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Tioga County
Pennsylvania

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Tioga County

Index to Locations Blossburg Arbon Cemetery Mansfield Prospect Cemetery Potter Brook Potter Brook Cemetery Wellsboro Wellsboro Cemetery Arbon Cemetery Blossburg, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   William Bauchop Wilson (1862-1934) — also known as William B. Wilson — of Blossburg, Tioga County, Pa. Born in Blantyre, Scotland, April 2, 1862. Democrat. Miner; secretary-treasurer, United Mine Workers of America, 1900-08; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1907-13; U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1913-21; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1926. Member, United Mine Workers. Died on a train near Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., May 25, 1934 (age 72 years, 53 days). Interment at Arbon Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Adam Wilson and Helen (Bauchop) Wilson; married to Agnes Williamson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier Prospect Cemetery Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   John H. Doane — of Mansfield, Tioga County, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916. Interment at Prospect Cemetery. Potter Brook Cemetery Potter Brook, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Butler B. Strang (b. 1829) — of Westfield, Tioga County, Pa. Born in New York, 1829. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1872-76 (16th District 1872-74, 25th District 1875-76). Interment at Potter Brook Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Betsey C. Douglas.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Wellsboro Cemetery Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here: William Alexis Stone (1846-1920) — also known as William A. Stone — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pa., April 18, 1846. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Tioga County District Attorney, 1875-77; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1880-86; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1891-98; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 1, 1920 (age 73 years, 318 days). Interment at Wellsboro Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Israel Stone and Amanda Ann (Howe) Stone.   Stone Hall (built 1964), at the University of Pennsylvania, University Park, Pennsylvania, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Image source: The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians (1913)   John Inscho Mitchell (1838-1907) — also known as John I. Mitchell — of Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa. Born in Tioga County, Pa., July 28, 1838. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Tioga County District Attorney, 1868-71; newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Tioga County, 1872-76; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1877-81; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1881-87; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 4th District, 1888-99; superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1900. Died in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa., August 20, 1907 (age 69 years, 23 days). Interment at Wellsboro Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Andrew B. Dunsmore (1866-1938) — of Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa. Born in Tioga County, Pa., January 4, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Tioga County Republican Party, 1894; Tioga County District Attorney, 1895-1903; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1905-09; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1911-13, 1921-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died in 1938 (age about 72 years). Interment at Wellsboro Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Dunsmore and Janet (Bird) Dunsmore; married, May 17, 1894, to Sarah E. Ball.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Stephen Fowler Wilson (1821-1897) — also known as Stephen F. Wilson — of Pennsylvania. Born in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pa., September 4, 1821. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1863-65 (11th District 1863-64, 13th District 1865); delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1865-69; district judge in Pennsylvania 4th District, 1871-81, 1887-89; justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1884. Died in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa., March 30, 1897 (age 75 years, 207 days). Interment at Wellsboro Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Henry Sherwood (1813-1896) — of Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., October 9, 1813. Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1871-73; president, Wellsboro & Lawrenceville Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880. Died in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa., November 10, 1896 (age 83 years, 32 days). Interment at Wellsboro Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Horace Billings Packer (1851-1940) — also known as Horace B. Packer — of Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa. Born in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa., October 11, 1851. Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Tioga County, 1885-88; member of Pennsylvania state senate 25th District, 1889-92; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1897-1901; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924. Died in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa., April 13, 1940 (age 88 years, 185 days). Entombed at Wellsboro Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Dr. Nelson Packer and Mary (McDougall) Packer; first cousin four times removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin twice removed of Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Mortimer Fitzland Elliott (1839-1920) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa., September 24, 1839. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1883-85. Died in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pa., August 5, 1920 (age 80 years, 316 days). Interment at Wellsboro Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   G. Mason Owlett (1892-1956) — of Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa. Born in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa., June 13, 1892. Republican. Lawyer; vice-president, Tioga County Bell Telephone Co. and Tioga Water Works Co.; secretary and director, Highland Milk Condensing Co.; director, Tioga Savings & Trust Co., General Drop Forge Co. of Buffalo; chair of Tioga County Republican Party, 1928-32; member of Pennsylvania state senate 25th District, 1933-40; member of Republican National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1936-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940 (chair, Committee on Permanent Organization; speaker), 1944, 1948, 1952 (speaker), 1956 (member, Credentials Committee). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Phi Delta Phi. Died in 1956 (age about 64 years). Interment at Wellsboro Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edward Howland Owlett and Ida (Wells) Owlett; married, June 20, 1918, to Sue Berkey.

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