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James Lee Adams (1873-1946) —
also known as James L. Adams —
of Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., May 27,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 12th
District, 1907-09; resigned 1909; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 45th District, 1909-12; as receiver to wrap up the
affairs of a defunct Pittsburgh bank, he allegedly failed to pay
$22,000 owed to the city; in November 1926, he was arrested
in St. Petersburg, Florida, and charged
with embezzlement;
released on $10,000 bond; re-arrested
in December, after detectives received information that he was about
to jump
bail; waived extradition and voluntarily returned to Pittsburgh;
the case against him was dropped in April 1927.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
20, 1946 (age 72 years, 328
days).
Interment at Allegheny County Memorial Park, Allison Park, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Adams and Mary Emma (Butler) Adams; married to Elise M.
Campbell. |
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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Keith, King
William County, Va., August
9, 1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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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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Joseph Garner Anthony (1899-1982) —
also known as Joseph G. Anthony —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Hawaii
territory attorney general, 1942-43; delegate
to Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died October
31, 1982 (age 82 years, 316
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) —
also known as George L. Balcom —
of Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.; Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Sudbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
9, 1819.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1855-57; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90.
Episcopalian.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 13,
1900 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
14, 1780.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
21, 1844 (age 64 years, 98
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Frances Catherine Baur (b. 1949) —
also known as Frances C. Baur —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
21, 1949.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1972.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert Matthew Baur and Louise (Owen)
Baur. |
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Charles Alexander Bay (1886-1978) —
also known as Charles A. Bay —
of Five Corners, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 7,
1886.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Dublin, 1920-22; Casablanca, 1923; Port-au-Prince, 1924; U.S. Consul in Tampico, 1924-26; Corinto, 1926; Tientsin, 1927; Bangkok, 1928-29; Seville, 1936-39; U.S. Consul General in Milan, 1946-48.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lahaska, Bucks
County, Pa., June 2,
1978 (age 91 years, 360
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lewis Bay and Cecelia Sarah (Radenbach) Bay; married, July 24,
1929, to Opal Alydia Martin. |
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Theodore Lane Bean (1878-1943) —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.; West Norriton Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 27,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; burgess
of Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1903; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1935-38.
Episcopalian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Loyal
Legion; Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association.
Died September
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 87
days).
Interment at Washington
Memorial Cemetery, Valley Forge, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. Theodore Weber Bean and Hannah (Heebner) Bean; married, October
14, 1903, to Sarah Albertson Hunter; married, August
18, 1917, to Adele Cantrell. |
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John Cromwell Bell Jr. (1892-1974) —
also known as John C. Bell, Jr. —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
25, 1892.
Lawyer;
Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1943-47; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1947; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-72; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1961-72.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Delta
Psi.
Died March
18, 1974 (age 81 years, 144
days).
Interment at St. Asaph Church Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Joanne Kleinhofer Benjamin (b. 1945) —
also known as Joanne Kleinhofer —
of Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., March
20, 1945.
Democrat. School
teacher; mayor
of Los Gatos, Calif., 1984-85, 1988-90.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Junior
League.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Burkhart A. Kleinhofer and Marie Elizabeth (Liggett)
Kleinhofer; married, June 24,
1967, to James Edward Benjamin. |
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Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1740.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1777-78, 1781-84; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Died in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., October
24, 1821 (age 81 years, 175
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
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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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James Slingluff Boyd (1883-1935) —
also known as James S. Boyd —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 11,
1883.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1917; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1919-22, 1927-35; died in office 1935.
Episcopalian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died March
13, 1935 (age 51 years, 245
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edmund Boyle (1836-1888) —
also known as Charles E. Boyle —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., February
4, 1836.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; Fayette
County District Attorney, 1863-65; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Fayette County, 1866-67;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1868; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876,
1880,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1883-87;
territorial court judge in Washington, 1888; died in office 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Occidental Hotel,
Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
15, 1888 (age 52 years, 315
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Francis Shunk Brown Jr. (b. 1891) —
also known as Francis S. Brown, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; common pleas court judge
in Pennsylvania 1st District, 1927-39.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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John Brewer Brown (1836-1898) —
also known as John B. Brown —
of Maryland.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1836.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1870; member of Maryland
state senate, 1888-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1892-93.
Episcopalian.
Died in Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., May 16,
1898 (age 62 years, 3
days).
Interment at Chesterfield
Cemetery, Centreville, Md.
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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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Joseph Buffington (1855-1947) —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., September
5, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania,
1892-1906; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1906-38; took
senior status 1938.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
21, 1947 (age 92 years, 46
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kittanning, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Buffington and Margaret Chambers (Orr) Buffington;
married, January
29, 1885, to Mary Alice Simonton; married, January
1, 1931, to Mary Fullerton Jones. |
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Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles E. Bunnell —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dimock, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
12, 1878.
Democrat. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president
of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later
University of Alaska), 1921-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a nursing
home in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Birch
Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University
of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell; married, July 24,
1901, to Mary Anna Kline. |
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Robert Grey Bushong (1883-1951) —
also known as Robert G. Bushong —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Sinking Spring, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., June 10,
1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1909; orphan's court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1914-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1927-29.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., April 6,
1951 (age 67 years, 300
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Pierce Butler (1744-1822) —
of South Carolina.
Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
July
11, 1744.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-89; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
15, 1822 (age 77 years, 219
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; cenotaph at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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James L. Camblos (1888-1970) —
of Big Stone Gap, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
23, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-51, 1956-63.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died July 11,
1970 (age 82 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Maryland, November
29, 1722.
Lawyer;
chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1774-77.
Quaker;
later Anglican.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
20, 1810 (age 87 years, 52
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Thomas McKeen Chidsey (1884-1958) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
26, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1947-50; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948;
justice
of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1950-58; died in office 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
19, 1958 (age 74 years, 83
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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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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Pearson Church (born c.1838) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Mercer
County, Pa., about 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73;
district judge in Pennsylvania 30th District, 1877.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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George Clymer (1739-1813) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
16, 1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1789-91.
Episcopalian.
Died in Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa., January
23, 1813 (age 73 years, 313
days).
Interment at Friends
Graveyard, Trenton, N.J.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Jay Cooke (1897-1963) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Blue Bell, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 2,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bond
broker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1932,
1940,
1948,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Union
League.
Died July 10,
1963 (age 66 years, 99
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Church Cemetery, Elkins Park, Pa.
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Robert Lawrence Coughlin Jr. (1929-2001) —
also known as R. Lawrence Coughlin —
of Villanova, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., April
11, 1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Montgomery County 1st
District, 1965-67; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Jaycees;
Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Mathews, Mathews
County, Va., November
30, 2001 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Radford Coyle (1878-1962) —
also known as William R. Coyle —
of Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 10,
1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1925-27, 1929-33;
defeated, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1936
(alternate), 1944,
1960
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., January
30, 1962 (age 83 years, 204
days).
Interment at Nisky
Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, 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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Willard Sevier Curtin (1905-1996) —
also known as Willard S. Curtin —
of Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
28, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; Bucks
County District Attorney, 1949-53; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1957-67.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Rotary.
Died February
4, 1996 (age 90 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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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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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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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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Ralph Waldo Emerson Donges (b. 1875) —
also known as Ralph W. E. Donges —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Donaldson, Schuylkill
County, Pa., May 5,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1920-30; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1930-48; superior
court judge in New Jersey, 1948-51.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Entombed in mausoleum at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Ira Walton Drew (1878-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
31, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; osteopath;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1937-39.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1972 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Park, Ambler, Pa.
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Andrew B. Dunsmore (1866-1938) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Tioga
County, Pa., January
4, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Tioga County Republican Party, 1894; Tioga
County District Attorney, 1895-1903; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-09; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1911-13,
1921-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1936.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1938
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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George Howard Earle III (1890-1974) —
also known as George H. Earle —
of Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Devon, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; sugar
business; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1933-34; Bulgaria, 1940-41; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1939.
Episcopalian. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Elks.
Died December
30, 1974 (age 84 years, 25
days).
Interment at Church
of the Resurrection 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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Franklin Spencer Edmonds (b. 1874) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Whitemarsh, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
28, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1921-26; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1939-46.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Economic Association; American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Union
League; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Edmonds (1864-1939) —
also known as George W. Edmonds —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., February
22, 1864.
Republican. Druggist; coal
dealer; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1913-25, 1933-35.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1939 (age 75 years, 218
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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George Franklin Edmunds (1828-1919) —
also known as George F. Edmunds —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
1, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Burlington, 1854-55, 1857-59;
Speaker
of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1857-59; member of
Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1861-62; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1865-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880,
1884.
Episcopalian.
Author of Edmunds Act for suppression of polygamy in Utah, 1882.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
27, 1919 (age 91 years, 26
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Prince L. Edwoods (b. 1889) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., May 1,
1889.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cornelius Edwoods and Rebecca (Johnson) Edwoods; married 1914 to Laura
Henderson. |
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Joseph Harvey Farris (1922-1997) —
also known as Joe H. Farris —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April
14, 1922.
Radio and
television personality; sports
announcer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1991-97;
died in office 1997.
Episcopalian. Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Found dead in a hotel
room probably from cardiac
arrythmia, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
10, 1997 (age 75 years, 118
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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James Forbes (c.1731-1780) —
of Maryland.
Born near Benedict, Charles
County, Md., about 1731.
State court judge in Maryland, 1770; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1777-80; died in office
1780.
Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
25, 1780 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Bertram Graeme Frazier (1878-1963) —
also known as Bertram G. Frazier —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
3, 1878.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1927-34, 1947-50; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 1,
1963 (age 85 years, 148
days).
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Lotta Gertrude Eagan. |
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Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) —
also known as Lake J. Frazier —
of Winchester,
Va.; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born near Danville, Montour
County, Pa., December
11, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1948;
mayor
of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier; married 1921 to Helen
P. Holshue. |
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Philip Henry Gadsden (1867-1945) —
also known as Philip H. Gadsden —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
4, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1894-1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
28, 1945 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
also known as William T. Gardiner —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August
2, 1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Andrew Jackson Greenfield (1835-1931) —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millsboro, Washington
County, Pa., November
20, 1835.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil
business; financier;
mayor
of Oil City, Pa., 1882-83; postmaster at Oil
City, Pa., 1885-89.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1931 (age 95 years, 54
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Henry G. Hager (b. 1934) —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., April
28, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; Lycoming
County District Attorney, 1964-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1973-84.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1984.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Henry G. Hager and Eleanor (Watt) Hager; married to Sally Ann
Parrish. |
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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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John Daniel Miller Hamilton (1892-1973) —
also known as John D. M. Hamilton —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Paoli, Chester
County, Pa.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa, March 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1925-28; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1930-32; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1932-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1936-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1936,
1940
(chair, Arrangements
Committee; speaker).
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in Morton Plant Hospital,
Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
24, 1973 (age 81 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Daniel Miller Hamilton and Mary (Rice) Hamilton; married, December
28, 1915, to Laura Hall; married 1940 to Jane
(Kendall) Mason. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, September
21, 1936 |
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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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Lydia Cromwell Hearne —
also known as Lydia Cromwell; Mrs. Julian G.
Hearne —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Bedford, Bedford
County, Pa.
Republican. Physician;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William F. Cromwell and Eliza (Bowles) Cromwell; married
to Julian
G. Hearne. |
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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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June N. Honaman (b. 1920) —
also known as June Newcomer; Mrs. Peter K.
Honaman —
of Landisville, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 4,
1920.
Republican. School
teacher; vice-chair of
Pennsylvania Republican Party, 1963-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Women.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Lester W. Newcomer and Maud (Stauffer) Newcomer; married,
November
20, 1948, to Peter K. Honaman. |
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Lewis Taylor Hubbs Jr. (b. 1923) —
also known as Lewis T. Hubbs —
of Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich.
Born in North Glenside, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
24, 1923.
Republican. Chair of
Gladwin County Republican Party, 1960-62; candidate for Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 28th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis T. Hubbs, Sr. and Mary (Hainsworth) Hubbs; married to
Dorothy Eloise Ward. |
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Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786-1868) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 14,
1786.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1835-37, 1841-49;
U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1852-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
20, 1868 (age 81 years, 251
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) —
also known as Robert H. Jackson —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; McLean, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Spring Creek, Warren
County, Pa., February
13, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1938-40; U.S.
Attorney General, 1940-41; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1954 (age 62 years, 238
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y.
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Francis Fisher Kane (1866-1955) —
also known as Francis F. Kane —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 17,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1890; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1903; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1913-19.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died, in McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 27,
1955 (age 88 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach (1922-2012) —
also known as Nicholas de B. Katzenbach —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
17, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1965-66; general counsel for IBM,
1969-86; director, MCI Communications,
2002-04; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Skillman, Somerset
County, N.J., May 8,
2012 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Cremated.
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Jacob A. Kiester (b. 1832) —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 20, 1865; member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1891-94.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Alan Goodrich Kirk (1888-1963) —
also known as Alan G. Kirk —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
30, 1888.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1946-49; Soviet Union, 1949-51; China (Taiwan), 1962-63; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1946-49.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1963
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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E. Felix Kloman —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Knabb (1817-1889) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Union Township, Berks
County, Pa., August
21, 1817.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1860;
postmaster at Reading,
Pa., 1861-65; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Episcopalian.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., January
29, 1889 (age 71 years, 161
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Knabb (1771-1823) and Hannah (Yoder) Knabb; married 1846 to Ellen
C. Andrews; married 1879 to Ellen
M. Jameson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Historical and
Biographical Annals of Berks County (1909) |
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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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Clark Porter Kuykendall (b. 1896) —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., May 10,
1896.
U.S. Vice Consul in Amsterdam, 1920-23; Batavia, 1923; U.S. Consul in Batavia, 1926-27; Oslo, 1928-30; Bergen, 1930; Naples, 1930-33; Cherbourg, 1933-35; Kovno, 1935-36.
Episcopalian. Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Kuykendall and Louise (Porter) Kuykendall; married, June 28,
1930, to Kathrine Nicolaysen. |
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William Carr Lane (1789-1863) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., December
1, 1789.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; physician;
surgeon;
mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1823-29, 1837-40; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1826-30; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1852-53; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1853.
Episcopalian; later Baptist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
6, 1863 (age 73 years, 36
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Alice K. Leopold (1906-1982) —
also known as Alice Kay Koller —
of Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1906.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Weston, 1949-50; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1951-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S.
Assistant Secretary of Labor, 1953-61.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Grange;
League of
Women Voters.
Died, from cardiac
arrythmia and gastro-intestinal
bleeding, probably due to a gastric
ulcer, in Alexandria Hospital,
Alexandria,
Va., March
23, 1982 (age 75 years, 318
days).
Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Glen Rock, Pa.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edmund Leonard Koller and Lenora May (Edwards) Koller;
married, May 28,
1931, to Joseph Leopold. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Connecticut Register &
Manual 1953 |
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Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) —
also known as Alfred B. Lewis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 20,
1897.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate
for Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later
president, Union Casualty insurance
company.
Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died about 1980 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Fairfield County, Conn.
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William Bomberger Linn (b. 1871) —
also known as William B. Linn —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ephrata, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
20, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1919-32; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1932-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Valentine Linn and Mary (Bomberger) Linn; married, June 4,
1902, to Josephine Stewart Wood. |
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Alan Wood Lukens (b. 1924) —
of Pennsylvania; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Ankara, as of 1952; Istanbul, as of 1953; U.S. Consul in Brazzaville, as of 1960; U.S. Consul General in Cape Town, 1979-82; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Brazzaville), 1984-87.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Dutton MacDade (b. 1871) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Lower Chichester Township, Delaware
County, Pa., September
23, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Delaware
County District Attorney, 1906-12; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1921-28; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1928-39; candidate for superior court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Arista Mackey (1869-1938) —
also known as Harry A. Mackey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Susquehanna, Susquehanna
County, Pa., June 26,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1928-32; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Foresters;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Optimist
Club.
Died in 1938
(age about
69 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 6,
1860.
Lawyer;
general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. Steel
Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Mission Canyon, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) —
of New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I., October
1, 1890.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to
Greece, 1933-41; Iceland, 1941-42; South Africa, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1943-44; Greece, 1943-47; Portugal, 1948-52; Spain, 1952-53.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in a nursing
home at Adelphi, Prince
George's County, Md., January
15, 1972 (age 81 years, 106
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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James McDevitt Magee (1877-1949) —
also known as James M. Magee —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Evergreen, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 5,
1877.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 35th District, 1923-27; defeated
(Labor), 1926; trustee, Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
16, 1949 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Rowland B. Mahany (1904-2000) —
of Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
2, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1947-58, 1963-68; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., July 2,
2000 (age 95 years, 243
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Richard Irvine Manning (1789-1836) —
of Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C.
Born near Sumter, Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., May 1,
1789.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Clarendon, 1822-25;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1824-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon, 1830-34; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1834-36 (8th District
1834-35, 7th District 1835-36); died in office 1836.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 1,
1836 (age 47 years, 0
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) —
also known as George C. Marshall —
of Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., December
31, 1880.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1947-49; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1950-51.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1953.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., October
16, 1959 (age 78 years, 289
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Marshall (1755-1835) —
of Virginia.
Born in Germantown, Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835;
received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816.
Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 6,
1835 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall;
brother-in-law of William
McClung, George
Keith Taylor and Joseph
Hamilton Daviess; brother of James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall (1770-1825); married, January
3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (daughter of Jacquelin
Ambler); father of Thomas
Marshall (1784-1835), Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin
Burwell Harvie) and James
Keith Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; uncle of Edward
Colston, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander
Keith McClung, Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey
Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John
Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis
Minor Coleman; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; great-granduncle of Hudson
Snowden Marshall, William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall (1760-1841); first cousin once removed of William
Marshall Anderson and Charles
Anderson; first cousin twice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of John
Gardner Coolidge; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Edith
Wilson and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Tuck-Claude
family of Annapolis, Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Marshall (built 1941-42 at Mobile,
Alabama; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
Marshall Stone
— John
Marshall Martin
— John
Marshall Harlan
— J.
Marshall Hagans
— John
M. Claiborne
— John
M. Hamilton
— John
M. Raymond
— John M.
Rose
— John
M. Slaton
— John
M. Wolverton
— John
M. Robsion
— John
Marshall Hutcheson
— John
M. Butler
— John
Marshall Harlan
— John
M. Robsion, Jr.
— John
Marshall Briley
— John
Marshall Lindley
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury note in the 1880s, and on the
$500 bill in the early 20th century. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
| | | Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward
Smith, John
Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The
Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of
Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation
1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction
1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier,
Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A
Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia
to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John
Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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William Watson McIntire (1850-1912) —
also known as William W. McIntire —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., June 30,
1850.
Republican. Machinist;
insurance
agent; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1897-99.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died on
a boat while fishing
in the Middle River (or Gunpowder River), Baltimore
County, Md., March
30, 1912 (age 61 years, 274
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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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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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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John Francis Mercer (1759-1821) —
of Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., May 17,
1759.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-84; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1788-92, 1800-06; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1792-94 (at-large 1792-93, 2nd
District 1793-94); Governor of
Maryland, 1801-03.
Anglican; later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
30, 1821 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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Charles Robert Miller (1857-1927) —
also known as Charles Miller —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., September
30, 1857.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1911-12; Governor of
Delaware, 1913-17.
Episcopalian.
Died in Berlin, Camden
County, N.J., September
18, 1927 (age 69 years, 353
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Susie Monroe (b. 1898) —
also known as Susie Wallace —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 4,
1898.
Democrat. Dressmaker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County 23rd
District, 1949-54; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952.
Female.
Episcopalian. African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sandy Wallace and Susan Wallace. |
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William Singer Moorhead (1923-1987) —
also known as William S. Moorhead —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 8,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1959-81 (28th District 1959-63,
14th District 1963-81).
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., August
3, 1987 (age 64 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) —
also known as "Penman of the
Constitution" —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., January
31, 1752.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County, 1777-78; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Minister to France, 1792-94; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1800-03.
Episcopalian.
Died in Morrisania, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., November
6, 1816 (age 64 years, 280
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.
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Leland Burnette Morris (1886-1950) —
also known as Leland B. Morris —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fort Clark, Kinney
County, Tex., February
7, 1886.
Foreign Service officer; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Smyrna, as of 1914-17; U.S. Consul in Salonika, as of 1919-22; Cologne, as of 1926; Athens, as of 1927-29; U.S. Consul General in Athens, as of 1932; Alexandria, as of 1938; U.S. Minister to Iceland, 1942-44; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1944-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in 1950
(age about
64 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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John Morton (c.1724-1777) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ridley Township, Delaware
County, Pa., about 1724.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-75; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Anglican. Finnish
ancestry.
Died April 1,
1777 (age about 53
years).
Interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Chester, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) —
of Virginia; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
12, 1746.
Democrat. Pastor;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801
(at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801); delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801; resigned 1801; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1802-07.
Lutheran;
later Episcopalian. German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
1, 1807 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Augustus
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Pa.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the
United States, 1926-29; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker. |
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W. Reed Orr (1910-1975) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 3,
1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Calhoun
County Circuit Court Commissioner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1951-54.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1975
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1934 to Helen
Gustine. |
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Asa Packer (1805-1879) —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., December
20, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1842-43; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1843-48; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1853-57; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1864;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1869.
Episcopalian.
Founder, Lehigh Valley Railroad;
founder,
in 1865, of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. By some accounts, he
had the largest fortune in Pennsylvania at the time.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 17,
1879 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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John Grove Payne (b. 1887) —
also known as J. G. Payne —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Farmdale, Trumbull
County, Ohio, December
13, 1887.
Republican. Superintendent, Allegheny Division, Pennsylvania Railroad,
1917-27; mayor
of Oil City, Pa., 1931-39.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of I. N. Payne and Cora B. (Thompson) Payne; married 1909 to Alice
Montgomery. |
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Minnie Freeman Penney (b. 1868) —
also known as Minnie Mae Freeman; Mrs. Edgar B.
Penney —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.
Born in Raymonds Corners, Potter
County, Pa., February
25, 1868.
Republican. School
teacher; during a sudden, fierce blizzard on January 12, 1888,
saved the lives of seventeen children by leading them from her
schoolhouse to the nearest farm, a mile away; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1922-28.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Pi Beta
Phi; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sarah Lovica (Cushing) Freeman and William Elder Freeman;
married, April
22, 1891, to Edgar Byron Penney. |
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George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Devon, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
16, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; orator;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-27; defeated in primary, 1926;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1922-24; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker).
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died May 24,
1961 (age 94 years, 69
days).
Interment at Old
St. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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William L. Petriken (b. 1871) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Muncy, Lycoming
County, Pa., February
17, 1871.
Republican. Sugar
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Eloise N. Delbridge. |
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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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Lawrence C. Phipps Jr. (b. 1886) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 30,
1886.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; electric
utility executive; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1952.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) —
also known as Lawrence C. Phipps —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Amityville, Berks
County, Pa., August
30, 1862.
Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 1,
1958 (age 95 years, 183
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Todd Russell Platts (b. 1962) —
also known as Todd Platts —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., March 5,
1962.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1992-96; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 2001-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Kerr Pollock (1898-1968) —
also known as James K. Pollock —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa., May 25,
1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County
1st District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died October
4, 1968 (age 70 years, 132
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Kerr Pollock and Ella (Newton) Pollock; married to Agnes
Marie Haun. |
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Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) —
of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., 1721.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
22, 1775 (age about 54
years).
Interment at College
of William and Mary Chapel, Williamsburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Randolph and Susanna (Beverley) Randolh; brother-in-law of Benjamin
Harrison; married to Elizabeth 'Betty' Harrison; nephew of Richard
Randolph; uncle of Edmund
Jenings Randolph; granduncle of Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); great-granduncle of Edmund
Randolph; second great-granduncle of Edmund
Randolph Cocke; third great-granduncle of Francis
Beverley Biddle; first cousin of Richard
Bland; first cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Beverley
Randolph and John
Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Dabney
Carr and Henry
St. George Tucker; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; first cousin four times removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Fitzhugh
Lee, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; first cousin five times removed of John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin six times removed of William
Welby Beverley; second cousin twice removed of John
Wayles Eppes; second cousin thrice removed of Coleby
Chew; second cousin four times removed of St.
Clair Ballard, Lewis
Ballard and William
Henry Robertson; second cousin five times removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major and Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Randolph County,
N.C. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier |
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Harry Clay Ransley (1863-1941) —
also known as Harry C. Ransley —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
5, 1863.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1891-94;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912;
Philadelphia
County Sheriff, 1916-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1920-37 (3rd District 1920-33,
1st District 1933-37).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
7, 1941 (age 78 years, 275
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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John Read (1769-1854) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., July 17,
1769.
Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1817-18.
Episcopalian.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 13,
1854 (age 84 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Meredith Read (1797-1874) —
also known as John M. Read —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 21,
1797.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1837-41; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1846; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858-72; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1872-73.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
29, 1874 (age 77 years, 131
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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David Aiken Reed (1880-1953) —
also known as David A. Reed —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
21, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Pennsylvania Industrial Accidents Commission, 1912-15;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., February
10, 1953 (age 72 years, 51
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Stuart Reyburn (1882-1946) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
17, 1882.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1909-11;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1911-13.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Psi; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in 1946
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Wallace Riddle (1864-1941) —
also known as John W. Riddle —
of Minnesota; Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 12,
1864.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1903-05; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, as of 1903-05; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1905-07; Serbia, 1905-07; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1907-09; Argentina, 1921-25.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1941
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Farmington, Conn.
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Owen Josephus Roberts (1875-1955) —
also known as Owen J. Roberts —
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1875.
Lawyer;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-45.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Vincent, Chester
County, Pa., May 17,
1955 (age 80 years, 15
days).
Interment at St.
Andrew's Cemetery, West Vincent, Pa.
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Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) —
Born in Scotland,
March
23, 1734.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87; Governor
of Northwest Territory, 1788-1802; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1790.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Injured in a fall from
an overturned horsedrawn
cart, and died a few days later, near Youngstown, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1818 (age 84 years, 161
days).
Interment at Old
St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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William Irwin Schaffer (1867-1953) —
also known as William I. Schaffer —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.; Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
11, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; Delaware
County District Attorney, 1893-1900; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920;
justice
of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1921-43; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Union
League.
Died in 1953
(age about
86 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George A. Schaffer and Mary H. (Irwin) Schaffer; married to Susan
A. Cross. |
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Herman Theodore Schneebeli (1907-1982) —
also known as Herman T. Schneebeli —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., July 7,
1907.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1960-77.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 6,
1982 (age 74 years, 303
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Williamsport, Pa.
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Hardie Scott (1907-1999) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Cynwyd, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 7,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1947-53.
Episcopalian.
Died November
2, 1999 (age 92 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (1900-1994) —
also known as Hugh Scott —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
11, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1941-45, 1947-59 (7th District
1941-45, 6th District 1947-59); defeated, 1944; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1948-49; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1972
(delegation chair); speaker, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Lions; Society
of the Cincinnati; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Chi Rho; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died July 21,
1994 (age 93 years, 252
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Marion Margery Scranton (b. 1884) —
also known as Marion M. Scranton; Marion Margery
Warren; Mrs. Worthington Scranton —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., April 2,
1884.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1922-34; vice-chair of
Pennsylvania Republican Party, 1926-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1928-51; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1936-38.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Decator Scully (1878-1952) —
also known as Cornelius D. Scully —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
30, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Hillcrest Nursing
Home, Winchester,
Va., September
23, 1952 (age 73 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Shepherdstown, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sullivan Scully and Mary E. (Negley) Scully; married, June 10,
1905, to Rosalie Pendleton. |
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Thomas P. Shoesmith (1922-2007) —
Born in Palmerton, Carbon
County, Pa., January
25, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Consul in Seoul, 1958-60; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1977-81; U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, 1983-87.
Episcopalian.
Died, of cancer,
in Springfield, Fairfax
County, Va., April
26, 2007 (age 85 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) —
also known as Herbert B. Shonk —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Plymouth, Luzerne
County, Pa., October
28, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30;
died in office 1930.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from pneumonia,
following a heart
attack, in White Plains Hospital,
White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
26, 1930 (age 48 years, 333
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Thomas B. Smith (b. 1869) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Glenside, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
2, 1869.
Republican. Messenger and clerk at main office, Pennsylvania Railroad,
1881-86; surety
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-06; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
postmaster at Philadelphia,
Pa., 1911-13 (acting, 1911); mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1916-20; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas B. Smith and Isabella (Cairns) Smith; married, March
26, 1896, to Bessie Barrett. |
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John Stauffer (b. 1925) —
of Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., May 28,
1925.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 157th District, 1964-70; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1970-88.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1988.
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Ira Warren Stratton (1867-1934) —
also known as Ira W. Stratton —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pa., May 3,
1867.
Coal
dealer; mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1912-16; writer.
Episcopalian.
Died April
11, 1934 (age 66 years, 343
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin F. Stratton and Elizabeth Stratton; married, April
16, 1890, to Anna H. Miltemon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1922) |
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Francis Marion Taitt (1862-1943) —
also known as Francis M. Taitt —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., January
3, 1862.
Republican. Episcopal
priest; bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1931-43;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Crozer Hospital,
Upland, Delaware
County, Pa., July 17,
1943 (age 81 years, 195
days).
Entombed at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Richard A. Tilghman (b. 1920) —
of Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Manchester, England,
March
8, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1967-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1969-2002.
Episcopalian. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Dale Toland (b. 1886) —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
11, 1886.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1924-26; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Augustus Tritle (1833-1906) —
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., August
7, 1833.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1866; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1870; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1882-85; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1891.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
18, 1906 (age 73 years, 103
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., June 5,
1762.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Westmoreland County, 1788; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1798-1829; died in office 1829.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
26, 1829 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.
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Henry Winfield Watson (1856-1933) —
also known as Henry W. Watson —
of Langhorne, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 24,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Langhorne Electric
Light and Power Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-33 (8th District 1915-23,
9th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1933
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735-1778) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1735.
Merchant;
President
of Pennsylvania, 1777-78; died in office 1778.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 22,
1778 (age about 42
years).
Entombed at Evangelical
Trinity Church, Lancaster, Pa.
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George Woodward Wickersham (1858-1936) —
also known as George W. Wickersham —
of New York.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
19, 1858.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney General, 1909-13; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
26, 1936 (age 77 years, 129
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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James Wilson (1742-1798) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carskerdo, Fife, Scotland,
September
14, 1742.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.
Episcopalian.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., August
28, 1798 (age 55 years, 348
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in
1906 at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Westerman Wolf (b. 1948) —
also known as Tom Wolf —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., November
17, 1948.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2015-.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2016.
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Relatives: Son
of William Trout Wolf and Cornelia Rohlman (Westerman) Wolf; married
1975 to
Frances Donnelly. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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