Ovid Wellford Smith (Medal of Honor) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Ovid Wellford Smith

Medal of Honor

The General

Great Locomotive Chase

Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio
 

Grove Cemetery Postcard

Grove Cemetery Postcard
Kenton, Ohio
 

Jacob Parrott
First person to physically receive the Medal of Honor
Great Locomotive Chase

Grove Cemetery
Kenton, Ohio

Jacob Parrott - Grove Cemetery

Jacob Parrott
Medal of Honor recipient

Great Locomotive Chase

Grove Cemetery
Kenton, Ohio
 

Ovid Wellford Smith (Civil War) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Ovid Wellford Smith
https://ohiochannel.org/video/remarkable-ohio-ovid-wellford-smith

Great Locomotive Chase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase

Medal Of Honor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor

Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio

Ovid Wellford Smith (Great Locomotive Chase) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Ovud Wellford Smith aka James Smith
Green Lawn Cemetery
Section C
Columbus, Ohio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase

https://www.ohiochannel.org/video/remarkable-ohio-ovid-wellford-smith

Jacob Parrott (Medal Of Honor) - Grove Cemetery

Grove Cemetery
Kenton, Ohio

Jacob Parrott was the first person to receive the Medal of Honor.

Jacob Parrott - Grove Cemetery

Grove Cemetery, Kenton Ohio

The three markers for Jacob Parrot.

Medal of Honor citation:
One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell) penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tracks between Chattanooga and Atlanta

Jacob Parrott was the first person to physically awarded the Medal of Honor.

Ovid Wellford Smith, one of the people to be involved in the Andrews' Raid is buried here in Columbus in Green Lawn Cemetery. Mark Wood, another member is buried in Forest Cemetery in Toledo.

For further reading on the Great Locomotive Chase.

Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor - Russell S. Bonds

Ovid Wellford Smith - Green Lawn Cemetery

Green Lawn Cemetery, section c, Columbus, Ohio

Ovid Wellford Smith is one of 5 Medal Of Honor recipients buried at Green Lawn Cemetery. Of the 5, two are from the Civil War, two are from the Indian Wars and one is from World War 1. At the time of his enlistment, Smith was 16 years old but gave his age as 22. He enlisted under the name of James Smith due to not having his parents blessing. He enlisted in Circleville, Ohio in Company I, 2 OVI. Smith was awarded the Medal Of Honor for actions involved with the Andrews Raid. Smith didn't actually help with the hijacking of the General. The morning of the raid, he actually overslept. Smith enlisted in a Confederate unit to avoid suspicion. Smith was also held at Swims Jail. Smith was able to escape back to the Union. For what he endured is why he was awarded the medal on July 6, 1864. In 1868, Ovid Wellford Smith died of Pneumonia.

The Great Locomotive Chase