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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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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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Joel Benedict Erhardt (born c.1838) —
also known as Joel B. Erhardt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pa., about 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1888; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1889-91.
Member, Loyal Legion; Union
League; Sphinx.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Michael Foglietta (1928-2004) —
also known as Thomas M. Foglietta —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1928.
Lawyer;
member, Philadelphia city council, 1955-75; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960
(alternate); Republican candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1975; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1981-97; resigned
1997; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1996;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1997-2001.
Catholic.
Member, Sons of
Italy; American Bar
Association; Loyal Legion.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
13, 2004 (age 75 years, 346
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.
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David McMurtrie Gregg (1833-1916) —
also known as David M. Gregg —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April 10,
1833.
Son of Matthew D. Gregg and Ellen (McMurtrie) Gregg.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Consul in Prague, 1874; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1892-95.
Member, Loyal Legion.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August 7,
1916 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) —
also known as Winfield S. Hancock —
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., February
14, 1824.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1868,
1876;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880.
Member, Freemasons;
Loyal Legion.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2
silver certificate in the 1880s and early 1890s.
Died February
9, 1886 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Montgomery
Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 at Hancock
Circle, Washington, D.C.
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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Son of John Manderson and Katharine Manderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-93; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway
System, 1895.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died on
board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) —
also known as George B. McClellan; "Little
Mac" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1826.
Son of George McClellan and Elizabeth Steinmetz (Brinton) McClellan.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for President
of the United States, 1864; Governor of
New Jersey, 1878-81.
Member, Freemasons;
Loyal Legion.
Died October
29, 1885 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.; statue erected 1907 at Connecticut
Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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John Ball Osborne (b. 1868) —
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 24,
1868.
Son of Edwin
Sylvanus Osborne and Ruth (Ball) Osborne.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Ghent, 1889-93; Le Havre, 1912-19; lawyer; U.S.
Consul General in Le Havre, 1919-20; Christiania, 1920-21; Genoa, 1921-26; Stockholm, 1927-29; Budapest, 1932.
Member, Rotary;
Loyal Legion; Zeta Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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