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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Berlin Reformed Church Cemetery
Greenville Township Hochstetler
Cemetery
Jenners Jenners Baptist Church
Cemetery
Meyersdale Union Cemetery
New Centerville Great Valley Baptist
Church Cemetery
Somerset Aukeny Square Cemetery
Somerset Husband Cemetery
Somerset Union Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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Henry Black (1783-1841) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., February
25, 1783.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1816-18; county judge in
Pennsylvania, 1820-40; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1841; died in
office 1841.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
28, 1841 (age 58 years, 276
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Reformed Church
Cemetery
Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Hochstetler
Cemetery
Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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Samuel Austin Kendall (1859-1933) —
also known as Samuel A. Kendall —
of Jefferson, Greene
County, Iowa; Myersdale, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Greenville Township, Somerset
County, Pa., November
1, 1859.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; officer in lumber
manufacturing companies; president of two small railroads;
vice-president of Citizens National Bank of
Myersdale, Pa.; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1919-33 (23rd District 1919-23,
24th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the House Office
Building, Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1933 (age 73 years, 68
days).
Interment at Hochstetler Cemetery.
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Jenners Baptist
Church Cemetery
Jenners, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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Joseph S. Cauffiel (1870-1932) —
also known as "Fighting Joe" —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born, in a log
house in Jenner Township, Somerset
County, Pa., October
8, 1870.
Real
estate loan business; mayor
of Johnstown, Pa., 1912-16, 1920-24, 1928-29.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 9,
1932 (age 61 years, 275
days).
Interment at Jenners Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Maddox Cauffiel and Mary (Hammer) Cauffiel; married, June 15,
1898, to Rebecca Brinton Sellers. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Union
Cemetery
Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Great Valley
Baptist Church Cemetery
New Centerville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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Joshua Evans Jr. (1777-1846) —
of Paoli, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Paoli, Chester
County, Pa., January
20, 1777.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1829-33.
Died in Paoli, Chester
County, Pa., October
2, 1846 (age 69 years, 255
days).
Interment at Great Valley Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Aukeny Square
Cemetery
Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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Chauncey Forward (1793-1839) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., February
4, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820-22; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1826-31; Somerset
County Prothonotary and Recorder, 1831.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., October
19, 1839 (age 46 years, 257
days).
Interment at Aukeny Square Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother of Oliver
Owen Forward and Walter
Forward; married to Rebecca Blair; father of Mary Forward (who
married Jeremiah
Sullivan Black); grandfather of Chauncey
Forward Black; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, Bankson
Taylor Holcomb and Thomas
Holcomb Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Edmond
Alfred Holcomb; second cousin twice removed of Marcus
Hensey Holcomb and Burton
Everett Hoskins; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, John
Allen, Charles
Ogden Tappan, Martin
Harris Holcomb and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Chapin and Lyle
Donald Holcomb; fourth cousin of Hezekiah
Case, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Abiel
Case, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Anson
Levi Holcomb and William
Gleason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Luther
Walter Badger, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, John
William Allen, Oliver
Dwight Filley, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Noah
Webster Holcomb and Lafayette
Blanchard Gleason. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | | Image source: Twentieth-Century Bench
and Bar of Pennsylvania (1903) |
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Husband
Cemetery
Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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Carl Henry Hoffman (1896-1980) —
also known as Carl H. Hoffman —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa., August
12, 1896.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; lumber
business; oil
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1946-47;
defeated, 1944.
Died November
30, 1980 (age 84 years, 110
days).
Interment at Husband Cemetery.
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Aaron F. Dickey (1840-1925) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born July 22,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died December
16, 1925 (age 85 years, 147
days).
Interment at Husband Cemetery.
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John Albert Berkey (1861-1946) —
of Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Jefferson Township, Somerset
County, Pa., January
31, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 16th District, 1920-29.
Died May 14,
1946 (age 85 years, 103
days).
Interment at Husband Cemetery.
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Union
Cemetery
Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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Charles Ogle (1798-1841) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., 1798.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1837-41; died in
office 1841.
Noted for the "Gold Spoon Oration" which satirized President Martin
Van Buren's expensive tastes; though little of it was true, the
speech was widely reprinted and helped defeat Van Buren.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., May 10,
1841 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Union Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Scull (1818-1900) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
5, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the
16th Pennsylvania District, 1863-66, 1873-83; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864,
1876,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1887-93 (17th District 1887-89,
20th District 1889-93).
Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., July 10,
1900 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Alexander Hamilton Coffroth (1828-1906) —
also known as Alexander H. Coffroth —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., May 18,
1828.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1863-65, 1866-67, 1879-81 (16th
District 1863-65, 1866-67, 17th District 1879-81); candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died in Markleton, Somerset
County, Pa., September
2, 1906 (age 78 years, 107
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Alexander Ogle (1766-1832) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Maryland, 1766.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1817-19; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1825-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1832
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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John Rufus Edie (1814-1888) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., January
14, 1814.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1855-59.
Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., August
27, 1888 (age 74 years, 226
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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William Henry Koontz (1830-1911) —
also known as William H. Koontz —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., July 15,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County District Attorney, 1853; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1860;
Somerset
County Prothonotary, 1861-63; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1866-69; member
of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;
vice-president, Somerset County National Bank;
corporate director for several railroads;
counsel for coal
companies.
Died July 4,
1911 (age 80 years, 354
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Andrew Jackson Ogle (1822-1852) —
also known as Andrew J. Ogle —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1822.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1849-51.
Died in 1852
(age about
30 years).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Robert Spencer Scull (1860-1945) —
also known as Robert S. Scull —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., March 4,
1860.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916.
Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., January
16, 1945 (age 84 years, 318
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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