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George Bethune Adams (1845-1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 3,
1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
merchant; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1901-11;
died in office 1911.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Hague, Warren
County, N.Y., October
9, 1911 (age 66 years, 189
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome T. Ailman (b. 1849) —
of near Thompsontown, Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Juniata
County, Pa., October
5, 1849.
School
teacher; merchant; farmer;
People's candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1894; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1896; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Juniata County, 1907-10.
Member, Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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William Allen (1704-1780) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
5, 1704.
Merchant; lawyer; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1735-36.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
6, 1780 (age 76 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alonzo S. Batchelor (1877-1941) —
of Monaca, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Etna, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
15, 1877.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1929-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 47th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Died April
13, 1941 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Seymore Batchelor and Caroline (Reno) Batchelor; married,
September
11, 1907, to Jessie Eugenia Holmes. |
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John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Bohemia Manor, Cecil
County, Md., August
11, 1738.
Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1794-96.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
7, 1807 (age 68 years, 149
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.
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Albert Edwin Beech (1904-1973) —
also known as Albert E. Beech —
of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
15, 1904.
Republican. Merchant; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1940; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in April, 1973
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Beeson (1807-1885) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, September
7, 1807.
Democrat. Merchant; village
president of Niles, Michigan, 1840; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857.
Died April
19, 1885 (age 77 years, 224
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Elmer T. Beltz (1861-1950) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Bedford
County, Pa., July 19,
1861.
Republican. Merchant; real
estate and insurance
business; postmaster at Laramie,
Wyo., 1898-1905, 1930-34.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died June 12,
1950 (age 88 years, 328
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Harlan Page Bird (born c.1843) —
also known as Harlan P. Bird —
of Wausaukee, Marinette
County, Wis.
Born in Bradford
County, Pa., about 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; surveyor;
bookkeeper;
lumber
business; merchant; member of Wisconsin
state senate 1st District, 1903-10.
Burial location unknown.
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James Black (1793-1872) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Newport, Perry
County, Pa., March 6,
1793.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1830-31; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1836-37, 1843-47 (13th District
1836-37, 16th District 1843-47); county judge in Pennsylvania,
1842-43.
Died in New Bloomfield, Perry
County, Pa., June 21,
1872 (age 79 years, 107
days).
Interment at New
Bloomfield Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Pa.
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James Williamson Bosler (1833-1883) —
also known as James W. Bosler —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., April 4,
1833.
Lawyer;
merchant; real estate
agent; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1860;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1860; Republican candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1882.
German
ancestry.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
17, 1883 (age 50 years, 257
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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George Bryan (1731-1791) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
1731.
Merchant; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member of
Pennsylvania
State Council, 1776-79; President
of Pennsylvania, 1778; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1780-91; died in office 1791.
Irish
ancestry.
Died January
27, 1791 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Arch
Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Cooper (1754-1809) —
of New York.
Born in a log
house, in Smithfield (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
2, 1754.
Merchant; common pleas court judge in New York, 1791; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1795-97, 1799-1801.
English
ancestry.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
22, 1809 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Christ
Churchyard, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Chester Bidwell Darrall (1842-1908) —
also known as Chester B. Darrall —
of Brashear (now Morgan City), St. Mary
Parish, La.; Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born near Addison, Somerset
County, Pa., June 24,
1842.
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant; planter;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1869-79, 1881-83;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1888.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1908 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Dick (1794-1872) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 17,
1794.
Merchant; banker; burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1830, 1834, 1850-51; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1853-59 (24th District 1853-55,
25th District 1855-59); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 29,
1872 (age 77 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Robert M. Donnelly (b. 1845) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Concord, Franklin
County, Pa., 1845.
Accountant;
merchant; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1883.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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J. F. Dunwoody (b. 1847) —
of Kansas; Lamar, Barton
County, Mo.; Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., March
26, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
merchant; miller;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1880; member of Missouri
state senate 28th District, 1911-14.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Chapman Freeman (1832-1904) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
8, 1832.
Republican. Merchant; served in the Union Navy during the
Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1875-79.
Died in Strafford, Chester
County, Pa., March
22, 1904 (age 71 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Fry Jr. (1802-1866) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 10,
1802.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant; Montgomery
County Clerk of Courts, 1830-33; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1835-39; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1853-54; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1857-60.
Died in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
28, 1866 (age 64 years, 171
days).
Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Trappe, Pa.
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Peter Graff III (b. 1886) —
of Worthington, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Worthington, Armstrong
County, Pa., September
15, 1886.
Republican. Manufacturer;
merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1928;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 41st District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Amos Gustine (1789-1844) —
of Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1789.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant; Juniata
County Sheriff, 1831-34; Juniata
County Treasurer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1841-43.
Died in Jericho Mills, Juniata
County, Pa., March 3,
1844 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Mifflintown, Pa.
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Alvin S. Haines (1853-1918) —
of Lehigh
County, Pa.; Slatington, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Bowmanstown, Carbon
County, Pa., March
21, 1853.
Boat
weigher; merchant; slate quarry
executive; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lehigh County, 1905-08.
Died, from heart
failure, in Slatington, Lehigh
County, Pa., January
16, 1918 (age 64 years, 301
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Slatington, Pa.
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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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Simon W. Hanauer (b. 1838) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Burgkunstadt, Bavaria, Germany,
1838.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; manufacturer;
merchant; journalist;
U.S. Vice Consul General in Frankfort, 1899-1900; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Frankfort, 1900-11.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hannan (b. 1836) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1836.
Merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Cambria County, 1875-76; foundry
business.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Crout Harmer (1825-1900) —
also known as Alfred C. Harmer —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
8, 1825.
Republican. Merchant; railroad
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1871-75,
1877-1900; died in office 1900.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 6,
1900 (age 74 years, 210
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Henry Harrison (c.1713-1766) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lancashire, England,
about 1713.
Ship
captain; merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1762-63.
Anglican.
English
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
3, 1766 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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W. Stuart Helm (b. 1908) —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Cowansville, Armstrong
County, Pa., April 8,
1908.
Republican. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Armstrong County; elected
1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1957; Pennsylvania
state auditor general; elected 1964; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1965-67.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Berne Township, Berks
County, Pa., November
18, 1752.
Merchant; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1787-90; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1797-1805, 1815-20 (5th
District 1797-1803, 3rd District 1803-05, 7th District 1815-20); Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1820-23.
Slaveowner.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., June 10,
1832 (age 79 years, 205
days).
Original interment at Reformed
Church Burying Ground, Reading, Pa.; reinterment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Peter Uriah Hook —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Merchant; hotel
proprietor; auctioneer;
burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1842-43.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Irvin (1800-1874) —
of Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa.
Born in Penn Valley, Bucks
County, Pa., January
18, 1800.
Merchant; lumber
business; Clearfield
County Treasurer, 1828-30; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1835-38 (13th District 1835-37, 23rd District
1837-38); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1847-49; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872.
Died in Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa., March
20, 1874 (age 74 years, 61
days).
Interment at Old
Clearfield Cemetery, Clearfield, Pa.
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James Irvin (1800-1862) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Centre
County, Pa., February
18, 1800.
Whig. Merchant; miller; manufacturer;
mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-45 (14th District 1841-43,
17th District 1843-45); candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1847.
Died in Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
28, 1862 (age 62 years, 283
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.
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Matthew W. Irwin —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Democrat. Merchant; postmaster at Uniontown,
Pa., 1837-41; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1850-51.
Burial location unknown.
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William Jack (1788-1852) —
of Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa.; Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., July 29,
1788.
Democrat. Lawyer;
merchant; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1841-43.
Died in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., February
28, 1852 (age 63 years, 214
days).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Israel Jacobs (1726-1796) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Providence Township, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 9,
1726.
Farmer;
merchant; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1791-93.
Died in Oaks, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
10, 1796 (age 70 years, 184
days).
Interment at Upper
Providence Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Oaks, Pa.
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Edward E. Jones (b. 1867) —
also known as "Good Roads Jones" —
of Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., November
25, 1867.
Republican. Merchant; dairy
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Susquehanna County, 1907-09;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1917-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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William D. Jones Jr. (b. 1872) —
of Ridley Township, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Haverford Township, Delaware
County, Pa., February
10, 1872.
Merchant; coal,
lumber,
and feed
dealer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Delaware County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur C. Kauffman —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Department store executive; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Kinney (1781-1843) —
of St.
Clair County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1781.
Baptist
minister; merchant; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1830, 1834.
Baptist.
Died near Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
1, 1843 (age about 62
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Clair County, Ill.
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John Larkin Jr. (1804-1896) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Concord Township, Delaware
County, Pa., October
3, 1804.
Merchant; river
transportation business; Delaware
County Sheriff, 1840; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1845-46; real estate
developer; mayor
of Chester, Pa., 1866-72; banker.
One of the founders of Chester Rural Cemetery.
Died in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., July 22,
1896 (age 91 years, 293
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Martha (Thomas) Larkin and John Larkin; married, January
25, 1827, to Charlotte Johnson Morton; married, October
23, 1849, to Mary A. Boggs; ancestor *** of Joseph
Larkin Eyre. |
| | | Political family: Eyre
family of Chester, Pennsylvania. |
| | | Larkin School
(built 1894, demolished 1988), in Chester,
Pennsylvania, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Emmett Lee (1868-1916) —
also known as Robert E. Lee —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., October
12, 1868.
Democrat. Merchant; Schuylkill
County Treasurer, 1905; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1911-15; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Died in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
19, 1916 (age 48 years, 38
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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David W. Lewis (b. 1863) —
of Clarion
County, Pa.
Born in Dewlais, Wales,
April
9, 1863.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Clarion County, 1909.
Welsh
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Norton Lewis Lichtenwalner (1889-1960) —
also known as Norton Lichtenwalner —
of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.
Born in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., June 1,
1889.
Democrat. Banker;
merchant; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1931-33.
Died in Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., May 3,
1960 (age 70 years, 337
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
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John Linton (1773-1818) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in County Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1773.
Merchant; postmaster at Johnstown,
Pa., 1811-18.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died July 25,
1818 (age about 45
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles McClung (1761-1835) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., May 13,
1761.
Surveyor;
merchant; lawyer; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796.
Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., August
9, 1835 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Mercer County, Ky.; reinterment in
1904 at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Robert S. McCrum (b. 1857) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Pike
County, Mo., March
17, 1857.
School
teacher; merchant; fire
insurance business; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1909-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James McCrum and Lydia (Wagner) McCrum; married 1876 to Nannie
Sproul. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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James McHenry (b. 1785) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Larne, County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1785.
Physician;
merchant; poet; U.S.
Consul in Londonderry, 1842-45.
Burial location unknown.
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Allen R. Mechling (b. 1865) —
of Clarington, Forest
County, Pa.
Born near West Sunbury, Butler
County, Pa., October
5, 1865.
Merchant; postmaster;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Forest County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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James G. Mitchell (b. 1847) —
of Hamilton, Jefferson
County, Pa.
Born in Hamilton, Jefferson
County, Pa., January
15, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Jefferson
County Auditor; merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 37th District, 1893-1900; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas P. Mooney (b. 1870) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
8, 1870.
Democrat. Postal
worker; merchant; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924,
1928
(alternate); member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 2nd
District; elected 1934.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Catholic
Order of Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Mooney and Mary (Bernie) Mooney; married to Mary A.
McMahon. |
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William Moore (c.1735-1793) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1735.
Merchant; Vice-President
of Pennsylvania, 1779-81; President
of Pennsylvania, 1781-82.
Died July 24,
1793 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Humphrey Morrey (c.1650-1716) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in England,
about 1650.
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1691-1701.
English
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1716
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Morris (1795-1854) —
of Ohio.
Born in Greene
County, Pa., October
16, 1795.
Democrat. Greene
County Sheriff, 1824; merchant; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1833-34; Monroe
County Treasurer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1843-47.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, October
23, 1854 (age 59 years, 7
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
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William Adam Piper (1826-1899) —
of California.
Born in Franklin
County, Pa., May 21,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1875-77.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
5, 1899 (age 73 years, 76
days).
Original interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John H. Pollard (b. 1851) —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., December
10, 1851.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Fair Haven, 1910.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Pomeroy (1804-1874) —
Born near Roxbury, Franklin
County, Pa., October
18, 1804.
Republican. Tanning
business; merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1840; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Died in Academia, Juniata
County, Pa., September
21, 1874 (age 69 years, 338
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Pomeroy and Elizabeth (Nevin) Pomeroy; married, July 11,
1826, to Eleanor Maclay; married, May 5,
1847, to Ann Black Crawford; married, January
13, 1857, to Jane Eliza (Maclay) McGinley; married, August
27, 1868, to Mary Stewart; uncle of John
Means Pomeroy and William
Culbertson Pomeroy; grandnephew of Hugh
Williamson; granduncle of Albert
Nevin Pomeroy; second cousin of Thomas
Pomeroy. |
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family of Pennsylvania. |
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Andrew J. Porter (b. 1856) —
of Orient, Faulk
County, S.Dak.; Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1856.
Republican. Merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 42nd District, 1901-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of John Potter and Harriet (Cardwell) Potter; married 1852 to Amanda
Inskeep Moore. |
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memorial |
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John Baptist Rebura (1873-1964) —
also known as John B. Rebura —
of Sullivan, Franklin
County, Mo.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
3, 1873.
Merchant; builder;
mayor
of Sullivan, Mo., 1935-37, 1939-43, 1949-51, 1953-57.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Sullivan, Franklin
County, Mo., May 29,
1964 (age 90 years, 208
days).
Interment at Schmidt Cemetery, Strain, Mo.
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Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St.
Christopher, 1727.
Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1756; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; general in
the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
French
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Winchester,
Va., January
5, 1795 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Anthony Ellmaker Roberts (1803-1885) —
also known as Anthony Roberts —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1803.
Merchant; Lancaster
County Sheriff, 1839-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1855-59.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., 1885
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Lancaster
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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John Schwartz (1793-1860) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., October
27, 1793.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
merchant; iron
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1859-60; died in
office 1860.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1860 (age 66 years, 237
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Daniel Sheehan (1860-1951) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Ridgebury, Bradford
County, Pa., 1860.
Democrat. Merchant; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1903-04, 1908-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1912;
postmaster at Elmira,
N.Y., 1918-21.
Died in 1951
(age about
91 years).
Interment at St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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Edward Shippen (1639-1712) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Methley, Yorkshire, England,
March
5, 1639.
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1701-03.
Quaker.
English
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
2, 1712 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Old
Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward Shippen (1703-1781) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 9,
1703.
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1744-45.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
25, 1781 (age 78 years, 78
days).
Interment at St.
James' Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa.
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Benjamin Shoemaker (1704-c.1767) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
3, 1704.
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1743-44, 1752-53, 1760-61.
Quaker.
German
ancestry.
Died about 1767 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Shollenberger (1809-1868) —
of Hamburg, Berks
County, Pa.
Born June 9,
1809.
Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Hamburg,
Pa., 1861-65.
Died, apparently from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Hamburg, Berks
County, Pa., April
21, 1868 (age 58 years, 317
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Hamburg, Pa.
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George Laird Shoup (1836-1904) —
also known as George L. Shoup —
of Colorado; Lemhi
County, Idaho; Salmon, Lemhi
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., June 15,
1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
merchant; delegate
to Colorado state constitutional convention, 1864; Lemhi
County Treasurer; member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1874; member
Idaho territorial council, 1878; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho Territory, 1880;
member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho Territory, 1880-84, 1888-90; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1889-90; member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1890-92, 1896; Governor of
Idaho, 1890; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1890-1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, December
21, 1904 (age 68 years, 189
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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John Smith Simonson (1796-1881) —
of Charlestown, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., June 2,
1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; farmer; miller;
merchant; member of Indiana
state senate, 1826-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-46; defeated, 1838; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1845-46; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., December
5, 1881 (age 85 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan D. Springer —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Merchant; justice of the peace; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1846-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert H. Stites (1858-1935) —
also known as A. H. Stites —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Dauphin
County, Pa., March 2,
1858.
Republican. Merchant; druggist; mayor
of Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 1896-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1899-1902; postmaster at Sioux
Falls, S.Dak., 1905-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August
16, 1935 (age 77 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Cyrus L. Sulzberger (b. 1858) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1858.
Merchant; philanthropist; Republican candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1903.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leopold Sulzberger and Sophia (Lindauer) Sulzberger; married, May 13,
1884, to Rachel Hays. |
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C. E. Swearingen —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Merchant; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1857-58.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Wells Tracy (1807-1886) —
of Standing Stone, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Ulster Township, Bradford
County, Pa., September
24, 1807.
Republican. Merchant; road
contractor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1863-65; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1866.
Died in Standing Stone, Bradford
County, Pa., April
11, 1886 (age 78 years, 199
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Wysox, Pa.
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March
22, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; merchant; banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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Daniel Udree (1751-1828) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
5, 1751.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1799-1805; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1813-15, 1820-21,
1822-25.
Slaveowner.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., July 15,
1828 (age 76 years, 345
days).
Interment at Salem
United Church of Christ Cemetery, Spangsville, Pa.
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David Douglas Wagener (1792-1860) —
also known as David D. Wagener —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., October
11, 1792.
Democrat. Merchant; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1833-41; banker.
Died in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., October
1, 1860 (age 67 years, 356
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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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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Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928) —
also known as Rodman Wanamaker —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
13, 1863.
Republican. Department store executive; newspaper
owner; Consul
for Uruguay in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1914-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; Consul
for Dominican Republic in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1921; Consul-General
for Paraguay in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1921.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., March 9,
1928 (age 65 years, 25
days).
Entombed at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial
monument at Rue du Maréchal Leclerc, Sarcus, Picardy, France.
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Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735-1778) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1735.
Merchant; President
of Pennsylvania, 1777-78; died in office 1778.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 22,
1778 (age about 42
years).
Entombed at Evangelical
Trinity Church, Lancaster, Pa.
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Charles Willing (1710-1754) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bristol, England,
May
18, 1710.
Merchant; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1748-49, 1754; died in office 1754.
English
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
30, 1754 (age 44 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Willing (1731-1821) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1731.
Lawyer;
merchant; city court justice, 1759; justice of the court of
common pleas, 1761; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1763-64; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1767; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; banker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1821 (age 89 years, 31
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Wilson (1779-1868) —
of Fairfield, Adams
County, Pa.
Born in Millerstown, York County (now Fairfield, Adams
County), Pa., April
28, 1779.
Democrat. Cabinetmaker;
merchant; justice of the peace; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1823-29; real estate
business.
Died in Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., July 19,
1868 (age 89 years, 82
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.
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William Henry Witte (1817-1876) —
also known as William H. Witte —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., October
4, 1817.
Democrat. Merchant; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1853-55; newspaper
editor.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
24, 1876 (age 59 years, 51
days).
Interment at Durham
Cemetery, Durham, Pa.
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