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John Weinland Killinger (1824-1896) —
also known as John W. Killinger —
of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Annville, Lebanon
County, Pa., September
18, 1824.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1850; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1855-57; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859-63, 1871-75, 1877-81 (10th
District 1859-63, 1871-75, 14th District 1877-81).
Died June 30,
1896 (age 71 years, 286
days).
Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
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Ephraim Milton Woomer (1844-1897) —
also known as Ephraim M. Woomer —
of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1844.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1893-97.
Died in 1897
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
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Thomas Marshal Bibighaus (1817-1853) —
of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 17,
1817.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1851-53.
Died in Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., June 18,
1853 (age 36 years, 93
days).
Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
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Henry Houck (1836-1917) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born March 6,
1836.
Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1907-17; died in office 1917.
Died March 13,
1917 (age 81 years, 7
days).
Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
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John Peter Shindel Gobin (1837-1910) —
also known as John P. S. Gobin —
of Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born January
21, 1837.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1885-99; resigned 1899; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar in North
America, 1889-92.
Died May 1,
1910 (age 73 years, 100
days).
Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
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Paul W. Houck (1866-1939) —
of Shenandoah, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., May 5,
1866.
Son of Henry
Houck.
Republican. Pharmacist;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Schuylkill County, 1909; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1917-19; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920,
1928;
chair
of Schuylkill County Republican Party, 1927.
Died March 8,
1939 (age 72 years, 307
days).
Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
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Daniel P. Gerberich (1854-1917) —
of Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Union Township, Lebanon
County, Pa., October
1, 1854.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1905-16.
Died in Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., November
29, 1917 (age 63 years, 59
days).
Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
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George H. Spang —
of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876.
Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
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