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Charles H. Ealy (b. 1884) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Schellsburg, Bedford
County, Pa., January
25, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County Solicitor, 1916-19; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 36th District, 1927-46; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Taylor F. Ealy and Mary (Ramsey) Ealy; married, June 16,
1914, to Edna May Pritts. |
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David B. Ealy (b. 1888) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Schellsburg, Bedford
County, Pa., August
14, 1888.
Republican. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Marshall
County Coroner, 1919-37; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1939-42; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Taylor F. Ealy and Mary (Ramsey) Ealy; married, June 12,
1913, to Lennis Irwin. |
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George Howard Earle III (1890-1974) —
also known as George H. Earle —
of Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Devon, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; sugar
business; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1933-34; Bulgaria, 1940-41; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1939.
Episcopalian.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Freemasons; Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Elks.
Died December
30, 1974 (age 84 years, 25
days).
Interment at Church
of the Resurrection Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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George Washington Edmonds (1864-1939) —
also known as George W. Edmonds —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., February
22, 1864.
Republican. Druggist; coal
dealer; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1913-25, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1939 (age 75 years, 218
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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George Egbert (1820-1908) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., November
15, 1820.
Merchant;
farmer;
steamboat
business; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1875-76, 1877-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
22, 1908 (age 87 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871 to Sarah
Savery. |
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Joshua Eilberg (1921-2004) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1952-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1967-79; defeated,
1978.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Pleaded
guilty in federal court to conflict
of interest charges,
February 1979; sentenced
to five years probation
and fined
$10,000.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
24, 2004 (age 83 years, 41
days).
Interment at Montefiore
Cemetery, Jenkintown, Pa.
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Nathan M. Eisenhower (1811-1879) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., 1811.
Republican. Builder;
mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1865-67.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died September
2, 1879 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Ellenbogen (1900-1985) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
April
3, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1933-38; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1938-66.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 4,
1985 (age 85 years, 92
days).
Interment at West
View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edmund Frederick Erk (1872-1953) —
also known as Edmund F. Erk —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., April
17, 1872.
Republican. Clerk, Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. House of
Representatives, 1919-30; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1930-33.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
14, 1953 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edwin Duing Eshleman (1920-1985) —
also known as Edwin D. Eshleman —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Quarryville, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
4, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1954-66; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1967-77.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., January
10, 1985 (age 64 years, 37
days).
Interment at Millersville
Mennonite Cemetery, Millersville, Manor Township, Lancaster
County, Pa.
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Charles Joseph Esterly (1888-1940) —
also known as Charles J. Esterly —
of Wyomissing, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., February
8, 1888.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920;
member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1925-27, 1929-31.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Rotary.
Died in Wernersville, Berks
County, Pa., September
3, 1940 (age 52 years, 208
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Charles Conner Evans (b. 1858) —
also known as Charles C. Evans —
of Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa.
Born in Briarcreek Township, Columbia
County, Pa., January
10, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 26th District, 1906-16,
1925-38; appointed 1906, 1925.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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George Evans (b. 1882) —
of Iaeger, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Blossburg, Tioga
County, Pa., September
7, 1882.
Democrat. Physician;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1937-38,
1941-46.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Evan F. Evans and Mary Jane (Phillips) Evans; married 1916 to
Virginia Burke. |
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James S. Evans (1873-1950) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Joanna Heights, Berks
County, Pa., February
25, 1873.
Republican. Railway
freight agent; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 3rd
District, 1927-28, 1935-38; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1943-50; died
in office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
24, 1950 (age 77 years, 27
days).
Interment at Mt. Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Edwin C. Ewing (1902-1967) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
26, 1902.
Republican. Petroleum
engineer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 15th
District, 1939-40, 1943-64; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1965-67; died in office 1967.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died May 3,
1967 (age 64 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward J. Ewing and Etta (Clark) Ewing; married to Gertrude
Sherlock; father of Wayne
S. Ewing. |
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Wayne S. Ewing (1929-2010) —
of Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Coraopolis, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
14, 1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1967-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta
Sigma Phi; Jaycees.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., March
19, 2010 (age 81 years, 33
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, Pa.
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James Indus Farley (1871-1948) —
also known as James I. Farley —
of Auburn, DeKalb
County, Ind.
Born near Hamilton, Steuben
County, Ind., February
24, 1871.
Democrat. School
teacher; automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 16,
1948 (age 77 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Auburn, Ind.
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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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Edwin John Fithian (1863-1953) —
also known as Edwin J. Fithian —
of Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Portersville, Butler
County, Pa., July 1,
1863.
Physician;
president, Bessemer Gas Engine Company; after 1929, chairman of the
successor firm, Cooper-Bessemer Corporation; makers of industrial
compressors and marine
engines; bank
director; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1916; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1918; burgess
of Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1923; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from acute cardiac
decompensation, in Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa., May 15,
1953 (age 89 years, 318
days).
Entombed at Woodland Cemetery, Grove City, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Newton Fithian and Margaret Jane (Riddle) Fithian; married
to Georgiana A. Shellito and Esther Shellito. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert D. Fleming (1903-1994) —
of Aspinwall, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Sharpsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 8,
1903.
Republican. Real estate
broker; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1939-50; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 40th District, 1951-74; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960,
1972;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1964.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Kappa
Sigma; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died August
15, 1994 (age 91 years, 160
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert H. Fleming and Daisy (Doty) Fleming; married to D. Jean
Varner. |
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Thomas W. Fleming (b. 1874) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., May 13,
1874.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908,
1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Fleming and Lavinia Fleming; married, February
12, 1912, to Lethia Cousins. |
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Frederick Voris Follmer (b. 1885) —
also known as Frederick V. Follmer —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
13, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Samuel Follmer and Elizabeth B. (Voris) Follmer; married, May 30,
1921, to Ella Brown. |
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Henry Parker Ford (1837-1905) —
also known as Henry P. Ford —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
15, 1837.
Mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1896-99.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 188
days).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Thomas J. Ford (1856-1930) —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
3, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1898-1903; common pleas court
judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1906-29; appointed 1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1930
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, O'Hara Township, Allegheny County, Pa.
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Chester McCormick Foresman (b. 1888) —
also known as Chet M. Foresman —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Allenwood, Union
County, Pa., 1888.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Dakota, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Clellan S. Forsythe (1895-1953) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Houtzdale, Clearfield
County, Pa., March 6,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1945-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
On a hunting
trip, he suffered a heart
attack while sitting in his
Jeep, holding a shotgun,
which accidentally
discharged, hitting him in the chest and killing him, on Fox
Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
18, 1953 (age 58 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Chauncey Forward (1793-1839) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Granby, Hartford
County, Conn., February
4, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1820-22; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1826-31; Somerset
County Prothonotary and Recorder, 1831.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., October
19, 1839 (age 46 years, 257
days).
Interment at Aukeny
Square Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother of Oliver
Owen Forward and Walter
Forward; married to Rebecca Blair; father of Mary Forward (who
married Jeremiah
Sullivan Black); grandfather of Chauncey
Forward Black; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, Bankson
Taylor Holcomb and Thomas
Holcomb Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Edmond
Alfred Holcomb; second cousin twice removed of Marcus
Hensey Holcomb and Burton
Everett Hoskins; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, John
Allen, Charles
Ogden Tappan, Martin
Harris Holcomb and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Chapin and Lyle
Donald Holcomb; fourth cousin of Hezekiah
Case, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Abiel
Case, Edmund
Holcomb, Jairus
Case, Anson
Levi Holcomb and William
Gleason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Jeremiah
Mason, Parmenio
Adams, Elisha
Phelps, Luther
Walter Badger, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, John
William Allen, Oliver
Dwight Filley, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Noah
Webster Holcomb and Lafayette
Blanchard Gleason. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | | Image source: Twentieth-Century Bench
and Bar of Pennsylvania (1903) |
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John F. Forward Jr. (b. 1876) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
18, 1876.
Republican. Abstractor;
president, Union Title
Insurance Co.; president, Union Trust Co.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1932;
mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1932-34; resigned 1934.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Ferree Forward and Ella Francis (Dillon) Forward; married, June 29,
1901, to Alberta Fairbanks; married, June 15,
1920, to Martha Thompson. |
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Samuel Davis Foster (1880-1944) —
also known as Samuel D. Foster —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
11, 1880.
Republican. Civil
engineer; worked on roads, sewers, and water works projects in
Cuba and the Panama Canal Zone; chief engineer, Allegheny County Road
Department; chief engineer, Pennsylvania State Highway Department;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Allegheny
County Treasurer, 1924-27; Allegheny
County Recorder of Deeds, 1928-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936,
1940.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
9, 1944 (age 63 years, 364
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander D. Foster and Amanda (Auld) Foster; married, June 29,
1905, to charlotta Adams; married, January
25, 1915, to Helen Trego Bradley; married, June 27,
1942, to Mercedes A. Cohill. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph,
September 10, 1944 |
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) —
also known as "Silence Dogood"; "Anthony
Afterwit"; "Poor Richard"; "Alice
Addertongue"; "Polly Baker"; "Harry
Meanwell"; "Timothy Turnstone";
"Martha Careful"; "Benevolus";
"Caelia Shortface" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
17, 1706.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1775-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S.
Minister to France, 1778-85; Sweden, 1782-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1785-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Deist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented
bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1790 (age 84 years, 90
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue erected 1856 at
Old City Hall Grounds, Boston, Mass.; statue at La
Arcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Franklin and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin; married, September
1, 1730, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin (who
married Richard
Bache); uncle of Franklin
Davenport; grandfather of Richard
Bache Jr. and Deborah Franklin Bache (who married William
John Duane); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary
Blechenden Bache (who married Robert
John Walker) and Sophia Arabella Bache (who married William
Wallace Irwin); second great-grandfather of Robert
Walker Irwin; fifth great-grandfather of Daniel
Baugh Brewster and Elise
du Pont; first cousin four times removed of Charles
James Folger, Benjamin
Dexter Sprague and Wharton
Barker; first cousin six times removed of Thomas
Mott Osborne; first cousin seven times removed of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin five times removed of George
Hammond Parshall. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Bache-Dallas
family of Pennsylvania and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Jonathan
Williams |
| | | Franklin counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Franklin, in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The minor
planet 5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Benjamin
F. Butler
— Benjamin
F. Hallett
— Benjamin
F. Wade
— Benjamin
Franklin Wallace
— Benjamin
Cromwell Franklin
— Benjamin
Franklin Perry
— Benjamin
Franklin Robinson
— Benjamin
F. Randolph
— Benjamin
Franklin Massey
— Benjamin
F. Rawls
— Benjamin
Franklin Leiter
— Benjamin
Franklin Thomas
— Benjamin
F. Hall
— Benjamin
F. Angel
— Benjamin
Franklin Ross
— Benjamin
F. Flanders
— Benjamin
F. Bomar
— Benjamin
Franklin Hellen
— Benjamin
F. Mudge
— Benjamin
F. Butler
— Benjamin
F. Loan
— Benjamin
F. Simpson
— Benjamin
Franklin Terry
— Benjamin
Franklin Junkin
— Benjamin
F. Partridge
— B.
F. Langworthy
— Benjamin
F. Harding
— Benjamin
Mebane
— B.
F. Whittemore
— Benjamin
Franklin Bradley
— Benjamin
Franklin Claypool
— Benjamin
Franklin Saffold
— Benjamin
F. Coates
— B.
Franklin Martin
— Benjamin
Franklin Howey
— Benjamin
F. Martin
— Benjamin
Franklin Rice
— Benjamin
F. Randolph
— Benjamin
F. Hopkins
— Benjamin
F. Tracy
— Benjamin
Franklin Briggs
— Benjamin
F. Grady
— Benjamin
F. Farnham
— Benjamin
F. Meyers
— Benjamin
Franklin White
— Benjamin
Franklin Prescott
— Benjamin
F. Jonas
— B.
Franklin Fisher
— Benjamin
Franklin Potts
— Benjamin
F. Funk
— Benjamin
F. Marsh
— Frank
B. Arnold
— Benjamin
F. Heckert
— Benjamin
F. Bradley
— Benjamin
F. Howell
— Benjamin
Franklin Miller
— Benjamin
F. Mahan
— Ben
Franklin Caldwell
— Benjamin
Franklin Tilley
— Benjamin
F. Hackney
— B.
F. McMillan
— Benjamin
F. Shively
— B.
Frank Hires
— B.
Frank Mebane
— B.
Frank Murphy
— Benjamin
F. Starr
— Benjamin
Franklin Jones, Jr.
— Benjamin
F. Welty
— Benjamin
F. Jones
— Benjamin
Franklin Boley
— Ben
Franklin Looney
— Benjamin
F. Bledsoe
— Benjamin
Franklin Williams
— B.
Frank Kelley
— Benjamin
Franklin Butler
— Benjamin
F. James
— Frank
B. Heintzleman
— Benjamin
F. Feinberg
— B.
Franklin Bunn
— Ben
F. Cameron
— Ben
F. Blackmon
— B.
Frank Whelchel
— B.
F. Merritt, Jr.
— Ben
F. Hornsby
— Ben
Dillingham II
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $100 bill, and formerly on the U.S. half
dollar coin (1948-63). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Benjamin Franklin: The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — An
Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place
(1744) |
| | | Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W.
Brands, The
First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin
Franklin — Edmund S. Morgan, Benjamin
Franklin — Stacy Schiff, A
Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of
America — Gordon S. Wood, The
Americanization of Benjamin Franklin — Walter
Isaacson, Benjamin
Franklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren, Benjamin
Franklin — Philip Dray, Stealing
God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention
of America |
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Bertram Graeme Frazier (1878-1963) —
also known as Bertram G. Frazier —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
3, 1878.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1927-34, 1947-50; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 1,
1963 (age 85 years, 148
days).
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Lotta Gertrude Eagan. |
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Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) —
also known as Lake J. Frazier —
of Winchester,
Va.; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born near Danville, Montour
County, Pa., December
11, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1948;
mayor
of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier; married 1921 to Helen
P. Holshue. |
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Howard George Freas (b. 1900) —
also known as Howard G. Freas —
of California.
Born in Fogelsville, Lehigh
County, Pa., July 13,
1900.
Member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1953-66.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar Wilson Edmond Freas and Katie Jemima (George) Freas;
married, July 3,
1924, to Adelaide Trygstad. |
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John Donnan Fredericks (1869-1945) —
also known as John D. Fredericks —
of Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Burgettstown, Washington
County, Pa., September
10, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1903-15; candidate for Governor of
California, 1914; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1923-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
26, 1945 (age 75 years, 350
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Tilghman A. Freed (b. 1895) —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., July 14,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; realtor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1939-40, 1943-46; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 16th District, 1951-54.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilson H. Freed and Queen Ann C. (Ritter) Freed; married to Betty
Arline McMillan. |
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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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