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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lorain County, Ohio.= Official Website =Lorain County was established in 1822. The original proposed name for the county was "Colerain". The final name "Lorain" seems to have no true intended connection to the Alsace-Lorraine area of France, as theorized by later historians. Adjacent Counties * Cuyahoga County * Medina County * Huron ...
Please add profiles for people who were born in Summit County, Ohio. The county was formed on March 3, 1840. It was named Summit County because the highest elevation on the Ohio and Erie Canal is located in the county. Adjacent Counties Cuyahoga County Geauga County Portage County Medina County Wayne County Stark County Cities Akron (County Seat) Barberton Cuyahog...
Wikipedia =Ohio Northern University is a private, United Methodist Church-affiliated university located in the United States in Ada, Ohio, founded by Henry Solomon Lehr in 1871. ONU is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. ONU is a sister university with Dankook University, a private university in Seoul, South Korea. In 2008, 200...
The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio. Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church as the University of Wooster, it officially has been non-sectarian since 1969 when ownership ties with the Presbyterian Church ended. From its creation, the college has been a co-educational institution. It enrolls about 2,000 students and is a member of The Five Colleges of Ohi...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Greene County, Ohio. Official Website Greene County is named after Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene of the Continental Army. Adjacent Counties Clark County Madison County Montgomery County Fayette County Clinton County Warren County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Warren County, OH. Warren County was created in 1803 and is named after Maj. Gen. Dr. Joseph Warren, III, a hero of the Revolution who sent Paul Revere and William Dawes on their famous rides and who died at the Battle of Bunker Hill. For a complete list of Townships & Communities, please see Wikipedia . Adjacent Counties ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Clinton County, Ohio. Official Website Clinton County was formed on February 19, 1810 from sections of Highland County and Warren County. It was named after George Clinton, a soldier, politician, Governor of New York, and Vice President of the United States. Adjacent Counties Greene County Fayette County Highland County Br...
Wikipedia ==Case Western Reserve University=Case Western Reserve University (also known as Case Western Reserve, Case Western, Case, and CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. The university was created in 1967 by the federation of Case Institute of Technology (founded in 1881 by Leonard Case Jr.) and Western Reserve University (founded in 1826 in the area that was once the ...
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum is a nonprofit rural cemetery and arboretum located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the third largest cemetery in the United States, after the Calverton National Cemetery and Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery and is recognized as a U.S. National Historic Landmark. ( Wikipedia , CC BY-SA) Notable burials Jacob Ammen, Civil War general...
Wikipedia The University of Toledo, commonly referred to as U of Toledo or UT, is a public research university located in Toledo, Ohio, United States. The university also operates a 450-acre Health Science campus, which includes the University of Toledo Medical Center, in the West Toledo neighborhood of Toledo; a 160-acre satellite campus in the Scott Park neighborhood of Toledo; the Center f...
This cemetery is located on 16 Old U.S. 42, Spring Valley, Greene County, Ohio. Find a Grave
This active cemetery is operated by the Miami Cemetery Association, which was incorporated in 1866. The cemetery began with the burial of his young daughter, Narcissa, by Gaines Goode in the meadow of his farm on the east ridge of the Little Miami River Valley. Gaines later deeded a tract of land that included the grave to the Waynesville Methodist Church for a cemetery, which subsequently tran...
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame established in 1986 and located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential musicians, bands, producers, and others that have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the area of rock and roll. Originally, there were four categories of induction: performers, non-per...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Ashtabula County, Ohio . Official Website After Europeans arrived in the Americas, the land that became Ashtabula County was originally part of the French colony of Canada ( New France ), which was ceded in 1763 to Great Britain and renamed Province of Quebec . In the late 18th century the land became part of the Connecticut Wester...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cincinnati, Ohio. Official Website Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, the fastest growing economic power in the Midwestern Uni...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Hamilton County, Ohio. Official Website The southern portion of Hamilton County was originally owned and surveyed by John Cleves Symmes, and the region was a part of the Symmes Purchase. The first settlers rafted down the Ohio River in 1788 following the American Revolutionary War. They established the towns of Losantiville (later ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Huron County, Ohio. Huron County was named in honor of the Huron Indians (Wyandot), an Iroquoian-speaking tribe who occupied large areas in the Great Lakes region. It was created in 1809 and later organized in 1815. Adjacent Counties Erie County Lorain County Sandusky County Ashland County Crawford County Seneca County ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Ohio. Official Website Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio . Its county seat is West Union. The county is named after John Adams , the second President of the United States. Adjacent Counties Highland County Pike County Scioto County Brown County
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Montgomery County, Ohio.= Official Website =Established May 01, 1803, Montgomery County was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. Adjacent Counties * Miami County * Clark County * Greene County * Warren County * Darke County * Preble...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Butler County, Ohio. Successive cultures of ancient Indigenous peoples of the Americas occupied areas of the county. They built large earthworks, seven of which were still standing and recorded by a Smithsonian survey. Early French explorers likely passed through the area along the Miami River. The gravesites of David and Margaret G...
Union Cemetery, in Newton Township, is also known as Old Union Cemetery , Union Joint Cemetery , or Old Ludlow Cemetery (Not to be confused with The Old Ludlow Cemetery in Laura). It is east of State Route 48 on Horseshoe Bend Road, then back a long lane running north, in a field. It is in the southeast quarter of Section 32. Many of the early burials were Quakers. The early meeting houses and ...
This cemetery is located on Cemetery Road, Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lucas County, Ohio. Official Website The county was named for Robert Lucas, 12th governor of Ohio, in 1835 during his second term.[4] Its establishment provoked the Toledo War conflict with the Michigan Territory, which claimed some of its area. The Toledo War The Toledo War (1835–36), also known as the Great Toledo War, the Mi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Ohio. Official Website Knox County was formed in 1808 and was named for Henry Knox, an officer in the American Revolutionary War who was later the first Secretary of War. Adjacent Counties Ashland County Holmes County Coshocton County Licking County Delaware County Morrow County Richland County
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Kenton County, Kentucky. Official Website The county was formed in 1840 and is named for Simon Kenton, a frontiersman notable in the early history of the state. Adjacent Counties Hamilton County, Ohio Boone County Grant County Pendleton County Campbell County Cities & Communities Atwood | Bromley | Covington (County...