Your present URL & entry: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walcott-waldren.html#ROY0ZH0RP Walcutt, Charles C. (1838-1898) Born July 12, 1838. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1883-86. Died May 2, 1898. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. Full name: Charles Carroll Walcutt Date of birth: 12 Feb 1838 Place of birth (city, county): Columbus, Franklin County Organizational affiliation (e.g., Masons, American Legion, Grange): Founding member of the Ohio Grand Army of the Republic (GAR); charter member of the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion; the Columbus Vidette Association; Franklin County Agricultural Society. Wartime military service and rank: Civil War, Major General. Occupation: Civil Engineer Elected or appointed position(s) held and range of years: Appointed: Warden, Ohio Penitentiary 1866-1869; U.S. Collector of Revenue Ohio 7th District, May 1869-July 1, 1883. Elected: Franklin County Surveyor, 1859-1861; Columbus Board of Education, 1873-Apr 1, 1894 (served as president seven years); mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 1883-86. Political party positions held (e.g., national committee, state party chair), in which years: Republica State Executive Committe, 1869-1872 (served as chairman during 2nd Grant campaign); Grant elector in 1868 and delegate to the national convention in 1872. Date of death: 2 May 1898 Place of death (city, county): Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Cause(s) of death: Gangrene (from old war wound) Place of burial or entombment (name and location of cemetery): Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus Whether cemetery records/office/publications, or gravestone corroborate this: Yes Sources consulted: History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Williams Bros., 1880; Obituary/story in both the Ohio State Journal & The Columbus Dispatch, May 3, 1898; Green Lawn Interment card