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Edward B. Bennett (b. 1889) —
of Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa.
Born in White Township, Indiana
County, Pa., June 14,
1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
contractor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1933-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Joseph Boland (1880-1942) —
also known as Patrick J. Boland —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., January
6, 1880.
Democrat. Carpenter; general contractor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1931-42; died in
office 1942.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 18,
1942 (age 62 years, 132
days).
Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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Thomas K. Bowman (1859-1948) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Apollo, Armstrong
County, Pa., November
6, 1859.
Democrat. Carpenter; building contractor; mayor
of Springfield, Mo., 1914-16; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 2nd District,
1923-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Moose.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., October
17, 1948 (age 88 years, 346
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Mo.
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Jeremiah A. Brown (b. 1841) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1841.
Republican. Carpenter; deputy
sheriff; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1886-87.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Brown and Frances J. Brown; married, January
17, 1864, to Mary A. Wheeler. |
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Edward Walter Curley (1873-1940) —
also known as Edward W. Curley —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 23,
1873.
Democrat. Builder; president, Stanley Hoist and Machine
Company; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1935-40; died in
office 1940.
Member, Eagles.
Died, from a heart
attack, while seriously ill from a throat
ailment, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
6, 1940 (age 66 years, 228
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Peter Joseph De Muth (1892-1993) —
also known as Peter J. De Muth —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
1, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; real estate
business; building contractor; candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 8th
District, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1937-39.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in Orange
County, Calif., April 3,
1993 (age 101 years,
92 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Duggan, Sr. (born c.1858) —
of Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in England,
about 1858.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; contractor; mayor
of Connellsville, Pa., 1918-20.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan M. Eisenhower (1811-1879) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., 1811.
Republican. Builder; mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1865-67.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died September
2, 1879 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Isiah Faddis (1890-1972) —
also known as Charles I. Faddis —
of Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Loudonville, Ashland
County, Ohio, June 13,
1890.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
contractor; oil and gas
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1933-42;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1942; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Mazatlan, Sinaloa,
April
1, 1972 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Rogersville, Pa.
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Henry B. Farren (1848-1905) —
of Elvira Township, Buffalo
County, S.Dak.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
4, 1848.
Republican. Carpenter; lawyer; Buffalo
County State's Attorney; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 16th District, 1903-04.
Died March 5,
1905 (age 56 years, 121
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Gann Valley, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Farren. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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David A. Fisher (1840-1911) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Clearfield
County, Pa., August
14, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
operator; ice
business; builder; livery
stable owner; railway
conductor; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1889-92.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., January
19, 1911 (age 70 years, 158
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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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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Henry Miller Hammond (1874-1941) —
also known as Harry M. Hammond —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1874.
Republican. Streetcar
conductor; building materials business; postmaster at Alameda,
Calif., 1916, 1921-34 (acting, 1916).
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Killed in an automobile
accident in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
10, 1941 (age 66 years, 309
days). His wife was injured in the crash, and died the next day.
Cremated.
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Erskine Hazard (1789-1865) —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
30, 1789.
Innovative industrialist;
he and business partner Josiah
White, built iron
foundries, canals,
and railroads;
they were pioneers in anthracite coal
mining; bridge builder; postmaster at Mauch
Chunk, Pa., 1819-26.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
25, 1865 (age 75 years, 87
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William O. Herbold —
also known as Bill Herbold —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania.
Contractor; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1955-56.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe Henry Kulp (1858-1911) —
also known as Monroe H. Kulp; "Farmer
Kulp" —
of Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Barto, Berks
County, Pa., October
23, 1858.
Republican. Lumber and
timber business; builder; real estate
developer; organizer and president of the Lewisburg and Buffalo
Valley Railroad;
also president of the North and West Branch Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1895-99.
Died in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1911 (age 52 years, 361
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Shamokin, Pa.
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Oliver Emerson Leh (b. 1858) —
also known as Oliver E. Leh —
of Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Ironton, Lehigh
County, Pa., June 28,
1858.
Contractor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lehigh County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Chambers McKibbin (1824-1896) —
of Downieville, Sierra
County, Calif.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., May 14,
1824.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1857-59; defeated, 1858;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; general
contractor.
Died in Marshall Hall, Charles
County, Md., July 1,
1896 (age 72 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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R. H. Megraw (b. 1858) —
of Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., May 1,
1858.
Carpenter; architect;
field man for Philadelphia Natural
Gas Company; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Armstrong County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald W. Powell (1871-1940) —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in California, Washington
County, Pa., August
21, 1871.
Republican. Building contractor; school
principal; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1913-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died May 27,
1940 (age 68 years, 280
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, California, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Powell and Harriet O. (Weaver) Powell. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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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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Charles A. Randall (b. 1846) —
of Tionesta, Forest
County, Pa.
Born near Toronto, Ontario,
December
27, 1846.
Republican. Carpenter; hotelier;
Forest
County Sheriff; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Forest County, 1887-90;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward B. Randall and Mary A. (King) Randall; married 1871 to Mary
A. Wansor. |
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John Baptist Rebura (1873-1964) —
also known as John B. Rebura —
of Sullivan, Franklin
County, Mo.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
3, 1873.
Merchant;
builder; mayor
of Sullivan, Mo., 1935-37, 1939-43, 1949-51, 1953-57.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Sullivan, Franklin
County, Mo., May 29,
1964 (age 90 years, 208
days).
Interment at Schmidt Cemetery, Strain, Mo.
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Wayne Robison (born c.1882) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Curwensville, Clearfield
County, Pa., about 1882.
Republican. Contractor; member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1931; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1932
(alternate), 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Slayton (1863-1935) —
of New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa.; McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Virginia, 1863.
Socialist. Carpenter; lecturer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1900 (at-large), 1924 (35th
District); candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1902, 1910, 1926; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania; candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1930, 1932.
Member, Carpenters
Union.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 5,
1935 (age about 71
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Sopris (1813-1893) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 26,
1813.
Carpenter; steamboat
captain; prospector;
mayor
of Denver, Colo., 1878-81.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April 7,
1893 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Andrew J. Sordoni (b. 1887) —
of Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa., February
11, 1887.
Republican. General contractor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 20th District, 1927-38; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Gideon V. Stivers (1786-1870) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., 1786.
Democrat. Carpenter; bridge builder; mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1830-38; defeated, 1859.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
26, 1870 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Tompos (b. 1914) —
of Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongahela, Washington
County, Pa., February
17, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; business
agent, Local 1574, Carpenters Union; building inspector;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hancock County, 1957-58;
member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1961-72; defeated, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Carpenters
Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rudolph Stephen Tompos and Mary Martha (Dugan) Tompos; married, May 9,
1942, to Helen Bambrick. |
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George Augustus Vare (1859-1908) —
also known as George A. Vare —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
7, 1859.
Republican. Contractor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1892-96; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1897-1908; died in office 1908;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904.
Died, from pneumonia
and influenza,
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
28, 1908 (age 49 years, 21
days).
Entombed at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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John T. Walsh —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Democrat. Contractor; assessor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 13th
District, 1953-60.
Member, American
Legion; Moose; Eagles;
Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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