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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Son of Arthur Harrison Allen and Sally (Gray) Allen.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Keene, Albemarle
County, Va., August 9,
1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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J. Aubrey Anderson (b. 1882) —
of Bridgeport, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Upper Merion, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
14, 1882.
Son of John F. Anderson and Catherine (Missimer) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Montgomery
County District Attorney, 1915-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Garner Anthony (1899-1982) —
also known as Joseph G. Anthony —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1899.
Son of Charles Howard Anthony and Rachel Edith (Humphreys) Anthony.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Hawaii
territory attorney general, 1942-43; delegate to
Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died October
31, 1982 (age 82 years, 316
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) —
also known as George L. Balcom —
of Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.; Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Sudbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
9, 1819.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1855-57; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90.
Episcopalian.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 13,
1900 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
14, 1780.
Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 21,
1844 (age 64 years, 98
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Frances Catherine Baur (b. 1949) —
also known as Frances C. Baur —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
21, 1949.
Daughter of Robert Matthew Baur and Louise (Owen) Baur.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1972.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Charles Alexander Bay (1886-1978) —
also known as Charles A. Bay —
of Five Corners, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 7,
1886.
Son of William Lewis Bay and Cecelia Sarah (Radenbach) Bay.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Dublin, 1920-22; Casablanca, 1923; Port-au-Prince, 1924; U.S. Consul in Tampico, 1924-26; Corinto, 1926; Tientsin, 1927; Bangkok, 1928-29; Seville, 1936-39; U.S. Consul General in Milan, 1946-48.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lahaska, Bucks
County, Pa., June 2,
1978 (age 91 years, 360
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Theodore Lane Bean (1878-1943) —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.; West Norriton Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 27,
1878.
Son of Col. Theodore Weber Bean and Hannah (Heebner) Bean.
Republican. Lawyer; burgess
of Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1903; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1935-38.
Episcopalian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Loyal
Legion; Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association.
Died September
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 87
days).
Interment at Washington
Memorial Cemetery, Valley Forge, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. Theodore Weber Bean and Hannah (Heebner) Bean; married, October
14, 1903, to Sarah Albertson Hunter (died 1908); married, August
18, 1917, to Adele Cantrell. |
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John Cromwell Bell, Jr. (1892-1974) —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
25, 1892.
Son of John
Cromwell Bell and Fleurette deBenneville (Myers) Bell.
Lawyer;
Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1943-47; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1947; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-72; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1961-72.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Delta
Psi.
Died March 18,
1974 (age 81 years, 144
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Joanne Kleinhofer Benjamin (b. 1945) —
also known as Joanne Kleinhofer —
of Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., March 20,
1945.
Daughter of Burkhart A. Kleinhofer and Marie Elizabeth (Liggett)
Kleinhofer.
Democrat. School
teacher; mayor
of Los Gatos, Calif., 1984-85, 1988-90.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Junior
League.
Still living as of 1990.
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Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1740.
Son of Elias Boudinot (1706-1770) and Mary Catherine (Williams)
Boundinot (1715-1765).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1777-78, 1781-84; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Died in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., October
24, 1821 (age 81 years, 175
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
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James Slingluff Boyd (1883-1935) —
also known as James S. Boyd —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 11,
1883.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1917; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1919-22, 1927-35; died in office 1935.
Episcopalian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died March 13,
1935 (age 51 years, 245
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Uniontown, Pa.
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Francis Shunk Brown, Jr. (b. 1891) —
also known as Francis S. Brown, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1891.
Son of Francis
Shunk Brown and Elizabeth (Hamm) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; common pleas court judge
in Pennsylvania 1st District, 1927-39.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Brewer Brown (1836-1898) —
also known as John B. Brown —
of Maryland.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1836.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1870; member of Maryland
state senate, 1888-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1892-93.
Episcopalian.
Died in Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., May 16,
1898 (age 62 years, 3
days).
Interment at Chesterfield
Cemetery, Centreville, Md.
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George Franklin Brumm (1878-1934) —
also known as George F. Brumm —
of Minersville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Minersville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
24, 1878.
Son of Charles
Napoleon Brumm and Virginia (James) Brumm.
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor for Miners State Bank; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1923-27, 1929-34;
died in office 1934.
Episcopalian.
Died, in Methodist Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 29,
1934 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Interment at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Joseph Buffington (1855-1947) —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., September
5, 1855.
Son of Ephraim Buffington and Margaret Chambers (Orr) Buffington.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania,
1892-1906; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1906-38; took senior
status 1938.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
21, 1947 (age 92 years, 46
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kittanning, Pa.
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Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles E. Bunnell —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dimock, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
12, 1878.
Son of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell.
Democrat. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president
of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later
University of Alaska), 1921-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a nursing
home in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Birch
Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University
of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Robert Grey Bushong (1883-1951) —
also known as Robert G. Bushong —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Sinking Spring, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., June 10,
1883.
Son of Jacob Bushong and Lillie (Roberts) Bushong.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1909; orphan's court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1914-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1927-29.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., April 6,
1951 (age 67 years, 300
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Pierce Butler (1744-1822) —
of South Carolina.
Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
July
11, 1744.
Son of Sir Richard Butler and Henrietta (Percy) Butler.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-89; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04.
Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
15, 1822 (age 77 years, 219
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James L. Camblos (1888-1970) —
of Big Stone Gap, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
23, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-51, 1956-63.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died July 11,
1970 (age 82 years, 169
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Maidstone, Calvert
County, Md., November
29, 1722.
Chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1774-77.
Quaker;
later Anglican.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
20, 1810 (age 87 years, 52
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Thomas McKeen Chidsey (1884-1958) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
26, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1947-50; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948;
justice
of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-58; died in office 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died April 19,
1958 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Pa.
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Gaylord Church (1811-1869) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Otsego, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
11, 1811.
Son of William Church and Wealthy (Palmer) Church.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1840-42; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1842; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died September
29, 1869 (age 58 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Pearson Church (born c.1838) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Mercer
County, Pa., about 1838.
Son of Gaylord
Church and Church.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73; district
judge in Pennsylvania 30th District, 1877.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1868
to Kate Law. |
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George Clymer (1739-1813) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 16,
1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1789-91.
Episcopalian.
Died in Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa., January
23, 1813 (age 73 years, 313
days).
Interment at Friends
Graveyard, Trenton, N.J.
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Jay Cooke (1897-1963) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Blue Bell, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 2,
1897.
Son of Jay Cooke III (1872-1935) and Nina L. (Benson) Cooke
(1875-1933).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bond
broker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1932,
1940,
1948,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Union
League.
Died July 10,
1963 (age 66 years, 99
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Church Cemetery, Elkins Park, Pa.
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Robert Lawrence Coughlin, Jr. (1929-2001) —
also known as R. Lawrence Coughlin —
of Villanova, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., April 11,
1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Montgomery County 1st
District, 1965-67; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Jaycees;
Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., November
30, 2001 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Radford Coyle (1878-1962) —
also known as William R. Coyle —
of Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 10,
1878.
Son of Randolph Coyle and Mary (Radford) Coyle.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1925-27, 1929-33;
defeated, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1944,
1960
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., January
30, 1962 (age 83 years, 204
days).
Interment at Nisky
Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pa.
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Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (b. 1893) —
also known as T. A. M. Craven —
of Washington,
D.C.; Virginia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
31, 1893.
Son of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; radio engineer;
member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1937-44, 1956-63.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven; married, September
25, 1915, to Josephine La Tourette; married 1931 to Emma
Stoner. |
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Willard Sevier Curtin (1905-1996) —
also known as Willard S. Curtin —
of Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
28, 1905.
Son of William S. Curtin and Edna G. (Mountford) Curtin.
Republican. Lawyer; Bucks
County District Attorney, 1949-53; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1957-67.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Rotary.
Died February
4, 1996 (age 90 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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William Darlington (1782-1863) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April 28,
1782.
Son of Edward
Darlington (1755-1825) and Hannah (Townsend) Darlington
(1760-1826).
Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23;
Chester
County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of the
West Chester Railroad;
president, Bank of
Chester County; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1839.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., April 23,
1863 (age 80 years, 360
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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John R. Davis (b. 1877) —
of Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Ursina, Somerset
County, Pa., July 7,
1877.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; bank
director; member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1929-32.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Dick (1794-1872) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 17,
1794.
Son of William Dick (died 1810) and Anna (McGunnegle) Dick
(1767-1848).
Merchant;
banker;
burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1830, 1834, 1850-51; Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania, 1840;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1853-59 (24th District 1853-55,
25th District 1855-59); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 29,
1872 (age 77 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Samuel Bernard Dick (1836-1907) —
also known as Samuel B. Dick —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., October
26, 1836.
Son of John
Dick and Jane A. (Torbett) Dick.
Republican. Banker;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania, 1864;
mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1870; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1879-81; railroad
builder; railroad
president; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 10,
1907 (age 70 years, 196
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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John Dickinson (1732-1808) —
Born near Trappe, Talbot
County, Md., November
8, 1732.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; President
of Delaware, 1781; President
of Pennsylvania, 1782-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
14, 1808 (age 75 years, 98
days).
Interment at Friends
Burial Ground, Wilmington, Del.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Donges (b. 1875) —
also known as Ralph W. E. Donges —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Donaldson, Schuylkill
County, Pa., May 5,
1875.
Son of John W. Donges and Rose (Renaud) Donges.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1920-30; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1930-48; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1948-51.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Entombed in mausoleum at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Ira Walton Drew (1878-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
31, 1878.
Son of John Herring Drew and Fannie A. (Walton) Drew.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; osteopath;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1937-39.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1972 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Park, Prospectville, Pa.
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Andrew B. Dunsmore (1866-1938) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Tioga
County, Pa., January
4, 1866.
Son of John Dunsmore and Janet (Bird) Dunsmore.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Tioga County Republican Party, 1894; Tioga
County District Attorney, 1895-1903; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1911-13,
1921-34.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1938
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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George Howard Earle III (1890-1974) —
also known as George H. Earle —
of Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Devon, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1890.
Son of George
Howard Earle, Jr. and Catherine Hansell (French) Earle
(1859-1937).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; sugar
business; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1933-34; Bulgaria, 1940-41; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938.
Episcopalian. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Elks.
Died December
30, 1974 (age 84 years, 25
days).
Interment at Church
of the Resurrection Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Son of William Edge and Mary (Evans) Edge.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1904;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian. Member, Union
League.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Franklin Spencer Edmonds (b. 1874) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Whitemarsh, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 28,
1874.
Son of Henry R. Edmonds and Catherine Ann (Huntzinger) Edmonds.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1921-26; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1939-46.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Economic Association; American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Union
League; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Washington Edmonds (1864-1939) —
also known as George W. Edmonds —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., February
22, 1864.
Son of Henry R. Edmonds and Catherine Ann (Huntzinger) Edmonds.
Republican. Druggist; coal
dealer; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1913-25, 1933-35.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1939 (age 75 years, 218
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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George Franklin Edmunds (1828-1919) —
also known as George F. Edmunds —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
1, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1854-55, 1857-59;
Speaker
of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1857-59; member of
Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1861-62; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1865-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880,
1884.
Episcopalian.
Author of Edmunds Act for suppression of polygamy in Utah, 1882.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1919 (age 91 years, 26
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Prince L. Edwoods (b. 1889) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., May 1,
1889.
Son of Cornelius Edwoods and Rebecca (Johnson) Edwoods.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1914
to Laura Henderson. |
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Joseph Harvey Farris (1922-1997) —
also known as Joe H. Farris —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April 14,
1922.
Radio and
television personality; sports
announcer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1991-97;
died in office 1997.
Episcopalian. Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Found dead in a hotel room
probably from cardiac
arrythmia, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
10, 1997 (age 75 years, 118
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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James Forbes (c.1731-1780) —
of Maryland.
Born near Benedict, Charles
County, Md., about 1731.
State court judge in Maryland, 1770; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1777-80; died in office
1780.
Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 25,
1780 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Bertram Graeme Frazier (1878-1963) —
also known as Bertram G. Frazier —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
3, 1878.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1927-34, 1947-50; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 1,
1963 (age 85 years, 148
days).
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Lotta Gertrude Eagan. |
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Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) —
also known as Lake J. Frazier —
of Winchester,
Va.; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born near Danville, Montour
County, Pa., December
11, 1898.
Son of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1948;
mayor
of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1921
to Helen P. Holshue. |
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Philip H. Gadsden (1867-1945) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
4, 1867.
Son of Christopher Shulz Gadsden (1834-1915) and Florida Indiana
(Morrall) Gadsden (1835-1916).
Democrat. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1893-98; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
28, 1945 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs)
Gardiner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Henry G. Hager (b. 1934) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., April 28,
1934.
Son of Dr. Henry G. Hager and Eleanor (Watt) Hager.
Republican. Lawyer; Lycoming
County District Attorney, 1964-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1973-84.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1984.
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Relatives:
Married to Sally Ann Parrish. |
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Lydia Cromwell Hearne —
also known as Lydia Cromwell; Mrs. Julian G.
Hearne —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Daughter of William F. Cromwell and Eliza (Bowles) Cromwell.
Republican. Physician;
Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1924.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adolph A. Hoehling (b. 1868) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1868.
Son of Rear Adm. Adolph August Hoehling and Annie (Rudduck) Hoehling.
Lawyer;
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928; banker.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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June N. Honaman (b. 1920) —
also known as June Newcomer; Mrs. Peter K.
Honaman —
of Landisville, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 4,
1920.
Daughter of Lester W. Newcomer and Maud (Stauffer) Newcomer.
Republican. School
teacher; vice-chair of
Pennsylvania Republican Party, 1963-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1973.
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Lewis Taylor Hubbs, Jr. (b. 1923) —
also known as Lewis T. Hubbs —
of Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich.
Born in North Glenside, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
24, 1923.
Son of Lewis T. Hubbs, Sr. and Mary (Hainsworth) Hubbs.
Republican. Chair of
Gladwin County Republican Party, 1960-62; candidate in primary
for Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 28th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Eloise Ward. |
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Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786-1868) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 14,
1786.
Son of Jared
Ingersoll and Elizabeth (Pellet) Ingersoll.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1835-37, 1841-49;
U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1852-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
20, 1868 (age 81 years, 251
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) —
also known as Robert H. Jackson —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Spring Creek, Warren
County, Pa., February
13, 1892.
Son of William Eldred Jackson and Angelina (Houghwout) Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1938-40; U.S.
Attorney General, 1940-41; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1954 (age 62 years, 238
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y.
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Francis Fisher Kane (b. 1866) —
also known as Francis F. Kane —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 17,
1866.
Son of Robert Patterson Kane and Elizabeth (Francis) Kane.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1890; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1903; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1913-19.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
Son of Edward
Lawrence Katzenbach and Marie
Hilson Katzenbach.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM,
1969-86; director, MCI Communications,
2002-04; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1996.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Skillman, Somerset
County, N.J., May 8,
2012 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. A. Kiester (b. 1832) —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 20th District, 1865; member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District; elected 1890.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alan Goodrich Kirk (1888-1963) —
also known as Alan G. Kirk —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
30, 1888.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1946-49; Soviet Union, 1949-51; China (Taiwan), 1962-63; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1946-49.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1963
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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John Crain Kunkel (1898-1970) —
also known as John C. Kunkel —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., July 21,
1898.
Son of John C. Kunkel and Louisa (Sergeant) Kunkel.
Republican. Banker; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-51, 1961-67 (19th District
1939-45, 18th District 1945-51, 16th District 1961-67); candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1950.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died July 27,
1970 (age 72 years, 6
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Clark Porter Kuykendall (b. 1896) —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., May 10,
1896.
Son of Benjamin Kuykendall and Louise (Porter) Kuykendall.
U.S. Vice Consul in Amsterdam, 1920-23; Batavia, 1923; U.S. Consul in Batavia, 1926-27; Oslo, 1928-30; Bergen, 1930; Naples, 1930-33; Cherbourg, 1933-35; Kovno, 1935-36.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis;
married, November
20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan (divorced 1939); married, October
14, 1939, to Eileen B. (O'Connor) Lane. |
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William Bomberger Linn (b. 1871) —
also known as William B. Linn —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ephrata, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
20, 1871.
Son of Valentine Linn and Mary (Bomberger) Linn.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1919-32; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1932-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 4,
1902, to Josephine Stewart Wood. |
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Alan Wood Lukens (b. 1924) —
of Pennsylvania; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1924.
Son of Edward Clark Lukens and Frances (Day) Lukens.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Ankara, 1952; Istanbul, 1953; U.S. Consul in Brazzaville, 1960; U.S. Consul General in Cape Town, 1979-82; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Brazzaville), 1984-87.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1994.
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Albert Dutton MacDade (b. 1871) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Lower Chichester Township, Delaware
County, Pa., September
23, 1871.
Son of Joseph Walker MacDade and Amy Manwarren (Hedden) MacDade.
Republican. Lawyer; Delaware
County District Attorney, 1906-12; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1921-28; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1928-39; candidate in primary for superior court judge
in Pennsylvania, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Arista Mackey (1869-1938) —
also known as Harry A. Mackey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Susquehanna, Susquehanna
County, Pa., June 26,
1869.
Son of George W. Mackey and Isadora (MacCollum) Mackey.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1928-32; Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Foresters;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Optimist
Club.
Died in 1938
(age about
69 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 6,
1860.
Son of Isaac
Wayne MacVeagh and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh.
Lawyer;
general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. Steel
Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Mission Canyon, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I., October
1, 1890.
Son of Charles
MacVeagh and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacVeagh.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to
Greece, 1933-41; Iceland, 1941-42; South Africa, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1943-44; Greece, 1943-47; Portugal, 1948-52; Spain, 1952-53.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in a nursing
home at Adelphi, Prince
George's County, Md., January
15, 1972 (age 81 years, 106
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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James McDevitt Magee (1877-1949) —
also known as James M. Magee —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Evergreen, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 5,
1877.
Son of Frederick M. Magee and Hannah Mary (Gillespie) Magee.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 35th District, 1923-27; defeated
(Labor), 1926; trustee, Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 16,
1949 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Rowland B. Mahany (1904-2000) —
of Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
2, 1904.
Son of Walter R. Mahany and Annette (Baldwin) Mahany.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1947-58, 1963-68; candidate in
primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died July 2,
2000 (age 95 years, 243
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) —
also known as George C. Marshall —
of Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., December
31, 1880.
Son of George Catlett Marshall and Laura (Bradford) Marshall.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1947-49; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1950-51.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1953.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., October
16, 1959 (age 78 years, 289
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Marshall (1755-1835) —
of Virginia.
Born in Germantown, Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835;
received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on the
$20
U.S. Treasury Note in the 1880s, and the $500
bill in the early 20th century.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 6,
1835 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Third
cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson; married, January
3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (1766-1831; daughter of Jacquelin
Ambler); brother-in-law of William
McClung, George
Keith Taylor and Joseph
Hamilton Daviess; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall (1760-1841); brother of James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall (1770-1825); cousin of John
Randolph of Roanoke; father of Thomas
Marshall, Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin
Burwell Harvie) and James
Keith Marshall; uncle of Edward
Colston, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander
Keith McClung, Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; first cousin once removed of William
Marshall Anderson and Charles
Anderson; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey
Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John
Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis
Minor Coleman; great-granduncle of Hudson
Snowden Marshall. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
Marshall Stone
— John
Marshall Martin
— John
Marshall Harlan
— J.
Marshall Hagans
— John
M. Claiborne
— John
M. Hamilton
— John
Marshall Raymond
— John
Marshall Rose
— John
M. Slaton
— John
M. Wolverton
— John
M. Robsion
— John
Marshall Hutcheson
— John
M. Butler
— John
Marshall Harlan
— John
M. Robsion, Jr.
— John
Marshall Briley
— John
Marshall Lindley
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward
Smith, John
Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The
Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of
Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation
1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction
1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier,
Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A
Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia
to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John
Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court |
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William Watson McIntire (1850-1912) —
also known as William W. McIntire —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., June 30,
1850.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1897-99.
Episcopalian.
Died on a
boat while fishing
in the Middle River (or Gunpowder River), Baltimore
County, Md., March 30,
1912 (age 61 years, 274
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) —
also known as Frank E. McKee —
of North Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
22, 1877.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,
1944; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish,
Swiss,
German,
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Frank E. McKee School in North Muskegon is named for
him.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
13, 1951 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Lakeside
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 24,
1855.
Son of Thomas Mellon (1813-1908) and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon
(1817-1909).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at
Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Mellon
Fountain, Washington, D.C.
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John Francis Mercer (1759-1821) —
of Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., May 17,
1759.
Son of John Mercer and Anne (Roy) Mercer.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-84; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1788-92, 1800-06; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1792-94 (at-large 1792-93, 2nd
District 1793-94); Governor of
Maryland, 1801-03.
Anglican; later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
30, 1821 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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Charles Robert Miller (1857-1927) —
also known as Charles Miller —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., September
30, 1857.
Republican. Governor of
Delaware, 1913-17.
Episcopalian.
Died in Berlin, Camden
County, N.J., September
18, 1927 (age 69 years, 353
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Susie Monroe (b. 1898) —
also known as Susie Wallace —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 4,
1898.
Daughter of Sandy Wallace and Susan Wallace.
Democrat. Dressmaker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County 23rd
District, 1949-54; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952.
Female.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Singer Moorhead (1923-1987) —
also known as William S. Moorhead —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 8,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1959-81 (28th District 1959-63,
14th District 1963-81).
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., August 3,
1987 (age 64 years, 117
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leland Burnette Morris (1886-1950) —
also known as Leland B. Morris —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fort Clark, Kinney
County, Tex., February
7, 1886.
Foreign Service officer; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Smyrna, 1914-17; U.S. Consul in Salonika, 1919-22; Cologne, 1926; Athens, 1927-29; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1932; U.S. Minister to Iceland, 1942-44; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1944-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in 1950
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Morris (1734-1806) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Liverpool, England,
January
31, 1734.
Son of Robert Morris and Elizabeth (Murphet) Morris.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.
Imprisoned
for debt from
February 1798 to August 1801. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10
silver certificate in the 1870s and 1880s.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1806 (age 72 years, 97
days).
Entombed at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at Independence
National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
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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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W. Reed Orr (1910-1975) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 3,
1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Calhoun
County Circuit Court Commissioner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1951-54.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Kiwanis.
Died in 1975
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1934
to Helen Gustine. |
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Asa Packer (1805-1879) —
of Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., December
20, 1805.
Son of Elisha Packer (1781-1830) and Desiree (Packer) Packer
(1783-1821).
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1842-43; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1843-48; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1853-57; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1864;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1869.
Episcopalian.
Founder, Lehigh Valley Railroad;
founder,
in 1865, of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. By some accounts, he
had the largest fortune in Pennsylvania at the time.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 17,
1879 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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John Grove Payne (b. 1887) —
also known as J. G. Payne —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Farmdale, Trumbull
County, Ohio, December
13, 1887.
Son of I. N. Payne and Cora B. (Thompson) Payne.
Republican. Superintendent, Allegheny Division, Pennsylvania Railroad,
1917-27; mayor of
Oil City, Pa., 1931-39.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909
to Alice Montgomery. |
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Minnie Freeman Penney (b. 1868) —
also known as Minnie Mae Freeman; Mrs. Edgar B.
Penney —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.
Born in Raymonds Corners, Potter
County, Pa., February
25, 1868.
Daughter of Sarah Lovica (Cushing) Freeman (1833-1904) and William
Elder Freeman (died 1912).
Republican. School
teacher; during a sudden, fierce blizzard on January 12, 1888,
saved the lives of seventeen children by leading them from her
schoolhouse to the nearest farm, a mile away; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1922-28.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Pi Beta
Phi; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Devon, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 16,
1867.
Son of George Pepper and Hitty Markoe (Wharton) Pepper.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-27; defeated in primary, 1926;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1922-24; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928,
1940.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died May 24,
1961 (age 94 years, 69
days).
Interment at Old
St. David's Churchyard Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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William L. Petriken (b. 1871) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Muncy, Lycoming
County, Pa., February
17, 1871.
Republican. Sugar
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Eloise N. Delbridge. |
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Lawrence C. Phipps, Jr. (b. 1886) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 30,
1886.
Son of Lawrence
Cowle Phipps.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; electric
utility executive; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1940,
1952.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) —
also known as Lawrence C. Phipps —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Amityville, Berks
County, Pa., August
30, 1862.
Son of Rev. William Henry Phipps and Agnes (McCall) Phipps.
Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1920,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 1,
1958 (age 95 years, 183
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Todd Russell Platts (b. 1962) —
also known as Todd Platts —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., March 5,
1962.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1992-96; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 2001-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Kerr Pollock (1898-1968) —
also known as James K. Pollock —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., May 25,
1898.
Son of James Kerr Pollock and Ella (Newton) Pollock.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County
1st District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died October
4, 1968 (age 70 years, 132
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Agnes Marie Haun. |
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Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) —
of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., 1721.
Son of John Randolph (1693-1737).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
22, 1775 (age about 54
years).
Interment at College
of William and Mary Chapel, Williamsburg, Va.
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Harry Clay Ransley (1863-1941) —
also known as Harry C. Ransley —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
5, 1863.
Son of Robert H. Ransley and Mary A. (Irvin) Ransley.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1891-94;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912;
Philadelphia
County Sheriff, 1916-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1920-37 (3rd District 1920-33,
1st District 1933-37).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
7, 1941 (age 78 years, 275
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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John Read (1769-1854) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., July 17,
1769.
Son of George
Read and Mary (Howell) Read.
Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1817-18.
Episcopalian.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 13,
1854 (age 84 years, 361
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Meredith Read (1797-1874) —
also known as John M. Read —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 21,
1797.
Son of John
Read and Martha (Meredith) Read.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1837-41; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1846; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858-72; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1872-73.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
29, 1874 (age 77 years, 131
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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David Aiken Reed (1880-1953) —
also known as David A. Reed —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
21, 1880.
Son of James
Hay Reed and Kate J. (Aiken) Reed.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Pennsylvania Industrial Accidents Commission, 1912-15;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1932,
1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., February
10, 1953 (age 72 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Stuart Reyburn (1882-1946) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
17, 1882.
Son of John
Edgar Reyburn and Margretta (Crozier) Reyburn.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1909-11;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1911-13.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Psi; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in 1946
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Wallace Riddle (1864-1941) —
also known as John W. Riddle —
of Minnesota; Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 12,
1864.
Son of John Wallace Riddle and Rebecca Blair (McClure) Riddle.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1903-05; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1905-07; Serbia, 1905-07; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1907-09; Argentina, 1921-25.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1941
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Farmington, Conn.
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Owen Josephus Roberts (1875-1955) —
also known as Owen J. Roberts —
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1875.
Lawyer;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-45.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Vincent, Chester
County, Pa., May 17,
1955 (age 80 years, 15
days).
Interment at St.
Andrew's Cemetery, West Vincent, Pa.
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Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) —
Born in Scotland,
March
23, 1734.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87; Governor of
Northwest Territory, 1788-1802; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1790.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Injured in a fall from
an overturned horsedrawn
cart, and died a few days later, near Youngstown, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1818 (age 84 years, 161
days).
Interment at Old
St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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William Irwin Schaffer (1867-1953) —
also known as William I. Schaffer —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.; Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
11, 1867.
Son of George A. Schaffer and Mary H. (Irwin) Schaffer.
Republican. Lawyer; Delaware
County District Attorney, 1893-1900; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920;
justice
of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1921-43; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Union
League.
Died in 1953
(age about
86 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Susan A. Cross. |
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Herman Theodore Schneebeli (1907-1982) —
also known as Herman T. Schneebeli —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., July 7,
1907.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1960-77.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 6,
1982 (age 74 years, 303
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Williamsport, Pa.
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Hardie Scott (1907-1999) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Cynwyd, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 7,
1907.
Son of John
Roger Kirkpatrick Scott and Helen (Hardie) Scott.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1947-53.
Episcopalian.
Died November
2, 1999 (age 92 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh Doggett Scott, Jr. (1900-1994) —
also known as Hugh Scott —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
11, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45, 1947-59 (7th District
1941-45, 6th District 1947-59); defeated, 1944; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1948-49; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1972
(delegation chair).
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Sons of
the American Revolution; Lions; Society
of the Cincinnati; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Chi Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died July 21,
1994 (age 93 years, 252
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Marion Margery Scranton (b. 1884) —
also known as Marion M. Scranton; Marion Margery
Warren; Mrs. Worthington Scranton —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., April 2,
1884.
Daughter of Everett Warren and Ellen (Willard) Warren.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1922-34; vice-chair of
Pennsylvania Republican Party, 1926-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1928-51; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1936-38.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cornelius Decator Scully (1878-1952) —
also known as Cornelius D. Scully —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
30, 1878.
Son of John Sullivan Scully and Mary E. (Negley) Scully.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Hillcrest Nursing
Home, Winchester,
Va., September
23, 1952 (age 73 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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Thomas P. Shoesmith (1922-2007) —
Born in Palmerton, Carbon
County, Pa., January
25, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Consul in Seoul, 1958-60; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1977-81; U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, 1983-87.
Episcopalian.
Died, of cancer, in
Springfield, Fairfax
County, Va., April 26,
2007 (age 85 years, 91
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) —
also known as Herbert B. Shonk —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
28, 1881.
Son of George
Washington Shonk.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30;
died in office 1930.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, following a heart
attack, in White Plains Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., 1930
(age about
48 years).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Thomas B. Smith (b. 1869) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Glenside, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
2, 1869.
Son of Thomas B. Smith and Isabella (Cairns) Smith.
Republican. Messenger and clerk at main office, Pennsylvania Railroad,
1881-86; surety
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-06; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
postmaster;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1916-20; Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Stauffer (b. 1925) —
of Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., May 28,
1925.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 157th District, 1964-70; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1970-88.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1988.
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Richard A. Tilghman (b. 1920) —
of Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Manchester, England,
March
8, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1967-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1969-2002.
Episcopalian. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2002.
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Edward Dale Toland (b. 1886) —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
11, 1886.
Son of Edward Dale Toland and Charlotte (Rush) Toland.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1924-26; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Dale Toland and Charlotte (Rush) Toland; married, June 26,
1917, to Esther
Roberts Howell; father of Benjamin Rush Toland (U.S. Marine,
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Frederick Augustus Tritle (1833-1906) —
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., August 7,
1833.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1866; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1870; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1880; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1882-85; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1891.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
18, 1906 (age 73 years, 103
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., June 5,
1762.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; delegate to
Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1798-1829; died in office 1829.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
26, 1829 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Va.
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Henry Winfield Watson (1856-1933) —
also known as Henry W. Watson —
of Langhorne, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 24,
1856.
Son of Mitchel Watson and Anna (Bacon) Watson.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Langhorne Electric
Light and Power Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-33 (8th District 1915-23,
9th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1933
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Thomas Wharton (1735-1778) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1735.
President
of Pennsylvania, 1777-78; died in office 1778.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 22,
1778 (age about 42
years).
Entombed at Evangelical
Trinity Church, Lancaster, Pa.
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George Woodward Wickersham (1858-1936) —
of New York.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
19, 1858.
U.S.
Attorney General, 1909-13; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
26, 1936 (age 77 years, 129
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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James Wilson (1742-1798) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carskerdo, Scotland,
September
14, 1742.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.
Episcopalian.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., August
28, 1798 (age 55 years, 348
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in
1906 at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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