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John Huy Addams (1822-1881) —
also known as John H. Addams —
of Cedarville, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Sinking Spring, Berks
County, Pa., July 12,
1822.
Republican. Owner of Cedar Creek Mill, which produced lumber and
flour;
dirctor, Illinois Central Railroad; president, Second National
Bank of
Freeport, Illinois; member of Illinois
state senate, 1855-61, 1863-71 (4th District 1855-61, 22nd
District 1863-71); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Died, of appendicitis,
in a hotel at
Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., August
17, 1881 (age 59 years, 36
days).
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Joseph Henry Ake (1877-1947) —
also known as Joseph H. Ake —
of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
2, 1877.
Democrat. Railway station agent; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died August
16, 1947 (age 70 years, 195
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sydenham Elnathan Ancona (1824-1913) —
also known as Sydenham E. Ancona —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Lititz, Lancaster
County, Pa., November
20, 1824.
Democrat. Bookkeeper
and timekeeper for the Reading Railroad; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1861-67.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., June 20,
1913 (age 88 years, 212
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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William Henry Andrews (1846-1919) —
also known as William H. Andrews —
of Titusville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Youngsville, Warren
County, Pa., January
14, 1846.
Republican. Secretary of
Pennsylvania Republican Party, 1887-88; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1889-90, 1893-94, 1901-02; Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1889-91; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1895-98; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); member New
Mexico territorial council, 1903-04; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1905-12; president,
Santa Fe Central Railway.
Died in Carlsbad, Eddy
County, N.M., January
16, 1919 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Titusville, Pa.
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Harry Jacob Anslinger (1892-1975) —
also known as Harry J. Anslinger —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.; Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., May 20,
1892.
Employed with Pennsylvania Railroad until 1916; Pennsylvania
state fire marshal, 1916-17; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice
Consul in Hamburg, 1921-23; La Guaira, 1923-25; U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1925-26; Assistant U.S. Commissioner of Prohibition,
1929-30; U.S. Commissioner of Narcotics, 1930-62.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died November
14, 1975 (age 83 years, 178
days).
Interment at Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Rosa Christina (Fladt) Anslinger and Robert John Anslinger;
married to Martha (Denniston) Leet. |
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memorial |
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John Holmes Arnold (1862-1944) —
also known as John H. Arnold —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Freeport, Armstrong
County, Pa., December
11, 1862.
Lumberman;
railroad mechanic; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1915-17.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
29, 1944 (age 81 years, 109
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935) —
also known as William W. Atterbury; "The Railroad
General" —
of Radnor, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., January
31, 1866.
Republican. Railroad superintendent; president, American
Railway Association; during World War I, he was called on to
organize organized U.S. military railroad operations in
France; he was designated Director-General of Transportation for the
American Expeditionary Forces; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920
(speaker);
President, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1925-35.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Radnor, Delaware
County, Pa., September
20, 1935 (age 69 years, 232
days).
Interment at Old
St. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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Matthias William Baldwin (1795-1866) —
also known as Matthias W. Baldwin —
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., December
10, 1795.
Jeweler;
inventor;
locomotive manufacturer; abolitionist; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837.
Died in Wissinoming, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
7, 1866 (age 70 years, 271
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at Philadelphia City Hall Grounds, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward MacFunn Biddle (1808-1889) —
also known as Edward M. Biddle —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 27,
1808.
Lawyer;
Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1861-62; railroad president.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., May 13,
1889 (age 80 years, 290
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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John Biddle (1792-1859) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 2,
1792.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1827-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1835; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841; banker;
president, Michigan Central Railroad.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), August
25, 1859 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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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 Tannyhill Bressler (1849-1935) —
also known as John T. Bressler —
of Wayne, Wayne
County, Neb.
Born in Pennsylvania, January
14, 1849.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1880; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); government director for
Union Pacific Railroad, 1897.
Died in Wayne, Wayne
County, Neb., October
23, 1935 (age 86 years, 282
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Wayne, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Johannes Daniel C. Bressler and Mary Ann (Tannyhill) Bressler;
married 1880 to Julia
Fair. |
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memorial |
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Albert Gallatin Brodhead Jr. (1815-1891) —
also known as Albert G. Brodhead, Jr. —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born August
13, 1815.
Democrat. Railroad superintendent; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1870-72 (10th District 1870-71, 13th District
1872); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1876
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died January
18, 1891 (age 75 years, 158
days).
Interment at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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Guy Watson Brown (b. 1884) —
also known as Guy W. Brown —
of Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Jefferson Township, Fayette
County, Pa., March
23, 1884.
Republican. Railroad ticket agent; bookkeeper;
banker;
coal mining
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1923-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Browne (1875-1947) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1875.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Princeton, N.J., 1916-23; resigned 1923; president, board of
trustees, Princeton Hospital,
1919-23; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1920, 1924; member, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 1925-31;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1936-39;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940;
director, First National Bank of
Princeton; director, Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
17, 1947 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Cremated.
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William Joseph Burke (1862-1925) —
also known as William J. Burke —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born near London, England
of Irish parents, September
25, 1862.
Railway conductor; chairman,
general committee of adjustment, Order of Railway Conductors; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate 42nd District, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1919-23; Progressive
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Order
of Railway Conductors; Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died in Callery Junction, Butler
County, Pa., November
7, 1925 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William James Calhoun (1848-1916) —
also known as William J. Calhoun —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
5, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
western counsel, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1898-99; U.S. Minister to China, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916.
Died September
19, 1916 (age 67 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Donald Cameron (1833-1918) —
also known as J. Donald Cameron —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Middletown, Dauphin
County, Pa., May 14,
1833.
Republican. Banker; iron
manufacturer; president, Northern Central Railroad,
1863-74; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1868,
1880;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1876-77; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1877-97; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1879-80.
Died in Lancaster
County, Pa., August
30, 1918 (age 85 years, 108
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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James Carney (b. 1844) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland,
May
20, 1844.
Democrat. Blacksmith foreman for the Erie Railroad; restaurant
owner; chair of
Erie County Democratic Party, 1887.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Carney and Marry (Dullea) Carney. |
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Powell Clayton (1833-1914) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Bethel, Delaware
County, Pa., August
7, 1833.
Republican. Engineer;
surveyor;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; planter;
president and general manager, Eureka Springs Railway; Governor of
Arkansas, 1868-71; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1872
(delegation chair), 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1908,
1912;
member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1898-1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1914 (age 81 years, 18
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Craig (1818-1888) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., February
28, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860,
1880;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Hannibal &
St. Joseph Railroad.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
22, 1888 (age 70 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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William H. Crane (b. 1866) —
of Millett, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., April
10, 1866.
Democrat. Railway station agent; grocer; supervisor
of Delta Township, Michigan; elected 1900; postmaster.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Crane and Mary (Spaulding) Crane; married 1887 to
Lillian Adams. |
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Joseph Sibley Crawford (b. 1901) —
also known as Joseph S. Crawford; Luke
Crawford —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Kane, McKean
County, Pa., November
30, 1901.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad; later worked for
the WEDH radio
station; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Joseph
Sibley |
| | | Relatives: Son of Thomas L. Crawford
and Anna (Mahaffey) Crawford; married to Winifred
Miller. |
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James Robert Cray (1860-1937) —
also known as James R. Cray —
Born in Darlington, Beaver
County, Pa., March 8,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio and other railroads;
president of coal and coke mining
companies; banker; chair of
Fayette County Democratic Party, 1900.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
11, 1937 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cray and Margaret (Meehan) Cray; married, June 22,
1893, to Catharine Lynch. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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John Dalzell (1845-1927) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Swissvale, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for Pennsylvania Railroad; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1887-1913 (22nd District
1887-1903, 30th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
2, 1927 (age 82 years, 166
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, 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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Samuel Bernard Dick (1836-1907) —
also known as Samuel B. Dick —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., October
26, 1836.
Republican. Banker;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1870; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1879-81;
railroad builder; railroad president; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 10,
1907 (age 70 years, 196
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Charles Heber Dickerman (1843-1915) —
of Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Harford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., February
3, 1843.
Democrat. School
teacher; bookkeeper;
lawyer;
executive of railroad car building company; director of
several banks; chair of
Northumberland County Democratic Party, 1885-88; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1891; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1903-05.
Died in Milton, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
17, 1915 (age 72 years, 317
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Pa.
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Archibald S. Dickson (b. 1834) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born near Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., August
8, 1834.
Druggist;
mayor
of Meadville, Pa., 1871-72; president, Missouri & Pacific
Railroad, 1878-79; president, Meadville Railroad, 1883.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Dickson and Mary (Frazier) Dickson. |
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William Ward Duffield (b. 1823) —
also known as William W. Duffield —
of Michigan; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
19, 1823.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1879-80; chief engineer for
railways; superintendent, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,
1894-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen Dumont (b. 1869) —
also known as Frederick T. F. Dumont —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J., March
17, 1869.
Construction engineer,
Pennsylvania Railroad, 1889-1901; banker;
U.S. Consul in Guadeloupe, 1911-12; Madrid, 1912-14; Florence, 1914-19; Dublin, 1919-20; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, as of 1924; Havana, 1929-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Finley Dumont and Anna K. (Kline) Dumont; married, May 16,
1900, to Mary Wolfe. |
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Henry Clay Evans (1843-1921) —
also known as H. Clay Evans —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in McAlisterville, Juniata
County, Pa., June 18,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; iron and
railway car manufacturer; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1892,
1896,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1894; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1896;
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, 1897-1902; U.S. Consul General in London, 1902-05; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1918.
Died, from heart
disease, in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., December
12, 1921 (age 78 years, 177
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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James S. Evans (1873-1950) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Joanna Heights, Berks
County, Pa., February
25, 1873.
Republican. Railway freight agent; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 3rd
District, 1927-28, 1935-38; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1943-50; died
in office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
24, 1950 (age 77 years, 27
days).
Interment at Mt. Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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David A. Fisher (1840-1911) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Clearfield
County, Pa., August
14, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
operator; ice
business; builder;
livery
stable owner; railway conductor; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1889-92.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., January
19, 1911 (age 70 years, 158
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Galusha Aaron Grow (1823-1907) —
also known as Galusha A. Grow —
of Glenwood, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Ashford (part now in Eastford), Windham
County, Conn., August
31, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-63, 1894-1903 (12th
District 1851-53, 14th District 1853-63, at-large 1894-1903); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1861-63; in February 1858, during a House debate,
Rep. Lawrence
M. Keitt attacked and attempted
to choke him;; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1864,
1884,
1892;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1868; president, International and Great
Northern Railroad, 1871-76.
Died in Glenwood, Susquehanna
County, Pa., March
31, 1907 (age 83 years, 212
days).
Interment at Harford
Cemetery, Harford, Pa.
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Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) —
also known as Solomon R. Guggenheim —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
2, 1861.
Republican. Mining, smelting,
and railroad executive; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1924.
Jewish.
Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Died near Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
3, 1949 (age 88 years, 274
days).
Entombed at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Frank J. Halferty (b. 1863) —
of Homewood (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 8,
1863.
School
teacher; employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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James Knox Polk Hall (1844-1915) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in Milesburg, Centre
County, Pa., September
30, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Elk
County District Attorney, 1867-70, 1873; interests in coal
mining, lumbering,
railroads, and banking;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1899-1903; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1903-14 (38th District 1903-06, 26th District
1907-14).
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., January
5, 1915 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Pa.
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James Denton Hancock (b. 1837) —
also known as James D. Hancock; "Nya Gua
Hai"; "Grizzy Bear" —
of Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 9,
1837.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer;
solicitor, Allegeny Valley Railroad, 1877-88; solicitor, New
York and Philadelphia Railroad, 1878-88; general solicitor,
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad, from 1888;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1892 (27th District), 1894
(at-large).
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Economic Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hancock and Mary (Perkins) Hancock. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Alfred Crout Harmer (1825-1900) —
also known as Alfred C. Harmer —
of Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
8, 1825.
Republican. Merchant;
railroad business; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1871-75,
1877-1900; died in office 1900.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 6,
1900 (age 74 years, 210
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Samuel Hays (c.1835-1897) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1835.
Republican. Missouri
state treasurer, 1871-73; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1878-84; railroad president.
Died in Upper Montclair Heights, Essex
County, N.J., October
8, 1897 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Hays and Mary (Dudgeon) Hays; married to Sarah Elizabeth
Morris. |
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Treasurer |
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Erskine Hazard (1789-1865) —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, November
30, 1789.
Innovative industrialist;
he and business partner Josiah
White, built iron
foundries, canals,
and railroads; they were pioneers in anthracite coal
mining; bridge
builder; postmaster at Mauch
Chunk, Pa., 1819-26.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
25, 1865 (age 75 years, 87
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Josiah Duane Hicks (1844-1923) —
also known as Josiah D. Hicks —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Machen, Monmouthshire, Wales,
August
1, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
railroad clerk; lawyer; Blair
County District Attorney, 1880-86; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1893-99.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., May 9,
1923 (age 78 years, 281
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Altoona, Pa.
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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday (1826-1900) —
also known as Cyrus K. Holliday —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., April 3,
1826.
Republican. Mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1859-60, 1867-68, 1869-70; first president of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 1860-63; member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; Adjutant
General of Kansas, 1864-65; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., March
29, 1900 (age 73 years, 360
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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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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William Rowland Hopkins (1869-1961) —
also known as W. R. Hopkins; "Chautauqua
Bill" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 26,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
industrial real estate
developer; promoter of Cleveland Short Line Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
city
manager of Cleveland, Ohio, 1924-30; he was fascinated by aviation,
in 1925, he successfully advocated purchase of land for an airport,
the first
municipal airport in the United States.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
9, 1961 (age 91 years, 198
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Charles Merrill Hough (1858-1927) —
also known as Charles M. Hough —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 18,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and for steamship
companies in maritime
litigation; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1906-16; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1916-27; died in
office 1927.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
22, 1927 (age 68 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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George Franklin Huff (1842-1912) —
also known as George F. Huff —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 16,
1842.
Republican. Banker; mining and
railroad executive; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1880;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 39th District, 1885-88; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1891-93, 1895-97, 1903-11 (21st
District 1891-93, at-large 1895-97, 22nd District 1903-11).
Died in 1912
(age about
69 years).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Oliver S. Kelsey (b. 1855) —
of South Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.; Flemington, Clinton
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., August
9, 1855.
Republican. Railroad clerk; grain mill
manager; chair of
Clinton County Republican Party, 1898-99, 1927; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1903-06, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Austin Kendall (1859-1933) —
also known as Samuel A. Kendall —
of Jefferson, Greene
County, Iowa; Myersdale, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Greenville Township, Somerset
County, Pa., November
1, 1859.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; officer in lumber
manufacturing companies; president of two small railroads;
vice-president of Citizens National Bank of
Myersdale, Pa.; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904,
1908,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1919-33 (23rd District 1919-23,
24th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the House Office
Building, Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1933 (age 73 years, 68
days).
Interment at Hochstetler
Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa.
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Harmon Mortimore Kephart (b. 1865) —
also known as Harmon M. Kephart —
of Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., July 17,
1865.
Republican. Railroad work; hotel
owner; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Fayette County, 1895-96;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
chief clerk, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1909; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1917-21.
Member, Elks.
Charged
in 1922 with failure
to keep correct accounts and to make required reports while he was
state treasurer; investigators found money missing for various
periods, costing the state some $11,000 in interest income; pleaded no
contest in 1923 and fined
$3,425 and costs.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel A. Kephart and Henrietta B. (Wolfe)
Kephart. |
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Richard C. Kerens (1842-1916) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Killberry, County Meath, Ireland,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
railroad builder; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1884-1900; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National
Convention, 1896 ; U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, 1910-13.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Merion, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
4, 1916 (age about 74
years).
Entombed at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William A. Kindred (c.1849-1891) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).
Born in Morris
County, N.J., about 1849.
Civil
engineer; railroad builder; banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1882-83.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1891 (age about 42
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan Knight (1787-1858) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., November
22, 1787.
Civil
engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 20th District, 1822; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 20th District, 1824-28; chief engineer, Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, 1830-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1855-57.
Died November
22, 1858 (age 71 years, 0
days).
Interment at West
Land Cemetery, West Brownsville, Pa.
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William Henry Koontz (1830-1911) —
also known as William H. Koontz —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., July 15,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County District Attorney, 1853; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1860;
Somerset
County Prothonotary, 1861-63; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1866-69; member
of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Somerset County, 1899-1902;
vice-president, Somerset County National Bank;
corporate director for several railroads; counsel for coal
companies.
Died July 4,
1911 (age 80 years, 354
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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Monroe Henry Kulp (1858-1911) —
also known as Monroe H. Kulp; "Farmer
Kulp" —
of Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Barto, Berks
County, Pa., October
23, 1858.
Republican. Lumber and
timber business; builder;
real
estate developer; organizer and president of the Lewisburg and
Buffalo Valley Railroad; also president of the North and West
Branch Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1895-99.
Died in Shamokin, Northumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1911 (age 52 years, 361
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Shamokin, Pa.
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Joseph J. Lewis (1801-1883) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Westtown, Chester
County, Pa., October
5, 1801.
Republican. Lawyer; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1839-43; candidate for justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1863-65; president, West
Chester Railroad.
Died April 5,
1883 (age 81 years, 182
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1827 to Mary
S. Miner. |
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Michael Liebel Jr. (1870-1927) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., December
12, 1870.
Democrat. Accountant;
worked in Buffalo office of Nickel Plate Railroad; organized
Cascade Brewery
in 1898 (merged with Erie Brewing
Co. in 1900); hardware
business; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1907-11; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1915-17;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
8, 1927 (age 56 years, 239
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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James I. Long (b. 1861) —
Born in Pennsylvania, 1861.
Mining
and railroad executive; U.S. Consular Agent in Parral, 1895-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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John Magee (1794-1868) —
of New York.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., September
3, 1794.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1827-31; promoter of
railroads; owner of coal mines;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., April 5,
1868 (age 73 years, 215
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
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Thaddeus Maclay Mahon (1840-1916) —
also known as Thaddeus M. Mahon —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Green Village, Franklin
County, Pa., May 21,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Franklin County, 1872-73;
president, Baltimore & Cumberland Valley Railroad; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1893-1907 (18th District
1893-1903, 17th District 1903-07).
Died in Scotland, Franklin
County, Pa., May 31,
1916 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pa.
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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-95; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway System, 1895.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died on
board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Arthur D. Markley (1832-1896) —
of Hatboro, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia, Lancaster
County, Pa., April
28, 1832.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1865-67; president, Perkiomen
Railroad; paper
manufacturer; postmaster at Hatboro,
Pa., 1886-88; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 12th District, 1891-94.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died April
19, 1896 (age 63 years, 357
days).
Interment at Hatboro
Cemetery, Hatboro, Pa.
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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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Frank McQuown (b. 1876) —
of Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., January
6, 1876.
Blacksmith;
railroad clerk; fire
chief; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Luzerne County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Prescott Metcalf (1813-1891) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Putney, Windham
County, Vt., January
25, 1813.
Manager of steamship
business; director, North East and Erie Railroad; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., October
14, 1891 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Crawford Miller (b. 1862) —
also known as Robert C. Miller —
of Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
31, 1862.
Telegraph
operator; trainmaster; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Maxwell Kennedy Moorhead (b. 1877) —
also known as Maxwell K. Moorhead —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 14,
1877.
Railway clerk; U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1905-06; Belgrade, 1906-08; Acapulco, 1908-09; Saint John, 1909-10; Rangoon, 1910-14; Swansea, as of 1916-17; Nantes, as of 1919-20; Stuttgart, as of 1924; Dundee, as of 1926-27; Johannesburg, as of 1929; U.S. Consul General in Johannesburg, as of 1932-34.
Burial location unknown.
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James Scott Negley (1826-1901) —
also known as James S. Negley —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in East Liberty (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., December
22, 1826.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1869-75, 1885-87;
active in promotion and construction of railroads; president
of several railroad companies.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., August
7, 1901 (age 74 years, 228
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Asa Packer (1805-1879) —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., December
20, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1842-43; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1843-48; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1853-57; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860,
1864;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1869.
Episcopalian.
Founder, Lehigh Valley Railroad; founder,
in 1865, of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. By some accounts, he
had the largest fortune in Pennsylvania at the time.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 17,
1879 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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Robert Asa Packer (1842-1883) —
also known as R. A. Packer —
of Wysox, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa., November
18, 1842.
Democrat. President, Northern Division, Lehigh Valley
Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1876,
1880.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
20, 1883 (age 40 years, 94
days).
Original interment at Tioga
Point Cemetery, Near Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.; reinterment in
1884 at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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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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John Grove Payne (b. 1887) —
also known as J. G. Payne —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Farmdale, Trumbull
County, Ohio, December
13, 1887.
Republican. Superintendent, Allegheny Division, Pennsylvania
Railroad, 1917-27; mayor
of Oil City, Pa., 1931-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of I. N. Payne and Cora B. (Thompson) Payne; married 1909 to Alice
Montgomery. |
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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. |
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memorial |
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Henry Kirke Porter (1840-1921) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., November
24, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; locomotive
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 31st District, 1903-05;
defeated, 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1921 (age 80 years, 137
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Horace Porter (1837-1921) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April
15, 1837.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor for action at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; executive
secretary to Pres. Ulysses
S. Grant, 1869-73; vice-president, Pullman Palace Car Co.
(railroad cars); president, New York West Shore & Buffalo
Railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1892;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1897-1905.
Member, Union
League.
Died May 29,
1921 (age 84 years, 44
days).
Interment at Old
First Methodist Churchyard, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Charles M. Reed (1847-1917) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., 1847.
Republican. Financier;
director and vice-president, First National Bank of
Erie; director, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1872-73.
Died in 1917
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gen. Charles M. Reed and Harriet (Gilson) Reed; married to Ella M.
Morrison. |
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James Hay Reed (1853-1927) —
also known as James H. Reed —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., September
10, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Philander
C. Knox, 1877-1902; director, U.S. Steel
Corporation; president, Reliance Life
Insurance Company; president, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Railroad; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1891-92;
resigned 1892; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 17,
1927 (age 73 years, 280
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Uriah P. Rossiter (b. 1861) —
of Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
6, 1861.
Lawyer;
Erie
County District Attorney; attorney for railroads; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 6th District, 1915-29.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ella A. Nichols. |
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Roy St. Lewis (b. 1891) —
also known as Roy St. Lewis —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., September
27, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; assistant attorney in
Oklahoma for Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1925-31.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Griffith Lewis and Mary Ann (Davis) Lewis; married, July 12,
1926, to Inez Reams. |
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William Lawrence Scott (1828-1891) —
also known as William L. Scott —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 2,
1828.
Democrat. Mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1866, 1871; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1876-88; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880
(speaker),
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1885-89;
defeated, 1866, 1876; president, Erie & Pittsburgh
Railroad.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
19, 1891 (age 63 years, 79
days).
Interment at Erie
Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
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R. W. Sheak (c.1834-1880) —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born about 1834.
Lawyer;
banker;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1865-66; president, Lancaster and
Quarryville Railroad, president, Lancaster and Millersville
Railroad director, Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
26, 1880 (age about 46
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Sherwood (1813-1896) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
9, 1813.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1871-73;
president, Wellsboro & Lawrenceville Railroad; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880.
Died in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., November
10, 1896 (age 83 years, 32
days).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Felician Slataper (1828-1906) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Trieste, Austria (now Italy),
April
19, 1828.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; civil
engineer for several railroads; U.S. Vice Consul in Trieste, 1899-1903.
Died in Trieste, Austria (now Italy),
September
11, 1906 (age 78 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas B. Smith (b. 1869) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Glenside, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
2, 1869.
Republican. Messenger and clerk at main office, Pennsylvania
Railroad, 1881-86; surety
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1905-06; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
postmaster at Philadelphia,
Pa., 1911-13 (acting, 1911); mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1916-20; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Pennsylvania.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sons
of Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas B. Smith and Isabella (Cairns) Smith; married, March
26, 1896, to Bessie Barrett. |
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Nathan Leroy Strong (1859-1939) —
also known as Nathan L. Strong —
of Brookville, Jefferson
County, Pa.
Born in Summerville, Jefferson
County, Pa., November
12, 1859.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; railway station agent; lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1895-1901; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1917-35.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died December
14, 1939 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Interment at Brookville
Cemetery, Brookville, Pa.
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Zachary Taylor Sutley (1848-1930) —
also known as Zack T. Sutley —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana
County, Pa., May 1,
1848.
Democrat. Farmer; postmaster;
livery
business; railroad builder; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1908;
Honorary Vice-President, 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1911-12; author.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., April
17, 1930 (age 81 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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P. Emerson Taylor (b. 1871) —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.; Tekamah, Burt
County, Neb.
Born in Dry Run, Franklin
County, Pa., January
18, 1871.
School
principal; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; railway
land agent; Burt
County Attorney, 1903-07; U.S. Consul in Stavanger, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad; managing
director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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James Edward Van Zandt (1898-1986) —
also known as James E. Van Zandt —
of Altoona, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Altoona, Blair
County, Pa., December
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; worked in
Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-43, 1947-63 (23rd District
1939-43, 22nd District 1947-53, 20th District 1953-63); resigned
1943; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1962.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Knights
of Pythias; Grange;
Eagles;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
6, 1986 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Matthews Vauclain (1856-1940) —
also known as Samuel M. Vauclain —
of Rosemont, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 18,
1856.
Republican. Locomotive manufacturer; inventor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
French
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American
Philosophical Society.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Rosemont, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
4, 1940 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
also known as Gilbert C. Walker —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August
1, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880;
president, New York Underground Railroad Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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John Wanamaker (1838-1922) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 11,
1838.
Republican. Merchant;
opened John Wanamaker & Company store in
1877 (forerunner of modern department
store); organizer and director, Merchants' Bank;
director, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; organizer (with
others) and trustee, Presbyterian Hospital;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912,
1916.
Presbyterian.
Alsatian
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
12, 1922 (age 84 years, 154
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Lewis Findlay Watson (1819-1890) —
also known as Lewis F. Watson —
of Warren, Warren
County, Pa.
Born in Crawford
County, Pa., April
14, 1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; oil
producer; railroad builder; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1877-79, 1881-83,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of heart
disease, at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1890 (age 71 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Warren, Pa.
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George Leon Paul Weaver (1912-1995) —
also known as George L. P. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1912.
Democrat. Railroad worker; director,
civil rights committee, CIO; executive
secretary, civil rights committee, AFL-CIO, 1955-58; assistant to
the president, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers; U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs,
1961-69; special assistant to the Director-General, International
Labor Organization; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1960,
1964.
African
ancestry.
Died, from complications of emphysema
and asthma,
in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1995 (age 83 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George J. Weaver and Josephine (Snell) Weaver; married, September
7, 1941, to Mary F. Sullivan. |
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Josiah White (1781-1850) —
of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa.
Born in 1781.
Innovative industrialist;
he and business partner Erskine
Hazard, built iron
foundries, canals,
and railroads; they were pioneers in anthracite coal
mining; postmaster at Mauch
Chunk, Pa., 1826-32.
Died in 1850
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Hartman Woodin (1868-1934) —
also known as William H. Woodin; Will
Woodin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., May 27,
1868.
President, American Car and Foundry Company, manufacturer of
railroad freight cars; chairman, American Locomotive
Company; music
composer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Union
League.
Died, from a throat
infection and nephritis,
in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1934 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, 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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