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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Son of William Edge and Mary (Evans) Edge.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1904;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood Cemetery.
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Paul Bartram Dague (1898-1974) —
also known as Paul B. Dague —
of Downingtown, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Whitford, Chester
County, Pa., May 19,
1898.
Son of William James Dague and Lydia (White) Dague.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Chester
County Sheriff, 1944-46; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1947-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Grange.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., December
2, 1974 (age 76 years, 197
days).
Interment at Northwood Cemetery.
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Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (1804-1863) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ridley, Delaware
County, Pa., August
14, 1804.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1843-49; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Died August
22, 1863 (age 59 years, 8
days).
Original interment at Cain Orthodox Quaker
Meeting Burial Ground, Near Downingtown, Chester County, Pa.;
reinterment at Northwood Cemetery.
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Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) —
Born in 1825.
U.S. Minister to Germany, 1878, died in office 1878.
Died in Germany,
December
19, 1878 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Longwood Cemetery.
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George M. Barnard (1881-1949) —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.
Born in New Castle, Henry
County, Ind., June 6,
1881.
Son of William
Oscar Barnard and Mary V. (Ballenger) Barnard.
Republican. Lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; mayor
of New Castle, Ind., 1910-14; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1944-49; died in office 1949.
Quaker.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1949 (age 67 years, 210
days).
Interment at Longwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Williams Thorne (b. 1816) —
also known as J. Williams Thorne —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Pennsylvania, December
25, 1816.
Republican. Delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875; member of
North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1875; expelled 1875;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1876.
Expelled
in 1875 from the North Carolina House as an "infidel," reportedly for
his support of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Interment at Longwood Cemetery.
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Philander Chase Knox (1853-1921) —
also known as Philander C. Knox —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., May 6,
1853.
Son of David Smith Knox (1805-1872) and Rebecca (Page) Knox
(1814-1889).
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of James
H. Reed, 1877-1902; U.S.
Attorney General, 1901-04; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1904-09, 1917-21; resigned 1909; died
in office 1921; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1921 (age 68 years, 159
days).
Interment at Washington Memorial Cemetery.
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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.
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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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Isaac Dutton Barnard (1791-1834) —
also known as Isaac D. Barnard —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Aston Township, Delaware
County, Pa., July 18,
1791.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1820-24 (2nd District 1820-22, 4th District
1822-24); secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1826-27; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1827-31; resigned 1831.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., February
28, 1834 (age 42 years, 225
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Thomas Stalker Butler (1855-1928) —
also known as Thomas S. Butler —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Uwchlan Township, Chester
County, Pa., November
4, 1855.
Son of Margaretta Paschall (Woodward) Butler and Samuel
Butler.
Republican. Lawyer;
state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1897-1928 (6th District
1897-1903, 7th District 1903-23, 8th District 1923-28); died in
office 1928.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1928 (age 72 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) —
also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting
Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., July 30,
1881.
Son of Thomas
Stalker Butler and Maud Mary (Darlington) Butler.
Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a Medal
of Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; received
another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia police
commissioner, 1924-25; arrested
and court-martialed
in 1931 over his unauthorized
disclosure
of an incident unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito
Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to
Mussolini; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1940 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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William Butler (1822-1909) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., December
2, 1822.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1861-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1879-99;
retired 1899.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., November
2, 1909 (age 86 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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William Darlington (1782-1863) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April 28,
1782.
Son of Edward
Darlington (1755-1825) and Hannah (Townsend) Darlington
(1760-1826).
Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23;
Chester
County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of the
West Chester Railroad;
president, Bank of
Chester County; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1839.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., April 23,
1863 (age 80 years, 360
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Washington Townsend (1813-1894) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1813.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1869-77 (7th District 1869-75,
6th District 1875-77).
Died in 1894
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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John Hickman (1810-1875) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in West Bradford Township, Chester
County, Pa., September
11, 1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1855-63; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1869.
Died March 23,
1875 (age 64 years, 193
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Francis James (1799-1886) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1799.
Member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1834-38 (4th District 1834-37, 3rd District
1837-38); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1839-43.
Died in 1886
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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James Bowen Everhart (1821-1888) —
also known as James B. Everhart —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in West Whiteland Township, Chester
County, Pa., July 26,
1821.
Son of William
Everhart.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1877-84; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1883-87.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., August
23, 1888 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Smedley Darlington (1827-1899) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Pocopson Township, Chester
County, Pa., December
24, 1827.
Son of Richard Darlington (1798-1889) and Edith (Smedley) Darlington
(1798-1883).
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1887-91.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 24,
1899 (age 71 years, 182
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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William Everhart (1785-1868) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., May 17,
1785.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1853-55.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., October
30, 1868 (age 83 years, 166
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Thomas Lawrence Eyre (1862-1926) —
also known as T. Lawrence Eyre —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Birmingham Township, Chester
County, Pa., May 24,
1862.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1917-26; died in office 1926.
Died September
27, 1926 (age 64 years, 126
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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William Darlington (1804-1879) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born October
19, 1804.
Son of Abraham Darlington (1757-1844) and Susannah (Chandler)
Darlington (1760-1849).
Lawyer;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837, 1873.
Died December
6, 1879 (age 75 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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