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Wharton Barker (1846-1921) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 1,
1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; financier;
People's candidate for President
of the United States, 1900.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 9,
1921 (age 74 years, 343
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Robert Anthony Borski Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Robert A. Borski, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
20, 1948.
Democrat. Stockbroker; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1977-82; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1983-2003;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1992,
1996,
2000.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alexander Gilmore Cattell (1816-1894) —
also known as Alexander G. Cattell —
of Salem
County, N.J.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Merchantville, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., February
12, 1816.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1840; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844; banker;
financier; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1872-.
Died in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., April 8,
1894 (age 78 years, 55
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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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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Albert M. Greenfield (1887-1967) —
also known as Avrum Moishe Grunfeld —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ukraine,
August
4, 1887.
Business
executive; financier; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1967 (age 79 years, 154
days).
Interment at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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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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Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) —
also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1878.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissioner
of the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917; financier;
director, Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, Goodyear Tire
and Rubber
Company, Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, National Aviation
Corporation; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
18, 1937 (age 58 years, 303
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Charles M. Reed (1847-1917) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., 1847.
Republican. Financier; director and vice-president, First
National Bank of
Erie; director, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad;
mayor
of Erie, Pa., 1872-73.
Died in 1917
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gen. Charles M. Reed and Harriet (Gilson) Reed; married to Ella M.
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David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 8,
1732.
Astronomer;
mathematician;
financier; clockmaker;
surveyor;
Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1777-89; first
director of the U.S. Mint.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 26,
1796 (age 64 years, 79
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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