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William Ramsey (1779-1831) —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., September
7, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1827-31; died in
office 1831.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., September
29, 1831 (age 52 years, 22
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (1841-1923) —
also known as Frank E. Beltzhoover —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
6, 1841.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1879-83, 1891-95.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died June 2,
1923 (age 81 years, 208
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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Lemuel Todd (1817-1891) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1817.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1855-57, 1873-75 (16th District
1855-57, at-large 1873-75).
Died in 1891
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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William Sterrett Ramsey (1810-1840) —
also known as William S. Ramsey —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., June 12,
1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
17, 1840 (age 30 years, 127
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Arthur Ringwalt Rupley (1868-1920) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., November
13, 1868.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1913-15.
Died in 1920
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853) —
also known as John B. Gibson; John Banister
Gibson —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Westover Mill, Cumberland County (now Perry
County), Pa., November
8, 1780.
Son of George Gibson and Anne (West) Gibson.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1810-12; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1816-27, 1851-53; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1827-51.
Scotch-Irish
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1853 (age 72 years, 175
days).
Interment at Old Carlisle Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Nephew of John
Gibson; son of George Gibson and Anne (West) Gibson; married 1812 to Sarah
Work. |
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John Armstrong (1717-1795) —
also known as "Hero of Kittanny" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), October
13, 1717.
Son of James Armstrong .
Civil
engineer; surveyor;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778-80.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., March 9,
1795 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at Old Carlisle Cemetery.
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John Montgomery (1722-1808) —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Ireland,
1722.
Colonel, Pennsylvania militia, in Revolutionary War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1782-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1782-84; county judge
in Pennsylvania, 1794.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., September
3, 1808 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Old Carlisle Cemetery.
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James Armstrong (1748-1828) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., August
29, 1748.
Son of John
Armstrong.
Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1793-95; county
judge in Pennsylvania, 1808-28.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., May 6,
1828 (age 79 years, 251
days).
Interment at Old Carlisle Cemetery.
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