Oakwood Cemetery (Fremont, Ohio)
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Fremont, Ohio, United States.
Notable interments
[edit]United States President Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) was buried here in 1893, and his body was moved to his former home, Spiegel Grove, in 1915 for burial with his wife Lucy Ware Hayes (1831–1889).[1][2] Cenotaphs are maintained for them at Oakwood.
Other notable interments include:
- Carl C. Anderson (1877–1912) US Congreeman
- William Francis Bailey (1842–1915) Wisconsin judge
- John S. Bell (1796–1869) US Congressman
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland (1812–1892) Civil War Union Brigadier General and US Congressman
- Rodolphus Dickinson (1797–1849) US Congressman
- Edward F. Dickinson (1829–1891) his son, US Congressman
- William Elisha Haynes (1829–1914) US Congressman
- Amos Henry Jackson (1846–1924) US Congressman
- John Birchard Rice (1832–1893) US Congressman
References
[edit]- ^ United States Congress. "Rutherford B. Hayes (id: H000393)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, #5668". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
External links
[edit]- Oakwood Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oakwood Cemetery
