Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered
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John Hoge Ewing (1796-1887) —
also known as John H. Ewing —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born near Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., October
5, 1796.
Son of William Porter Ewing and Mary (Conwell) Ewing.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1835-36; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1838-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1845-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., June 9,
1887 (age 90 years, 247
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1822.
Son of George Beale and Emily (Truxton) Beale.
Surveyor;
explorer;
led the experiment to use camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican
War, made six trips between Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast,
relaying military information; thought to be the courier who brought
news to Washington of the discovery of gold in California; U.S.
Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1876-77.
Camp Beale (now Beale Air Force Base) is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1893 (age 71 years, 77
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chester, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George Beale and Emily (Truxton) Beale; married 1849 to Mary
Edwards; father of Truxtun
Beale. |
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James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) —
also known as James G. Blaine; "The Plumed
Knight"; "Belshazzar Blaine";
"Magnetic Man" —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in West Brownsville, Washington
County, Pa., January
31, 1830.
Son of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856
(Honorary
Secretary); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1859-62; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1876-81; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1893 (age 62 years, 362
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1920 at Blaine
Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine; nephew of Ellen
Blaine (who married John
Hoge Ewing); married, June 30,
1850, to Harriet Stonwood; father of Harriet Blaine (who married
Truxtun
Beale). |
| | | Cross-reference: Robert
G. Ingersoll |
| | | Blaine counties in Idaho, Mont., Neb. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: J.
B. McLaughlin
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James G. Blaine: Mark
Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Edward P. Crapol, James
G. Blaine : Architect of Empire — Richard B. Cheney &
Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Truxtun Beale (1856-1936) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 6,
1856.
Son of Edward
Fitzgerald Beale and Mary (Edwards) Beale.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Persia, 1891-92; Greece, 1892-93; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1912.
Beale Park in Bakersfield is named for
him.
Died near Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., June 2,
1936 (age 80 years, 88
days).
Interment at Bruton
Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Va.
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