The Political Graveyard: Crawford County, Ohio

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Crawford County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Crawford County

Index to Locations

Dallas Township Monnett Chapel Graveyard

Oakwood Cemetery
Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

Ebenezer Byron Finley (1833-1916) — also known as Ebenezer Finley — of Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. Born in Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio, July 31, 1833. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1877-81 (14th District 1877-79, 8th District 1879-81); circuit judge in Ohio 3rd Circuit, 1896-97. Died in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, August 22, 1916 (age 83 years, 22 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Nephew of Stephen Ross Harris.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

George Sweeny (1796-1877) — of Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. Born near Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., February 22, 1796. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1839-43. Died in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, October 10, 1877 (age 81 years, 230 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Stephen Ross Harris (1824-1905) — also known as Stephen R. Harris; "Uncle Stephen" — of Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. Born near Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, May 24, 1824. Republican. Mayor of Bucyrus, Ohio, 1852; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1895-97. Died in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, January 15, 1905 (age 80 years, 236 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Uncle of Ebenezer Byron Finley.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Jacob Babst (1846-1926) — of Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio. Born February 11, 1846. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916. Died August 20, 1926 (age 80 years, 190 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Politicians formerly buried here:

Lawrence Washington Hall (1819-1863) — of Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. Born in Lake County, Ohio, 1819. Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-57; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858. Imprisoned for alleged disloyalty to the Union in 1862. Died of a lung hemorrhage, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, January 18, 1863 (age about 43 years). Original interment at Oakwood Cemetery; reinterment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Monnett Chapel Graveyard
Dallas Township, Crawford County, Ohio

Politicians buried here:

Frank Sylvestor Monnett (b. 1857) — also known as Frank S. Monnett — of Crawford County, Ohio. Born in Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio, March 19, 1857. Lawyer; Ohio state attorney general, 1896-1900; defeated in Democratic primary, 1926; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1910; in 1915, when the U.S. was still neutral in World War I, he was a committee chair in "Labor's National Peace Council," which advocated a weapons embargo against the countries then at war; the organization secretly received funding from German agents; indicted in December 1915, along with H. Robert Fowler, Frank Buchanan, and others, for restraint of trade over the Peace Council's attempts to foment strikes in U.S. munitions plants; stood trial with seven co-defendants, but during the trial, the charges against him were dismissed. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Interment at Monnett Chapel Graveyard.

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