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The Political Graveyard: Sandusky County, Ohio

  • ️Lawrence Kestenbaum

Index to Locations

  • Clyde Clyde Cemetery
  • Fremont Four-Mile House Cemetery
  • Fremont Oakwood Cemetery
  • Fremont Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial Grounds
  • Woodville Woodville Cemetery
    Clyde Cemetery
    Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio

    Four-Mile House Cemetery
    Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Arthur Warren Overmyer (1879-1952) — also known as Arthur W. Overmyer — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in Sandusky County, Ohio, May 31, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1915-19; defeated, 1922. Lutheran. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died in North Royalton, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 8, 1952 (age 72 years, 282 days). Interment at Four-Mile House Cemetery.
      Albert Vogt Baumann (1891-1956) — also known as Albert V. Baumann — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 13, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; Sandusky County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1920, 1944. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Exchange Club; Freemasons. Died in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 27, 1956 (age 65 years, 14 days). Interment at Four-Mile House Cemetery.

    Oakwood Cemetery
    Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio
    Politicians buried here:
      Carl Carey Anderson (1877-1912) — also known as Carl C. Anderson — of Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio. Born in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio, December 2, 1877. Democrat. Mayor of Fostoria, Ohio, 1905-09; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1909-12; died in office 1912. Killed in an automobile accident, when the car he was riding in overturned, near Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, October 1, 1912 (age 34 years, 304 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849) — of Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Mass., December 28, 1797. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1847-49; died in office 1849. Died in Washington, D.C., March 20, 1849 (age 51 years, 82 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Oakwood Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      William Elisha Haynes (1829-1914) — also known as William E. Haynes — of Ohio. Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 19, 1829. Democrat. Merchant; Sandusky County Auditor, 1856-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 9th Ohio District, 1866-67; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1880 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1884; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1889-93 (10th District 1889-91, 7th District 1891-93). Died in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, December 5, 1914 (age 85 years, 47 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      John Birchard Rice (1832-1893) — also known as John B. Rice — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, June 23, 1832. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1881-83. Died January 14, 1893 (age 60 years, 205 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Amos Henry Jackson (1846-1924) — also known as Amos H. Jackson — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Born near Franklin, Delaware County, N.Y., May 10, 1846. Republican. Street vendor; undergarments manufacturer; mayor of Fremont, Ohio, 1897-1901; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1903-05. Died in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, August 30, 1924 (age 78 years, 112 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Ralph Pomeroy Buckland (1812-1892) — also known as Ralph P. Buckland — of Ohio. Born in Leyden, Franklin County, Mass., January 20, 1812. Republican. Mayor of Fremont, Ohio, 1843; member of Ohio state senate, 1855; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1865-69; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Died in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, May 27, 1892 (age 80 years, 128 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Edward Fenwick Dickinson (1829-1891) — also known as Edward F. Dickinson — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 21, 1829. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860; state court judge in Ohio, 1866; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1869-71; mayor of Fremont, Ohio, 1871. Died in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, August 25, 1891 (age 62 years, 216 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      John Scudder Bell (1796-1869) — also known as John Bell — of Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in Pennsboro, Lycoming County, Pa., June 19, 1796. Whig. Mayor of Lower Sandusky, Ohio, 1830, 1845; postmaster at Lower Sandusky, Ohio, 1838-41; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1844-45; U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1851; probate judge in Ohio, 1852-55, 1858-63. Died in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, May 4, 1869 (age 72 years, 319 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Albert E. Culbert (1862-1939) — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in Sandusky County, Ohio, March 27, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state senate 20th District, 1921-22; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1928. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; Odd Fellows; Maccabees. Died in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, July 5, 1939 (age 77 years, 100 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      John Lynde Greene (1806-1879) — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., July 16, 1806. Member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1855; mayor of Fremont, Ohio, 1859; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1861-64. Died in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, November 8, 1879 (age 73 years, 115 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
    Politicians formerly buried here:
    Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) — also known as Rutherford B. Hayes; "Rutherfraud B. Hayes"; "His Fraudulency" — of Ohio. Born in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, October 4, 1822. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1865-67; Governor of Ohio, 1868-72, 1876-77; President of the United States, 1877-81. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Odd Fellows; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Stricken by a heart attack at the railroad station in Cleveland, Ohio, and died that night in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, January 17, 1893 (age 70 years, 105 days). Original interment and cenotaph at Oakwood Cemetery; reinterment in 1915 at Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial Grounds.
      Relatives: Son of Rutherford Hayes, Jr. and Sophia (Birchard) Hayes; married, December 30, 1852, to Lucy Webb Hayes; father of James Webb Cook Hayes.
      Political family: Hayes family of Fremont, Ohio.
      Cross-reference: Leopold Markbreit — James M. Comly — Joseph P. Bradley
      Hayes County, Neb. is named for him.
      Rutherford B. Hayes High School, in Delaware, Ohio, is named for him.  — The Presidente Hayes Department (province), and its capital city, Villa Hayes, in Paraguay, are named for him.  — Hayes Hall (built 1893), at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, is named for him.