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Armstrong County
Pennsylvania

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Armstrong County


Index to Locations

  • Freeport Freeport Cemetery
  • Kittanning Unknown location
  • Kittanning Kittanning Cemetery
  • Kittanning Old Kittanning Cemetery
  • Leechburg Evergreen Cemetery


    Freeport Cemetery
    Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      David Barclay (1823-1889) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pa., 1823. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1855-57. Died in Freeport, Armstrong County, Pa., September 10, 1889 (age about 66 years). Interment at Freeport Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Unknown Location
    Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Buffington (1855-1947) — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., September 5, 1855. Son of Ephraim Buffington and Margaret Chambers (Orr) Buffington. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1892-1906; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1906-38; took senior status 1938. Episcopalian. Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., October 21, 1947 (age 92 years, 46 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of Ephraim Buffington and Margaret Chambers (Orr) Buffington; married, January 29, 1885, to Mary Alice Simonton; married, January 1, 1931, to Mary Fullerton Jones (died 1933).
      See also federal judicial profile


    Kittanning Cemetery
    Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Daniel Brodhead Heiner (1854-1944) — also known as Daniel B. Heiner — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1854. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1893-97; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1897-1902; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 23rd Pennsylvania District, 1909, 1927-32; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in 1944 (age about 90 years). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Joseph Buffington (1803-1872) — of Pennsylvania. Born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., November 27, 1803. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1843-47; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1849-51. Died in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., February 3, 1872 (age 68 years, 68 days). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Robert Orr, Jr. (1786-1876) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1786. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 24th District, 1822-25; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1825-29. Died in 1876 (age about 90 years). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Darwin Phelps (1807-1879) — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Connecticut, 1807. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1869-71. Died in 1879 (age about 72 years). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Mosgrove (1821-1900) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1821. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1881-83. Died in 1900 (age about 79 years). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Old Kittanning Cemetery
    Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Smith Harrison (1780-1853) — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Virginia, 1780. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1833-37. Died in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., 1853 (age about 73 years). Interment at Old Kittanning Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Evergreen Cemetery
    Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Grant Beale (1839-1915) — of Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Allegheny County, Pa., March 26, 1839. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1907-09. Died in Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pa., September 21, 1915 (age 76 years, 179 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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