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Pike County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pike County

Index to Locations Milford Unknown location Milford Laurel Hill Cemetery Milford Milford Cemetery Rowland Mt. Moriah Cemetery Unknown Location Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Earl A. Smith (1876-1938) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lawrence, Essex County, Mass., December 14, 1876. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1917-19 (New York County 23rd District 1917, New York County 22nd District 1918-19); magistrate. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; Tammany Hall. Died, in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 28, 1938 (age 61 years, 349 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of George H. Smith and Elizabeth (Hart) Smith; married 1906 to Florence Rochotte. Laurel Hill Cemetery Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   John Westbrook (1789-1852) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Sussex County, N.J., January 9, 1789. Democrat. Pike County Sheriff, 1817; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1833; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1841-43. Died in Dingmans Ferry, Pike County, Pa., October 8, 1852 (age 63 years, 273 days). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Solomon Westbrook and Margaret (DeWitt) Westbrook; married to Sarah Brodhead.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Milford Cemetery Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) — of Milford, Pike County, Pa. Born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., August 11, 1865. Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of President Theodore Roosevelt; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926 (Republican primary); Governor of Pennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary, 1938. French ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Forestry Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died, from leukemia, at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 4, 1946 (age 81 years, 54 days). Interment at Milford Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James W. Pinchot and Mary (Eno) Pinchot; married 1914 to Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce (daughter of Lloyd Stephens Bryce).   Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.   The Gifford Pinchot National Forest (established 1908 as the Columbia National Forest; renamed 1949), in Skamania, Lewis, Yakima, Cowlitz, and Klickitat counties, Washington, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Books about Gifford Pinchot: Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism   Charles Henry Van Wyck (1824-1895) — also known as Charles H. Van Wyck — of Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, N.Y.; Middletown, Orange County, N.Y.; Nebraska City, Otoe County, Neb. Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., May 10, 1824. Republican. Lawyer; Sullivan County District Attorney, 1850-56; member of New York state legislature, 1850; U.S. Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1867-69, 1870-71 (10th District 1859-63, 11th District 1867-69, 1870-71); general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; member of Nebraska state senate, 1877-81; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1881-87. Died in Washington, D.C., October 24, 1895 (age 71 years, 167 days). Interment at Milford Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Daniel Myers Van Auken (1826-1908) — of Pennsylvania. Born in New Jersey, 1826. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1867-71. Died in 1908 (age about 82 years). Interment at Milford Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Mt. Moriah Cemetery Rowland, Pike County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   George Franklin Rowland (d. 1907) — also known as G. Frank Rowland — of Pike County, Pa. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 14th District, 1907; died in office 1907. Died October 2, 1907. Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.   Miles C. Rowland (1869-1922) — of Pike County, Pa. Born in 1869. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state senate 14th District, 1909-10. Died in 1922 (age about 53 years). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.

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