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Ernest Francis Acheson (1855-1917) —
also known as Ernest F. Acheson —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., September
19, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1884,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1895-1909.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., May 16,
1917 (age 61 years, 239
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Joseph Eugene Agan (1898-1929) —
also known as Joseph E. Agan —
of Mahoningtown, Lawrence
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, July 23,
1898.
U.S. Vice Consul in Porto Alegre, as of 1921; translator;
newspaper correspondent.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
Killed
himself, by slashing
his throat and wrists with a razor blade, stabbing
himself in the heart with an ice pick, and leaping
from his apartment window to the street six floors below, in Washington,
D.C., October
11, 1929 (age 31 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Agan. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1921) |
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King Alexander (b. 1895) —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., August
23, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
newspaper editor; chair of
Franklin County Democratic Party, 1920-22; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1922; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Alexander and Annetta Haines (King)
Alexander. |
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Walter Scott Alexander (1847-1912) —
also known as W. Scott Alexander —
of Fulton
County, Pa.
Born in Bedford County (part now in Fulton
County), Pa., March
13, 1847.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; lawyer; Fulton
County District Attorney, 1877-79; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 36th District, 1887-90; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died in 1912
(age about
65 years).
Interment at McConnellsburg
Presbyterian Cemetery, McConnellsburg, Pa.
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Henry Justin Allen (1868-1950) —
also known as Henry J. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Pittsfield, Warren
County, Pa., September
11, 1868.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1912,
1936;
Governor
of Kansas, 1919-23; defeated (Progressive), 1914; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1929-30; defeated, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Inducted to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died of cerebral
thrombosis, in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
17, 1950 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Elizabeth Clement Amig (1929-2003) —
also known as Elizabeth C. Amig —
of New Cumberland, Cumberland
County, Pa.; St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Upper Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., November
8, 1929.
Republican. Newspaper editor; school
teacher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Female.
Member, Delta
Gamma; Humane
Society.
Died December
19, 2003 (age 74 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Fred C. Clement and Adele (Murphy)
Clement. |
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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
13, 1908.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers; he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Ammon Monroe Aurand (1870-1956) —
also known as A. M. Aurand —
of Beaver Springs, Snyder
County, Pa.; Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Beaver Springs, Snyder
County, Pa., September
3, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896;
bookstore
owner.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., June 22,
1956 (age 85 years, 293
days).
Interment at Adamsburg Cemetery, Beaver Springs, Pa.
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Warren Worth Bailey (1855-1928) —
also known as Warren W. Bailey —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Hendricks
County, Ind., January
8, 1855.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 19th District, 1913-17;
defeated, 1906, 1920, 1922, 1926; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., November
9, 1928 (age 73 years, 306
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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David Barclay (1823-1889) —
of Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa.
Born in Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1855-57.
Died in Freeport, Armstrong
County, Pa., September
10, 1889 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Freeport
Cemetery, Freeport, Pa.
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Francis Allen Beamish (1842-1895) —
also known as Frank A. Beamish —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in County Cork, Ireland,
March
9, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 20th District, 1871, 1878; mayor
of Scranton, Pa., 1884-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., September
10, 1895 (age 53 years, 185
days).
Interment at Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery, Scranton, Pa.
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Richard Joseph Beamish (b. 1869) —
also known as Richard J. Beamish —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., November
6, 1869.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1931-34.
Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Beard —
also known as Mike Beard —
of Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa.
Newspaper publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 2003-14 (District 35-A 2003-12,
District 55-A 2013-14).
Still living as of 2014.
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Howkin Bulkley Beardslee (1820-1886) —
also known as Howkin B. Beardslee —
of Honesdale, Wayne
County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Wayne
County, Pa., May 28,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster at Honesdale,
Pa., 1858-59; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1864-66 (8th District 1864, 10th District 1865-66).
Died in Indian Orchard, Wayne
County, Pa., March
11, 1886 (age 65 years, 287
days).
Interment at Indian Orchard Cemetery, Indian Orchard, Pa.
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John S. Bender (b. 1827) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
26, 1827.
School
teacher; miller; surveyor;
Starke
County Clerk and Auditor; lawyer;
newspaper publisher.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bender and Jane (Dobbs) Bender; married 1855 to Maggie
Bowers; married 1858 to Rachel
Houghton. |
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David Paul Berenberg (1890-1974) —
also known as David P. Berenberg; David
Paul —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born March
17, 1890.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly, 1918 (Kings County 2nd District), 1923 (Kings
County 10th District); candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1922.
Columnist
for "The Socialist Call" newspaper in 1935, under the
pseudonym "David Paul".
Died March 7,
1974 (age 83 years, 355
days).
Interment somewhere
in Easton, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Rose Zwickel. |
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William Howard Berkey (1874-1952) —
also known as William H. Berkey —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Cambria
County, Pa., February
24, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920
(alternate), 1940;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1930-47; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cass County,
1933.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
22, 1952 (age 78 years, 27
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich.
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Benjamin Alden Bidlack (1804-1849) —
also known as Benjamin A. Bidlack —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Milford, Pike
County, Pa.
Born in Paris, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
8, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Pike
County Treasurer, 1834; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-45 (15th District 1841-43,
11th District 1843-45); U.S. Charge d'Affaires to New Grenada, 1845-49, died in office 1849.
Died in Bogotá, Colombia,
February
6, 1849 (age 44 years, 151
days).
Interment at English
Cemetery, Bogota, Colombia.
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John Bigler (1805-1871) —
of Centre
County, Pa.; Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
8, 1805.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of California
state assembly, 1850-52 (Sacramento District 1850-51, 12th
District 1851-52); Governor of
California, 1852-56; defeated, 1855; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1868.
Died November
29, 1871 (age 66 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sacramento
City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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William Bigler (1814-1880) —
of Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa.
Born in Shiremanstown, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
1, 1814.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1842-47 (23rd District 1842-43, 20th District
1844-47); Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1852-55; defeated, 1854; president, Philadelphia &
Erie Railroad,
1855; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1856-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1864,
1868;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872.
Died in Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa., August
9, 1880 (age 66 years, 221
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Clearfield, Pa.
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John Lawrence Bittinger (1833-1911) —
also known as John L. Bittinger —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
28, 1833.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at St.
Joseph, Mo., 1861-65; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1872,
1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1895-98, 1905-06 (Buchanan County
1st District 1895-98, Buchanan County 2nd District 1905-06); U.S.
Consul General in Montreal, 1897-1900.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., January
9, 1911 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Henry A. Boggs (b. 1819) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Milesburg, Centre
County, Pa., April 5,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Johnstown,
Pa., 1859-61; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 35th District, 1881-88.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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James Slingluff Boyd (1883-1935) —
also known as James S. Boyd —
of Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 11,
1883.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1917; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1919-22, 1927-35; died in office 1935.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died March
13, 1935 (age 51 years, 245
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Edmund Boyle (1836-1888) —
also known as Charles E. Boyle —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., February
4, 1836.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; Fayette
County District Attorney, 1863-65; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Fayette County, 1866-67;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1868; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876,
1880,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1883-87;
territorial court judge in Washington, 1888; died in office 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Occidental Hotel,
Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
15, 1888 (age 52 years, 315
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Harlan Willis Brush (1865-1942) —
also known as Harlan W. Brush —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Nelson, Portage
County, Ohio, May 27,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Clifton, 1897-98; Niagara Falls, 1902-03; Milan, as of 1904-05.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., December
24, 1942 (age 77 years, 211
days).
Interment at Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of James A. Brush and Amelia (McCall) Brush; married to Annette
Hamilton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) —
also known as William C. Bullitt —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
25, 1891.
Democrat. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1933-36; France, 1936-40; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1943.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Co-author,
with Sigmund Freud, of a psychological study of Woodrow
Wilson.
Died, of leukemia,
in Neuilly, France,
February
15, 1967 (age 76 years, 21
days).
Interment at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Malcolm Bunn (1842-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
1, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; woodworker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1868-70; newspaper editor;
Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1884-85.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
19, 1923 (age 81 years, 261
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial
nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes) Burdick;
married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis. |
| | | Epitaph: "Physician and
Friend." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Hubert Butler (1850-1914) —
also known as Edward H. Butler —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y., September
5, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper editor; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1908.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March 9,
1914 (age 63 years, 185
days).
Interment at Forty
Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Pa.
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William Butler (1822-1909) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., December
2, 1822.
Newspaper editor; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1861-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1879-99;
retired 1899.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., November
2, 1909 (age 86 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Henry Lutz Cake (1827-1899) —
of Tamaqua, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born near Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., October
6, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; coal mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1867-71.
Died in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., August
26, 1899 (age 71 years, 324
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Northumberland, Pa.
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William Francis Calhoun (1844-1929) —
also known as William F. Calhoun —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Perry
County, Pa., November
21, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dentist;
newspaper editor; postmaster at Decatur,
Ill., 1897-1913.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., June 10,
1929 (age 84 years, 201
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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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 Shakespeare Cappeller (1839-1911) —
also known as W. S. Cappeller —
of Mt. Healthy, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio.
Born in Somerset
County, Pa., February
23, 1839.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; grocer;
postmaster at Mt.
Healthy, Ohio, 1866-72; Mansfield,
Ohio, 1902-10; Hamilton
County Auditor, 1878-1883; newspaper publisher; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1886-88; Ohio state commissioner of
railroads and telegraphs, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1896.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, November
1, 1911 (age 72 years, 251
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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John Michael Carmody (1881-1963) —
also known as John M. Carmody —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., 1881.
Democrat. Engineer;
labor relations executive in coal
industry; editor of Coal Age trade journal; member,
National Labor Relations Board, 1935-36; administrator, Rural
Electrification Administration, 1937-39; director, Federal Works
Agency, 1939-41; member, U.S. Maritime Commission, 1941-46.
Died November
10, 1963 (age about 82
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael John Carmody and Catherine 'Kate' (Collins) Carmody;
married, October
4, 1913, to Margaret Cross. |
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Wooda Nicholas Carr (1871-1953) —
also known as Wooda N. Carr —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., February
6, 1871.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; chair of
Fayette County Democratic Party, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1913-15;
defeated, 1900; postmaster at Uniontown,
Pa., 1934-47 (acting, 1934-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from pyelonephritis
and uremia,
in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., June 28,
1953 (age 82 years, 142
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Thomas Chalfant (1819-1899) —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1819.
Democrat. Druggist;
newspaper editor; postmaster at Danville,
Pa., 1853-61, 1885-90, 1894-99; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1867-68; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1873-75 (15th District 1873-74, 24th District 1875).
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., 1899
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Danville, Pa.
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Alfred M. Christley (b. 1860) —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Moniteau, Butler
County, Pa., January
13, 1860.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1908;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 41st District, 1921-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Clarkson Clothier (b. 1885) —
also known as Robert C. Clothier —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
8, 1885.
Newspaper reporter; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; vice-president, Scott Company (industrial personnel consultants),
1918-23; Dean of Men, University of Pittsburgh, 1929-32; director,
Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company; president,
Rutgers University, 1932; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947.
Christian
Reformed.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier; married, June 24,
1916, to Nathalie Wilson; father of Arthur
Clothier. |
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Henry Stephen Clubb (1827-1921) —
also known as Henry S. Clubb —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Colchester, Essex, England,
June
21, 1827.
Abolitionist; newspaper publisher; founder and first
president, Vegetarian Society of America; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1873-74; pastor.
Swedenborgian.
Died, from chronic
gastritis and senile
debility, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
29, 1921 (age 94 years, 130
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Sharon, Pa.
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Thomas Valentine Cooper (1835-1909) —
also known as Thomas V. Cooper —
of Media, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, January
16, 1835.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1870-72; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1874-89 (5th District 1874, 9th District 1875-89);
resigned 1889; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1891.
Died in 1909
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Media
Cemetery, Media, Pa.
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Robert C. Crane (c.1921-1962) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.; Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., about 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
editor and publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
Jersey; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1952;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1956-62; resigned 1962.
Died, of cancer,
in Elizabeth General Hospital,
Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April
24, 1962 (age about 41
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick L. Crane and Gwendolyn (Kershner) Crane; married to
Frances H. Adams. |
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William Evans Crow (1870-1922) —
also known as William E. Crow —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in German Township, Fayette
County, Pa., March
10, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper work; lawyer; Fayette
County District Attorney, 1899-1901; chair of
Fayette County Republican Party, 1899-1901; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1907-21; resigned 1921; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1913-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1921-22; died in office 1922.
Died near Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., August
2, 1922 (age 52 years, 145
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Daniel Cruger (1780-1843) —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
22, 1780.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New York
state assembly, 1813-16, 1826 (Allegany and Steuben counties
1813-16, Steuben County 1826); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1816; postmaster at Bath,
N.Y., 1815-17, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1817-19; Steuben
County District Attorney, 1818-21.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va (now W.Va.), July 12,
1843 (age 62 years, 202
days).
Interment at Stone
Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, W.Va.
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George Law Curry (1820-1878) —
also known as George L. Curry —
of Oregon.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 2,
1820.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; jeweler;
member of Oregon
territorial legislature, 1848-49, 1851-52; secretary
of Oregon Territory, 1853-55; Governor
of Oregon Territory, 1853, 1854, 1854-59; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1860.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 28,
1878 (age 58 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lone
Fir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Omer Nixon Custer (1873-1942) —
also known as Omer N. Custer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
president, Purington Paving
Brick
Company; president, Intra-State Telephone
Company; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1909-13; Illinois
state treasurer, 1925-27, 1929-31; newspaper publisher;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1932.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., October
17, 1942 (age 68 years, 296
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817) —
also known as Alexander J. Dallas —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica,
June
21, 1759.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1791-1801; resigned 1801; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1801-14; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
16, 1817 (age 57 years, 209
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) —
also known as George B. Delamater —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., January
14, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; oil
producer; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 29th District, 1871-73.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Anthony J. Di Silvestro (b. 1904) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 15,
1904.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
newspaper publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1937-66.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. Guiseppe Di Silvestro and Mary (Califano) Di Silvestro; married
to Mary Angela Perseo. |
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Frank Ellsworth Doremus (1865-1947) —
also known as Frank E. Doremus —
of Portland, Ionia
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Venango
County, Pa., August
31, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia County 1st District,
1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1911-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1923-24; resigned 1924.
Dutch
and English
ancestry.
Died in Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., September
4, 1947 (age 82 years, 4
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Ira Walton Drew (1878-1972) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hardwick, Caledonia
County, Vt., August
31, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; osteopath;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1937-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
12, 1972 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Whitemarsh
Memorial Park, Ambler, Pa.
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James Taylor DuBois (1851-1920) —
also known as James T. DuBois —
of Hallstead, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Hallstead, Susquehanna
County, Pa., April
17, 1851.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Aix-la-Chapelle, 1877-81; U.S. Consul in Aix-la-Chapelle, 1881; Leipzig, 1884-85; U.S. Consul General in St. Gall, 1897-1901; Singapore, 1909-11; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1911-13.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died May 27,
1920 (age 69 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Anthony Dunn (1886-1942) —
also known as Matthew A. Dunn —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
15, 1886.
News dealer; insurance
broker; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 12th
District, 1926-32; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 34th District, 1933-41.
Lost
sight in his left eye at age 12; became
blind with when he lost
sight in his right eye at age 20.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
13, 1942 (age 55 years, 182
days).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper publisher; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from uremic
poisoning, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Russell Errett (1817-1891) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1817.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1868-69; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1871-74; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1877-83.
Died in Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 7,
1891 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Chartiers
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Henry S. Evans (1813-1872) —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Doylesburg, Franklin
County, Pa., April 1,
1813.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1847-49; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1852-54, 1871-72 (4th District 1852-54, 5th
District 1871-72); died in office 1872; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1861.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., February
9, 1872 (age 58 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Andrew Jackson Faulk (1814-1898) —
also known as Andrew J. Faulk —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Milford, Pike
County, Pa., November
26, 1814.
Newspaper publisher; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1866-69.
Methodist.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., September
4, 1898 (age 83 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles W. Fear (1874-1942) —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., March
23, 1874.
Republican. Printer;
editor, Missouri Trades
Unionist; organizer
for American Federation of Labor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1911-12.
Died in Cole
County, Mo., April
30, 1942 (age 68 years, 38
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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David Fisher (1794-1886) —
of Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Somerset
County, Pa., December
3, 1794.
Whig. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1834; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1847-49.
Died near Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, May 7,
1886 (age 91 years, 155
days).
Interment at Wesleyan
Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Benjamin Kurtz Focht (1863-1937) —
also known as Benjamin K. Focht —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.
Born in New Bloomfield, Perry
County, Pa., March
12, 1863.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1893-97; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1907-13, 1915-23, 1933-37 (17th
District 1907-13, 1915-23, 18th District 1933-37); defeated, 1912;
died in office 1937.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
27, 1937 (age 74 years, 15
days).
Interment at Lewisburg
Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pa.
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John Wien Forney (1817-1881) —
also known as John W. Forney —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born September
30, 1817.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; author;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1870-72.
Died December
9, 1881 (age 64 years, 70
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Henry Frick (1795-1844) —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., March
17, 1795.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; newspaper
publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1828-31; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1843-44; died in
office 1844.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1844 (age 48 years, 350
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frederick T. Gelder —
of Forest City, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Forest
City, Pa., 1907-15; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Susquehanna County, 1921-24;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 23rd District, 1925-40.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lawrence Getz (1821-1891) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., September
14, 1821.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1856-57; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1867-73.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., December
25, 1891 (age 70 years, 102
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Maurice H. Goldstein (1902-1991) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, March
25, 1902.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 6th
District; elected 1954, 1960.
Jewish.
Died January
18, 1991 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Interment at Beth
Abraham Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Goldstein and Rachel Goldstein. |
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Elnathan O'Meara Goodrich (1824-1881) —
also known as E. O'Meara Goodrich —
of Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia Township, Bradford
County, Pa., June 23,
1824.
Newspaper publisher; Bradford
County Prothonotary, 1860-66; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1869-81;
died in office 1881.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., January
28, 1881 (age 56 years, 219
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Achsah (Parsons) Goodrich and Elisha Sheldon
Goodrich. |
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William Walton Griest (1858-1929) —
also known as William W. Griest —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Christiana, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
22, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; president of electric
railways and lighting
companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1909-29 (9th District 1909-23,
10th District 1923-29); died in office 1929.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., December
5, 1929 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Interment at Woodward
Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) —
also known as E. Haldeman-Julius; Emanuel
Julius —
of Girard, Crawford
County, Kan.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1889.
Socialist. Author;
editor of the Socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason;
founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications, publisher
of many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books"; there
were more than 6,000 titles, mostly literature, biography,
self-improvement, and other educational topics, to make them widely
accessible to the public; all together, from 1919 to 1951, over 500
million copies were printed and sold; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1932; indicted
by a federal grand jury in March, 1950 for income
tax evasion; tried
and convicted
in April, 1951; sentenced
to six months in prison,
and fined
$12,500; released pending appeal.
Jewish;
later Agnostic.
Drowned
in his swimming
pool, in Girard, Crawford
County, Kan., July 31,
1951 (age 62 years, 1
days). Possibly suicide,
but the coroner ruled his death to be accidental.
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Walter Charles Hamm (1847-1922) —
also known as Walter C. Hamm —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
25, 1847.
Editorial writer for Philadelphia Press newspaper, 1883-1903;
U.S. Consul in Hull, 1903-11; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1914-19.
Died in 1922
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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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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George W. Hartmann (b. 1904) —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1904.
Socialist. Editor, Social Frontier magazine; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1941.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Burial location unknown.
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James Wilson Hays (1817-1902) —
also known as James W. Hays —
of Harvey's (now Graysville), Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa., December
21, 1817.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; leather
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 40th District, 1876-78.
Died November
11, 1902 (age 84 years, 325
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa.
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Thomas Henry (1779-1849) —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1779.
Beaver
County Commissioner, 1810; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1815; Beaver
County Sheriff, 1821; newspaper editor; Beaver
County Treasurer, 1828-29; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1837-43.
Died in Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa., July 20,
1849 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Old
Beaver Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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John Andrew Hiestand (1824-1890) —
also known as John A. Hiestand —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in East Donegal Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., October
2, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1852-53; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 16th District, 1861-63; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1885-89.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., December
13, 1890 (age 66 years, 72
days).
Interment at Marietta
Cemetery, Marietta, Pa.
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Elliot S. M. Hill (1820-1871) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Carmel, Putnam
County, N.Y., December
6, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Scranton, Pa., 1866-69.
Died September
29, 1871 (age 50 years, 297
days).
Interment somewhere in Troy, Pa.
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William Henry Hill (1877-1972) —
also known as William H. Hill —
of Johnson City, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Plains, Luzerne
County, Pa., March
23, 1877.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; village
president of Lestershire, New York, 1898-1901; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New York
state senate 39th District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1919-21; chair of
Broome County Republican Party, 1940-55; member of New York
Republican State Executive Committee, 1945.
English
ancestry.
Died in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., July 24,
1972 (age 95 years, 123
days).
Interment at Riverhurst
Cemetery, Endicott, N.Y.
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Charles D. Hineline —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Northampton
County, Pa.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1850-51; mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1852-53; defeated, 1849.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick L. Homsher (1885-1950) —
of Strasburg, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Strasburg, Lancaster
County, Pa., November
19, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; railroad
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1939-50; died in office 1950.
Died, aboard a
train en roue to sanatorium, near Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, May 3,
1950 (age 64 years, 165
days).
Interment at Strasburg
Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg, Pa.
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John G. Homsher (1859-1938) —
of Strasburg, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., July 1,
1859.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lancaster County, 1901-08;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1909-38; died in office 1938.
Died September
13, 1938 (age 79 years, 74
days).
Interment at Strasburg
Cemetery, Strasburg, Pa.
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Walter L. Houser (1855-1928) —
of Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis.
Born in Tidioute, Warren
County, Pa., May 6,
1855.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; farmer; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1908,
1912,
1916.
Died in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., April 7,
1928 (age 72 years, 337
days).
Interment at Oak
Park Cemetery, Mondovi, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of James R. Houser and Margaret L. (Magee) Houser; married, February
6, 1877, to Susie LeGore. |
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Herman G. Hutt (1872-1952) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born July 11,
1872.
News dealer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1901-06;
burgess
of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1922-25.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Chester County Hospital,
West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 13,
1952 (age 79 years, 338
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March
15, 1874.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944;
newspaper columnist.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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George Nicholas Ifft (1865-1947) —
also known as George N. Ifft —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Butler
County, Pa., January
27, 1865.
Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Chatham, 1905-06; Annaberg, 1906-08; Warsaw, 1908-09; Nuremberg, 1909-14; St. Gall, as of 1916; Stuttgart, as of 1917; Bergen, as of 1919-22; Nancy, as of 1924-26; Ghent, as of 1926-29.
Died in Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho, August
15, 1947 (age 82 years, 200
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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Thomas Irwin (1785-1870) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.; Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
22, 1785.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-28; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1829-31; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1831-59;
resigned 1859.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 14,
1870 (age 85 years, 81
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Samuel Sloan Jack (1836-1909) —
also known as Samuel S. Jack —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
17, 1836.
Democrat. School
principal; newspaper publisher; real estate
business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1875-78; postmaster at Decatur,
Ill., 1887-91.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, August
17, 1909 (age 72 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) —
also known as M. Clyde Kelly; "Father of Air
Mail" —
of Edgewood, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August
4, 1883.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District
1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
On returning from a frog
hunting trip, was injured when a rifle he
was cleaning accidentally
fired; he died one week later, in a hospital
at Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., April
29, 1935 (age 51 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mahoning
Union Cemetery, Marchand, Pa.
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Everett Kent (1888-1963) —
of Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in East Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa., November
15, 1888.
Democrat. Machinist;
newspaper reporter; school teacher
and principal; coal
salesman; lawyer; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1920; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1923-25, 1927-29;
defeated, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Died October
13, 1963 (age 74 years, 332
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Bangor, Pa.
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Adam King (1783-1835) —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., January
20, 1783.
Democrat. Physician;
newspaper editor and publisher; York
County Clerk of the Courts, 1818-26; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1827-33.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., May 6,
1835 (age 52 years, 106
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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Jacob Knabb (1817-1889) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Union Township, Berks
County, Pa., August
21, 1817.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
postmaster at Reading,
Pa., 1861-65; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Episcopalian.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., January
29, 1889 (age 71 years, 161
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Knabb (1771-1823) and Hannah (Yoder) Knabb; married 1846 to Ellen
C. Andrews; married 1879 to Ellen
M. Jameson. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Historical and
Biographical Annals of Berks County (1909) |
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Charles Warner Landis (1867-1925) —
also known as Charles W. Landis —
of Osborne, Osborne
County, Kan.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pennsylvania, October
21, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., May 11,
1925 (age 57 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Landis and Christiana (Shelly) Landis; married 1892 to Eva
Patterson. |
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John M. Lingle (1843-1889) —
of Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 2,
1843.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Webb
City, Mo., 1885-89.
After being threatened with criminal
prosecution for allegedly misappropriating
funds as postmaster, he stepped out the back door of the post
office, and killed
himself by gunshot,
in Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., January
4, 1889 (age 45 years, 277
days).
Interment at Webb
City Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Frank Bathurst Lucas (1862-1934) —
also known as Frank B. Lucas —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1862.
Democrat. Banker;
newspaper business manager; personal treasurer for E.
W. Marland, oil magnate
and politician; postmaster at Ponca
City, Okla., 1933-34 (acting, 1933-34).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla., September
21, 1934 (age about 72
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Okla.
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E. J. Lynett (d. 1943) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1912.
Died January
1, 1943.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward J. Lynett (1906-1966) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born July 25,
1906.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died in 1966
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Brown Floyd Macfarland (b. 1861) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
11, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1900-10; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1900-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph M. Macfarland. |
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John Alexander Magee (1827-1903) —
also known as John A. Magee —
of New Bloomfield, Perry
County, Pa.
Born in Landisburg, Perry
County, Pa., October
14, 1827.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Perry County, 1863; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1868,
1876,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1873-75.
Died in New Bloomfield, Perry
County, Pa., November
18, 1903 (age 76 years, 35
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Pa.
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William Addison Magee (b. 1855) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
31, 1855.
Republican. Part owner and vice-president of the Pittsburg
Times newspaper, 1885-1906; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 5th
District, 1909-.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Martin (1841-1914) —
also known as George W. Martin —
of Junction City, Geary
County, Kan.
Born in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., June 30,
1841.
Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Junction
City, Kan., 1864-65; Kansas state printer, 1873-81; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1883; mayor
of Junction City, Kan., 1883-85.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died March
27, 1914 (age 72 years, 270
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Junction City, Kan.
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John Alexander Martin (1839-1889) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
10, 1839.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; member of Kansas
state senate, 1859; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1860,
1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1880;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Atchison,
Kan., 1861-74; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1865; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1868-70, 1872-; Governor of
Kansas, 1885-89.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died of pleuro-pneumonia,
in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., October
2, 1889 (age 50 years, 206
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Thomas Maxwell (1792-1864) —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Born in Tioga Point (now Athens), Bradford
County, Pa., February
16, 1792.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; Tioga
County Clerk, 1819-29; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1829-31; newspaper
editor; postmaster at Elmira,
N.Y., 1834-39; Chemung
County Treasurer, 1836-43; vice-president, New York & Erie Railroad,
1841.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., November
4, 1864 (age 72 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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James N. McBride (1864-1933) —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.; Burton, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Mercer Center (unknown
county), Pa., December
12, 1864.
Newspaper editor; farmer;
member of Michigan Union Silver Party State Central Committee, 1899;
Progressive candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1914; Republican candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in Burton, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
10, 1933 (age 68 years, 88
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Burton, Mich.
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Samuel Walker McCall (1851-1923) —
also known as Samuel W. McCall —
of Winchester, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in East Providence, Bedford
County, Pa., February
28, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1888-89, 1892; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1888,
1900,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1893-1913; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1916-19; defeated, 1914.
Died November
4, 1923 (age 72 years, 249
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Winchester, Mass.
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Robert James McCloskey (1922-1996) —
also known as Robert J. McCloskey —
of Maryland; Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
25, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus, 1973-74; , 1974-75; Netherlands, 1976-78; Greece, 1978-81.
Died in 1996
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Myron Hawley McCord (1840-1908) —
also known as Myron H. McCord —
of Shawano, Shawano
County, Wis.; Merrill, Lincoln
County, Wis.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ceres, McKean
County, Pa., November
26, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lumberman;
farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1873-74; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1876;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 9th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1896;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1897-98; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of Bright's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
27, 1908 (age 67 years, 153
days).
Interment at Merrill
Memorial Park Cemetery, Merrill, Wis.
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Vance Criswell McCormick (1872-1946) —
also known as Vance C. McCormick —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., June 19,
1872.
Democrat. Mayor
of Harrisburg, Pa., 1902-05; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1914; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1916-19; newspaper
publisher.
Died, from cholecystitis
and heart
disease, in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., June 16,
1946 (age 73 years, 362
days).
Entombed at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Samuel McDonald —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Newspaper editor and publisher; bookseller;
burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1843-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Medary (1801-1864) —
also known as "The Wheel Horse of Ohio
Democracy" —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
25, 1801.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1834; member of Ohio
state senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1844,
1856,
1864;
postmaster at Columbus,
Ohio, 1847-49, 1858; Governor
of Minnesota Territory, 1857-58; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1858-59, 1859-60, 1860, 1860; candidate for
Governor
of Kansas, 1859.
Originated the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight," calling for
aggressive action on the Oregon boundary dispute with Great Britain
in the 1840s; the American claim of all the land up to 54°40'
north latitude encompassed most of what is now British Columbia. Indicted
by a federal grand jury in 1864 for conspiracy
against the government; arrested;
released on bond; never tried.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
7, 1864 (age 63 years, 256
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Benjamin Franklin Meyers (1833-1918) —
also known as Benjamin F. Meyers —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born near New Centerville, Somerset
County, Pa., July 6,
1833.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1864; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864,
1880,
1884,
1892,
1896;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1871-73;
postmaster at Harrisburg,
Pa., 1887-92.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., August
11, 1918 (age 85 years, 36
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Samuel Henry Miller (1840-1918) —
also known as Samuel H. Miller —
of Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Coolspring Township, Mercer
County, Pa., April
19, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1881-85, 1915-17 (26th District
1881-85, 28th District 1915-17); Mercer
County President Judge, 1894-1904; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896.
Died in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., December
3, 1918 (age 78 years, 228
days).
Interment at Mercer
Citizens Cemetery, Mercer, Pa.
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John Inscho Mitchell (1838-1907) —
also known as John I. Mitchell —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Tioga
County, Pa., July 28,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Tioga
County District Attorney, 1868-71; newspaper editor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Tioga County, 1872-76; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1877-81; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1881-87; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania 4th District, 1888-99; superior court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1900.
Died in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., August
20, 1907 (age 69 years, 23
days).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Alexander Pollock Moore (1867-1930) —
also known as Alexander P. Moore —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
10, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1923-25; Peru, 1928-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
17, 1930 (age 62 years, 99
days).
Entombed at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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James Remley Morris (1819-1899) —
also known as James R. Morris —
of Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio.
Born in Rogersville, Greene
County, Pa., January
10, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1843; newspaper editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1861-65 (17th District 1861-63, 5th
District 1863-65); defeated, 1864; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864;
probate judge in Ohio, 1872-77; postmaster.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
24, 1899 (age 80 years, 348
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
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Frank Henry Mott (b. 1873) —
also known as Frank H. Mott —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Russell, Warren
County, Pa., February
9, 1873.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900;
candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1902; Citizens candidate for mayor
of Jamestown, N.Y., 1906; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 43rd District, 1918; candidate for
New
York state attorney general, 1920.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Van Rensselaer Mott and Flora (Russell)
Mott. |
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Dominic I. Murphy (1847-1930) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 31,
1847.
Lawyer;
commissioner, U.S. Pensions Office, 1896-97; editor and publisher,
The New Century weekly journal, 1903-05; secretary of
Isthmian Canal Commission, 1904-05; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1905-09; St. Gall, 1909-14; Amsterdam, 1914-15; U.S. Consul General in Sofia, 1915-17; Stockholm, 1919-24.
Died April
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1904 to Mrs.
Bessie T. Atkinson. |
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John A. Nash (1827-1896) —
of Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., November
15, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1884;
postmaster.
Died December
1, 1896 (age 69 years, 16
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pa.
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Charles William Neeb (1856-1914) —
also known as Charles W. Neeb —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., April
26, 1856.
Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County, 1901-02.
Protestant.
German
ancestry.
Died July 4,
1914 (age 58 years, 69
days).
Interment at Voegtly Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John Nicholas Neeb (1851-1893) —
also known as John N. Neeb —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, March
19, 1851.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 42nd District, 1891-93; died in office 1893.
German
ancestry.
Died February
19, 1893 (age 41 years, 337
days).
Interment at Voegtly Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Neeb (1822-1899) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born July 3,
1822.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania.
German
ancestry.
Died January
7, 1899 (age 76 years, 188
days).
Interment at Voegtly Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Samuel Edgar Nicholson (1862-1934) —
of Howard
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Media, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born near Elizabethtown, Bartholomew
County, Ind., June 29,
1862.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1895-97.
Quaker.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Media, Delaware
County, Pa., April
17, 1934 (age 71 years, 292
days).
Interment at Middletown
Friends Meeting Cemetery, Lima, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Nicholson and Rhoda (Holliday) Nicholson; married 1889 to Rhoda
Elma Parker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Washington Oakes (b. 1861) —
also known as George W. Oakes; George Washington Ochs;
George W. Ochs —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1861.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-97; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Tennessee, 1896; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American
Historical Association.
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Patrick O'Brien (1858-1933) —
of Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, March 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iron District, 1915-24; chair of
Iron County Republican Party, 1923.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died, from nephritis
and myocarditis,
in Iron River, Iron
County, Mich., January
10, 1933 (age 74 years, 307
days).
Interment at Iron River Cemetery, Iron River, Mich.
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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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John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) —
of Bellville, Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Lagrange, Wyoming
County, Pa., May 8,
1826.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
newspaper editor; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; district judge in Texas 34th District, 1870-76; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belton, Bell
County, Tex., 1903
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Junia Roberts. |
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William Fisher Packer (1807-1870) —
also known as William F. Packer —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born in Howard, Centre
County, Pa., April 2,
1807.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1835;
Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1842-45; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1847-48; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1850-52 (12th District 1850, 14th District
1851-52); president, Susquehanna Railroad,
1852-54; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1858-61.
Died in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., September
27, 1870 (age 63 years, 178
days).
Interment at Williamsport
Cemetery, Williamsport, Pa.
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James N. Paul (1839-1922) —
of St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb.
Born in Beaver
County, Pa., September
23, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; surveyor;
newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86; district judge in Nebraska 11th District,
1901-17.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb., March 9,
1922 (age 82 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Alfred Peffer (1831-1912) —
also known as William A. Peffer —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., September
10, 1831.
Farmer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Kansas
state senate, 1874; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kansas; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1891-97; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1898.
Died October
7, 1912 (age 81 years, 27
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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William J. Pike (1864-1923) —
of Hallstead, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., 1864.
Clerk in the law division of the Eleventh U.S. Census; clerk of the
Education Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Zittau, 1903-06; Kehl, 1907-10; Reichenberg, 1910-14; St. Gall, as of 1917-19; U.S. Vice Consul in Reichenberg, 1906-07; U.S. Consul General in Coburg, as of 1916.
Died April
23, 1923 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Pitcairn (1845-1911) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Scotland,
August
16, 1845.
Railroad
superintendent; physician;
newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1897-1902; U.S. Consul General in Hamburg, 1905-08.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Germany,
July
19, 1911 (age 65 years, 337
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Altoona, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Agnes Pitcairn and John Pitcairn; married to Anna M. S.
Sherfey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Albert Nevin Pomeroy (1859-1927) —
also known as A. Nevin Pomeroy —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 27,
1859.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; chair of
Franklin County Republican Party, 1889-92; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Franklin County, 1895-96,
1901-02; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Order
of United American Mechanics; Royal
Arcanum; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Redmen;
Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died December
2, 1927 (age 68 years, 189
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Means Pomeroy (1823-1887) —
also known as John M. Pomeroy —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., April 1,
1823.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1846-47, 1881-82; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor and
publisher.
Died June 20,
1887 (age 64 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904) —
also known as Matthew S. Quay —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Dillsburg, York
County, Pa., September
30, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; Beaver
County Prothonotary, 1856-61; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Beaver County, 1865-67;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1888,
1892,
1896,
1900;
secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1873-78, 1879-82; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1878-79, 1902-03; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1886-87; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1887-99, 1901-04; died in office 1904;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1888-91; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1896.
Manx
and American
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1888 for action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13,
1862.
Died in Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa., May 28,
1904 (age 70 years, 241
days).
Interment at Beaver
Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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James Fitz Randolph (1791-1872) —
also known as James F. Randolph —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Middlesex
County, N.J., June 26,
1791.
Newspaper editor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-33; bank
president.
Died in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
25, 1872 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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Willard Stanton Reader (b. 1871) —
also known as Willard S. Reader —
of Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., September
28, 1871.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Beaver County 2nd District;
elected 1924, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Crozier Reeves (1867-1936) —
also known as A. Crozier Reeves —
of Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
3, 1867.
Grocer; wholesale
grocer; newspaper publisher; farmer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1925; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1926-36; died in office
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1932.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1936
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph P. Rigby (b. 1906) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
2, 1906.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 4th
District, 1951-52, 1955-60; defeated, 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Rigby and Anne (Lavelle) Rigby; married to Hilda
Young. |
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John Ritter (1779-1851) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Exeter, Luzerne
County, Pa., February
6, 1779.
Democrat. Delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1843-47;
newspaper editor and publisher.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., November
24, 1851 (age 72 years, 291
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Warren R. Roberts —
of Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton
County, Pa.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; bank
director; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1927-37; resigned 1937; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Sadie Dreisbach. |
| | | Image source: Pennsylvania Manual
1937 |
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Victor Rosewater (b. 1871) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
13, 1871.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1896-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1908-12; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1912.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Rosewater and Leah (Colman) Rosewater; married, January
27, 1904, to Katie Katz. |
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Mellon Scaife (b. 1932) —
also known as Richard M. Scaife —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 3,
1932.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964
(alternate), 1972.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Augustine Scranton (1838-1908) —
also known as Joseph A. Scranton —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, New Haven
County, Conn., July 26,
1838.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1888,
1908;
postmaster at Scranton,
Pa., 1874-81; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1881-83, 1885-87, 1889-91,
1893-97 (12th District 1881-83, 1885-87, 11th District 1889-91,
1893-97); Lackawanna
County Treasurer, 1901-03.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., October
12, 1908 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Edward Scull (1818-1900) —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
5, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 16th Pennsylvania District, 1863-66, 1873-83;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864,
1876,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1887-93 (17th District 1887-89,
20th District 1889-93).
Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., July 10,
1900 (age 82 years, 155
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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John Scull (1765-1828) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., July 23,
1765.
Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1789-96; banker.
Died near Irwin, Westmoreland
County, Pa., February
8, 1828 (age 62 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Horace Shull (1848-1944) —
also known as Joseph H. Shull; J. H. Shull —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Northampton
County, Pa., August
17, 1848.
Democrat. School
teacher; physician;
lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1903-05; chair of
Monroe County Democratic Party, 1927.
Died in Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa., August
9, 1944 (age 95 years, 358
days).
Interment at Stroudsburg
Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
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Charles Emory Smith (1842-1908) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., February
18, 1842.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1876;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1890-92; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1898-1902.
Baptist.
Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1908 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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John Maugridge Snowden (1776-1845) —
also known as John M. Snowden —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1776.
Newspaper publisher; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1825-28; state court judge in Pennsylvania,
1840-45.
Presbyterian.
Died of heart
disease, April 2,
1845 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Concord
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928) —
also known as William C. Sproul —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Octoraro, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Republican. Farmer; manufacturer;
journalist; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1920,
1924;
Governor
of Pennsylvania, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920.
Quaker.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Kappa Psi; Grange;
Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died March
21, 1928 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul;
married, January
21, 1892, to Emeline Wallace Roach. |
| | | Sproul Hall, a residence hall at Pennsylvania
State University,
University Park, State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The Sproul State
Forest, in Clinton
County, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography |
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Albert Hummel Stackpole (1897-1971) —
also known as Albert H. Stackpole —
of Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., June 28,
1897.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948.
Died in Dauphin
County, Pa., July 31,
1971 (age 74 years, 33
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward James Stackpole (1861-1936) —
also known as Edward J. Stackpole —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in McVeytown, Mifflin
County, Pa., January
18, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Harrisburg,
Pa., 1901-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1920.
Died in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., January
2, 1936 (age 74 years, 349
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Emerich Steinberger (1896-1948) —
also known as Imre Steinberger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
August
21, 1896.
Socialist. Magazine editor; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1920 (New York County 15th District), 1928
(Queens County 1st District), 1933 (Queens County 1st District), 1935
(Queens County 1st District); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1932, 1934.
Died March
30, 1948 (age 51 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Rhamanthus Menville Stocker (1848-1917) —
also known as R. M. Stocker —
of Honesdale, Wayne
County, Pa.
Born in Salem Township, Wayne
County, Pa., October
5, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; historian;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1894, 1895;
postmaster at Honesdale,
Pa., 1914-17.
Died in Honesdale, Wayne
County, Pa., April
21, 1917 (age 68 years, 198
days).
Interment at Glen
Dyberry Cemetery, Honesdale, Pa.
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Harold Greene Sturgis (b. 1887) —
also known as Harold G. Sturgis —
of Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., October
9, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper editor; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orin
Jones Sturgis and Isa Dora (Greene) Sturgis. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Albert Winfield Swalm (1845-1922) —
also known as Albert W. Swalm —
of Grand Junction, Greene
County, Iowa; Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Womelsdorf, Berks
County, Pa., November
30, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
U.S. Consul in Montevideo, 1897-1903; Southampton, 1903-19; Hamilton, 1919-22, died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Bermuda,
August
24, 1922 (age 76 years, 267
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. Swalm and Elizabeth (Christ) Swalm; married, October
1, 1872, to Pauline Given. |
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Phillips Talbot (1915-2010) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 7,
1915.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died October
1, 2010 (age 95 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilkins F. Tannehill (1787-1858) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 2,
1787.
Newspaper editor; author; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1825-26.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 2,
1858 (age 71 years, 92
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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Aristide Rodrigue Traugh (1848-1931) —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, January
30, 1848.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper publisher; postmaster at Hollidaysburg,
Pa., 1913-22.
Died in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., August
21, 1931 (age 83 years, 203
days).
Interment at Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
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Al Tronzo (b. 1908) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Bethlehem, Clarion
County, Pa., June 28,
1908.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 1st
District; elected 1934.
Italian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Tronzo and Amelia (Gigliotti) Tronzo; married to Helen
Fleming. |
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Lawyer;
postmaster at Kansas
City, Mo., 1857-61; newspaper editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861-62, 1863-65; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97);
defeated (Republican), 1894, 1902; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station (now part of Independence), Jackson
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Robert Lee Vann (1879-1940) —
also known as Robert L. Vann —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., August
27, 1879.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
African
ancestry.
Died, at Shadyside Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
24, 1940 (age 61 years, 58
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucy Peoples; married 1910 to Jessie
Matthews. |
| | | The Robert L. Vann Elementary School
(built 1914 as Watt School; name changed to Vann 1941; closed and
sold 2011; now St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School), in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, was named for
him. |
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Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) —
also known as Robert J. C. Walker —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born near West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., October
20, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer;
magazine publisher; oil
producer; land,
lumber,
and coal
mining business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83; chemist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1903 (age 65 years, 60
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper publisher.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Anderson Howel Walters (1862-1927) —
also known as Anderson H. Walters —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., May 18,
1862.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1919-23, 1925-27
(at-large 1913-15, 1919-23, 20th District 1925-27).
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., December
7, 1927 (age 65 years, 203
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, 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 Williams (1806-1872) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
28, 1806.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1838-41; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1863-69.
Died in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., June 16,
1872 (age 65 years, 293
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, 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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Lucian Dallas Woodruff (1845-1911) —
also known as Lucian D. Woodruff —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Landisburg, Perry
County, Pa., January
8, 1845.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1879-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1884;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1892; postmaster
at Johnstown,
Pa., 1895-99; mayor
of Johnstown, Pa., 1899-1902; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania.
Died, from stomach
cancer and liver
cancer, in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., January
27, 1911 (age 66 years, 19
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Benjamin Drake Wright (1799-1874) —
also known as Benjamin D. Wright —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., January
23, 1799.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; member
Florida territorial council, 1824, 1831-33, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1825, 1825-31; mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1828-29, 1841-42; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Escambia County,
1838-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1845; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1853; president, Alabama and Florida
Railroad,
1856; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Escambia County,
1865; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1869.
Died April
28, 1874 (age 75 years, 95
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Frederick P. Wright (1854-1916) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper work; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1892-94.
Presbyterian.
Died in Florida Keys, Monroe
County, Fla., February
18, 1916 (age 62 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Robert John Wynne (1851-1922) —
also known as Robert J. Wynne —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1851.
Telegrapher;
journalist; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1904-05; U.S. Consul General in London, 1905-10; insurance
executive.
Catholic.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1922 (age 70 years, 113
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Jacob Senewell Yost (1801-1872) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 29,
1801.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1836-39; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1843-47.
Died in Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pa., March 7,
1872 (age 70 years, 222
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Pottstown, Pa.
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James Rankin Young (1847-1924) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
10, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper reporter; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1897-1903.
Died December
18, 1924 (age 77 years, 283
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Russell Young (1840-1899) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), November
20, 1840.
Newspaper correspondent and managing editor; U.S. Minister to
China, 1882-85; Librarian of Congress, 1897-99.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
17, 1899 (age 58 years, 58
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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