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Jerome T. Ailman (b. 1849) —
of near Thompsontown, Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Juniata
County, Pa., October
5, 1849.
School teacher; merchant;
farmer;
People's candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1894; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1896; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Juniata County, 1907-10.
Member, Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Scott Alexander (1847-1912) —
also known as W. Scott Alexander —
of Fulton
County, Pa.
Born in Bedford County (part now in Fulton
County), Pa., March
13, 1847.
Republican. School teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer; Fulton
County District Attorney, 1877-79; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 36th District, 1887-90; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died in 1912
(age about
65 years).
Interment at McConnellsburg
Presbyterian Cemetery, McConnellsburg, Pa.
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Elizabeth Clement Amig (1929-2003) —
also known as Elizabeth C. Amig —
of New Cumberland, Cumberland
County, Pa.; St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Upper Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., November
8, 1929.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; school teacher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Female.
Member, Delta
Gamma; Humane
Society.
Died December
19, 2003 (age 74 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Fred C. Clement and Adele (Murphy)
Clement. |
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William Amos —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Republican. School teacher; candidate for mayor
of Washington, Pa., 1955.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Sarah Anderson Anderson (b. 1901) —
also known as Sarah A. Anderson; Sarah
Anderson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., January
23, 1901.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1954-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Dr. Henry A. Anderson and Maude (Smith) Anderson;
married, December
1, 1922, to Dr. Adolphus W. Anderson, Sr. |
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Thomas A. Appleby (1843-1930) —
of Mt. Union, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, May 2,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; postmaster at Mt.
Union, Pa., 1867-68, 1869-85, 1889-93; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1930
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Mt.
Union Cemetery, Mt. Union, Pa.
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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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Thomas Meinhard Balliet (1852-1942) —
also known as Thomas M. Balliet —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Mahoning, Carbon
County, Pa., March 1,
1852.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; university
professor; dean, School of Education, New York University,
1904-19; Law Preservation candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1932; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1942 (age 89 years, 354
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.; cenotaph at Lehighton Cemetery, Lehighton, Pa.
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George Washington Bartch (1849-1927) —
also known as George W. Bartch —
of Shenandoah, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Dushore, Sullivan
County, Pa., March
15, 1849.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; justice of
Utah territorial supreme court, 1893-94; justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1896-1906; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1899-1901, 1905-06.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
16, 1927 (age 78 years, 1
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Bloomsburg, Pa.
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Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) —
also known as Ebenezer D. Bassett —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1833.
School teacher; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, as of 1874; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in New
York, N.Y., 1898-1902, 1904-08.
African
and Pequot
Indian ancestry.
First
Black American to be appointed a diplomat to a foreign country.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
14, 1908 (age 75 years, 29
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Julian Beck (1905-1992) —
of San Fernando, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1905.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 41st District, 1942; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died August
18, 1992 (age 87 years, 97
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Eternal
Valley Memorial Park, Santa Clarita, Calif.
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John S. Bender (b. 1827) —
of Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
26, 1827.
School teacher; miller; surveyor;
Starke
County Clerk and Auditor; lawyer; newspaper
publisher.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bender and Jane (Dobbs) Bender; married 1855 to Maggie
Bowers; married 1858 to Rachel
Houghton. |
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Joanne Kleinhofer Benjamin (b. 1945) —
also known as Joanne Kleinhofer —
of Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., March
20, 1945.
Democrat. School teacher; mayor
of Los Gatos, Calif., 1984-85, 1988-90.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Junior
League.
Still living as of 1990.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Burkhart A. Kleinhofer and Marie Elizabeth (Liggett)
Kleinhofer; married, June 24,
1967, to James Edward Benjamin. |
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Harlan Page Bird (born c.1843) —
also known as Harlan P. Bird —
of Wausaukee, Marinette
County, Wis.
Born in Bradford
County, Pa., about 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; surveyor;
bookkeeper;
lumber
business; merchant;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 1st District, 1903-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Harris Jacob Bixler (1870-1941) —
also known as Harris J. Bixler —
of Johnsonburg, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in New Buffalo, Perry
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Republican. School teacher; banker;
Mayor of Johnsonburg, Pa., 1908-12; Elk
County Sheriff, 1916-20; Elk
County Treasurer, 1920-21; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1921-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died in Johnsonburg, Elk
County, Pa., March
29, 1941 (age 70 years, 194
days).
Interment at Duncannon
Cemetery, Duncannon, Pa.
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Dallas Boudeman (1846-1925) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Valley Township, Montour
County, Pa., January
20, 1846.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., October
3, 1925 (age 79 years, 256
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Carl Boyer III (b. 1937) —
of Santa Clarita, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
22, 1937.
Republican. School teacher; mayor
of Santa Clarita, Calif., 1990, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1998.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Boyer, Jr. and Elizabeth Campbell (Timm) Boyer; married, July 28,
1962, to Ada Christine Kruse. |
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Andrew R. Brodbeck (1860-1937) —
of Hanover, York
County, Pa.
Born in Jefferson (now Codorus), York
County, Pa., April
11, 1860.
Democrat. School teacher; implement
dealer; York
County Sheriff, 1896-99; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1913-15, 1917-19;
defeated, 1910, 1914, 1918; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hanover, York
County, Pa., February
27, 1937 (age 76 years, 322
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, Pa.
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John Martin Broomall (1816-1894) —
also known as John M. Broomall —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Upper Chichester Township, Delaware
County, Pa., January
19, 1816.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1851-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1863-69; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1874; county
judge in Pennsylvania, 1874-75.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 3,
1894 (age 78 years, 135
days).
Interment at Media
Cemetery, Media, Pa.
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John Elmore Browne (1905-1985) —
also known as Jack Browne —
of Corrales, Sandoval
County, N.M.
Born in Gibsonton, Westmoreland
County, Pa., September
3, 1905.
School teacher; chemist;
Corrales municipal judge, 1971-76.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Corrales, Sandoval
County, N.M., July 17,
1985 (age 79 years, 317
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fred Brown and Carmie (Forsythe) Brown; married, November
29, 1935, to Katherine Pearl Umbel. |
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David B. Brunner (1835-1903) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Amity Township, Berks
County, Pa., March 7,
1835.
Democrat. School teacher; proprietor and principal, Reading
Business College; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1889-93.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., November
29, 1903 (age 68 years, 267
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Church Cemetery, Amityville, Pa.
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Frank Buchanan (1902-1951) —
of McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in McKeesport, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
1, 1902.
Democrat. School teacher; athletic
coach; automobile
dealer; mayor
of McKeesport, Pa., 1942; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1946-51; died in
office 1951.
Protestant.
Member, American
Economic Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Lions.
Died, from esophageal
and gastric bleeding, in the naval
hospital at Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
27, 1951 (age 48 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, near McKeesport, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny
County, Pa.
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Eberly Paul Burkholder (1898-1950) —
also known as E. Paul Burkholder —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in West Earl Township, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
5, 1898.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; member of Delaware
state senate from Kent County 1st District, 1947-50; died in
office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in his parked
car, in Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
18, 1950 (age 52 years, 225
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Ephrata, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob L. Burkholder and Delia B. (Eberly)
Burkholder. |
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Perry Amherst Carpenter (1881-1957) —
also known as Perry A. Carpenter —
of Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton Township, Lackawanna
County, Pa., November
29, 1881.
Professor
of mathematics, Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N.Y., 1910; later
high school teacher; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1909; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1912.
Co-author of mathematics and algebra textbooks.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1957
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Carroll (b. 1849) —
of De Smet, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1849.
Republican. School teacher; postmaster;
banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 22nd District, 1903-08.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Clyde Brady Cochran (b. 1906) —
also known as Clyde B. Cochran —
of New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
26, 1906.
Democrat. School teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Hancock County, 1941-42;
defeated, 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bricker Cochran and Jennie (Brady)
Cochran. |
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John Brooks Compton (1835-1898) —
also known as John B. Compton —
Born in Mead Township, Crawford
County, Pa., November
17, 1835.
Republican. School teacher; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; Crawford
County Prothonotary, 1864-65; lawyer; chair of
Crawford County Republican Party, 1872; candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1874.
Presbyterian.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1898
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Allen Foster Cooper (1862-1917) —
also known as Allen F. Cooper —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Franklin Township, Fayette
County, Pa., June 16,
1862.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1903-11; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania.
Died in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., April
20, 1917 (age 54 years, 308
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Clarence Dennis Coughlin (1883-1946) —
also known as Clarence D. Coughlin —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Kingston, Luzerne
County, Pa., July 27,
1883.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 11th
District, 1925-29.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
15, 1946 (age 63 years, 141
days).
Interment at Mt.
Greenwood Cemetery, Trucksville, 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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Charles E. Donahue (b. 1885) —
of Clinton
County, Pa.
Born in Luthersburg, Clearfield
County, Pa., November
28, 1885.
Republican. School teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 26th District, 1919-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Horatio Snyder Dumbauld (b. 1869) —
also known as Horatio S. Dumbauld —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Salt Lick Township, Fayette
County, Pa., May 15,
1869.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916,
1932;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1933-35;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Adams Dumbauld and Elizabeth (Snyder) Dumbauld; married, June 9,
1903, to Lissa Grace MacBurney. |
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Charles Calvert Ellis (1874-1950) —
also known as Charles C. Ellis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1874.
School teacher; pastor; college
professor; president,
Juniata College, 1930-43; Dry candidate for delegate
to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Brethren.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 27,
1950 (age 75 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Jennings Ellis and Kate Calvert (Kane) Ellis; married, December
25, 1902, to Emma Susan Nice. |
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Harold Nevins Elterich (b. 1896) —
also known as Harold N. Elterich —
of Pennsylvania.
Born, of American parents, in Chefoo (Yantai), China,
March
15, 1896.
School teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Chefoo, 1918-19.
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight E. Evans —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1981-; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1986; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1999, 2007.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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James Indus Farley (1871-1948) —
also known as James I. Farley —
of Auburn, DeKalb
County, Ind.
Born near Hamilton, Steuben
County, Ind., February
24, 1871.
Democrat. School teacher; automobile
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 16,
1948 (age 77 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Auburn, Ind.
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Thomas Edward Finegan (b. 1866) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in West Fulton, Schoharie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1866.
School teacher; lawyer; bank
director; Pennsylvania
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-21.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin N. Freeland (b. 1858) —
of Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Mt. Morris, Greene
County, Pa., March
18, 1858.
Democrat. School teacher; Greene
County Clerk of Courts; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 40th District, 1903-06; bank
director; director, South Penn Telephone
Company.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Freeland and Nancy Freeland. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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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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Jacob Fry Jr. (1802-1866) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 10,
1802.
Democrat. School teacher; merchant;
Montgomery
County Clerk of Courts, 1830-33; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1835-39; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1853-54; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1857-60.
Died in Trappe, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
28, 1866 (age 64 years, 171
days).
Interment at Lutheran
Cemetery, Trappe, Pa.
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Vincent J. Fumo (b. 1943) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1943.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; real estate
developer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1977-2004; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1996.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives: Son
of Vincent E. Fumo and Helen (Rodgers) Fumo; married to Susan A.
Vena. |
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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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Boyd Elmer Golder (1892-1978) —
also known as Boyd E. Golder —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Allenwood, Union
County, Pa., June 18,
1892.
Democrat. School teacher; real estate
broker; Utica city assessor, 1938-46; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1946-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1952.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in November, 1978
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Deemer Golder and Laura Bernetta (Dietterich)
Golder. |
| | | Image source: Syracuse Herald-American,
December 25, 1955 |
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Amos Gustine (1789-1844) —
of Mifflintown, Juniata
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1789.
Democrat. School teacher; merchant;
Juniata
County Sheriff, 1831-34; Juniata
County Treasurer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1841-43.
Died in Jericho Mills, Juniata
County, Pa., March 3,
1844 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Mifflintown, Pa.
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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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Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) —
also known as Thomas L. Hamer —
of Georgetown, Brown
County, Ohio.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., July, 1800.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1825, 1828-29; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1829; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; general in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Nominated Ulysses
S. Grant to be a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Died
in the military service, probably from dysentery,
at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, December
2, 1846 (age 46 years, 0
days).
Original interment somewhere
in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Old
Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank M. Hanna (b. 1856) —
of Le Mars, Plymouth
County, Iowa; Charles
Mix County, S.Dak.
Born in Mercer
County, Pa., October
28, 1856.
School teacher; farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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George D. Harger (1869-1942) —
of Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Crafton, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1869.
School teacher; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
Prohibition candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1933.
Died in Chautauqua, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., January
27, 1942 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Chautauqua Cemetery, Chautauqua, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William P. Harger and Sarah E. (Downend) Harger; married to Grace
Aleda Hershberger. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Carl Henry Hoffman (1896-1980) —
also known as Carl H. Hoffman —
of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa., August
12, 1896.
Republican. School teacher; athletic
coach; lumber
business; oil
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1946-47;
defeated, 1944.
Died November
30, 1980 (age 84 years, 110
days).
Interment at Husband
Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
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John Banks Holland (b. 1844) —
also known as John B. Holland —
of near McDonald, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in South Fayette Township, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
17, 1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school teacher;
farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Washington County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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June N. Honaman (b. 1920) —
also known as June Newcomer; Mrs. Peter K.
Honaman —
of Landisville, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 4,
1920.
Republican. School teacher; vice-chair of
Pennsylvania Republican Party, 1963-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Association of University Women.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Lester W. Newcomer and Maud (Stauffer) Newcomer; married,
November
20, 1948, to Peter K. Honaman. |
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George Howell (1859-1913) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., June 28,
1859.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1903-04.
Died in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., November
19, 1913 (age 54 years, 144
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Dunmore, 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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Summers Melville Jack (1852-1945) —
also known as Summers M. Jack —
of Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa.
Born in Summerville, Jefferson
County, Pa., July 18,
1852.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Indiana
County District Attorney, 1884-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1899-1903;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1908.
Died in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., September
16, 1945 (age 93 years, 60
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Indiana, Pa.
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Albert Williams Johnson (b. 1872) —
also known as Albert W. Johnson —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.
Born in Weikert, Union
County, Pa., November
28, 1872.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Union County, 1901-02;
district judge in Pennsylvania, 1912-22; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1925-.
Lutheran.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Royal
Arcanum; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alanson Johnson and Sarah Alice (Catherman) Johnson; married 1893 to Dora
Miller; married, December
13, 1913, to Mary C. Steck. |
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C. Victor Johnson (b. 1873) —
of Venango, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Woodcock, Crawford
County, Pa., February
14, 1873.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Crawford
County District Attorney, 1903-05; chair of
Crawford County Republican Party, 1907; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Crawford County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Carroll Dudley Kearns (1900-1976) —
also known as Carroll D. Kearns —
of Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa.; Conneaut Lake, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, May 7,
1900.
Republican. Concert
musician; orchestral
conductor; superintendent of schools; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1947-63 (28th District 1947-53,
24th District 1953-63); defeated in primary, 1962.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Lions;
Phi
Mu Alpha.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., June 11,
1976 (age 76 years, 35
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Conneaut Lake, Pa.
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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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Everett Kent (1888-1963) —
of Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in East Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa., November
15, 1888.
Democrat. Machinist;
newspaper
reporter; school teacher and principal; coal
salesman; lawyer; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1920; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 30th District, 1923-25, 1927-29;
defeated, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Died October
13, 1963 (age 74 years, 332
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Bangor, Pa.
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John R. King (b. 1866) —
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., January
18, 1866.
School teacher; minister;
missionary;
U.S. Vice Consul in Sierra Leone, 1906-09; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Sierra Leone, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Clinton Kline (1858-1947) —
also known as I. Clinton Kline —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
18, 1858.
Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922.
Died December
2, 1947 (age 89 years, 106
days).
Interment at Pomfret
Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, Pa.
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Jacob A. Lesher (b. 1861) —
of Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Richmond Township, Berks
County, Pa., March
13, 1861.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Berks County, 1905-06, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Hemphill Longwell (b. 1871) —
also known as Robert H. Longwell —
of Jefferson
County, Pa.
Born in Polk Township, Jefferson
County, Pa., April
26, 1871.
School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; life
insurance business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1907-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Lord (1831-1880) —
also known as Sam Lord —
of Marion Township, Olmsted
County, Minn.; Mantorville, Dodge
County, Minn.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., July 26,
1831.
Republican. Lawyer; surveyor;
school teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 8, 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state senate 15th District, 1866-67, 1870-71; district judge in
Minnesota 5th District, 1872-80.
Died February
12, 1880 (age 48 years, 201
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Mantorville, Minn.
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Frederick William Magrady (1863-1954) —
also known as Frederick W. Magrady —
of Mt. Carmel, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., November
24, 1863.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
vice-president, Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Transit
Co.; director and solicitor for First National Bank of
Mt. Carmel; director, Mt. Carmel Water
Co.; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1925-33.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in Danville, Montour
County, Pa., August
27, 1954 (age 90 years, 276
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
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Ira D. McCord (b. 1875) —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
7, 1875.
Republican. School principal; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Chester County, 1907, 1909;
resigned 1907.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert S. McCrum (b. 1857) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Pike
County, Mo., March
17, 1857.
School teacher; merchant;
fire
insurance business; burgess
of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1909-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James McCrum and Lydia (Wagner) McCrum; married 1876 to Nannie
Sproul. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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James A. McDonough (1873-1909) —
of Fulton
County, Pa.
Born in Mercersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., April
22, 1873.
Democrat. School teacher; insurance
business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Fulton County, 1909; died in
office 1909.
Died June 14,
1909 (age 36 years, 53
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Calvin Meyer (b. 1861) —
also known as J. Calvin Meyer —
of Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Haines Township, Centre
County, Pa., January
31, 1861.
School teacher; lawyer; Centre
County District Attorney; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Centre County, 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Bankson Taylor Morgan (b. 1841) —
also known as Bankson T. Morgan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., May 17,
1841.
Republican. School teacher; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; coal
dealer; assistant
postmaster; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Myrl Scott Myers (b. 1886) —
also known as Myrl S. Myers —
of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., February
17, 1886.
School principal; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Canton, 1909-10; Tientsin, 1910-11; Mukden, 1911; U.S. Consul in Chungking, as of 1916-17; Swatow, 1917-20; Yunnanfu, as of 1924-26; Mukden, as of 1927; U.S. Consul General in Mukden, as of 1929-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Lois Virgina Nair (1904-1988) —
also known as Lois V. Nair; Lois Virginia Flinner;
Mrs. Frank Nair —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Beaver Falls, Beaver
County, Pa., August
16, 1904.
Republican. School teacher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1964;
chair
of Wayne County Republican Party, 1956; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1958, 1960, 1962;
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 5th
District, 1961; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Female.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
22, 1988 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
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Samuel Edgar Nicholson (1862-1934) —
of Howard
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Media, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born near Elizabethtown, Bartholomew
County, Ind., June 29,
1862.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; newspaper
editor and publisher; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1895-97.
Quaker.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Media, Delaware
County, Pa., April
17, 1934 (age 71 years, 292
days).
Interment at Middletown
Friends Meeting Cemetery, Lima, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Nicholson and Rhoda (Holliday) Nicholson; married 1889 to Rhoda
Elma Parker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James L. Nutting (1818-1880) —
of Pine Grove, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Cumberland
County, Maine, June 12,
1818.
Republican. School teacher and principal; iron works
operator; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1876.
Died June 20,
1880 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) —
of Bellville, Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Lagrange, Wyoming
County, Pa., May 8,
1826.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
district judge in Texas 34th District, 1870-76; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belton, Bell
County, Tex., 1903
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Junia Roberts. |
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Marion D. Patterson (b. 1876) —
of Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsburg, Blair
County, Pa., October
20, 1876.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Blair
County District Attorney, 1912-28; common pleas court judge in
Pennsylvania 24th District, 1927-39; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1934; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1940-43.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Urban
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Marion Patterson and Mary Rebecca (Roller) Patterson;
married, June 23,
1925, to Gertrude Gable Stewart. |
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Minnie Freeman Penney (b. 1868) —
also known as Minnie Mae Freeman; Mrs. Edgar B.
Penney —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.
Born in Raymonds Corners, Potter
County, Pa., February
25, 1868.
Republican. School teacher; during a sudden, fierce blizzard
on January 12, 1888, saved the lives of seventeen children by leading
them from her schoolhouse to the nearest farm, a mile away; member of
Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1922-28.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi Beta
Phi; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sarah Lovica (Cushing) Freeman and William Elder Freeman;
married, April
22, 1891, to Edgar Byron Penney. |
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Pauline H. Peterson —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
School teacher and principal; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Female.
English
and German
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Soroptimists;
American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harold A. Peterson. |
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Charles Wesley Pitman (c.1816-1871) —
also known as Charles W. Pitman —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Medford, Burlington
County, N.J., about 1816.
School principal; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1849-51; lumber
business; Schuylkill
County Sheriff, 1871.
Died in Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., June 8,
1871 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Joseph R. Pitts (b. 1939) —
of Kennett Square, Chester
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., October
10, 1939.
Republican. School teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1972-76; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1997-; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2000,
2004.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2014.
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Archibald W. Powell (1871-1940) —
of Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in California, Washington
County, Pa., August
21, 1871.
Republican. Building
contractor; school principal; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1913-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died May 27,
1940 (age 68 years, 280
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery, California, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Powell and Harriet O. (Weaver) Powell. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Henry C. Rankin (1843-1915) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., December
1, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent of
schools; land
agent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1911-12; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died July 15,
1915 (age 71 years, 226
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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John Reber (1858-1931) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill
County, Pa., February
1, 1858.
Republican. School teacher; bookkeeper;
hosiery
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1919-23.
Died in 1931
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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William Augustus Reeder (1849-1929) —
also known as William A. Reeder —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pa., August
28, 1849.
Republican. School teacher; banker; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 6th District, 1899-1911.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
7, 1929 (age 80 years, 71
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Blondell Reynolds=Brown (b. 1952) —
also known as Blondell Reynolds —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., October
16, 1952.
Democrat. School teacher; dancer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2019.
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John S. Rilling (b. 1860) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Millcreek Township, Erie
County, Pa., July 22,
1860.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1894; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1904
(alternate); one of the organizers and directors of the Conneaut and
Erie Traction
Company; president of St. Vincent Hospital.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Rilling and Elizabeth (Ackerman) Rilling; married, October
20, 1887, to Stella Armstrong. |
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (1840-1918) —
also known as Hosea H. Rockwell —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, N.Y., May 31,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1877; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1891-93; candidate
for Presidential Elector for New York.
English
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
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John Hoover Rothermel (1856-1922) —
also known as John H. Rothermel —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Richmond Township, Berks
County, Pa., March 7,
1856.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1907-15.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August, 1922
(age 66
years, 0 days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Wilson G. Sarig (1874-1936) —
of Lenhardtsville, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Lenhardtsville, Berks
County, Pa., March 7,
1874.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1915-20, 1923-28, 1931-36 (Berks
County 2nd District 1915-20, Berks County 4th District 1923-28,
1931-36); defeated, 1928; died in office 1936; Speaker of
the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1935-36; died in
office 1936; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate, 1920; candidate for Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1932.
Died of a heart
ailment, in Temple, Berks
County, Pa., March
14, 1936 (age 62 years, 7
days).
Interment at Laureldale
Cemetery, Laureldale, Pa.
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Hugh James Saxton (b. 1943) —
also known as H. James Saxton; Jim Saxton —
of Bordentown, Burlington
County, N.J.; Vincentown, Burlington
County, N.J.; Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Nicholson, Wyoming
County, Pa., January
22, 1943.
Republican. School teacher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 8th District, 1976-81; member of
New
Jersey state senate 8th District, 1982-84; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1984-2003 (13th District 1984-93,
3rd District 1993-2003).
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard B. Scandrett (1861-1918) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 30,
1861.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; law
partner of James
E. Barnett; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
3, 1918 (age 57 years, 95
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of William A. Scandrett and Mary (Brown) Scandrett; married, July 8,
1890, to Agnes Morrow. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Augustus G. Seyfert (b. 1852) —
of Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Berks
County, Pa., April
26, 1852.
School teacher; farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lancaster County, 1891-97;
resigned 1897; U.S. Consul in Stratford, 1897-1906; Matamoros, 1906; Collingwood, 1906-08; Owen Sound, 1908-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Shively (1857-1916) —
also known as Benjamin F. Shively —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in St. Joseph
County, Ind., March
20, 1857.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1884-85, 1887-93;
defeated, 1906; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1896; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1909-16; died in office 1916.
Died March
14, 1916 (age 58 years, 360
days).
Interment at Brookville
Cemetery, Brookville, Pa.
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Joseph Horace Shull (1848-1944) —
also known as Joseph H. Shull; J. H. Shull —
of Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa.
Born in Northampton
County, Pa., August
17, 1848.
Democrat. School teacher; physician;
lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 22nd District, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1903-05; chair of
Monroe County Democratic Party, 1927.
Died in Stroudsburg, Monroe
County, Pa., August
9, 1944 (age 95 years, 358
days).
Interment at Stroudsburg
Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pa.
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Ira L. Smith (b. 1870) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born near Masontown, Fayette
County, Pa., March
15, 1870.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 11th District, 1927-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Theta
Nu Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1906 to
Florence Belle Cox. |
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1929 |
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John Buell Snyder (1877-1946) —
also known as J. Buell Snyder —
of Perryopolis, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset
County, Pa., July 30,
1877.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; lobbyist
at state legislature for Pennsylvania school directors, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-46 (24th District 1933-45,
23rd District 1945-46); died in office 1946.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1946 (age 68 years, 209
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Perryopolis, Pa.
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Elmer Ellsworth Squibb (1873-1943) —
also known as Elmer E. Squibb —
of Birdsboro, Berks
County, Pa.
Born January
4, 1873.
School teacher; burgess
of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, 1929.
Died in 1943
(age about
70 years).
Interment at St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Gibraltar, Pa.
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James Stoicheff (1927-1999) —
also known as Jim Stoicheff —
of Idaho.
Born in Ellwood City, Lawrence
County, Pa., October
26, 1927.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Idaho
state senate, 1969-74; defeated, 1964; candidate for Idaho
superintendent of schools, 1974; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1974-99; died in office 1999.
Died, of heart
failure, in Sandpoint, Bonner
County, Idaho, December
18, 1999 (age 72 years, 53
days).
Interment at Pinecrest
Memorial Park, Sandpoint, Idaho.
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William Strong (1808-1895) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Somers, Tolland
County, Conn., May 6,
1808.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1847-51; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857-68; resigned 1868; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-80; retired 1880.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lake Minnewaska, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
19, 1895 (age 87 years, 105
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Lafayette M. Sturdevant (b. 1856) —
of Neillsville, Clark
County, Wis.
Born in Chandlers Valley, Warren
County, Pa., September
17, 1856.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Clark
County District Attorney, 1884-85, 1890-91; chair of
Clark County Republican Party, 1894-98; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1899-1902; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1903-07.
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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Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) —
also known as Ruby R. Vale —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1874.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916,
1948
(alternate).
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died January
2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James C. Vaughan (1860-1901) —
of Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., July 28,
1860.
Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 20th District, 1895-1901; died in office 1901.
Died August
8, 1901 (age 41 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Memorial proceedings in Pennsylvania Senate |
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Thomas Ross Wallace (1848-1929) —
also known as Thomas R. Wallace —
of Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
20, 1848.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1901-07; Jerusalem, 1907-10; Martinique, 1910-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
8, 1929 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wallace and Jane (Ross) Wallace; married, October
6, 1874, to Margaret Gill. |
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George T. Weingartner (b. 1875) —
of New Castle, Lawrence
County, Pa.
Born in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence
County, Pa., August
24, 1875.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1905-08;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 47th District, 1909-12, 1925-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Wayne Curtis Weldon (b. 1947) —
also known as Curt Weldon —
of Marcus Hook, Delaware
County, Pa.; Media, Delaware
County, Pa.; Glen Mills, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Marcus Hook, Delaware
County, Pa., July 22,
1947.
Republican. School teacher; mayor of Marcus Hook borough,
1977-82; member of Delaware County council, 1981-86; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1987-; defeated,
1984; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,
2000.
Protestant.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2014.
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Simon Peter Wolverton (1837-1910) —
also known as Simon P. Wolverton —
of Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Rush Township, Northumberland
County, Pa., January
28, 1837.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 27th District, 1879-88; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1891-95.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Sunbury, Northumberland
County, Pa., October
25, 1910 (age 73 years, 270
days).
Entombed at Pomfret
Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, Pa.
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Benson Wood (1839-1915) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.
Born near Bridgewater, Susquehanna
County, Pa., March
31, 1839.
Republican. School principal; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1872; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1884
(alternate), 1888;
mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1895-97; banker.
Died in Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill., August
27, 1915 (age 76 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Luther Eugene Woods (b. 1883) —
also known as L. E. Woods —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in York
County, Pa., January
24, 1883.
Republican. School teacher; president of numerous coal mining
companies; bank
director; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1925-30.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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Ephraim Milton Woomer (1844-1897) —
also known as Ephraim M. Woomer —
of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Jonestown, Lebanon
County, Pa., January
14, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1893-97.
Died in Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa., November
29, 1897 (age 53 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pa.
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J. Anson Wright (b. 1870) —
of Bedford
County, Pa.
Born near Alum Bank, Bedford
County, Pa., April 6,
1870.
Republican. School principal; superintendent of
schools; banker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Bedford County; elected 1922,
1924, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Ball Yerkes (b. 1839) —
also known as Joseph B. Yerkes —
of Hatboro, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Hatboro, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 6,
1839.
School teacher; farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1873-76.
Burial location unknown.
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