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Vare-Stites family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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  George Augustus Vare (1859-1908) — also known as George A. Vare — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 7, 1859. Republican. Contractor; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1892-96; member of Pennsylvania state senate 1st District, 1897-1908; died in office 1908; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904. Died, from pneumonia and influenza, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 28, 1908 (age 49 years, 21 days). Entombed at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Augustus Vare and Abigail (Stites) Vare; brother of Edwin H. Vare and William Scott Vare; married, December 7, 1881, to Clara B. Hunter; fourth cousin of Fletcher Wilbur Stites; fourth cousin once removed of Christopher Smith Hand.
  Political family: Vare-Stites family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  Edwin H. Vare (c.1862-1922) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born about 1862. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 1st District, 1909-22; died in office 1922. Died October 16, 1922 (age about 60 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Augustus Vare and Abigail (Stites) Vare; brother of George Augustus Vare and William Scott Vare; fourth cousin of Fletcher Wilbur Stites; fourth cousin once removed of Christopher Smith Hand.
  Political family: Vare-Stites family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  William Scott Vare (1867-1934) — also known as William S. Vare — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 24, 1867. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker), 1932; candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1911; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1912-23, 1923-27; member of Pennsylvania state senate 1st District, 1923; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1927-29. Political boss of Philadelphia in the 1920's; unseated as U.S. Senator in 1929 over charges of corruption and fraud in his election. Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., August 7, 1934 (age 66 years, 226 days). Interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Augustus Vare and Abigail (Stites) Vare; brother of George Augustus Vare and Edwin H. Vare; married, July 29, 1897, to Ida Morris; fourth cousin of Fletcher Wilbur Stites; fourth cousin once removed of Christopher Smith Hand.
  Political family: Vare-Stites family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Christopher Smith Hand (1872-1938) — also known as Christopher S. Hand — of Cape May, Cape May County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, May 25, 1872. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1910-11; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912, 1916. Died in 1938 (age about 66 years). Interment at Head of the River Cemetery, Estell Manor, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Somers Hand and Hannah G. (Corson) Hand; married, May 25, 1892, to Lillie May Ivins; third cousin once removed of Fletcher Wilbur Stites; fourth cousin once removed of George Augustus Vare, Edwin H. Vare and William Scott Vare.
  Political family: Vare-Stites family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Fletcher Wilbur Stites (1881-1933) — also known as Fletcher W. Stites — of Narberth, Montgomery County, Pa.; Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Cape May, Cape May County, N.J., October 3, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; member of Pennsylvania state senate 12th District, 1923-26. Died in 1933 (age about 51 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edgar Page Stites and Sarah Eldridge (Edmonds) Stites; married, June 5, 1906, to Edith Gillespie Austin; third cousin once removed of Christopher Smith Hand; fourth cousin of George Augustus Vare, Edwin H. Vare and William Scott Vare.
  Political family: Vare-Stites family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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