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Chester County
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    Selected officials of Chester County

    (not intended to be complete)

    William Darlington (County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30) Wayne MacVeagh (District Attorney, 1859-64) Paul B. Dague (Sheriff, 1944-46) Bob Thompson (County Commissioner, 1979-86)


    Politicians who were born in Chester County


    Politicians who lived in Chester County


    Politicians who died in Chester County


    Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Chester County


    Private or family graveyard
    Chester County, Pennsylvania

    Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery
    Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Great Valley Presbyterian Churchyard
    Charlestown, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Northwood Cemetery
    Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania

    Politicians buried here:


    Cain Orthodox Quaker Meeting Burial Ground
    Near Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania

    Politicians formerly buried here:


    Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

    Politicians buried here:


    Longwood Cemetery
    Longwood, Chester County, Pennsylvania

    Politicians buried here:


    Unknown Location
    New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania

    Politicians buried here:


    Presbyterian Cemetery
    New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Oxford Cemetery
    Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    St. Peter's Episcopal Church
    Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Union Church Cemetery
    Parker Ford, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Upper Octorora Presbyterian Cemetery
    Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania

    Politicians buried here:


    Morris Cemetery
    Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Pikeland Friends Burial Ground
    Pikeland, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Pikeland Meeting Burial Ground
    Pikeland, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Anderson Family Burying Ground
    Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Washington Memorial Cemetery
    Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Coventry Cemetery
    Near Warwick, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    Oaklands Cemetery
    West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania
    Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

    Politicians buried here:


    St. Andrew's Cemetery
    West Vincent, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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    "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
    Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
    The Political
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    The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 192,291 politicians, living and dead.

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