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Mercer County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Mercer County

Index to Locations Greenville Shenango Valley Cemetery Grove City Woodland Cemetery Jamestown Parklawn Cemetery Mercer Mercer Citizens Cemetery Sharon Morefield Cemetery Sharon Oakwood Cemetery Shenango Valley Cemetery Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   James Sheakley (1829-1917) — of Greenville, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Sheakleyville, Mercer County, Pa., April 24, 1829. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1892; Governor of Alaska District, 1893-97. Presbyterian. Died in Greenville, Mercer County, Pa., December 10, 1917 (age 88 years, 230 days). Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Eugene Pierce Gillespie (1852-1899) — also known as Eugene P. Gillespie — of Greenville, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Greenville, Mercer County, Pa., September 24, 1852. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1891-93. Died December 16, 1899 (age 47 years, 83 days). Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel P. Johnson — of West Greenville, Mercer County, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860. Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery. Woodland Cemetery Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Edwin John Fithian (1863-1953) — also known as Edwin J. Fithian — of Grove City, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Portersville, Butler County, Pa., July 1, 1863. Physician; president, Bessemer Gas Engine Company; after 1929, chairman of the successor firm, Cooper-Bessemer Corporation; makers of industrial compressors and marine engines; bank director; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1916; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1918; burgess of Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1923; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, from acute cardiac decompensation, in Grove City, Mercer County, Pa., May 15, 1953 (age 89 years, 318 days). Entombed at Woodland Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Newton Fithian and Margaret Jane (Riddle) Fithian; married to Georgiana A. Shellito and Esther Shellito.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Parklawn Cemetery Jamestown, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Dennis F. Dunlavy (1884-1960) — of Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Born in Jamestown, Mercer County, Pa., March 2, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924, 1928, 1940 (alternate); candidate for Ohio state attorney general, 1924; mayor of Ashtabula, Ohio, 1951-53. Died in Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio, May 28, 1960 (age 76 years, 87 days). Interment at Parklawn Cemetery. Mercer Citizens Cemetery Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Thomas Cunningham Cochran (1877-1957) — also known as Thomas C. Cochran — of Mercer, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer County, Pa., November 30, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; Mercer County District Attorney, 1906-09; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1927-35 (28th District 1927-33, 20th District 1933-35). Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., December 10, 1957 (age 80 years, 10 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Wilson Henry Cochran and Elizabeth Eve (Robinson) Cochran; married, August 15, 1906, to Olive Belle Pierson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel Henry Miller (1840-1918) — also known as Samuel H. Miller — of Mercer, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Coolspring Township, Mercer County, Pa., April 19, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1881-85, 1915-17 (26th District 1881-85, 28th District 1915-17); Mercer County President Judge, 1894-1904; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896. Died in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., December 3, 1918 (age 78 years, 228 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   William Stewart (1810-1876) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., September 10, 1810. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1842-44 (20th District 1842-43, 25th District 1844); U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1857-61. Died in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., October 17, 1876 (age 66 years, 37 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Swan Garvin (1806-1883) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., July 25, 1806. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1845-47. Died in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., February 20, 1883 (age 76 years, 210 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel Griffith (1816-1893) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Wales, February 14, 1816. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1871-73. Died October 1, 1893 (age 77 years, 229 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   J. A. Stranahan — of Mercer, Mercer County, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876. Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery. Morefield Cemetery Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Michael Carver Trout (1810-1873) — also known as Michael C. Trout — of Sharon, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1810. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1850; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1853-55. Died in 1873 (age about 63 years). Interment at Morefield Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Oakwood Cemetery Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Benjamin Bryant Jarrett (1881-1944) — also known as Benjamin Jarrett — of Farrell, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Sharon, Mercer County, Pa., July 18, 1881. Republican. Telegraph operator; steel mill foreman; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate 50th District, 1911-14; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1937-43. Died in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, July 20, 1944 (age 63 years, 2 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Agnes Boyle.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Alexander McDowell (1845-1913) — of Sharon, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Franklin, Venango County, Pa., March 4, 1845. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1893-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904. Died September 30, 1913 (age 68 years, 210 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Henry Stephen Clubb (1827-1921) — also known as Henry S. Clubb — of Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Mich.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Colchester, Essex, England, June 21, 1827. Abolitionist; newspaper publisher; founder and first president, Vegetarian Society of America; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1873-74; pastor. Swedenborgian. Died, from chronic gastritis and senile debility, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 29, 1921 (age 94 years, 130 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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