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Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) —
of Milford, Pike
County, Pa.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., August
11, 1865.
Son of James W. Pinchot and Mary (Eno) Pinchot.
Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of President Theodore
Roosevelt; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926
(Republican primary); Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary,
1938.
French
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Forestry Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, from leukemia,
at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1946 (age 81 years, 54
days).
Interment at Milford Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Van Wyck (1824-1895) —
also known as Charles H. Van Wyck —
of Bloomingburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.; Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in New York, May 10,
1824.
Republican. Member of New York state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1867-69, 1870-71 (10th
District 1859-63, 11th District 1867-69, 1870-71); general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1881-87.
Died October
24, 1895 (age 71 years, 167
days).
Interment at Milford Cemetery.
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Daniel Myers Van Auken (1826-1908) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in New Jersey, 1826.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1867-71.
Died in 1908
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Milford Cemetery.
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