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Benjamin Ableman (1890-1976) —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 2,
1890.
Son of Able Ableman.
Democrat. Merchant; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1924.
Jewish.
Member, Rotary; Odd
Fellows.
Died in March, 1976
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerome T. Ailman (b. 1849) —
of near Thompsontown, Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Juniata
County, Pa., October
5, 1849.
School
teacher; merchant; farmer;
People's candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1894; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1896; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Juniata County, 1907-10.
Member, Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alonzo S. Batchelor (1877-1941) —
of Monaca, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Etna, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
15, 1877.
Son of William Seymore Batchelor and Caroline (Reno) Batchelor.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 47th District, 1933-36.
Died April 13,
1941 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Bohemia Manor, Cecil
County, Md., August
11, 1738.
Son of James Bayard and Mary (Ashton) Bayard.
Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1790.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
7, 1807 (age 68 years, 149
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.
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Albert Edwin Beech (1904-1973) —
also known as Albert E. Beech —
of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
15, 1904.
Republican. Merchant; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in April, 1973
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Beeson (1807-1885) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, September
7, 1807.
Democrat. Merchant; village
president of Niles, Michigan, 1840; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857.
Died April 19,
1885 (age 77 years, 224
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Harlan Page Bird (born c.1843) —
also known as Harlan P. Bird —
of Wausaukee, Marinette
County, Wis.
Born in Bradford
County, Pa., about 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; surveyor;
bookkeeper;
lumber
business; merchant; member of Wisconsin
state senate 1st District, 1903-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Black (1793-1872) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Newport, Perry
County, Pa., March 6,
1793.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1830-31; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1836-37, 1843-47 (13th District
1836-37, 16th District 1843-47); county judge in Pennsylvania,
1842-43.
Died in New Bloomfield, Perry
County, Pa., June 21,
1872 (age 79 years, 107
days).
Interment at New
Bloomfield Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Pa.
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George Bryan (1731-1791) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
1731.
Merchant; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Pennsylvania
State Council, 1776-79; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1780-91; died in office 1791.
Died January
27, 1791 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Arch
Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Chester Bidwell Darrall (1842-1908) —
of Brashear (now Morgan City), St. Mary
Parish, La.; Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born near Addison, Somerset
County, Pa., June 24,
1842.
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant; planter;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1869-79, 1881-83;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1888.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1908 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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Robert M. Donnelly (b. 1845) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Concord, Franklin
County, Pa., 1845.
Accountant;
merchant; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1883.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Egbert (1820-1908) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., November
15, 1820.
Merchant; farmer; steamboat
business; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1875-76, 1877-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
22, 1908 (age 87 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871
to Sarah Savery. |
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Chapman Freeman (1832-1904) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
8, 1832.
Republican. Merchant; served in the Union Navy during the
Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1875-79.
Died in Strafford, Chester
County, Pa., March 22,
1904 (age 71 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Fry, Jr. (1802-1866) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 10,
1802.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant; Montgomery
County Clerk of Courts, 1830-33; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1835-39; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1853-54; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1857-60.
Died in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
28, 1866 (age 64 years, 171
days).
Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Trappe, Pa.
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Peter Graff III (b. 1886) —
of Worthington, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Worthington, Armstrong
County, Pa., September
15, 1886.
Son of J.
Frank Graff.
Republican. Manufacturer;
merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1928;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 41st District, 1933-36.
Burial
location unknown.
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W. Stuart Helm (b. 1908) —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Cowansville, Armstrong
County, Pa., April 8,
1908.
Republican. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Armstrong County; elected
1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1957; Pennsylvania
state auditor general; elected 1964; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1965-67.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Irvin (1800-1874) —
of Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa.
Born in Penn Valley, Bucks
County, Pa., January
18, 1800.
Merchant; lumber
business; Clearfield
County Treasurer, 1828-30; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1835-38 (13th District 1835-37, 23rd District
1837-38); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1847-49; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872.
Died in Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa., March 20,
1874 (age 74 years, 61
days).
Interment at Old
Clearfield Cemetery, Clearfield, Pa.
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Edward E. Jones (b. 1867) —
also known as "Good Roads Jones" —
of Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., November
25, 1867.
Republican. Merchant; dairy
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Susquehanna County, 1907-09;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1917-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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William D. Jones, Jr. (b. 1872) —
of Ridley Township, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Haverford Township, Delaware
County, Pa., February
10, 1872.
Merchant; coal,
lumber,
and feed
dealer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Delaware County, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur C. Kauffman —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Department store executive; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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William Kinney (1781-1843) —
of St.
Clair County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1781.
Baptist
minister; merchant; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1830, 1834.
Baptist.
Died near Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
1, 1843 (age about 62
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Clair County, Ill.
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Robert Emmett Lee (1868-1916) —
also known as Robert E. Lee —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., October
12, 1868.
Democrat. Merchant; Schuylkill
County Treasurer, 1905; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1911-15; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Died in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
19, 1916 (age 48 years, 38
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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David W. Lewis (b. 1863) —
of Clarion
County, Pa.
Born in Dewlais, Wales,
April
9, 1863.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Clarion County, 1909.
Welsh
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Norton Lewis Lichtenwalner (1889-1960) —
also known as Norton Lichtenwalner —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., June 1,
1889.
Democrat. Banker;
merchant; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1931-33.
Died in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., May 3,
1960 (age 70 years, 337
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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Allen R. Mechling (b. 1865) —
of Clarington, Forest
County, Pa.
Born near West Sunbury, Butler
County, Pa., October
5, 1865.
Merchant; postmaster;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Forest County, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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James G. Mitchell (b. 1847) —
of Hamilton, Jefferson
County, Pa.
Born in Hamilton, Jefferson
County, Pa., January
15, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Jefferson
County Auditor; merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1893-1900; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Morris (1795-1854) —
of Ohio.
Born in Greene
County, Pa., October
16, 1795.
Democrat. Greene
County Sheriff, 1824; merchant; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1833-34; Monroe
County Treasurer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1843-47.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, October
23, 1854 (age 59 years, 7
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
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John H. Pollard (b. 1851) —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., December
10, 1851.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Fair Haven, 1910.
Protestant.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Pomeroy (1804-1874) —
Born near Roxbury, Franklin
County, Pa., October
18, 1804.
Son of John Pomeroy (1769-1818) and Elizabeth (Nevin) Pomeroy
(1771-1826).
Republican. Tanning
business; merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Died in Academia, Juniata
County, Pa., September
21, 1874 (age 69 years, 338
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandnephew of Hugh
Williamson; son of John Pomeroy (1769-1818) and Elizabeth (Nevin)
Pomeroy (1771-1826); married, July 11,
1826, to Eleanor Maclay (died 1846); married, May 5,
1847, to Ann Black Crawford (died 1855); married, January
13, 1857, to Jane Eliza (Maclay) McGinley (1810-1866); married,
August
27, 1868, to Mary Stewart (died 1881); second cousin of Thomas
Pomeroy; uncle of John
Means Pomeroy and William
Culbertson Pomeroy; granduncle of Albert
Nevin Pomeroy. See Pomeroy
family of Pennsylvania. |
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Andrew J. Porter (b. 1856) —
of Orient, Faulk
County, S.Dak.; Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1856.
Republican. Merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 42nd District, 1901-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St.
Christopher, 1727.
Son of Isaac Roberdeau (c.1690-1743) and Mary (Cunyngham) Roberdeau
(1699-1771).
Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1756; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; general in
the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
French
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Winchester,
Va., January
5, 1795 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Anthony Ellmaker Roberts (1803-1885) —
also known as Anthony Roberts —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1803.
Merchant; Lancaster
County Sheriff, 1839-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1855-59.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., 1885
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Lancaster
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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Daniel Sheehan —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Ridgebury, Bradford
County, Pa.
Democrat. Merchant; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1903-04, 1908-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1912.
Interment somewhere
in Elmira, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Ellen 'Nellie' O'Herron. |
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Edward Shippen (1639-1712) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in England,
1639.
Son of William Shippen .
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1701-03.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August, 1712
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Old
Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward Shippen (1703-1781) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 9,
1703.
Son of Joseph Shippen (1678-1741).
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1744-45.
Founder of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
25, 1781 (age 78 years, 78
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Laird Shoup (1836-1904) —
also known as George L. Shoup —
of Lemhi
County, Idaho; Salmon, Lemhi
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., June 15,
1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
merchant; delegate to
Colorado state constitutional convention, 1864; Lemhi
County Treasurer; member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1874; member
Idaho territorial council, 1878; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho Territory, 1880;
member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho Territory, 1880-84, 1888-90; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1889-90; member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1890-92, 1896; Governor of
Idaho, 1890; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1890-1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, December
21, 1904 (age 68 years, 189
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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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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Albert H. Stites (1858-1935) —
also known as A. H. Stites —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Dauphin
County, Pa., March 2,
1858.
Son of Samuel Stites (1816-1882) and Catherine (Matter) Stites
(1819-1887).
Republican. Merchant; druggist; mayor
of Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 1896-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1899-1902; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August
16, 1935 (age 77 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Cyrus L. Sulzberger (b. 1858) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1858.
Son of Leopold Sulzberger and Sophia (Lindauer) Sulzberger.
Merchant; philanthropist; Republican candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1903.
Jewish.
Burial
location unknown.
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March 22,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; merchant; banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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David Douglas Wagener (1792-1860) —
also known as David D. Wagener —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., October
11, 1792.
Democrat. Merchant; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1833-41; banker.
Died in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., October
1, 1860 (age 67 years, 356
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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John Wanamaker (1838-1922) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 11,
1838.
Son of Nelson Wanamaker and Elizabeth D. (Kochersperger) Wanamaker.
Republican. Merchant; opened John Wanamaker & Company
store in 1877 (forerunner of modern department store);
organizer and director, Merchants' Bank;
director, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad;
organizer (with others) and trustee, Presbyterian Hospital;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1888,
1920;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912,
1916.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
12, 1922 (age 84 years, 154
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Nelson Wanamaker and Elizabeth D. (Kochersperger) Wanamaker;
married to Mary B. Brown; father of Lewis
Rodman Wanamaker. |
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Charles Willing (1710-1754) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bristol, England,
May
18, 1710.
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1748-49, 1754; died in office 1754.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
30, 1754 (age 44 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Willing (1731-1821) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1731.
Son of Anne (Shippen) Willing (1710-1791) and Charles
Willing.
Lawyer;
merchant; city court justice, 1759; justice of the court of
common pleas, 1761; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1763-64; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1767; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; banker.
Died January
19, 1821 (age 89 years, 31
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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