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John S. Bender (b. 1827) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
26, 1827.
Son of Jacob Bender and Jane (Dobbs) Bender.
School
teacher; miller; surveyor;
Starke
County Clerk and Auditor; lawyer; newspaper
publisher.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bender and Jane (Dobbs) Bender; married 1855 to Maggie
Bowers (died 1856); married 1858 to Rachel
Houghton. |
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John Brown (1772-1845) —
of Lewistown, Mifflin
County, Pa.
Born in Mifflin
County, Pa., August
12, 1772.
Miller; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1809-13; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-25 (9th District 1821-23,
12th District 1823-25).
Died in Buncombe
County, N.C., October
12, 1845 (age 73 years, 61
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Guy W. Crawford (b. 1864) —
of Letcher, Sanborn
County, S.Dak.
Born in Tioga
County, Pa., May 15,
1864.
Republican. Grain dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 14th District, 1913-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Ford (1783-1859) —
of Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., May 4,
1783.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1829-33; sawmill and
grist mill owner.
Died in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, Pa., August
18, 1859 (age 76 years, 106
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Steuben County, N.Y.
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U. Frank Higinbotham (b. 1858) —
of South Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Redstone Township, Fayette
County, Pa., November
30, 1858.
Farmer;
flour mill business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Fayette County, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver S. Kelsey (b. 1855) —
of South Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.; Flemington, Clinton
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., August 9,
1855.
Republican. Railroad
clerk; grain mill manager; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1898-99, 1927; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1903-06, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Kinney (b. 1871) —
of Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in East Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa., July 4,
1871.
Miller; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Smith Simonson (1796-1881) —
of Charlestown, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., June 2,
1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; farmer;
miller; merchant;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1826-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-46; defeated, 1838; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1845-46; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., December
5, 1881 (age 85 years, 186
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark Thomson (1739-1803) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Norriton Township, Montgomery
County, Pa., 1739.
Miller; justice of the peace; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1779; member
of New
Jersey State Council, 1786-88; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1795-99.
Died in Marksboro, Sussex County (now Warren
County), N.J., December
14, 1803 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Marksboro
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.
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