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• Andrews, Samuel   b. February 10, 1836  d. April 15, 1904
  Oil Magnate. He arrived in Cleveland from England in 1857, and later moved to New York. His chemistry abilities helped him to build Standard Oil Co. With a capital of $4000, he, John D Rockefeller and M B Clark became partners. His main work with Standard was in the refinery. He created the uses for the by products of oil which includes gasoline. In later years there was a falling out between Rockefeller and Andrews, and in...[Read More] (Bio by: Mamaquilts)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 9, Lot 11
   
• Andrews, Sherlock James    b. November 17, 1801  d. February 11, 1880
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1841 to 1843. He was one of Cleveland's first lawyers, and is considered the "Father of the Cleveland Bar". He was elected President of Cleveland's first City Council in 1836 and served as prosecuting attorney for Cuyahoga County in Ohio. (Bio by: Joyce)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 5 Lot 3
   
• Babcock, Brenton D.    b. October 2, 1830  d. January 9, 1906
  Mayor of Cleveland. Born in Adams, New York, he graduated from Watertown College and moved to Cleveland in 1865. Finding employment in the coal industry, he rose from bookeeper to partner of a successful trading and mining firm, Babcock & Morris Co., in 1878. A Democrat, Babcock was elected Mayor of Cleveland and served from 1887 to 1888; his uneventful term consisted primarily of rubber-stamping legislation pushed by the local Democratic Party machine. He was also a prominent...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
   
• Baker, Newton Diehl    b. December 3, 1871  d. December 25, 1937
  US Secretary of War during World War I. Mayor of Cleveland, 1912-1916. Husband of Elizabeth Wells (Leopold) Baker. Son of Newton Diehl & Mary Ann (Dukehart) Baker.
  
  
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 30, Lot 198
  GPS coordinates: 41.5121994, -81.5858002 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Baldwin, Charles Candee    b. 1834  d. 1895
  Corporate lawyer, circuit judge and founder of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Author of many books on Ohio history and geneology. (Bio by: Joyce)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 5 Lot 32
   
• Ball, Ernest Roland    b. July 28, 1878  d. May 3, 1927
  Songwriter. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he began his career singing and playing piano at the Union Square Theater, New York in 1904. In 1905, he wrote the song "Will You Love Me in December, As You Did in May?" which became a national hit. His many compositions included "Mother Machree", "Love Me and the World Is Mine", "Let the Rest of the World Go By" and the ever popular "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", which has sold over 25 million copies of sheet music. He died of heart disease in Santa Ana...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 2, Lot 109
   
• Barnett, James    b. June 21, 1821  d. January 13, 1911
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served during the Civil War as Colonel of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, and as Chief of Artillery for the Military Department of the Cumberland. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services". (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 8, Lot 56
   
• Beach, Clifton Bailey   b. September 16, 1845  d. November 15, 1902
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent Ohio's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1899.
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
   
• Begg, James Thomas   b. February 16, 1877  d. March 26, 1963
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 13th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1919 to 1929.
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
   
• Beidler, Jacob Atlee    b. November 2, 1852  d. September 13, 1912
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1901 to 1907.
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
   
• Berger, Charles 'Heine'    b. January 7, 1882  d. February 10, 1954
  Major League Baseball Player. Born in LaSalle, Illinois, he was a right handed pitcher making his debut with the Cleveland Indians on May 6, 1907. For four seasons, he played with the Cleveland Indians (1907-10), ending his career with a total of 32 wins, 29 losses, 42 complete games, 5 shutouts, 1 save, 337 strikeouts and a 2.60 earned run average. He died in Lakewood, Ohio, at the age of 72. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Sect. 42, Lot 840
   
• Bliss, Imogene  b. February 24, 1918  d. January 14, 2003
  Actress. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she had a long flourishing career on Broadway before entering feature films in the early 1970s. Among her most notable credits are "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972), "Richard" (1972), "Chapter Two" (1979), "The Mating Story" (1980), "Heaven Help Us" (1985) and "The Christmas Tree" (1996). She also appeared in Lucille Ball's TV production film "Stone Pillow" (1985). (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
   
• Blythin, Edward   b. October 10, 1884  d. 1958
  Cleveland Mayor. He served as the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1940 to 1941. Also served as a Common Pleas Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
   
• Bolton, Chester Castle    b. September 5, 1882  d. October 29, 1939
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 22nd District in the United States House of representatives, he served from 1929 to 1937, and in 1939. He also served as a Member of the Ohio State Senate from 1923 to 1928. (Bio by: K)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
   
• Bolton (Bingham), Frances Payne    b. March 29, 1885  d. March 9, 1977
  Republican Congresswoman for 29 years. Supported projects in nursing, health and education. Persuaded Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, to establish an Army School of Nursing during WW1. Believing that nurses should have college educations as well as nurses training, she funded a school of nursing at Western Reserve University, renamed the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. (Bio by: Joyce)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 9 Lot 40 Grave 7
   
• Bolton, Oliver Payne    b. February 22, 1917  d. December 13, 1972
  US Congresman. Elected to represent Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1953 to 1957, and 1963 to 1965. Bolton also served in the United States Army during World War II. (Bio by: K)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
   
• Britton, Helene Hathaway Robison    b. 1856  d. 1928
  Major League Baseball Team Owner. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, her father owned the Cleveland Spiders baseball team until the team folded after the 1899 season. In 1911, she inherited ownership of the St. Louis Cardinals after the death of her uncle Stanley Robison and became the first female owner of a major league baseball. While in position, she married the Cardinals president Schuler Britton. She continued to own the team until she divorced Britton in 1916 and sold her shares in the team in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 17
   
• Brown, Alexander Ephraim   b. May 14, 1852  d. April 26, 1911
  Inventor. He invented the "Brown Hoist", which revolutionized the lake shipping industry. The invention he designed was a cantilivered crane, rigged with wire cable to convey an automatic clamshell bucket to and from the ship's hold, removing the cargo. His hoist, first set up on the docks along Lake Erie, reduced lake transportation costs and greatly shortened the turn-around time of the vessels. Brown secured several hundred patents on his invention which was distributed all over the world. (Bio by: Joyce)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 8, Lot 62 1/2 sw
   
• Brush Sr.., Charles Francis    b. March 17, 1849  d. June 15, 1929
  Inventor. Invented the arc lamp, the first lamp to light any city electrically (1879).
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 10
  GPS coordinates: 41.5102997, -81.5892029 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Bulkley, Robert J.   b. October 8, 1880  d. July 21, 1965
  United States Representative from Ohio's 21st District 1911-1915 and a United States Senator from Ohio 1930-1939. (Bio by: Mark Pawelczak)
  Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
   

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