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Title
William
Medill
Monument
Subject
Monuments--Ohio
Obelisks
Governors--Ohio
Ohio. House of Representatives
United States. Postmaster General
United States. First Comptroller of the Treasury
Medill, William, 1802-1865
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Lancaster (Ohio)
Fairfield County (Ohio)
Description
Inscription
in
photograph
reads
: "
William
Medill
.
Died
Sep
.
2
1865
.
Aged
63
years.
"
Inscription
on the
back
of the
monument
reads
: "
William
Medill
,
born
New
Castle
County
Del
.
AD
.
1802
.
Removed
to
Ohio
and
commenced
practice
of
law
in
Lancaster
,
1830
.
During
a
long
and
honorable
life
, he was
widely
known
as a
distinguished
citizen
and
able
statesman
,
having
held
the
important
public
trusts
of
Member
of the
Legislature
,
Speaker
of the
House
,
Delegate
to the
Constitutional
Convention
of
1850
, and
President
of that
body
,
Lieut
.
Gov
.
Speaker
of the
Senate
and
Governor
of the
State
,
Four
years
in
Congress
,
Assistant
Post
Mas
.
General
,
Commissioner
of
Indian
Affairs
, and
Comptroller
of
U.S
.
Treasury
,
all
of
which
were
administered
with
signal
success
. In
private
life
he was
kind
,
courteous
and
honorable
while
the
purity
of his
public
character
was
illustrated
by
preeminent
ability
,
strict
integrity
, and
devotion
to the
public
good.
"
William
Medill's
monument
, in the
shape
of an
obelisk
,
is
located
in
Elmwood
Cemetery
in
Lancaster
.
Medill
was a
dedicated
public
servant
and
held
the
following
posts
during
his
illustrious
career
:
Member
of the
Ohio
Legislature
from
1835
-
1838
;
Democrat
for
Ohio's
9th
District
in the
United
States
House
of
Representatives
from
1839
-1843
;
Assistant
Post
Master
General
of
Ohio
in
1845
;
Commissioner
of
Indian
Affairs
from
1845
-
1850
,
under
President
James
K
.
Polk
;
Delegate
to the
Democratic
National
Convention
in
1850
;
President
of the
Ohio
State
Constitutional
Convention
in
1850
;
Lieutenant
Governor
of
Ohio
in
1852
,
under
Governor
Reuben
Wood
;
Acting
Governor
of
Ohio
,
serving
a
six
months
beginning
on
July
13
,
1853
when
Wood
resigned
to
become
the
U.S
.
Consulate
to
Chile
;
Governor
of
Ohio
(22nd)
from
1853
-
1856
;
First
Comptroller
of the
United
States
Treasury
in
1857
-
1861
; and
other
posts
as
mentioned
in the
inscription
above
.
William
Medill
was
born
in
New
Castle
,
PA
in
Feb
1802
to
William
and
Isabella
Medill
. His
parents
were
Irish
immigrants
and
owned
their
own
farm
.
William
worked
his
way
through
Newark
Academy
,
which
later
became
the
University
of
Delaware
.
After
graduating
, he
studied
law
and was
admitted
to the
Delaware
bar
in
1830
. He then
moved
to
Lancaster
,
Ohio
and was
admitted
to the
Ohio
bar
in
1832
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B09F10_019.tif
Image Height
3445
Image Width
2628
File Size
27185320 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
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Date created
2010-04-27
Date modified
2010-06-21
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