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Pickaway County
Ohio

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pickaway County


Index to Locations

  • Circleville Forest Cemetery
  • Circleville Protestant Cemetery


    Forest Cemetery
    Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Edson Baldwin Olds (1802-1869) — also known as Edson B. Olds — of Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio; Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. Born in Marlboro, Windham County, Vt., June 3, 1802. Democrat. Physician; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1842-43, 1845-46, 1862-66; member of Ohio state senate, 1846-48; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1849-55 (9th District 1849-53, 12th District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864. Arrested for alleged disloyalty to the Union and imprisoned in Fort Lafayette in 1862. Died in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, January 24, 1869 (age 66 years, 235 days). Interment at Forest Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      John Cradlebaugh (1819-1872) — of Pickaway County, Ohio; Carson City, Nev.; Eureka, Eureka County, Nev. Born in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, February 22, 1819. Member of Ohio state senate 10th District, 1852-53; justice of Utah territorial supreme court, 1858-61; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Nevada Territory, 1861-63; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Eureka, Eureka County, Nev., February 22, 1872 (age 53 years, 0 days). Interment at Forest Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Maynard E. Sensenbrenner (1902-1991) — also known as Jack Sensenbrenner — of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, 1902. Democrat. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1954-59, 1964-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972. Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis; Elks; Eagles; Moose. Died in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, August 2, 1991 (age about 89 years). Interment at Forest Cemetery.
      Augustus Leonard Perrill (1807-1882) — of Ohio. Born in Virginia, 1807. Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1845-47. Died in 1882 (age about 75 years). Interment at Forest Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Ansel Tracy Walling (1824-1896) — of Ohio. Born in New York, 1824. Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1875-77. Died in 1896 (age about 72 years). Interment at Forest Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Protestant Cemetery
    Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795-1831) — of Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, 1795. Son of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1828-29. German ancestry. Died in 1831 (age about 36 years). Interment at Protestant Cemetery.
      Relatives: Nephew of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg. See Muhlenberg-Hiester family of Pennsylvania.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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