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Douglas Walgren (b. 1940) —
also known as Doug Walgren —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., December
28, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1977-91;
defeated, 1970 (27th District), 1972 (27th District), 1972 (18th
District), 1990 (18th District).
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank Comerford Walker (1886-1959) —
also known as Frank C. Walker —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 30,
1886.
Son of David Walker and Ellen (Comerford) Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1909-12; member of Montana state
legislature, 1913; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1932-33; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1940-45; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944,
1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died September
13, 1959 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Interment somewhere
in Plymouth, Pa.
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August 1,
1833.
Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1870-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; president,
New York Underground Railroad
Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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James Andrew Walker (b. 1878) —
also known as James Walker —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 21st District, 1917-23; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1930-31.
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John H. Walker (b. 1800) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
9, 1800.
Whig. Lawyer; circuit judge in Pennsylvania; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1833-35; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1850-52 (27th District 1850, 20th District
1851-52); delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1873.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jonathan Hoge Walker (1754-1824) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Hogestown, Cumberland
County, Pa., March 20,
1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1806-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1818-24;
died in office 1824.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., March 23,
1824 (age 70 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born near West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., October
20, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; magazine
publisher; oil
producer; land, lumber, and
coal
mining business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83; chemist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1903 (age 65 years, 60
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Son of Jonathan
Hoge Walker and Lucretia (Duncan) Walker.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Ross Wallace (1848-1929) —
also known as Thomas R. Wallace —
of Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
20, 1848.
Son of William Wallace and Jane (Ross) Wallace.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1901-07; Jerusalem, 1907-10; Martinique, 1910-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
8, 1929 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Wallerstein —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) —
also known as Francis E. Walter —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 26,
1894.
Son of Robley D. Walter and Susie E. Walter.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
trustee, Easton Hospital;
bank
director; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45,
20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1963 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Irving Price Wanger (1852-1940) —
also known as Irving P. Wanger —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in North Coventry, Chester
County, Pa., March 5,
1852.
Son of George Wanger and Rebecca (Price) Wanger.
Republican. Lawyer; burgess
of Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1878; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880;
Montgomery
County District Attorney, 1881-83, 1887-89; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1893-1911 (7th District
1893-1903, 8th District 1903-11).
Died in 1940
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Pottstown, Pa.
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Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., June 5,
1762.
Lawyer; member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; delegate to
Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1798-1829; died in office 1829.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
26, 1829 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Va.
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Laurence Hawley Watres (1882-1964) —
also known as Laurence H. Watres —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., July 18,
1882.
Son of Louis
Arthur Watres and Effie (Hawley) Watres.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1923-31.
Died in Puerto Rico, February
6, 1964 (age 81 years, 203
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Mausoleum, South Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pa.
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Henry Winfield Watson (1856-1933) —
also known as Henry W. Watson —
of Langhorne, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 24,
1856.
Son of Mitchel Watson and Anna (Bacon) Watson.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Langhorne Electric
Light and Power Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-33 (8th District 1915-23,
9th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1933
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Henry Miller Watts (1805-1890) —
also known as Henry M. Watts —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
10, 1805.
Son of David Watts and Julia Anna (Miller) Watts.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1835-37; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1842-45; U.S.
Minister to Austria, 1868-69.
Died November
30, 1890 (age 85 years, 51
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1838
to Anna Maria Shoenberger. |
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George T. Weingartner (b. 1875) —
of New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa.
Born in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence
County, Pa., August
24, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1905-08;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 47th District, 1909-12, 1925-32.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Arthur Weiss (1902-1977) —
also known as Samuel A. Weiss —
of Glassport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Krotowocz, Poland,
April
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-46 (31st District 1941-43,
30th District 1943-45, 33rd District 1945-46); common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania, 1946.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Lions; Odd
Fellows; B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
1, 1977 (age 74 years, 292
days).
Interment at B'nai
Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Harry White (1834-1920) —
of Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa.
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., January
12, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1863-64, 1866-74 (21st District 1863-64, 22nd
District 1866-71, 24th District 1872-74); delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872; candidate
for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1877-81; Indiana
County Judge, 1884-1904; banker.
Died in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., June 23,
1920 (age 86 years, 163
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Indiana, Pa.
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Faith Ryan Whittlesey (b. 1939) —
also known as Faith Whittlesey; Faith Ryan —
of Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., February
21, 1939.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1972-76; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1981-83, 1985-88.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Wilkins (1779-1865) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
20, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1819-20; district judge in
Pennsylvania 5th District, 1821-24; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1824-31;
resigned 1831; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1829, 1843-44 (16th District
1829, 21st District 1843-44); U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-34; resigned 1834; received 30
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1832;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1834-35; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1844-45; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-58 (22nd District 1856-57, 24th District 1858).
Died in Homewood (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., June 23,
1865 (age 85 years, 185
days).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Thomas Willing (1731-1821) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1731.
Son of Anne (Shippen) Willing (1710-1791) and Charles
Willing.
Lawyer; merchant;
city court justice, 1759; justice of the court of common pleas, 1761;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1763-64; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1767; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; banker.
Died January
19, 1821 (age 89 years, 31
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Wilson (1742-1798) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carskerdo, Scotland,
September
14, 1742.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.
Episcopalian.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., August
28, 1798 (age 55 years, 348
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in
1906 at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Haden Wilson (1867-1946) —
also known as John H. Wilson —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
20, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1932,
1940
(alternate), 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1919-21;
defeated, 1920; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1933-43.
Died in Butler, Butler
County, Pa., January
28, 1946 (age 78 years, 161
days).
Interment at North
Cemetery, Butler, Pa.
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Harris Llewellyn Wofford (b. 1926) —
also known as Harris Wofford —
of Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1926.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1986; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991-95; appointed 1991; defeated,
1994.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank Rudolph Wolf (b. 1939) —
also known as Frank R. Wolf —
of Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
30, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1981-; defeated,
1976, 1978.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Scott Wolff (1878-1958) —
also known as J. Scott Wolff —
of Festus, Jefferson
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., June 14,
1878.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; dentist;
lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 13th District, 1923-25.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
27, 1958 (age 79 years, 258
days).
Interment at Gamel
Cemetery, Festus, Mo.
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Benson Wood (1839-1915) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.
Born near Bridgewater, Susquehanna
County, Pa., March 31,
1839.
Republican. School
principal; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1872; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1888;
mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1895-97; banker.
Died in Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill., August
27, 1915 (age 76 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Lloyd H. Wood (1896-1964) —
of Collegeville, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Grampian, Clearfield
County, Pa., October
25, 1896.
Son of George L. Wood and Maude (Goss) Wood.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; chair of
Montgomery County Republican Party, 1940-53; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1947-50; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1951-55; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died February
15, 1964 (age 67 years, 113
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen L. Blithe. |
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Cyrus E. Woods (1861-1938) —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa., September
3, 1861.
Son of Matthew Woods and Katharine (Speece) Woods.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 39th District, 1901-08; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1912-13; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1915-21; resigned 1921; U.S.
Ambassador to Spain, 1921-23; Japan, 1923-24; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1929-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in 1938
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1893
to Mary Todd Marchand. |
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Francis Worley —
of Latimore Township, Adams
County, Pa.
Born in Latimore Township, Adams
County, Pa.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Adams County, 1943-50,
1953-56; defeated in primary, 1936; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1950.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Tudor Gardner. |
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James Assion Wright (1902-1963) —
also known as James A. Wright —
of Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
11, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45 (34th District 1941-43,
32nd District 1943-45); defeated, 1944.
Died in Scott Township, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
7, 1963 (age 61 years, 88
days).
Interment at Holy
Souls Cemetery, Carnegie, Pa.
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John Wurts (1792-1861) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Flanders, Morris
County, N.J., August
13, 1792.
Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1821-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1825-27.
Died in Lazio, Italy,
April
23, 1861 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Interment at Batsto - Pleasant Mills Cemetery, Pleasant Mills, N.J.
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Adam Martin Wyant (1869-1935) —
also known as Adam M. Wyant —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born near Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., September
15, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1921-33 (22nd District 1921-23,
31st District 1923-33).
Died in 1935
(age about
65 years).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) —
also known as Albert R. Wynn —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Seth Hartman Yocum (1834-1895) —
also known as Seth H. Yocum —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Cattawissa, Columbia
County, Pa., August 2,
1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Centre
County District Attorney, 1875-79; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1879-81; mayor
of Johnson City, Tenn., 1885.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 19,
1895 (age 60 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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William Young (b. 1870) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., April 23,
1870.
Son of John M. Young and Caroline (Van Patten) Young.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Lycoming County Republican Party, 1896-97; member of New York
state assembly, 1905-07 (New York County 21st District 1905-06,
New York County 17th District 1907).
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Conrad Meyer Zulick (1839-1926) —
of Arizona.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., June 3,
1839.
Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1885-89; member
Arizona territorial council, 1890.
Died in Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J., March 1,
1926 (age 86 years, 271
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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