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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
16, 1838.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained
minister; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
Black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African,
Scottish, American
Indian, and Irish
ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia,
in Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
7, 1906 (age 68 years, 205
days).
Interment at Wilberforce
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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James Mitchell Ashley (1824-1896) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born near Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1824.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1859-69 (5th District 1859-63, 10th
District 1863-69); defeated, 1868, 1890, 1892; Governor
of Montana Territory, 1869.
Unitarian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died of a heart
attack in Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich., September
16, 1896 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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James W. Ballantine (1840-1907) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Muldoon, Blaine
County, Idaho; Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1840.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil
business; silver and lead
mining business; postmaster;
banker;
People's candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Scottish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from heart
disease, in Bellevue, Blaine
County, Idaho, January
5, 1907 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John Broadfoot —
of Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Scotland.
Postmaster at Franklin,
Pa., 1816.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Bruce (1832-1901) —
of Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Prairie Bluff, Wilcox
County, Ala.
Born in Stirlingshire, Scotland,
February
16, 1832.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1872-74; U.S.
District Judge for Alabama, 1875-1901; died in office 1901.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Walters Park, Berks
County, Pa., October
1, 1901 (age 69 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
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Jacob Miller Campbell (1821-1888) —
also known as Jacob M. Campbell —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born near Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
20, 1821.
Republican. Involved in newspaper
and Mississippi River steamboat
work as a young man; later helped establish the Cambria Iron Works;
served as director for banks and
utilities;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Pennsylvania
surveyor-general, 1866-71; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1877-79, 1881-87;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1887.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., September
27, 1888 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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William Clingan (1721-1790) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1721.
Justice of the peace; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1778.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Chester
County, Pa., May 9,
1790 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Upper
Octorora Presbyterian Cemetery, Sadsbury Township, Chester
County, Pa.
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William Crawford (1760-1823) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland,
1760.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1809-17 (6th District 1809-13,
5th District 1813-17).
Scottish ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa., October
23, 1823 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817) —
also known as Alexander J. Dallas —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica,
June
21, 1759.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1791-1801; resigned 1801; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1801-14; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
16, 1817 (age 57 years, 209
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) —
also known as George M. Dallas —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 10,
1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1828-29; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1829-31; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-33; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1833-35; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1837-39; Great Britain, 1856-61; Vice
President of the United States, 1845-49.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1864 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander
James Dallas and Arabella Maria (Smith) Dallas; brother of Sophia
Burrell Dallas (who married Richard
Bache Jr.); married, May 23,
1816, to Sophia
Chew Nicklin (granddaughter of Benjamin
Chew); uncle of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary Blechenden Bache
(who married Robert
John Walker), Sophia Arabella Bache (who married William
Wallace Irwin) and George
Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917); granduncle of Robert
Walker Irwin; second great-granduncle of Claiborne
de Borda Pell; third great-granduncle of Daniel
Baugh Brewster. |
| | Political families: Bache-Dallas
family of Pennsylvania and New York; Claiborne-Dallas
family of Virginia and Louisiana (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Dallas counties in Ark., Iowa, Mo. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | The city
of Dallas,
Texas, is named for
him. |
| | Politician named for him: George
M. Condon
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| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Books about George Mifflin Dallas: John
M. Belohlavek, George
Mifflin Dallas : Jacksonian Patrician |
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George Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
7, 1839.
Lawyer;
law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1892-1909.
Scottish ancestry.
Died January
21, 1917 (age 77 years, 349
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, 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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James Gerry (1796-1873) —
of Shrewsbury, York
County, Pa.
Born near Rising Sun, Cecil
County, Md., August
14, 1796.
Democrat. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1839-43.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Shrewsbury, York
County, Pa., July 19,
1873 (age 76 years, 339
days).
Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Pa.
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George Gilmour (1872-1948) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Denver,
Colo.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1872.
Democrat. Minister,
First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex., 1908-21; First Unitarian
Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United Liberal Church
(Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla., 1932-48; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1928.
Unitarian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Optimist
Club.
He and his wife were killed when their car
was hit
by a train, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, Polk
County, Fla., March
12, 1948 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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William Harper (1861-1930) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Newport, Perry
County, Pa.
Born in Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 24,
1861.
Chief, Bureau of Information, Philadelphia Commercial Museum; Consul
for Colombia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1900-07.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, from rectal
cancer, in New Bloomfield, Perry
County, Pa., November
18, 1930 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Interment somewhere in New Bloomfield, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of David Harper and Nancy Davidson 'Nannie' (Work) Harper; married,
April
12, 1887, to Rosalie Sully Wheeler; married to Bessie Shepard
Welch. |
| | Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer,
March 27, 1900 |
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March
15, 1874.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944;
newspaper
columnist.
Presbyterian.
Scottish and German
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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Walter Lowrie (1784-1868) —
of Butler, Butler
County, Pa.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
December
10, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1815-19; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1819-25.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
14, 1868 (age 84 years, 4
days).
Entombed at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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John Marshall (1755-1835) —
of Virginia.
Born in Germantown, Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835;
received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 6,
1835 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Shockoe
Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall;
brother-in-law of William
McClung, George
Keith Taylor and Joseph
Hamilton Daviess; brother of James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall (1770-1825); married, January
3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (daughter of Jacquelin
Ambler); father of Thomas
Marshall (1784-1835), Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin
Burwell Harvie) and James
Keith Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; uncle of Edward
Colston, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander
Keith McClung, Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey
Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John
Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis
Minor Coleman; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; great-granduncle of Hudson
Snowden Marshall, William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall (1760-1841); first cousin once removed of William
Marshall Anderson and Charles
Anderson; first cousin twice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of John
Gardner Coolidge; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Edith
Wilson and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Tuck-Claude
family of Annapolis, Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Marshall (built 1941-42 at Mobile,
Alabama; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: John
Marshall Stone
— John
Marshall Martin
— John
Marshall Harlan
— J.
Marshall Hagans
— John
M. Claiborne
— John
M. Hamilton
— John
M. Raymond
— John M.
Rose
— John
M. Slaton
— John
M. Wolverton
— John
M. Robsion
— John
Marshall Hutcheson
— John
M. Butler
— John
Marshall Harlan
— John
M. Robsion, Jr.
— John
Marshall Briley
— John
Marshall Lindley
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| | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury note in the 1880s, and on the
$500 bill in the early 20th century. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
| | Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward
Smith, John
Marshall : Definer of a Nation — Charles F. Hobson, The
Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of
Law — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation
1815-1835 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction
1800-1815 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman
1789-1801 — Albert J. Beveridge, The
Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier,
Lawmaker — David Scott Robarge, A
Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia
to the Supreme Court — R. Kent Newmyer, John
Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court |
| | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 3,
1878.
Republican. Minister;
pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian Church (later National
Presbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer, Republican National
Convention, 1936,
1940;
commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1965 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James S. McKean (b. 1850) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Abbey, Kirkudbrightshire, Scotland,
1850.
Republican. Hardware
and farm
implement business; postmaster at Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1889-94.
Scottish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
The Story of Our Post Office (1893) |
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Thomas Elliott Millsop (1898-1967) —
also known as Thomas E. Millsop —
of Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., December
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; steel
executive; mayor
of Weirton, W.Va., 1947-55; candidate for Presidential Elector
for West Virginia; delegate to Republican National Convention from
West Virginia, 1952.
Scottish ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Jesters;
Lions;
Moose;
Eagles;
Rotary;
Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va., September
12, 1967 (age 68 years, 282
days).
Interment at Chestnut Ridge Cemetery, Florence, Pa.
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Samuel Mitchell (b. 1957) —
also known as Sam Mitchell; "Psycho
Sam" —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., November
18, 1957.
Democrat. Submarine
mechanic at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard;
president,
Machinist & Aerospace Workers Local 1998; vice-president,
Federal Employees Metal Trades Council; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Hawaii, 1996.
Scottish ancestry.
First
federal employee to be a political party delegate after the repeal of
the Hatch Act.
Still living as of 2004.
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William N. Monies (1827-1881) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scotland,
May
10, 1827.
Republican. Miller;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Scranton, Pa., 1869-72.
Scottish ancestry.
Died January
10, 1881 (age 53 years, 245
days).
Interment at Dunmore
Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Kirk Baker. |
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29; Presiding Bishop of the
United States, 1926-29; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker. |
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Donald C. Osborn (1879-1928) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa., March
26, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Kalamazoo County Republican Party, 1918-22; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920;
member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1921-24.
Scottish and English
ancestry.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., December
17, 1928 (age 49 years, 266
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Hugh Pitcairn (1845-1911) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Scotland,
August
16, 1845.
Railroad
superintendent; physician;
newspaper
publisher; U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1897-1902; U.S. Consul General in Hamburg, 1905-08.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Germany,
July
19, 1911 (age 65 years, 337
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Altoona, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Agnes Pitcairn and John Pitcairn; married to Anna M. S.
Sherfey. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., September
8, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1843-47; Governor
of Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1855-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Platform
Committee); Governor of
Minnesota, 1860-63; defeated, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1863-75; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1879-81.
Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Scottish and German
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
22, 1903 (age 87 years, 226
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St.
Christopher, 1727.
Merchant;
member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1756; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777-79; general in
the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
French
and Scottish ancestry.
Died in Winchester,
Va., January
5, 1795 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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George Shiras Jr. (1832-1924) —
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
26, 1832.
Lawyer;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1892-1903; retired 1903.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, as the result of a fall, in
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
2, 1924 (age 92 years, 189
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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James Maitland Stewart (1908-1997) —
also known as Jimmy Stewart —
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., May 20,
1908.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; one of
America's most famous film
actors; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Moose.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 1985.
Died, from pulmonary
embolism and cardiac
arrest, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 2,
1997 (age 89 years, 43
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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James Todd (1786-1863) —
Born in York
County, Pa., December
25, 1786.
Lawyer;
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1835-38; president judge, Philadelphia
Court of Criminal Sessions, 1838-40.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., September
3, 1863 (age 76 years, 252
days).
Burial location unknown.
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