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Guernsey County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Guernsey County


Index to Locations

  • Cambridge Founders' Burial Ground
  • Cambridge Northwood Cemetery
  • Cambridge South Cemetery
  • Old Washington Washington Cemetery
  • Senacaville Senecaville Cemetery


    Founders' Burial Ground
    Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      James Martin Bell (1796-1849) — of Ohio. Born in Huntingdon County, Pa., October 16, 1796. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1826; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1833-35; mayor of Cambridge, Ohio, 1838. Died in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, April 4, 1849 (age 52 years, 170 days). Interment at Founders' Burial Ground.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Northwood Cemetery
    Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles Ellis Moore (1884-1941) — also known as C. Ellis Moore — of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. Born near Middlebourne, Guernsey County, Ohio, January 3, 1884. Son of Lycurgus Passmore Moore and Kate (Cunningham) Moore. Republican. Lawyer; Guernsey County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1919-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis. Died in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, April 2, 1941 (age 57 years, 89 days). Interment at Northwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, June 30, 1910, to Nannie B. Hammond.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Joyce (1870-1931) — of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. Born in Cumberland, Guernsey County, Ohio, July 2, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives from Guernsey County, 1896-98; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1909-11; defeated, 1910. Died March 25, 1931 (age 60 years, 266 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Northwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    South Cemetery
    Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Danner Taylor (1830-1899) — also known as Joseph D. Taylor — of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. Born in Ohio, 1830. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1868; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1883-85, 1887-93 (16th District 1883, 17th District 1883-85, 1887-91, 18th District 1891-93). Died in 1899 (age about 69 years). Interment at South Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Nathan Evans (1804-1879) — of Ohio. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, June 24, 1804. Mayor of Cambridge, Ohio, 1841, 1855-57; U.S. Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1847-51; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1859-64. Died in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, September 27, 1879 (age 75 years, 95 days). Interment at South Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Charles Jefferson Albright (1816-1883) — also known as Charles J. Albright — of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., May 9, 1816. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1855-57; defeated, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856, 1860; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Guernsey County, 1873. Died in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, October 21, 1883 (age 67 years, 165 days). Interment at South Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Joseph Worthington White (1822-1892) — of Ohio. Born in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, October 2, 1822. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Cambridge, Ohio; U.S. Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1863-65. Died in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, August 6, 1892 (age 69 years, 309 days). Interment at South Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Washington Cemetery
    Old Washington, Guernsey County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      William Lawrence (1814-1895) — of Guernsey County, Ohio. Born in Old Washington, Guernsey County, Ohio, September 2, 1814. Democrat. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1848; defeated, 1884; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Guernsey County, 1850-51; member of Ohio state senate, 1856; U.S. Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1857-59. Died September 8, 1895 (age 81 years, 6 days). Interment at Washington Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Senecaville Cemetery
    Senacaville, Guernsey County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Thompson Secrest (1904-1994) — also known as Robert T. Secrest — of Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio; Senecaville, Guernsey County, Ohio. Born in Senecaville, Guernsey County, Ohio, January 22, 1904. Democrat. School principal; superintendent of schools; member of Ohio state legislature, 1931-32; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1933-42, 1949-54, 1963-67; defeated, 1946; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1954-61. Member, American Legion; Amvets; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Secrest Elementary School and the Secrest Senior Center are named for him. Died May 15, 1994 (age 90 years, 113 days). Interment at Senecaville Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Virginia Bowden (1911-1980).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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