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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.
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, Downingtown, Pa.
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George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) —
also known as George M. Dallas —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 10,
1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1828-29; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1829-31; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-33; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1833-35; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1837-39; Great Britain, 1856-61; Vice
President of the United States, 1845-49.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1864 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander
James Dallas and Arabella Maria (Smith) Dallas; brother of Sophia
Burrell Dallas (1784-1860; who married Richard
Bache, Jr.); married, May 23,
1816, to Sophia Chew Nicklin (1798-1860); uncle of Alexander
Dallas Bache (1806-1867; physicist), Mary Blechenden Bache
(1808-1873; who married Robert
John Walker), Sophia Arabella Bache (1815-1904; who married William
Wallace Irwin) and George
Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917); granduncle of Robert
Walker Irwin; second great-granduncle of Claiborne
de Borda Pell; third great-granduncle of Daniel
Baugh Brewster. |
| | | Political families: Bache-Dallas
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Claiborne-Dallas
family of Virginia and Louisiana (subsets of the Three
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Dallas counties in Ark., Iowa, Mo. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Dallas,
Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: George
M. Condon
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about George Mifflin Dallas: John
M. Belohlavek, George
Mifflin Dallas : Jacksonian Patrician |
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William L. David (b. 1872) —
of Hancock
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa., February
29, 1872.
Lawyer;
Hancock
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-09.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Luther David and Eliza Susan (Gibson) David; married to
Mabelle Lucile Peden. |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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James John Davis (1873-1947) —
also known as James J. Davis; "Puddler
Jim" —
of Elwood, Madison
County, Ind.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Tredegar, Wales,
October
27, 1873.
Republican. Madison
County Recorder, 1903-07; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1936,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles;
Foresters;
Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., November
22, 1947 (age 74 years, 26
days).
Interment at Uniondale
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John R. Davis (b. 1877) —
of Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Ursina, Somerset
County, Pa., July 7,
1877.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; bank
director; member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1929-32.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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Preston B. Davis (b. 1907) —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in West Milton, Union
County, Pa., May 19,
1907.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1963-72.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Rotary;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clyde Russel Dengler (1899-1992) —
also known as Clyde R. Dengler —
of Newtown Square, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Fleetwood, Berks
County, Pa., May 10,
1899.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1957-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 26th District, 1969-74.
Presbyterian.
Member, National
Education Association; American
Legion; Lions;
Freemasons; Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died August
15, 1992 (age 93 years, 97
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Depinet (b. 1855) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
14, 1855.
Republican. Erie
County Register and Recorder, 1891-1896; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1899-1901.
French
and German
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Depinet (died 1881) and Mary (Ehret) Depinet (died 1856);
married, October
2, 1882, to Jessie Densmore (1858-1900). |
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Louis Theodore DeRousse (1844-1921) —
also known as Louis T. DeRousse —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 29,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; accountant;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1895-97; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1896; postmaster at Camden,
N.J., 1898-1903.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
27, 1921 (age 77 years, 90
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Arthur Granville Dewalt (1854-1931) —
also known as Arthur G. Dewalt —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Bath, Northampton
County, Pa., October
11, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lehigh
County District Attorney, 1880-83; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 16th District, 1903-10; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908;
Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1915-21;
defeated, 1926.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., October
26, 1931 (age 77 years, 15
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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Samuel Bernard Dick (1836-1907) —
also known as Samuel B. Dick —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., October
26, 1836.
Republican. Banker;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania, 1864;
mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1870; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1879-81; railroad
builder; railroad
president; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 10,
1907 (age 70 years, 196
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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John Dickinson (1732-1808) —
also known as "Penman of the
Revolution" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Trappe, Talbot
County, Md., November
13, 1732.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1781; President
of Delaware, 1781-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1782-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
14, 1808 (age 75 years, 93
days).
Interment at Friends
Burial Ground, Wilmington, Del.
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William J. Diehl (1845-1929) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
22, 1845.
Mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1899-1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
22, 1929 (age 84 years, 243
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John William Ditter (1888-1943) —
also known as J. William Ditter —
of Ambler, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
5, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1933-43; died in
office 1943.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Moose; Rotary.
Died in an airplane
crash near Columbia, Lancaster
County, Pa., November
21, 1943 (age 55 years, 77
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Cemetery, Prospectville, Pa.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Donges (b. 1875) —
also known as Ralph W. E. Donges —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Donaldson, Schuylkill
County, Pa., May 5,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1920-30; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1930-48; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1948-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Moose; Elks.
Entombed in mausoleum at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Robert M. Donnelly (b. 1845) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Concord, Franklin
County, Pa., 1845.
Accountant;
merchant;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1883.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ira Walton Drew (1878-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
31, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; osteopath;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1937-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1972 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Park, Prospectville, Pa.
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James Henderson Duff (1883-1969) —
also known as James H. Duff; "Big
Red" —
of Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield (now part of Carnegie), Allegheny
County, Pa., January
21, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1912;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940,
1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956;
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1951-57; defeated, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1969 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment at Chartiers
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Ewing Duffield (1922-2001) —
also known as William E. Duffield —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., January
7, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1971-78.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks.
Disbarred
in 1975 for mishandling
cases and client funds; reinstated to the bar in 1978. Convicted
in 1980 on 11 federal counts of mail fraud and one count of perjury;
served six months in federal prison.
Disbarred
again in 1994 for mishandling
a murder case.
Died, of cancer
and strokes,
in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 2001 (age 79 years, 7
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
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Horatio Snyder Dumbauld (b. 1869) —
also known as Horatio S. Dumbauld —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Salt Lick Township, Fayette
County, Pa., May 15,
1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1933-35;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Adams Dumbauld and Elizabeth (Snyder) Dumbauld; married, June 9,
1903, to Lissa Grace MacBurney. |
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Andrew B. Dunsmore (1866-1938) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Tioga
County, Pa., January
4, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Tioga County Republican Party, 1894; Tioga
County District Attorney, 1895-1903; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1911-13,
1921-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1938
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Charles H. Ealy (b. 1884) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Schellsburg, Bedford
County, Pa., January
25, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County Solicitor, 1916-19; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 36th District, 1927-46; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Taylor F. Ealy and Mary (Ramsey) Ealy; married, June 16,
1914, to Edna May Pritts. |
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David B. Ealy (b. 1888) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Schellsburg, Bedford
County, Pa., August
14, 1888.
Republican. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Marshall
County Coroner, 1919-37; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1939-42; candidate in primary
for Governor of
West Virginia, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Taylor F. Ealy and Mary (Ramsey) Ealy; married, June 12,
1913, to Lennis Irwin. |
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George Howard Earle III (1890-1974) —
also known as George H. Earle —
of Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Devon, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; sugar
business; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1933-34; Bulgaria, 1940-41; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1939.
Episcopalian.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Freemasons; Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Elks.
Died December
30, 1974 (age 84 years, 25
days).
Interment at Church
of the Resurrection Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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George Washington Edmonds (1864-1939) —
also known as George W. Edmonds —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., February
22, 1864.
Republican. Druggist; coal
dealer; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1913-25, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1939 (age 75 years, 218
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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George Egbert (1820-1908) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., November
15, 1820.
Merchant;
farmer;
steamboat
business; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1875-76, 1877-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
22, 1908 (age 87 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871 to Sarah
Savery. |
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Joshua Eilberg (1921-2004) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1952-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1967-79; defeated,
1978.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Pleaded
guilty in federal court to conflict
of interest charges,
February 1979; sentenced
to five years probation
and fined
$10,000.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
24, 2004 (age 83 years, 41
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, Jenkintown, Pa.
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Nathan M. Eisenhower (1811-1879) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., 1811.
Republican. Builder;
mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1865-67.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died September
2, 1879 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Ellenbogen (1900-1985) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
April
3, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1933-38; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1938-66.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 4,
1985 (age 85 years, 92
days).
Interment at West
View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edmund Frederick Erk (1872-1953) —
also known as Edmund F. Erk —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., April
17, 1872.
Republican. Clerk, Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. House of
Representatives, 1919-30; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1930-33.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
14, 1953 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edwin Duing Eshleman (1920-1985) —
also known as Edwin D. Eshleman —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Quarryville, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
4, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1954-66; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1967-77.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., January
10, 1985 (age 64 years, 37
days).
Interment at Millersville
Mennonite Cemetery, Millersville, Manor Township, Lancaster
County, Pa.
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Charles Joseph Esterly (1888-1940) —
also known as Charles J. Esterly —
of Wyomissing, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., February
8, 1888.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920;
member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1925-27, 1929-31.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Died in Wernersville, Berks
County, Pa., September
3, 1940 (age 52 years, 208
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Charles Conner Evans (b. 1858) —
also known as Charles C. Evans —
of Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa.
Born in Briarcreek Township, Columbia
County, Pa., January
10, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 26th District, 1906-16,
1925-38; appointed 1906, 1925.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Evans (b. 1882) —
of Iaeger, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Blossburg, Tioga
County, Pa., September
7, 1882.
Democrat. Physician;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1937-38,
1941-46.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Evan F. Evans and Mary Jane (Phillips) Evans; married 1916 to
Virginia Burke. |
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James S. Evans (1873-1950) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Joanna Heights, Berks
County, Pa., February
25, 1873.
Republican. Railway
freight agent; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 3rd
District, 1927-28, 1935-38; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1943-50; died
in office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
24, 1950 (age 77 years, 27
days).
Interment at Mt. Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Edwin C. Ewing (1902-1967) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
26, 1902.
Republican. Petroleum
engineer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 15th
District, 1939-40, 1943-64; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1965-67; died in office 1967.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died May 3,
1967 (age 64 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Wayne S. Ewing (1929-2010) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
14, 1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1967-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta
Sigma Phi; Jaycees.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., March
19, 2010 (age 81 years, 33
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, Pa.
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James Indus Farley (1871-1948) —
also known as James I. Farley —
of Auburn, DeKalb
County, Ind.
Born near Hamilton, Steuben
County, Ind., February
24, 1871.
Democrat. School
teacher; automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 16,
1948 (age 77 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Auburn, Ind.
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James Knox Polk Fenner (b. 1844) —
also known as James K. P. Fenner —
of Ashley, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Shawnee-on-Delaware, Monroe
County, Pa., July 20,
1844.
Democrat. Insurance
and real
estate business; postmaster at Ashley,
Pa., 1885-89; justice of the peace.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin John Fithian (1863-1953) —
also known as Edwin J. Fithian —
of Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Portersville, Butler
County, Pa., July 1,
1863.
Physician;
president, Bessemer Gas Engine Company; after 1929, chairman of the
successor firm, Cooper-Bessemer Corporation; makers of industrial
compressors and marine
engines; bank
director; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1908,
1920,
1928;
Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1916; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1918; burgess
of Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1923; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from acute cardiac
decompensation, in Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa., May 15,
1953 (age 89 years, 318
days).
Entombed at Woodland Cemetery, Grove City, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Newton Fithian (1837-1923) and Margaret Jane (Riddle)
Fithian (1840-1904); married to Georgiana A. Shellito (1862-1913) and
Esther Shellito (1888-1928). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert D. Fleming (1903-1994) —
of Aspinwall, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Sharpsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 8,
1903.
Republican. Real estate
broker; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1939-50; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 40th District, 1951-74; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1972;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1964.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Kappa
Sigma; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died August
15, 1994 (age 91 years, 160
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert H. Fleming and Daisy (Doty) Fleming; married to D. Jean
Varner. |
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Thomas W. Fleming (b. 1874) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., May 13,
1874.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908,
1920;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1928.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Fleming and Lavinia Fleming; married, February
12, 1912, to Lethia Cousins. |
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Frederick Voris Follmer (b. 1885) —
also known as Frederick V. Follmer —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
13, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Samuel Follmer and Elizabeth B. (Voris) Follmer; married, May 30,
1921, to Ella Brown. |
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Henry Parker Ford (1837-1905) —
also known as Henry P. Ford —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
15, 1837.
Mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1896-99.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 188
days).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Thomas J. Ford (1856-1930) —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
3, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1898-1903; common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1906-29; appointed 1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1930
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, O'Hara Township, Allegheny County, Pa.
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Chester McCormick Foresman (b. 1888) —
also known as Chet M. Foresman —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Allenwood, Union
County, Pa., 1888.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Dakota, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa., March 6,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
On a hunting
trip, he suffered a heart
attack while sitting in his
Jeep, holding a shotgun,
which accidentally
discharged, hitting him in the chest and killing him, on Fox
Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
18, 1953 (age 58 years, 196
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Chauncey Forward (1793-1839) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., February
4, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820-22; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1826-31; Somerset
County Prothonotary and Recorder, 1831.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., October
19, 1839 (age 46 years, 257
days).
Interment at Aukeny
Square Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Forward (1752-1821) and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward
(1753-1832); brother of Oliver
Owen Forward and Walter
Forward; married to Rebecca Blair (1796-1836); father of Mary
Forward (who married Jeremiah
Sullivan Black); grandfather of Chauncey
Forward Black; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, Bankson
Taylor Holcomb and Thomas
Holcomb, Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Edmond
Alfred Holcomb; second cousin twice removed of Marcus
Hensey Holcomb and Burton
Everett Hoskins; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, John
Allen, Charles
Ogden Tappan, Martin
Harris Holcomb and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Chapin and Lyle
Donald Holcomb; fourth cousin of Hezekiah
Case, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Abiel
Case, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Anson
Levi Holcomb and William
Gleason, Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Luther
Walter Badger, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, John
William Allen, Oliver
Dwight Filley, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Noah
Webster Holcomb and Lafayette
Blanchard Gleason (1863-1937). |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Three
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | | Image source: Twentieth-Century Bench
and Bar of Pennsylvania (1903) |
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John F. Forward, Jr. (b. 1876) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
18, 1876.
Republican. Abstractor;
president, Union Title
Insurance Co.; president, Union Trust Co.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1932;
mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1932-34; resigned 1934.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Ferree Forward and Ella Francis (Dillon) Forward; married, June 29,
1901, to Alberta Fairbanks (divorced); married, June 15,
1920, to Martha Thompson. |
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) —
also known as "Silence Dogood"; "Anthony
Afterwit"; "Poor Richard"; "Alice
Addertongue"; "Polly Baker"; "Harry
Meanwell"; "Timothy Turnstone";
"Martha Careful"; "Benevolus";
"Caelia Shortface" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
17, 1706.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1775-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S.
Minister to France, 1778-85; Sweden, 1782-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1785-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Deist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented
bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1790 (age 84 years, 90
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1856 at
Old City Hall Grounds, Boston, Mass.; statue at La
Arcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Franklin (1657-1745) and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin
(1667-1752); married, September
1, 1730, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin
(1743-1808; who married Richard
Bache); uncle of Franklin
Davenport; grandfather of Richard
Bache, Jr. and Deborah Franklin Bache (1891-1863; who married William
John Duane); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache
(1806-1867; physicist), Mary Blechenden Bache (1808-1873; who married
Robert
John Walker) and Sophia Arabella Bache (1815-1904; who married William
Wallace Irwin); second great-grandfather of Robert
Walker Irwin; fifth great-grandfather of Daniel
Baugh Brewster and Elise
du Pont; first cousin four times removed of Charles
James Folger, Benjamin
Dexter Sprague and Wharton
Barker (1846-1921); first cousin six times removed of Thomas
Mott Osborne; first cousin seven times removed of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin five times removed of George
Hammond Parshall. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams
family of Connecticut and New York; Bache-Dallas
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Three
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Franklin counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Franklin, in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Benjamin
F. Butler
— Benjamin
F. Wade
— Benjamin
Franklin Wallace
— Benjamin
Cromwell Franklin
— Benjamin
Franklin Perry
— Benjamin
Franklin Robinson
— Benjamin
F. Randolph
— Benjamin
Franklin Massey
— Benjamin
F. Rawls
— Benjamin
Franklin Leiter
— Benjamin
Franklin Thomas
— Benjamin
F. Hall
— Benjamin
F. Angel
— Benjamin
Franklin Ross
— Benjamin
F. Flanders
— Benjamin
F. Bomar
— Benjamin
F. Mudge
— Benjamin
F. Butler
— Benjamin
F. Loan
— Benjamin
F. Simpson
— Benjamin
Franklin Terry
— Benjamin
Franklin Junkin
— Benjamin
F. Partridge
— B.
F. Langworthy
— Benjamin
F. Harding
— Benjamin
Mebane
— B.
F. Whittemore
— Benjamin
Franklin Bradley
— Benjamin
Franklin Claypool
— Benjamin
F. Coates
— B.
Franklin Martin
— Benjamin
Franklin Howey
— Benjamin
F. Martin
— Benjamin
Franklin Rice
— Benjamin
F. Randolph
— Benjamin
F. Hopkins
— Benjamin
F. Tracy
— Benjamin
F. Grady
— Benjamin
F. Farnham
— Benjamin
F. Meyers
— Benjamin
Franklin White
— Benjamin
Franklin Prescott
— Benjamin
F. Jonas
— B.
Franklin Fisher
— Benjamin
Franklin Potts
— Benjamin
F. Funk
— Benjamin
F. Marsh
— Frank
B. Arnold
— Benjamin
F. Heckert
— Benjamin
F. Bradley
— Benjamin
F. Howell
— Benjamin
F. Mahan
— Ben
Franklin Caldwell
— Benjamin
Franklin Tilley
— Benjamin
F. Hackney
— B.
F. McMillan
— Benjamin
F. Shively
— B.
Frank Hires
— B.
Frank Mebane
— B.
Frank Murphy
— Benjamin
F. Starr
— Benjamin
Franklin Jones, Jr.
— Benjamin
F. Welty
— Benjamin
F. Jones
— Benjamin
Franklin Boley
— Ben
Franklin Looney
— Benjamin
F. Bledsoe
— Benjamin
Franklin Williams
— Benjamin
Franklin Kelley
— Benjamin
Franklin Butler
— Benjamin
F. James
— Frank
B. Heintzleman
— Benjamin
F. Feinberg
— B.
Franklin Bunn
— Ben
F. Cameron
— Ben
F. Blackmon
— B.
Frank Whelchel
— B.
F. Merritt, Jr.
— Ben
F. Hornsby
— Ben
Dillingham II
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $100 bill, and formerly on the U.S. half
dollar coin (1948-63). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Early American Foreign
Service Database |
| | | Books by Benjamin Franklin: The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — An
Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place
(1744) |
| | | Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W.
Brands, The
First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin
Franklin — Edmund S. Morgan, Benjamin
Franklin — Stacy Schiff, A
Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of
America — Gordon S. Wood, The
Americanization of Benjamin Franklin — Walter
Isaacson, Benjamin
Franklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren, Benjamin
Franklin — Philip Dray, Stealing
God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention
of America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Bertram Graeme Frazier (1878-1963) —
also known as Bertram G. Frazier —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
3, 1878.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1927-34, 1947-50; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 1,
1963 (age 85 years, 148
days).
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Lotta Gertrude Eagan. |
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Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) —
also known as Lake J. Frazier —
of Winchester,
Va.; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born near Danville, Montour
County, Pa., December
11, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1948;
mayor
of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier; married 1921 to Helen
P. Holshue. |
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Howard George Freas (b. 1900) —
also known as Howard G. Freas —
of California.
Born in Fogelsville, Lehigh
County, Pa., July 13,
1900.
Member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1953-66.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar Wilson Edmond Freas and Katie Jemima (George) Freas;
married, July 3,
1924, to Adelaide Trygstad. |
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John Donnan Fredericks (1869-1945) —
also known as John D. Fredericks —
of Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Burgettstown, Washington
County, Pa., September
10, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1903-15; candidate for Governor of
California, 1914; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1923-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
26, 1945 (age 75 years, 350
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Tilghman A. Freed (b. 1895) —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., July 14,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; realtor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1939-40, 1943-46; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 16th District, 1951-54.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilson H. Freed and Queen Ann C. (Ritter) Freed; married to Betty
Arline McMillan. |
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Francis A. Freer (1843-1908) —
also known as Frank A. Freer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 6,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1889-93, 1897-1908.
Presbyterian.
French
Huguenot and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Good
Templars; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., December
16, 1908 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Freer and Mary (McKimens) Freer; married, December
26, 1871, to Jennie E. Christy (1850-1903; she and her daughter
Alda Freer Henry were among the 602 killed in the Iroquois Theatre
fire in Chicago). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Guy George Gabrielson (1891-1976) —
also known as Guy G. Gabrielson —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Ambler, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, May 22,
1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Nicolet Asbestos Mines,
Danville, Quebec; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1926-29; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1929; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1944-52; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1949-52; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Union
League.
Died in Point Pleasant, Ocean
County, N.J., May 1,
1976 (age 84 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip H. Gadsden (1867-1945) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
4, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1893-98; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
28, 1945 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
also known as William T. Gardiner —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August
2, 1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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John Montgomery Garman (1851-1926) —
also known as John M. Garman —
of Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa.; Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in a log
house near Thompsontown, Juniata
County, Pa., September
1, 1851.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; Luzerne
County District Attorney, 1892-94; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1896-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1910-26.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., November
25, 1926 (age 75 years, 85
days).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Pa.
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Albert Horwell Gerberich (1898-1965) —
also known as Albert H. Gerberich —
of Pennsylvania; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Williamstown, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
23, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1919-22; Bremerhaven, as of 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Maracaibo, 1924-25; college
professor.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1965 (age 67 years, 50
days).
Interment at Atglen
Methodist Cemetery, Atglen, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Henry Gerberich (1864-1966) and Martha Eleanor (Horwell)
Gerberich (1864-1948); married, June 21,
1934, to Gisela Margit Heim-Zimanyi (1898-1953). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Lewis Gerlach (1895-1947) —
also known as Charles L. Gerlach —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., September
14, 1895.
Republican. Heating
supply business; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1936-37; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-47 (9th District 1939-45,
8th District 1945-47); died in office 1947.
Moravian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., May 5,
1947 (age 51 years, 233
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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David S. Gifford (1907-1984) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie
County, Pa., February
27, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1934; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1957-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died November
14, 1984 (age 77 years, 261
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of P. V. Gifford and Mary (Shirk) Gifford; married to Martha Carr
(1908-1973). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Fred Cramer Gilchrist (1868-1950) —
also known as Fred C. Gilchrist —
of Laurens, Pocahontas
County, Iowa.
Born in California, Washington
County, Pa., June 2,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1902; member of Iowa
state senate, 1923; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1931-45 (10th District 1931-33, 8th
District 1933-43, 6th District 1943-45).
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
10, 1950 (age 81 years, 281
days).
Interment at Laurens
Cemetery, Laurens, Iowa.
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Wilson Darwin Gillette (1880-1951) —
also known as Wilson D. Gillette —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born near Sheshequin, Bradford
County, Pa., July 1,
1880.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1931-41; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-51 (15th District 1941-45,
14th District 1945-51); died in office 1951.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Rotary.
Died in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., August
7, 1951 (age 71 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Pa.
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Josiah Given (1828-1908) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Murrysville, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1828.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1876; circuit judge in Iowa 5th
District, 1881-86; district judge in Iowa 9th District, 1887-89,
1903; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1889-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
3, 1908 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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John Peter Shindel Gobin (1837-1910) —
also known as John P. S. Gobin —
of Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born January
21, 1837.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1885-99; resigned 1899; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar in North
America, 1889-92.
Died May 1,
1910 (age 73 years, 100
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pa.
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George Atlee Goodling (1896-1982) —
also known as George A. Goodling —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Loganville, York
County, Pa., September
26, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1943-57; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1961-65, 1967-75.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Izaak
Walton League.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., October
17, 1982 (age 86 years, 21
days).
Interment at Emmanuel
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Loganville, Pa.
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Herbert Funk Goodrich (1889-1962) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., July 29,
1889.
Democrat. Law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1940-62; died in
office 1962.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Freemasons.
Died June 25,
1962 (age 72 years, 331
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Herbert Goodrich and Mary Ann (Funk) Goodrich; married to
Edith Eastman and Natalie E. Murphy; married, September
23, 1940, to Mary Dern Baxter. |
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James McKinley Graeff (1862-1908) —
also known as James M. Graeff —
of Westport, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
18, 1862.
Republican. Importer and dealer in wool;
president of a boot and
shoe company; creamery
business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Essex County, 1901-04.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Westport, Essex
County, N.Y., February
22, 1908 (age 45 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Westport, N.Y.
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George Scott Graham (1850-1931) —
also known as George S. Graham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Philadelphia
County District Attorney, 1880-98; law
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1892,
1916
(alternate), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4,
1931 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Louis Edward Graham (1880-1965) —
also known as Louis E. Graham —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., August
4, 1880.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; lawyer; Beaver
County District Attorney, 1912-24; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-55 (26th District 1939-45,
25th District 1945-55); defeated, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Rochester Hospital,
Rochester, Beaver
County, Pa., November
9, 1965 (age 85 years, 97
days).
Interment at Beaver
Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91; resigned
1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1984;
president and CEO, United Negro College Fund, 1991-2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in London, England,
July
1, 2013 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Percy Warren Green (b. 1889) —
also known as P. Warren Green —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Booth's Corner, Delaware
County, Pa., August
18, 1889.
Republican. College
professor; lawyer; Delaware
state attorney general, 1933-39; appointed 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Green and Elizabeth Ellen (Talley) Green; married, December
17, 1931, to Maria Ellen Reynolds. |
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Albert M. Greenfield (1887-1967) —
also known as Avrum Moishe Grunfeld —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ukraine,
August
4, 1887.
Business
executive; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956.
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1967 (age 79 years, 154
days).
Interment at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Ransom Hart Guinnip (1819-1892) —
also known as Ransom H. Guinnip —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y., December
2, 1819.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1880.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., 1892
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Wilkins Guthrie (1848-1917) —
also known as George W. Guthrie —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
5, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Malcolm
Hay; vice-president, Dollar Savings Bank;
member, board of managers, St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904,
1912;
mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1906-09; defeated, 1896; U.S. Ambassador to
Japan, 1913-17, died in office 1917.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 8,
1917 (age 68 years, 184
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Harry Luther Haines (1880-1947) —
also known as Harry L. Haines —
of Red Lion, York
County, Pa.
Born in Red Lion, York
County, Pa., February
1, 1880.
Democrat. Cigar
manufacturer; burgess
of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, 1923; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1931-39, 1941-43;
defeated, 1938, 1942.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Lions.
Died in Red Lion, York
County, Pa., March
29, 1947 (age 67 years, 56
days).
Interment at Red
Lion Cemetery, Red Lion, Pa.
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John Daniel Miller Hamilton (1892-1973) —
also known as John D. M. Hamilton —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Paoli, Chester
County, Pa.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa, March 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1925-28; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1930-32; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1932-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1936-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1936,
1940
(chair, Arrangements
Committee; speaker).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Elks.
Died, in Morton Plant Hospital,
Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
24, 1973 (age 81 years, 206
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Daniel Miller Hamilton and Mary (Rice) Hamilton; married, December
28, 1915, to Laura Hall; married 1940 to Jane
(Kendall) Mason. |
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article |
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21, 1936 |
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Robert K. Hamilton (b. 1905) —
of Ambridge, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M., September
3, 1905.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Beaver County 1st District,
1940-.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Grange;
Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Miller Hammond (1874-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Hammond —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1874.
Republican. Streetcar
conductor; building
materials business; postmaster at Alameda,
Calif., 1916, 1921-34 (acting, 1916).
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Killed in an automobile
accident San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
10, 1941 (age 66 years, 309
days). His wife was injured in the crash, and died the next day.
Cremated.
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Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) —
also known as Winfield S. Hancock —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., February
14, 1824.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1868,
1876;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880.
Member, Freemasons; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Governor's Island, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1886 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Montgomery
Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 at Hancock
Circle, Washington, D.C.
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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1967-88; died in office 1988.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
NAACP;
Freemasons; American
Woodmen; Elks.
Died, from heart
disease, in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1988 (age 71 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pa.
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Louis Benjamin Hanna (1861-1948) —
also known as Louis B. Hanna —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., August
9, 1861.
Republican. Member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-97; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1897-1901, 1905-09; North Dakota
Republican state chair, 1902-08, 1925; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1909-13; Governor of
North Dakota, 1913-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1916, 1926 (Republican).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., April
23, 1948 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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William Milton Hargest (b. 1868) —
also known as William M. Hargest —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August
5, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 12th District, 1920-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Sewell Hargest and Virginia (Deffenderfer) Hargest; married
1895 to
Kingsley LeGalliene. |
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Byron Berry Harlan (1886-1949) —
also known as Byron B. Harlan —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Greenville, Darke
County, Ohio, October
22, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1931-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1944-46; federal
judge, 1946.
Member, Humane
Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., November
11, 1949 (age 63 years, 20
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Manny Harmon (1909-2003) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
4, 1909.
Republican. Band and
orchestra leader; performed, Republican National Convention, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Century City, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 5,
2003 (age 93 years, 213
days).
Interment at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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David Garfield Harry (1880-1955) —
also known as David G. Harry —
of Pylesville, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Pylesville, Harford
County, Md., June 11,
1880.
Republican. Farmer; insurance
executive; member of Maryland
state senate, 1924-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1946.
Quaker.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons.
Died in York
County, Pa., December
12, 1955 (age 75 years, 184
days).
Interment at Fawn Grove Friends Cemetery, Fawn Grove, Pa.
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Harry Miller Hartman (b. 1873) —
also known as H. M. Hartman —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.
Born in Mt. Joy, Adams
County, Pa., February
12, 1873.
Democrat. Physician;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1920;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Adams County, 1932-36.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons; American Civil
Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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D. Elmer Hawbaker (b. 1916) —
of Mercersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Mercersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
30, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 33rd District, 1961-72.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Leslie Hay (1856-1940) —
also known as Frederick L. Hay —
of Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio.
Born in Girard, Erie
County, Pa., December
22, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Defiance, Ohio, 1888-92, 1932-34; Defiance
County Probate Judge, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1900; common pleas court
judge in Ohio, 1912-18.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio, February, 1940
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio.
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William D. Heebner (b. 1848) —
of Lansdale, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born September
27, 1848.
Republican. Burgess
of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 1882-84; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1885-88.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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W. Stuart Helm (b. 1908) —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Cowansville, Armstrong
County, Pa., April 8,
1908.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Armstrong County; elected
1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1957; Pennsylvania
state auditor general; elected 1964; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1965-67.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvin Earl Heutchy (b. 1915) —
also known as Alvin E. Heutchy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Kensington, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March
15, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1948.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Chi; Freemasons; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
23, 1730.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1766-75, 1778-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77, 1779; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1779 (age 49 years, 291
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Weldon Brinton Heyburn (b. 1903) —
also known as Weldon B. Heyburn —
of Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Concordville, Delaware
County, Pa., March 8,
1903.
Farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1937-48; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1949-53; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1953-57; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1958.
Member, Freemasons; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Hannum Heyburn and Margaret (Darlington)
Heyburn. |
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Frederick H. Hobbs (1934-2005) —
also known as Fred Hobbs —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
6, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1967-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Amvets.
Died, of emphysema,
in Pottsville Hospital,
Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., July 24,
2005 (age 71 years, 199
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Edwin G. Holl —
of Lansdale, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Republican. Industrial
equipment business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-66; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 24th District, 1969-2002.
Lutheran.
Member, Lions; Moose; Union
League; Freemasons; Navy
League.
Still living as of 2002.
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Relatives: Son
of Paul T. Holl and Margaret (Rupp) Holl. |
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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday (1826-1900) —
also known as Cyrus K. Holliday —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., April 3,
1826.
Republican. Mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1859-60, 1867-68, 1869-70; first president of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway,
1860-63; member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; Adjutant
General of Kansas, 1864-65; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., March
29, 1900 (age 73 years, 360
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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James W. Hood (b. 1831) —
Born in Kennett Township, Chester
County, Pa., May 30,
1831.
Republican. Minister;
bishop;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1872.
African
Methodist Episcopal. Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Good
Templars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Hannah L. Ralph (died 1855) and Sophia J. Nugent; married
1877 to
Mrs. K. P. McKoy. |
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Citizens Title
and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate broker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; Presidential Elector for
Oregon, 1920.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Watson Hughes (1835-1912) —
also known as James W. Hughes —
of Everett, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Juniata
County, Pa., November
16, 1835.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Bedford County, 1883-84.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Everett, Bedford
County, Pa., January, 1912
(age 76
years, 0 days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Everett, Pa.
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Daniel Newcomb Hunt (b. 1843) —
also known as Daniel N. Hunt —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Born in Mansfield, Tioga
County, Pa., January
28, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; real estate
business; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; mayor of
Redfield, S.D.
Member, Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel N. Hunt (died 1884) and Miranda B. (Allen) Hunt (died
1863); married to Adalyn J. Ellis. |
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William Hunter (1816-1901) —
of Wolf Creek, Pickens District (now Pickens
County), S.C.
Born in Pennsylvania, January
23, 1816.
Farmer;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Pickens, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pickens
County, S.C., June 15,
1901 (age 85 years, 143
days).
Interment at West View Cemetery, Liberty, S.C.
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Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) —
also known as Robert H. Jackson —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Spring Creek, Warren
County, Pa., February
13, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1938-40; U.S.
Attorney General, 1940-41; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1954 (age 62 years, 238
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y.
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John C. Jacobs (1839-1894) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
16, 1839.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1867-73; member of
New
York state senate, 1874-85, 1890-91 (3rd District 1874-79, 4th
District 1880-85, 2nd District 1890-91); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1880
(speaker).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., September
22, 1894 (age 54 years, 280
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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, Drexel Hill, Pa.
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Albert Webb Jefferis (1868-1942) —
also known as Albert W. Jefferis —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., December
7, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1919-23; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Chi; Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen.
Died September
14, 1942 (age 73 years, 281
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Mitchell Jenkins (1896-1977) —
of Trucksville, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Forty Fort, Luzerne
County, Pa., January
24, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1947-49.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
15, 1977 (age 81 years, 234
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Shavertown, Pa.
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Benjamin Rowland Jones (b. 1906) —
also known as Benjamin R. Jones —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Dallas, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 29,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948;
orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1952-57; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1957-; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1972-74.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Rowland Jones and Margaret Hannah (Williams) Jones;
married 1956 to Jane
Randall. |
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Dennis L. Jones (b. 1941) —
of Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., April 5,
1941.
Republican. Chiropractor;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-.
Methodist.
Member, Optimist
Club; Freemasons; Shriners;
Jesters;
American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 1999.
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Edward E. Jones (b. 1867) —
also known as "Good Roads Jones" —
of Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., November
25, 1867.
Republican. Merchant;
dairy
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Susquehanna County, 1907-09;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1917-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert C. Jubelirer (b. 1937) —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.; Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., February
9, 1937.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 30th District, 1975-2004; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2004.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel H. Jubelirer and Dorothy (Brett) Jubelirer. |
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