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James Ashworth —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in England.
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Pennsylvania District,
1879.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Boone (1734-1820) —
Born in Berks
County, Pa., November
2, 1734.
Explorer and frontiersman; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781, 1787.
English and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in St. Charles
County, Mo., September
26, 1820 (age 85 years, 329
days).
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, St. Charles County, Mo.;
reinterment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Rebecca Ann Bryan; father of Jessie
Bryan Boone and Nathan
Boone; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who married Hiram
Howell Baber); granduncle of Levi
Day Boone; second great-grandfather of Elmer
Charless Henderson. |
| | | Political families: Thomas-Smith-Irwin
family of Pennsylvania; Boone
family of St. Charles County, Missouri (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Boone counties in Ark., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The Daniel Boone National
Forest (established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed
1966), in Bath,
Clay,
Estill,
Harlan,
Jackson,
Knox,
Laurel,
Lee,
Leslie,
McCreary,
Menifee,
Morgan,
Owsley,
Perry,
Powell,
Pulaski,
Rockcastle,
Rowan,
Wayne,
Whitley,
and Wolfe
counties, Kentucky, is named for
him. — Boone Dam
(built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, in Sullivan
and Washington
counties, Tennessee, and the Boone Lake
reservoir behind the dam, are named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Frederick W. Brown (born c.1873) —
also known as Fred W. Brown —
of Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.
Born about 1873.
Republican. Physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912,
1916
(alternate).
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Burchfield (b. 1842) —
of Atwood, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Juniata
County, Pa., July 21,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1881-84; mayor
of Altoona, Pa., 1890-93.
Methodist.
English and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Order
of Heptasophs; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Burchfield and Martha (Zelner) Burchfield; married, December
24, 1867, to Anna M. Gable. |
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Gaylord Church (1811-1869) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Otsego, Otsego
County, N.Y., August
11, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1840-42; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1842; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry.
Died September
29, 1869 (age 58 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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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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Edward Cooper (1873-1928) —
of Bramwell, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born in Trevorton, Northumberland
County, Pa., February
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; coal mining
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1915-19.
Presbyterian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., March 1,
1928 (age 55 years, 4
days).
Entombed at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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William Cooper (1754-1809) —
of New York.
Born in a log
house, in Smithfield (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
2, 1754.
Merchant;
common pleas court judge in New York, 1791; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1795-97, 1799-1801.
English ancestry.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
22, 1809 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Christ
Churchyard, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Edward Darlington (1755-1825) —
of Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in East Bradford, Chester
County, Pa., June 13,
1755.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1811-13.
Quaker.
English ancestry.
Died in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April 1,
1825 (age 69 years, 292
days).
Interment at Pikeland
Friends Burial Ground, Pikeland, 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 Dickinson (1732-1808) —
also known as "Penman of the
Revolution" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Trappe, Talbot
County, Md., November
13, 1732.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1781; President
of Delaware, 1781-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1782-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
14, 1808 (age 75 years, 93
days).
Interment at Friends
Burial Ground, Wilmington, Del.
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Frank Ellsworth Doremus (1865-1947) —
also known as Frank E. Doremus —
of Portland, Ionia
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Venango
County, Pa., August
31, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia County 1st District,
1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1911-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1923-24; resigned 1924.
Dutch
and English ancestry.
Died in Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., September
4, 1947 (age 82 years, 4
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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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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Charles Flowers (1845-c.1922) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
14, 1845.
Republican. Stenographer;
lawyer;
Wayne
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881-84; Detroit corporation
counsel, 1896-1900; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-18.
English and Dutch
ancestry.
Died about 1922 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Flowers and Sarah (Pickering) Flowers; married 1868 to Mary
E. De Normandie. |
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Henry Harrison (c.1713-1766) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lancashire, England,
about 1713.
Ship
captain; merchant;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1762-63.
Anglican.
English ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
3, 1766 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Hill (c.1652-1729) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in England,
about 1652.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1709-10, 1714-17.
English ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
4, 1729 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Hill (1877-1972) —
also known as William H. Hill —
of Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March
23, 1877.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; village
president of Lestershire, New York, 1898-1901; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1919-21; chair of
Broome County Republican Party, 1940-55; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
English ancestry.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 24,
1972 (age 95 years, 123
days).
Interment at Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Herbert Henry Hoar (1885-1947) —
also known as Herbert H. Hoar —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born in Wayne
County, Pa., October
17, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1940.
English ancestry.
Died in San Diego
County, Calif., January
6, 1947 (age 61 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Reed Hoar and Frances Ann 'Fanny' (Avery)
Hoar. |
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Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) —
also known as Alf M. Landon —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in West Middlesex, Mercer
County, Pa., September
9, 1887.
Republican. Oil
producer; Governor of
Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President
of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948.
Methodist.
English and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., October
12, 1987 (age 100 years,
33 days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) —
also known as Frank E. McKee —
of North Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
22, 1877.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,
1944; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish,
Swiss,
German,
and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
13, 1951 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Humphrey Morrey (c.1650-1716) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in England,
about 1650.
Merchant;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1691-1701.
English ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1716
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Morris (1654-1721) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Stepney, London, England,
August
23, 1654.
Brewer;
preacher;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1703-04.
Quaker.
English ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1721 (age 67 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Morris (c.1682-1763) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in London, England,
about 1682.
Brewer;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1738-39.
Quaker.
English ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
23, 1763 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Morris (1734-1806) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Liverpool, England,
January
31, 1734.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry.
Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.
Imprisoned
for debt from
February 1798 to August 1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1806 (age 72 years, 97
days).
Entombed at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at Independence
National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at
Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Morris (1711-1750) and Elizabeth (Murphet) Morris; married,
March
2, 1769, to Mary White; father of Thomas
Morris and Henrietta 'Hetty' Morris (who married James
Markham Marshall); great-grandfather of John
Augustine Marshall. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Morris Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $10 silver certificate in the 1870s and
1880s. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Robert Morris: Charles
Rappleye, Robert
Morris: Financier of the American Revolution |
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Thomas W. Myton (b. 1842) —
of Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in West Township, Huntingdon
County, Pa., February
13, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded in the battle
of Chancellorsville, 1863, and lost his
left arm; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Huntingdon County, 1883-84.
Methodist.
English and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Myton and Eleanor (Montgomery) Myton; married, December
27, 1870, to Ella E. Davis. |
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Donald C. Osborn (1879-1928) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa., March
26, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Kalamazoo County Republican Party, 1918-22; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920;
member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1921-24.
Scottish
and English ancestry.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., December
17, 1928 (age 49 years, 266
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Pauline H. Peterson —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
School
teacher and principal; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Female.
English and German
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Soroptimists;
American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harold A. Peterson. |
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Ellis T. Pierce (b. 1846) —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real estate
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 44th District, 1903-04.
English and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Henry Cardwell Potter (1822-1902) —
also known as Henry C. Potter —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
28, 1822.
Republican. Commission
merchant; coffee
importer;
Consul
for Nicaragua in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1875-96; Vice-Consul
for Costa Rica in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1899-1902.
English ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 6,
1902 (age 80 years, 6
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of John Potter and Harriet (Cardwell) Potter; married 1852 to Amanda
Inskeep Moore. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904) —
also known as Matthew S. Quay —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Dillsburg, York
County, Pa., September
30, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; Beaver
County Prothonotary, 1856-61; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Beaver County, 1865-67; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1888,
1892,
1896,
1900;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1873-78, 1879-82; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1878-79, 1902-03; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1886-87; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1887-99, 1901-04; died in office 1904;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1888-91; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1896.
Manx and American
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1888 for action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13,
1862.
Died in Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa., May 28,
1904 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Beaver
Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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George Edward Reed (1846-1930) —
also known as "The Grand Old Man" —
of Willimantic, Windham
County, Conn.; Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Brownville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March
28, 1846.
Republican. Minister;
president,
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1889-1911; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900.
Methodist.
English ancestry.
Died, in Polyclinic Hospital,
Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., February
7, 1930 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Andrew Crozier Reeves (1867-1936) —
also known as A. Crozier Reeves —
of Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
3, 1867.
Grocer; wholesale
grocer; newspaper
publisher; farmer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1925; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1926-36; died in office
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1932.
English ancestry.
Died in 1936
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
English ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Edward Shippen (1639-1712) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Methley, Yorkshire, England,
March
5, 1639.
Merchant;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1701-03.
Quaker.
English ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
2, 1712 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Old
Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Henry Souther (1826-1891) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, Suffolk
County), Mass., March 5,
1826.
Republican. Lawyer; Elk
County Treasurer, 1847; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1856-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1868;
county judge in Pennsylvania, 1871.
English ancestry.
Died in 1891
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Everett, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Souther and Hepsie (Armisted) Souther; married 1850 to
Letitia Patterson; second cousin thrice removed of Marc
Hubbard Souther. |
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Charles Willing (1710-1754) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bristol, England,
May
18, 1710.
Merchant;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1748-49, 1754; died in office 1754.
English ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
30, 1754 (age 44 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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