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Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, York County (now Adams
County), Pa., October
27, 1789.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1818-24; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1826-30; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1830-36; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1836-40; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1840-51; treasurer, U.S. Mint in
Philadelphia, 1853-58.
Died in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 3,
1878 (age 88 years, 249
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Edmund Boyle (1836-1888) —
also known as Charles E. Boyle —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., February
4, 1836.
Son of Bernard Boyle (diedl 1839).
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; Fayette
County District Attorney, 1863-65; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Fayette County, 1866-67;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1868; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876,
1880,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1883-87;
territorial court judge in Washington, 1888; died in office 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Occidental Hotel,
Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
15, 1888 (age 52 years, 315
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Allen Foster Cooper (1862-1917) —
also known as Allen F. Cooper —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Franklin Township, Fayette
County, Pa., June 16,
1862.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1903-11; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1916.
Died in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., April 20,
1917 (age 54 years, 308
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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William Josiah Crow (1902-1974) —
also known as William J. Crow —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
22, 1902.
Son of William
Evans Crow and Ada (Curry) Crow.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Uniontown, Pa., 1937-41; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1947-49;
defeated, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Moose; Elks; Eagles; Exchange
Club.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
13, 1974 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Son of Rice Gaddis Hopwood (1810-1888) and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood
(1818-1885).
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Citizens Title and
Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Bruce Foster Sterling (1870-1945) —
also known as Bruce F. Sterling —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1870.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1924,
1928;
member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1917-19;
defeated, 1920; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1921.
Died in 1945
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Wooda Nicholas Carr (1871-1953) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
6, 1871.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1913-15.
Died in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., June 28,
1953 (age 82 years, 142
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Anthony Cavalcante (1897-1966) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Vanderbilt, Fayette
County, Pa., February
6, 1897.
Son of Michael Cavalcante and Antoinetta (Tate) Cavalcante.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1932; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1935-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1949-51.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Moose;
Eagles;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi; United
Mine Workers.
Died in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., October
29, 1966 (age 69 years, 265
days).
Interment at Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
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Edward Lewis Sittler, Jr. (1908-1978) —
also known as Edward L. Sittler, Jr. —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., April 21,
1908.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Uniontown, Pa., 1948-51; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1951-53;
defeated, 1952.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
26, 1978 (age 70 years, 249
days).
Interment at Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
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William Ewing Duffield (1922-2001) —
also known as William E. Duffield —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., January
7, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1971-78.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Disbarred
in 1975 for mishandling
cases and client funds; reinstated to the bar in 1978. Convicted
in 1980 on 11 federal counts of mail fraud and one count of perjury;
served six months in federal prison.
Disbarred
again in 1994 for mishandling
a murder case.
Died, of cancer and
strokes,
in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 2001 (age 79 years, 7
days).
Interment at Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
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S. John Morrow —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Republican. Common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 14th District,
1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1952.
Interment at Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
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Andrew Stewart (1791-1872) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in German Township, Fayette
County, Pa., June 11,
1791.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1815-18; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1818-21; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-29, 1831-35, 1843-49 (13th
District 1821-23, 14th District 1823-29, 1831-33, 20th District
1833-35, 18th District 1843-45, 13th District 1845-47, 18th District
1847-49); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860.
Died in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 16,
1872 (age 81 years, 35
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Andrew Stewart (1836-1903) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., 1836.
Son of Andrew
Stewart (1791-1872).
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1891-93.
Died in Stewarton, Fayette
County, Pa., 1903
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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William Evans Crow (1870-1922) —
also known as William E. Crow —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in German Township, Fayette
County, Pa., March 10,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Fayette County Republican Party, 1899-1901; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1907-21; resigned 1921; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1913-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1921-22; died in office 1922.
Died near Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., August 2,
1922 (age 52 years, 145
days).
Interment at Uniontown Cemetery.
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Harman A. Stidger (1800-1877) —
of Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., February
21, 1800.
Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Stark County,
1850-51.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, October
4, 1877 (age 77 years, 225
days).
Interment at Uniontown Cemetery.
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