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Albert Dutton MacDade (b. 1871) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Lower Chichester Township, Delaware
County, Pa., September
23, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Delaware
County District Attorney, 1906-12; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1921-28; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1928-39; candidate for superior court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Stanley MacDonald (1907-1998) —
also known as Herbert S. MacDonald —
of North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., January
14, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1947-48; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1957-72; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1972-.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1998 (age 91 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Webster MacDonald and Bessie (Bowman) MacDonald; married,
March
2, 1933, to Margaretta Wolff Miller. |
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James Rieman Macfarlane (1858-1938) —
also known as James R. Macfarlane —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., April
20, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1903-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
2, 1938 (age 80 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Arista Mackey (1869-1938) —
also known as Harry A. Mackey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Susquehanna, Susquehanna
County, Pa., June 26,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1928-32; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Foresters;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Optimist
Club.
Died in 1938
(age about
69 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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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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Frederick William Magrady (1863-1954) —
also known as Frederick W. Magrady —
of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
24, 1863.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
vice-president, Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Transit
Co.; director and solicitor for First National Bank of
Mt. Carmel; director, Mt. Carmel Water
Co.; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1925-33.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., August
27, 1954 (age 90 years, 276
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
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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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James Ingraham Marsh (b. 1890) —
also known as James I. Marsh —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
21, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1938, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph W. Marsh and Anna Rose (Ingraham) Marsh; married, January
4, 1919, to Mary Glyde Wells. |
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George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) —
also known as George C. Marshall —
of Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., December
31, 1880.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; general in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1947-49; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1950-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Kappa
Alpha Order; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1953.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., October
16, 1959 (age 78 years, 289
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Marshall (1755-1835) —
of Virginia.
Born in Germantown, Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835;
received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 6,
1835 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall;
brother-in-law of William
McClung, George
Keith Taylor and Joseph
Hamilton Daviess; brother of James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall (1770-1825); married, January
3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (daughter of Jacquelin
Ambler); father of Thomas
Marshall (1784-1835), Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin
Burwell Harvie) and James
Keith Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; uncle of Edward
Colston, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander
Keith McClung, Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey
Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John
Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis
Minor Coleman; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; great-granduncle of Hudson
Snowden Marshall, William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall (1760-1841); first cousin once removed of William
Marshall Anderson and Charles
Anderson; first cousin twice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of John
Gardner Coolidge; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Edith
Wilson and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Tuck-Claude
family of Annapolis, Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Marshall (built 1941-42 at Mobile,
Alabama; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: John
Marshall Stone
— John
Marshall Martin
— John
Marshall Harlan
— J.
Marshall Hagans
— John
M. Claiborne
— John
M. Hamilton
— John
M. Raymond
— John M.
Rose
— John
M. Slaton
— John
M. Wolverton
— John
M. Robsion
— John
Marshall Hutcheson
— John
M. Butler
— John
Marshall Harlan
— John
M. Robsion, Jr.
— John
Marshall Briley
— John
Marshall Lindley
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| | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury note in the 1880s, and on the
$500 bill in the early 20th century. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
| | Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward
Smith, John
Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The
Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of
Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation
1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction
1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier,
Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A
Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia
to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John
Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court |
| | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Edward Martin (1879-1967) —
also known as Ed Martin —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in a log
cabin, Ten Mile, Washington Township, Greene
County, Pa., September
18, 1879.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Dunn Mar Oil and Gas
Company; president, Consumers Fuel Company; director, Citizens
National Bank;
director, Washington County Fire
Insurance Co.; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1925-29; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1928-34; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936,
1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932;
Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1939-43; general in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1947-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., March
19, 1967 (age 87 years, 182
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa.
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William Allen Maurer (b. 1872) —
also known as William A. Maurer; W. A.
Maurer —
of El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., October
25, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Canadian
County Judge, 1911-15, 1919-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1916;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1921-25.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Maurer and Eliza (McCartney) Maurer; married, December
30, 1897, to Hettie D. Evans. |
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George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) —
also known as George B. McClellan; "Little
Mac" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1826.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for President
of the United States, 1864; Governor of
New Jersey, 1878-81.
Member, Freemasons; Loyal
Legion.
Died October
29, 1885 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.; statue erected 1907 at Connecticut
Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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Myron Hawley McCord (1840-1908) —
also known as Myron H. McCord —
of Shawano, Shawano
County, Wis.; Merrill, Lincoln
County, Wis.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ceres, McKean
County, Pa., November
26, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lumberman;
farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1873-74; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1876;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 9th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1896;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1897-98; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of Bright's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
27, 1908 (age 67 years, 153
days).
Interment at Merrill
Memorial Park Cemetery, Merrill, Wis.
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Nelson Bruce McCormick (1847-1914) —
also known as Nelson B. McCormick —
of Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.
Born near Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa., November
20, 1847.
Farmer;
lawyer;
Phillips
County Attorney, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1897-99; Phillips
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1910-14.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan., April
10, 1914 (age 66 years, 141
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Kan.
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William McFarland (1774-1840) —
of San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex.; Belgrade, Newton
County, Tex.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 8,
1774.
Surveyor;
delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Ayish Bayou, 1832;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belgrade, Newton
County, Tex., August
16, 1840 (age 66 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas McFarland and Hannah (Stuart) McFarland; married to Ann
Singer; father of Thomas
Stuart McFarland. |
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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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Robert H. McKune (1823-1894) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., August
19, 1823.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor
of Scranton, Pa., 1875-78.
Member, Freemasons.
While attempting to quell a riot in 1877, he was attacked,
and his skull was fractured.
Died, of heart
failure, in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
9, 1894 (age 71 years, 51
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married 1844 to Elmira
Smith. |
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John Francis Mercer (1759-1821) —
of Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., May 17,
1759.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-84; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1788-92, 1800-06; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1792-94 (at-large 1792-93, 2nd
District 1793-94); Governor of
Maryland, 1801-03.
Anglican;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
30, 1821 (age 62 years, 105
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
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Stephen Miller (1816-1881) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.; Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn.
Born in Perry
County, Pa., January
17, 1816.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1860,
1860;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1864-66; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 38, 1873.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1862, he was in command of Camp Lincoln, in Mankato, Minnesota,
which held 303 Sioux Indians convicted and condemned to death for war
crimes, and repeatedly protected them from being lynched by angry
frontiersmen. President Abraham
Lincoln granted clemency, remitting death sentences for 265. The
remaining 38 prisoners were hanged on December 26, 1862, the largest
mass execution in U.S. history.
Died in Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn., August
18, 1881 (age 65 years, 213
days).
Interment at Worthington
Cemetery, Worthington, Minn.
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Thomas Elliott Millsop (1898-1967) —
also known as Thomas E. Millsop —
of Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., December
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; steel
executive; mayor
of Weirton, W.Va., 1947-55; candidate for Presidential Elector
for West Virginia; delegate to Republican National Convention from
West Virginia, 1952.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Jesters;
Lions;
Moose;
Eagles;
Rotary;
Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va., September
12, 1967 (age 68 years, 282
days).
Interment at Chestnut Ridge Cemetery, Florence, Pa.
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Samuel Milroy (1780-1845) —
of Indiana.
Born in Kishicoquillas Valley, Mifflin
County, Pa., August
14, 1780.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-22, 1837-39; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1823-25, 1836-37; defeated, 1834; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1825; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1832,
1835,
1840,
1844.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., May 26,
1845 (age 64 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard H. Mitchell (1869-1933) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1898; member
of New
York state senate 21st District, 1899-1900; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1917-33; died in office 1933.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke,
and died four days later without regaining consciousness, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1933 (age 63 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James B. Mitchell and Emma (Henry) Mitchell; married, November
15, 1906, to Maud Augusta Riegelman. |
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Lee Monroe (b. 1857) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Freehold Township, Warren
County, Pa., October
27, 1857.
Lawyer;
Register, U.S. Land Office,, Wa-Keeney, Kansas, 1889-93; district
judge in Kansas 23rd District, 1895-1903.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Monroe and Ruth (Woodin) Monroe; married to Lilla Day
Moore. |
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Alexander Pollock Moore (1867-1930) —
also known as Alexander P. Moore —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
10, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1916;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1923-25; Peru, 1928-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
17, 1930 (age 62 years, 99
days).
Entombed at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, 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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John C. Myers (1879-1934) —
of Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Greene
County, Pa., December
3, 1879.
Democrat. Oil and gas
business; chair of
Marshall County Democratic Party, 1912-20; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1931-32;
member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1933-34; died in office 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Moundsville, Marshall
County, W.Va., September
4, 1934 (age 54 years, 275
days).
Interment at Mt.
Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, W.Va.
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