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James Kelly (1760-1819) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in York
County, Pa., July 17,
1760.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1793-94, 1797-98; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1805-09.
Presbyterian.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., February
4, 1819 (age 58 years, 202
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, York, Pa.
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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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William Kelly (1854-1937) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Mining engineer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Presbyterian. Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Slipped and
fell while descending steps, and died nine days later from his
injuries, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
1, 1937 (age 83 years, 167
days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Everett, Pa.
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Eugene Lammot (1899-1987) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 22,
1899.
Democrat. Insurance
broker; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1955-58; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1957-60; defeated in primary, 1964; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1961-65.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, from heart
failure, in Wilmington Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 2,
1987 (age 87 years, 284
days).
Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park, New Castle, Del.
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Henry Latimer (1752-1819) —
of Delaware.
Born in Newport, New Castle
County, Del., April
24, 1752.
Physician;
member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1787-91; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1794-95; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1795-1801.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1819 (age 67 years, 239
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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John D. Lindsay —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Minister;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Linton (1773-1818) —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in County Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1773.
Merchant;
postmaster at Johnstown,
Pa., 1811-18.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died July 25,
1818 (age about 45
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Crawford Linton (1795-1835) —
of Indiana.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., 1795.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1828-31; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1833.
Presbyterian.
Died of a heart
attack in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
31, 1835 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Philip Livingston (1716-1778) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
15, 1716.
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1769, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-78; died in office
1778; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1777-78; died in office 1778.
Presbyterian.
Died while attending the sixth session of the Continental
Congress in York, York
County, Pa., June 12,
1778 (age 62 years, 148
days).
Entombed at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and Catrina (Van Brugh) Livingston;
brother of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and William
Livingston; married, April
14, 1740, to Christina Ten Broeck; nephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; uncle by marriage of James
Duane and William
Duer (1747-1799); uncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Catherine Livingston (who married Nicholas
Bayard), Susannah Livingston (who married John
Cleves Symmes), Susanna Livingston (who married John
Kean (1756-1795)), Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (who married John
Jay) and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; grandfather of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer
Westerlo and Edward
Philip Livingston; grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); granduncle of Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); great-grandfather of Philip
Schuyler, Edward
Livingston (1796-1840) and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; great-granduncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William
Duer (1805-1879), Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; second great-grandfather of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; second great-granduncle of Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean (1852-1914), Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third great-grandfather of Robert
Reginald Livingston; third great-granduncle of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; fourth great-grandfather of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; fourth great-granduncle of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fifth great-granduncle of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951), Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; ancestor *** of Robert
Livingston Beeckman; first cousin of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin once removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler, John
Cruger Jr., Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); first cousin twice removed of David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed of William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; first cousin five times removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; second cousin of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler and Henry
Cruger; second cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; second cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, James
Adams Ekin, Eugene
Schuyler, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; second cousin four times removed of Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Karl
Cortlandt Schuyler. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Walter Lowrie (1784-1868) —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
December
10, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1815-19; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1819-25.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
14, 1868 (age 84 years, 4
days).
Entombed at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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James Rieman Macfarlane (1858-1938) —
also known as James R. Macfarlane —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Towanda, Bradford
County, Pa., April
20, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 5th District, 1903-29.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
2, 1938 (age 80 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ronald K. Machtley (b. 1948) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 13,
1948.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1989-95; candidate
for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1994.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Donald Kirk Marchand (1885-1958) —
also known as Don K. Marchand —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
13, 1885.
Democrat. Real estate
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia;
member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1953-58; appointed 1953;
died in office 1958.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Moose.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., May 31,
1958 (age 72 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Ingraham Marsh (b. 1890) —
also known as James I. Marsh —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
21, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1938, 1940.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph W. Marsh and Anna Rose (Ingraham) Marsh; married, January
4, 1919, to Mary Glyde Wells. |
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Augustus Newton Martin (1847-1901) —
also known as Augustus N. Martin —
of Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind.
Born in Whitestown, Butler
County, Pa., March
23, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1875; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1877-81; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1889-95; defeated,
1894.
Presbyterian.
Died in Marion, Grant
County, Ind., July 11,
1901 (age 54 years, 110
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bluffton, Ind.
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Edward Martin (1879-1967) —
also known as Ed Martin —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in a log
cabin, Ten Mile, Washington Township, Greene
County, Pa., September
18, 1879.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Dunn Mar Oil and Gas
Company; president, Consumers Fuel Company; director, Citizens
National Bank;
director, Washington County Fire
Insurance Co.; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1925-29; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1928-34; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936,
1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932;
Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1939-43; general in the U.S. Army during
World War II; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1947-59.
Presbyterian. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., March
19, 1967 (age 87 years, 182
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa.
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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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William Allen Maurer (b. 1872) —
also known as William A. Maurer; W. A.
Maurer —
of El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., October
25, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Canadian
County Judge, 1911-15, 1919-22; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1916;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1921-25.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Maurer and Eliza (McCartney) Maurer; married, December
30, 1897, to Hettie D. Evans. |
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James Anthony McCall (b. 1955) —
also known as James A. McCall; Jim McCall —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in a hospital
at Erie, Erie
County, Pa., October
26, 1955.
Democrat. Realtor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1988.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion.
Still living as of 2001.
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Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 3,
1878.
Republican. Minister;
pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian Church (later National
Presbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer, Republican National
Convention, 1936,
1940;
commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1965 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Robert McIntyre (1766-1846) —
of Indiana.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1766.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29, 1834-35, 1836-37.
Presbyterian.
Died in Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa, October
17, 1846 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Jameson McMains (1867-1933) —
also known as Samuel J. McMains —
of Leechburg, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Elizabeth, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
29, 1867.
Republican. Dentist;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916,
1924;
postmaster at Leechburg,
Pa., 1931-33 (acting, 1931-32).
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Died, from diabetes
mellitus, and complications of the amputation of his right leg
for gangrene,
in Allegheny Valley General Hospital,
Natrona Heights, Harrison Township, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
17, 1933 (age 66 years, 263
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Leechburg, Pa.
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Prescott Metcalf (1813-1891) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Putney, Windham
County, Vt., January
25, 1813.
Manager of steamship
business; director, North East and Erie Railroad;
mayor
of Erie, Pa., 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., October
14, 1891 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Milroy (1776-1858) —
of Indiana.
Born in Penn Valley, Bucks
County, Pa., October
12, 1776.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1826-29.
Presbyterian.
Died near Greenfield, Hancock
County, Ind., October
15, 1858 (age 82 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Milroy (1780-1845) —
of Indiana.
Born in Kishicoquillas Valley, Mifflin
County, Pa., August
14, 1780.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-22, 1837-39; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1823-25, 1836-37; defeated, 1834; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1825; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1832,
1835,
1840,
1844.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died near Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., May 26,
1845 (age 64 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Glenn Moore (1873-1937) —
also known as D. Glenn Moore —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Lawrence, Washington
County, Pa., November
1, 1873.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1924-30; Dry candidate for delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Died of a heart
attack or stroke
when he went down to check the furnace on a chilly morning, in
Washington, Washington
County, Pa., April 5,
1937 (age 63 years, 155
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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James Wheaton Mott (1883-1945) —
also known as James W. Mott —
of Clatsop
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born near New Washington, Clearfield
County, Pa., November
12, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1922-26, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1933-45; defeated in
primary, 1928; died in office 1945.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Elks; Kiwanis;
Acacia.
Died in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
12, 1945 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at City
View Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy Jr. (c.1908-1985) —
also known as Grayson M. P. Murphy, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian. Member, Union
League.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 13,
1985 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Pinckney Holbrook Nason (1842-1937) —
also known as Charles P. H. Nason —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
7, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clergyman;
writer;
lecturer;
U.S. Consul in Grenoble, 1901-11.
Presbyterian or Congregationalist.
Died in 1937
(age about
94 years).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Joshua G. Newbold (1830-1903) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., May 12,
1830.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Iowa
state house of representatives, 1870; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1876-77; Governor of
Iowa, 1877-78; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1880;
mayor
of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 1899-1903.
Presbyterian.
Died June 10,
1903 (age 73 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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Horace Chester Newcomb (1858-1929) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Cedarville, Cumberland
County, N.J., March
25, 1858.
Republican. Stenographer;
importing
business; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1901-18.
Presbyterian.
Died, in Samaritan Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
16, 1929 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Interment somewhere in Cedarville, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Newcomb and Jane (Paynter) Newcomb. |
| | | Image source: Who's Who in Philadelphia
in Wartime (1920) |
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Henry Carpenter Niles (1858-1939) —
also known as Henry C. Niles —
of York
County, Pa.
Born in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 17,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 19th District, 1925-29;
candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1930.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Pennsylvania, July 15,
1939 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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George Ormsby —
of Pennsylvania.
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988, 1992.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1992.
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Charles Prentiss Orr (1858-1922) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., February
22, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1909-22;
died in office 1922.
Presbyterian.
Died May 16,
1922 (age 64 years, 83
days).
Burial location unknown.
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G. Mason Owlett (1892-1956) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., June 13,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president, Tioga County Bell
Telephone Co. and Tioga Water
Works Co.; secretary and director, Highland Milk
Condensing Co.; director, Tioga Savings &
Trust Co., General Drop Forge
Co. of Buffalo; chair of
Tioga County Republican Party, 1928-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 25th District, 1933-40; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1936-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1944,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1956
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Howland Owlett and Ida (Wells) Owlett; married, June 20,
1918, to Sue Berkey. |
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William M. Parker (b. 1870) —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Oil City, Venango
County, Pa., December
19, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 28th District, 1925-32;
superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1932-40; resigned 1940; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43; appointed 1940.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George M. Parker and Rebecca (McCready) Parker; married 1898 to Helen
Innis. |
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Ralph Wilson Peacock (1902-1972) —
also known as Ralph W. Peacock —
of Chartiers Township, Washington
County, Pa.; Canonsburg, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., February
9, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1948,
1952;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1948, 1953.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in Washington
County, Pa., May 4,
1972 (age 70 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Vance David Peacock and Luella (Wilson) Peacock; married to
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Edred Joseph Pennell (1890-1949) —
also known as Edred J. Pennell —
of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pa.; Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa., December
29, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died November
22, 1949 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank M. M. Pennell and Ida (McCanley) Pennell; married to Ruth
Glenn Pennell. |
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Frank Vaughan Plummer (1918-1993) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
23, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1966-81.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of renal
failure and other complications, in Downeast Community Hospital,
Machias, Washington
County, Maine, November
5, 1993 (age 74 years, 347
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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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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Thomas Pomeroy (1804-1878) —
of Lawrence
County, Pa.
Born in Lawrence
County, Pa., 1804.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1846-47.
Presbyterian.
Died July 31,
1878 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Culbertson Pomeroy (1851-1907) —
also known as William C. Pomeroy —
of Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Roxbury, Franklin
County, Pa., November
24, 1851.
Banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Juniata County, 1883-84,
1905-07; died in office 1907.
Presbyterian.
Died February
21, 1907 (age 55 years, 89
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Bryan Porter (1791-1834) —
also known as George B. Porter —
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
9, 1791.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1824-29; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1827; Governor
of Michigan Territory, 1831-34; died in office 1834.
Presbyterian.
Died in a cholera
epidemic in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 6,
1834 (age 43 years, 147
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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James Madison Porter (1793-1862) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
6, 1793.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; law
professor; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1843-44; member of Pennsylvania state
legislature, 1849.
Presbyterian.
Founder,
in 1826, of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.
Died in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., November
11, 1862 (age 69 years, 309
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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Thomas E. Potter (b. 1933) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 20,
1933.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-74;
defeated, 1964 (Kanawha County), 1974 (17th District); West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1968-75; delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1972
(delegation chair).
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Rotary.
Still living as of 1975.
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Relatives: Son
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