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George M. Barnard (1881-1949) —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.
Born in New Castle, Henry
County, Ind., June 6,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; mayor
of New Castle, Ind., 1910-14; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1944-49; died in office 1949.
Quaker.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1949 (age 67 years, 210
days).
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Longwood, Pa.
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Rudolph Blankenburg (1843-1918) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lippe Detmold (now Lippstadt), Germany,
February
16, 1843.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; manufacturer;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1911-16.
Quaker or Unitarian.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
12, 1918 (age 75 years, 55
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Curtis Bok (b. 1897) —
also known as Curtis Bok —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Wyncote, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
7, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1937-58; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court; elected 1958.
Quaker. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward William Bok and Mary Louise (Curtis) Bok. |
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John H. Bradley (1805-1872) —
of LaPorte
County, Ind.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1805.
Candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1837; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-43; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1843; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana.
Quaker.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., August
14, 1872 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) —
also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting
Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., July 30,
1881.
Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a Medal
of Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; received
another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia police
commissioner, 1924-25; arrested
and court-martialed
in 1931 over his unauthorized
disclosure
of an incident unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito
Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to
Mussolini; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1940 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Maryland, November
29, 1722.
Lawyer;
chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1774-77.
Quaker; later Anglican.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
20, 1810 (age 87 years, 52
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Conard (1773-1857) —
also known as "The Fighting Quaker" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Plumstead Township, Bucks
County, Pa., November
15, 1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1813-15; district
judge in Pennsylvania, 1810.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 9,
1857 (age 83 years, 175
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Anne's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard, North East, Md.
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Jeremiah Cox (1763-1830) —
of Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Adams
County, Pa., March 3,
1763.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22.
Quaker.
Died in Randolph
County, Ind., February
28, 1830 (age 66 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warder Cresson —
of Pennsylvania.
U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1844-56.
Quaker; later Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Darlington (1755-1825) —
of Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in East Bradford, Chester
County, Pa., June 13,
1755.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1811-13.
Quaker. English
ancestry.
Died in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April 1,
1825 (age 69 years, 292
days).
Interment at Pikeland
Friends Burial Ground, Pikeland, Pa.
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William Darlington (1782-1863) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April
28, 1782.
Physician;
botanist;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23;
Chester
County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of the
West Chester Railroad;
president, Bank of
Chester County; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1839.
Quaker; later Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., April
23, 1863 (age 80 years, 360
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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John Dickinson (1732-1808) —
also known as "Penman of the
Revolution" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Trappe, Talbot
County, Md., November
13, 1732.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1781; President
of Delaware, 1781-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1782-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793.
Quaker; later Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
14, 1808 (age 75 years, 93
days).
Interment at Friends
Burial Ground, Wilmington, Del.
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Thomas Earle —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Liberty candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1840.
Quaker.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Bell Forsythe (1916-1984) —
also known as Edwin B. Forsythe —
of Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Westtown, Chester
County, Pa., January
17, 1916.
Republican. Mayor
of Moorestown, N.J., 1957-62; candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly from Burlington County, 1961;
member of New
Jersey state senate, 1964-70 (Burlington County 1964-65, District
4 1966-67, District 4-B 1968-70); resigned 1970; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1970-84 (6th District 1970-83,
13th District 1983-84); died in office 1984.
Quaker.
Died in Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J., March
29, 1984 (age 68 years, 72
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Union
Street Friends Cemetery, Medford, N.J.
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Joseph Ridgway Grundy (1863-1961) —
also known as Joseph R. Grundy —
of Bristol, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., January
13, 1863.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1908,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1929-30.
Quaker.
Died in Nassau, Bahamas,
March
3, 1961 (age 98 years, 49
days).
Interment at Beechwood
Cemetery, Hulmeville, Pa.
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David Garfield Harry (1880-1955) —
also known as David G. Harry —
of Pylesville, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Pylesville, Harford
County, Md., June 11,
1880.
Republican. Farmer; insurance
executive; member of Maryland
state senate, 1924-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1946.
Quaker. Member, Grange;
Freemasons.
Died in York
County, Pa., December
12, 1955 (age 75 years, 184
days).
Interment at Fawn Grove Friends Cemetery, Fawn Grove, Pa.
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Darlington Hoopes (1896-1989) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Vale, Harford
County, Md., September
11, 1896.
Socialist. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1930-36; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1944; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1952, 1958;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960.
Quaker. Member, American Bar
Association; Eagles;
NAACP.
Died September
25, 1989 (age 93 years, 14
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Darlington Hoopes Jr. (b. 1927) —
of Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
1, 1927.
Lawyer;
Socialist candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 11th District, 1956; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960; member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1968-2009.
Quaker.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Humphreys (1714-1786) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa., September
19, 1714.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76.
Quaker.
Voted against the Declaration of Independence because he was a Quaker
and opposed to war.
Died in Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa., March
11, 1786 (age 71 years, 173
days).
Interment at Old
Haverford Meeting House Cemetery, Haverford, Pa.
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John Joseph Lincoln, Sr. (1865-1948) —
also known as John J. Lincoln —
of McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born near Rising Sun, Lehigh
County, Pa., October
11, 1865.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Quaker.
Died in Elkhorn, McDowell
County, W.Va., January
28, 1948 (age 82 years, 109
days).
Interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Newtown, Pa.
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Jonathan Lindley (1756-1828) —
Born near Philadelphia (unknown
county), Pa., June 15,
1756.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1786; territorial court
judge in Indiana, 1814; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-17.
Quaker.
Founder of Terre Haute, Ind.
Died in Orange
County, Ind., April 5,
1828 (age 71 years, 295
days).
Interment at Old
Lick Creek Quaker Cemetery, Chambersburg, Ind.
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William Thacher Longstreth (1920-2003) —
also known as W. Thacher Longstreth —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Haverford, Delaware
County, Pa., November
4, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; advertising
business; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1955, 1971.
Quaker. Member, Urban
League.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolism, while hospitalized for pneumonia
and suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in Naples Community Hospital,
Naples, Collier
County, Fla., April
11, 2003 (age 82 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Branson Maris (1893-1989) —
of Yeadon, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Delaware County Democratic Party, 1924-30; member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-34; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1936-38;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1938-58; took
senior status 1958.
Quaker. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died February
7, 1989 (age 95 years, 50
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Masters (d. 1723) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1707-09.
Quaker.
Died in 1723.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph McMinn (1758-1824) —
also known as "The Quaker Governor" —
of Tennessee.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., June 27,
1758.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1796-98, 1805-12; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1805-11; Governor of
Tennessee, 1815-21.
Quaker.
Died October
17, 1824 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Interment at Shiloh
Presbyterian Cemetery, Calhoun, Tenn.
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Anthony Morris (1654-1721) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Stepney, London, England,
August
23, 1654.
Brewer;
preacher;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1703-04.
Quaker. English
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1721 (age 67 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Morris (c.1682-1763) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in London, England,
about 1682.
Brewer;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1738-39.
Quaker. English
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
23, 1763 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) —
also known as A. Mitchell Palmer; "The Fighting
Quaker" —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Moosehead, Luzerne
County, Pa., May 4,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1909-15; member
of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1912-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914; U.S. Alien Property Custodian,
1917-19; U.S.
Attorney General, 1919-21; target of assassination
attempts in 1919; instigator of the "Palmer Raids" in 1919-20, in
which over 10,000 legal immigrants were arrested and held for
deportation; most were eventually released; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1932.
Quaker. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
condition following surgery for appendicitis,
in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 11,
1936 (age 64 years, 7
days).
Interment at Laurelwood
Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
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Edward Shippen (1639-1712) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Methley, Yorkshire, England,
March
5, 1639.
Merchant;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1701-03.
Quaker. English
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
2, 1712 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Old
Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Benjamin Shoemaker (1704-c.1767) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
3, 1704.
Merchant;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1743-44, 1752-53, 1760-61.
Quaker. German
ancestry.
Died about 1767 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) —
also known as Edwin M. Stanton; "The Great
Energy" —
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, December
19, 1814.
U.S.
Attorney General, 1860-61; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1862-68.
Quaker.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1869 (age 55 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Chew Thomas (1764-1836) —
of Maryland.
Born in Perryville, Cecil
County, Md., October
15, 1764.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1796-97; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1799-1801.
Quaker.
Slaveowner.
Died near Leiperville, Delaware
County, Pa., May 10,
1836 (age 71 years, 208
days).
Interment at Friends
Cemetery, Near Chester, Delaware County, Pa.
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Isaac Weaver (1756-1820) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1756.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1802-07; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 18th District, 1815-20.
Quaker.
Died in 1820
(age about
64 years).
Interment somewhere
in Near Jefferson, Greene County, Pa.
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