Famous People of Ferncliff

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Asa Smith Bushnell

1834 – 1904
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Section P
40th Governor of Ohio
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Harry C. Chakers

Died 1958
Section Q
Founder of Chakers Theatres
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Ray Cantrell

1940 – 2004
Section 55
Owned Rick’s Fashions Americain -specialized in renting costumes, including Seabiscuit, Forrest Gump, and Goodfellas.
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John S. Crowell

1850 – 1921
Section 1
One of the founders of Crowell-Collier Publishing – published The Woman’s Home Companion form 1873 – 1957.
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George W. Clemens

1855 – 1864
First burial in Ferncliff Cemetery.
Died of spotted fever.
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Oliver Smith Kelly

1824 – 1904
Section A, overlooking Kelly Lake
Local Business leader, founder of O.S. Kelly Piano Plate Co. and mayor of Springfield.
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George & Sarah Gammon

George 1803 – 1904
Sarah 1808 – 1902
Section F
Activists in the Underground Railroad and owners of the Gammon House, a noted safehouse.
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Gary Adam Geis

1943 – 2016
Section U
Dance teacher and founder of the Gary Geis School of Dance and Company.
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Ralph W. Hollenbeck

1808 – 1938
Section P
Insurance broker; co-founder and 1st president of the Credit Life Insurance Co. Charter member of the Springfield Rotary Club and Springfield Chamber of Commerce. Prominent leader in the YMCA and Boy Scout movement.
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General J. Warren Keifer

1836 – 1932
Section H
Brigadier General in the Civil War. U.S. Congressman 1905 – 1911.
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Ezra Keller

1812 – 1848
Section E
Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. One of the principal founders and the 1st president of Wittenberg College.
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George Durgans

1816 – 1882
Section F
Activist in the Underground Railroad.
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Bradley Kincaid

1895 – 1989
Section 2B
Owner of Kincaid’s Music Store. Pioneer radio entertainer.
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Richard Kuss

1923 – 2010
Section O
Community leader and philanthropist.
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Brooks Lawrence

1925 – 2000
WWll Annex. Professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds.
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Johnny Lytle

1932 – 1995
Section 29
World-renowned musician.
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Davey Moore

1933 – 1963
Section Y
World Featherweight Boxing Champion from 1957 – 1963. 1952 Olympian. Died from a championship bout in 1963.
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Dr. Frederick F. Mueller

1904 – 1990
Section 34
Founder of the Clark County Board of Mental Retardation and the Town & Country Day School in 1952.
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Christ Patsiavos

1904 – 1994
Section V
In the shoe shine business from the age of 14, he moved into the landmark red boot-shaped shop in 1952, and continued his life’s work until 1994. A founding member of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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James R. Schlesinger

1929 – 2014
Section E, Snyder Lot
Economist and public servant. Served as Secretary of Defense and the nation’s first Secretary of Energy.
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Henry Snyder

1783 – 1869
Section E, Snyder Lot
Miller, Distiller, and Real Estate Holder. Donated 217 acres of land along Buck Creek, now known as Snyder Park.
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Eliza Daniels ``Mother`` Stewart

1816 – 1908
Section L
One of the founders of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), and a great crusader in the Prohibition movement, she lead the “Women’s Whiskey War.”
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Harry A Toulmin

1855 – 1942
Section C
Nationally renowned patent attorney who oversaw the patents for the Wright Brothers.
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Harry Morris Turner

1904 – 2000
Section X
Co-founder of the Cincinnati Insurance Co. Philanthropist and founder of the Turner Charitable Foundation, major supporter of area non-profits, including the Springfield Arts Council.
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James Richard Ward

1921 – 1941
WWll Mound
First Clark County man to die in WWll. He was trapped below decks of the USS Oklahoma, after rescuing 18 fellow crewmen, in the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Though buried at sea, he is memorialized on the WWll Mound.
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Jeremiah & Ann Aston Warder

Jeremiah 1780 – 1849
Ann Aston 1781 – 1871
Section C
Jeremiah was an owner of Warder, Mitchell & Co, manufacturers of the Champion Reaper. Through merger, this became International harvester. Ann was an early leader in the Underground Railroad. Together, they donated land to establish a free library, the Warder Public Library.
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Dr. Ada L. Adams

1835 – 1876
Section H, Lot 58

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Ada L. Adams assisted in the hospitals caring for the sick and dying. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the College for Women in Cleveland, being the fist woman physician admitted to the State Medical Society.