | | Isaac Newton Jones (1818-1878) — also known asIsaac N. Jones — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,December7, 1818.Mayorof Wooster, Ohio, 1856.Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,January1, 1878 (age59 years, 25days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery.  | John H. Kauke (1817-1904) — of Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio.Born in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,December15, 1817.Republican.Hardwaremerchant;banker;mayorof Wooster, Ohio, 1860-61.Presbyterian.Dutchancestry.Died in Wooster,WayneCounty, Ohio,March20, 1904 (age86 years, 96days).Interment at Wooster Cemetery.
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