Spring Grove Cemetery 4

                       
Robertson, W. F.            Rogers, J. C.                         Rychen                           Seibel, Jacob        

                                                                               
Scenic View E                                                                                                               Scenic View F

                           
Selves, Charles             Shaner, David  P.            Sharp, Joseph                              "Chunkie" Singleton                

  Chunkie" Singleton died at the age of three in 1884 of scarlet fever. Her family was devastated and had this life-sized marble statue made dressed in a pinafore dress and bonnet, holding an umbrella with her epitaph saying, "Only God knows how we miss her."

                               
Smith, A. H.            Smith, Robert J.           George "Smittie" Smith            Stanbery, Henry                 Stiegler, Anton

   The classic Greek lyre was used for the musical Smith family monument. Four generations of Smiths had led Smittie's Band in Cincinnati. The Smittie Band was the official Cincinnati Reds team band during the Crosley Field era. Between every Sunday doubleheaders the band would play behind second base. They also played at the inaugurations of three Ohio-born presidents: William McKinley, William Howard Taft and James Garfield.  Henry Stanbery was the 29th U. S. Attorney General.

               
    Stiles, James                             Stone, Ethan                      Stone, L. C. E.
          Tannery Business

               
        Taft, Alphonso             Taft II, Charles Phelps             Sinton, David      

   Alphonso Taft was the Patriarch of the Taft political dynasty, a lawyer, he was the first president of Cincinnati Bar Association, superior court judge in Ohio, he also served as a U.S. Minister, Secretary of War and Attorney General. Charles Phelps Taft II was President Taft's son, also an attorney he served on the Cincinnati council and as Mayor of Cincinnati. David Sinton's daughter, Anna, married Charles Phelps Taft (President Taft's brother) and gave them the house they lived in this house for 56 years and then gave it to the city of Cincinnati, it is now the Taft Museum. David also owned the Sinton Hotel and when he died he was the richest man in Cincinnati.

                       
Taylor, Edward                   Thinnes                     Thomas, J. K.                  Thompson      

                             
     Thomson, Peter         Torrence, George P.        Valentine-Rausenberger                  Verity              

                       
Walker, J. P.               Walker, John                    Walter                       Warth-Fisher    

                                                                       
  Scenic View 15                                                                                                            Scenic View 16

                   
Weber                             Weed                                      West, Charles           

   Charles West made his millions in flour and was the man responsible for seeing that the Cincinnati Art Museum was built.

                       
 Whiteman, Lewis            Wilke, August, D.            Williams, Charles. E.              Willinger         

                       
Wilson, Joshua Rev.           Windisch, Conrad            Wocher, Max                   Wolf, J. R.         

   Conrad Windisch was a Brewery founder that produced the Lion Lager brand. This brewery was the first to use ice machines to chill the brew in 1882.

                       
Wood, Thomas Doctor      Wright-Early, Francis           Yeatman, Griffin                  Young, Thomas              

   Griffin was one of Cincinnati's early settlers, Yeatman's Cove is named after him.

Zoeller, Leo

UNIDENTIFIED  MONUMENTS

   I have, so far, been unable to identify the following monuments. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

               
1                          2                          3                         4                         5

           
6                        7                        9                           10

                                                                               
   Scenic View 17                                                       Oldest Tree (White Oak)                                                           Scenic View 18

 

 

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