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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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John Armstrong (1717-1795) —
also known as "Hero of Kittanny" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), October
13, 1717.
Civil engineer; surveyor;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778-80.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., March 9,
1795 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Edward Manning Bigelow (1850-1916) —
also known as E. M. Bigelow; "Father of Pittsburgh's
Parks" —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
6, 1850.
Republican. Civil engineer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888;
Pittsburgh city engineer, 1880-88; chief of public works, city of
Pittsburgh, 1888-1900; Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Highway
Department, 1911-15.
Presbyterian.
Died, from colon
cancer, in Allegheny Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
6, 1916 (age 66 years, 30
days).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; statue at Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William A. Blair (b. 1882) —
of Elwood, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1882.
Republican. Mechanical engineer; farmer; Atlantic
County Freeholder, 1916-17; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1918-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Doraf Wilmot Blakeslee (1887-1975) —
also known as Doraf W. Blakeslee —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Lincoln, Lincoln
County, Kan., April
13, 1887.
Socialist. Electrical
engineer; candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 2nd
District, 1934.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September, 1975
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward F. Blewitt (b. 1859) —
of Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
2, 1859.
Democrat. Civil engineer; Scranton city engineer, 1883-93;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1907-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Blewitt; married to Mary E. Stanton and Mary Ann "Anna"
Blackwell. |
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William Hannum Grubb Bullard (1866-1927) —
also known as William H. G. Bullard —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Media, Delaware
County, Pa., December
6, 1866.
Electrical
engineer; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American
War; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Navy Admiral;
authority on radio
communications; member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927; died in
office 1927.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
24, 1927 (age 60 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Michael Carmody (1881-1963) —
also known as John M. Carmody —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., 1881.
Democrat. Engineer; labor relations executive in coal
industry; editor of Coal Age trade
journal; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-36;
administrator, Rural Electrification Administration, 1937-39;
director, Federal Works Agency, 1939-41; member, U.S. Maritime
Commission, 1941-46.
Died November
10, 1963 (age about 82
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael John Carmody and Catherine 'Kate' (Collins) Carmody;
married, October
4, 1913, to Margaret Cross. |
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Langdon Cheves Jr. (1814-1863) —
Born in Pennsylvania, 1814.
Engineer; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Peter's, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Hit by a shell,
and killed, while defending the Confederate-held
battery on Morris Island, Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 10,
1863 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Powell Clayton (1833-1914) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Bethel, Delaware
County, Pa., August
7, 1833.
Republican. Engineer; surveyor;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; planter;
president and general manager, Eureka Springs Railway;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1868-71; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1872
(delegation chair), 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1908,
1912;
member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1898-1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1914 (age 81 years, 18
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 1,
1807.
Mining
engineer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1844-51; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Among the founders
of the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.
Bequeathed his home and land holdings to the state of South Carolina
for the purpose of establishing
an agricultural college, which went on to become Clemson University.
Died in Pickens
County, S.C., April 6,
1888 (age 80 years, 280
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C.
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George Whitney Cooke (b. 1856) —
of Bowman's Creek, Wyoming
County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Wyoming
County, Pa., October
3, 1856.
Engineer; surveyor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1891.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Relatives:
Married to Emma Florence Clark. |
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Robert Duncan Coombs (1873-1934) —
also known as Robert D. Coombs —
of Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
15, 1873.
Republican. Engineer; mayor
of Paramus, N.J., 1933-34; died in office 1934.
Died, of heart
disease, in Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J., October
22, 1934 (age 61 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harriet Lord. |
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Eckley B. Coxe (1839-1895) —
of Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born June 4,
1839.
Democrat. Mining
engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 21st District, 1881-84.
Founder of American Institute of Mining Engineers.
Died May 13,
1895 (age 55 years, 343
days).
Interment at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Drifton, Pa.
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Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (b. 1893) —
also known as T. A. M. Craven —
of Washington,
D.C.; Virginia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
31, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; radio
engineer; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1937-44,
1956-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven; married, September
25, 1915, to Josephine La Tourette; married 1931 to Emma
Stoner. |
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Joseph Parker Dando (1883-1954) —
also known as Joseph P. Dando —
of Branch Township, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Llewellyn, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
14, 1883.
Democrat. Coal miner;
engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1937-40.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, United
Mine Workers.
Died in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., December
6, 1954 (age 71 years, 326
days).
Interment at Mt.
Peace Cemetery, Minersville, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Dando and Margaret A. (Fisher) Dando; married, October
25, 1904, to Anna R. James. |
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William Ward Duffield (b. 1823) —
also known as William W. Duffield —
of Michigan; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
19, 1823.
Democrat. Civil engineer; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1879-80; chief engineer for railways;
superintendent, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1894-98.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Edwin C. Ewing (1902-1967) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
26, 1902.
Republican. Petroleum
engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 15th
District, 1939-40, 1943-64; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1965-67; died in office 1967.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 3,
1967 (age 64 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward J. Ewing and Etta (Clark) Ewing; married to Gertrude
Sherlock; father of Wayne
S. Ewing. |
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Samuel Davis Foster (1880-1944) —
also known as Samuel D. Foster —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
11, 1880.
Republican. Civil engineer; worked on roads, sewers, and water
works projects in Cuba and the Panama Canal Zone; chief engineer,
Allegheny County Road Department; chief engineer, Pennsylvania State
Highway Department; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Allegheny
County Treasurer, 1924-27; Allegheny
County Recorder of Deeds, 1928-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936,
1940.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
9, 1944 (age 63 years, 364
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander D. Foster and Amanda (Auld) Foster; married, June 29,
1905, to charlotta Adams; married, January
25, 1915, to Helen Trego Bradley; married, June 27,
1942, to Mercedes A. Cohill. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph,
September 10, 1944 |
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John White Geary (1819-1873) —
also known as John W. Geary —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland
County, Pa., December
30, 1819.
Civil engineer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; postmaster at San
Francisco, Calif., 1849; candidate for Governor of
California, 1849; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1850-51; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1856-57; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1867-73.
Methodist.
Died after suffering a heart
attack, in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
8, 1873 (age 53 years, 40
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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James Geddes (1763-1838) —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 22,
1763.
Salt
manufacturer; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1803-04, 1821-22; common
pleas court judge in New York, 1809; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1813-15; canal
engineer.
Died in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
19, 1838 (age 75 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Caspar Wistar Haines (1853-1935) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Cheltenham, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
11, 1853.
Civil engineer; Vice-Consul
for Mexico in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1901-03.
Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
12, 1935 (age 82 years, 243
days).
Cremated.
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Willis James Hulings (1850-1924) —
also known as Willis J. Hulings —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Rimersburg, Clarion
County, Pa., July 1,
1850.
Lawyer;
civil engineer; oil
operator; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Venango County, 1881-86;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1913-15, 1919-21;
defeated (Prohibition), 1920.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., August
8, 1924 (age 74 years, 38
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Pa.
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Cornelius Comegys Jadwin (1835-1913) —
also known as Cornelius C. Jadwin —
of Honesdale, Wayne
County, Pa.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., March
27, 1835.
Republican. Civil and mining
engineer; druggist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1881-83.
Died in Honesdale, Wayne
County, Pa., August
17, 1913 (age 78 years, 143
days).
Interment at Glen
Dyberry Cemetery, Honesdale, Pa.
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Edward E. Kaufman (1939-2010) —
also known as Ted Kaufman —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
15, 1939.
Democrat. Engineer; administrative assistant and chief of
staff for U.S. Senator Joe
Biden, 1976-95; college
professor; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2009-10; appointed 2009.
Irish,
Jewish,
and Russian
ancestry.
Died in 2010
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Kelly (1854-1937) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Mining
engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Slipped and
fell while descending steps, and died nine days later from his
injuries, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
1, 1937 (age 83 years, 167
days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Everett, 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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Jonathan Knight (1787-1858) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., November
22, 1787.
Civil engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 20th District, 1822; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 20th District, 1824-28; chief engineer, Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad,
1830-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1855-57.
Died November
22, 1858 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Interment at West
Land Cemetery, West Brownsville, Pa.
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John Joseph Lincoln, Sr. (1865-1948) —
also known as John J. Lincoln —
of McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born near Rising Sun, Lehigh
County, Pa., October
11, 1865.
Republican. Mining
engineer; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Quaker.
Died in Elkhorn, McDowell
County, W.Va., January
28, 1948 (age 82 years, 109
days).
Interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Newtown, Pa.
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Charles Ludlow Livingston (b. 1870) —
also known as C. Ludlow Livingston —
of Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Westport, Essex
County, N.Y.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 10,
1870.
Republican. Electrical
engineer; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-10; Swansea, 1910-15; Barbados, 1915-20; Charlottetown, 1921-22.
Catholic.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ludlow Livingston and Mary (Keif) Livingston; married, November
12, 1891, to Mary Keating; father of Philip Anson Livingston and
Brockholst
Livingston; great-grandson of Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Henry
Walter Livingston; second great-grandson of William
Livingston and Walter
Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder, Anthony
Brockholls, Pieter
Van Brugh, Phillip
French and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); fourth great-grandnephew of Johannes
Cuyler; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; first cousin once removed of Henry
Brockholst Ledyard; first cousin twice removed of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Jay and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin thrice removed of Philip
Peter Livingston and Matthew
Clarkson; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Samuel Schuyler and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Cornelis
Cuyler, Stephanus
Bayard, John
Cruger Jr. and Pierre
Van Cortlandt; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of John
Jay II; second cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin thrice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836) and James
Alexander Hamilton; second cousin four times removed of James
Jay, Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Henry
Cruger, Robert
Van Rensselaer, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, James
Livingston and James
Parker; second cousin five times removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin of Bronson
Murray Cutting; third cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer and Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); third cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish; third cousin thrice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston and John
Cortlandt Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Herbert
Livingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, John
Jacob Astor III, Robert
Ray Hamilton, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Reginald Livingston and Robert
Winthrop Kean. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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John Mitchell (1781-1849) —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born near Newport, Perry
County, Pa., March 8,
1781.
Democrat. Engineer; surveyor;
Centre
County Sheriff, 1818; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1822-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1825-29.
Died in Bridgewater, Beaver
County, Pa., August
3, 1849 (age 68 years, 148
days).
Interment at Old
Beaver Cemetery, Bridgewater, Pa.
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Jesse Ormondroyd (1897-1975) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
7, 1897.
Democrat. Professor
of mechanical engineering, University of Michigan; candidate
for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1953.
Died, following a stroke,
at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
6, 1975 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Herbert Ormondroyd and Jeannette (Wrighton) Ormondroyd; married to
Kathleen Felton. |
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Frederick Wendt Patterson (b. 1860) —
also known as Fred W. Patterson —
of Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Birmingham (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., January
29, 1860.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Beaver County 1st District;
elected 1924, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Dale E. Peoples (born c.1932) —
of Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born about 1932.
Republican. Engineer; mayor
of Oakmont, Pa., 2000-05.
Still living as of 2005.
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Henry W. Peterson (b. 1892) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1892.
Engineer; president, Philadelphia Transportation and
Lighterage Company (dredging
and water
transportation); delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Gloucester
County, 1947; mayor
of Woodbury, N.J., 1953-54.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Gordon W. Sammons (1896-1974) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Aleppo, Greene
County, Pa., July 3,
1896.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1951-54,
1963-64; defeated, 1960.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Died in 1974
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James J. Sammons and Catherine (Gordon) Sammons; married 1939 to
Cecilia Rodgers. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Felician Slataper (1828-1906) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Trieste, Austria (now Italy),
April
19, 1828.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; civil engineer for several railroads;
U.S. Vice Consul in Trieste, 1899-1903.
Died in Trieste, Austria (now Italy),
September
11, 1906 (age 78 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Buchanan Stockham Jr. (1883-1948) —
also known as Thomas B. Stockham —
of Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa., October
8, 1883.
Architect;
civil engineer; burgess
of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, 1923; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935-48; died in office 1948.
Died in Newtown, Bucks
County, Pa., June 4,
1948 (age 64 years, 240
days).
Interment at Morrisville Cemetery, Morrisville, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Buchanan Stockham and M. Alice (Green) Stockham; married to
Elmira E. Harper. |
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memorial |
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J. Fred Thomas —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Brookfield, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Republican. Mining
engineer; mayor of
Sharon, Pa., 1933-37; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1939-46; chief clerk, Pennsylvania
State Senate, 1953.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Jessie Olive Kelso. |
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Oscar E. Thomson (b. 1862) —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., November
4, 1862.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1905-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Milton W. Thompson and Emeline (Wersler) Thompson. |
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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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John A. Villardi (born c.1908) —
of Plainville, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1908.
Republican. Sanitary engineer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainville, 1953-58.
Burial location unknown.
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John Haines Ware III (1908-1997) —
also known as John H. Ware III —
of Oxford, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., August
29, 1908.
Republican. Engineer; utility
executive; burgess
of Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1960; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1961-70; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1970-75 (9th District 1970-73,
5th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died July 29,
1997 (age 88 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Hull Waring (1875-1966) —
also known as Guy H. Waring —
of Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo.; Oronogo, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Tyrone, Blair
County, Pa., June 15,
1875.
Republican. Mining and
mechanical engineer; president and general manager, Oronogo
Mutual Mining Co.;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 2nd District,
1919-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1944.
Died in 1966
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Oronogo Cemetery, Oronogo, Mo.
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Nelson Platt Wheeler (1841-1920) —
also known as Nelson P. Wheeler —
of Endeavor, Forest
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., November
4, 1841.
Republican. Surveyor;
civil engineer; lumber
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1878-79; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1907-11.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 3,
1920 (age 78 years, 120
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William French Wheeler and Flora (Atkins) Wheeler; brother of William
Egbert Wheeler; father of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; first cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin four times removed of Noah
Phelps; first cousin five times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case; second cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams and Amos
Pettibone; second cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Elisha
Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; third cousin once removed of Hiram
Bidwell Case; third cousin twice removed of Norman
A. Phelps, John
Smith Phelps and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus
Pettibone and Rufus
Pettibone; fourth cousin of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, William
Lucius Case and Arthur
Burnham Woodford; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Creighton Stratton, Edmund
Holcomb, Francis
William Kellogg, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, Selah
Merrill, William
Walter Phelps, Edmond
Alfred Holcomb, Leonard
Leach Case and Donald
Barr Chidsey. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jonathan Williams (1750-1815) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 20,
1750.
Secretary to Benjamin
Franklin, 1770-75; first superintendent of the U.S. Military
Academy, 1802; engineer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815; died in
office 1815.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 16,
1815 (age 64 years, 361
days).
Original interment at Pine Street Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1862 at
Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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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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