Editor of Stars and Stripes newspaper during World War I; commended by Gen. Pershing for his contribution to soldier morale. Literary agent to William Jennings Bryan. KrazyDuck

Public-interest lawyer in Washington, DC. [son of Benson Clayton's brother William; first cousin 3 times removed]

findagrave

Member of the party of Andrews Raiders who penetrated 200 miles behind enemy lines in Georgia, captured a locomotive, and attempted to bring it North, destroying bridges as they went. Captured by the Confederates and hanged. Remembered for leading his companions in song, as they lay before their freshly-dug graves awaiting the dawn. Medal of Honor winner. findagrave

Last American ambassador to the imperial court of Russia. Was out of the office sick when the October Revolution occurred, or he might have restored order and history would be different. Son of a Fairfield County, Ohio farmboy who went west and founded a precious-metals brokerage in San Francisco.

civil engineer for the American Bridge Company; farmer in Hancock Co., Ohio. The Cherry Street bridge in Toledo is believed to be his. [grandfather]

Soldier, politician.

diplomat

After being given an eviction notice by his landlord in 1840, in Richland Co., Ohio, was heard to mutter that he'd rather see his family dead than wandering homeless in the woods in the wintertime. Proved to be a man of his convictions. Narrowly escaped lynching, then successfully employed an insanity defense in his subsequent murder trial. The axe that he used cost only nine cents. Why that matters, I don't know, but all the contemporary accounts mention it, so it must be important. Cited by C. W. Bell as the reason why she felt the Bushong family deserved to be memorialized.

Professional genealogist of national reputation, specializing in northeast Ohio and northern Virginia. Author of many genealogical compilations and handybooks found in many or most of the libraries in Ohio. Editor of the Bushong Bulletin. obit

Pillpounder who favored law-and-order but nonetheless was not hostile to the Negro. newpaper article

Author of Christian apologetics and editor of a critical edition of G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. findagrave; Goodreads.

Chairman of Libertarian Party

Under their leadership, Ohio Oil grew from a regional production and pipeline company into the major multinational organization, Marathon Oil.

Newpaper publishers and radio station owners

One of the original settlers of Germantown, Pa. who came over on the Concord in 1683. The historic declamation against the evils of slavery was drafted in his house, which was preserved as a national landmark.

Upon being given static for taking up with a black New Orleans jazz musician, was heard to mutter that she'd like to "machine-gun all the racists." Emerald's husband, Sir Bache Cunard, understandably avoided his family and spent most of his time hunting. Lived in a nice big house. Only descendants of First Baron Cunard are eligible to inherit, so a "Kind Hearts and Coronets" strategy would not be efficacious for the Ohio branch of the family, even if practical.

related only by marriage
Timothy Raison

Home Secretary to Margaret Thatcher, until being fired because she felt overshadowed by his superior intelligence and education. Succeeded by the sufficiently-buffoonish Michael Heseltine. Was married to ___, __ of First Baron Samuel Cunard, and ____ of Nancy Cunard.

Flightless member of the Wright brothers family, who married ___'s niece Lulu Billheimer. Published religious tracts in Ohio for a while, then moved to Kansas and became a farmer. findagrave; his father

not related to us, no matter what people may think
Daniel Boone

trying to hunt him down, but no luck yet:
James Buchanan

There's a tradition among the descendants of our uncle John McClelland of a connection with the Civil War general and presidential candidate (or at least there's an Alspach cousin in that line who thinks there is). I haven't found evidence of a connection with John, but when I researched Mercer families who might be related to our grandmother Rebecca Mercer, the wife of John's brother David, up popped the General, among the descendants of the Quaker Mercers originating in Aynho (??) England, who I'm pretty sure are ancestral to the Mercers of Columbiana County and Liberty Township in Wood County.