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Index to Locations
Wattsburg, Amity Township Wattsburg
Cemetery
Corry Pine Grove Cemetery
Erie Calvary Cemetery
Erie Erie Cemetery
Erie Garrison Hill
Erie Trinity Cemetery
Girard Girard Cemetery
Millcreek Township Laurel Hill
Cemetery
Wattsburg
Cemetery
Wattsburg, Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
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Casper Mead Rouse —
also known as Casper M. Rouse —
of New York.
Member of New York
state senate Western District, 1811-15.
Interment at Wattsburg Cemetery.
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Pine Grove
Cemetery
23 East Columbus Avenue
Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Cassius Lynn Alexander (1875-1931) —
also known as Cassius L. Alexander —
of Corry, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Wayne Township, Erie
County, Pa., January
24, 1875.
Republican. Undertaker;
mayor
of Corry, Pa., 1909-13, 1918-25, 1929-31; died in office 1931;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1915-16.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
While en route to Buffalo, N.Y., he was killed in a one-car automobile
accident, when his car went off the road and hit a telephone
pole, in near Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 9,
1931 (age 56 years, 136
days).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Alexander and Sarah M. (Dutton) Alexander; married to
Melinda Alvira Cody. |
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memorial |
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Benjamin Franklin Starr (1867-1932) —
also known as Benjamin F. Starr —
of Corry, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Lisburn, Cumberland
County, Pa., August
18, 1867.
Owner and manager, Starr Granite
Works; mayor of
Corry, Pa., 1932; died in office 1932.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Seemingly uninjured in an automobile
accident which overturned his car, he collapsed and died a few
minutes later, possibly from a head injury or heart
attack, in Rome Township, Crawford
County, Pa., July 27,
1932 (age 64 years, 344
days).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Frank Lafayette Bliss (1851-1909) —
also known as Frank L. Bliss —
of Corry, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Nunda, Livingston
County, N.Y., February
1, 1851.
Republican. Mayor of
Corry, Pa., 1903-06; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904.
Died in 1909
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Marion C. Austin (1872-1954) —
also known as Marion Crighton —
of Corry, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland,
1872.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1936.
Female.
Died in Corry, Erie
County, Pa., January
30, 1954 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert Crighton and Agnes Crighton; married to Frank S.
Austin. |
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memorial |
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Henry Keppel —
of Corry, Erie
County, Pa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908.
Entombed at Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Calvary
Cemetery
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles Raycroft Barber (1901-1987) —
also known as Charles R. Barber; Charlie
Barber —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., April
19, 1901.
Republican. Mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1936-47; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1949-53; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1953-57.
Catholic.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Died in 1987
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Louis J. Tullio (1916-1990) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born May 17,
1916.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1964
(alternate), 1984;
mayor
of Erie, Pa., 1966-89; resigned 1989.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of amyloidosis,
in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., April
17, 1990 (age 73 years, 335
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Italo S. Cappabianca (1936-2001) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born December
19, 1936.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1979-2001; died in
office 2001.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of brain
cancer, on May 28,
2001 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cappabianca. |
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Max B. Haibach (1883-1967) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
11, 1883.
Democrat. Meat
packing business; Erie
County Sheriff, 1913-18; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1920.
Catholic.
Died in 1967
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Maurice J. Coughlin (1902-1958) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., February
2, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1944.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; American Bar
Association.
Died in 1958
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Thomas W. Barber (1902-1970) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
23, 1902.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-36.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in August, 1970
(age 67
years, 0 days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Erie
Cemetery
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Milton William Shreve (1858-1939) —
also known as Milton W. Shreve —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Venango
County, Pa., May 3,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney; chair of
Erie County Republican Party, 1900; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1919-33 (25th District
1913-15, 1919-23, 29th District 1923-33).
Member, Society
of the War of 1812.
Died December
23, 1939 (age 81 years, 234
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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John Galbraith (1794-1860) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., August
2, 1794.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1833-37, 1839-41.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., June 15,
1860 (age 65 years, 318
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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William Lawrence Scott (1828-1891) —
also known as William L. Scott —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 2,
1828.
Democrat. Mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1866, 1871; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1876-88; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880
(speaker),
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1885-89;
defeated, 1866, 1876; president, Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
19, 1891 (age 63 years, 79
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Thomas Hale Sill (1783-1856) —
also known as Thomas H. Sill —
of Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., October
11, 1783.
Whig. Lawyer; burgess
of Erie, Pennsylvania, 1816-17, 1829, 1833-34, 1843-44; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1823; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1826-27, 1829-31;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; postmaster at Erie,
Pa., 1849-53.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., February
7, 1856 (age 72 years, 119
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Lord Sill and Sarah (Hale) Sill; married to Joanna
Boylston Chase; second cousin of Theodore
Sill; second cousin once removed of George
Griswold Sill; second cousin twice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); second cousin thrice removed of Allan
Percy Sill; third cousin of Frederick
William Lord; third cousin once removed of James
Hillhouse, Roger
Griswold, Zina
Hyde Jr., John
William Allen and Augustus
Frank; third cousin thrice removed of George
Anthony Sweetland, Joseph
Buell Ely, Cleon
Lorenzo Parmelee and Albert
Clinton Griswold; fourth cousin of Daniel
Chapin, Elisha
Hotchkiss, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Albert
Haller Tracy, Henry
Titus Backus and Thomas
Worcester Hyde; fourth cousin once removed of John
Larkin Payson, Graham
Hurd Chapin, Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Alexander
Hamilton Waterman, William
Judson Clark, Samuel
Lord, Charles
Hull Clark, Edwin
P. Hotchkiss, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919), Charles
M. Hotchkiss, Charles
Edward Hyde, Herman
Arod Gager, John
Sedgwick Hyde and Edward
Warden Hyde. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Owen McIntosh Burns (1892-1952) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., September
6, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1947-49; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1949-52;
died in office 1952.
Died October
26, 1952 (age 60 years, 50
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., June 6,
1833.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1862, 1865; manufacturer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1891-93, 1895-97.
Died, from heart
disease, in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., May 19,
1919 (age 85 years, 347
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Matthew Griswold (1792-1879) and Phebe Hubbard (Ely) Griswold;
married, January
8, 1866, to Sarah Lucy Olmstead; married, April
13, 1876, to Anna Brooks Schenk; grandson of Roger
Griswold; granduncle of Selden
Chapin; great-grandson of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; great-granduncle of Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; second great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed of James
Hillhouse, Oliver
Wolcott Jr. and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin of John
William Allen and Henry
Titus Backus; second cousin twice removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin of James
Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, William
Woodbridge, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Isaac
Backus, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Albert
Haller Tracy, Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, George
Frederick Stone, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott and Alfred
Wolcott; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Pitkin and James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington and James
Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin of Elisha
Hunt Allen, George
Washington Wolcott, Alexander
Hamilton Waterman, George
Griswold Sill, Charles
Edward Hyde, John
Sedgwick Hyde and Edward
Warden Hyde; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Thomas
Hale Sill, Frederick
William Lord, Edmund
Holcomb, Erastus
Clark Scranton, Theodore
Sill, Sereno
Hamilton Scranton, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, William
Fessenden Allen, Samuel
Lord, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell and Frederick
Hobbes Allen. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 29,
1795.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1836-37; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1844-45; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1859-63.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., January
9, 1887 (age 91 years, 164
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Elijah Babbitt (1750-1850) and Amy (Tefft) Babbitt; married, November
28, 1827, to Caroline Elizabeth Kelso; first cousin once removed
of Jacob
Babbitt; first cousin twice removed of George
Henry Babbitt; first cousin thrice removed of Francis
Sanford Babbitt; first cousin four times removed of William
Greene; second cousin thrice removed of William
Greene Jr.; third cousin once removed of Henry
Howard Starkweather; third cousin twice removed of Ray
Greene, Charles
Henry Pendleton, Chauncey
C. Pendleton and Eckford
Gustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred
Avery Burnham, Howkin
Bulkley Beardslee, George
Mortimer Beakes, Cornelia
Cole Fairbanks, Daniel
Parrish Witter and Llewellyn
James Barden. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Houghton
family of Corning, New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Samuel Arza Davenport (1834-1911) —
also known as Samuel A. Davenport —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born near Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., January
15, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1860; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1897-1901.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., August
1, 1911 (age 77 years, 198
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Charles Manning Reed (1803-1871) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1803.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1843-45.
Died in 1871
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Samuel Myron Brainerd (1842-1898) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Albion, Erie
County, Pa., November
13, 1842.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1883-85.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
21, 1898 (age 56 years, 8
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Henry Alden Clark (1850-1944) —
of Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Harborcreek Township, Erie
County, Pa., January
7, 1850.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 49th District, 1911-16; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1917-19.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., February
15, 1944 (age 94 years, 39
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Philip A. Becker (c.1836-1888) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Germany,
about 1836.
Grocer; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1883-84.
Died January
12, 1888 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Eugena Jung. |
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Robert F. Devine (1860-1928) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Schuylkill
County, Pa., September
17, 1860.
Democrat. Coal miner;
blacksmith;
president, Erie Forge
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1912;
candidate for mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1912.
Died January
3, 1928 (age 67 years, 108
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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C. Arthur Blass (1884-1970) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., December
17, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Erie
County District Attorney, 1920-24; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 49th District, 1945-60.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1970
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Richard H. Arbuckle (1835-1928) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., October
14, 1835.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1912.
Died May 31,
1928 (age 92 years, 230
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Melvin A. Zurn (1901-1970) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., January
10, 1901.
Democrat. Chairman, Zurn Industries;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1964.
Died January
7, 1970 (age 68 years, 362
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Everett F. Zurn (1908-1985) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., March
31, 1908.
Democrat. President, Zurn Industries;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1945-46, 1958-60; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Died March
24, 1985 (age 76 years, 358
days).
Interment at Erie Cemetery.
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Garrison
Hill
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) —
also known as "Mad Anthony" —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., January
1, 1745.
Surveyor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie), Erie
County, Pa., December
15, 1796 (age 51 years, 349
days).
Original interment at Garrison Hill; reinterment in 1809 at Old
St. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married 1766 to Mary
Penrose; father of Isaac
Wayne (1772-1852). |
| | | Wayne counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa. and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | Fort
Wayne (1794), and the subsequent city
of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, were named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Trinity
Cemetery
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Michael Liebel Jr. (1870-1927) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., December
12, 1870.
Democrat. Accountant;
worked in Buffalo office of Nickel Plate Railroad;
organized Cascade Brewery
in 1898 (merged with Erie Brewing
Co. in 1900); hardware
business; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1907-11; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1915-17;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
8, 1927 (age 56 years, 239
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
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Girard
Cemetery
Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
here: |
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William Constantine Culbertson (1825-1906) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Edinboro, Erie
County, Pa., November
25, 1825.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1889-91.
Slaveowner.
Died in Girard, Erie
County, Pa., May 24,
1906 (age 80 years, 180
days).
Interment at Girard Cemetery.
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Laurel Hill
Cemetery
4523 Love Road
Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Fred W. Lamberton (1897-1987) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie
County, Pa., June 24,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936;
chair
of Erie County Republican Party, 1936-38, 1956-58; Erie
County Sheriff, 1941-46; Erie
County Commissioner, 1946; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 49th District, 1964.
Died in 1987
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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David S. Gifford (1907-1984) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie
County, Pa., February
27, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1934; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1957-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died November
14, 1984 (age 77 years, 261
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of P. V. Gifford and Mary (Shirk) Gifford; married to Martha
Carr. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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