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MacVeagh family of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

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  Simon Cameron (1799-1889) — also known as "The Czar of Pennsylvania" — of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., March 8, 1799. Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, 1829-30; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1845-49, 1857-61, 1867-77; resigned 1861, 1877; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1860; U.S. Secretary of War, 1861-62; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1862. Member, Freemasons. Died near Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., June 26, 1889 (age 90 years, 110 days). Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Cameron and Martha (Pfoutz) Cameron; brother of William Cameron; married to Margaret Brua; father of Virginia Rolette Cameron (who married Isaac Wayne MacVeagh) and James Donald Cameron (1833-1918); grandfather of Joseph Gardner Bradley.
  Political families: Sherman family of Connecticut; Cameron family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cameron counties in La. and Pa. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833-1917) — also known as Wayne MacVeagh — of Chester County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa., April 19, 1833. Republican. Lawyer; Chester County District Attorney, 1859-64; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Pennsylvania Republican state chair, 1863; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1870-71; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S. Attorney General, 1881; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1893-97. Methodist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Washington, D.C., January 11, 1917 (age 83 years, 267 days). Interment at Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh; brother of Franklin MacVeagh; married, May 22, 1856, to Letitia Miner 'Letty' Lewis; married, December 27, 1866, to Virginia Rolette Cameron (daughter of Simon Cameron); father of Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931); grandfather of Lincoln MacVeagh.
  Political family: MacVeagh family of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "Genial to his friends. Enlightening to all. Keen eyed, clear spoken. He remembered, he observed, he foresaw."
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Franklin MacVeagh (1837-1934) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chester County, Pa., November 22, 1837. Democrat. Lawyer; wholesale grocer; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1909-13. Died July 6, 1934 (age 96 years, 226 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh; brother of Isaac Wayne MacVeagh; married to Emily Eames; uncle of Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931); granduncle of Lincoln MacVeagh.
  Political family: MacVeagh family of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) — of Washington, D.C. Born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., June 6, 1860. Lawyer; general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. Steel Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29. Episcopalian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara County, Calif., December 4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181 days). Interment at Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Wayne MacVeagh and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh; married, June 15, 1887, to Fannie Davenport Rogers (1860-1948); father of Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972); nephew of Franklin MacVeagh.
  Political family: MacVeagh family of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) — of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington County, R.I., October 1, 1890. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1933-41; Iceland, 1941-42; South Africa, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1943-44; Greece, 1943-47; Portugal, 1948-52; Spain, 1952-53. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in a nursing home at Adelphi, Prince George's County, Md., January 15, 1972 (age 81 years, 106 days). Interment at Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Charles MacVeagh and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacVeagh; married, August 17, 1917, to Margaret Charlton Lewis (1886-1947); married 1955 to Virginia (Ferrante) Coats; grandson of Isaac Wayne MacVeagh; grandnephew of Franklin MacVeagh (1837-1934).
  Political family: MacVeagh family of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
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