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• Bliss, Phillip Paul [cenotaph]    b. July 9, 1838  d. December 29, 1876
  Hymn Writer and Musician. Phillip and his wife Lucy died in a train wreck in Ashtabula, Ohio, when the bridge that the train was on collapsed. Their remains where placed in a grave marked by a cenotaph in the Ashtabula Cemetery in Ohio and the 2nd cenotaph in the Cemetery in Rome, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Phillip and Lucy's home in Rome, Pennsylvania, was turned into the Phillip Paul Bliss Gospel Songwriter's Museum.
  Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Cenotaph
   
• Giddings, Joshua Reed    b. October 6, 1795  d. May 27, 1864
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 16th and 20th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1858 to 1859. Also served as a Member of the Ohio State House of Representatives in 1826. (Bio by: K)
  Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
   
• McColl, Alexander Boyd 'Red'    b. March 29, 1894  d. February 6, 1991
  Major League Baseball Player. He was a right handed pitcher, making his debut at age 39 for the Washington Senators on August 29, 1933. For two seasons, he played with the Washington Senators (1933-34), as a middle relief pitcher. He finished his career with a record of 4 wins, 4 loss, 2 complete games, 1 save, 34 strikeouts and a 3.70 earned run average. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
   
• Northway, Stephen Asa    b. 1833  d. 1898
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 19th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 until his death in 1898. (Bio by: K)
  Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
   
• Norton, Miner Gibbs    b. 1857  d. 1926
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923. He was defeated as Republican in 1922. (Bio by: K)
  Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
   
• Spencer, Platt Rogers    b. November 7, 1800  d. May 16, 1864
  Calligrapher and penmanship teacher, he designed the first copybooks for school use in 1848. (Bio by: Ginny M)
  Evergreen Cemetery, Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 3
  GPS coordinates: 41.8036919, -80.9407578 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Wade, Benjamin Franklin    b. October 27, 1800  d. March 2, 1878
  US Senator. He was President Pro-tempore of the Senate during the trial of President Andrew Johnson. He would have become President of the United States if President Johnson had been removed. Senator Wade lost the presidency by one vote.
  Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
   

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