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Wayne County
Pennsylvania

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wayne County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Hamlin Old Klopp's Church Cemetery
  • Honesdale Glen Dyberry Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Wayne County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Meredith (1741-1817) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., 1741. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1786-88; Treasurer of the United States, 1789-1801. Died near Pleasant Mount, Wayne County, Pa., February 10, 1817 (age about 75 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Married, May 19, 1772, to Margaret Cadwalader (brother of Lambert Cadwalader); brother of Elizabeth Meredith (who married George Clymer); father of Martha Meredith (who married John Read); grandfather of John Meredith Read; great-grandfather of John Meredith Read, Jr.. See Biddle-Read-Shippen-MacArthur family of Pennsylvania.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Old Klopp's Church Cemetery
    Hamlin, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Guy Jacob Swope (1892-1969) — also known as Guy J. Swope — of Pennsylvania. Born in Meckville, Berks County, Pa., December 26, 1892. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1937-39; defeated, 1938 (19th District), 1956 (16th District); Governor of Puerto Rico, 1941. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., July 25, 1969 (age 76 years, 211 days). Interment at Old Klopp's Church Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Glen Dyberry Cemetery
    Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Albert Greig Rutherford (1879-1941) — also known as Albert G. Rutherford — of Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa. Born in Watford, Ontario, January 3, 1879. Republican. Candidate in primary for superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1932; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1937-41; died in office 1941. Died in Washington, D.C., August 10, 1941 (age 62 years, 219 days). Interment at Glen Dyberry Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      William Harrison Dimmick (1815-1861) — also known as William H. Dimmick — of Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa. Born in Milford, Wayne County (now Pike County), Pa., December 20, 1815. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate 10th District, 1845-47; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1857-61. Died in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa., August 2, 1861 (age 45 years, 225 days). Interment at Glen Dyberry Cemetery.
      Relatives: Brother of Milo Melankthon Dimmick.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Cornelius Comegys Jadwin (1835-1913) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1835. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1881-83. Died in 1913 (age about 78 years). Interment at Glen Dyberry Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Myron E. Simons — of Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904. Interment at Glen Dyberry Cemetery.


     

     


     
       
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