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Venango County
Pennsylvania

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Venango County

Index to Locations Emlenton Emlenton Cemetery Franklin Franklin Cemetery Franklin Old Pioneer Cemetery Oil City Grove Hill Cemetery Oil City St. Joseph's Cemetery Emlenton Cemetery Emlenton, Venango County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   Harlan Willis Brush (1865-1942) — also known as Harlan W. Brush — of Alliance, Stark County, Ohio; North Tonawanda, Niagara County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla. Born in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio, May 27, 1865. Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Clifton, 1897-98; Niagara Falls, 1902-03; Milan, as of 1904-05. Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., December 24, 1942 (age 77 years, 211 days). Interment at Emlenton Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James A. Brush and Amelia (McCall) Brush; married to Annette Hamilton.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Franklin Cemetery Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania Founded 1870 Politicians buried here:   Joseph Crocker Sibley (1850-1926) — also known as Joseph C. Sibley — of Franklin, Venango County, Pa. Born in Friendship, Allegany County, N.Y., February 18, 1850. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1893-95, 1899-1907 (26th District 1893-95, 27th District 1899-1903, 28th District 1903-07). Died May 18, 1926 (age 76 years, 89 days). Interment at Franklin Cemetery.   Politician named for him: Joseph S. Crawford   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Arnold Plumer (1801-1869) — of Franklin, Venango County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1801. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1837-39, 1841-43; Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1848-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860. Died in 1869 (age about 68 years). Interment at Franklin Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Samuel Hays (1783-1868) — of Pennsylvania. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, September 10, 1783. Democrat. Venango County Treasurer, 1808; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1813, 1816, 1823-25; Venango County Sheriff, 1820, 1829, 1833; member of Pennsylvania state senate 22nd District, 1838-42; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1843-45; iron manufacturer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1856. Died in Franklin, Venango County, Pa., July 1, 1868 (age 84 years, 295 days). Original interment at Old Pioneer Cemetery; reinterment in 1892 at Franklin Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Albert Gallatin Egbert (1828-1896) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pa., April 13, 1828. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1875-77. Died in Franklin, Venango County, Pa., March 28, 1896 (age 67 years, 350 days). Interment at Franklin Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Albert Gallatin   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Calvin Willard Gilfillan (1832-1901) — of Pennsylvania. Born near East Brook, Lawrence County, Pa., February 20, 1832. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1869-71. Died December 2, 1901 (age 69 years, 285 days). Interment at Franklin Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Charles Vernon Culver (1830-1909) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, September 6, 1830. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1865-67. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 10, 1909 (age 78 years, 126 days). Interment at Franklin Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James H. Osmer (1832-1912) — of Franklin, Venango County, Pa. Born in England, January 23, 1832. Republican. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1879-81. Died October 3, 1912 (age 80 years, 254 days). Interment at Franklin Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Orrin Dubbs Bleakley (1854-1927) — of Franklin, Venango County, Pa. Born in Franklin, Venango County, Pa., May 15, 1854. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1917. Died in Robinson, Crawford County, Ill., December 3, 1927 (age 73 years, 202 days). Interment at Franklin Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Old Pioneer Cemetery Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania Founded 1797 Politicians formerly buried here:   Samuel Hays (1783-1868) — of Pennsylvania. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, September 10, 1783. Democrat. Venango County Treasurer, 1808; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1813, 1816, 1823-25; Venango County Sheriff, 1820, 1829, 1833; member of Pennsylvania state senate 22nd District, 1838-42; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1843-45; iron manufacturer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1856. Died in Franklin, Venango County, Pa., July 1, 1868 (age 84 years, 295 days). Original interment at Old Pioneer Cemetery; reinterment in 1892 at Franklin Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Grove Hill Cemetery Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania Founded 1870 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: Willis James Hulings (1850-1924) — also known as Willis J. Hulings — of Oil City, Venango County, Pa. Born in Rimersburg, Clarion County, Pa., July 1, 1850. Lawyer; civil engineer; oil operator; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Venango County, 1881-86; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Pennsylvania state senate 48th District, 1907-10; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1913-15, 1919-21; defeated (Prohibition), 1920. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Oil City, Venango County, Pa., August 8, 1924 (age 74 years, 38 days). Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Marcus H. Hulings and Margaret McDermott (McCluee) Hulings; married, April 28, 1874, to Emma Simpson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians (1913)   James Buchanan Siggins (1857-1929) — of Oil City, Venango County, Pa. Born in West Hickory, Forest County, Pa., January 12, 1857. Mayor of Oil City, Pa., 1911-15. Died in Oil City, Venango County, Pa., July 22, 1929 (age 72 years, 191 days). Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.   Presumably named for: James Buchanan   Relatives: Son of William Siggins and Jane (Hunter) Siggins; married to Susan Virginia Hall; father of Mary Alice Siggins (who married Alexander Royal Wheeler).   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edward Peter Theobald (1874-1941) — Born in Titusville, Crawford County, Pa., November 10, 1874. Oil company manager; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Rotterdam, 1908-11. Died November 2, 1941 (age 66 years, 357 days). Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Peter Alex Theobald and Wilhelmina (Schwartzkopf) Theobald; married to Edith Mackey.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Joseph's Cemetery Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania Politicians buried here:   William Hasson (1833-1923) — of Oil City, Venango County, Pa. Born in Shippenville, Clarion County, Pa., March 17, 1833. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil business; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872, 1904, 1912; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Venango County, 1875-76, 1883-84, 1899-1900. Died in Oil City, Venango County, Pa., May 15, 1923 (age 90 years, 59 days). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Hasson and Sarah (Fetzer) Hasson; married 1871 to Mary Collins.   Hasson Park, in Oil City, Pennsylvania, is named for him.  — Hasson Avenue, in Oil City, Pennsylvania, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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