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Northumberland County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Northumberland County

Index to Locations Milton Harmony Cemetery Milton Milton Cemetery Mt. Carmel Mt. Carmel Cemetery Mt. Carmel Township St. Peter's Cemetery Northumberland Riverview Cemetery Potts Grove Chillisquaque Cemetery Shamokin City Cemetery Shamokin Odd Fellows Cemetery Sunbury City Cemetery Sunbury Pomfret Manor Cemetery Sunbury Sunbury Cemetery Harmony Cemetery Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Frederic A. Godcharles (1872-1944) — also known as Fred Godcharles — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in 1872. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Pennsylvania state senate 27th District, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Died in 1944 (age about 72 years). Interment at Harmony Cemetery. Milton Cemetery Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   James Pollock (1810-1890) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., September 11, 1810. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1844-49; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1855-58. Director of the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia, 1861-73; superintendent of the U.S. Mint, 1873-79; originator of the motto 'In God We Trust' for U.S. coins. Died April 19, 1890 (age 79 years, 220 days). Interment at Milton Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Sarah Ann Hepburn.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert Hanna Hammond (1791-1847) — also known as Robert H. Hammond — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., April 28, 1791. Northumberland County Register and Recorder; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1837-41; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Wounded during the Mexican War; ordered home on sick leave, but died of his wounds en route, aboard the steamship Orleans, in the North Atlantic Ocean, June 2, 1847 (age 56 years, 35 days). Interment at Milton Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Alem Marr (1787-1843) — of Danville, Montour County, Pa. Born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., June 18, 1787. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1829-31. Died in Northampton County, Pa., March 29, 1843 (age 55 years, 284 days). Interment at Milton Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Margaret Hunter.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Franklin Bound (1829-1910) — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., April 9, 1829. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate 13th District, 1861-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1885-89. Died in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., August 8, 1910 (age 81 years, 121 days). Interment at Milton Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Heber Dickerman (1843-1915) — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Harford, Susquehanna County, Pa., February 3, 1843. Democrat. School teacher; bookkeeper; lawyer; executive of railroad car building company; director of several banks; chair of Northumberland County Democratic Party, 1885-88; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1891; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1892; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1903-05. Died in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., December 17, 1915 (age 72 years, 317 days). Interment at Milton Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Clark Dickerman and Sarah Adelia Dickerman; married, March 10, 1869, to Joy Ivy Carter.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Mt. Carmel Cemetery Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Frederick William Magrady (1863-1954) — also known as Frederick W. Magrady — of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., November 24, 1863. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; vice-president, Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Transit Co.; director and solicitor for First National Bank of Mt. Carmel; director, Mt. Carmel Water Co.; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1925-33. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Odd Fellows; Patriotic Order Sons of America. Died in Danville, Montour County, Pa., August 27, 1954 (age 90 years, 276 days). Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Magrady and Isabel (McConaghy) Magrady; married to Mary Kiefer.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Edmund William Samuel (1857-1930) — also known as Edmund W. Samuel — of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales, November 27, 1857. Republican. Physician; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1905-07; president and general manager, Shamokin-Mount Carmel Transit Company, 1908-24. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa., March 7, 1930 (age 72 years, 100 days). Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Samuel Achmuty Bergstresser (d. 1900) — also known as S. A. Bergstresser — of Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pa.; Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860. Died in 1900. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. St. Peter's Cemetery Mt. Carmel Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   David John Pizzoli (1913-1976) — also known as David J. Pizzoli — of Atlas, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Atlas, Northumberland County, Pa., January 16, 1913. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; American Legion. Died, of heart and lung problems, in Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pa., September 3, 1976 (age 63 years, 231 days). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery. Riverview Cemetery Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   John Vandling Lesher (1866-1932) — also known as John V. Lesher — of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Union Township, Union County, Pa., July 27, 1866. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1913-21; defeated, 1920. Died May 3, 1932 (age 65 years, 281 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Henry Lutz Cake (1827-1899) — of Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pa. Born near Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pa., October 6, 1827. Republican. Newspaper publisher; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; coal mining business; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1867-71. Died in Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pa., August 26, 1899 (age 71 years, 324 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Chillisquaque Cemetery Potts Grove, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   John Murray (1768-1834) — of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1768. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1817-21. Died in 1834 (age about 66 years). Interment at Chillisquaque Cemetery.   Relatives: Cousin *** of Thomas Murray Jr..   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Thomas Murray Jr. (1770-1823) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1770. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 9th District, 1815-18; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1821-23. Died in 1823 (age about 53 years). Interment at Chillisquaque Cemetery.   Relatives: Cousin *** of John Murray.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page City Cemetery Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here: Monroe Henry Kulp (1858-1911) — also known as Monroe H. Kulp; "Farmer Kulp" — of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Barto, Berks County, Pa., October 23, 1858. Republican. Lumber and timber business; builder; real estate developer; organizer and president of the Lewisburg and Buffalo Valley Railroad; also president of the North and West Branch Telephone Company; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1895-99. Died in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa., October 19, 1911 (age 52 years, 361 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Darlington R. Kulp and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Kulp; married, June 8, 1897, to Sara Washington Detweiler.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) Odd Fellows Cemetery Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   William Irvin Troutman (1905-1971) — also known as William I. Troutman — of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa., January 13, 1905. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1943-45; member of Pennsylvania state senate 27th District, 1945; resigned 1945; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1946-66. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Pi; Freemasons. Died in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa., January 27, 1971 (age 66 years, 14 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Emeline B. Lark.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page City Cemetery Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians formerly buried here:   Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., March 4, 1797. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1844; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1847-49. Died in Washington, D.C., January 26, 1871 (age 73 years, 328 days). Original interment at City Cemetery; reinterment in 1893 at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Pomfret Manor Cemetery Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   John Black Packer (1824-1891) — also known as John B. Packer — of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., March 21, 1824. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1860; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1869-77. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., July 7, 1891 (age 67 years, 108 days). Interment at Pomfret Manor Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Simon Peter Wolverton (1837-1910) — also known as Simon P. Wolverton — of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pa., January 28, 1837. Democrat. School principal; lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania state senate 27th District, 1879-88; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1891-95. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., October 25, 1910 (age 73 years, 270 days). Entombed at Pomfret Manor Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charity (Kase) Wolverton and Joseph Wolverton; married to Elizabeth Dewees Hendricks.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Isaac Clinton Kline (1858-1947) — also known as I. Clinton Kline — of Pennsylvania. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa., August 18, 1858. Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Died December 2, 1947 (age 89 years, 106 days). Interment at Pomfret Manor Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Herbert Wesley Cummings (1873-1956) — also known as Herbert W. Cummings — of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. Born in West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pa., July 13, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; Northumberland County District Attorney, 1902-05; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1912-22, 1936-46; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1923-25; defeated, 1924, 1926. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., March 4, 1956 (age 82 years, 235 days). Interment at Pomfret Manor Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of R. M. Cummings and Mary Elizabeth (Albright) Cummings; married, February 20, 1902, to Marguerite Edna Howell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Sunbury Cemetery Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Lewis Dewart (1780-1852) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., November 14, 1780. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 9th District, 1823-26; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1831-33. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., April 26, 1852 (age 71 years, 164 days). Interment at Sunbury Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of William Lewis Dewart.   Politician named for him: Lewis D. Apsley   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Lewis Dewart (1821-1888) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., June 21, 1821. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1857-59. Died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., April 19, 1888 (age 66 years, 303 days). Interment at Sunbury Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lewis Dewart.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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