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Charles Thomas Aikens (b. 1862) —
also known as Charles T. Aikens —
of Pine Grove, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa.
Born in Siglerville, Mifflin
County, Pa., December
14, 1862.
Son of Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens.
Republican. Pastor;
president, Susquehanna University, 1905-27; president,
Selinsgrove Realty
Co.; vice-president and treasurer, Nittany Real
Estate Co.; director, First National Bank of
Selinsgrove; director, Sunbury and Selinsgrove Electric
Railroad; director, Nittany Light, Heat &
Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1916.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens; married,
November
26, 1889, to Athalia Clara Gitt (died 1910); married, February
3, 1915, to Carrie (Specht) Smith. |
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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Son of Charles C. Badeau and Mary Lyles (Stothoff) Badeau.
Minister;
missionary;
university
professor; president, American University in Cairo,
1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961.
Christian
Reformed; later Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Grove Brumbaugh (1862-1930) —
also known as Martin G. Brumbaugh —
of Huntingdon
County, Pa.; Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Huntingdon
County, Pa., April 14,
1862.
Son of George Boyer Brumbaugh and Martha (Peightal) Brumbaugh.
Republican. Huntingdon
County Superintendent of Schools, 1884-90; university
professor; president, Juniata College, 1895-1906; Puerto
Rico Commissioner of Education, 1900-02; Philadelphia superintendent
of schools, 1906-15; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1915-19; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Died March 14,
1930 (age 67 years, 334
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, McConnellstown, 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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Thomas Henry Burrowes (1805-1871) —
also known as Thomas H. Burrowes —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in 1805.
Secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1835-39; mayor
of Lancaster, Pa., 1858; president, Pennsylvania State
University, 1868-71.
Died in 1871
(age about
66 years).
Interment at St.
James' Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa.
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Robert Clarkson Clothier (b. 1885) —
also known as Robert C. Clothier —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
8, 1885.
Son of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier.
Newspaper
reporter; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
vice-president, Scott Company (industrial personnel consultants),
1918-23; Dean of Men, University of Pittsburgh, 1929-32; director,
Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company; president, Rutgers University, 1932; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947.
Christian
Reformed.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier; married, June 24,
1916, to Nathalie Wilson; father of Arthur Clothier (c.1920-1942;
killed in accident during Army Air Corps training). |
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born April 11,
1896.
Son of Jeremiah Corson (born 1849) and Mary (Payne) Corson (born
1856).
President, Dickinson College, 1934; Methodist
bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948 ;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Methodist.
Died in February, 1985
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1922
to Frances Beaman. |
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Charles Calvert Ellis (1874-1950) —
also known as Charles C. Ellis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1874.
Son of Henry Jennings Ellis and Kate Calvert (Kane) Ellis.
School
teacher; pastor; college
professor; president, Juniata College, 1930-43; Dry
candidate for delegate to
Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Brethren.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 27,
1950 (age 75 years, 341
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) —
also known as David J. Hill —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., June 10,
1850.
Son of Rev. Daniel T. Hill and Lydia Ann (Thompson) Hill.
Historian;
president, Bucknell University, 1879-88; president,
University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1903-05; Netherlands, 1905-08; Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1908-11.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1932
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clark Kerr (1911-2003) —
Born in Pennsylvania, May 17,
1911.
Chancellor, University of California Berkeley, 1952-58
president, University of California, 1958-67; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Died in El Cerrito, Contra Costa
County, Calif., December
1, 2003 (age 92 years, 198
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sebring Kirkpatrick (1844-1932) —
also known as William S. Kirkpatrick —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., April 21,
1844.
Son of Newton Kirkpatrick and Susan (Sebring) Kirkpatrick.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1874-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1884;
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1887-91; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1897-99; acting
president, Lafayette College, 1902-03.
Died November
3, 1932 (age 88 years, 196
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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William Potter (1852-1926) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1852.
Son of Thomas Potter and Adaline (Coleman) Potter.
Lawyer;
president, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; U.S.
Minister to Italy, 1892-94; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1907.
Died in 1926
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Campbell Preston (1794-1860) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
27, 1794.
Son of Francis
Preston and Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston (1778-1846).
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1828-34; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1833-42; resigned 1842.
President of South Carolina College 1845-51.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 22,
1860 (age 65 years, 147
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001) —
also known as Harold E. Stassen —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., April 13,
1907.
Lawyer;
Dakota
County Attorney, 1931-38; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1936,
1940;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1939-43; resigned 1943; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; among the founders of the United Nations, 1945
(in 2001, he was the last surviving signer of the UN Charter);
president, University of Pennsylvania, 1948-53; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1948,
1952,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1958; Republican candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960;
Independent Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1986.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, at the Friendship Village nursing
home, Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 4,
2001 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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