Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in
Fremont, Ohio, United States.
Notable interments
United States President
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governo ...
(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).
Cenotaph
A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenot ...
s are maintained for them at Oakwood.
Other notable interments include:
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Carl C. Anderson (1877–1912) US Congreeman
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William Francis Bailey (1842–1915) Wisconsin judge
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John S. Bell (1796–1869) US Congressman
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Ralph Pomeroy Buckland
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland (January 20, 1812 – May 27, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and an executive of the Union Pacific Railroad following the ...
(1812–1892) Civil War Union Brigadier General and US Congressman
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Rodolphus Dickinson (1797–1849) US Congressman
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Edward F. Dickinson (1829–1891) his son, US Congressman
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William Elisha Haynes
William Elisha Haynes (October 19, 1829 – December 5, 1914) was an American Civil War veteran who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1889 to 1893. He was a cousin of George William Palmer.
Early life and career
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(1829–1914) US Congressman
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Amos Henry Jackson (1846–1924) US Congressman
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John Birchard Rice (1832–1893) US Congressman
References
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Cemeteries in Sandusky County, Ohio
Fremont, Ohio
Geography of Sandusky County, Ohio