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Armstrong County
Pennsylvania

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Armstrong County

Index to Locations Freeport Freeport Cemetery Kittanning Unknown location Kittanning Kittanning Cemetery Kittanning Old Kittanning Cemetery Leechburg Evergreen Cemetery Freeport Cemetery Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   David Barclay (1823-1889) — of Brookville, Jefferson County, Pa. Born in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pa., 1823. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1855-57. Died in Freeport, Armstrong County, Pa., September 10, 1889 (age about 66 years). Interment at Freeport Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article Unknown Location Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Joseph Buffington (1855-1947) — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., September 5, 1855. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1892-1906; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1906-38; took senior status 1938. Episcopalian. Member, Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., October 21, 1947 (age 92 years, 46 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of Ephraim Buffington and Margaret Chambers (Orr) Buffington; married, January 29, 1885, to Mary Alice Simonton; married, January 1, 1931, to Mary Fullerton Jones. Kittanning Cemetery Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Daniel Brodhead Heiner (1854-1944) — also known as Daniel B. Heiner — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., December 30, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Armstrong County Republican Party, 1884-88; Armstrong County District Attorney, 1886-91; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1893-97; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1897-1902; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 23rd Pennsylvania District, 1902-13, 1921-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., February 14, 1944 (age 89 years, 46 days). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Arabelle Acheson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph Buffington (1803-1872) — of Pennsylvania. Born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., November 27, 1803. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1843-47; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1849-51. Died in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., February 3, 1872 (age 68 years, 68 days). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Robert Orr Jr. (1786-1876) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1786. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 24th District, 1822-25; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1825-29. Died in 1876 (age about 90 years). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Darwin Phelps (1807-1879) — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Connecticut, 1807. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1840; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1869-71. Died in 1879 (age about 72 years). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Mosgrove (1821-1900) — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., June 14, 1821. Iron business; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1881-83; banker. Died in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., November 27, 1900 (age 79 years, 166 days). Interment at Kittanning Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail Old Kittanning Cemetery Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Samuel Smith Harrison (1780-1853) — of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Virginia, 1780. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1833-37. Died in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., 1853 (age about 73 years). Interment at Old Kittanning Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Evergreen Cemetery Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Joseph Grant Beale (1839-1915) — of Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Allegheny County, Pa., March 26, 1839. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1907-09. Died in Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pa., September 21, 1915 (age 76 years, 179 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel Jameson McMains (1867-1933) — also known as Samuel J. McMains — of Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pa. Born in Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pa., March 29, 1867. Republican. Dentist; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916, 1924; postmaster at Leechburg, Pa., 1931-33 (acting, 1931-32). Presbyterian. Member, Rotary. Died, from diabetes mellitus, and complications of the amputation of his right leg for gangrene, in Allegheny Valley General Hospital, Natrona Heights, Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pa., December 17, 1933 (age 66 years, 263 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jesse M. McMains and Joanna (Reed) McMains; married, November 28, 1894, to Margaret Thompson Moorhead.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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