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Death is but the portal to eternal life
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Enjoying a day off today?
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged babies, child, children, civil rights, cleveland, cleveland history, government stamp agent, history, john patterson green, justice of the peace, labor day, lawyer, occupation, ohio, ohio history, ohio house of representatives, ohio state senate, ohio state senator, tombstone tales, woodland cemetery on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you are enjoying today as a holiday in the Buckeye state, you have a man buried near this monument to thank.
John Patterson Green (1845-1940) was the representative in the Ohio House of Representatives who introduced the bill that established Labor Day in Ohio. Over the course of his career, he was a lawyer, justice of the peace, state representative, state senator, and Government Stamp Agent. A Republican party member, he was an advocate for civil rights.
(Apologies for photo quality – this side is for two of Green’s sons.)
Despite his political career and its historical significance – he was the first African-American elected to office in Cuyahoga County and to the state Senate (and only second in the state House) in addition to founding Labor Day – the monument does not indicate his burial here. His name appears only as a husband and father. The cemetery foundation has been able to verify his interment through cemetery records.
The back side of the monument is blank, possibly meant for him.
