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William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) —
also known as William C. Sproul —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Octoraro, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Son of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
journalist;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920,
1924;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920.
Quaker.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Kappa Psi; Grange; Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died March 21,
1928 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
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Samuel Edwards (1785-1850) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Chester Township, Delaware
County, Pa., March 12,
1785.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1819-27 (1st District 1819-21,
2nd District 1821-23, 4th District 1823-27).
Died in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., November
21, 1850 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
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Edward Darlington (1795-1884) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.; Media, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., September
17, 1795.
Son of Amy (Sharpless) Darlington (1758-1831) and Jesse Darlington
(1762-1842).
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1833-39; delegate
to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839.
Died in Media, Delaware
County, Pa., November
21, 1884 (age 89 years, 65
days).
Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
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William Ward (1837-1895) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1837.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1877-83.
Died in 1895
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
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John J. McClure (1886-1965) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., September
24, 1886.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1929-36; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Died March 28,
1965 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery.
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Bernard Samuel (1880-1954) —
also known as Barney Samuel —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 9,
1880.
Son of Samuel Samuel and Christina (Streeton) Samuel.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1941-52; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1948 ;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Died, from a stroke, in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
12, 1954 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin James (1885-1961) —
also known as Benjamin F. James —
of Rosemont, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August 1,
1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1939-47; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1949-59.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
26, 1961 (age 75 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
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William H. Milliken, Jr. (1897-1969) —
of Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
19, 1897.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1959-65.
Died in Ridley Park, Delaware
County, Pa., July 4,
1969 (age 71 years, 319
days).
Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
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Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., 1788.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1837-41.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August 1,
1863 (age about 75
years).
Original interment at Union
Sixth Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), Philadelphia,
Pa.; reinterment in 1906 at Arlington Cemetery.
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Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (1891-1946) —
also known as Joseph M. Pratt —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in New Jersey, 1891.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1944-45; defeated,
1944.
Died in 1946
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
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John Martin Broomall (1816-1894) —
also known as John M. Broomall —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Upper Chichester Township, Delaware
County, Pa., January
19, 1816.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1851-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1863-69;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1872;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1874; county
judge in Pennsylvania, 1874-75.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 3,
1894 (age 78 years, 135
days).
Interment at Media Cemetery.
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Thomas Valentine Cooper (1835-1909) —
also known as Thomas V. Cooper —
of Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, January
16, 1835.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1870-72; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1874-89 (5th District 1874, 9th District 1875-89);
resigned 1889.
Died in 1909
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Media Cemetery.
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Jesse Matlack Baker (1854-1913) —
also known as Jesse M. Baker —
of Media, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Parkesburg, Chester
County, Pa., March 1,
1854.
Son of John Mitchell Baker (1827-1899) and Phebe Ann (Matlack) Baker
(1828-1856).
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1893-96; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Died July 30,
1913 (age 59 years, 151
days).
Interment at Media Cemetery.
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W. Roger Fronefield (1864-1943) —
of Delaware
County, Pa.
Born near Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., November
22, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1925-29.
Died in 1943
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Media Cemetery.
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George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Devon, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 16,
1867.
Son of George Pepper and Hitty Markoe (Wharton) Pepper.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-27; defeated in primary, 1926;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1922-24; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died May 24,
1961 (age 94 years, 69
days).
Interment at Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetery.
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Isaac Wayne (1772-1852) —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Paoli, Chester
County, Pa., 1772.
Son of Anthony
Wayne.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1799-1801, 1806; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1810; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1814; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1823-25.
Died October
25, 1852 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetery.
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Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) —
also known as "Mad Anthony" —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., January
1, 1745.
Son of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne.
Surveyor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to
Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie), Erie
County, Pa., December
15, 1796 (age 51 years, 349
days).
Original interment at Garrison
Hill, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 at Old St. David's
Churchyard Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married 1766 to Mary
Penrose; father of Isaac
Wayne (1772-1852). |
| | | Wayne counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa. and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) —
also known as William W. Atterbury; "The Railroad
General" —
of Radnor, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., January
31, 1866.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
President, Pennsylvania Railroad;
during World War I, organized U.S. military railroad
operations in France; two World War II army camps were named for
him.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Radnor, Delaware
County, Pa., September
20, 1935 (age 69 years, 232
days).
Interment at Old St. David's Churchyard Cemetery.
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Thomas Michael Foglietta (1928-2004) —
also known as Thomas M. Foglietta —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1928.
Lawyer;
member, Philadelphia city council, 1955-75; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960
(alternate); Republican candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1975; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1981-97; resigned
1997; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1996;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1997-2001.
Catholic.
Member, Sons of
Italy; American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
13, 2004 (age 75 years, 346
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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William Aloysius Barrett (1896-1976) —
also known as William A. Barrett —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
14, 1896.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1945-47, 1949-76;
defeated, 1946; died in office 1976; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 12,
1976 (age 79 years, 242
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Michael Joseph Bradley (1897-1979) —
also known as Michael J. Bradley —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 24,
1897.
Son of Dennis Joseph Bradley and Hannah (McCarthy) Bradley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1937-47; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1951.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
27, 1979 (age 82 years, 187
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Joseph McLaughlin (1867-1926) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Burt, County Donegal, Ireland,
June
9, 1867.
Republican. Real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1917-19, 1921-23 (3rd District
1917-19, at-large 1921-23).
Irish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died November
21, 1926 (age 59 years, 165
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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James A. Gallagher (1869-1957) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
16, 1869.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1943-45, 1947-49;
defeated, 1944.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
8, 1957 (age 88 years, 326
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Robert Neill McGarvey (1888-1952) —
also known as Robert N. McGarvey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
14, 1888.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948.
Died June 28,
1952 (age 63 years, 319
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Lawrence E. McCrossin (1878-1929) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1878.
Son of James A. McCrossin and Mary (McNulty) McCrossin.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1920; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1929; died in office 1929.
Died November
9, 1929 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Thomas Edward Heenan (1848-1914) —
also known as Thomas E. Heenan —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1848.
Son of Col. Dennis Heenan (1818-1872) and Margaret (O'Donnell)
Heenan.
Physician;
U.S. Consul in Odessa, 1897-1905; Warsaw, 1914.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Fiume, Hungary (now Rijeka, Croatia),
June
26, 1914 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Joseph Pangrazio Bartilucci (1880-1940) —
also known as Joseph P. Bartilucci —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 31,
1880.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908
(alternate), 1920.
Died in 1940
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Alexander Abbot (1893-1966) —
also known as Alex Abbot —
of Darby, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born February
27, 1893.
Burgess
of Darby, Pennsylvania, 1953-56.
Died in October, 1966
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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