All is right in the world....

3-2 Pirates win over the Reds and International Bacon Day both on the same day. All is right in the world....

Odd Flavored Potato Chips

Lays potato chips with the oddest flavors.

Rose Brand Pork Brains With Milk Gravy

Yep, this is an actual product. Notice the cholesterol level.

General John Grant Mitchell - Green Lawn Cemetery

Green Lawn Cemetery
Section L, lot 3
Columbus, Ohio

Mitchell was born in Piqua, Ohio in 1838. He graduated in 1859 from Kenyon College and eventually moved to Columbus, Ohio to study law. Mitchell enlisted when the civil war started. Mitchell was appointed to 1st Lt. of the 3rd OVI. Eventually he helped to recruit the 113th OVI which he was Lt. Colonel. He went onto the XIV corps. In January 1865 Mitchell became a Brigadier General. After the war he held various positions, including President of the Columbus City Council. He died on his 56th birthday.

In 1862, Mitchell married Laura Platt. Laura Platt was the niece of President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Their only son was John Grant Mitchell, Jr. He was an actor who used the name Grant Mitchell.

Laura Platt Hayes was the daughter of Fanny Hayes Platt. Fanny Hayes Platt was the older sister of President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Other Family members:

John Grant Mitchell, Jr. (Grant Mitchell) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Green Lawn Cemetery
Section L, lot 3
Columbus, Ohio

John Grant Mitchell was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1874. He was the son of civil war general John Grant Mitchell.

Mitchell in Arsenic and Old Lace

Mitchell acted on Broadway from 1902 to 1939. He also appeared in films from 1916 to 1948. 125 film appearances from 1930 to 1948.

Merie Earle (Actress) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Green Lawn Cemetery
Section 74, Lot 222
Columbus, Ohio

Merie Earle (Marie Earls) is best known for playing Maude Gormley on the Waltons.

Gordon Barret Miller Jr - Spring Grove Cemetery

Spring Grove Cemetery
Section 57, lot 9, space 21
Cincinnati, Ohio

Gordon Miller wrote the Uh Oh Spaghettio's jingle.

Clement Focke (Clemens Focke) - Calvary Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery
Section 1, Lot N197
Dayton, Ohio

Clement Focke Comes Home

“Clement Focke Comes Home”

Child’s Memorial Statue from 1888 Replaced by Descendants

Clement Focke was seven years old when he drowned in his grandparent’s farm pond in 1888. The bereaved family created a beautiful life-size marble statue to mark his grave in Calvary Cemetery. Over a century later, the statue fell apart and disappeared. The members of the Focke family spent three years planning and raising money to replace it.
Today their hopes of “bringing Clement home” have been realized. Dodd’s Monument delivered and installed the new statue with a larger base. The original statue was fashioned after a photograph of the young man leaning against a tree stump. The new statue is the same, but it is made of granite for increased longevity and a bas relief instead of a full body form for durability.
Edward Breen, family spokesperson and a great grand cousin of Clement said “This project brought together many Focke descendants who did not know each other. I started off by sending a letter to every Focke in the Dayton phone book, found some and then they contacted others. It has been nice to meet these folks and work with them to restore the statue.”
The family is planning an official blessing of the statue on Saturday, April 28 at 9:30 AM. Father Joseph Goetz will bestow the blessing. The Statue will be unveiled by Clements’s great grandnephew; a ten year old who will be dressed in period clothes like Clement is wearing in the photograph.