Index to Locations
Danville Episcopal Cemetery
Danville Fairview Cemetery
Danville Odd Fellows Cemetery
Danville Old Presbyterian Church
Cemetery
Danville Petrikin Cemetery
Episcopal
Cemetery
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania
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John Gallagher Montgomery (1805-1857) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., June 27,
1805.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1857; died in
office 1857.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of at a President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery),
and subsequently died, at Danville, Montour
County, Pa., April
24, 1857 (age 51 years, 301
days).
Interment at Episcopal Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Fairview
Cemetery
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1903
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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William Montgomery (1736-1816) —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Londonderry Township, Chester
County, Pa., August
3, 1736.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1784; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1790; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1793-95;
postmaster at Danville,
Pa., 1800-03; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1801-13.
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., May 1,
1816 (age 79 years, 272
days).
Original interment at Old Presbyterian Church
Cemetery; reinterment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Rufus King Polk (1866-1902) —
also known as Rufus K. Polk —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., August
23, 1866.
Democrat. Chemist;
iron
manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1899-1902; died
in office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1902 (age 35 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Daniel Montgomery Jr. (1765-1831) —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Londonderry Township, Chester
County, Pa., October
30, 1765.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1800; postmaster at Danville,
Pa., 1803-13; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1807-09.
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., December
30, 1831 (age 66 years, 61
days).
Original interment at Old Presbyterian Church
Cemetery; reinterment at Fairview Cemetery.
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James Dale Strawbridge (1824-1890) —
also known as James D. Strawbridge —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1824.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1873-75.
Died in 1890
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Odd Fellows
Cemetery
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania
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Paul Leidy (1813-1877) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Hemlock Township, Columbia
County, Pa., November
13, 1813.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1858-59.
Died September
11, 1877 (age 63 years, 302
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Alexander Billmeyer (1841-1924) —
of Washingtonville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Liberty Township, Montour
County, Pa., January
7, 1841.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1902-03.
Died near Washingtonville, Montour
County, Pa., May 24,
1924 (age 83 years, 138
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Thomas Chalfant (1819-1899) —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1819.
Democrat. Druggist; newspaper
editor; postmaster at Danville,
Pa., 1853-61, 1885-90, 1894-99; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1867-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1873-75 (15th District 1873-74, 24th District 1875).
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., 1899
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Old Presbyterian
Church Cemetery
319 Bloom Street
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians formerly
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William Montgomery (1736-1816) —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Londonderry Township, Chester
County, Pa., August
3, 1736.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1784; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1790; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1793-95;
postmaster at Danville,
Pa., 1800-03; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1801-13.
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., May 1,
1816 (age 79 years, 272
days).
Original interment at Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment
at Fairview Cemetery.
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Daniel Montgomery Jr. (1765-1831) —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Londonderry Township, Chester
County, Pa., October
30, 1765.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1800; postmaster at Danville,
Pa., 1803-13; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1807-09.
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., December
30, 1831 (age 66 years, 61
days).
Original interment at Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment
at Fairview Cemetery.
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Petrikin
Cemetery
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried
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David Petrikin (1788-1847) —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., December
1, 1788.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; woolen mill
operator; Columbia
County Prothonotary, 1821; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820; postmaster at Danville,
Pa., 1834-37; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1837-41.
Died in Catawissa, Columbia
County, Pa., March 1,
1847 (age 58 years, 90
days).
Interment at Petrikin Cemetery.
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