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Charles Thomas Aikens (b. 1862) —
also known as Charles T. Aikens —
of Pine Grove, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa.
Born in Siglerville, Mifflin
County, Pa., December
14, 1862.
Son of Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Susquehanna University, 1905-27; president, Selinsgrove Realty
Co.; vice-president and treasurer, Nittany Real
Estate Co.; director, First National Bank of
Selinsgrove; director, Sunbury and Selinsgrove Electric
Railroad; director, Nittany Light, Heat &
Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1916.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens; married,
November
26, 1889, to Athalia Clara Gitt (died 1910); married, February
3, 1915, to Carrie (Specht) Smith. |
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Robert Rolland Armstrong (1910-1995) —
also known as R. Rolland Armstrong —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska; Juneau,
Alaska; Sitka,
Alaska; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born in Grapeville, Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
21, 1910.
Son of Robert Armstrong and Charlotte (Kinnear) Armstrong.
Ordained minister; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died December
16, 1995 (age 85 years, 56
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Roswell, N.M.
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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March 16,
1838.
Son of Samuel G. Arnett and Mary Louisa Arnett.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained minister; member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African,
Scottish,
American
Indian, and Irish
ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia, in
Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
9, 1906 (age 68 years, 207
days).
Interment at Tarbox
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Son of Charles C. Badeau and Mary Lyles (Stothoff) Badeau.
Minister; missionary; university
professor; president,
American University in Cairo, 1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961.
Christian
Reformed; later Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Bard (1744-1815) —
of Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Adams
County, Pa., 1744.
Presbyterian minister; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1795-99, 1803-15 (10th District
1795-99, 4th District 1803-05, 5th District 1805-07, 4th District
1807-13, 9th District 1813-15); died in office 1815.
Presbyterian.
Died in Alexandria, Huntingdon
County, Pa., March 12,
1815 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Sinking
Valley Cemetery, Arch Spring, Pa.
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James Berg (c.1876-1944) —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., about 1876.
Republican. Minister; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1928-31; defeated, 1911; resigned 1931;
executive secretary, Westchester Sanitary Commission, 1931-39.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died, from a heart
attack, during services at the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 19,
1944 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904
to Adeline Brommer. |
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Albert Branes —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Minister; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born April 11,
1896.
Son of Jeremiah Corson (born 1849) and Mary (Payne) Corson (born
1856).
President,
Dickinson College, 1934; Methodist bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948 ;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Methodist.
Died in February, 1985
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1922
to Frances Beaman. |
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Edward P. Crane —
of Pennsylvania; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Minister; U.S. Consul in Stuttgart, 1887; Hanover, 1893-98.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry William Diederich (1845-1926) —
also known as Henry W. Diederich —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
13, 1845.
Son of Nicholas H. Diederich and Clara M. (Wessler) Diederich.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S. Consul in Leipzig, 1889-93; Magdeburg, 1897-99; Bremen, 1899-1906; Sarnia, 1920-24; U.S. Consul General in Antwerp, 1906-17.
Lutheran.
Died February
8, 1926 (age 80 years, 87
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1865-1951) —
also known as Dennis Dougherty —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa., August
16, 1865.
Son of Patrick Dougherty and Bridget (Henry) Dougherty.
Catholic priest; bishop of Buffalo, N.Y., 1916-18; archbishop
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1918-51; cardinal, 1921-51; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a stroke, in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1951 (age 85 years, 288
days).
Entombed at Cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Charles Calvert Ellis (1874-1950) —
also known as Charles C. Ellis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1874.
Son of Henry Jennings Ellis and Kate Calvert (Kane) Ellis.
School
teacher; pastor; college
professor; president,
Juniata College, 1930-43; Dry candidate for delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Brethren.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 27,
1950 (age 75 years, 341
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) —
also known as Samuel L. Gracey —
of Smyrna, Kent
County, Del.; Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I.; Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
8, 1835.
Son of John Gracey and Ann B. (Leech) Gracey.
Methodist minister; U.S. Consul in Foochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911.
Methodist.
Died in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
19, 1911 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Herbert Gray III (b. 1941) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist minister; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Adolph Guttmacher (1861-1915) —
also known as Adolf Guttmacher —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jaraczewo, Silesia (now Poland),
January
7, 1861.
Son of Mannheim Guttmacher and Dorothea Guttmacher.
Democrat. Rabbi; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, aboard the
train Pennsylvania Limited, en route from Baltimore to
Chicago, near Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., January
17, 1915 (age 54 years, 10
days).
Interment at Baltimore
Hebrew Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Andrew Hoerner Harnly (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew H. Harnly —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Manheim, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
13, 1864.
Son of Henry H. Harnly and Elizabeth (Hoerner) Harnly.
Republican. Pastor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1927-32; defeated, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Harnly and Elizabeth (Hoerner) Harnly; married, December
26, 1889, to Hattie I. Henry; married, May 7,
1910, to Lulu Lorena Torrence. |
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William Henry Harrison Heard (1850-1937) —
also known as William H. Heard —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1850.
Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1876-77; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1895-98; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1895-98; bishop.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1937
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert A. Hutchinson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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John R. King (b. 1866) —
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., January
18, 1866.
School
teacher; minister; missionary; U.S. Vice Consul in
Sierra Leone, 1906-09; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Sierra Leone, 1910-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Kinney (1781-1843) —
of St.
Clair County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1781.
Baptist minister; merchant;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1830, 1834.
Baptist.
Died near Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
1, 1843 (age about 62
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Clair County, Ill.
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Max D. Klein —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Rabbi; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1948.
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E. Felix Kloman —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1948.
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Edgar M. Levy (1822-1906) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St. Marys, Camden
County, Ga., November
23, 1822.
Son of Lewis Levy and Ann (Patterson) Levy.
Republican. Minister; speaker, Republican National Convention,
1856,
1900.
Baptist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
29, 1906 (age 83 years, 340
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John D. Lindsay —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Minister; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1948.
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Thomas R. McDowell (b. 1855) —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in New London, Chester
County, Pa., October
22, 1855.
Ordained minister; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Chester County, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
12, 1746.
Son of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and Anna Maria (Weiser) Muhlenberg.
Democrat. Pastor; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801
(at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801); delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801; resigned 1801; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1802-07.
Lutheran;
later Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
1, 1807 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Augustus
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pa.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Son of James Murray (1830-1878) and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray
(1830-1888).
Democrat. Episcopal priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29;
Presiding Bishop of the United States, 1926-29; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray (1830-1878) and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray (1830-1888);
married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague (1860-1884; drowned in
steamboat accident); married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker (1864-1937). |
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Charles Pinckney Holbrook Nason (1842-1937) —
also known as Charles P. H. Nason —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
7, 1842.
Son of Rev. Elias Nason (1811-1887) and Myra Ann (Bigelow) Nason
(born 1814).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clergyman; writer; lecturer;
U.S. Consul in Grenoble, 1901-11.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist.
Died in 1937
(age about
94 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dutton S. Peterson (b. 1894) —
of Enfield Center, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; near Odessa, Schuyler
County, N.Y.
Born in Costello, Potter
County, Pa., December
10, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
Methodist minister; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of New York
state assembly from Schuyler County, 1937-42; member of New York
state senate, 1953-64 (46th District 1953-54, 50th District
1955-64).
Methodist.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Marine
Corps League; Sons of
the American Revolution; Grange; Rotary; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Anson Rood —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Minister; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1856.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marshall L. Shapard —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Baptist minister; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1948.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Silas Comfort Swallow (1839-1930) —
also known as Silas C. Swallow —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 5,
1839.
Son of George Swallow and Sarah Swallow.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Methodist
minister; Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1897; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1898, 1902; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1904; Prohibition candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1908,
1916.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., 1930
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Paxtang
Cemetery, Paxtang, Pa.
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Henry Willson Temple (1864-1955) —
also known as Henry W. Temple —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Belle Center, Logan
County, Ohio, March 31,
1864.
Son of John B. Temple and Martha (Jameson) Temple.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1915-33 (24th District
1913-15, 1915-23, 25th District 1923-33).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
11, 1955 (age 90 years, 286
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Son of John Williamson, Sr. and Mary (Davison) Williamson.
Preacher; university
professor; physician;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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