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George Elias Alter (1868-1940) —
also known as George E. Alter —
of Springdale, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Springdale, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 13th
District, 1909-14; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1913-14; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1920-23; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1922; director, Springdale National Bank;
director, Dixmont Hospital.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
18, 1940 (age 72 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elias Alter and Martha (Feison) Alter; married, September
11, 1902, to Diana Jane Swanton. |
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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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Ralph C. Body (1903-1973) —
of Boyertown, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Yellow House, Berks
County, Pa., February
18, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-president,
Pottstown Memorial Hospital; chair of
Berks County Democratic Party, 1950-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1960-62; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1962-72;
took senior status 1972.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Psi; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Died June 2,
1973 (age 70 years, 104
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Howard W. Body and Mary Alice (Esterly) Body; married, July 26,
1930, to Ruth C. Sproesser. |
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Charles M. Boswell (1860-1934) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J., December
28, 1860.
Republican. Minister;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1900 ; corresponding secretary, Methodist Board of Home Missions and
Church Extension, 1906-17; corresponding secretary, Methodist
Episcopal Hospital, 1917-34; president, Ocean Grove
Campmeeting Association, 1925-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Methodist Episcopal Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
20, 1934 (age 73 years, 357
days).
Interment at Westminster
Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Theodore M. Bowers (1907-1995) —
also known as Ted Bowers —
of New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Point Marion, Fayette
County, Pa., February
1, 1907.
Republican. Sand and
gravel business; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1943-46, 1949-64, 1969-72;
defeated, 1964; trustee, Wetzel County Hospital.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Lions; Rotary.
Died January
1, 1995 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank L. Bowers and Asia L. (Sadler) Bowers; married, June 16,
1931, to Myra Llewelyn. |
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1951 |
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Charles Browne (1875-1947) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1875.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Princeton, N.J., 1916-23; resigned 1923; president, board of
trustees, Princeton Hospital, 1919-23; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1920, 1924; member, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 1925-31;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1936-39;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940;
director, First National Bank of
Princeton; director, Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
17, 1947 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Cremated.
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E. Wallace Chadwick (1884-1969) —
of Rose Valley, Wallingford, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., January
17, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, board of managers, Chester Hospital; solicitor,
Delaware County Hospital; director, Delaware County National
Bank;
orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1945; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1947-49.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary;
Union
League.
Died in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., August
18, 1969 (age 85 years, 213
days).
Interment at Union
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rose Valley, Wallingford, Pa.
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Leroy E. Chapman (1881-1967) —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., July 3,
1881.
Republican. Physician;
Warren
County Coroner, 1912-22; burgess
of Warren, Pennsylvania, 1926-30; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 48th District, 1931-62; trustee, Warren
Hospital.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died in 1967
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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Montgomery F. Crowe (b. 1890) —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Piermont, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
9, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 14th District, 1939-54; director, General
Hospital of Monroe County; director, Stroudsburg Security Trust
Company; president, Monroe County Industries;
treasurer, Pocono Lodges Hotel
Company director, Van Karner Chemical
Arms Corporation; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Crowe and Jessie M. (Durkee) Crowe; married to Frances
K. Wirth. |
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George Wilkins Guthrie (1848-1917) —
also known as George W. Guthrie —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
5, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Malcolm
Hay; vice-president, Dollar Savings Bank;
member, board of managers, St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1912;
mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1906-09; defeated, 1896; U.S. Ambassador to
Japan, 1913-17, died in office 1917.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Tokyo, Japan,
March
8, 1917 (age 68 years, 184
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Citizens Title
and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown
Hospital, 1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Christopher Lyman Magee (1848-1901) —
also known as Christopher L. Magee —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
14, 1848.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1880,
1884,
1888,
1896,
1900;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 43rd District, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Endowed Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., March 8,
1901 (age 52 years, 328
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Linem Magee and Elizabeth (Steel) Magee; married to
Eleanor Louise Gillespie. |
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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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John S. Rilling (b. 1860) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Millcreek Township, Erie
County, Pa., July 22,
1860.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1894; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1904
(alternate); one of the organizers and directors of the Conneaut and
Erie Traction
Company; president of St. Vincent Hospital.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Rilling and Elizabeth (Ackerman) Rilling; married, October
20, 1887, to Stella Armstrong. |
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William Irving Sirovich (1882-1939) —
also known as William I. Sirovich —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., March
18, 1882.
Physician;
playwright;
Independence League candidate for New York
state treasurer, 1908, 1910; superintendent, Peoples
Hospital, 1911-29; president, Industrial National Bank; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1927-39; defeated
(Democratic), 1924; died in office 1939.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a heart
attack, while taking a bath at home, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1939 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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George Washington Wagoner (1856-1919) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
22, 1856.
Democrat. Printer;
physician;
one of the organizers, and director, of the Conemaugh Valley Memorial
Hospital; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1884;
mayor
of Johnstown, Pa., 1896-99.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., April
26, 1919 (age 63 years, 63
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) —
also known as Francis E. Walter —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 26,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
trustee, Easton Hospital; bank
director; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45,
20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1963 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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James Fleming Woodward (b. 1868) —
also known as James F. Woodward —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., February
19, 1868.
Republican. Machinist;
bookkeeper;
hospital superintendent; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-12, 1915-18; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1919-27; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928.
Burial location unknown.
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