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Par B. Anderson (b. 1868) —
also known as P. B. Anderson —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Kane, McKean
County, Pa.; Caibarien, Cuba.
Born in Sweden,
March
27, 1868.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
steamship agent; banker; sugar
business; U.S. Consular Agent in Caibarien, 1903-17.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Bache (1737-1811) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Settle, Yorkshire, England,
September
12, 1737.
Dry goods
merchant; marine insurance
business; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1776-82.
Died in Bucks
County, Pa., July 29,
1811 (age 73 years, 320
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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W. C. Bennett (1836-1916) —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1836.
Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; riverboat
captain; flour mill
business; mayor of
Moline, Ill., 1893-95; defeated, 1895.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1916
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lucien Edward Blackwell (1931-2003) —
also known as Lucien E. Blackwell —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Whitsett, Fayette
County, Pa., August
1, 1931.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; dock
worker; president,
Local 1332, International Longshoremen's Association; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1973-75; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1979 (Consumer), 1991 (Democratic primary);
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1991-95; defeated
in primary, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1992,
1996.
African
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
24, 2003 (age 71 years, 176
days).
Interment at Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, 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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William Boyd Dunlap —
also known as William B. Dunlap —
of Bridgewater, Beaver
County, Pa.
Democrat. Riverboat captain; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 46th District, 1891-94.
Interment at Beaver
Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Dunlap. |
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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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Edwin John Fithian (1863-1953) —
also known as Edwin J. Fithian —
of Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Portersville, Butler
County, Pa., July 1,
1863.
Physician;
president, Bessemer Gas Engine Company; after 1929, chairman of the
successor firm, Cooper-Bessemer Corporation; makers of industrial
compressors and marine engines; bank
director; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1916; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1918; burgess
of Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1923; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from acute cardiac
decompensation, in Grove City, Mercer
County, Pa., May 15,
1953 (age 89 years, 318
days).
Entombed at Woodland Cemetery, Grove City, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Newton Fithian and Margaret Jane (Riddle) Fithian; married
to Georgiana A. Shellito and Esther Shellito. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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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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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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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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Charles Merrill Hough (1858-1927) —
also known as Charles M. Hough —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 18,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and for steamship companies in maritime litigation; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1906-16; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1916-27; died in
office 1927.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1927 (age 68 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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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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Josiah Merrow (1853-1938) —
also known as J. Merrow —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
16, 1853.
Steamship agent; marine insurance
business; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Galveston,
Tex., 1903-21.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, while also suffering from arteriosclerosis,
nephritis,
and uremia,
in Upper Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., May 14,
1938 (age 85 years, 28
days).
Interment at Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.
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Horace W. Metcalf (b. 1833) —
of Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine; Baltimore,
Md.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Damariscotta, Lincoln
County, Maine, May 28,
1833.
Member of shipbuilding firms; coal
business; U.S. Consul in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1890-93, 1897-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Prescott Metcalf (1813-1891) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Putney, Windham
County, Vt., January
25, 1813.
Manager of steamship business; director, North East and Erie
Railroad;
mayor
of Erie, Pa., 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., October
14, 1891 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Mitchell (b. 1957) —
also known as Sam Mitchell; "Psycho
Sam" —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., November
18, 1957.
Democrat. Submarine mechanic at Pearl Harbor Naval
Shipyard; president,
Machinist & Aerospace Workers Local 1998; vice-president,
Federal Employees Metal Trades Council; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Hawaii, 1996.
Scottish
ancestry.
First
federal employee to be a political party delegate after the repeal of
the Hatch Act.
Still living as of 2004.
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Michael Joseph Myers (b. 1943) —
also known as Michael Myers; Ozzie Myers —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, May 4,
1943.
Democrat. Longshoreman; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1971-76; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1976-80; defeated,
1980.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
on May 27, and convicted
on August 31, 1980 of bribery
and conspiracy; sentenced
to three years in prison
and fined
$20,000; expelled
from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.
Still living as of 1998.
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Henry W. Peterson (b. 1892) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1892.
Engineer;
president, Philadelphia Transportation and Lighterage Company
(dredging and water transportation); delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Gloucester
County, 1947; mayor
of Woodbury, N.J., 1953-54.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilfred Harvey Schoff (1874-1932) —
also known as Wilfred H. Schoff —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Newtonville, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
27, 1874.
Lecturer;
Honorary
Consul for Bolivia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1898-1929; Honorary
Consul for Peru in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1898-1921; Vice-Consul
for Panama in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1904-22; secretary and treasurer of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association; secretary of the Philadelphia
Commercial Museum.
Killed when hit by a
car in Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J., September
14, 1932 (age 57 years, 292
days); his body was not identified until almost three weeks later.
Original interment at Brotherhood Cemetery, Hainesport, N.J.; reinterment in 1932 at
Westminster
Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederic Schoff and Hannah (Kent) Schoff; married, June 20,
1900, to Ethelwyn McGeorge. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Courier-Post (Camden,
N.J.), October 3, 1932 |
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Samuel Smith (1752-1839) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 27,
1752.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; shipowner; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1790-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1793-1803, 1816-22 (5th District
1793-1801, at-large 1801-03, 5th District 1816-22); U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1803-15, 1822-33; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1835-38.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., April
22, 1839 (age 86 years, 269
days).
Interment at Old
Westminster Burying Ground, Baltimore, Md.
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Richard Sopris (1813-1893) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 26,
1813.
Carpenter;
steamboat captain; prospector;
mayor
of Denver, Colo., 1878-81.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April 7,
1893 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Charles Murray Turpin (1878-1946) —
also known as C. Murray Turpin —
of Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 4,
1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
steamboat captain; dentist;
burgess
of Kingston, Pennsylvania, 1923; Luzerne
County Prothonotary; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1929-37.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Psi
Omega; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Junior
Order.
Died in 1946
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Forty
Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, 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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