Find A Grave - Belmont County

Alexander Jr., James b. October 17, 1789 d. September 5, 1846
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1837 to 1839.
Scotch Ridge Cemetery, Colerain, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Bishop, Daniel b. 1845 d. May 23, 1891
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army in Company A, 5th U.S. Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on March 25, 1873 at Turret Mountain, Arizona Territory. His citation reads "Gallantry in engagements." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Greenwood Cemetery, Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Block 4, Lot 25
Caldwell, James b. November 30, 1770 d. May, 1838
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1813 to 1817. Also served as a Member of the Ohio State Legislature.
Methodist Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Cowen, Gen. Benjamin Rush b. August 15, 1831 d. January 19, 1908
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Politician, State Court Clerk. Born in Moorefield, Ohio, he was educated at the St. Clairsville Academy and apprenticed as a typesetter with the Belmont Chronicle. He eventually became the owner and editor of the paper until 1858. After engaging in real estate, he became the Chief Clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1860 and 1861. He was commissioned as a Colonel of the Ohio Militia before the Civil War began and was appointed as Engineer in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
Greenwood Cemetery, Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Danford, Lorenzo b. October 18, 1829 d. June 19, 1899
US Congressman. Known for his great oratory, he parlayed his successful law practice and his honorable military service into a long and distinguished political career. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, he studied law in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, before moving to St. Clairsville, Ohio, where, in 1854, he began practicing law. He was elected and served as Belmont County's prosecuting attorney from 1857 to 1861 before resigning, at the start of the Civil War, to enlist as a private in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Friends Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
GPS coordinates: 40.0823059, -80.9002762 (hddd.dddd)
Davenport, John b. 1788 d. 1855
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1827 to 1829. Also served as a Member of the Ohio State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Northern Cemetery, Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Deleau Jr., Emile b. June 28, 1923 d. February 2, 1945
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was killed in action. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army in Company A, 142d Infantry, 36th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on February 1-2 1945 at Oberhoffen, France. His citation reads in part "At dawn of 2 February, Sgt. Deleau pressed forward with his unit, killing two snipers as he advanced to a point where machine-gun fire from a house barred the way. Despite vicious small-arms fire, Sgt...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Linwood Cemetery, Blaine, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section D
Hays, Wayne Levere b. May 13, 1911 d. February 13, 1989
Member of Ohio State Senate, 1941-1972, Democrat from Ohio, 18th District, 1949-1976, Member of Ohio State House of Representatives, 1979.
Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Hoge, George Washington b. 1832 d. November 26, 1909
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. In September 1862, he joined the 126th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Steubenville, Ohio and was commissioned Captain of Company B. He participated at the Battle of Cedar Creek, the Campaigns in North Alabama and middle Tennessee. At the battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864, he was Colonel in command of the 183rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Under Union Army Major General William T. Sherman, he led the 183rd Regiment to victory in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Cemetery, Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Block 5, Lot 46 [unmarked]
Kennon Jr., William b. June 12, 1802 d. October 19, 1867
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1849. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1865. (Bio by: K)
Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Kennon Sr., William b. May 14, 1793 d. November 2, 1881
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 10th and 11th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to 1833, and 1835 to 1837. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1840, and Justice of the Ohio State Supreme Court from 1854 to 1856. (Bio by: K)
Methodist Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Lewis, Earl Ramage b. February 22, 1887 d. February 1, 1956
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 18th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1939 to 1941, and 1943 to 1949. Also served as a Member of the Ohio State Senate from 1927 to 1928, and 1931 to 1934. (Bio by: K)
Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Patterson, John b. 1771 d. 1848
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1823 to 1825. Also served as Mayor of St. Clairsville, Ohio, State Court Judge, and Member of the Ohio State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Ruggles, Benjamin b. 1783 d. 1857
US Senator. Known as the "wheel-horse of the Senate" because of his untiring work habits he represented the state of Ohio as a US Senator from 1815 to 1833. A native of Abington, Connecticut he worked is way through college by teaching school during the winter. After being admitted to the bar he moved to Ohio where he began practicing law first in Marietta before moving to St Clairsville where in 1810 he became a common pleas court judge. After serving three terms in the Senate he decided not...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery , Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Shannon, Thomas b. November 15, 1786 d. March 16, 1843
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1826 to 1827. Also served as a Member of the Ohio State Legislature.
Husband of Cassandra Anderson Shannon, died 14 Oct 1831.
Son of George Shannon, 1759 - 18 Jan 1803. (Bio by: K)
Northern Cemetery, Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Theaker, Thomas Clarke b. February 4, 1812 d. July 16, 1883
US Congressman. This native of York, Pennsylvania moved to Bridgeport, Ohio in 1830 where he began a career as a machinist and wheelwright. The Republican was elected to represent his district in the Thirty-Sixth Congress from 1859 to 1861. He lost his bid for re-election but remained in Washington DC when he was appointed to a seat on the US Patent Office's Board of Appeals. On August 15, 1865 he was appointed commissioner of the US Patent office. In his new position the former Congressman...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Weeks Cemetery, Bridgeport (Belmont County), Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Weems, Capell Lane b. July 7, 1860 d. January 5, 1913
US Congressman. Born in Whigville, Noble County, Ohio, this Republican was a successful prosecuting attorney for Noble County in 1884 and nearby Belmont County from 1890 to 1896. In between holding those two positions he briefly served in the state legislature and lived in Cleveland before returning to Southeastern Ohio. He was elected to represent Ohio's Sixteenth district in Congress after poor health forced the resignation of Joseph J. Gill in 1903. Weems was elected twice more for Congress...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Wilson, Charles A. b. January 18, 1943 d. April 14, 2013
US Congressman. A member of the Democratic Party, he served Ohio's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 2007 until 2011. He attended the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and served as a funeral director, prior to launching his political career, initially as a member of the Ohio State House of Representatives (1997 to 2004) and later the Ohio State Senate (2005 to 2007). During his tenure in Congress, he supported the Wall Street Bailout of 2008 was...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA

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