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Notable Births & Deaths for Semples ...

Below is our list of notable people who were born, died or were buried in the area surrounding Semples. Please note that while we are collecting data on an ongoing basis, it's a big task and it's unlikely that our list will ever be more than a sample.

  • Dimitra Arliss     (Actress)
  • Darrell Banks     (Musician)
    • Born: Darrell Eubanks
    • He was born in Mansfield (OH) on July 25, 1937 (a Sunday) and died in Detroit (MI) on February 24, 1970 (a Tueday) at the age of 32. He is buried at Detroit Memorial Park (Macomb County, Michigan).
    • Mansfield is located 25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest of Semples.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Darrell Banks<1>
  • Dr. Edwin Eugene Beeman     (Medical pioneer)
  • Keefe B. Brasselle     (Actor, producer, author)
    • Born: Henry Keefe Brasselle
    • He was born in Elyria (OH) on February 7, 1923 (a Wednesday) and died in Downey (CA) on July 7, 1981 (a Tueday) at the age of 58.
    • Elyria is located 21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast of Semples.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Keefe B. Brasselle<1>
  • Marjorie Lyman Henderson Buell     (Cartoonist)
  • Dean Chance     (Major League Baseball)
    • He was born in Wooster (OH) on June 1, 1941 (a Sunday) and died in Wooster (OH) on October 11, 2015 (a Sunday) at the age of 74.
    • Wooster is located 27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast of Semples.
    • Wooster is located 27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast of Semples.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Dean Chance<1>
  • William H. 'Dad' Clarke     (Major League Baseball)
  • Arthur Holly Compton     (Noble prize winning physicist)
    • He was born in Wooster (OH) on September 10, 1892 (a Saturday) and died in Berkeley (CA) on March 15, 1962 (a Thursday) at the age of 69.
    • Wooster is located 27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast of Semples.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Arthur Holly Compton<1>
  • Edward Dickinson     (Author, musician)
  • Pearl M. Early     (Actress)
  • Charles W. 'the Black Cyclone' Follis     (Played both professional football and baseball)
  • Robert 'Lefty' Grove     (Major League Baseball)
  • Guy Jackson Hecker     (Major League Baseball)
  • Charles W. 'Charlie' Ingraham     (1883/07/04:1883/07/04)
  • Victor Felix 'Vic' Janowicz     (Professional football)
  • Robert Edwin Lee     (Author)
    • He was born in Elyria (OH) on October 15, 1918 (a Tueday) and died in Los Angeles (CA) on July 8, 1994 (a Friday) at the age of 75. We don't have any burial details.
    • Elyria is located 21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast of Semples.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Robert Edwin Lee<1>
  • Edwin John McKean     (Major League Baseball)
  • Dayton Clarence Miller     (Medical pioneer)
  • Toni Morrison     (Nobel laureate, author, teacher, professor emeritus)
    • Born: Chloe Ardelia Wofford
    • She was born in Lorain (OH) on February 18, 1931 (a Wednesday) and died in New York (NY) on August 5, 2019 (a Monday) at the age of 88. We don't have any burial details.
    • Lorain is located 26 miles [41.8 km] to the north of Semples.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Toni Morrison<1>
  • Frank O'Connor     (Actor, painter)
    • He was born in Lorain (OH) on September 22, 1897 (a Wednesday) and died in Manhattan (NY) on November 9, 1979 (a Friday) at the age of 82. He is buried at Kensico Cemetery (Westchester County, New York).
    • Lorain is located 26 miles [41.8 km] to the north of Semples.
    • Find-A-Grave Memorial: Frank O'Connor<1>
  • Roger Thorpe Peckinpaugh     (Major League Baseball)

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Footnotes ...

<1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.









 

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