Index to Locations
Bellefonte Centre County Courthouse
Square
Bellefonte Union Cemetery
South Philipsburg Philipsburg
Cemetery
State College Centre County Memorial
Park
Centre County
Courthouse Square
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Politicians who have
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Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815-1894) —
also known as Andrew G. Curtin; "War Governor of
Pennsylvania" —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., April
22, 1815.
Lawyer;
Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1848;
Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1852;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1855-58; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1861-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1869-72; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1881-87.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., October
7, 1894 (age 79 years, 168
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.; statue at Centre County
Courthouse Square.
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Union
Cemetery
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried
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Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815-1894) —
also known as Andrew G. Curtin; "War Governor of
Pennsylvania" —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., April
22, 1815.
Lawyer;
Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1848;
Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1852;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1855-58; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1861-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1869-72; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1881-87.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., October
7, 1894 (age 79 years, 168
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.; statue at Centre County Courthouse Square.
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Andrew Gregg (1755-1835) —
of Penn Valley, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., June 10,
1755.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1791-1807 (at-large 1791-93,
2nd District 1793-95, 4th District 1795-1803, 2nd District 1803-07);
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1807-13; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1820-23.
Died May 20,
1835 (age 79 years, 344
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Daniel Hartman Hastings (1849-1903) —
also known as Daniel H. Hastings —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born February
26, 1849.
Republican. Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1887-91; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888,
1896
(speaker);
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1895-99.
Died January
9, 1903 (age 53 years, 317
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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James Addams Beaver (1837-1914) —
also known as James A. Beaver —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Millerstown, Perry
County, Pa., October
21, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1887-91; defeated, 1882; superior court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1896-1906.
Presbyterian.
Lost a
leg in the battle of Ream's Station, August 24, 1864.
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., January
31, 1914 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Thomas Burnside (1782-1851) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Newton Stewart, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), July 28,
1782.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1811-12, 1823-26; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1815-16; district
judge in Pennsylvania, 1815-19, 1826-41; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1845-51; died in office 1851.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
25, 1851 (age 68 years, 240
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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James Irvin (1800-1862) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Centre
County, Pa., February
18, 1800.
Whig. Merchant;
miller;
manufacturer;
mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-45 (14th District 1841-43,
17th District 1843-45); candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1847.
Died in Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
28, 1862 (age 62 years, 283
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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James Tracy Hale (1810-1865) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., October
14, 1810.
Republican. District judge in Pennsylvania 26th District, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859-65 (15th District 1859-63,
18th District 1863-65).
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., April 6,
1865 (age 54 years, 174
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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William Wilson Potter (1792-1839) —
also known as William W. Potter —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Potters Mills, Centre
County, Pa., December
18, 1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1837-39; died in
office 1839.
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., October
28, 1839 (age 46 years, 314
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Blanchard (1787-1849) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., September
30, 1787.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1845-49.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Lancaster
County, Pa., March 9,
1849 (age 61 years, 160
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Philipsburg
Cemetery
South Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried
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Charles Hedding Rowland (1860-1921) —
also known as Charles H. Rowland —
of Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Maryland, 1860.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1915-19.
Died in 1921
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Philipsburg Cemetery.
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Harry Bowen Scott (1878-1945) —
also known as Harry B. Scott —
of Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa.
Born September
17, 1878.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 34th District, 1927-34; defeated, 1922; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1934.
Died March 4,
1945 (age 66 years, 168
days).
Interment at Philipsburg Cemetery.
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Centre County
Memorial Park
State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried
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Milton Stover Eisenhower (1899-1985) —
also known as Milton S. Eisenhower —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan., September
15, 1899.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; university
professor; U.S. Vice Consul in Edinburgh, 1924-26; president
of Kansas State University, 1943-50; Pennsylvania State University,
1950-56; and Johns Hopkins University, 1956-67 and 1971-72; director
for railroads;
trustee for hospitals;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Pi.
Died, of cancer,
in Baltimore,
Md., May 2,
1985 (age 85 years, 229
days).
Interment at Centre County Memorial Park.
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