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• Bow, Frank Townsend    b. February 20, 1901  d. November 13, 1972
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 16th District in the United States House of Representaitves, serving from 1951 to his death in 1972.
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   
• Carson, Henderson Haverfield  b. October 25, 1893  d. 1971
  US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I (1914-1918). Elected to represent Ohio's 16th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to 1945, and 1947 to 1949. (Bio by: K)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   
• Day, William Rufus    b. April 17, 1849  d. July 9, 1923
  US Supreme Court Associate Justice, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Born in Ravenna, Ohio, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1870 and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1872. A successful lawyer, he befriended the future president William McKinley and was appointed district judge for the Northern District of Ohio in 1886. In 1898, President William McKinley appointed Day Secretary of State and he worked tirelessly to secure the neutrality of Europe during the Spanish-American War. As...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   
• Lahm, Samuel  b. April 22, 1812  d. June 16, 1876
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 18th district in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1849. Also served as a member of the Ohio State Senate in 1842. (Bio by: K)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   
• Leiter, Benjamin Franklin  b. October 13, 1813  d. June 17, 1866
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 18th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1859. Also served as Mayor of Canton, Ohio, and Member of the Ohio State House of Representatives in 1848. (Bio by: K)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   
• McKinley, Ida [original burial site]    b. June 8, 1847  d. May 26, 1907
  Presidential First Lady. She was born Ida Saxton in Canton, Ohio the daughter of a prosperous banker. She received the usual education given to daughters of the wealthy, a series of finishing schools and upon completion a tour of Europe. Ida worked at her father's bank as a teller and even managed it at times. A bank customer, the future president then Major William McKinley met the future First Lady and they were soon wed. Her first child lived to the age of three and the second died in...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Temporary vault, while monument was built
  GPS coordinates: 40.8028107, -81.3959427 (hddd.dddd)
   
• McKinley, William [original burial site]    b. January 29, 1843  d. September 14, 1901
  25th United States President. His hometown was the small town of Niles, Ohio. William McKinley was the seventh of eight children, his father owned a small iron foundry. He attended Allegheny College and began teaching in a country school his career interrupted by the civil war He enlisted as a private in the Union Army. The postwar era found him studying law, then opening an office in Canton, Ohio. A courtship with [Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   
• McTammany, John   b. 1845  d. 1915
  Inventor, Musician. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he emigrated to the Uniontown, Ohio, with his family in 1859. He played the organ in the Reformed Church there and had ambitions of being a concert pianist. In 1864, he enlisted in the 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Union Army, served in the Civil War and was seriously wounded. He convalesced in a hospital in Nashville and when he would walk down town to repair nicolodeons, pianos and music boxes in a music store. After the war, he enrolled in the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
  GPS coordinates: 40.8070717, -81.3945618 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Pomerene, Atlee    b. December 6, 1863  d. November 12, 1937
  US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Ohio from 1911 to 1923. Served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Ohio in 1912, and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1911. He was also apponted by Calvin Coolidge as the special prosecutor for the Teapot Dome Scandal. He ran for the Democratic nomination for President in 1928. (Bio by: K)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   
• Saimes, George   b. September 1, 1941  d. March 8, 2013
  Professional Football Player. For ten seasons (1963 to 1972), he played at the right-safety position in the American and National Football Leagues with the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos. He attended Lincoln High School in Cleveland and played collegiate football at Michigan State University. While with the Spartans, he distinguished himself as a two-way player excelling at both the defensive back and fullback positions. In 1961, he earned team MVP honors while achieving All-American...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   
• Taylor, Isaac Hamilton  b. 1840  d. 1936
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 18th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1887. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1889. (Bio by: K)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   
• Thom, William Richard    b. 1885  d. 1960
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 16th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1939, 1941 to 1943, and 1945 to 1947. (Bio by: K)
  West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
   

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