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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Berks County, Pa.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Penn <a href="cms07320">Aulenbach's Cemetery</a> <li>Reading <a href="cms00046">Charles Evans Cemetery</a> <li>Reading <a href=" ">First Episcopal Church Graveyard</a> <li>Reading <a href="cms03665">Reformed Church Burying Ground</a> <li>Reading <a href="cms03960">Trinity Lutheran Cemetery</a> <li>Reiffton <a href="cms04581">Forest Hills Memorial Park</a> <li>Sinking Spring <a href="cms00366">Sinking Spring Cemetery</a> <li>Spangsville <a href="cms01271">Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery</a> <li>Tulpehocken Township <a href="cms03814">Tulpehocken Church Burial Ground</a> <li>Womelsdorf <a href="cms03417">Zion Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms03101">St. Paul's Church Cemetery</a> 1312 Old Swede Road Amityville, Berks County, Pennsylvania Founded 1859 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Guy Louis Moser (1886-1961) — also known as Guy L. Moser — of Douglassville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Amity Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/01-23.html">January 23, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 14th District, 1937-43. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/05-09.html">May 9, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001026">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407993">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6861998">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David B. Brunner (1835-1903) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Amity Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/03-07.html">March 7, 1835</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; proprietor and principal, Reading Business College; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 9th District, 1889-93. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/11-29.html">November 29, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Brunner and Elizabeth Brunner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/">1862</a> to Amanda L. Rhoads.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000980">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401932">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7786181">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08136">St. Thomas Cemetery</a> Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=269984&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank W. Ruth (d. 1968) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 11th District, 1935-60. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/03-06.html">March 6, 1968</a>. Interment at St. Thomas Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04107">St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church Cemetery</a> Douglassville, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1645050&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jacob Kerlin McKenty (1827-1866) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Douglassville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/01-19.html">January 19, 1827</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1860-61. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-03.html">January 3, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000503">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407498">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00898">Earl Township Cemetery</a> Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ludwig Worman (1761-1822) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1761/index.html">1761</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1821-22; died in office 1822. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/index.html">1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at Earl Township Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000745">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411894">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery</a> Gibraltar, Berks County, Pennsylvania Founded 1894 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=197084&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elmer Ellsworth Squibb (1873-1943) — also known as Elmer E. Squibb — of Birdsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/01-04.html">January 4, 1873</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/birdsboro.html#2">burgess of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania</a>, 1929. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/index.html">1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Squibb and Emma Squibb.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/107065169">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Greenwood Cemetery</a> Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Shollenberger (1809-1868) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/06-09.html">June 9, 1809</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1861-65. Died, apparently from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke of apoplexy</a>, in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/04-21.html">April 21, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Sophia Phillips.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9305716">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John F. Roads (1806-1890) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/01-31.html">January 31, 1806</a>. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1851-53. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/04-25.html">April 25, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 84 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/112951105">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">St. John's Cemetery</a> Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Abraham Wolff (1769-1820) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/12-12.html">December 12, 1769</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1809. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/01-25.html">January 25, 1820</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Henry Wolff and Anna Maria (Spengler) Wolff; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/01-10.html">January 10, 1795</a>, to Rebecca Schatz; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolfenden-woo.html#924.91.78">Daniel Wolff</a>; grandfather of Helen Susannah Wolff (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#496.67.88">Joseph N. Shomo</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23238.html">Shomo-Wolff family</a> of Hamburg, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76986549">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Shenk (1782-1846) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/06-09.html">June 9, 1782</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1830-41. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/09-24.html">September 24, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76629634">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Feather (1792-1849) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/05-02.html">May 2, 1792</a>. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1841-45. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/12-02.html">December 2, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Margaret Strohecker.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76338588">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Fister (1772-1853) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/01-20.html">January 20, 1772</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hats.html">Hatter</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1809-30. Died in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/02-07.html">February 7, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 18 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Durst Fister and Elizabeth Fister; married to Elizabeth Stambach.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76620464">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Benseman (1824-1855) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/12-09.html">December 9, 1824</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Printer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1845-51. Died in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/07-02.html">July 2, 1855</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/30.html">30 years, 205 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76158881">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Wolff (1801-1862) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/08-06.html">August 6, 1801</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1853-61. Died in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/07-16.html">July 16, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolfenden-woo.html#228.43.10">Abraham Wolff</a> and Rebecca Schatz; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/12-23.html">December 23, 1827</a>, to Sevilla Elizabeth Fasig; father of Helen S. Wolff (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#496.67.88">Joseph N. Shomo</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23238.html">Shomo-Wolff family</a> of Hamburg, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76255969">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elias Shomo (1827-1894) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/05-26.html">May 26, 1827</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1881-82. Died in Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-13.html">May 13, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 352 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Shomo and Sarah (Sheifley) Shomo; married to Elizabeth Shatz; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#957.92.88">Harry P. Shomo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#576.03.11">Allen L. Shomo</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#496.67.88">Joseph N. Shomo</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23238.html">Shomo-Wolff family</a> of Hamburg, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/77060570">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Kirkpatrick (1819-1894) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa.; Pottsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-lived.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/index.html">1819</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1845. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/index.html">1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary Ann Emhardt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76705099">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Sunday (1816-1894) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/12-16.html">December 16, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#3">Chief burgess of Hamburg, Pennsylvania</a>, 1867-68, 1874-75. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/09-11.html">September 11, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 269 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Sunday (1776-1862).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14676497">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Prutzman (1829-1905) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/09-26.html">September 26, 1829</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#3">Chief burgess of Hamburg, Pennsylvania</a>, 1869-71. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/03-10.html">March 10, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Becker; father of Elizabeth B. Prutzman (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#747.37.53">Reuben F. Seidel</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/77039396">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph N. Shomo (1833-1920) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/10-27.html">October 27, 1833</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/02-16.html">February 16, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Shomo and Mary (Lescher) Shomo; married to Mary Salina Holmes; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/">1861</a> to Helen Susannah Wolff (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolfenden-woo.html#924.91.78">Daniel Wolff</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolfenden-woo.html#228.43.10">Abraham Wolff</a>); first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#702.05.64">Elias Shomo</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#957.92.88">Harry P. Shomo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#576.03.11">Allen L. Shomo</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23238.html">Shomo-Wolff family</a> of Hamburg, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/77198660">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Reuben F. Seidel (1846-1926) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#3">Chief burgess of Hamburg, Pennsylvania</a>, 1872-73, 1880. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/index.html">1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Elizabeth B. Prutzman (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#212.88.97">James Prutzman</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/79273842">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry P. Shomo (1860-1927) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/09-28.html">September 28, 1860</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/01-23.html">January 23, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Shatz) Shomo and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#702.05.64">Elias Shomo</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#576.03.11">Allen L. Shomo</a>; married to Emma R. Confer; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#496.67.88">Joseph N. Shomo</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23238.html">Shomo-Wolff family</a> of Hamburg, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/81071318">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Maurice M. Lenhart (1853-1927) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa.; Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-25.html">June 25, 1853</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1878-81. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-23.html">December 23, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 181 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Benjamin H. Lenhart and Susan H. (Shollenberger) Lenhart; married to Matilda C. Von de Heiden; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#834.25.64">Oscar L. Lenhart</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76831706">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Allen L. Shomo (1862-1932) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/05-07.html">May 7, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Stationery store owner</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1889-94, 1923-32 (acting, 1923-24). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/08-04.html">August 4, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 89 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Shatz) Shomo and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#702.05.64">Elias Shomo</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#957.92.88">Harry P. Shomo</a>; married to Annie H. Smith; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#496.67.88">Joseph N. Shomo</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23238.html">Shomo-Wolff family</a> of Hamburg, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/81071484">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oscar L. Lenhart (1878-1949) — of Hamburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Greenwich Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/08-09.html">August 9, 1878</a>. Republican. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hamburg.html#4">Hamburg, Pa.</a>, 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reformed.html">Christian Reformed</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, in St. Joseph's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/06-06.html">June 6, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James H. Lenhart and Mary F. (Moyer) Lenhart; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/">1898</a> to Annie C. Fister; married to Anna E. Moyer; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#484.57.74">Maurice M. Lenhart</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34143572">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01971">Schwartzwald Cemetery</a> Jacksonwald, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=295637&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Emanuel Richardson (1886-1948) — also known as William E. Richardson — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Exeter Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/09-03.html">September 3, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 14th District, 1933-37. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/index.html">1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at Schwartzwald Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles M. Richardson and Elizabeth (Snyder) Richardson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/">1926</a> to Mary Eckert Potts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000230">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409206">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06967">Fairview Cemetery</a> Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=258573&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Allan Kuhn Grim (1904-1965) — also known as Allan K. Grim — of Kutztown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Kutztown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-15.html">October 15, 1904</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/PA.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#d">Judge of U.S. District Court</a>, 1950. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/12-07.html">December 7, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ulysses Samuel Grant Bieber (1865-1934) — also known as Ulysses S. G. Bieber — of Kutztown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Maxatawny, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/04-02.html">April 2, 1865</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/veterinarian.html">Veterinarian</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/kutztown.html#2">burgess of Kutztown, Pennsylvania</a>, 1923. Died in Kutztown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/11-29.html">November 29, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 241 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses S. Grant</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jonathan Bieber and Brigitta (Schwoyer) Bieber; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-18.html">October 18, 1888</a>, to Maria Elizabeth Sharadin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/95315541">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00637">Laureldale Cemetery</a> Laureldale, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=205776&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Martin Croll (1866-1929) — also known as William M. Croll — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Upper Macungie Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-born.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/04-09.html">April 9, 1866</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/PA.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 14th District, 1923-25; defeated, 1924. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/10-21.html">October 21, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 195 days</a>). Interment at Laureldale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000923">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403035">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilson G. Sarig (1874-1936) — of Lenhardtsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Lenhardtsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-07.html">March 7, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 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; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives</a>, 1935-36; died in office 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1920; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>, 1932. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart ailment</a>, in Temple, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/03-14.html">March 14, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 7 days</a>). Interment at Laureldale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Jennie Unterkofler.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Wilson G. Sarig <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a> (built 1936, expanded 1954, closed by 1988), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-names.html">Temple, Pennsylvania</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6463438">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06899">Unknown Location</a> Mohnton, Berks County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John A. Eberly (d. 1949) — of Mohnton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/index.html">1949</a>. Interment somewhere. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07320">Aulenbach's Cemetery</a> Mt. Penn, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=44335&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lilith Martin Wilson — Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1922; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>; elected 1932, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Interment at Aulenbach's Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00046">Charles Evans Cemetery</a> 1119 Centre Avenue Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Founded 1846 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2147965&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/01-18.html">January 18, 1831</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Harness and saddle business</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1887. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/03-10.html">March 10, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John May Keim and Helen (de Benneville) Keim; married to Sarah Childs and Elizabeth Archer Thomas; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#751.64.26">George de Benneville Keim (born 1884)</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#267.85.61">George May Keim</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#374.76.53">George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852)</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#214.25.60">Benneville de Benneville Keim</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#520.34.95">William High Keim</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10587.html">Keim family</a> of Reading, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37751159">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=23525">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Berne Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/11-18.html">November 18, 1752</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1787; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1787-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1790; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1797-1805, 1815-20 (5th District 1797-1803, 3rd District 1803-05, 7th District 1815-20); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1820-23. Slaveowner. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/06-10.html">June 10, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 205 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms03665">Reformed Church Burying Ground</a>; reinterment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Hiester (1707-1757) and Maria Barbara (Epler) Hiester; married to Elizabeth Witman; father of Rebecca Hiester (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#436.05.06">Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#693.21.15">John Hiester (1745-1821)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#629.45.13">Daniel Hiester (1747-1804)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#689.39.70">Daniel Hiester (1774-1834)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#014.72.36">William Hiester</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#990.78.65">Daniel Robeadeau Clymer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#171.86.63">Isaac Ellmaker Hiester</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#598.67.74">Hiester Clymer</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#042.44.20">Francis Swaine Muhlenberg</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000574">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405436">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-hiester/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6724570">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782-1844) — also known as Henry A. Muhlenberg — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/05-13.html">May 13, 1782</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1829-38 (7th District 1829-33, 9th District 1833-38); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html#2">chief burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania</a>, 1831-32; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1835; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-diplomats.html ">Austria</a>, 1838-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-11.html">August 11, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Gotthilf Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg and Mary Catherine (Hall) Muhlenberg; married to Rebecca Hiester (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#048.38.50">Joseph Hiester</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#027.42.89">John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#025.59.08">Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#917.39.49">Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#042.44.20">Francis Swaine Muhlenberg</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001065">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408031">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/muhlenberg-henry-augustus-philip ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jehu Glancy Jones (1811-1878) — also known as J. Glancy Jones — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Caernarvon Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/10-07.html">October 7, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1851-53, 1854-58 (9th District 1851-53, 8th District 1854-58); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-diplomats.html ">Austria</a>, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/PA.html">1864</a>. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/03-24.html">March 24, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 168 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000234">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406127">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/jones-jehu-glancy ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12478926">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Strong (1808-1895) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Somers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/05-06.html">May 6, 1808</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 9th District, 1847-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1857-68; resigned 1868; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1870-80; retired 1880. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Lake Minnewaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-died.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/08-19.html">August 19, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#426.77.65">Theron Rudd Strong</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11065.html">Strong family</a> of Salisbury, Connecticut.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001021">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410479">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2307&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Strong (judge)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/William Strong">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/902/000180362">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5690">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/strong-william">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Getz (1789-1853) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/07-17.html">July 17, 1789</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html">mayor of Reading, Pa.</a>, 1849-53; died in office 1853. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/02-10.html">February 10, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 208 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="# ">First Episcopal Church Graveyard</a>; reinterment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Ann Banks.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/134363525">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gus Yatron (1927-2003) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/10-16.html">October 16, 1927</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1956-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 11th District, 1961-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1969-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eastern-orthodox.html">Eastern Orthodox</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Fairfax Station, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-died.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/03-13.html">March 13, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/">1948</a> to Mildred L. Menzies.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000014">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411948">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/748/000141325">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7262367">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benneville de Benneville Keim (1790-1872) — also known as Benneville Keim — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/11-30.html">November 30, 1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html">mayor of Reading, Pa.</a>, 1858-61; defeated (Republican), 1861. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/10-30.html">October 30, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 335 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Susanna (de Benneville) Keim and John Keim; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#374.76.53">George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/08-02.html">August 2, 1812</a>, to Mary Hottenstein High; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#520.34.95">William High Keim</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#267.85.61">George May Keim</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#487.27.20">George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#751.64.26">George de Benneville Keim (born 1884)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10587.html">Keim family</a> of Reading, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37751898">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Banks (1793-1864) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Lewisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JU-born.html">Juniata County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/10-17.html">October 17, 1793</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1831-36 (18th District 1831-33, 24th District 1833-36); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1841; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trea.html">Pennsylvania state treasurer</a>, 1847-48. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/04-03.html">April 3, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 169 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000114">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401115">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12478934">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Ermentrout (1837-1899) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/01-24.html">January 24, 1837</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/PA.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/PA.html">1880</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/PA.html">1888</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1874-80 (8th District 1874, 11th District 1875-80); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1881-89, 1897-99 (8th District 1881-89, 9th District 1897-99); died in office 1899. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/09-17.html">September 17, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 236 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Ermentrout and Justina (Silvis) Ermentrout; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/02-01.html">February 1, 1870</a>, to Adelaide Louise Metzger; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ermentrout-erving.html#235.38.19">Heber Ermentrout</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000205">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403892">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12478957">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David McMurtrie Gregg (1833-1916) — also known as David M. Gregg — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Huntingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/HU-born.html">Huntingdon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/04-10.html">April 10, 1833</a>. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EZ-consuls.html ">Prague</a>, 1874; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>, 1892-95. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/08-07.html">August 7, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AD-buried.html#cms06143">Gettysburg National Military Park</a>, Gettysburg, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Matthew D. Gregg and Ellen (McMurtrie) Gregg; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/10-06.html">October 6, 1862</a>, to Ellen F. Sheaff; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gregg.html#424.25.40">Andrew Gregg</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtenius-curtin.html#336.49.35">Andrew Gregg Curtin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10618.html">Curtin-Gregg family</a> of Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5831353">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hiester Clymer (1827-1884) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Caernarvon Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/11-03.html">November 3, 1827</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/PA.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/PA.html">1876</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/speakers.html">speaker</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1861-66 (6th District 1861-64, 8th District 1865-66); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1866; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1873-81. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/06-12.html">June 12, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 222 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edwin Tilghman Clymer and Maria Catharine (Hiester) Clymer; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#990.78.65">Daniel Robeadeau Clymer</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/04-03.html">April 3, 1856</a>, to Elizabeth Mary Brooke; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#014.72.36">William Hiester</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#693.21.15">John Hiester</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#629.45.13">Daniel Hiester (1747-1804)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#171.86.63">Isaac Ellmaker Hiester</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#689.39.70">Daniel Hiester (1774-1834)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#048.38.50">Joseph Hiester</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000539">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402672">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12478944">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George May Keim (1805-1861) — also known as George M. Keim — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/03-23.html">March 23, 1805</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1837-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 9th District, 1838-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html">mayor of Reading, Pa.</a>, 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/06-10.html">June 10, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Mary (May) Keim and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#374.76.53">George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852)</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/">1827</a> to Julia Catharine Mayer; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#214.25.60">Benneville de Benneville Keim</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#487.27.20">George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#751.64.26">George de Benneville Keim (born 1884)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#520.34.95">William High Keim</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10587.html">Keim family</a> of Reading, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000050">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406220">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12479001">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William High Keim (1813-1862) — also known as William H. Keim — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born near Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/06-13.html">June 13, 1813</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html">Mayor of Reading, Pa.</a>, 1848-49; defeated (Whig), 1847; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Died in the military service</a> at Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-died.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/05-18.html">May 18, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#214.25.60">Benneville de Benneville Keim</a> and Mary Hottenstein (High) Keim; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#374.76.53">George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#267.85.61">George May Keim</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#487.27.20">George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#751.64.26">George de Benneville Keim (born 1884)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10587.html">Keim family</a> of Reading, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000051">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406221">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5894607">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Lawrence Getz (1821-1891) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/09-14.html">September 14, 1821</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1856-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives</a>, 1857; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1867-73. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-25.html">December 25, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000145">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404514">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12478992">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Joseph Esterly (1888-1940) — also known as Charles J. Esterly — of Wyomissing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/02-08.html">February 8, 1888</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/PA.html">Pennsylvania Republican State Committee</a>, 1923-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 14th District, 1925-27, 1929-31. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Wernersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/09-03.html">September 3, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Hermann Augustus Esterly and Louise Gertrude (Zable) Esterly; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/02-14.html">February 14, 1912</a>, to Beulah Shade Deem; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-23.html">June 23, 1934</a>, to Willa R. Nicely.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000222">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403908">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12478968">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Matthias Richards (1758-1830) — of Pottstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa.; Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Pottstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/02-26.html">February 26, 1758</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1807-11. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/08-04.html">August 4, 1830</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 159 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#995.92.50">John Richards</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000218">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409194">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12478970">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Ritter (1779-1851) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Exeter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/02-06.html">February 6, 1779</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 9th District, 1843-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/11-24.html">November 24, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 291 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000278">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409252">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9486481">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) — also known as Henry A. Muhlenberg — of Berks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/07-21.html">July 21, 1823</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 5th District, 1850-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1853-54; died in office 1854. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">tuberculosis</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-09.html">January 9, 1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/30.html">30 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rebecca (Hiester) Muhlenberg and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#436.05.06">Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/11-16.html">November 16, 1847</a>, to Anna Hall Muhlenberg; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#048.38.50">Joseph Hiester</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#027.42.89">John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#025.59.08">Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#042.44.20">Francis Swaine Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#917.39.49">Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#693.21.15">John Hiester</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#629.45.13">Daniel Hiester (1747-1804)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#689.39.70">Daniel Hiester (1774-1834)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#014.72.36">William Hiester</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#990.78.65">Daniel Robeadeau Clymer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#171.86.63">Isaac Ellmaker Hiester</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#598.67.74">Hiester Clymer</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001064">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408030">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6724611">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Burd Hubley (1792-1856) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/index.html">1792</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1835-39. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/02-23.html">February 23, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000899">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405745">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12478984">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Robeadeau Clymer (1819-1889) — also known as Daniel R. Clymer — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/03-31.html">March 31, 1819</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html">Mayor of Reading, Pa.</a>, 1853-54; defeated, 1848, 1852, 1854. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/05-05.html">May 5, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward T. Clymer and Maria Catharine (Hiester) Clymer; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#598.67.74">Hiester Clymer</a>; married to Delia Pierson; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#014.72.36">William Hiester</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#693.21.15">John Hiester</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#629.45.13">Daniel Hiester (1747-1804)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#171.86.63">Isaac Ellmaker Hiester</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#689.39.70">Daniel Hiester (1774-1834)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#048.38.50">Joseph Hiester</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/63161377">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Schwartz (1793-1860) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Sunbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NR-born.html">Northumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/10-27.html">October 27, 1793</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">iron manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1859-60; died in office 1860. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/06-20.html">June 20, 1860</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Philip Michael Schwartz and Margaretha (Schlosser) Schwartz; married to Elizabeth Wood.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000158">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409665">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6724595">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/128/39.84.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Sydenham E. Ancona"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sydenham Elnathan Ancona (1824-1913) — also known as Sydenham E. Ancona — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Lititz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/11-20.html">November 20, 1824</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Bookkeeper</a> and timekeeper for the Reading <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1861-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/06-20.html">June 20, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 212 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Morris M. Ancona and Mary Ann (Knapp) Ancona; married to Francesca Elizabeth Feger.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000178">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400833">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7738261">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County (1909)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Hoover Rothermel (1856-1922) — also known as John H. Rothermel — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Richmond Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/03-07.html">March 7, 1856</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 13th District, 1907-15. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/index.html">1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Hunter Rothermel and Louisa (Hoover) Rothermel.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000461">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409424">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6724624">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Grey Bushong (1883-1951) — also known as Robert G. Bushong — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa.; Sinking Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-10.html">June 10, 1883</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1909; orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1914-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 14th District, 1927-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/04-06.html">April 6, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 300 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lillie (Roberts) Bushong and Jacob Bushong; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/07-20.html">July 20, 1919</a>, to Helen Bowman; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts1.html#220.57.84">Anthony Ellmaker Roberts</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001171">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402113">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23696300">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/257/01.93.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="Ira W. Stratton"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ira Warren Stratton (1867-1934) — also known as Ira W. Stratton — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Pottstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/05-03.html">May 3, 1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Coal dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html">mayor of Reading, Pa.</a>, 1912-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/04-11.html">April 11, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Benjamin F. Stratton and Elizabeth Stratton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/04-16.html">April 16, 1890</a>, to Anna H. Miltemon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/90082690">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: U.S. passport application (1922)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Heber Ermentrout (1875-1962) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-15.html">July 15, 1875</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html">Mayor of Reading, Pa.</a>, 1932-35. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/03-13.html">March 13, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 241 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Ermentrout and Margaret Jane (Moers) Ermentrout; married to Laura E. Rhein; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ermentrout-erving.html#771.68.08">Daniel Ermentrout</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75302636">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/12-06.html">December 6, 1778</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html#2">chief burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania</a>, 1833-34. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/08-20.html">August 20, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 258 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Susanna (de Benneville) Keim and John Keim; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#214.25.60">Benneville de Benneville Keim</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/02-04.html">February 4, 1799</a>, to Mary May; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#267.85.61">George May Keim</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#520.34.95">William High Keim</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#487.27.20">George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#751.64.26">George de Benneville Keim (born 1884)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10587.html">Keim family</a> of Reading, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37750751">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Henry Abercrombie (1845-1907) — also known as William H. Abercrombie — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/index.html">1845</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-consuls.html ">Nagasaki</a>, 1890-97. He stuffed cotton in the cracks around his bedroom doors and windows, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by turning on the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">illuminating gas</a> jets, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/09-05.html">September 5, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-11.html">December 11, 1901</a>, to Amelia Seyfert.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/55720897">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/171/30.15.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Jacob Knabb"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jacob Knabb (1817-1889) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Union Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/08-21.html">August 21, 1817</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/PA.html">1860</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html#3">Reading, Pa.</a>, 1861-65; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-29.html">January 29, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jacob Knabb (1771-1823) and Hannah (Yoder) Knabb; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/">1846</a> to Ellen C. Andrews; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/">1879</a> to Ellen M. Jameson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37622514">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County (1909)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Forest Ritter Shanaman (d. 1969) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Republican. Common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1928-29. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/index.html">1969</a>. Interment at Charles Evans Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">First Episcopal Church Graveyard</a> Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Getz (1789-1853) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/07-17.html">July 17, 1789</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html">mayor of Reading, Pa.</a>, 1849-53; died in office 1853. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/02-10.html">February 10, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 208 days</a>). Original interment at First Episcopal Church Graveyard; reinterment at <a href="#cms00046">Charles Evans Cemetery</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Ann Banks.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/134363525">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03665">Reformed Church Burying Ground</a> Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Berne Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/11-18.html">November 18, 1752</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1787; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1787-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1790; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1797-1805, 1815-20 (5th District 1797-1803, 3rd District 1803-05, 7th District 1815-20); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1820-23. Slaveowner. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/06-10.html">June 10, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 205 days</a>). Original interment at Reformed Church Burying Ground; reinterment at <a href="#cms00046">Charles Evans Cemetery</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Hiester (1707-1757) and Maria Barbara (Epler) Hiester; married to Elizabeth Witman; father of Rebecca Hiester (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#436.05.06">Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#693.21.15">John Hiester (1745-1821)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#629.45.13">Daniel Hiester (1747-1804)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#689.39.70">Daniel Hiester (1774-1834)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#014.72.36">William Hiester</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#990.78.65">Daniel Robeadeau Clymer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#171.86.63">Isaac Ellmaker Hiester</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#598.67.74">Hiester Clymer</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#042.44.20">Francis Swaine Muhlenberg</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000574">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405436">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-hiester/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6724570">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03960">Trinity Lutheran Cemetery</a> Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=16401&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John M. Hyneman (1771-1816) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1771/04-25.html">April 25, 1771</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1809; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1811-13 (3rd District 1811-13, 7th District 1813); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Pennsylvania</a>, 1814-16; died in office 1816. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/04-16.html">April 16, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001026">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412157">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6857209">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04581">Forest Hills Memorial Park</a> Reiffton, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=44867&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Milton Rhodes (1898-1978) — also known as George M. Rhodes — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/02-24.html">February 24, 1898</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1949-69 (13th District 1949-53, 14th District 1953-63, 6th District 1963-69). Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/10-23.html">October 23, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 241 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hills Memorial Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000187">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409163">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Knabb Hoch (1866-1960) — also known as Daniel K. Hoch — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Oley Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-31.html">January 31, 1866</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Berks County, 1899-1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/PA.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-officials.html">Berks County Controller</a>, 1912-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1943-47 (14th District 1943-45, 13th District 1945-47); defeated, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pat-ord-sons-am.html">Patriotic Order Sons of America</a>. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/10-11.html">October 11, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hills Memorial Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Daniel D. Hoch and Henrietta H. (Knabb) Hoch; married to Mary M. Miller.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000668">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405522">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel K. Hoch">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6724613">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00366">Sinking Spring Cemetery</a> Sinking Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=543710&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Addams (1777-1858) — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/04-11.html">April 11, 1777</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1822-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1825-29; defeated, 1828; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1839-42. Died in Spring Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/05-30.html">May 30, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Barbara (Ruth) Addams and Isaac Addams; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#399.68.83">John Huy Addams</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#661.89.24">Jane Addams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18199.html">Addams-Haldeman family</a> of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000053">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400714">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Addams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7176815">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01271">Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery</a> Spangsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Udree (1751-1828) — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1751/08-05.html">August 5, 1751</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1799-1805; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1813-15, 1820-21, 1822-25. Slaveowner. Died in Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/07-15.html">July 15, 1828</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000003">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411027">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Udree">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7786170">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=146166">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03814">Tulpehocken Church Burial Ground</a> Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2159729&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Christian Lower (1740-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Tulpehocken Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1740/01-07.html">January 7, 1740</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1783; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1797; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1805-06; died in office 1806. Slaveowner. Died in Tulpehocken Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/12-19.html">December 19, 1806</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at Tulpehocken Church Burial Ground. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000478">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406967">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03417">Zion Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery</a> Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania Founded 1770 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Ege (1748-1829) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Womelsdorf, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1748/03-09.html">March 9, 1748</a>. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1780; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1796-97. Slaveowner. Died in Marion Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-died.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/12-14.html">December 14, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 280 days</a>). 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