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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Atglen Atglen Methodist Cemetery
Birmingham Township Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery
Charlestown Great Valley Presbyterian
Churchyard
Downingtown Northwood Cemetery
Near Downingtown Cain Orthodox Quaker
Meeting Burial Ground
Londonderry Township Fagg's Manor
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Longwood Longwood Cemetery
New London Unknown location
New London Presbyterian Cemetery
Oxford Oxford Cemetery
Paoli St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Parker Ford Union Church Cemetery
Phoenixville Morris Cemetery
Pikeland Pikeland Friends Burial
Ground
Pikeland Pikeland Meeting Burial
Ground
Sadsbury Township Upper Octorora
Presbyterian Cemetery
Schuylkill Township Anderson Family
Burying Ground
Valley Forge Washington Memorial
Cemetery
Near Warwick Coventry Cemetery
West Chester Oaklands Cemetery
West Vincent St. Andrew's Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Atglen Methodist
Cemetery
Atglen, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Albert Horwell Gerberich (1898-1965) —
also known as Albert H. Gerberich —
of Pennsylvania; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Williamstown, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
23, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Puerto Cortes, 1919-22; Bremerhaven, as of 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Maracaibo, 1924-25; college
professor.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1965 (age 67 years, 50
days).
Interment at Atglen Methodist Cemetery.
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Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery
Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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George Robert Watkins (1902-1970) —
also known as G. Robert Watkins —
of Delaware
County, Pa.; West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Hampton,
Va., May 21,
1902.
Republican. Delaware
County Sheriff, 1945-48; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1949-60; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1965-70 (7th District 1965-67,
9th District 1967-70); died in office 1970.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., August
7, 1970 (age 68 years, 78
days).
Interment at Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery.
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Great Valley
Presbyterian Churchyard
Charlestown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Roger Davis (1762-1815) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Charlestown, Chester
County, Pa., October
2, 1762.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1811-15 (3rd District 1811-13,
2nd District 1813-15).
Died in Charlestown, Chester
County, Pa., November
20, 1815 (age 53 years, 49
days).
Interment at Great Valley Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Northwood
Cemetery
Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from uremic
poisoning, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood Cemetery.
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Paul Bartram Dague (1898-1974) —
also known as Paul B. Dague —
of Downingtown, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Whitford, Chester
County, Pa., May 19,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; Chester
County Sheriff, 1944-46; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1947-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Grange.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., December
2, 1974 (age 76 years, 197
days).
Interment at Northwood Cemetery.
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Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (1804-1863) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ridley, Delaware
County, Pa., August
14, 1804.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1843-49; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Died August
22, 1863 (age 59 years, 8
days).
Original interment at Cain Orthodox Quaker
Meeting Burial Ground, Near Downingtown, Chester County, Pa.;
reinterment at Northwood Cemetery.
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Cain Orthodox
Quaker Meeting Burial Ground
Near Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (1804-1863) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ridley, Delaware
County, Pa., August
14, 1804.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1843-49; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Died August
22, 1863 (age 59 years, 8
days).
Original interment at Cain Orthodox Quaker Meeting Burial Ground;
reinterment at Northwood Cemetery,
Downingtown, Pa.
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Fagg's Manor
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Longwood
Cemetery
Longwood, Chester County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) —
Born in 1825.
U.S. Minister to Germany, 1878, died in office 1878.
Died in Germany,
December
19, 1878 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Longwood Cemetery.
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George M. Barnard (1881-1949) —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.
Born in New Castle, Henry
County, Ind., June 6,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; mayor
of New Castle, Ind., 1910-14; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1944-49; died in office 1949.
Quaker.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1949 (age 67 years, 210
days).
Interment at Longwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Williams Thorne (b. 1816) —
also known as J. Williams Thorne —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Pennsylvania, December
25, 1816.
Republican. Delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875; member
of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1875; expelled 1875;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1876.
Expelled
in 1875 from the North Carolina House as an "infidel," reportedly for
his support of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Interment at Longwood Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Presbyterian
Cemetery
New London, Chester County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
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Jesse Column Dickey (1808-1890) —
also known as Jesse C. Dickey —
of New London, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., February
27, 1808.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1849-51.
Died in New London, Chester
County, Pa., February
19, 1890 (age 81 years, 357
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Oxford
Cemetery
Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania
St. Peter's
Episcopal Church
Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Union Church
Cemetery
Parker Ford, Chester County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
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John Hiester (1745-1821) —
of Parker Ford, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Goshenhoppen, Montgomery
County, Pa., April 9,
1745.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1807-09.
Died in Goshenhoppen, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
15, 1821 (age 76 years, 189
days).
Interment at Union Church Cemetery.
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Morris
Cemetery
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker (1843-1916) —
also known as Samuel W. Pennypacker —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., April 9,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1904.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Schwenksville, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
2, 1916 (age 73 years, 146
days).
Interment at Morris Cemetery.
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Pikeland Friends
Burial Ground
Pikeland, Chester County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Isaac Darlington (1781-1839) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Westtown Township, Chester
County, Pa., December
13, 1781.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1807-08, 1816; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1817-19; district
judge in Pennsylvania, 1821-39.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., April
27, 1839 (age 57 years, 135
days).
Interment at Pikeland Friends Burial Ground.
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Edward Darlington (1755-1825) —
of Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in East Bradford, Chester
County, Pa., June 13,
1755.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1811-13.
Quaker.
English
ancestry.
Died in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April 1,
1825 (age 69 years, 292
days).
Interment at Pikeland Friends Burial Ground.
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Pikeland Meeting
Burial Ground
Pikeland, Chester County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
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James B. Roberts (1784-1822) —
of near Charlestown, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Quakertown, Bucks
County, Pa., November
27, 1784.
Farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1814-15.
Died in Charlestown Township, Chester
County, Pa., August
29, 1822 (age 37 years, 275
days).
Interment at Pikeland Meeting Burial Ground.
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Upper Octorora
Presbyterian Cemetery
356 Octorara Road
Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Anderson Family
Burying Ground
Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
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Isaac Anderson (1760-1838) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Charlestown Township, Chester
County, Pa., November
23, 1760.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1801; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1803-07.
Died in Charlestown Township, Chester
County, Pa., October
27, 1838 (age 77 years, 338
days).
Interment at Anderson Family Burying Ground.
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Washington
Memorial Cemetery
Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Philander Chase Knox (1853-1921) —
also known as Philander C. Knox —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., May 6,
1853.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of James
H. Reed, 1877-1902; U.S.
Attorney General, 1901-04; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1904-09, 1917-21; resigned 1909; died
in office 1921; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1921 (age 68 years, 159
days).
Interment at Washington Memorial Cemetery.
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Theodore Lane Bean (1878-1943) —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.; West Norriton Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 27,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; burgess
of Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1903; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1935-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Loyal
Legion; Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association.
Died September
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 87
days).
Interment at Washington Memorial Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. Theodore Weber Bean and Hannah (Heebner) Bean; married, October
14, 1903, to Sarah Albertson Hunter; married, August
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Coventry
Cemetery
Near Warwick, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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David Potts Jr. (1794-1863) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Warwick Furnace (now Warwick), Chester
County, Pa., November
27, 1794.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-26; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1831-39 (5th District 1831-33,
4th District 1833-39).
Died in Warwick Furnace (now Warwick), Chester
County, Pa., June 1,
1863 (age 68 years, 186
days).
Interment at Coventry Cemetery.
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Oaklands
Cemetery
West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1854
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Alexander Hemphill (1921-1986) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., May 22,
1921.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1954; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1967.
Died January
30, 1986 (age 64 years, 253
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Isaac Dutton Barnard (1791-1834) —
also known as Isaac D. Barnard —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Aston Township, Delaware
County, Pa., July 18,
1791.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1820-24 (2nd District 1820-22, 4th District
1822-24); secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1826-27; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1827-31; resigned 1831.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., February
28, 1834 (age 42 years, 225
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Thomas Stalker Butler (1855-1928) —
also known as Thomas S. Butler —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Uwchlan Township, Chester
County, Pa., November
4, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1897-1928 (6th District
1897-1903, 7th District 1903-23, 8th District 1923-28); died in
office 1928.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1928 (age 72 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) —
also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting
Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., July 30,
1881.
Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a Medal
of Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; received
another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia police
commissioner, 1924-25; arrested
and court-martialed
in 1931 over his unauthorized
disclosure
of an incident unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito
Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to
Mussolini; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1940 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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William Butler (1822-1909) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., December
2, 1822.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1861-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1879-99;
retired 1899.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., November
2, 1909 (age 86 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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William Darlington (1782-1863) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April
28, 1782.
Physician;
botanist;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23;
Chester
County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of the
West Chester Railroad;
president, Bank of
Chester County; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1839.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., April
23, 1863 (age 80 years, 360
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Washington Townsend (1813-1894) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, January
20, 1813.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1869-77 (7th District 1869-75,
6th District 1875-77).
Died March
18, 1894 (age 81 years, 57
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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John Hickman (1810-1875) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in West Bradford Township, Chester
County, Pa., September
11, 1810.
Lawyer;
Chester
County District Attorney, 1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1855-63; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1869.
Died March
23, 1875 (age 64 years, 193
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Francis James (1799-1886) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Thornbury Township, Chester
County, Pa., April 4,
1799.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1834-38 (4th District 1834-37, 3rd District
1837-38); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1839-43; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1850.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., January
4, 1886 (age 86 years, 275
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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James Bowen Everhart (1821-1888) —
also known as James B. Everhart —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in West Whiteland Township, Chester
County, Pa., July 26,
1821.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1877-84; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1883-87.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., August
23, 1888 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Smedley Darlington (1827-1899) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Pocopson Township, Chester
County, Pa., December
24, 1827.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1887-91; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 24,
1899 (age 71 years, 182
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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William Everhart (1785-1868) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., May 17,
1785.
Chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1836-37; justice of the
peace; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1853-55.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., October
30, 1868 (age 83 years, 166
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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John Mickle Hemphill (1891-1957) —
also known as John M. Hemphill —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., September
6, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1930; delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Honorary
Consul for Latvia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1935-50.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Stone Harbor, Cape May
County, N.J., February
2, 1957 (age 65 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Henry S. Evans (1813-1872) —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Doylesburg, Franklin
County, Pa., April 1,
1813.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1847-49; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1852-54, 1871-72 (4th District 1852-54, 5th
District 1871-72); died in office 1872; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1861.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., February
9, 1872 (age 58 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Thomas Lawrence Eyre (1862-1926) —
also known as T. Lawrence Eyre —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Birmingham Township, Chester
County, Pa., May 24,
1862.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1917-26; died in office 1926.
Died September
27, 1926 (age 64 years, 126
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Robert S. Gawthrop (1878-1944) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Newlin Township, Chester
County, Pa., October
20, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Chester
County District Attorney, 1909-11; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1915-19; superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1922-33;
defeated, 1932 (primary), 1932 (Liberal).
Died in 1944
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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William Darlington (1804-1879) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born October
19, 1804.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837, 1873; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1847, 1862-65.
Died December
6, 1879 (age 75 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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Herman G. Hutt (1872-1952) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born July 11,
1872.
News
dealer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1901-06;
burgess
of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1922-25.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Chester County Hospital,
West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 13,
1952 (age 79 years, 338
days).
Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.
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St. Andrew's
Cemetery
West Vincent, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Owen Josephus Roberts (1875-1955) —
also known as Owen J. Roberts —
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1875.
Lawyer;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-45.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Vincent, Chester
County, Pa., May 17,
1955 (age 80 years, 15
days).
Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
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