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Charles Adamson (b. 1859) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cedartown, Polk
County, Ga.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 17,
1859.
Son of Thomas
Adamson, Jr. and Sarah Victorine (Wright) Adamson.
Republican. Lawyer; cotton
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1896,
1904,
1924.
Unitarian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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William David Blakeslee Ainey (1864-1932) —
also known as William D. B. Ainey —
of Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in New Milford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., April 8,
1864.
Son of David C. Ainey and Kathleen (Blakeslee) Ainey.
Republican. Lawyer; Susquehanna
County District Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1911-15; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., September
4, 1932 (age 68 years, 149
days).
Interment at Montrose
Cemetery, Montrose, Pa.
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Clayton H. Alderfer (b. 1870) —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., August 9,
1870.
Son of Benjamin Z. Alderfer and Sarah Alderfer.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, American
Bankers Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Entombed in mausoleum at Riverside
Cemetery, West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Anna M. Rosenberry. |
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George Elias Alter (1868-1940) —
also known as George E. Alter —
of Springdale, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Springdale, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1868.
Son of Elias Alter and Martha (Feison) Alter.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 13th
District, 1909-14; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1913-14; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1920-23; candidate in primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1922; director, Springdale National Bank;
director, Dixmont Hospital.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
18, 1940 (age 72 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Gray Armstrong (1867-1931) —
also known as Joseph G. Armstrong —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
2, 1867.
Republican. Mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1914-18; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920,
1924;
chair
of Allegheny County Republican Party, 1927.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
19, 1931 (age 64 years, 290
days).
Interment at South
Side Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Cyrus William Beales (1877-1927) —
also known as C. William Beales —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.
Born near York Springs, Adams
County, Pa., December
16, 1877.
Son of C. W. Beales and Sarah C. (Naylor) Beales.
Republican. Pharmacist;
postmaster;
director, Gettysburg National Bank;
director, Gettysburg Ice
and Storage
Co.; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1915-17; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate 33rd District, 1917-20.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., November
14, 1927 (age 49 years, 333
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Julian Beck (1905-1992) —
of San Fernando, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1905.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 41st District, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died August
18, 1992 (age 87 years, 97
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Eternal
Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Calif.
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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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Willis Henry Bennett (b. 1851) —
also known as W. H. Bennett —
of Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., August
24, 1851.
Son of Henry D. Bennett and Sarah Ann (Bryant) Bennett.
Republican. Traveling
salesman; hardware
merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1896,
1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis P. Bogardus (1837-1900) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1837.
Democrat. Banker; insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1871-73, 1888-89; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 2,
1900 (age 62 years, 328
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1859
to Sarah P. Hall. |
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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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Philo S. Clark (b. 1848) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Harlansburg, Lawrence
County, Pa., February
21, 1848.
Son of Thomas M. Clark and Rebecca (McCune) Clark.
Republican. Insurance
business; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) —
also known as William T. Coleman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., April 20,
1867.
Son of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1905.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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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 Donnan Fredericks (1869-1945) —
also known as John D. Fredericks —
of Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Burgettstown, Washington
County, Pa., September
10, 1869.
Son of James T. Fredericks and Mary (Patterson) Fredericks.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1903-15; candidate for Governor of
California, 1914; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1923-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
26, 1945 (age 75 years, 350
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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John Peter Shindel Gobin (1837-1910) —
also known as John P. S. Gobin —
of Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born January
21, 1837.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1885-99; resigned 1899; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar in North
America, 1889-92.
Died May 1,
1910 (age 73 years, 100
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pa.
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George Scott Graham (1850-1931) —
also known as George S. Graham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Philadelphia
County District Attorney, 1880-98; law
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1892,
1916
(alternate), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Union
League.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4,
1931 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Frederick Leslie Hay (1856-1940) —
also known as Frederick L. Hay —
of Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio.
Born in Girard, Erie
County, Pa., December
22, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Defiance, Ohio, 1888-92, 1932-34; Defiance
County Probate Judge, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1900; common pleas court
judge in Ohio, 1912-18.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio, February, 1940
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio.
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William D. Heebner (b. 1848) —
of Lansdale, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born September
27, 1848.
Son of David
S. Heebner and Anna (Derstein) Heebner.
Republican. Burgess
of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 1882-84; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1885-88.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Watson Hughes (1835-1912) —
also known as James W. Hughes —
of Everett, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Juniata
County, Pa., November
16, 1835.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Bedford County, 1883-84.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Everett, Bedford
County, Pa., January, 1912
(age 76
years, 0 days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Everett, Pa.
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Samuel Austin Kendall (1859-1933) —
also known as Samuel A. Kendall —
of Jefferson, Greene
County, Iowa; Myersdale, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Greenville Township, Somerset
County, Pa., November
1, 1859.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; officer in lumber
manufacturing companies; president of two small railroads;
vice-president of Citizens National Bank of
Myersdale, Pa.; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1919-33 (23rd District 1919-23,
24th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the House Office
Building, Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1933 (age 73 years, 68
days).
Interment at Hochstetler
Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa.
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Alfons H. Letzler (1884-1972) —
also known as A. H. Letzler —
of Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa.
Born in Sweden,
July
1, 1884.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 34th District, 1939-54; defeated, 1954; Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1960.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in 1972
(age about
87 years).
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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Frederick William Magrady (1863-1954) —
also known as Frederick W. Magrady —
of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
24, 1863.
Son of William Magrady and Isabel (McConaghy) Magrady.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
vice-president, Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Transit
Co.; director and solicitor for First National Bank of Mt.
Carmel; director, Mt. Carmel Water
Co.; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1925-33.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., August
27, 1954 (age 90 years, 276
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
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William Allen Maurer (b. 1872) —
also known as William A. Maurer; W. A.
Maurer —
of El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., October
25, 1872.
Son of George Maurer and Eliza (McCartney) Maurer.
Republican. Lawyer; Canadian
County Judge, 1911-15, 1919-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1916;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1921-25.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lee Monroe (b. 1857) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Freehold Township, Warren
County, Pa., October
27, 1857.
Son of Cyrus Monroe and Ruth (Woodin) Monroe.
Lawyer;
Register, U.S. Land Office,, Wa-Keeney, Kansas, 1889-93; district
judge in Kansas 23rd District, 1895-1903.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lilla Day Moore. |
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Alexander Pollock Moore (1867-1930) —
also known as Alexander P. Moore —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
10, 1867.
Son of George K. Moore and Ann J. (Phillips) Moore.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1923-25; Peru, 1928-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1930
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jesse Howard Swick (1879-1952) —
also known as J. Howard Swick —
of Beaver Falls, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., August 6,
1879.
Republican. Homeopathic
physician; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1927-35.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in 1952
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Concord
Cemetery, North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pa.
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Thomas Ross Wallace (1848-1929) —
also known as Thomas R. Wallace —
of Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
20, 1848.
Son of William Wallace and Jane (Ross) Wallace.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Crefeld, 1901-07; Jerusalem, 1907-10; Martinique, 1910-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
8, 1929 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leon F. Wheatley (1872-1944) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in West Franklin, Armstrong
County, Pa., February
20, 1872.
Son of William Wheatley and Geraldine Wheatley.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; bank
director; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1922-26; member
of New
York state senate 43rd District, 1927-32; mayor of
Hornell, N.Y., 1934-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., December
19, 1944 (age 72 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hornell
Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.
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Alexander Wiley (1884-1967) —
of Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis.
Born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis., May 26,
1884.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1939-63.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
Norway; Moose; Kiwanis;
United
Commercial Travelers.
Died at High Oaks Christian Science Church Sanitarium,
in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 26,
1967 (age 83 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
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