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
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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
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; member, Rules
Committee; member, Resolutions
Committee); 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.
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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. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Greenville, Mercer
County, Pa., December
16, 1899 (age 47 years, 83
days).
Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery.
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Samuel P. Johnson —
of West Greenville, Mercer
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860.
Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery.
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Woodland
Cemetery
Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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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; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1908;
Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1916; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1918; Prohibition candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania, 1920;
burgess
of Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1923; Prohibition candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1928;
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.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Newton Fithian and Margaret Jane (Riddle) Fithian; married
to Georgiana A. Shellito and Esther Shellito. |
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Parklawn
Cemetery
Jamestown, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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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.
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Mercer Citizens
Cemetery
Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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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.
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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;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1872,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1881-85, 1915-17 (26th District
1881-85, 28th District 1915-17); Mercer
County President Judge, 1894-1904.
Died in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., December
3, 1918 (age 78 years, 228
days).
Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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J. A. Stranahan —
of Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876.
Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.
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Morefield
Cemetery
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Oakwood
Cemetery
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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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.
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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.
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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.
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