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Politicians in Importing and Exporting in Pennsylvania

Spencer Pettis Gracey (1865-1933) — also known as Spencer P. Gracey — of Atlanta, Logan County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif.; Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 18, 1865. Opera singer; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, as of 1898; U.S. Consular Marshal in Foochow, as of 1898; worked for Standard Oil company in Japan and China; foreign exchange broker. Died, from peritonitis and heart failure, in International Hospital, Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China, January 15, 1933 (age 67 years, 28 days). Cremated.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Levis Gracey and Leonora (Thompson) Gracey; brother of Wilbur Tirrell Gracey; married to Pearl Miller.   Political family: Gracey family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   Arnold Katz (c.1857-1927) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Bodenhausen, Hesse, Germany, about 1857. Shipping agent; notary public; Honorary Vice-Consul for Austria-Hungary in Philadelphia, Pa., 1891-99; Vice-Consul for Netherlands in Philadelphia, Pa., 1894-1917. Jewish. Died, from myocardial degeneration, in Jewish Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 9, 1927 (age about 70 years). Interment at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. 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.   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 Horace Chester Newcomb (1858-1929) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Cedarville, Cumberland County, N.J., March 25, 1858. Republican. Stenographer; importing business; Honorary Vice-Consul for Spain in Philadelphia, Pa., 1901-18. Presbyterian. Died, in Samaritan Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 16, 1929 (age 71 years, 236 days). Interment somewhere in Cedarville, N.J.   Relatives: Son of John Newcomb and Jane (Paynter) Newcomb.   Image source: Who's Who in Philadelphia in Wartime (1920) 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.   Relatives: Son of Maurice Ostheimer and Elizabeth (Lipmann) Ostheimer; married, October 28, 1871, to Ellen Hackes.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 23, 1903   Charles Pettit (1736-1806) — Born near Amwell (now Mt. Airy), Hunterdon County, N.J., 1736. Secretary of state of New Jersey, 1776-78; resigned 1778; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1783-84; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87; importer and exporter. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 3, 1806 (age about 70 years). Interment at Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Married to Sarah Reed (sister of Bowes R. Reed and Joseph Reed).   Political family: Reed family of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Cardwell Potter (1822-1902) — also known as Henry C. Potter — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 28, 1822. Republican. Commission merchant; coffee importer; Consul for Nicaragua in Philadelphia, Pa., 1875-96; Vice-Consul for Costa Rica in Philadelphia, Pa., 1899-1902. English ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 6, 1902 (age 80 years, 6 days). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of John Potter and Harriet (Cardwell) Potter; married 1852 to Amanda Inskeep Moore.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Tennant Steeb (1866-1944) — also known as J. Tennant Steeb — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 20, 1866. Shipping broker; Vice-Consul for Chile in Tacoma, Wash., 1894-1907. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., June 16, 1944 (age 77 years, 240 days). Burial location unknown.   Harry Custis Vezey (b. 1873) — also known as H. Custis Vezey — Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 30, 1873. Importer; private secretary to Ambassador George V. L. Meyer, 1905-07; secretary to the U.S. delegation to the Second Peace Conference at The Hague, 1907; importer of American goods into Russia; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in St. Petersburg, 1908-14. Burial location unknown.

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