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• Gentile, Don    b. December 6, 1920  d. January 28, 1951
  World War II American Fighter Ace. He was the only son of Italian immigrants born in Piqua, Ohio. Sickened while a baby by Carbon Monoxide gas and given no chance of recovery by doctors, his frantic parents took him to the Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio hoping for a spiritual cure. Don Gentile recovered and while growing up accompanied his parents on annual visits to the shrine, a vow they made if he recovered. His fascination with flying made him a licensed pilot at...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Saint Joseph Cemetery, Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 18 (St. Agatha), lot 434.
   
• Gillars (Sisk), Mildred 'Axis Sally'    b. November 29, 1900  d. June 25, 1988
  Axis Sally. She was an American woman who made propaganda broadcasts for Radio Berlin in Nazi Germany. She was born Mildred Elizabeth Sisk in Portland, Maine. Her parents divorced and she assumed the name of her stepfather, becoming Mildred Gillars. She graduated from High School in Conneaut, Ohio and enrolled at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, pursuing a degree in dramatic arts but did not graduate. She enrolled at Hunter College in New York becoming romantically involved with Max Otto...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Saint Joseph Cemetery, Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Holy Family section, Random Selection; lot 570 [unmarked]
   
• Gladden, Washington    b. February 11, 1836  d. July 2, 1918
  Minister and orator.
  Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section M, near the road
  GPS coordinates: 39.9378014, -83.0346985 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Gowdy, Henry Morgan 'Hank'    b. August 24, 1889  d. August 1, 1966
  Major League Baseball Player. Nicknamed “Hank.” Major league catcher and coach. Army, World War I, World War II. Considered by many observers to be the best catcher not elected to Hall of Fame. Son of Horace C. Gowdy and Carrie Burhart. Played football, basketball and baseball at Hubbard Elementary School and North High School in Columbus. After school played professional baseball as first baseman with Lancaster in Ohio State League and Dallas in Texas League. Converted to catcher, began...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Union Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section 4-UCA, Lot 208
   
• Greaves, Clinton    b. August 12, 1855  d. August 18, 1906
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was serving as a Corporal in Company C, 9th United States Cavalry, at Florida Mountains, New Mexico, on January 24, 1877, when he earned the CMOH. He was born into slavery in Madison County, Virginia. He enlisted in the Army for the first time on November 21, 1872. His citation reads:While part of a small detachment to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to surrender, his group was surrounded. Cpl. Greaves in the center of the savage...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
  Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
   
• Hall, Lewis R.   b. March 2, 1895  d. January 10, 1943
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Technician Fifth Grade, United States Army, Company M, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. He was awarded his medal posthumously for service at Mount Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on January 10, 1943. His citation reads-For gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. As leader of a machinegun squad charged with the protection of other battalion units, his group was attacked by a superior number of...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Glen Rest Memorial Estate, Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
   
• Hanby, Benjamin Russell    b. July 22, 1833  d. March 16, 1867
  Composer. He was an early pioneer mid-western minister best known for his pre-civil war compositions. From the 1850s to 1864, he wrote approximately 80 songs, including "Darling Nelly Gray", "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" and "Up on the House Top". He also wrote religious hymns and was a published author of childrens books. He died of tuberculosis. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Otterbein Cemetery, Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
   
• Hayes, Woody (Wayne)    b. February 4, 1913  d. March 12, 1987
  College Football Coach. After earning a degree in English from Denison University in 1935, he embarked on a coaching career rivaled by few in the field. After briefly coaching high school football in Ohio and Pennsylvania, he served in the military during World War II, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy. Following his military service, Hayes returned to Denison as head football coach for three years, followed by a two-year tenure at "the cradle of coaches"...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
  Union Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: NEW CEMETERY-1946 ADDITION SECTION 12 Lot :37 Space :4
   
• Herrmann, Edward John    b. November 6, 1913  d. December 22, 1999
  Roman Catholic Bishop. He joined the Catholic Church at the age of six years not long after his father died in the 1918 influenza pandemic. After high school he worked for an oil company during the Great Depression. From his childhood home in Baltimore, Maryland he attended seminary on scholarship in Emmittsburg, Maryland and was ordained priest on June 12, 1947 for the diocese of Washington DC. Following service as chancellor and pastor, he was consecrated Bishop on April 26, 1966 and made...[Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)
  Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Cathedral Crypt, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: episcopal crypt below main altar
   
• Hinchman, William White 'Bill'    b. April 4, 1883  d. February 20, 1963
  Major League Baseball Player. The outfielder played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1905 to 1906 and the Cleveland Naps from 1907 to 1909, but he enjoyed his most success with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1915 to 1920. The stocky 5-foot-11, 190-pound right-handed batter hit .307 in 1915 with 33 doubles, 14 triples and 77 runs batted in. In 1916, he led the National League with 16 triples as he batted .315 with 76 RBIs. He suffered a broken leg in 1917 and never again played on a regular basis. His...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
  Saint Joseph Cemetery, Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section – holy rosary, Lot 392, Space 10
   
• Ireland, John David  b. October 14, 1918  d. March 19, 2001
  Scientist. He was a member of the Manhattan Project that developed the first Atomic Bombs. He was also a United States Army Veteran of World War II. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
  Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
   
• Janowicz, Vic    b. February 26, 1930  d. February 27, 1996
  College Football Player. As a single-wing tailback and safety at Ohio State, Victor Felix Janowicz was an All-American and won the Heisman Trophy by an overwhelming vote in 1950 as a junior. He was drafted in the seventh round of the NFL draft by the Redskins in 1952. He served in the Army for a year and then was a baseball catcher for two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1953 and 1954. He was a halfback for the Washington Redskins in 1954 and 1955 scoring a total of seven touchdowns...[Read More] (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
  Saint Joseph Cemetery, Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section – Assumption, Lot 729, Space 3
   
• Jones, Theodore    b. February 4, 1832  d. April 13, 1916
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services". (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section G, Lot 29
   
• Kauff, Bennie (Benjamin Michael)   b. January 5, 1890  d. November 17, 1961
  Major League Baseball Player. Born Benjamin Michael Kauff, he was an outfielder making his debut for the New York Highlanders on April 20, 1912. For eight seasons, he played with the New York Highlanders (1912), Indianapolis Hoosiers (1914), Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1915) and New York Giants (1916-20). He led the Federal League in hits, runs scored and stolen bases (1914) and was batting champion (1914-15). In early 1921, despite his acquittal for charges of auto theft, Baseball Commissioner Kennesaw...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Union Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: New Cemetery - 1946 Addition, Section 01, Lot 138, Space 4
   
• Kilbourne, James    b. October 19, 1770  d. April 9, 1850
  US Congressman. This Episcopalian minister with an adventuresome spirit played a key role in the development of the Northwest Territory in the early 1800's. Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he moved west at around the age of thirty to help find land for a trading company he helped establish. While in the Northwest Territory he reportedly completed the first map of Ohio and found desirable land for his business venture but did not purchase it right away fearing that Ohio could become a "slave...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
  Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
   
• Kirk, Rahsaan Roland    b. August 7, 1936  d. December 5, 1977
  Renowned Jazz Musician. Perhaps the most unusual jazz great of all time, Rahsaan Roland Kirk (born Ronald Kirk) was known for being able to play as many as three horns at one time. Usually each horn played a different part in the same composition, though Kirk would often amaze audiences by playing a jazz tune with one horn and a classical piece with another. Though he lost his sight at the age of two, Kirk would strengthen his mouth as a child by blowing through a water hose, taking up trumpet...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
  Evergreen Burial Park, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
   
• Lazarus, Simon   b. 1807  d. 1887
  He founded the Lazarus department store chain.
  Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: Section M, in the middle overlooking the war memorial
  GPS coordinates: 39.9392014, -83.0338974 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Lentz, John Jacob  b. January 27, 1856  d. July 27, 1931
  U.S Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1901.
  Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
   
• Marr, Hank   b. January 30, 1927  d. March 16, 2004
  Musician. He was a soul and jazz keyboardist known best for being a master of the Hammond B-3 organ. He began performing with the Sammy Hopkins Trio in the 1940s and soon joined Rusty Bryant's band. In the mid 1950s, he started playing at the Little Belmont club in Atlantic City and was signed to King Records in 1961. With King Records he recorded seven albums with his biggest hit being the instrumental "The Greasy Spoon" (1964). During the 1960s and 1970s, he performed in Las Vegas, on "The...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Union Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Plot: New Cemetery - 1946 Addition, Section 18 Lot: 265 Space: 3
   
• McMillen, Dr. William Linn    b. October 18, 1829  d. February 8, 1902
  Civil War Union Brevet Major General. He graduated from Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1852 and was a surgeon in the Russian army from 1855, till the end of the Crimean war. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted as surgeon of the 1st Ohio infantry in April, 1861. On August 19, 1861, he mustered into the Field and Staff of the Ohio 95th Volunteer Infantry, promoted Colonel, August 19, 1862 and was wounded August 30, 1862, at Richmond, Kentucky. He led the brigade at the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
   

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