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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Stark County, Ohio</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Union Cemetery</a> <li>Canton <a href=" ">Mapleton Cemetery</a> <li>Canton <a href="cms00194">McKinley Monument</a> <li>Canton <a href="cms04487">North Lawn Cemetery</a> <li>Canton <a href="cms06333">St. John's Cemetery</a> <li>Canton <a href="cms01412">West Lawn Cemetery</a> <li>Louisville <a href="cms06099">St. Louis Catholic Church Cemetery</a> <li>Magnolia <a href="cms01058">Magnolia Cemetery</a> <li>Masillon <a href="cms01114">Protestant Cemetery</a> <li>Massillon <a href="cms05609">Massillon Cemetery</a> <li>Navarre <a href="cms01771">Shepler Church Cemetery</a> <li>Wilmot <a href="cms04248">Greenlawn Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name=" ">Alliance City Cemetery</a> 541 West Vine Street Alliance, Stark County, Ohio See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1617804&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DQ4WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA269"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/810/20.81.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="James L. Amerman"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Lyman Amerman (1882-1968) — also known as James L. Amerman — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Alliance, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/03-23.html">March 23, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/OH.html">1948</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/12-10.html">December 10, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at Alliance City Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Amerman and Rachel L. (Teeters) Amerman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/11-23.html">November 23, 1910</a>, to Mary G. Milbourne.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/89401455">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio (1921)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08319">Mt. Union Cemetery</a> Alliance, Stark County, Ohio Founded 1889 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Heaton Willis Harris (1858-1928) — also known as Heaton W. Harris — of Alliance, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born near Alliance, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/04-23.html">April 23, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Mannheim</a>, 1899-1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Nuremberg</a>, 1907-08; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cg-at-large.html "></a>, 1909-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Frankfort</a>, 1912-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Stockholm</a>, 1917-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, 1918-20. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stomach-cancer.html">stomach cancer</a>, in Alliance, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/07-11.html">July 11, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joel G. Harris and Louesa (Barnaby) Harris; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-19.html">January 19, 1889</a>, to Effie Leek.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75663800">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Mapleton Cemetery</a> Canton, Stark County, Ohio See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1756462&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howard Ross Ake (1878-1954) — also known as H. Ross Ake — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-22.html">September 22, 1878</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1921; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/trea.html">Ohio treasurer of state</a>, 1929-30. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>. Died in East Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/02-11.html">February 11, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 142 days</a>). Interment at Mapleton Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Cora (Shearer) Ake and John Ake; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-29.html">June 29, 1904</a>, to Hannah Roxaine Dager; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#478.90.75">Russell Everett Ake</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#797.53.20">Harvey Francis Ake</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#950.08.58">Joseph Henry Ake</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/20501.html">Ake family</a> of Canton, Ohio.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/67932845">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00194">McKinley Monument</a> Canton, Stark County, Ohio <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514154719/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/894/85.64.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="William McKinley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as "Idol of Ohio" — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Niles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-born.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/01-29.html">January 29, 1843</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a>, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District 1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District 1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/OH.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/OH.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1892-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> by the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">assassin</a> Leon Czolgosz, at a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">reception</a> in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/09-14.html">September 14, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 228 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="#cms01412">West Lawn Cemetery</a>; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley Monument; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-buried.html#cms06110">Lucas County Courthouse Grounds</a>, Toledo, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#724.02.76">Ida Saxton</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#043.73.69">William McKinley Osborne</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fletcher.html#967.61.44">Henry Prather Fletcher</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12686.html">McKinley family</a> of Canton, Ohio.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halstad-hamill.html#804.42.21">Albert Halstead</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#596.37.69">Loran L. Lewis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#715.37.07">George B. Cortelyou</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#346.05.60">John Goodnow</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/MK.html">McKinley County, N.M.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its traditional name, Denali), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/DN-names.html">Denali Borough, Alaska</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — McKinley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-names.html">Honolulu, Hawaii</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas9.html#816.82.88">William McKinley Thomas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas9.html#002.38.86">William McKinley Thomas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#681.05.47">William M. Bell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branch.html#673.66.51">William M. Branch</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full Dinner Pail."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance Agent of Prosperity."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000522">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407515">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-mckinley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William McKinley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/431/000026353">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/699">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4075">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about William McKinley: Lewis L. Gould, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700602062/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700602062&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of William McKinley</a> — Kevin Phillips, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069534/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069534&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">William McKinley</a> — H. Wayne Morgan, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0873387651/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0873387651&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">William McKinley and His America</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1901</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ida McKinley (1847-1907) — also known as Ida Saxton — Born in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/06-08.html">June 8, 1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1897-1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-26.html">May 26, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 352 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="#cms01412">West Lawn Cemetery</a>; re-entombed at McKinley Monument. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of James Asbury Saxton and Katherine A. (DeWalt) Saxton; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#894.85.64">William McKinley Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12686.html">McKinley family</a> of Canton, Ohio.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida Saxton McKinley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19669">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34038">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04487">North Lawn Cemetery</a> Canton, Stark County, Ohio <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Seccombe (1893-1970) — also known as Jim Seccombe — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Mineral City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TU-born.html">Tuscarawas County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/02-12.html">February 12, 1893</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/canton.html">mayor of Canton, Ohio</a>, 1932-33, 1936-39; defeated, 1933; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 16th District, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/08-23.html">August 23, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at North Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409723">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harvey Francis Ake (1872-1955) — also known as Harvey F. Ake — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Mapleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/02-01.html">February 1, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1913-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/OH.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/04-19.html">April 19, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at North Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Francis 'Frank' Ake and Catharine (Rusher) Ake; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/05-23.html">May 23, 1899</a>, to Anna McCall Brush; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#004.50.03">Howard Ross Ake</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#478.90.75">Russell Everett Ake</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#950.08.58">Joseph Henry Ake</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/20501.html">Ake family</a> of Canton, Ohio.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06333">St. John's Cemetery</a> 1920 Walden Avenue Northwest Canton, Stark County, Ohio <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John F. Blake (1844-1923) — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/10-08.html">October 8, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/canton.html">Mayor of Canton, Ohio</a>, 1887-93. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/12-11.html">December 11, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 64 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert D. Freeman (c.1921-2001) — also known as Bob Freeman; "Sunshine Bob" — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born about 1921. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1974-78. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Sponsored Ohio's Open Meetings Law. Died, from injuries suffered in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile accident</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/12-17.html">December 17, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01412">West Lawn Cemetery</a> Seventh Street Northwest Canton, Stark County, Ohio Founded 1859 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=261011&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Rufus Day (1849-1923) — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Ravenna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PO-born.html">Portage County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/04-17.html">April 17, 1849</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1886-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1898; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals</a>, 1899-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1903-22. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Died in Mackinac Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MC-died.html">Mackinac County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/07-09.html">July 9, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#622.08.82">Luther T. Day</a> and Emily (Spalding) Day; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/">1875</a> to Mary Elizabeth Schaefer; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#585.95.99">William Louis Day</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#979.44.25">Stephen Albion Day</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11486.html">Day family</a> of Canton, Ohio.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Rufus Day">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/572/000168068">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Atlee Pomerene (1863-1937) — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio; Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HO-born.html">Holmes County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-06.html">December 6, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-officials.html">Stark County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1897-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Ohio</a>, 1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1911-23; defeated, 1922, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/OH.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OH.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/OH.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/OH.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/11-12.html">November 12, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. Peter P. Pomerene and Elizabeth (Wise) Pomerene; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-29.html">June 29, 1892</a>, to Mary Helen Bockius.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408812">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin Franklin Leiter (1813-1866) — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Leitersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/10-13.html">October 13, 1813</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1848; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/canton.html">mayor of Canton, Ohio</a>, 1852-53, 1854-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 18th District, 1855-59. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/06-17.html">June 17, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000236">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406739">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Richard Thom (1885-1960) — also known as William R. Thom — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/07-07.html">July 7, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 16th District, 1933-39, 1941-43, 1945-47; defeated, 1946; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/08-28.html">August 28, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Louis Thom and Katherine (Roemhild) Thom.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000155">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410737">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Townsend Bow (1901-1972) — also known as Frank T. Bow — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-20.html">February 20, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OH.html">Ohio Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1945-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 16th District, 1951-72; died in office 1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/OH.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-pi.html">Sigma Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/11-13.html">November 13, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Clinton Bow and Anna (Withrow) Bow; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-12.html">May 12, 1923</a>, to Caroline Denzer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000676">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401638">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henderson Haverfield Carson (1893-1971) — also known as Henderson H. Carson — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/10-25.html">October 25, 1893</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 16th District, 1943-45, 1947-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/10-05.html">October 5, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles W. Carson and Georgia F. (Haverfield) Carson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-02.html">June 2, 1917</a>, to Ella M. Ward.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000192">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402338">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Lahm (1812-1876) — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Leitersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/04-22.html">April 22, 1812</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1842; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 18th District, 1847-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/OH.html">1860</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/06-16.html">June 16, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000021">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406531">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaac Hamilton Taylor (1840-1936) — of Ohio. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/04-18.html">April 18, 1840</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 18th District, 1885-87; state court judge in Ohio, 1889. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/12-18.html">December 18, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 244 days</a>). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000081">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410665">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Albert Arter (1820-1913) — also known as David A. Arter — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ohio; Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Hanoverton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CO-born.html">Columbiana County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/01-03.html">January 3, 1820</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/OH.html">1860</a>. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-05.html">November 5, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 306 days</a>). Interment at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Michael John Arter and Lydia (Richardson) Arter; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/11-07.html">November 7, 1860</a>, to Sarah Margaret McCall.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31662105">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514154719/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/894/85.64.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="William McKinley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) — also known as "Idol of Ohio" — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Niles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-born.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/01-29.html">January 29, 1843</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a>, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District 1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District 1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/OH.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/OH.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1892-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> by the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">assassin</a> Leon Czolgosz, at a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">reception</a> in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/09-14.html">September 14, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 228 days</a>). Originally entombed at West Lawn Cemetery; re-entombed in 1907 at <a href="#cms00194">McKinley Monument</a>; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-buried.html#cms06110">Lucas County Courthouse Grounds</a>, Toledo, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#724.02.76">Ida Saxton</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#043.73.69">William McKinley Osborne</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fletcher.html#967.61.44">Henry Prather Fletcher</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12686.html">McKinley family</a> of Canton, Ohio.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halstad-hamill.html#804.42.21">Albert Halstead</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#596.37.69">Loran L. Lewis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#715.37.07">George B. Cortelyou</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#346.05.60">John Goodnow</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/MK.html">McKinley County, N.M.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its traditional name, Denali), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/DN-names.html">Denali Borough, Alaska</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — McKinley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-names.html">Honolulu, Hawaii</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas9.html#816.82.88">William McKinley Thomas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas9.html#002.38.86">William McKinley Thomas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#681.05.47">William M. Bell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branch.html#673.66.51">William M. Branch</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full Dinner Pail."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance Agent of Prosperity."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000522">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407515">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-mckinley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William McKinley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/431/000026353">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/699">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4075">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about William McKinley: Lewis L. Gould, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700602062/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700602062&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of William McKinley</a> — Kevin Phillips, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069534/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069534&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">William McKinley</a> — H. Wayne Morgan, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0873387651/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0873387651&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">William McKinley and His America</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1901</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ida McKinley (1847-1907) — also known as Ida Saxton — Born in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/06-08.html">June 8, 1847</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1897-1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-26.html">May 26, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 352 days</a>). Originally entombed at West Lawn Cemetery; re-entombed at <a href="#cms00194">McKinley Monument</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of James Asbury Saxton and Katherine A. (DeWalt) Saxton; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#894.85.64">William McKinley Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12686.html">McKinley family</a> of Canton, Ohio.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida Saxton McKinley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19669">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34038">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Meharry Medill (1823-1899) — also known as Joseph Medill — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born near Saint John, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NB-born.html">New Brunswick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/04-06.html">April 6, 1823</a>. Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 59th District, 1869-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/chicago.html">mayor of Chicago, Ill.</a>, 1871-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died in San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-died.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-16.html">March 16, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00128">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill.; cenotaph at West Lawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Medill and Margaret (Corbett) Medill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/09-02.html">September 2, 1852</a>, to Katherine Patrick; father of Katherine Van Etta Medill (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#522.23.25">Cyrus Hall McCormick</a>; who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#820.89.71">Robert Sanderson McCormick</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#489.81.62">Joseph Medill McCormick</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#696.33.86">Ruth Hanna</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patterson.html#479.38.91">Joseph Medill Patterson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#486.07.04">Robert Rutherford McCormick</a>; great-grandfather of Alicia Patterson (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#214.86.34">Harry Frank Guggenheim</a>); second great-grandfather of Joseph Medill Patterson Albright (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albright.html#221.94.07">Madeleine Korbel</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10638.html">McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family</a> of Illinois and New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Medill <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Avenue</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-names.html">Chicago, Illiois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/704">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06099">St. Louis Catholic Church Cemetery</a> Louisville, Stark County, Ohio <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert H. Menegay (c.1904-1951) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born about 1904. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/barber.html">Barber</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1947-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/08-02.html">August 2, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). Interment at St. Louis Catholic Church Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01058">Magnolia Cemetery</a> Magnolia, Stark County, Ohio <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Jefferson Whitacre (1860-1938) — also known as John J. Whitacre — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/12-28.html">December 28, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 18th District, 1911-15; defeated, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/OH.html">1912</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/index.html">1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000347">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411509">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Iorwith Wilbur Abel (1908-1987) — also known as I. W. Abel — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa.; Sun City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born in Magnolia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/08-11.html">August 11, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">President</a>, United Steelworkers, 1965-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">vice-president</a>, AFL-CIO; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Malvern, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CA-died.html">Carroll County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/08-10.html">August 10, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-buried.html# ">Sunland Memorial Park</a>, Sun City, Ariz. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Franklin Abel and Mary Annie (Jones) Abel.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iorwith Wilbur Abel">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75899455">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01114">Protestant Cemetery</a> Masillon, Stark County, Ohio <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John George Warwick (1830-1892) — of Ohio. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/12-23.html">December 23, 1830</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Ohio</a>, 1884-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 16th District, 1891-92; died in office 1892. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/08-14.html">August 14, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 235 days</a>). Interment at Protestant Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000169">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411342">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05609">Massillon Cemetery</a> 1827 South Erie Street Massillon, Stark County, Ohio See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1612318&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://lv.usembassy.gov/embassy/riga/ambassador/former-u-s-ambassadors-latvia/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/853/95.44.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Robert P. Skinner"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Peet Skinner (1866-1960) — also known as Robert P. Skinner — of Massillon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio; Belfast, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-lived.html">Waldo County</a>, Maine. Born in Massillon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/02-24.html">February 24, 1866</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Marseille</a>, 1897-1901; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Marseille</a>, 1901-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Hamburg</a>, 1908-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Berlin</a>, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">London</a>, 1914-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Paris</a>, 1924-26; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-diplomats.html ">Greece</a>, 1926-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ES-diplomats.html ">Estonia</a>, 1931-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LV-diplomats.html ">Latvia</a>, 1931-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LT-diplomats.html ">Lithuania</a>, 1931-33; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-diplomats.html ">Turkey</a>, 1933-36. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-int-law.html">American Society for International Law</a>. Died in Belfast, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-died.html">Waldo County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/07-01.html">July 1, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at Massillon Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of August T. Skinner and Cecelia (van Rensselaer) Skinner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/06-17.html">June 17, 1897</a>, to Helen Wales.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Peet Skinner">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/skinner-robert-peet ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/97332744">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. Embassy Latvia</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jacob Sechler Coxey (1854-1951) — also known as Jacob S. Coxey; "General Coxey" — of Massillon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Selinsgrove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SN-born.html">Snyder County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-16.html">April 16, 1854</a>. Greenback candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a> 21st District, 1885; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a>, 1894 (People's, 18th District), 1922 (18th District), 1924 (Independent, 16th District), 1926 (Republican primary, 16th District), 1928 (Independent, 16th District), 1930 (Republican primary, 16th District), 1936 (Union, 16th District), 1938 (Democratic primary, 16th District), 1942 (Democratic primary, 16th District); People's candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1895, 1897; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1916, 1928 (Republican primary), 1932 (Republican primary), 1934 (Republican primary); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/massillon.html">mayor of Massillon, Ohio</a>, 1931-33; defeated, 1933 (Republican primary), 1941 (Democratic primary), 1943 (Democratic); Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1932. Leader of protest marches of unemployed men (dubbed Coxey's Army") demanding that money be provided for jobs, 1894 and 1914. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/index.html">1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">about 97 years</a>). Interment at Massillon Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#095.53.93">George A. Sweetland</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01771">Shepler Church Cemetery</a> Navarre, Stark County, Ohio <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Matthias Shepler (1790-1863) — of Ohio. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/index.html">1790</a>. Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 18th District, 1837-39. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/index.html">1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Shepler Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000333">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409830">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04248">Greenlawn Cemetery</a> Wilmot, Stark County, Ohio See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1995131&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Blaine McClintock (1886-1965) — also known as Charles B. McClintock — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/05-25.html">May 25, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 16th District, 1929-33; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1946-63. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/02-01.html">February 1, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 252 days</a>). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000339">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407348">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18767044">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DQ4WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA261"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/080/99.88.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Abram W. Agler"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Abram Wilhelm Agler (1873-1929) — also known as Abram W. Agler — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio. Born in Wilmot, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-born.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/04-13.html">April 13, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-parties.html">chair of Stark County Republican Party</a>, 1902-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-officials.html">Stark County Clerk of Courts</a>, 1909-13. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-union-vets.html">Sons of Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-died.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-18.html">November 18, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 219 days</a>). 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