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Robert Gray Allen (1902-1963) —
also known as Robert G. Allen —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
24, 1902.
Democrat. Business executive; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Keith, King
William County, Va., August
9, 1963 (age 60 years, 350
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Keene, Va.
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Matt S. Anderson (b. 1904) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 10,
1904.
Democrat. Office clerk; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 1st
District; elected 1954.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Matthew Anderson and Margaret (Claye) Anderson; married to
Gertrude Gwendolyn Prestwood. |
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Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1822.
Surveyor;
explorer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; led
the experiment to use camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican
War, made six trips between Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast,
relaying military information; thought to be the courier who brought
news to Washington of the discovery of gold in California;
Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada, 1853-56;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1876-77.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1893 (age 71 years, 77
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Willis Henry Bennett (b. 1851) —
also known as W. H. Bennett —
of Austin (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., August
24, 1851.
Republican. Traveling salesman; hardware
merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1896,
1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry D. Bennett and Sarah Ann (Bryant) Bennett; married, December
24, 1883, to Estella P. Johnston. |
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Frederick Heber Eaton (1863-1916) —
also known as Frederick H. Eaton —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., April
15, 1863.
Republican. Business executive; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died January
28, 1916 (age 52 years, 288
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Pa.
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Albert G. Ebert (b. 1886) —
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., December
27, 1886.
Stenographer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Halifax, 1910-12; Buenos Aires, 1912; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Montevideo, as of 1914.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Flowers (1845-c.1922) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
14, 1845.
Republican. Stenographer; lawyer; Wayne
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881-84; Detroit corporation
counsel, 1896-1900; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-18.
English
and Dutch
ancestry.
Died about 1922 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Flowers and Sarah (Pickering) Flowers; married 1868 to Mary
E. De Normandie. |
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James Geddes (1763-1838) —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 22,
1763.
Salt manufacturer; justice of the peace; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1803-04, 1821-22; common
pleas court judge in New York, 1809; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1813-15; canal engineer.
Died in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
19, 1838 (age 75 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Laurence V. Gibb (1899-1967) —
of Sewickley, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Sewickley, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
19, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance
business; auditor;
workman's compensation referee; justice of the peace;
investigator; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War
II; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1948-55; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 17th
District, 1955-66; burgess
of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, 1957-61; mayor
of Sewickley, Pa., 1961-65.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died July 31,
1967 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Sewickley
Cemetery, Sewickley, Pa.
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Albert M. Greenfield (1887-1967) —
also known as Avrum Moishe Grunfeld —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Ukraine,
August
4, 1887.
Business executive; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1967 (age 79 years, 154
days).
Interment at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jay Paul Jameson (b. 1883) —
also known as J. Paul Jameson —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
3, 1883.
Stenographer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1909-10; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Shanghai, 1910-11; Hankow, as of 1914; U.S. Consul in Nanking, 1915-17.
Burial location unknown.
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George E. Jenkins (b. 1902) —
of North Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born September
7, 1902.
Democrat. Investigator; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 16th
District, 1949-60.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William B. Jenkins and Jane (Harvey) Jenkins; married to Clara
Gwennap. |
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Arnold Katz (c.1857-1927) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bodenhausen, Hesse, Germany,
about 1857.
Shipping
agent; notary public; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Austria-Hungary in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1891-99; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1894-1917.
Jewish.
Died, from myocardial
degeneration, in Jewish Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
9, 1927 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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David H. G. Kuser (b. 1857) —
of Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Colebrookdale Township, Berks
County, Pa., July 11,
1857.
Implement
dealer; traveling salesman; director, Farmer's National Bank of
Boyertown; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Berks County, 1907-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul F. Lutty (1917-1988) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Gibsonia, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 30,
1917.
Democrat. Paperhanging
contractor; office clerk; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1951-72 (Allegheny County 6th
District 1951-54, Allegheny County 8th District 1955-64, Allegheny
County 3rd District 1965-66, Allegheny County 9th District 1967-68,
25th District 1969-72).
Member, Elks; Moose.
Died October
3, 1988 (age 71 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Victoria (Huneck) Lutty; married to Rita Herold. |
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Charles Joseph Margiotti (1891-1956) —
also known as Charles J. Margiotti —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., April 4,
1891.
Lawyer;
business executive; director, Punxsutawney National Bank;
candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1934; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1935-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Eagles;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; Sons of
Italy; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Foresters.
Died August
25, 1956 (age 65 years, 143
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Punxsutawney, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Margiotti and Fortunata (Reca) Margiotti; married, February
5, 1918, to Denise Wery. |
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Raymond John McArdle (b. 1891) —
also known as John McArdle —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Bolivar, Allegany
County, N.Y., December
20, 1891.
Draftsman; decorator;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Mexico City, 1923, 1926-27; Santa Marta, 1923-24; Monterrey, 1929; U.S. Consul in Prague, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Chester Newcomb (1858-1929) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Cedarville, Cumberland
County, N.J., March
25, 1858.
Republican. Stenographer; importing
business; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1901-18.
Presbyterian.
Died, in Samaritan Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
16, 1929 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Interment somewhere in Cedarville, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Newcomb and Jane (Paynter) Newcomb. |
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in Wartime (1920) |
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Gustav Niederlein (1858-1924) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1858.
Explorer; botanist;
Consul
for Costa Rica in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1896-1907; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1902-08.
German
ancestry.
Died in 1924
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Sophia M. R. O'Hara (1882-1954) —
of Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Lemoyne, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., November
13, 1882.
Republican. Stenographer; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1928,
1936;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1939-43.
Female.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Luzerne
County, Pa., April
26, 1954 (age 71 years, 164
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
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James Whildin Reeves (b. 1883) —
also known as James W. Reeves —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Summit Hill, Carbon
County, Pa., September
23, 1883.
Stenographer; chief clerk, Isthmian Canal Commission; U.S.
Vice & Deputy Consul in Santos, 1910-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard B. Replogle (1885-1978) —
of near Curryville, Bedford
County, Pa.
Born in Roaring Spring, Blair
County, Pa., July 3,
1885.
Republican. Farmer;
traveling salesman; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924.
Died March
18, 1978 (age 92 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Don Sherwood (b. 1941) —
of Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa.
Born in Nicholson, Wyoming
County, Pa., March 5,
1941.
Republican. Business owner; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1999-.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Allen L. Shomo (1862-1932) —
of Hamburg, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, May 7,
1862.
Republican. Stationery store owner; postmaster at Hamburg,
Pa., 1889-94, 1923-32 (acting, 1923-24).
Died August
4, 1932 (age 70 years, 89
days).
Interment at St. John's Cemetery, Hamburg, Pa.
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William Shuster (b. 1960) —
also known as Bill Shuster —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.; Alexandria, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, January
10, 1960.
Republican. Business owner; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 2001-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2008.
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Andrew C. Thomas (b. 1902) —
of Portvue, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
8, 1902.
Democrat. Barber; deputy
sheriff; investigator; justice of the peace; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 16th
District, 1953-56.
Member, Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Thomas and Anna Thomas. |
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John J. Vaughan (born c.1908) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., about 1908.
Republican. Played professional
football with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the early 1930s;
investigator; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1947-48, 1953-58 (Allegheny
County 8th District 1947-48, 1953-54, Allegheny County 12th District
1955-58); defeated, 1960 (Allegheny County 12th District), 1964
(Allegheny County 1st District); alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1972.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Knights
of Equity; American
Legion; Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel A. Verona (b. 1914) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 9,
1914.
Democrat. Investigator; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 1st
District, 1941-56.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John J. Verona and Ida M. Verona. |
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