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Index to Locations
Unknown location
Private or family graveyards
Bedford Bedford Cemetery
Bedford Old Presbyterian Graveyard
Bedford Trinity Churchyard
Breezewood Unknown location
Everett Everett Cemetery
Unknown
Location
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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Edward Brake Jackson (1793-1826) —
of Virginia.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
25, 1793.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1815-18; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1820-23 (1st District 1820-21, 18th
District 1821-23).
Died in Bedford Springs, Bedford
County, Pa., September
8, 1826 (age 33 years, 226
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Private or family
graveyard
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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William Piper (1774-1852) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Bloody Run (now Everett), Bedford
County, Pa., January
1, 1774.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1811-17 (7th District 1811-13,
8th District 1813-17); served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1817-21, 1829-33 (14th District 1817-21, 22nd
District 1829-33); Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1836-39.
Died in Hopewell, Bedford
County, Pa., 1852
(age about
78 years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Bedford
Cemetery
Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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John Tod (1779-1830) —
of Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1810-13; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1815-17; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-24 (8th District 1821-23,
13th District 1823-24); common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 16th
District, 1824-27; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1827.
Died in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa., March
27, 1830 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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Job Mann (1795-1873) —
of Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Bethel Township, Bedford County (now Fulton
County), Pa., March
31, 1795.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1835-37, 1847-51 (18th District
1835-37, 19th District 1847-51); Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1842-45.
Died in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa., October
8, 1873 (age 78 years, 191
days).
Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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John Cessna (1821-1893) —
of Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, June 29,
1821.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1850-51, 1862-63, 1892; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1863; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856,
1860;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1865; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1869-71, 1873-75.
Died in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa., December
13, 1893 (age 72 years, 167
days).
Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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George Burd (1793-1844) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1831-35 (13th District 1831-33,
18th District 1833-35).
Died in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa., January
13, 1844 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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John Merriman Reynolds (1848-1933) —
also known as John M. Reynolds —
of Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, May 5,
1848.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Bedford County, 1873-74;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1905-11; Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1911-15.
Died September
14, 1933 (age 85 years, 132
days).
Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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James McPherson Russell (1786-1870) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1786.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1841-43.
Died in 1870
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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John H. Jordan (1848-1932) —
of Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa., July 13,
1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1909-13.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa., February
21, 1932 (age 83 years, 223
days).
Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Susan (Zembower) Jordon and John Reamer Jordon; married to Daisy
Huzzard. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Samuel Lyon Russell (1816-1891) —
also known as Samuel L. Russell —
of Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1816.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1853-55.
Died in 1891
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Bedford Cemetery.
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Old Presbyterian
Graveyard
Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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Leven Powell (1737-1810) —
of Virginia.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., 1737.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1779, 1787-88, 1791-92; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa., August
23, 1810 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Old Presbyterian Graveyard.
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Trinity
Churchyard
Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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Joseph Franklin Biddle (1871-1936) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa., September
14, 1871.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1932-33.
Died in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., December
3, 1936 (age 65 years, 80
days).
Interment at Trinity Churchyard.
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Unknown
Location
Breezewood, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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Ward M. Dawson Sr. (1893-1974) —
of Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, W.Va.
Born September
2, 1893.
Republican. Hardware
merchant; farm
equipment dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Morgan County, 1947-56,
1959-60; defeated, 1962.
United
Brethren. Member, Junior
Order; Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Died in April, 1974
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives: Son
of Randolph T. Dawson and Emma (Beale) Dawson; married, August
2, 1913, to Lola Odessa Beeler. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Everett
Cemetery
Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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James Watson Hughes (1835-1912) —
also known as James W. Hughes —
of Everett, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Juniata
County, Pa., November
16, 1835.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Bedford County, 1883-84.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Everett, Bedford
County, Pa., January, 1912
(age 76
years, 0 days).
Interment at Everett Cemetery.
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William Kelly (1854-1937) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Slipped and
fell while descending steps, and died nine days later from his
injuries, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
1, 1937 (age 83 years, 167
days).
Interment at Everett Cemetery.
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