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James W. Ballantine (1840-1907) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Muldoon, Blaine
County, Idaho; Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1840.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil
business; silver and lead
mining business; postmaster;
banker;
People's candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from heart
disease, in Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho, January
5, 1907 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Alonzo P. Beeman (b. 1841) —
of Jones, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Erie
County, Pa., 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Cass County, 1907-10.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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W. C. Bennett (1836-1916) —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1836.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; riverboat
captain; flour mill
business; mayor of
Moline, Ill., 1893-95; defeated, 1895.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in 1916
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Bolard (1837-1912) —
of Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in 1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1903-06.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in 1912
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Conneautville
Cemetery, Conneautville, Pa.
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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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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper
editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial
nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes) Burdick;
married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis. |
| | | Epitaph: "Physician and
Friend." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Francis Calhoun (1844-1929) —
also known as William F. Calhoun —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Perry
County, Pa., November
21, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dentist;
newspaper
editor; postmaster at Decatur,
Ill., 1897-1913.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., June 10,
1929 (age 84 years, 201
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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Jacob Miller Campbell (1821-1888) —
also known as Jacob M. Campbell —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born near Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
20, 1821.
Republican. Involved in newspaper
and Mississippi River steamboat
work as a young man; later helped establish the Cambria Iron Works;
served as director for banks and
utilities;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Pennsylvania
surveyor-general, 1866-71; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1877-79, 1881-87;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1887.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., September
27, 1888 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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John Brooks Compton (1835-1898) —
also known as John B. Compton —
Born in Mead Township, Crawford
County, Pa., November
17, 1835.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Crawford
County Prothonotary, 1864-65; lawyer; chair of
Crawford County Republican Party, 1872; candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1874.
Presbyterian.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in 1898
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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James W. Conger (1845-1921) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., August
6, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; roofing
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
22, 1921 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Harrison Conger and Martha (Auld) Conger; married,
February
15, 1869, to Anna M. Higgins; married, November
18, 1914, to Maude A. Miller; third cousin twice removed of Hugh
Conger; fourth cousin once removed of James
Lockwood Conger, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger, Frederick
Ward Conger, Charles
Franklin Conger, Isaac
Young Conger and Abraham
Benjamin Conger. |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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William M. Cuppett (b. 1843) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Bedford
County, Pa., December
26, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; carriage and
wagon manufacturer; postmaster;
member
Dakota territorial council, 1870-71, 1879-80.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Theodore DeRousse (1844-1921) —
also known as Louis T. DeRousse —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 29,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; accountant;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1895-97; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1896; postmaster at Camden,
N.J., 1898-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
27, 1921 (age 77 years, 90
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Aaron F. Dickey (1840-1925) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born July 22,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died December
16, 1925 (age 85 years, 147
days).
Interment at Husband
Cemetery, Somerset, 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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Francis A. Freer (1843-1908) —
also known as Frank A. Freer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 6,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1889-93, 1897-1908.
Presbyterian.
French
Huguenot and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Good
Templars; Sons of
Temperance; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., December
16, 1908 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Josiah Given (1828-1908) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Murrysville, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
31, 1828.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1876; circuit judge in Iowa 5th
District, 1881-86; district judge in Iowa 9th District, 1887-89,
1903; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1889-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
3, 1908 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) —
also known as Samuel L. Gracey —
of Smyrna, Kent
County, Del.; Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I.; Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
8, 1835.
Methodist
minister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Consul in Foochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died by suicide,
when he cut his
throat with a razor, in the West Newton Sanitarium,
West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
19, 1911 (age 75 years, 345
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Samuel Wylie Greer (1826-1882) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., June 2,
1826.
Kansas
Territory superintendent of schools, 1858-61; served in the Union
Army during the Civil War.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from consumption
(tuberculosis),
in Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., September
30, 1882 (age 56 years, 120
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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William J. Halderman (1840-1917) —
of Mission Creek, Pawnee
County, Neb.; Burchard, Pawnee
County, Neb.; Pawnee City, Pawnee
County, Neb.
Born in Butler
County, Pa., April
13, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; merchant;
postmaster;
banker;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1877; Pawnee
County Treasurer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1899.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died January
30, 1917 (age 76 years, 292
days).
Interment at Pawnee
City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Neb.
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Samuel Mortier Hench (1846-1932) —
of Indiana.
Born near Port Royal, Juniata
County, Pa., June 22,
1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; superior court judge
in Indiana, 1884-86; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1891-93.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic; Elks.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., March
17, 1932 (age 85 years, 269
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Josiah Duane Hicks (1844-1923) —
also known as Josiah D. Hicks —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Machen, Monmouthshire, Wales,
August
1, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; railroad
clerk; lawyer; Blair
County District Attorney, 1880-86; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1893-99.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., May 9,
1923 (age 78 years, 281
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Altoona, Pa.
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Daniel Newcomb Hunt (b. 1843) —
also known as Daniel N. Hunt —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Born in Mansfield, Tioga
County, Pa., January
28, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; real estate
business; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; mayor of
Redfield, S.D.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel N. Hunt and Miranda B. (Allen) Hunt; married to Adalyn J.
Ellis. |
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John Park Linton (1833-1892) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., January
26, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Pennsylvania
surveyor-general, 1865; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1866-67; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1868; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., August
30, 1892 (age 59 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-95; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway
System, 1895.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died on
board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Arthur D. Markley (1832-1896) —
of Hatboro, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia, Lancaster
County, Pa., April
28, 1832.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1865-67; president, Perkiomen Railroad;
paper
manufacturer; postmaster at Hatboro,
Pa., 1886-88; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1891-94.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died April
19, 1896 (age 63 years, 357
days).
Interment at Hatboro
Cemetery, Hatboro, Pa.
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Andrew Ryan McGill (1840-1905) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Saegertown, Crawford
County, Pa., February
19, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Governor of
Minnesota, 1887-89; member of Minnesota
state senate 37th District, 1899-1905; died in office 1905;
postmaster at St.
Paul, Minn., 1900-05; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1904.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
31, 1905 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Thomas W. Myton (b. 1842) —
of Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in West Township, Huntingdon
County, Pa., February
13, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded in the battle
of Chancellorsville, 1863, and lost his
left arm; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Huntingdon County, 1883-84.
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Myton and Eleanor (Montgomery) Myton; married, December
27, 1870, to Ella E. Davis. |
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James Scott Negley (1826-1901) —
also known as James S. Negley —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in East Liberty (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., December
22, 1826.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1869-75, 1885-87;
active in promotion and construction of railroads;
president of several railroad
companies.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., August
7, 1901 (age 74 years, 228
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edwin Sylvanus Osborne (1839-1900) —
also known as Edwin S. Osborne —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Bethany, Wayne
County, Pa., August
7, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1885-91 (at-large 1885-89, 12th
District 1889-91); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1888.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died January
1, 1900 (age 60 years, 147
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker (1843-1916) —
also known as Samuel W. Pennypacker —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., April 9,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1904.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Schwenksville, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
2, 1916 (age 73 years, 146
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Phoenixville, Pa.
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Henry C. Rankin (1843-1915) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., December
1, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent
of schools; land
agent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1911-12; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died July 15,
1915 (age 71 years, 226
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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John Cleveland Robinson (1817-1897) —
also known as John C. Robinson —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., April
10, 1817.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1872;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1873-74.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1894 for action at Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864.
Died February
18, 1897 (age 79 years, 314
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Silas Comfort Swallow (1839-1930) —
also known as Silas C. Swallow —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 5,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Methodist
minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1897; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1898, 1902; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1904.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., August
13, 1930 (age 91 years, 161
days).
Interment at Paxtang
Cemetery, Paxtang, Pa.
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