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Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (1863-1922) —
also known as Andrew J. Barchfeld —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 18,
1863.
Republican. Physician;
president, South Side Hospital; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1905-17;
defeated, 1902.
German
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association.
One of 98 killed when heavy
snow caused a roof
collapse at the Knickerbocker Theater,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1922 (age 58 years, 255
days).
Interment at South
Side Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Samuel Spencer (b. 1910) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
8, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1953-56; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1953-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1956;
president and chairman, Tennessee Railroad
Co.; director, Riggs National Bank;
director, Garfield Hospital and Children's Hospital;
president, Washington Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Benning Spencer and Katharine (Price) Spencer; married, June 28,
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (1885-1971) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas
Light Co. and Georgetown Gas
Light Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1971 (age 86 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Van Tromp Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro; married,
October
3, 1916, to Elizabeth Kirkwood Fulton; grandson of Albert
Gallatin Pendleton; grandnephew of John
Strother Pendleton; third great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes Buckner; first cousin four times removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of William
Grayson; second cousin twice removed of Philip
Coleman Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of John
Penn, James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, George
Madison, Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin five times removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler and Francis
Walker; third cousin once removed of Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton. |
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family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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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.
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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Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) —
also known as Robert C. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1907.
Democrat. Economist;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1962; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68; first
African-American cabinet member; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;
president,
Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 17,
1997 (age 89 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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