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Glenni William Scofield (1817-1891) —
also known as Glenni W. Scofield —
of Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Dewittville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March 11,
1817.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1849-51; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1857-59 (19th District 1857-58, 11th District
1859); district judge in Pennsylvania 18th District, 1861-63; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1863-75 (19th District 1863-73,
at-large 1873-75); Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1878-81; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1881-91.
Died in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., August
30, 1891 (age 74 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) —
also known as Lewis F. Watson —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April 14,
1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; oil
producer; railroad
builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of heart
disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1890 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Carlton Brandaga Curtis (1811-1883) —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Madison
County, N.Y., December
17, 1811.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-55, 1873-75 (23rd District
1851-53, 16th District 1853-55, 19th District 1873-75); colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., March 17,
1883 (age 71 years, 90
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Charles Warren Stone (1843-1912) —
also known as Charles W. Stone —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Groton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 29,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1870-71; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1877-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1879-83; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1890-99 (27th District 1890-97,
7th District 1897-99).
Died near Warren, Warren
County, Pa., August
15, 1912 (age 69 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Earl Hanley Beshlin (1870-1971) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Conewango Township, Warren
County, Pa., April 28,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1917-19.
Died in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., July 12,
1971 (age 101 years, 75
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakland Cemetery.
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Leroy E. Chapman (1881-1967) —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., July 3,
1881.
Republican. Physician;
Warren
County Coroner, 1912-22; burgess
of Warren, Pennsylvania, 1922-30; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1931-62; trustee, Warren Hospital.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died in 1967
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Allison D. Wade (1902-1954) —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., September
17, 1902.
Son of Harrison Douglas Wade (1860-1928) and Alice Cary (Jones) Wade
(1869-1935).
Republican. District judge in Pennsylvania 37th District, 1942-54;
died in office 1954; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944.
Shot
and killed in
his courtroom,
in the Warren County
Courthouse, by Norman W. Moon, Warren, Warren
County, Pa., January
13, 1954 (age 51 years, 118
days). Moon, who attempted suicide at the time of his arrest,
believed the judge was involved with his ex-wife, and would
personally benefit from ordering payment of alimony. Moon was
convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death; the sentence
was commuted to a mental institution by Gov. George
M. Leader, and then to life imprisonment.
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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