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Edwin Albright (1838-1902) —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Lower Milford Township, Lehigh
County, Pa., November
8, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lehigh
County District Attorney, 1865-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1871-76 (7th District 1871, 11th District 1872-74,
16th District 1875-76); district judge in Pennsylvania, 1878-1901.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died December
13, 1902 (age 64 years, 35
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Albright and Maria (Schaeffer) Albright; married 1866 to
Rebecca Y. Sieger. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Twentieth-Century Bench
and Bar of Pennsylvania (1903) |
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John Andrew Albright (1770-1822) —
also known as Andrew Albright —
of Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., February
28, 1770.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1822; died in office 1822.
German ancestry.
Died in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., November
24, 1822 (age 52 years, 269
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Andrew Albright (1718-1802) and Elizabeth (Orth) Albright;
married to Catherine Rahm. |
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William Baker (1813-1872) —
of Loudon (now Fort Loudon), Franklin
County, Pa.; Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton, Franklin
County, Pa., February
11, 1813.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1847-49; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1859-68, 1870-72; defeated, 1868; died in
office 1872.
Lutheran;
later Presbyterian.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died May 23,
1872 (age 59 years, 102
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (1863-1922) —
also known as Andrew J. Barchfeld —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 18,
1863.
Republican. Physician;
president, South Side Hospital;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1905-17;
defeated, 1902.
German ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association.
One of 98 killed when heavy
snow caused a roof
collapse at the Knickerbocker Theater,
Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1922 (age 58 years, 255
days).
Interment at South
Side Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Erwin G. Bartberger (born c.1859) —
also known as E. G. Bartberger —
of Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1859.
Republican. Engraver;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1912.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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T. Franklin Bayer (b. 1863) —
also known as T. Frank Bayer —
of Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md.; Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Antrim Township, Franklin
County, Pa., April 1,
1863.
Republican. Wholesale
grocer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908.
Christian
Reformed. German ancestry. Member, Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Christian Becker (1851-1917) —
also known as Christ Becker —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Germany,
April
7, 1851.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1913-16.
German ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1917
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua, Pa.
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John S. Bender (b. 1827) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
26, 1827.
School
teacher; miller; surveyor;
Starke
County Clerk and Auditor; lawyer; newspaper
publisher.
Methodist.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bender and Jane (Dobbs) Bender; married 1855 to Maggie
Bowers; married 1858 to Rachel
Houghton. |
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Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1810-1883) —
also known as Jeremiah S. Black —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.; York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Stonycreek Township, Somerset
County, Pa., January
10, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Pennsylvania, 1842-51; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1851-54; U.S.
Attorney General, 1857-60; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1860-61; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1873.
Disciples
of Christ. Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., August
19, 1883 (age 73 years, 221
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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Rudolph Blankenburg (1843-1918) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lippe Detmold (now Lippstadt), Germany,
February
16, 1843.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; manufacturer;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1911-16.
Quaker
or Unitarian.
German ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
12, 1918 (age 75 years, 55
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Williamson Bosler (1833-1883) —
also known as James W. Bosler —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., April 4,
1833.
Lawyer;
merchant;
real
estate agent; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1860; Republican candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1882.
German ancestry.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
17, 1883 (age 50 years, 257
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Martin Grove Brumbaugh (1862-1930) —
also known as Martin G. Brumbaugh; "Hercules of the
Educational World" —
of Huntingdon
County, Pa.; Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Penn Township, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April
14, 1862.
Republican. Huntingdon
County Superintendent of Schools, 1884-90; university
professor; president,
Juniata College, 1895-1906; Puerto Rico Commissioner of Education,
1900-02; Philadelphia superintendent of schools, 1906-15; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1915-19; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Brethren.
German ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., March
14, 1930 (age 67 years, 334
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, McConnellstown, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George Boyer Brumbaugh and Martha (Peightal) Brumbaugh; married 1884 to Anna
Konigmacher; married, January
29, 1916, to Flora Belle Parks. |
| | | Brumbaugh Hall, a residence hall at
Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Martin Grove Brumbaugh:
Earl C. Kaylor, Jr., Martin
Grove Brumbaugh : A Pennsylvanian's Odyssey from Sainted Schoolman to
Bedeviled World War I Governor, 1862-1930 |
| | | Image source: Smull's Legislative Hand
Book and Manual 1916 |
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Martin Brunges (1827-1903) —
of Northmoreland Township, Wyoming
County, Pa.
Born in Northmoreland Township, Luzerne County (now Wyoming
County), Pa., May 11,
1827.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1872-73.
German and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Northmoreland Township, Wyoming
County, Pa., April
28, 1903 (age 75 years, 352
days).
Interment at Marsh
Cemetery, Centermoreland, Pa.
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Stanley Robert Brunges (1852-1937) —
also known as Stanley R. Brunges —
of Wyoming
County, Pa.
Born in Eaton Township, Wyoming
County, Pa., February
8, 1852.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1897, 1903; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
German ancestry.
Died in Wyoming
County, Pa., September
12, 1937 (age 85 years, 216
days).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob M. Brunges and Rebecca (Jayne) Brunges; relative *** of Martin
Brunges. |
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Theodore Burchfield (b. 1842) —
of Atwood, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Juniata
County, Pa., July 21,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1881-84; mayor
of Altoona, Pa., 1890-93.
Methodist.
English
and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Order
of Heptasophs; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Burchfield and Martha (Zelner) Burchfield; married, December
24, 1867, to Anna M. Gable. |
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Henry Burk (1850-1903) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
September
26, 1850.
Republican. Leather
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1901-03; died in
office 1903.
German ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
5, 1903 (age 53 years, 70
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, Pa.
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William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) —
also known as William T. Coleman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., April
20, 1867.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1905.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman; married, September
16, 1896, to Mary J. Espey. |
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John Depinet (b. 1855) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
14, 1855.
Republican. Erie
County Register and Recorder, 1891-1896; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1899-1901.
French
and German ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Depinet and Mary (Ehret) Depinet; married, October
2, 1882, to Jessie Densmore. |
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Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger (1836-1911) —
also known as Hubert Dilger —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Sulgen, Germany,
March
5, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Illinois, 1869-73; appointed 1869.
German ancestry.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action in the Battle of Chancellorsville,
May 2, 1863.
Died in Front Royal, Warren
County, Va., May 4,
1911 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Knox Polk Fenner (b. 1844) —
also known as James K. P. Fenner —
of Ashley, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Shawnee-on-Delaware, Monroe
County, Pa., July 20,
1844.
Democrat. Insurance
and real
estate business; postmaster at Ashley,
Pa., 1885-89; justice of the peace.
Methodist.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Fisher (1834-1915) —
also known as B. Franklin Fisher —
of Schuylkill Township, Chester
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Spring Mills, Centre
County, Pa., November
21, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1884.
German ancestry.
Died in Chester
County, Pa., September
9, 1915 (age 80 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Benjamin
Franklin |
| | | Relatives: Son of Peter S. Fisher and
Frances Veronica (Heckert) Fisher; married, March
15, 1864, to Alice Eliza Causten. |
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Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896) —
also known as Edwin H. Fitler —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Kensington (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
2, 1825.
Republican. Rope and
cordage manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1887-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1888.
German ancestry.
Died in Torresdale, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1896 (age 70 years, 181
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Charles Frank (1842-1911) —
of Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Beaver
County, Pa., March
18, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
owner; mayor
of Mishawaka, Ind., 1905-06.
German ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in 1911
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Mishawaka City Cemetery, Mishawaka, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Reinhold Frank and Catherine (Raup) Frank; married 1868 to Mary
A. Buchheit. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Montgomery Garman (1851-1926) —
also known as John M. Garman —
of Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa.; Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in a log
house near Thompsontown, Juniata
County, Pa., September
1, 1851.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; Luzerne
County District Attorney, 1892-94; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1896-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1900,
1904
(speaker),
1908;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1910-26.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., November
25, 1926 (age 75 years, 85
days).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Pa.
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Elijah Hise (1802-1867) —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., July 4,
1802.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1829; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Guatemala, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1866-67; died in
office 1867.
German ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died by a self-inflicted
pistol
shot, in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., May 8,
1867 (age 64 years, 308
days). He left a note declaring that he had "lost all hope of
… saving the country from the impending disasters and ruin in
which despotic and unconstitutional rule has involved her." However,
later news
reports disclosed that he had been about to be indicted
for perjury
and tax
evasion, based on his statements as a candidate.
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March
15, 1874.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944;
newspaper
columnist.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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Peter Ihrie Jr. (1796-1871) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., February
3, 1796.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1826-27; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1829-33.
German ancestry.
Died in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., March
29, 1871 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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Hiram H. Keller (b. 1878) —
of Doylestown, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, August
9, 1878.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916;
chair
of Bucks County Republican Party, 1927; common pleas court judge
in Pennsylvania 7th District, 1929-30.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Keller and Emma J. (Harpel) Keller. |
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Charles Henry Kempf (1831-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Kempf —
of Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Trumbauersville, Bucks
County, Pa., January
1, 1831.
Republican. Tinsmith; hardware
business; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Congregationalist.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1916 (age 85 years, 295
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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Reuben Kempf (1835-1912) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Trumbauersville, Bucks
County, Pa., March 5,
1835.
Republican. Banker;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1880; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1903.
German ancestry.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 3,
1912 (age 77 years, 120
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Albert Henry Ladner Jr. (b. 1882) —
also known as Albert H. Ladner —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
21, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Pennsylvania District,
1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1940.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, Moose; Freemasons.
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Peter Levergood —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Burgess
of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1845-46, 1857.
Lutheran.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip H. Mattes —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Germany.
Postmaster at Easton,
Pa., 1813-29.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Francis McDonnell (b. 1954) —
also known as Bob McDonnell —
of Glen Allen, Henrico
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 15,
1954.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 84th District, 1992-2005; Virginia
state attorney general, 2006-09; resigned 2009; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
Virginia, 2010-14; he and his wife were indicted
in January 2014 for receiving improper
gifts; convicted
in September 2014; sentenced
to two years in prison; in June 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court
unanimously overturned his conviction.
Irish
and Alsatian ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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Charles Henry Meyer (1826-1898) —
also known as Charles H. Meyer; Carl H. Meyer; Karl
Heinrich Meyer —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Schleiz, Germany,
March
15, 1826.
Dry
goods importer;
banker;
Consul
for Germany in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1872-98; silk ribbon
manufacturer.
German ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
14, 1898 (age 72 years, 152
days). During a lawsuit following his death, his successor as
German Consul alleged
that Mr. Meyer had defaulted
with at least $11,000 of the consulate's funds; this was denied by
the executors of his estate, and the outcome of the dispute is
unknown.
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Christoph Heinrich Meyer and Marie (Felder) Meyer; married, April
16, 1857, to Sophie Karoline Wilhelmine Brossman. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Philadelphia Times,
August 18, 1898 |
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Martin Charles Mihm (1898-1967) —
also known as Martin C. Mihm —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
5, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 42nd District, 1934; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1936-62 (Allegheny County 7th
District 1936-54, Allegheny County 11th District 1955-62).
Catholic.
German ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
War Veterans.
Died June 1,
1967 (age 68 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Mihm and Kate (Artz) Mihm; married, June 29,
1931, to Cecelia Mathilda Hepp. |
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Aaron Wetzell Miles (1875-1965) —
also known as Aaron W. Miles; Paddy Miles —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in Watsontown, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
6, 1875.
Cigar
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mecosta County, 1919-24;
defeated (Progressive), 1914; postmaster at Big
Rapids, Mich., 1924-36; Mecosta
County Probate Judge, 1937-56.
German and Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, in Mecosta Memorial Hospital,
Stanwood, Mecosta
County, Mich., March 1,
1965 (age 89 years, 85
days).
Interment at Highland
View Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich.
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Winfield Scott Moore (b. 1852) —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa., June 14,
1852.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
and German ancestry.
Interment at Beaver
Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795-1831) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
22, 1795.
Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. Joseph
Hiester, 1820-23; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1828-29; real estate
business.
German ancestry.
Died in Pickaway
County, Ohio, December
17, 1831 (age 36 years, 239
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio.
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Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750-1801) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
1, 1750.
Pastor;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1779-80; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1780-83; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1780-83; delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-93, 3rd
District 1793-95, 4th District 1795-97); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1789-91, 1793-95; Federalist candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1793, 1796.
Lutheran.
German ancestry.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., June 4,
1801 (age 51 years, 154
days).
Interment at Woodward
Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) —
also known as Henry A. Muhlenberg —
of Berks, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., July 21,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 5th District, 1850-52; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854.
German ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1854 (age 30 years, 172
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782-1844) —
also known as Henry A. Muhlenberg —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 13,
1782.
Pastor;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1829-38 (7th District 1829-33,
9th District 1833-38); chief
burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1831-32; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1835; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1838-40.
Lutheran.
German ancestry.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August
11, 1844 (age 62 years, 90
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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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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Peter Muller —
of Hanover, York
County, Pa.
Born in Germany.
Postmaster at Hanover,
Pa., 1816.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry J. Myers (born c.1863) —
of Chicora, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1863.
Democrat. Banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912
(alternate), 1928.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles William Neeb (1856-1914) —
also known as Charles W. Neeb —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., April
26, 1856.
Newspaper
editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County, 1901-02.
Protestant.
German ancestry.
Died July 4,
1914 (age 58 years, 69
days).
Interment at Voegtly Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John Nicholas Neeb (1851-1893) —
also known as John N. Neeb —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, March
19, 1851.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 42nd District, 1891-93; died in office 1893.
German ancestry.
Died February
19, 1893 (age 41 years, 337
days).
Interment at Voegtly Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Neeb (1822-1899) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born July 3,
1822.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
German ancestry.
Died January
7, 1899 (age 76 years, 188
days).
Interment at Voegtly Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Gustav Niederlein (1858-1924) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1858.
Explorer;
botanist;
Consul
for Costa Rica in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1896-1907; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1902-08.
German ancestry.
Died in 1924
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Oakes (b. 1861) —
also known as George W. Oakes; George Washington Ochs;
George W. Ochs —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1861.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-97; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Tennessee, 1896; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Jewish.
German ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American
Historical Association.
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Godlove Stein Orth (1817-1882) —
also known as Godlove S. Orth —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born near Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., April
22, 1817.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1843-49; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1845; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1863-71, 1873-75, 1879-82 (8th
District 1863-69, 7th District 1869-71, at-large 1873-75, 9th
District 1879-82); died in office 1882; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1875-76.
German ancestry.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., December
16, 1882 (age 65 years, 238
days).
Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Alfred J. Ostheimer (1845-1903) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
22, 1845.
Republican. Importer
and exporter; Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1894-1903; Honorary
Consul for Japan in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1897-1903.
Unitarian.
German ancestry. Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
21, 1903 (age 58 years, 29
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice Ostheimer and Elizabeth (Lipmann) Ostheimer; married, October
28, 1871, to Ellen Hackes. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer,
October 23, 1903 |
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Pauline H. Peterson —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
School
teacher and principal; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Female.
English
and German ancestry. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Soroptimists;
American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harold A. Peterson. |
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Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., September
8, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1843-47; Governor
of Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1855-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Platform
Committee); Governor of
Minnesota, 1860-63; defeated, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1863-75; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1879-81.
Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
22, 1903 (age 87 years, 226
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Valentine Francis Remmel (1853-1929) —
also known as Valentine Remmel —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
10, 1853.
Socialist. Glass
worker; union
organizer; Socialist Labor candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1900.
German ancestry.
Died, from lobar
pneumonia, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 9,
1929 (age 76 years, 60
days).
Interment at South
Side Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Henry D. Saylor (b. 1857) —
of Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
22, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1895-98; U.S. Consul in Matanzas, as of 1898-99.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Christian Henry Sheets (1851-1927) —
also known as Christian H. Sheets —
of Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
8, 1851.
Republican. Postmaster at Braddock,
Pa., 1898-1915.
German ancestry.
Died, from cerebral
apoplexy, in Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
17, 1927 (age 76 years, 40
days).
Interment at Monongahela Cemetery, Braddock Hills, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Christian Sheets and Evadora (Shaffer) Sheets; married to Phoebe
Jane Aiken. |
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memorial |
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Benjamin Shoemaker (1704-c.1767) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
3, 1704.
Merchant;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1743-44, 1752-53, 1760-61.
Quaker.
German ancestry.
Died about 1767 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel F. Snively (1859-1952) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., November
24, 1859.
Mayor
of Duluth, Minn., 1921-37.
Swiss
and German ancestry.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., 1952
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Sunrise
Memorial Park, Hermantown, Minn.
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Plymouth Warren Snyder (1851-1943) —
also known as Plymouth W. Snyder —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., March 1,
1851.
Republican. Druggist;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Blair County 2nd District,
1911-14; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 30th District, 1915-26.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters.
Died in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., December
19, 1943 (age 92 years, 293
days).
Interment at Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Snyder and Sarah C. (Bowers) Snyder; married to Cora Eleanor
Moore. |
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memorial |
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John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
6, 1854.
Republican. Band
conductor; composer;
honored guest, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Bavarian and Portugese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Audubon
Society.
He was elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1973.
Died, in his room at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel,
Reading, Berks
County, Pa., March 6,
1932 (age 77 years, 121
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Charles W. Staudenmeier (1894-1988) —
of Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Ashland, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
4, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936; circuit
judge in Pennsylvania, 1940.
German ancestry.
Died January
12, 1988 (age 93 years, 69
days).
Interment at New St. Mauritius Cemetery, Ashland, Pa.
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Jacob Croyle Stineman (1841-1913) —
also known as Jacob C. Stineman —
of South Fork, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born April 9,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 35th District, 1897-1908, 1913; died in office 1913;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
German ancestry.
Died April 2,
1913 (age 71 years, 358
days).
Interment at South
Fork Cemetery, South Fork, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Stineman and Mary Croyle Stineman; married, December
20, 1866, to Ella Varner. |
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Christian Markle Straub (1804-1860) —
also known as Christian M. Straub —
of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Schuylkill
County Prothonotary, 1845; Schuylkill
County Sheriff, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1853-55; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-58 (28th District 1856-57, 7th District 1858).
German ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1860 (age about 55
years).
Interment somewhere
in Pottsville, Pa.
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Zachary Taylor Sutley (1848-1930) —
also known as Zack T. Sutley —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., May 1,
1848.
Democrat. Farmer; postmaster;
livery
business; railroad
builder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
Honorary Vice-President, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1911-12; author.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., April
17, 1930 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George J. Tallman (1824-1906) —
of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., July 6,
1824.
Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor
of Coffeyville, Kan., 1873.
Methodist.
German and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan., July 10,
1906 (age 82 years, 4
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kan.
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Alfred Wilhelm Taubenberger —
also known as Al Taubenberger —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 2002, 2004; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 2007.
German ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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George John Urban (1906-1978) —
also known as George J. Urban —
of South Euclid, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, May 14,
1906.
Republican. Mayor
of South Euclid, Ohio, 1948-72.
Methodist.
German and Czech
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died, of cancer,
in a nursing
home at Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., March
25, 1978 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Knollwood
Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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John Wanamaker (1838-1922) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 11,
1838.
Republican. Merchant;
opened John Wanamaker & Company store in
1877 (forerunner of modern department
store); organizer and director, Merchants' Bank;
director, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad;
organizer (with others) and trustee, Presbyterian Hospital;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912,
1916.
Presbyterian.
Alsatian ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
12, 1922 (age 84 years, 154
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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George Wolf (1777-1840) —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Allen Township, Northampton
County, Pa., August
12, 1777.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Easton,
Pa., 1802-03; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1814; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1824-29; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1829-35; defeated, 1835; comptroller of the U.S.
Treasury, 1836-38; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1838-40; died in office 1840.
German ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
11, 1840 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Maria Margaretta Wolf and George Wolf (1737-1808). |
| | | Wolf Township,
in Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — Wolf Hall,
at Penn State University,
State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — Governor Wolf Elementary
School (built 1956), in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — George Wolf Elementary
School, in Bath,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The Governor Wolf Building
(built 1893, a former school converted to apartments), in Easton,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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