Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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George Washington Shonk (1850-1900) —
also known as George W. Shonk —
of Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1850.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1891-93.
Died in 1900
(age about
50 years).
Interment at Shawnee
Cemetery, Plymouth, Pa.
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Erastus Cole Knight (b. 1857) —
also known as Erastus C. Knight —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 1,
1857.
Republican. Real estate
business; Buffalo city controller, 1895-1900; New York
state comptroller, 1901; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1902-05; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) —
also known as Herbert B. Shonk —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
28, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30;
died in office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from pneumonia,
following a heart
attack, in White Plains Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
26, 1930 (age 48 years, 333
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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