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William Baily —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Silversmith; lawyer; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1845-46.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Rockefeller Baldrige (1848-1913) —
also known as Edwin R. Baldrige —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., June 10,
1848.
Republican. Superintendent of blast furnaces (for making
steel); later in business to provide ganister stone for lining
blast furnaces; postmaster at Hollidaysburg,
Pa., 1901-05.
Died in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., March 8,
1913 (age 64 years, 271
days).
Interment at Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
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George Becker (1928-2007) —
of Allison Park, Allegheny
County, Pa.; West Deer, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, Madison
County, Ill., October
20, 1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
steelworker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1984
(alternate), 1996,
2000;
president,
United Steelworkers of America, 1993-2000.
Member, United
Steelworkers of America.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in West Deer, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
3, 2007 (age 78 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Becker and Frances Becker; married 1950 to Jane
Goforth. |
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article |
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Samuel Bell (1798-1882) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1798.
Silversmith; jeweler;
mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1840-41, 1844-45.
Died in 1882
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William James Brennen (1852-1924) —
also known as W. J. Brennen —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
5, 1852.
Democrat. Steelworker; machinist;
lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876,
1900,
1904
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1912,
1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1890; member of
Pennsylvania
Democratic State Central Committee, 1893-1913.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Eagles.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
15, 1924 (age 71 years, 223
days).
Interment at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of John Brennen and Theresa (Callagher) Brennen. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Joshua Twing Brooks (1884-1956) —
also known as J. Twing Brooks —
of Sewickley, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Edgeworth (part now in Sewickley), Allegheny
County, Pa., February
27, 1884.
Democrat. Worked in steel industry; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1933-37.
Died in Sewickley, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
7, 1956 (age 71 years, 345
days).
Interment at Sewickley
Cemetery, Sewickley, Pa.
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James Donald Cameron (1833-1918) —
also known as J. Donald Cameron —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Middletown, Dauphin
County, Pa., May 14,
1833.
Republican. Banker;
iron manufacturer; president, Northern Central Railroad,
1863-74; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1868,
1880;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1876-77; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1877-97; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1879-80.
Died in Lancaster
County, Pa., August
30, 1918 (age 85 years, 108
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Jacob Miller Campbell (1821-1888) —
also known as Jacob M. Campbell —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born near Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
20, 1821.
Republican. Involved in newspaper
and Mississippi River steamboat
work as a young man; later helped establish the Cambria Iron
Works; served as director for banks and
utilities;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Pennsylvania
surveyor-general, 1866-71; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1877-79, 1881-87;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1887.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., September
27, 1888 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Robert F. Devine (1860-1928) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Schuylkill
County, Pa., September
17, 1860.
Democrat. Coal miner;
blacksmith;
president, Erie Forge Company; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912;
candidate for mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1912.
Died January
3, 1928 (age 67 years, 108
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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Henry Clay Evans (1843-1921) —
also known as H. Clay Evans —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in McAlisterville, Juniata
County, Pa., June 18,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
iron and railway
car manufacturer; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1892,
1896,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1894; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1896;
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, 1897-1902; U.S. Consul General in London, 1902-05; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1918.
Died, from heart
disease, in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., December
12, 1921 (age 78 years, 177
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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T. S. Fitch —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Republican. Steel executive; mayor
of Washington, Pa., 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William J. Galvin (born c.1865) —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1865.
Republican. Iron molder; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1909-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1867.
Republican. Mining and
smelting business; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Colorado; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1912.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1941 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) —
also known as Solomon R. Guggenheim —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
2, 1861.
Republican. Mining,
smelting, and railroad
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924.
Jewish.
Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Died near Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
3, 1949 (age 88 years, 274
days).
Entombed at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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John W. Hartzell (1863-1934) —
of Rochester, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1863.
Tinsmith; burgess
of Rochester, Pennsylvania, 1923-27.
Died in 1934
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Irvin Cemetery, Rochester, Pa.
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Samuel Hays (1783-1868) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in County Donegal, Ireland,
September
10, 1783.
Democrat. Venango
County Treasurer, 1808; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1813, 1816, 1823-25; Venango
County Sheriff, 1820, 1829, 1833; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1838-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1843-45; iron
manufacturer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1856.
Died in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa., July 1,
1868 (age 84 years, 295
days).
Original interment at Old
Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Pa.; reinterment in 1892 at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, Pa.
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Erskine Hazard (1789-1865) —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
30, 1789.
Innovative industrialist;
he and business partner Josiah
White, built iron foundries, canals,
and railroads;
they were pioneers in anthracite coal
mining; bridge
builder; postmaster at Mauch
Chunk, Pa., 1819-26.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
25, 1865 (age 75 years, 87
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Benjamin Bryant Jarrett (1881-1944) —
also known as Benjamin Jarrett —
of Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., July 18,
1881.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; steel mill foreman; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1937-43.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, July 20,
1944 (age 63 years, 2
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Sharon, Pa.
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Robert Jenkins (1769-1848) —
of Churchtown, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., July 10,
1769.
Ironmaster; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1804-05; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1807-11.
Died in Lancaster
County, Pa., April
18, 1848 (age 78 years, 283
days).
Interment at Caernarvon
Presbyterian Churchyard, Churchtown, Pa.
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David B. Johns (b. 1871) —
of Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Wales,
October
24, 1871.
Republican. Iron mill worker; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County, 1909;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald Johnston —
of Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa.
Republican. Vice-president, Bethlehem Steel Company; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; mayor
of Bethlehem, Pa., 1918-20.
Burial location unknown.
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John Austin Jones (b. 1855) —
also known as John A. Jones —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
10, 1855.
Iron molder; police
officer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., December
6, 1778.
Iron manufacturer; banker; chief
burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1833-34.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August
20, 1852 (age 73 years, 258
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Charles Henry Kempf (1831-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Kempf —
of Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Trumbauersville, Bucks
County, Pa., January
1, 1831.
Republican. Tinsmith; hardware
business; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Congregationalist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1916 (age 85 years, 295
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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David Stewart Kennedy (b. 1862) —
also known as David S. Kennedy —
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
15, 1862.
Steel executive; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. R. Kennedy and Elizabeth (Bird) Kennedy. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Irwin Boyle Laughlin (1871-1941) —
also known as Irwin Laughlin —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
28, 1871.
Treasurer, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1906-07; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1924-26; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1929-33.
Died April
18, 1941 (age 69 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John G. A. Leishman (1857-1924) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
28, 1857.
Republican. President, Carnegie Steel Company, 1886-97; U.S.
Minister to Switzerland, 1897-1901; Turkey, 1900-06; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1906-09; Italy, 1909-11; Germany, 1911-13.
Died, from heart
disease, in his suite at the Hotel
Parc Palace, Monte Carlo, Monaco,
March
27, 1924 (age 66 years, 365
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Leonard (1880-1969) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Belgium,
April
22, 1880.
Democrat. Steelworker; International
Secretary-Treasurer, Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers of North America, 1919-42; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1941-46, 1949-66 (Allegheny
County 6th District 1941-46, 1949-54, Allegheny County 10th District
1955-64, Allegheny County 6th District 1965-66).
Belgian
ancestry. Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles.
Died in December, 1969
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Leonard and Catherine (Legot) Leonard; married to Margaret
B. McClellan. |
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James Smith Lithgow (1812-1902) —
also known as James S. Lithgow —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
29, 1812.
Democrat. Coppersmith; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1865-67; resigned 1867.
Methodist.
Died February
21, 1902 (age 89 years, 84
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Charles MacVeagh (1860-1931) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 6,
1860.
Lawyer;
general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. Steel
Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1925-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Mission Canyon, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
4, 1931 (age 71 years, 181
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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David John McDonald (1902-1979) —
also known as David J. McDonald —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
22, 1902.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
president,
United Steel Workers of America, 1952-65.
Catholic.
Died, of cancer,
Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., August
8, 1979 (age 76 years, 259
days).
Interment at Desert
Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif.
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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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John Mary Morin (1868-1942) —
also known as John M. Morin —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
18, 1868.
Republican. Steelworker; member,
Central Trades Council of Pittsburgh; director of public
safety, Pittsburgh, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-29 (at-large 1913-15, 31st
District 1915-23, 34th District 1923-29).
Irish
ancestry. Member, Eagles.
Died in Marine Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., March 3,
1942 (age 73 years, 319
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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James Mosgrove (1821-1900) —
of Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., June 14,
1821.
Iron business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1881-83; banker.
Died in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., November
27, 1900 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Interment at Kittanning
Cemetery, Kittanning, Pa.
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Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) —
also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1878.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Commissioner
of the American Red Cross in Europe, 1917; financier;
director, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Goodyear Tire
and Rubber
Company, Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, National Aviation
Corporation; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
18, 1937 (age 58 years, 303
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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James L. Nutting (1818-1880) —
of Pine Grove, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Cumberland
County, Maine, June 12,
1818.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; iron works operator; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1876.
Died June 20,
1880 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Tener Oliver (1848-1919) —
also known as George T. Oliver —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ireland,
of American parents, January
26, 1848.
Republican. Iron and steel manufacturer; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904,
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1909-17.
Died January
22, 1919 (age 70 years, 361
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Paul Henry O'Neill (1935-2020) —
also known as Paul H. O'Neill —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
4, 1935.
Republican. Computer
systems analyst; president, International Paper
Company, 1985-87; chairman and CEO of Alcoa Aluminum, 1987-99;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2001-02.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
18, 2020 (age 84 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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G. Mason Owlett (1892-1956) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., June 13,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president, Tioga County Bell
Telephone Co. and Tioga Water
Works Co.; secretary and director, Highland Milk
Condensing Co.; director, Tioga Savings &
Trust Co., General Drop Forge Co. of Buffalo; chair of
Tioga County Republican Party, 1928-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1933-40; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1936-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1956
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Howland Owlett and Ida (Wells) Owlett; married, June 20,
1918, to Sue Berkey. |
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William Vernon Phillips (1875-1931) —
also known as W. Vernon Phillips —
of Yeadon, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Wales,
November
18, 1875.
Iron and steel business; bank
director; burgess
of Yeadon, Pennsylvania, 1923-31; died in office 1931.
Episcopalian.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 2,
1931 (age 55 years, 226
days).
Interment at Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Richard Phillips and Emily Mary (Jenkins) Phillips;
married 1912 to
Florence Louise Starr. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958) —
also known as Lawrence C. Phipps —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Amityville, Berks
County, Pa., August
30, 1862.
Republican. Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Colorado, 1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 1,
1958 (age 95 years, 183
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Rufus King Polk (1866-1902) —
also known as Rufus K. Polk —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., August
23, 1866.
Democrat. Chemist;
iron manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1899-1902; died
in office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1902 (age 35 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Danville, Pa.
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Gordon Clyde Preble (1909-1973) —
also known as Gordon C. Preble —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
6, 1909.
Democrat. Steelworker; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; president and
business agent, Iron Workers Local 53; president,
Nebraska Federation of Labor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nebraska, 1956.
Died, from cancer,
in Perham, Otter Tail
County, Minn., September
17, 1973 (age 63 years, 285
days).
Interment at St. Johns Lutheran Church North Cemetery, Perham, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Gordon Cecil Preble and Sarah (Holland) Preble; married 1943 to
Roberta Virginia Lewis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Hay Reed (1853-1927) —
also known as James H. Reed —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., September
10, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Philander
C. Knox, 1877-1902; director, U.S. Steel Corporation;
president, Reliance Life
Insurance Company; president, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1891-92;
resigned 1892; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 17,
1927 (age 73 years, 280
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Jacob Leonard Replogle (1876-1948) —
also known as J. Leonard Replogle —
of Westmont, Cambria
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New Enterprise, Bedford
County, Pa., May 6,
1876.
Republican. Steel manufacturer; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1940.
Died, from complications of influenza,
in the Savoy-Plaza Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1948 (age 72 years, 203
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, 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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John Ulrich (1871-1943) —
also known as Honus Ulrich —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., June 14,
1871.
Republican. Steelworker; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1927-32;
defeated, 1934; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from West Virginia, 1932.
Member, United
Steelworkers of America.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., May 20,
1943 (age 71 years, 340
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Ethelbert Watts (1845-1919) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
25, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; pig iron
manufacturer; U.S. Consul in Horgen, 1896-97; Kingston, 1899-1901; Prague, 1901-03; Hamilton, 1918; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1897-99; U.S. Consul General in St. Petersburg, 1903-07; Brussels, 1907-17.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 13,
1919 (age 74 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Josiah White (1781-1850) —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in 1781.
Innovative industrialist;
he and business partner Erskine
Hazard, built iron foundries, canals,
and railroads;
they were pioneers in anthracite coal
mining; postmaster at Mauch
Chunk, Pa., 1826-32.
Died in 1850
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Porter Witherow (1888-1960) —
also known as William P. Witherow —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., April
15, 1888.
Republican. Engineer;
steel executive; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the elevator
of the Farmers Bank Building, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
7, 1960 (age 71 years, 267
days).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John Wood (1816-1898) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
6, 1816.
Republican. Iron and steel manufacturer; burgess
of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1859-61.
Died in Conshohocken, Montgomery
County, Pa., May 28,
1898 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Montgomery
Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.
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