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John Huy Addams (1822-1881) —
also known as John H. Addams —
of Cedarville, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Sinking Spring, Berks
County, Pa., July 12,
1822.
Republican. Owner of Cedar Creek Mill, which produced lumber and
flour;
dirctor, Illinois Central Railroad;
president, Second National Bank of Freeport, Illinois; member
of Illinois
state senate, 1855-61, 1863-71 (4th District 1855-61, 22nd
District 1863-71); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Died, of appendicitis,
in a hotel at
Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., August
17, 1881 (age 59 years, 36
days).
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Charles Thomas Aikens (b. 1862) —
also known as Charles T. Aikens —
of Pine Grove, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa.
Born in Siglerville, Mifflin
County, Pa., December
14, 1862.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Susquehanna University, 1905-27; president, Selinsgrove Realty
Co.; vice-president and treasurer, Nittany Real
Estate Co.; director, First National Bank of Selinsgrove;
director, Sunbury and Selinsgrove Electric
Railroad; director, Nittany Light, Heat
& Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens; married,
November
26, 1889, to Athalia Clara Gitt; married, February
3, 1915, to Carrie (Specht) Smith. |
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Clayton H. Alderfer (b. 1870) —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., August
9, 1870.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, American
Bankers Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Entombed in mausoleum at Riverside
Cemetery, West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Z. Alderfer and Sarah Alderfer; married 1896 to Anna
M. Rosenberry. |
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James Hobart Allport (1874-1945) —
also known as James H. Allport —
of Barnesboro (now part of Northern Cambria), Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa., April
13, 1874.
Republican. Engineer;
coal mining
business; brick and clay
tile manufacturer; banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1932.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a week later, in the Philipsburg State Hospital,
Philipsburg, Centre
County, Pa., June 11,
1945 (age 71 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Hobart Allport and Edith Susannah (Nevling)
Allport. |
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George Elias Alter (1868-1940) —
also known as George E. Alter —
of Springdale, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Springdale, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 13th
District, 1909-14; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1913-14; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1920-23; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1922; director, Springdale National Bank;
director, Dixmont Hospital.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
18, 1940 (age 72 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elias Alter and Martha (Feison) Alter; married, September
11, 1902, to Diana Jane Swanton. |
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Joseph Scofield Ammerman (1924-1993) —
also known as Joseph S. Ammerman —
of Curwensville, Clearfield
County, Pa.
Born in Curwensville, Clearfield
County, Pa., July 14,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952,
1972
(alternate); Clearfield
County District Attorney, 1954-61; president, Curwensville State
Bank, 1958-61; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1961-63;
member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1968; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 34th District, 1971-77; resigned 1977; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1977-79;
defeated, 1978; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1986-.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died October
14, 1993 (age 69 years, 92
days).
Burial location unknown.
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J. Aubrey Anderson (b. 1882) —
of Bridgeport, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Upper Merion, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
14, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; Montgomery
County District Attorney, 1915-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John F. Anderson and Catherine (Missimer) Anderson; married, November
20, 1917, to Lidie Walker McFarland. |
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Par B. Anderson (b. 1868) —
also known as P. B. Anderson —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Kane, McKean
County, Pa.; Caibarien, Cuba.
Born in Sweden,
March
27, 1868.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; steamship
agent; banker; sugar
business; U.S. Consular Agent in Caibarien, 1903-17.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Evans Atkinson (1841-1910) —
also known as Louis E. Atkinson —
of Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Delaware Township, Juniata
County, Pa., April
16, 1841.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Juniata National Bank; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1883-93; district
judge in Pennsylvania 41st District, 1901-02.
Presbyterian.
Died in Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa., February
5, 1910 (age 68 years, 295
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Mifflintown, Pa.
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Isaac Bacharach (1870-1956) —
also known as "Boardwalk Ike" —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Brigantine, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1870.
Republican. Real estate
business; lumber
business; banker; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1911; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1915-37; defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., September
5, 1956 (age 86 years, 244
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jacob Thompson Baker (1847-1919) —
also known as J. Thompson Baker —
of Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born near Cowan, Union
County, Pa., April
13, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; Mayor of Wildwood, N.J., 1911-12; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President); U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1913-15.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
7, 1919 (age 72 years, 238
days).
Interment at Cold
Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cold Spring, N.J.
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Frank Elmer Baldwin (1866-1943) —
also known as Frank E. Baldwin —
of Austin, Potter
County, Pa.
Born in Duke Center, McKean
County, Pa., June 4,
1866.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
banker; chair of
Potter County Republican Party, 1902; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1909-12, 1917-32; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1933-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Austin, Potter
County, Pa., August
9, 1943 (age 77 years, 66
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Austin, Pa.
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James W. Ballantine (1840-1907) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Muldoon, Blaine
County, Idaho; Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1840.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil
business; silver and lead
mining business; postmaster;
banker; People's candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from heart
disease, in Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho, January
5, 1907 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Timothy Arthur Barrow (b. 1934) —
also known as Timothy A. Barrow —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1934.
Republican. Banker; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1967-72; Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1971-72; mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1974-76.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 1976.
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Alonzo S. Batchelor (1877-1941) —
of Monaca, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Etna, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
15, 1877.
Republican. Merchant;
banker; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 47th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Died April
13, 1941 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Seymore Batchelor and Caroline (Reno) Batchelor; married,
September
11, 1907, to Jessie Eugenia Holmes. |
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Cyrus William Beales (1877-1927) —
also known as C. William Beales —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.
Born near York Springs, Adams
County, Pa., December
16, 1877.
Republican. Pharmacist;
director, Gettysburg National Bank; director, Gettysburg Ice
and Storage
Co.; postmaster at Gettysburg,
Pa., 1910-14; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1915-17; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate 33rd District, 1917-20.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., November
14, 1927 (age 49 years, 333
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Edward McMathers Beers (1877-1932) —
also known as Edward M. Beers —
of Mt. Union, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Nossville, Huntingdon
County, Pa., May 27,
1877.
Republican. Farmer; hotel
manager; director Grange Trust Company, Huntingdon, Pa.;
director, First National Bank, Mt. Union, Pa.; mayor of Mt.
Union, Pa., 1910-14; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1914-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1923-32; died in
office 1932.
Methodist.
Died, of influenza,
in the Naval Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1932 (age 54 years, 330
days).
Interment at Mt.
Union Cemetery, Mt. Union, Pa.
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Charles Harry Benedict (b. 1876) —
of Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
24, 1876.
Democrat. Metallurgist;
worked for copper mining
companies; inventor,
ammonia leaching process for copper; director, Federal Reserve
Bank of Minneapolis, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1928
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Benedict and Hannah (Goldsmith) Benedict; married, February
4, 1902, to Lena Manson. |
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John Biddle (1792-1859) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 2,
1792.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1827-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1835; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841; banker;
president, Michigan Central Railroad.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), August
25, 1859 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Andrew Lynn Bingham, Sr. (1883-1953) —
of New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., June 18,
1883.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died, in Beaver Valley General Hospital,
New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., September
30, 1953 (age 70 years, 104
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, New Brighton, Pa.
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William Bingham (1752-1804) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 8,
1752.
Banker; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1786-88; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1790-91; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1791; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate, 1794-95; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1795-1801.
Died in Bath, England,
February
7, 1804 (age 51 years, 336
days).
Interment at Paris
Church, Bath, England.
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Harris Jacob Bixler (1870-1941) —
also known as Harris J. Bixler —
of Johnsonburg, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in New Buffalo, Perry
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; banker; Mayor of Johnsonburg, Pa., 1908-12; Elk
County Sheriff, 1916-20; Elk
County Treasurer, 1920-21; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1921-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died in Johnsonburg, Elk
County, Pa., March
29, 1941 (age 70 years, 194
days).
Interment at Duncannon
Cemetery, Duncannon, Pa.
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Shields Adams Blaine (b. 1865) —
also known as S. A. Blaine —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Armstrong
County, Pa., March
20, 1865.
Farmer;
banker; mayor
of Champaign, Ill., 1906-09; real
estate and insurance
business.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Wiggins Blaine and Nancy (Adams) Blaine; married, August
5, 1902, to Elizabeth Temperance Fairclo. |
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Francis P. Bogardus (1837-1900) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1837.
Democrat. Banker; insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1871-73, 1888-89; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 2,
1900 (age 62 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1859 to Sarah
P. Hall. |
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Adolph Edward Borie (1809-1880) —
also known as Adolph E. Borie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
25, 1809.
President, Bank of Commerce, Philadelphia, 1848-60; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1869.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
5, 1880 (age 70 years, 72
days).
Entombed at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Williamson Bosler (1833-1883) —
also known as James W. Bosler —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., April 4,
1833.
Lawyer;
merchant;
real
estate agent; banker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1860;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1860; Republican candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1882.
German
ancestry.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
17, 1883 (age 50 years, 257
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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John Tannyhill Bressler (1849-1935) —
also known as John T. Bressler —
of Wayne, Wayne
County, Neb.
Born in Pennsylvania, January
14, 1849.
Republican. Farmer;
banker; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1880; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); government director for
Union Pacific Railroad,
1897.
Died in Wayne, Wayne
County, Neb., October
23, 1935 (age 86 years, 282
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Wayne, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Johannes Daniel C. Bressler and Mary Ann (Tannyhill) Bressler;
married 1880 to Julia
Fair. |
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Albert Gallatin Brodhead Jr. (1815-1891) —
also known as Albert G. Brodhead, Jr. —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born August
13, 1815.
Democrat. Railroad
superintendent; banker; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1870-72 (10th District 1870-71, 13th District
1872); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1876
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died January
18, 1891 (age 75 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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Edward Schroeder Brooks (1867-1957) —
also known as Edward S. Brooks —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., June 14,
1867.
Republican. Banker; manufacturer;
York
County Treasurer, 1903-06; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1919-23;
postmaster at York,
Pa., 1925-30 (acting, 1925-26).
Lutheran.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Sons
of Veterans.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., July 12,
1957 (age 90 years, 28
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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Jacob Broom (1752-1810) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
17, 1752.
Surveyor;
postmaster at Wilmington,
Del., 1776-92; member of Delaware state legislature, 1784-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; banker; cotton mill
business.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
25, 1810 (age 57 years, 190
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Guy Watson Brown (b. 1884) —
also known as Guy W. Brown —
of Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Jefferson Township, Fayette
County, Pa., March
23, 1884.
Republican. Railroad
ticket agent; bookkeeper;
banker; coal mining
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1923-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Browne (1875-1947) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1875.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Princeton, N.J., 1916-23; resigned 1923; president, board of
trustees, Princeton Hospital,
1919-23; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1920, 1924; member, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 1925-31;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1936-39;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940;
director, First National Bank of Princeton; director, Delaware
and Bound Brook Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
17, 1947 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Cremated.
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David Emmert Brumbaugh (1894-1977) —
also known as D. Emmert Brumbaugh —
of Claysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Henrietta, Blair
County, Pa., October
8, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
banker; insurance
business; partner, Queen Lumber
Company; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1943-47 (23rd District 1943-45,
22nd District 1945-47); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956,
1960;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 30th District, 1963-68.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Rotary;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Died in Claysburg, Blair
County, Pa., April
22, 1977 (age 82 years, 196
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Martinsburg, Pa.
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George Franklin Brumm (1878-1934) —
also known as George F. Brumm —
of Minersville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Minersville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
24, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor for Miners State Bank; served in the U.S. Army on
the Mexican border; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1923-27, 1929-34;
died in office 1934.
Episcopalian.
Died, from myocarditis
and nephritis,
in Methodist Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 29,
1934 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Interment at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Theodore Weld Burdick (1836-1898) —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born in Evansburg (now Conneaut Lake), Crawford
County, Pa., October
7, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1877-79; member of Iowa
state senate, 1886-87.
Died in Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, July 16,
1898 (age 61 years, 282
days).
Interment at Phelps
Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa.
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Walter Halben Butler (1852-1931) —
also known as Walter H. Butler —
of West Union, Fayette
County, Iowa.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., February
13, 1852.
Democrat. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1891-93.
Died, from myocarditis
and heart
dilatation, in Roosevelt Hotel,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., April
24, 1931 (age 79 years, 70
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Drakes Ferry, Huntingdon
County, Pa., March 1,
1830.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1871-73; resigned 1873.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 19,
1917 (age 87 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
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James Donald Cameron (1833-1918) —
also known as J. Donald Cameron —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Middletown, Dauphin
County, Pa., May 14,
1833.
Republican. Banker; iron
manufacturer; president, Northern Central Railroad,
1863-74; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1868,
1880;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1876-77; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1877-97; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1879-80.
Died in Lancaster
County, Pa., August
30, 1918 (age 85 years, 108
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Jacob Miller Campbell (1821-1888) —
also known as Jacob M. Campbell —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born near Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
20, 1821.
Republican. Involved in newspaper
and Mississippi River steamboat
work as a young man; later helped establish the Cambria Iron Works;
served as director for banks and utilities;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Pennsylvania
surveyor-general, 1866-71; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1877-79, 1881-87;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1887.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., September
27, 1888 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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John H. Carroll (b. 1849) —
of De Smet, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1849.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster;
banker; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 22nd District, 1903-08.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Alexander Gilmore Cattell (1816-1894) —
also known as Alexander G. Cattell —
of Salem
County, N.J.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Merchantville, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., February
12, 1816.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1840; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844;
banker; financier;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1872-.
Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., April 8,
1894 (age 78 years, 55
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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E. Wallace Chadwick (1884-1969) —
of Rose Valley, Wallingford, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., January
17, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, board of managers, Chester Hospital;
solicitor, Delaware County Hospital;
director, Delaware County National Bank; orphan's court judge
in Pennsylvania, 1945; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1947-49.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary;
Union
League.
Died in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., August
18, 1969 (age 85 years, 213
days).
Interment at Union
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rose Valley, Wallingford, Pa.
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James Murdoch Clark (1863-1947) —
also known as James M. Clark —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., December
15, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
bank director; Pittsburgh director of public safety, 1926-33;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
12, 1947 (age 83 years, 59
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Clark and Margaret Donaldson (Mevey) Clark; married, May 3,
1893, to Jean McClane Swan; married 1929 to
Virginia J. Peters. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) —
also known as William A. Clark —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born near Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., January
8, 1839.
Democrat. Banker; mine owner;
delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1889; candidate
for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1888; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1892,
1904;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1899-1900, 1901-07; resigned 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 2,
1925 (age 86 years, 53
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Charles Robert Connell (1864-1922) —
also known as Charles R. Connell —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., September
22, 1864.
Republican. President, Lackawanna Mills, manufacturers of underwear;
president, Scranton Button
Company; vice-president, Third National Bank; director, South
Side Bank of Scranton; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1921-22; died in
office 1922.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., September
26, 1922 (age 58 years, 4
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Joseph Sala Corriols (1877-1971) —
also known as Joseph S. Corriols; José
Corriols=y=Sala —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Barcelona, Spain,
April
22, 1877.
Bank clerk; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Mexico in Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1911-14; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1935.
Died June 2,
1971 (age 94 years, 41
days).
Interment at Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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James Robert Cray (1860-1937) —
also known as James R. Cray —
Born in Darlington, Beaver
County, Pa., March 8,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio and other railroads;
president of coal and coke mining
companies; banker; chair of
Fayette County Democratic Party, 1900.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
11, 1937 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cray and Margaret (Meehan) Cray; married, June 22,
1893, to Catharine Lynch. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Montgomery F. Crowe (b. 1890) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
9, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1939-54; director, General Hospital
of Monroe County; director, Stroudsburg Security Trust
Company; president, Monroe County Industries;
treasurer, Pocono Lodges Hotel
Company director, Van Karner Chemical
Arms Corporation; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Crowe and Jessie M. (Durkee) Crowe; married to Frances
K. Wirth. |
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Omer Nixon Custer (1873-1942) —
also known as Omer N. Custer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Banker; president, Purington Paving
Brick
Company; president, Intra-State Telephone
Company; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1909-13; Illinois
state treasurer, 1925-27, 1929-31; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1932.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., October
17, 1942 (age 68 years, 296
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Smedley Darlington (1827-1899) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Pocopson Township, Chester
County, Pa., December
24, 1827.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1887-91; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 24,
1899 (age 71 years, 182
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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William Darlington (1782-1863) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April
28, 1782.
Physician;
botanist;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23;
Chester
County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of the
West Chester Railroad;
president, Bank of Chester County; delegate to Whig National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., April
23, 1863 (age 80 years, 360
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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John R. Davis (b. 1877) —
of Lewis
County, W.Va.
Born in Ursina, Somerset
County, Pa., July 7,
1877.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; bank director; member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1929-32.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) —
also known as George B. Delamater —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., January
14, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; oil
producer; banker; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1871-73.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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George Wallace Delamater (1849-1907) —
also known as George W. Delamater —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., March
31, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1877; chair of
Crawford County Republican Party, 1878; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1887-90; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1890.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in his office
at the Diamond Banking Building, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
7, 1907 (age 58 years, 129
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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John Dick (1794-1872) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 17,
1794.
Merchant;
banker; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1830, 1834, 1850-51; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1853-59 (24th District 1853-55,
25th District 1855-59); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 29,
1872 (age 77 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Samuel Bernard Dick (1836-1907) —
also known as Samuel B. Dick —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., October
26, 1836.
Republican. Banker; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1870; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1879-81; railroad
builder; railroad
president; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 10,
1907 (age 70 years, 196
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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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, Milton, Pa.
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen Dumont (b. 1869) —
also known as Frederick T. F. Dumont —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J., March
17, 1869.
Construction engineer,
Pennsylvania Railroad,
1889-1901; banker; U.S. Consul in Guadeloupe, 1911-12; Madrid, 1912-14; Florence, 1914-19; Dublin, 1919-20; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, as of 1924; Havana, 1929-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Finley Dumont and Anna K. (Kline) Dumont; married, May 16,
1900, to Mary Wolfe. |
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Eleuthere Irenee du Pont (1921-1994) —
also known as Eleuthere I. du Pont;
"Brud" —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 21,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
banker; insurance
executive; treasurer of
Delaware Republican Party, 1956; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1956.
Died, from a heart
attack in his office,
in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
29, 1994 (age 72 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Victor du Pont (1894-1962) —
also known as Francis V. du Pont; Frank V. du
Pont —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.; Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., May 28,
1894.
Republican. Engineer;
member, Delaware State Highway Commission, 1922-49; president,
Equitable Trust Company of Wilmington; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1952; Commissioner, U.S. Bureau
of Public Roads, 1953-56.
Died, from lung
cancer, in University Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., May 16,
1962 (age 67 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Howard Earle Jr. (1856-1928) —
also known as George H. Earle, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 6,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1911.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1928
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Jersey; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from uremic
poisoning, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Charles Conner Evans (b. 1858) —
also known as Charles C. Evans —
of Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa.
Born in Briarcreek Township, Columbia
County, Pa., January
10, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 26th
District, 1906-16, 1925-38; appointed 1906, 1925.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Edward Finegan (b. 1866) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in West Fulton, Schoharie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1866.
School
teacher; lawyer;
bank director; Pennsylvania
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-21.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Joel Fisk (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles J. Fisk —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, June 16,
1858.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1896
(alternate), 1900;
mayor
of Plainfield, N.J., 1897-1900.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from angina
pectoris and myocardial
degeneration, in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
27, 1922 (age 64 years, 164
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Harvey Fisk and Louisa (Green) Fisk; married 1879 to Lizzie
Richey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Plainfield (N.J.)
Courier-News, November 27, 1922 |
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Edwin John Fithian (1863-1953) —
also known as Edwin J. Fithian —
of Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Portersville, Butler
County, Pa., July 1,
1863.
Physician;
president, Bessemer Gas Engine Company; after 1929, chairman of the
successor firm, Cooper-Bessemer Corporation; makers of industrial
compressors and marine
engines; bank director; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania; Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1916; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1918; burgess
of Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1923; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from acute cardiac
decompensation, in Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa., May 15,
1953 (age 89 years, 318
days).
Entombed at Woodland Cemetery, Grove City, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Newton Fithian and Margaret Jane (Riddle) Fithian; married
to Georgiana A. Shellito and Esther Shellito. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John F. Forward Jr. (b. 1876) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
18, 1876.
Republican. Abstractor;
president, Union Title
Insurance Co.; president, Union Trust Co.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1932;
mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1932-34; resigned 1934.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Ferree Forward and Ella Francis (Dillon) Forward; married, June 29,
1901, to Alberta Fairbanks; married, June 15,
1920, to Martha Thompson. |
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Robert Frazer Jr. (1878-1947) —
of Salinas, Salinas
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
8, 1878.
Bank employee; sugar cane
planter;
U.S. Consul in Valencia, 1909-12; Malaga, 1912-14; Bahia, 1914-16; Kobe, 1916-19; U.S. Consul General in , 1919-24; Zurich, 1924-27; Calcutta, 1927-30; Mexico City, 1930-32; London, 1932-33; U.S. Minister to El Salvador, 1937-38.
Died in 1947
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin N. Freeland (b. 1858) —
of Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Mt. Morris, Greene
County, Pa., March
18, 1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; Greene
County Clerk of Courts; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 40th District, 1903-06; bank director;
director, South Penn Telephone
Company.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Freeland and Nancy Freeland. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Charles Carroll Frick (1867-1926) —
also known as Charles C. Frick —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
4, 1867.
Republican. Investment banker; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 28th District, 1906.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., March
16, 1926 (age 58 years, 102
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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James A. Garrity (b. 1878) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Griffith, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
18, 1878.
Democrat. Coal miner;
probation
officer; insurance
broker; bank director; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1935-38; defeated, 1938.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary;
Elks; Modern
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles McElroy Greene (c.1842-1916) —
also known as Charles M. Greene —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.; Harrison, Boone
County, Ark.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1888,
1896,
1900,
1908,
1912
(alternate).
Died in Harrison, Boone
County, Ark., April
25, 1916 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Kirk Greer (b. 1873) —
also known as William K. Greer —
of North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
11, 1873.
Republican. Textile mill
agent; mayor
of North Adams, Mass., 1923-24; director, North Adams National
Bank; vice-president, North Adams Savings Bank.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Greer and Caroline (Kirk) Greer; married, October
18, 1898, to Sarah M. Walker. |
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Joseph Ridgway Grundy (1863-1961) —
also known as Joseph R. Grundy —
of Bristol, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., January
13, 1863.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1908,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1929-30.
Quaker.
Died in Nassau, Bahamas,
March
3, 1961 (age 98 years, 49
days).
Interment at Beechwood
Cemetery, Hulmeville, Pa.
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George Wilkins Guthrie (1848-1917) —
also known as George W. Guthrie —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
5, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Malcolm
Hay; vice-president, Dollar Savings Bank; member, board of
managers, St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1912;
mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1906-09; defeated, 1896; U.S. Ambassador to
Japan, 1913-17, died in office 1917.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Tokyo, Japan,
March
8, 1917 (age 68 years, 184
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William J. Halderman (1840-1917) —
of Mission Creek, Pawnee
County, Neb.; Burchard, Pawnee
County, Neb.; Pawnee City, Pawnee
County, Neb.
Born in Butler
County, Pa., April
13, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; merchant;
postmaster;
banker; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1877; Pawnee
County Treasurer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1899.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died January
30, 1917 (age 76 years, 292
days).
Interment at Pawnee
City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb.
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Edwin Arthur Hall Jr. (1909-2004) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., February
11, 1909.
Republican. Building
contractor; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1939-53 (34th District 1939-45,
37th District 1945-53).
Died in Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa., October
18, 2004 (age 95 years, 250
days).
Interment at Quaker Lake Cemetery, Brackney, Pa.
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James Knox Polk Hall (1844-1915) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in Milesburg, Centre
County, Pa., September
30, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Elk
County District Attorney, 1867-70, 1873; interests in coal
mining, lumbering,
railroads,
and banking; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1896,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1899-1903; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1903-14 (38th District 1903-06, 26th District
1907-14).
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., January
5, 1915 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Pa.
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John J. Haluska (1902-1984) —
of Patton, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Canonsburg, Washington
County, Pa., May 8,
1902.
Democrat. Sales manager, Goenner Brewing
Company of Johnstown, Pa.; insurance
business; banker; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-36; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 35th District, 1937-56, 1961-64; defeated, 1956,
1964; United Pension candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1942.
Died December
5, 1984 (age 82 years, 211
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Patton, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. Haluska and Mary (Palko) Haluska; married to Anne P.
Flesher. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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, Oil City, Pa.
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Charles Hawks Jr. (1899-1960) —
of Horicon, Dodge
County, Wis.
Born in Horicon, Dodge
County, Wis., July 7,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance
business; investment banker; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
9, 1960 (age 60 years, 186
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Horicon, Wis.
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Edward W. Helfrick (b. 1928) —
also known as Ed Helfrick —
of Elysburg, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., March
11, 1928.
Republican. Mining
contractor; director, First National Trust Bank; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1977-80; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1981-2004.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Helfrick and Elizabeth (Rosenberger) Helfrick; married to
Rosemarie Ciokajlo. |
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Daniel Hiester (1774-1834) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1774.
Chester
County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1800-09; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1809-11;
banker; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1815-17.
Died in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., March 8,
1834 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Carter Higbee (1869-1938) —
also known as Edward C. Higbee —
of Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Jefferson Township, Fayette
County, Pa., October
28, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Bruce
F. Sterling; bank director; candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., February
12, 1938 (age 68 years, 107
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
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Adolph August Hoehling (1868-1941) —
also known as Adolph A. Hoehling —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1921-28; resigned 1928;
banker.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1941 (age 72 years, 106
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph August Hoehling (1839-1920; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy) and
Annie (Tilghman) Hoehling; married, June 9,
1906, to Louise G. Carrington. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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, Somerset, Pa.
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James Herron Hopkins (1832-1904) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., November
3, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; manufacturer;
mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1875-77, 1883-85.
Died in North Hatley, Quebec,
June
17, 1904 (age 71 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Louis Howard (b. 1926) —
also known as Edward L. Howard —
of Doylestown, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., November
25, 1926.
Republican. Board chairman, Neshaminy Valley Bank; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 10th District, 1971-86.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1986.
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Relatives: Son
of C. Edward Howard and Marjorie (Johnston) Howard; married, March
16, 1949, to Barbara Blackmarr. |
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Thomas Marshall Howe (1808-1877) —
of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., April
20, 1808.
Republican. Banker; manufacturer;
mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-55 (21st District 1851-53,
22nd District 1853-55); candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 20,
1877 (age 69 years, 91
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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George Franklin Huff (1842-1912) —
also known as George F. Huff —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 16,
1842.
Republican. Banker; mining and
railroad
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1880;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 39th District, 1885-88; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1891-93, 1895-97, 1903-11 (21st
District 1891-93, at-large 1895-97, 22nd District 1903-11).
Died in 1912
(age about
69 years).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Benneville de Benneville Keim (1790-1872) —
also known as Benneville Keim —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., November
30, 1790.
Banker; hardware
business; mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1858-61; defeated (Republican), 1861.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
30, 1872 (age 81 years, 335
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., December
6, 1778.
Iron
manufacturer; banker; chief
burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1833-34.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August
20, 1852 (age 73 years, 258
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Abraham Lincoln Keister (1852-1917) —
also known as Abraham L. Keister —
of Scottdale, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., September
10, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1913-17.
Died May 26,
1917 (age 64 years, 258
days).
Interment at Scottdale
Cemetery, Scottdale, Pa.
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Charles Henry Kempf (1831-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Kempf —
of Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Trumbauersville, Bucks
County, Pa., January
1, 1831.
Republican. Tinsmith; hardware
business; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan.
Congregationalist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1916 (age 85 years, 295
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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Reuben Kempf (1835-1912) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Trumbauersville, Bucks
County, Pa., March 5,
1835.
Republican. Banker; member of Michigan
state senate, 1880; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1903.
German
ancestry.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 3,
1912 (age 77 years, 120
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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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, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa.
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William A. Kindred (c.1849-1891) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).
Born in Morris
County, N.J., about 1849.
Civil
engineer; railroad
builder; banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1882-83.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1891 (age about 42
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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, Somerset, Pa.
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Joseph Augustine Kuhn (1841-1918) —
also known as Joseph A. Kuhn —
of Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash.
Born in East Berlin, Adams
County, Pa., September
1, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; photographer;
lawyer;
banker; mayor
of Port Townsend, Wash., 1883-85; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington Territory, 1884;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Washington Territory, 1888.
Died in Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash., October
4, 1918 (age 77 years, 33
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Townsend, Wash.
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John Crain Kunkel (1898-1970) —
also known as John C. Kunkel —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., July 21,
1898.
Republican. Banker; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-51, 1961-67 (19th District
1939-45, 18th District 1945-51, 16th District 1961-67); candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died July 27,
1970 (age 72 years, 6
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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David H. G. Kuser (b. 1857) —
of Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Colebrookdale Township, Berks
County, Pa., July 11,
1857.
Implement
dealer; traveling
salesman; director, Farmer's National Bank of Boyertown;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Berks County, 1907-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Warner Landis (1867-1925) —
also known as Charles W. Landis —
of Osborne, Osborne
County, Kan.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pennsylvania, October
21, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., May 11,
1925 (age 57 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Landis and Christiana (Shelly) Landis; married 1892 to Eva
Patterson. |
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John Larkin Jr. (1804-1896) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Concord Township, Delaware
County, Pa., October
3, 1804.
Merchant;
river
transportation business; Delaware
County Sheriff, 1840; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1845-46; real estate
developer; mayor
of Chester, Pa., 1866-72; banker.
One of the founders of Chester Rural Cemetery.
Died in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., July 22,
1896 (age 91 years, 293
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Martha (Thomas) Larkin and John Larkin; married, January
25, 1827, to Charlotte Johnson Morton; married, October
23, 1849, to Mary A. Boggs; ancestor *** of Joseph
Larkin Eyre. |
| | | Political family: Eyre
family of Chester, Pennsylvania. |
| | | Larkin School
(built 1894, demolished 1988), in Chester,
Pennsylvania, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Lesinski (1885-1950) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., January
3, 1885.
Democrat. Real estate
business; lumber
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1933-50; died in
office 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., May 27,
1950 (age 65 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Fred Ewing Lewis (1865-1949) —
also known as Fred E. Lewis —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., February
8, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Merchants National Bank and Dime Savings and Trust
Co.; mayor
of Allentown, Pa., 1896-99, 1902-05, 1932-36; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1913-15.
Died June 27,
1949 (age 84 years, 139
days).
Interment at Union
and West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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Norton Lewis Lichtenwalner (1889-1960) —
also known as Norton Lichtenwalner —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., June 1,
1889.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1931-33.
Died in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., May 3,
1960 (age 70 years, 337
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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Frank Bathurst Lucas (1862-1934) —
also known as Frank B. Lucas —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1862.
Democrat. Banker; newspaper
business manager; personal treasurer for E.
W. Marland, oil magnate
and politician; postmaster at Ponca
City, Okla., 1933-34 (acting, 1933-34).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla., September
21, 1934 (age about 72
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Okla.
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Connie Mack III (b. 1940) —
also known as Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy
III —
of Cape Coral, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
29, 1940.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Florida 13th District, 1983-89; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1989-2001.
Catholic.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Still living as of 2014.
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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, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
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Charles Joseph Margiotti (1891-1956) —
also known as Charles J. Margiotti —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., April 4,
1891.
Lawyer;
business
executive; director, Punxsutawney National Bank; candidate
in Republican primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1934; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1935-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Eagles;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; Sons of
Italy; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Foresters.
Died August
25, 1956 (age 65 years, 143
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Punxsutawney, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Margiotti and Fortunata (Reca) Margiotti; married, February
5, 1918, to Denise Wery. |
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Edward Martin (1879-1967) —
also known as Ed Martin —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in a log
cabin, Ten Mile, Washington Township, Greene
County, Pa., September
18, 1879.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Dunn Mar Oil and Gas
Company; president, Consumers Fuel Company; director, Citizens
National Bank; director, Washington County Fire
Insurance Co.; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1925-29; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1928-34; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936,
1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932;
Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1939-43; general in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1947-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., March
19, 1967 (age 87 years, 182
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa.
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John Jay McCloy (1895-1989) —
also known as John J. McCloy; "Chairman of the
American Establishment" —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
31, 1895.
Lawyer;
banker; president, World Bank, 1947-49; U.S. High Commissioner
for the U.S. Zone in Germany, 1949-52; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
11, 1989 (age 93 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) —
also known as Andrew W. Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
24, 1855.
Republican. Banker; co-founder,
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which later became Carnegie
Mellon University; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924
(speaker),
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at
Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon; married 1900 to Nora
McMullen; father of Ailsa Mellon (who married David
Kirkpatrick Este Bruce); uncle of William
Larimer Mellon; granduncle of Richard
Mellon Scaife. |
| | | Political family: Bruce-Mellon
family of Virginia. |
| | | Cross-reference: J.
McKenzie Moss |
| | | Carnegie Mellon University,
in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, is partly named for
him. — Mellon Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Federal
Reserve History |
| | | Books about Andrew Mellon: David
Cannadine, Mellon
: An American Life |
| | | Image source: American Review of
Reviews, March 1922 |
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William Larimer Mellon (1868-1949) —
also known as William L. Mellon; W. L.
Mellon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 1,
1868.
Republican. President, Monongahela Street
Railway; vice-president, National Union Fire
Insurance Company; vice-president, Mellon National Bank
and Trust; founder and chairman, Gulf Oil
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1926-28.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
8, 1949 (age 81 years, 129
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Charles Henry Meyer (1826-1898) —
also known as Charles H. Meyer; Carl H. Meyer; Karl
Heinrich Meyer —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Schleiz, Germany,
March
15, 1826.
Dry
goods importer;
banker; Consul
for Germany in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1872-98; silk ribbon
manufacturer.
German
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
14, 1898 (age 72 years, 152
days). During a lawsuit following his death, his successor as
German Consul alleged
that Mr. Meyer had defaulted
with at least $11,000 of the consulate's funds; this was denied by
the executors of his estate, and the outcome of the dispute is
unknown.
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Christoph Heinrich Meyer and Marie (Felder) Meyer; married, April
16, 1857, to Sophie Karoline Wilhelmine Brossman. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Philadelphia Times,
August 18, 1898 |
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James Mosgrove (1821-1900) —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., June 14,
1821.
Iron
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1881-83;
banker.
Died in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., November
27, 1900 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Interment at Kittanning
Cemetery, Kittanning, Pa.
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Henry J. Myers (born c.1863) —
of Chicora, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1863.
Democrat. Banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1912
(alternate), 1928.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Overton Jr. (1836-1903) —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., February
4, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1877-81; bank
president.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., September
18, 1903 (age 67 years, 226
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Pa.
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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, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Howland Owlett and Ida (Wells) Owlett; married, June 20,
1918, to Sue Berkey. |
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Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) —
also known as A. Mitchell Palmer; "The Fighting
Quaker" —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Moosehead, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 4,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
bank director; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1909-15; member
of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1912-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914; U.S. Alien Property Custodian,
1917-19; U.S.
Attorney General, 1919-21; target of assassination
attempts in 1919; instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, in
which over 10,000 legal immigrants were arrested and held for
deportation; most were eventually released; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1932.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
condition following surgery for appendicitis,
in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 11,
1936 (age 64 years, 7
days).
Interment at Laurelwood
Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
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Thomas Willing Peters (b. 1855) —
also known as Thomas W. Peters —
of Wyoming.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
4, 1855.
Cattle
raiser; bank director; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in
Plauen, 1889-96; U.S. Consul in Plauen, 1896-1903; Kingston, as of 1914; U.S. Consul General in St. Gall, 1903-07; Munich, 1907-11.
Burial location unknown.
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William Vernon Phillips (1875-1931) —
also known as W. Vernon Phillips —
of Yeadon, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Wales,
November
18, 1875.
Iron and
steel business; bank director; burgess
of Yeadon, Pennsylvania, 1923-31; died in office 1931.
Episcopalian.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 2,
1931 (age 55 years, 226
days).
Interment at Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Richard Phillips and Emily Mary (Jenkins) Phillips;
married 1912 to
Florence Louise Starr. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry J. Pierson (b. 1872) —
of Lititz, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, N.J., August
1, 1872.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; banker; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1933-40.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Eleazer Pomeroy (1868-1965) —
also known as Daniel E. Pomeroy —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Troy, Bradford
County, Pa., May 13,
1868.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1940;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1936,
1940;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1932-40; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1940.
Died in Sea Island, Glynn
County, Ga., March
25, 1965 (age 96 years, 316
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Troy, Pa.
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William Culbertson Pomeroy (1851-1907) —
also known as William C. Pomeroy —
of Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Roxbury, Franklin
County, Pa., November
24, 1851.
Banker; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Juniata County, 1883-84,
1905-07; died in office 1907.
Presbyterian.
Died February
21, 1907 (age 55 years, 89
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hiram Price (1814-1901) —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Pennsylvania, January
10, 1814.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1863-69, 1877-81; U.S.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1881-85.
Died May 30,
1901 (age 87 years, 140
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.
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A. Raymond Raff (1865-1947) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
27, 1865.
Democrat. Builder;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1903; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1923; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
superintendent of U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, 1934-35; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1935-47; died in office 1947; director, Northwestern
National Bank.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
10, 1947 (age 82 years, 227
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Raff and Caroline (Hahn) Raff; married 1889 to Ella
Virginia Shinkle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Fitz Randolph (1791-1872) —
also known as James F. Randolph —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Middlesex
County, N.J., June 26,
1791.
Newspaper
editor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-33; bank
president.
Died in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
25, 1872 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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George Rankin Jr. (c.1869-1949) —
of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Scotland,
about 1869.
Banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1924;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1935-38; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Elks.
Died in 1949
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George Rankin and Agnes Rankin; married to Annie E.
Flanagan. |
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Charles M. Reed (1847-1917) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., 1847.
Republican. Financier;
director and vice-president, First National Bank of Erie;
director, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad;
mayor
of Erie, Pa., 1872-73.
Died in 1917
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gen. Charles M. Reed and Harriet (Gilson) Reed; married to Ella M.
Morrison. |
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William Augustus Reeder (1849-1929) —
also known as William A. Reeder —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., August
28, 1849.
Republican. School
teacher; banker; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1899-1911.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
7, 1929 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Robert Fleming Rich (1883-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Rich —
of Woolrich, Clinton
County, Pa.
Born in Woolrich, Clinton
County, Pa., June 23,
1883.
Republican. General manager and treasurer, Woolrich Woolen Mills;
president, State Bank of Avis; director, secretary, treasurer,
Chatham Water
Co.; director, treasurer, Pierce Manufacturing
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1930-43, 1945-51 (16th District
1930-43, 15th District 1945-51).
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died April
28, 1968 (age 84 years, 310
days).
Interment at Woolrich
Cemetery, Woolrich, Pa.
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Edward Everett Robbins (1860-1919) —
also known as Edward E. Robbins —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Robbins Station, Westmoreland
County, Pa., September
27, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; mining
business; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1885; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 39th District, 1889-92; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1897-99, 1917-19 (21st District
1897-99, 22nd District 1917-19); died in office 1919; major in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Died January
25, 1919 (age 58 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Warren R. Roberts —
of Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton
County, Pa.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; bank director; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1927-37; resigned 1937; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Sadie Dreisbach. |
| | | Image source: Pennsylvania Manual
1937 |
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Alfonso Arnold Rutis (1859-1928) —
also known as Alfonso A. Rutis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Edgewood, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in St. Gall, Switzerland,
October
20, 1859.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; banker; Consul-General
for Paraguay in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1900-03; Consul-General
for Persia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1903.
Died, from apoplexy
and diabetes,
in Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., July 22,
1928 (age 68 years, 276
days).
Interment at Rosemont Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Tex.
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William Warren Scranton (1917-2013) —
also known as William W. Scranton —
of Dalton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, New Haven
County, Conn., July 19,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1961-63; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1963-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1976-77.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; Chi Psi.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Montecito, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 28,
2013 (age 96 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Ross Scull (b. 1856) —
also known as George R. Scull —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
25, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1900
(alternate), 1912;
bank president.
Interment at Union Cemetery, Irwin, Pa.
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John Scull (1765-1828) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., July 23,
1765.
Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1789-96; banker.
Died near Irwin, Westmoreland
County, Pa., February
8, 1828 (age 62 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob S. Serrill (1817-1899) —
of Darby, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., October
18, 1817.
Republican. Farmer; burgess
of Darby, Pennsylvania, 1858-59, 1864-66, 1878; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 2nd District, 1861-63; banker.
Died in Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., December
30, 1899 (age 82 years, 73
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jane (Pearson) Serrill and George Serrill. |
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R. W. Sheak (c.1834-1880) —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born about 1834.
Lawyer;
banker; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1865-66; president, Lancaster and
Quarryville Railroad,
president, Lancaster and Millersville Railroad
director, Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
26, 1880 (age about 46
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Irving Sirovich (1882-1939) —
also known as William I. Sirovich —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., March
18, 1882.
Physician;
playwright;
Independence League candidate for New York
state treasurer, 1908, 1910; superintendent, Peoples Hospital,
1911-29; president, Industrial National Bank; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1927-39; defeated
(Democratic), 1924; died in office 1939.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a heart
attack, while taking a bath at home, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1939 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles Steele (b. 1865) —
of Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Port Carbon, Schuylkill
County, Pa., April
29, 1865.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; banker; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1923-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Almor Stern (1854-1935) —
of Logan, Harrison
County, Iowa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., April
21, 1854.
Republican. Harrison
County Auditor, 1878-83; banker; abstract and
title business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from heart
disease, in Logan, Harrison
County, Iowa, November
1, 1935 (age 81 years, 194
days).
Interment at Logan Cemetery, Logan, Iowa.
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Michael Lathrop Strang (1929-2014) —
also known as Michael L. Strang —
of Carbondale, Garfield
County, Colo.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 17,
1929.
Republican. Rancher;
investment banker; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1985-87; defeated,
1986.
Died in Carbondale, Garfield
County, Colo., January
12, 2014 (age 84 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harve Tibbott (1885-1969) —
of Ebensburg, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Cambria Township, Cambria
County, Pa., May 27,
1885.
Republican. Pharmacist;
banker; Cambria
County Treasurer, 1932-35; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-49 (27th District 1939-45,
26th District 1945-49); defeated, 1948.
Died in Ebensburg, Cambria
County, Pa., December
31, 1969 (age 84 years, 218
days).
Interment at Lloyd
Cemetery, Ebensburg, Pa.
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March
22, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; merchant;
banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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Murray Vandiver (1845-1916) —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md., September
14, 1845.
Democrat. Lumber
business; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1876-80, 1892; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1892; mayor
of Havre de Grace, Md., 1885-86; bank director; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1897-1916; Maryland
state treasurer, 1900-16.
Died, from liver
problems and tuberculosis,
in Blue Ridge Summit, Franklin
County, Pa., May 23,
1916 (age 70 years, 252
days).
Interment at Angel
Hill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Md.
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Thomas Gaylord Vennum (1833-1898) —
also known as Thomas G. Vennum —
of Watseka, Iroquois
County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., December
25, 1833.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1884,
1892
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Watseka, Iroquois
County, Ill., June 29,
1898 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Watseka, Ill.
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David Douglas Wagener (1792-1860) —
also known as David D. Wagener —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., October
11, 1792.
Democrat. Merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1833-41;
banker.
Died in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., October
1, 1860 (age 67 years, 356
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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James J. Walker (1867-1926) —
of Forest City, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., September
29, 1867.
Democrat. Bank cashier; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Died in Forest City, Susquehanna
County, Pa., March
28, 1926 (age 58 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John J. Walker and Mary (Lawler) Walker; married 1892 to
Winifred Fleming. |
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William Wall (1800-1872) —
of Williamsburg (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
20, 1800.
Republican. Rope
manufacturer; banker; mayor
of Williamsburgh, N.Y., 1853; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1861-63.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
20, 1872 (age 72 years, 31
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) —
also known as Francis E. Walter —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 26,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
trustee, Easton Hospital;
bank director; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45,
20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1963 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Wanamaker (1838-1922) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 11,
1838.
Republican. Merchant;
opened John Wanamaker & Company store in
1877 (forerunner of modern department
store); organizer and director, Merchants' Bank; director,
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad;
organizer (with others) and trustee, Presbyterian Hospital;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912,
1916.
Presbyterian.
Alsatian
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
12, 1922 (age 84 years, 154
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) —
also known as Lewis F. Watson —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April
14, 1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; oil
producer; railroad
builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of heart
disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1890 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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Samuel Welsh (1864-1907) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
22, 1864.
Insurance
business; banker; Consul-General
for Central America in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1897; Honorary
Consul-General for Guatemala in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1897-1900.
Stricken with apoplexy,
and died a few days later, in Watch Hill, Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., August
9, 1907 (age 43 years, 109
days).
Interment at St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Whitemarsh, Pa.
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Leon F. Wheatley (1872-1944) —
of Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in West Franklin, Armstrong
County, Pa., February
20, 1872.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; bank director; member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1922-26; member
of New
York state senate 43rd District, 1927-32; mayor
of Hornell, N.Y., 1934-37; defeated, 1937.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., December
19, 1944 (age 72 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hornell
Rural Cemetery, Hornell, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wheatley and Geraldine Wheatley; married, May 17,
1898, to Mary Elizabeth Burt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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Harry White (1834-1920) —
of Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa.
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., January
12, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1863-64, 1866-74 (21st District 1863-64, 22nd
District 1866-71, 24th District 1872-74); delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872; candidate
for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1877-81; Indiana
County Judge, 1884-1904; banker.
Died in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., June 23,
1920 (age 86 years, 163
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Indiana, Pa.
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Mont Z. White (b. 1872) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Deep Valley, Greene
County, Pa., September
6, 1872.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Williamson, W.Va., 1900; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1911-14, 1923-34; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1925-32; warden, West Virginia
State Penitentiary at Moundsville, 1914-18; ended corporal punishment
in the prison; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1920-24.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1917 |
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Ralph Edward Williams (1869-1940) —
also known as Ralph E. Williams —
of Dallas, Polk
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Polk
County, Ore., September
14, 1869.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1908;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1936;
vice-chair, Arrangements Committee, vice-chair, 1940;
member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1908-40; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1921-40.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, while attending a meeting
of the Committee on Arrangements for the 1940 Republican National
Convention, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 16,
1940 (age 70 years, 245
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James John Williams and Ralph (Eckersley) Williams; married, December
3, 1911, to Grace Noyes. |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
21st Republican National Convention (1936) |
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Thomas Willing (1731-1821) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1731.
Lawyer;
merchant;
city court justice, 1759; justice of the court of common pleas, 1761;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1763-64; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1767; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; banker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1821 (age 89 years, 31
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edgar Wilson (1861-1915) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Armstrong
County, Pa., February
25, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
banker; delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1890; Idaho
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Idaho at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901;
candidate for justice of
Idaho state supreme court, 1896.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hotel
room in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, January
3, 1915 (age 53 years, 312
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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William Porter Witherow (1888-1960) —
also known as William P. Witherow —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., April
15, 1888.
Republican. Engineer;
steel
executive; bank director; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the elevator
of the Farmers Bank Building, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
7, 1960 (age 71 years, 267
days).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Benson Wood (1839-1915) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.
Born near Bridgewater, Susquehanna
County, Pa., March
31, 1839.
Republican. School
principal; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1872; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1884
(alternate), 1888;
mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1895-97;
banker.
Died in Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill., August
27, 1915 (age 76 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Luther Eugene Woods (b. 1883) —
also known as L. E. Woods —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in York
County, Pa., January
24, 1883.
Republican. School
teacher; president of numerous coal mining
companies; bank director; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1925-30.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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Ephraim Milton Woomer (1844-1897) —
also known as Ephraim M. Woomer —
of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Jonestown, Lebanon
County, Pa., January
14, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1893-97.
Died in Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., November
29, 1897 (age 53 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pa.
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James Clark Work (1859-1926) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Dunbar Township, Fayette
County, Pa., February
8, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Fayette County Republican Party, 1893-95; orphan's court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1907-26; bank director.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., March
31, 1926 (age 67 years, 51
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of John Work and Sarah (McLaughlin) Work; married, April
16, 1903, to Elwina (Null) Fuller. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Charles Frederick Wright (1856-1925) —
of Susquehanna, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Forest Lake Township, Susquehanna
County, Pa., May 3,
1856.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1899-1905 (15th District
1899-1903, 14th District 1903-05); Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1911-13.
Died in Susquehanna, Susquehanna
County, Pa., November
10, 1925 (age 69 years, 191
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Susquehanna, Pa.
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J. Anson Wright (b. 1870) —
of Bedford
County, Pa.
Born near Alum Bank, Bedford
County, Pa., April 6,
1870.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; banker; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Bedford County; elected 1922,
1924, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Myron Benjamin Wright (1847-1894) —
also known as Myron B. Wright —
of Susquehanna, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Forest Lake Township, Susquehanna
County, Pa., June 12,
1847.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1889-94; died in
office 1894.
Died in Trenton, Ontario,
November
13, 1894 (age 47 years, 154
days).
Interment at Grand
Street Cemetery, Susquehanna, Pa.
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