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Crawford County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Crawford County

Index to Locations

  • Adamsville Rocky Glen Cemetery
  • Blooming Valley Blooming Valley Cemetery
  • Conneaut Lake Lakeview Cemetery
  • Conneautville Conneautville Cemetery
  • Linesville Penn Line Cemetery
  • Meadville Greendale Cemetery
  • Meadville Old Meadville Cemetery (now gone)
  • Titusville Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Union Township St. John's Cemetery


    Rocky Glen Cemetery
    Adamsville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Lewis Rodgers (1875-1960) — also known as Robert L. Rodgers — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in El Dorado, Butler County, Kan., June 2, 1875. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; insurance and real estate business; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-47 (29th District 1939-45, 28th District 1945-47). Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died in 1960 (age about 85 years). Interment at Rocky Glen Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, March 20, 1908, to Madge E. Cathcart.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Blooming Valley Cemetery
    Blooming Valley, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) — also known as R. Budd Dwyer — of Pennsylvania. Born in St. Charles, St. Charles County, Mo., November 21, 1939. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1965-70; member of Pennsylvania state senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981; Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987. Baptist. Member, National Education Association; Eagles; Theta Chi; Jaycees. Convicted in December 1986 of bribery and conspiracy in federal court. About to be sentenced, and widely expected to resign from office, he called a press conference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras, he insisted he was not guilty, and then shot and killed himself, in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., January 22, 1987 (age 47 years, 62 days). Interment at Blooming Valley Cemetery.
      Cross-reference: Robert B. Asher
      See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile


    Lakeview Cemetery
    Conneaut Lake, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Carroll Dudley Kearns (1900-1976) — also known as Carroll D. Kearns — of Farrell, Mercer County, Pa.; Conneaut Lake, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, May 7, 1900. Republican. Concert musician; orchestral conductor; superintendent of schools; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1947-63 (28th District 1947-53, 24th District 1953-63); defeated in primary, 1962. Lutheran. Member, Elks; Moose; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; Lions; Phi Mu Alpha. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., June 11, 1976 (age 76 years, 35 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Patrick Henry Kearns and Ida May (Carroll) Kearns; married, August 30, 1933, to Nora Lynch.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — OurCampaigns candidate detail


    Conneautville Cemetery
    Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      John Cirby Sturtevant (1835-1912) — also known as John C. Sturtevant — of Conneautville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1835. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1865; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1897-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908. Died in 1912 (age about 77 years). Interment at Conneautville Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Jacob Bolard (1837-1912) — of Crawford County, Pa. Born in 1837. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania state senate 50th District, 1903-06. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in 1912 (age about 75 years). Interment at Conneautville Cemetery.


    Penn Line Cemetery
    Phelps Road
    Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Judson B. Phelps (1836-1906) — of Conneaut, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Herkimer County, N.Y., December 12, 1836. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dairy farmer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1897-98. Died June 16, 1906 (age 69 years, 186 days). Interment at Penn Line Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Sarah (Greenfield) Phelps and Benjamin Phelps; married, February 22, 1866, to Lucy Allen; second cousin twice removed of Noyes Barber; second cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin once removed of William Whiting Boardman, Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Trumbull and Lancelot Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of Noah Phelps, Augustus Seymour Porter and Peter Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Calvin Tilden Hulburd and Erskine Mason Phelps; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Wentworth Upham, Lorenzo Burrows, George Smith Catlin, Henry Titus Backus, Lyman Trumbull, William Waigstill Avery, James Phelps, Mabel Thorp Boardman and Spencer Gale Frink.
      Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Greendale Cemetery
    700 Randolph Street
    Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    Founded 1852
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Solomon Newton Pettis (1827-1900) — also known as S. Newton Pettis — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio, October 10, 1827. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860; justice of Colorado territorial supreme court, 1861-62; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1868-69; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1878-79. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., September 18, 1900 (age 72 years, 343 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Emma L. Wightman.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., January 14, 1780. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 21, 1844 (age 64 years, 98 days). Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin; half-brother of Abraham Baldwin.
      Political family: Baldwin family of Connecticut.
      The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry Baldwin (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
      Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Ireland, 1770. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23, 18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., January 12, 1826 (age about 55 years). Original interment at Old Meadville Cemetery (which no longer exists); reinterment at Greendale Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Mead; father of David M. Farrelly and John Wilson Farrelly.
      Political family: Farrelly family of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Dick (1794-1872) — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., June 17, 1794. Merchant; banker; burgess of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1830, 1834, 1850-51; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1853-59 (24th District 1853-55, 25th District 1855-59); delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856. Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., May 29, 1872 (age 77 years, 347 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Dick and Anna (McGunnegle) Dick; married, November 16, 1830, to Jane A. Torbett; father of Samuel Bernard Dick.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Arthur Laban Bates (1859-1934) — also known as Arthur L. Bates — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., June 6, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888 (alternate), 1924; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-13 (26th District 1901-03, 25th District 1903-13). Baptist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Kiwanis; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., August 26, 1934 (age 75 years, 81 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Penniman Bates and Sarah Josephine (Bates) Bates; married 1909 to Emily Wells Rusling (grandniece of Robert Rusling; first cousin once removed of James Jacob Rusling and John A. Rusling); grandnephew of John Milton Thayer; second cousin four times removed of Samuel Adams and John Adams; third cousin of Almur Stiles Whiting; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Allen, John Quincy Adams and Peter Rawson Taft; fourth cousin once removed of Ex Sumner Mansfield.
      Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Darwin Abel Finney (1814-1868) — also known as Darwin A. Finney — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vt., August 11, 1814. Republican. Lawyer; burgess of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1848; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1856-61 (20th District 1856-57, 27th District 1858-61); U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1867-68; died in office 1868. Died in Brussels, Belgium, August 25, 1868 (age 54 years, 14 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      John W. Howe (1801-1873) — of Franklin, Venango County, Pa.; Meadville, Crawford County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in Maine, 1801. Lawyer; justice of the peace; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1849-53. Died in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., December 1, 1873 (age about 72 years). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Stephen Barlow (1779-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., June 13, 1779. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1827-29; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1830. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., August 24, 1845 (age 66 years, 72 days). Original interment at Old Meadville Cemetery (which no longer exists); reinterment at Greendale Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Wilson Farrelly (1809-1860) — also known as John W. Farrelly — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., July 7, 1809. Whig. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1837; burgess of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1837, 1839-41; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1842-44 (21st District 1842-43, 26th District 1844); U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1847-49. Died December 20, 1860 (age 51 years, 166 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Patrick Farrelly; brother of David M. Farrelly.
      Political family: Farrelly family of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Hiram Lawton Richmond (1810-1885) — also known as Hiram L. Richmond — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Chautauqua, Chautauqua County, N.Y., May 17, 1810. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1873-75. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., February 19, 1885 (age 74 years, 278 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Samuel Bernard Dick (1836-1907) — also known as Samuel B. Dick — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., October 26, 1836. Republican. Banker; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; mayor of Meadville, Pa., 1870; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1879-81; railroad builder; railroad president; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900, 1904 (alternate). Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., May 10, 1907 (age 70 years, 196 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Dick and Jane A. (Torbett) Dick; married 1863 to Agnes Scott.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Athelston Gaston (1838-1907) — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Castile, Wyoming County, N.Y., April 24, 1838. Democrat. Mayor of Meadville, Pa., 1891; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1899-1901. Accidentally hit by gunshot while on a hunting trip at Lake Edward, Quebec, September 23, 1907 (age 69 years, 152 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Thankful C. Hammond.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Gaylord Church (1811-1869) — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Otsego, Otsego County, N.Y., August 11, 1811. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1840-42; burgess of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1842; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died September 29, 1869 (age 58 years, 49 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Church and Wealthy (Palmer) Church; married 1837 to Anna B. Pearson; father of Pearson Church.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      George Wallace Delamater (1849-1907) — also known as George W. Delamater — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., March 31, 1849. Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor of Meadville, Pa., 1877; chair of Crawford County Republican Party, 1878; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; member of Pennsylvania state senate 50th District, 1887-90; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1890. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in his office at the Diamond Banking Building, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., August 7, 1907 (age 58 years, 129 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Susan (Town) Delamater and George Benjamin Delamater.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
    Rowland B. Mahany Rowland B. Mahany (1904-2000) — of Titusville, Crawford County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee County, Fla. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., November 2, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Pennsylvania state senate 50th District, 1947-58, 1963-68; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1958. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Elks; Eagles; Moose. Died in Fort Myers, Lee County, Fla., July 2, 2000 (age 95 years, 243 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Annette (Baldwin) Mahany and Walter Reuben Mahany; married to Mabel Crouch.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
      Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
      George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) — also known as George B. Delamater — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y., January 14, 1821. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; oil producer; banker; member of Pennsylvania state senate 29th District, 1871-73. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., 1907 (age about 86 years). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1847 to Susan Cowle Town; father of George Wallace Delamater.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-1940) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., November 21, 1867. Lawyer; law professor; writer; member of Ohio state senate, 1906-09; Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of New York, 1914-19. Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Mass., August 3, 1940 (age 72 years, 256 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Andrew Jackson Howe and Jane (Clemson) Howe; married 1904 to Marie H. Jenney.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      David M. Farrelly (1807-1890) — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., April 15, 1807. Lawyer; Crawford County Register and Recorder of Deeds, 1830; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1836; burgess of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1847. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., December 15, 1890 (age 83 years, 244 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Patrick Farrelly and Elizabeth (Meade) Farrelly; brother of John Wilson Farrelly; married 1843 to Elizabeth Mead.
      Political family: Farrelly family of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Brooks Compton (1835-1898) — also known as John B. Compton — Born in Mead Township, Crawford County, Pa., November 17, 1835. Republican. School teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Crawford County Prothonotary, 1864-65; lawyer; chair of Crawford County Republican Party, 1872; candidate for Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1874. Presbyterian. Member, Ancient Order of United Workmen; Odd Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in 1898 (age about 62 years). Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, November 12, 1863, to Fannie E. Kingsley.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Old Meadville Cemetery (now gone)
    Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians formerly buried here:
      Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Ireland, 1770. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23, 18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., January 12, 1826 (age about 55 years). Original interment at Old Meadville Cemetery; reinterment at Greendale Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Mead; father of David M. Farrelly and John Wilson Farrelly.
      Political family: Farrelly family of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Stephen Barlow (1779-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Redding, Fairfield County, Conn., June 13, 1779. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1827-29; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1830. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., August 24, 1845 (age 66 years, 72 days). Original interment at Old Meadville Cemetery; reinterment at Greendale Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Woodlawn Cemetery
    Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      John Joyce Carter (1842-1917) — also known as John J. Carter — of Titusville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in County Mayo, Ireland, June 16, 1842. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal of Honor for action at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904, 1916. Died in Titusville, Crawford County, Pa., January 3, 1917 (age 74 years, 201 days). Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Emma Gibbs; married 1908 to Alice Neill.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Henry Andrews (1846-1919) — also known as William H. Andrews — of Titusville, Crawford County, Pa.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Youngsville, Warren County, Pa., January 14, 1846. Republican. Secretary of Pennsylvania Republican Party, 1887-88; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1889-90, 1893-94, 1901-02; Pennsylvania Republican state chair, 1889-91; member of Pennsylvania state senate 50th District, 1895-98; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896 (member, Credentials Committee); member New Mexico territorial council, 1903-04; Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1905-12; president, Santa Fe Central Railway. Died in Carlsbad, Eddy County, N.M., January 16, 1919 (age 73 years, 2 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Andrews and Delilah (Weld) Andrews; married 1862 to Rose Ann Eddy; married to Mary Adelaide Fry.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      James Henry Caldwell (1839-1912) — also known as James H. Caldwell — of Titusville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in 1839. Democrat. Mayor of Titusville, Pa., 1882-84; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900. Died in 1912 (age about 73 years). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Mary Amanda Wagner; father of James Henry Caldwell Jr..
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      James Henry Caldwell Jr. (1877-1941) — also known as James H. Caldwell, Jr. — of Titusville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Millerstown (now Chicora), Butler County, Pa., March 7, 1877. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924. Died in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla., December 7, 1941 (age 64 years, 275 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Henry Caldwell and Mary Amanda (Wagner) Caldwell; married to Gertrude Scheide.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    St. John's Cemetery
    Union Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
    Politicians buried here:
      Raymond Philip Shafer (1917-2006) — also known as Raymond P. Shafer — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa., March 5, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Crawford County District Attorney, 1948-56; member of Pennsylvania state senate 50th District, 1959-62; Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1967-71. Member, American Bar Association; Grange; Rotary; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Kappa Psi. Died, of heart failure, in Meadville Medical Center, Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., December 12, 2006 (age 89 years, 282 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Rev. David P. Shafer and Mina Shafer; married, July 5, 1941, to Jane Harris Davies.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

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