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Marcus Wilson Acheson (1828-1906) —
also known as Marcus W. Acheson —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., June 7,
1828.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1880-91;
Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 3rd Circuit, 1891-1906; died in
office 1906; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1891-1906; died in
office 1906.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 21,
1906 (age 78 years, 14
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Allen (1704-1780) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
5, 1704.
Merchant;
lawyer;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1735-36.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
6, 1780 (age 76 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Brown Anderson (1861-1940) —
also known as William B. Anderson; "Tall Pine of
Minnesota" —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
4, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1901-02, 1905-06;
candidate for justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1916; member of Minnesota
state senate 33rd District, 1927-40; died in office 1940.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Sigma
Chi; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., September
26, 1940 (age 79 years, 53
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Baker (1813-1872) —
of Loudon (now Fort Loudon), Franklin
County, Pa.; Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton, Franklin
County, Pa., February
11, 1813.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1847-49; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1859-68, 1870-72; defeated, 1868; died in
office 1872.
Lutheran;
later Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died May 23,
1872 (age 59 years, 102
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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John O. Bard (b. 1829) —
of Bard, Hanson
County, S.Dak.
Born in Orrstown, Franklin
County, Pa., 1829.
Democrat. Farm
implement dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 12th District, 1891-92.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Black (1783-1841) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., February
25, 1783.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1816-18; county judge in
Pennsylvania, 1820-40; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1841; died in
office 1841.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
28, 1841 (age 58 years, 276
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Somerset County, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1810-1883) —
also known as Jeremiah S. Black —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.; York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Stonycreek Township, Somerset
County, Pa., January
10, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Pennsylvania, 1842-51; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1851-54; U.S.
Attorney General, 1857-60; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1860-61; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1873.
Disciples
of Christ. Scotch-Irish and German
ancestry.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., August
19, 1883 (age 73 years, 221
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) —
also known as James G. Blaine; "The Plumed
Knight"; "Belshazzar Blaine";
"Magnetic Man" —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in West Brownsville, Washington
County, Pa., January
31, 1830.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856
(Honorary
Secretary); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1859-62; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1876-81; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate for President
of the United States, 1884.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1893 (age 62 years, 362
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1920 at Blaine
Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Lyon Blaine and Maria Louise (Gillespie) Blaine; married,
June
30, 1850, to Harriet Stanwood; father of Harriet Blaine (who
married Truxtun
Beale); nephew of Ellen Blaine (who married John
Hoge Ewing); grandfather of James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | Political family: Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Robert
G. Ingersoll |
| | | Blaine counties in Idaho, Mont., Neb. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Mount
Blaine, in Park
County, Colorado, is named for
him. — The city
of Blaine,
Washington, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James G. Blaine (built 1942 at South
Portland, Maine; scrapped 1969) was named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: J.
B. McLaughlin
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about James G. Blaine: Mark
Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Edward P. Crapol, James
G. Blaine : Architect of Empire — Richard B. Cheney &
Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Francis Shunk Brown (b. 1858) —
also known as Francis S. Brown —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 9,
1858.
Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1915-19; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924,
1928.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Burial location unknown.
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William Thomas Coleman (b. 1867) —
also known as William T. Coleman —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison Township, Armstrong
County, Pa., April
20, 1867.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1905.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Mary E. (Langler) Coleman; married, September
16, 1896, to Mary J. Espey. |
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Andrew Gregg Curtin (1817-1894) —
also known as Andrew G. Curtin; "War Governor of
Pennsylvania" —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., April
22, 1817.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1855-58; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1861-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1869-72; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1881-87.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., October
7, 1894 (age 77 years, 168
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.; statue at Centre
County Courthouse Square, Bellefonte, Pa.
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John Dick (1794-1872) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 17,
1794.
Merchant;
banker;
burgess
of Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1830, 1834, 1850-51; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1853-59 (24th District 1853-55,
25th District 1855-59); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1856.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., May 29,
1872 (age 77 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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John Hoge Ewing (1796-1887) —
also known as John H. Ewing —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born near Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., October
5, 1796.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1835-36; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 17th District, 1838-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1845-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., June 9,
1887 (age 90 years, 247
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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William Cramp Ferguson (b. 1864) —
also known as William C. Ferguson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
2, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 1st District, 1906-29;
appointed 1906.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cooper Ferguson and Sophia (Cramp) Ferguson; married, January
29, 1889, to Ella Buckman. |
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Francis A. Freer (1843-1908) —
also known as Frank A. Freer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 6,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1889-93, 1897-1908.
Presbyterian.
French
Huguenot and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Good
Templars; Sons of
Temperance; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., December
16, 1908 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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John Montgomery Garman (1851-1926) —
also known as John M. Garman —
of Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa.; Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in a log
house near Thompsontown, Juniata
County, Pa., September
1, 1851.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; Luzerne
County District Attorney, 1892-94; Pennsylvania
Democratic state chair, 1896-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1900,
1904
(speaker),
1908;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1910-26.
German
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., November
25, 1926 (age 75 years, 85
days).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Pa.
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John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853) —
also known as John B. Gibson; John Banister
Gibson —
of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Westover Mill, Cumberland County (now Perry
County), Pa., November
8, 1780.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1810-12; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1816-27, 1851-53; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1827-51.
Scotch-Irish and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 2,
1853 (age 72 years, 175
days).
Interment at Old
Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George Gibson and Anne (West) Gibson; married 1812 to Sarah
Work; nephew of John
Gibson. |
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John Morgan Greer (1844-1912) —
also known as John M. Greer —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, August
3, 1844.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 41st District, 1877-84.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Butler, Butler
County, Pa., March
16, 1912 (age 67 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry (1859-1925) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
12, 1859.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1907-16; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1919-25; defeated, 1916; died in
office 1925.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
27, 1925 (age 65 years, 137
days).
Originally entombed at Hamilton Mausoleum, Battle Creek, Mich.; reinterment in 1978 at
Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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William Wallace Irwin (1803-1856) —
also known as William W. Irwin —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., 1803.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1841-43; U.S.
Charge d'Affaires to Denmark, 1843-47.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
15, 1856 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Samuel Sloan Jack (1836-1909) —
also known as Samuel S. Jack —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
17, 1836.
Democrat. School
principal; newspaper
publisher; real estate
business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1875-78; postmaster at Decatur,
Ill., 1887-91.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, August
17, 1909 (age 72 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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John Johnston (1765-1827) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), June 16,
1765.
Watch and clock maker; postmaster at Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1804-22.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died May 4,
1827 (age 61 years, 322
days).
Original interment at Trinity Churchyard, Pittsburgh, Pa.; reinterment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) —
also known as Alf M. Landon —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in West Middlesex, Mercer
County, Pa., September
9, 1887.
Republican. Oil
producer; Governor of
Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President
of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948.
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., October
12, 1987 (age 100 years,
33 days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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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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George Washington Martin (1841-1914) —
also known as George W. Martin —
of Junction City, Geary
County, Kan.
Born in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., June 30,
1841.
Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Junction
City, Kan., 1864-65; Kansas state printer, 1873-81; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1883; mayor
of Junction City, Kan., 1883-85.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died March
27, 1914 (age 72 years, 270
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Junction City, Kan.
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John Alexander Martin (1839-1889) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
10, 1839.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; member of Kansas
state senate, 1859; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1860,
1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1880;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Atchison,
Kan., 1861-74; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1865; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1868-70, 1872-; Governor of
Kansas, 1885-89.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died of pleuro-pneumonia,
in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., October
2, 1889 (age 50 years, 206
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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William Watson McIntire (1850-1912) —
also known as William W. McIntire —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., June 30,
1850.
Republican. Machinist;
insurance
agent; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1897-99.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish and German
ancestry.
Died on
a boat while fishing
in the Middle River (or Gunpowder River), Baltimore
County, Md., March
30, 1912 (age 61 years, 274
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Thomas McKean (1734-1817) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New London Township, Chester
County, Pa., March
19, 1734.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,
1765-74; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1777-83; President
of Delaware, 1777; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached
by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 24,
1817 (age 83 years, 97
days).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in
1843 at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) —
also known as Frank E. McKee —
of North Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
22, 1877.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,
1944; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish, Swiss, German,
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
13, 1951 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Winfield Scott Moore (b. 1852) —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa.
Born in Beaver, Beaver
County, Pa., June 14,
1852.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish and German
ancestry.
Interment at Beaver
Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
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Thomas W. Myton (b. 1842) —
of Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in West Township, Huntingdon
County, Pa., February
13, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded in the battle
of Chancellorsville, 1863, and lost his
left arm; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Huntingdon County, 1883-84.
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Myton and Eleanor (Montgomery) Myton; married, December
27, 1870, to Ella E. Davis. |
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Ezekiel Montgomery Patterson (1810-1891) —
also known as Ezekiel M. Patterson —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Luzerne
County, Pa., May 6,
1810.
Mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1860-61.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died February
8, 1891 (age 80 years, 278
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
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Ellis T. Pierce (b. 1846) —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real estate
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 44th District, 1903-04.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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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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George J. Tallman (1824-1906) —
of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., July 6,
1824.
Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor
of Coffeyville, Kan., 1873.
Methodist.
German
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan., July 10,
1906 (age 82 years, 4
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kan.
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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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John Wilson (1849-1918) —
of Henry
County, Ill.; Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., February
21, 1849.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; livery
business; Buffalo
County Sheriff, 1889-92; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1893.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb., January
13, 1918 (age 68 years, 326
days).
Interment at Kearney
Cemetery, Kearney, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Wilson and Mary (Owens) Wilson; married, May 25,
1881, to Rose M. Beecher. |
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