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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Lackawanna 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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Fey (1861-1944)</b> — also known as <b>Gus Fey</b> — of Carbondale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Hawley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/02-03.html">February 3, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Blacksmith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/carbondale.html">mayor of Carbondale, Pa.</a>, 1928-32. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, in Moses Taylor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/07-02.html">July 2, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06969">Mother of Sorrows Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William L. Monahan (died c.1965)</b> — of Carbondale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/carbondale.html">Mayor of Carbondale, Pa.</a>, 1935-37. Died about 1965. Interment at Mother of Sorrows Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03449">Shady Lane Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Chinchilla, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Richard Farr (1857-1933)</b> — also known as <b>John R. Farr</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/07-18.html">July 18, 1857</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1891-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives</a>, 1899; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1911-21. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/12-11.html">December 11, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at Shady Lane 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000029">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403991">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01819">Dunmore Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 400 Church Street <br> Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> Founded 1865; approximate acreage: 68<br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Wodrow Archbald (1848-1926)</b> — also known as <b>Robert W. Archbald</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Carbondale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/09-10.html">September 10, 1848</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1884-88; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1888-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1901-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit</a>, 1911-13; removed 1913. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Impeached</a> by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1912 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/conflict-of-interest.html">conflict of interest</a> charges; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">removed from office</a>) by the U.S. Senate on four articles of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeachment</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Martha's Vineyard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/DU-died.html">Dukes County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/08-19.html">August 19, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Dunmore 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Archbald and Augusta (Frothingham) Archbald; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/01-21.html">January 21, 1875</a>, to Elizabeth Baldwin Cannon.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=57&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/131700257">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>George Whitfield Scranton (1811-1861)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/index.html">1811</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 12th District, 1859-61; died in office 1861. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/index.html">1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at Dunmore 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#911.80.76">Joseph Augustine Scranton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000191">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409696">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>William N. Monies (1827-1881)</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-born.html">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/05-10.html">May 10, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Miller</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html">mayor of Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1869-72. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/01-10.html">January 10, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at Dunmore 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Mary Kirk Baker.</span></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> <b>Ezra Hoyt Ripple (1842-1909)</b> — also known as <b>Ezra H. Ripple</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-born.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/02-14.html">February 14, 1842</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html">mayor of Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1886-90; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html#2">Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1897-1909. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/11-19.html">November 19, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 278 days</a>). Interment at Dunmore 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Silas Ripple and Elizabeth (Harris) Ripple; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/">1874</a> to Sarah H. Hackett; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#911.50.57">Ezra Hoyt Ripple Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/137166430">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Thomas Henry Dale (1846-1912)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas H. Dale</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Daleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/06-12.html">June 12, 1846</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/PA.html">1900</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1905-07. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in Daleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/08-21.html">August 21, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at Dunmore 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000010">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403153">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Ezra Hoyt Ripple Jr. (1879-1952)</b> — also known as <b>Ezra H. Ripple, Jr.</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/01-31.html">January 31, 1879</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html#2">Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1930-34. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/03-30.html">March 30, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at Dunmore 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sarah (Hackett) Ripple and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#242.24.39">Ezra Hoyt Ripple</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/10-23.html">October 23, 1906</a>, to Lois Patterson Schlager.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/137873332">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00403">Forest Hill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> Founded 1870<br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Augustine Scranton (1838-1908)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph A. Scranton</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/07-26.html">July 26, 1838</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/PA.html">1872</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/PA.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html#2">Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1874-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1881-83, 1885-87, 1889-91, 1893-97 (12th District 1881-83, 1885-87, 11th District 1889-91, 1893-97); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-officials.html">Lackawanna County Treasurer</a>, 1901-03. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-12.html">October 12, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joseph Hand Scranton and Eliza Maria (Wilcox) Scranton; married to Ada Elizabeth Meylert; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#333.69.41">Erastus Clark Scranton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#170.23.75">Sereno Hamilton Scranton</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#832.91.89">William Warren Scranton</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#997.01.22">George Whitfield Scranton</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#488.74.68">James Hillhouse</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#247.44.62">Roger Griswold</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#989.21.65">Joseph Chidsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#076.83.55">Monroe Marsh Sweetland</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0421.html">Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0624.html">Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family</a> of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000192">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409697">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14178074">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>William Connell (1827-1909)</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Sidney, Cape Breton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NS-born.html">Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/09-10.html">September 10, 1827</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/PA.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1897-1903, 1904-05 (11th District 1897-1903, 10th District 1904-05). Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/03-21.html">March 21, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#886.36.24">Charles Robert Connell</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000687">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402813">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Charles Robert Connell (1864-1922)</b> — also known as <b>Charles R. Connell</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/09-22.html">September 22, 1864</a>. Republican. President, Lackawanna Mills, manufacturers of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">underwear</a>; president, Scranton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Button</a> Company; vice-president, Third National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; director, South Side <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Scranton; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1921-22; died in office 1922. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-26.html">September 26, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#650.88.91">William Connell</a> and Annie (Lawrence) Connell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/09-26.html">September 26, 1889</a>, to Elizabeth R. Shafer.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000685">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402811">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Robert H. McKune (1823-1894)</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Born in Newburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/08-19.html">August 19, 1823</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/forty-niners.html">Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html">mayor of Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1875-78. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. While attempting to quell a riot in 1877, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">attacked</a>, and his skull was fractured. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Newburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/10-09.html">October 9, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/">1844</a> to Elmira Smith.</span></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> <b>Daniel Ward Connolly (1847-1894)</b> — also known as <b>Daniel W. Connolly</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Cochecton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-born.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/04-24.html">April 24, 1847</a>. Democrat. <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> 12th District, 1883-85; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html#2">Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1885-89. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-04.html">December 4, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 224 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Alma Price.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000696">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402821">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel W. Connolly">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14178023">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Lemuel Amerman (1846-1897)</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born near Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-born.html">Montour County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/10-29.html">October 29, 1846</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1881-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 11th District, 1891-93. Died suddenly, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Blossburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/TI-died.html">Tioga County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/10-07.html">October 7, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000171">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400826">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>George Howell (1859-1913)</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/06-28.html">June 28, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</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> 10th District, 1903-04. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-19.html">November 19, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at Forest Hill 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000862">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405709">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04529">Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Finch Hill, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Paul Scoblick (1909-1981)</b> — also known as <b>James P. Scoblick</b> — of Archbald, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Archbald, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/05-10.html">May 10, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1946-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Archbald, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/12-04.html">December 4, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at Our Mother of Sorrows 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Scoblick and Philomena Scoblick; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/11-14.html">November 14, 1931</a>, to Mary Margaret Quinn.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000163">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409670">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04368">St. Catherine's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Moscow, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Patrick Casey (1932-2000)</b> — also known as <b>Robert P. Casey</b>; <b>Bob Casey</b>; <b>"Spike"</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/01-09.html">January 9, 1932</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> 22nd District, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/PA.html">1992</a> (delegation chair); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1967-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>, 1969-77; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trea.html">Pennsylvania state treasurer</a>, 1980; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1987-95; defeated in primary, 1966, 1970, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">amyloidosis</a> and complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/prostate-cancer.html">prostate cancer</a>, in Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/05-30.html">May 30, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 142 days</a>). Interment at St. Catherine'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/casebolt-caseyjones.html#420.01.26">Patrick Casey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/casebolt-caseyjones.html#495.73.70">Robert Patrick Casey Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13875.html">Casey family</a> of Scranton, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-p-casey/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/049/000116698">NNDB dossier</a></span></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> <b>John William Murphy (1902-1962)</b> — also known as <b>John W. Murphy</b> — of Dunmore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Avoca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/04-26.html">April 26, 1902</a>. Democrat. <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>, 1943-46 (11th District 1943-45, 10th District 1945-46); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1946-62; died in office 1962. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/03-28.html">March 28, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 336 days</a>). Interment at St. Catherine'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/08-14.html">August 14, 1931</a>, to Ella Heffron.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccullogh-mcdade.html#805.93.93">Joseph M. McDade</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001099">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408063">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1724&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/murphy-john-william">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></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> <b>Michael John Eagen (1907-1987)</b> — also known as <b>Michael J. Eagen</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Jermyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-09.html">May 9, 1907</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-officials.html">Lackawanna County District Attorney</a>, 1934-41; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1942-59; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1960-. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/07-07.html">July 7, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at St. Catherine'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Michael Joseph Eagen and Sarah (Nallin) Eagen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/06-27.html">June 27, 1935</a>, to Helen Fitzsimmons.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/48757351">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Stanley A. Prokop (1909-1977)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Throop, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/07-29.html">July 29, 1909</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1959-61; defeated, 1960. Died in Lake Ariel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WN-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/11-11.html">November 11, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at St. Catherine'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000549">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408933">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>William Philip Boland (1863-1931)</b> — also known as <b>William P. Boland</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in County Sligo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/01-06.html">January 6, 1863</a>. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 11th District, 1924. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart condition</a>, at Clara Barton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Hollywood, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/02-27.html">February 27, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at St. Catherine'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#767.65.64">Christopher G. Boland</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#554.63.44">Patrick Joseph Boland</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10117.html">Boland family</a> of Scranton, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07854">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00035">Cathedral Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Patrick Joseph Boland (1880-1942)</b> — also known as <b>Patrick J. Boland</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/01-06.html">January 6, 1880</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">general contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 11th District, 1931-42; died in office 1942. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/05-18.html">May 18, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Christopher T. Boland and Frances 'Fanny' (Biglin) Boland; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/11-24.html">November 24, 1908</a>, to Sarah Jennings; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/10-27.html">October 27, 1931</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#568.33.69">Veronica Barrett</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#767.65.64">Christopher G. Boland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#821.08.01">William Philip Boland</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000601">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401569">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Harry Patrick O'Neill (1889-1953)</b> — also known as <b>Harry P. O'Neill</b> — of Dunmore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Dunmore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/index.html">1889</a>. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1920; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1949-53; defeated, 1952. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/index.html">1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000095">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408304">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Francis Dolan Collins (1841-1891)</b> — also known as <b>Francis D. Collins</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Saugerties, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-born.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/03-05.html">March 5, 1841</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> 13th District, 1872-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 11th District, 1875-79. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/11-21.html">November 21, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000636">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402765">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Mathew W. Loftus (1839-1902)</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Foxford, County Mayo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/index.html">1839</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html">Mayor of Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1872-75. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-12.html">November 12, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Margaret Gibbons.</span></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> <b>Patrick McLane (1875-1946)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in County Mayo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/03-14.html">March 14, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920 (10th District), 1922 (11th District). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/11-13.html">November 13, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 244 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000536">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407528">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Veronica Grace Boland (1899-1982)</b> — also known as <b>Veronica G. Boland</b>; <b>Veronica Barrett</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-18.html">March 18, 1899</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 11th District, 1942-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/06-19.html">June 19, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/10-27.html">October 27, 1931</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#554.63.44">Patrick Joseph Boland</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10117.html">Boland family</a> of Scranton, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000602">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401570">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Patrick F. Calpin (1872-1948)</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Bellevue, Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/03-25.html">March 25, 1872</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 20th District, 1903-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-officials.html">Lackawanna County Sheriff</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> at Scranton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/courthouse.html">City Hall</a>, and died later the same day at State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/12-03.html">December 3, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 253 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Patrick M. Calpin.</span></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> <b>Christopher G. Boland (1854-1924)</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/12-26.html">December 26, 1854</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/PA.html">1896</a>. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/06-17.html">June 17, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#821.08.01">William Philip Boland</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#554.63.44">Patrick Joseph Boland</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10117.html">Boland family</a> of Scranton, Pennsylvania.</span></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> <b>Joseph Carroll McCormick (1907-1996)</b> — also known as <b>J. Carroll McCormick</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna 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/1907/02-15.html">February 15, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Catholic priest</a>; chancellor, Archidiocese of Philadelphia, 1936-44; bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pa., 1960-66; bishop of Scranton, Pa., 1966-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Republican National Convention, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/11-02.html">November 2, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dougherty.html#816.57.52">Dennis Joseph Dougherty</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Carroll McCormick">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10715358">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Allen Beamish (1842-1895)</b> — also known as <b>Frank A. Beamish</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in County Cork, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/03-09.html">March 9, 1842</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 20th District, 1871, 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/scranton.html">mayor of Scranton, Pa.</a>, 1884-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/PA.html">1888</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/09-10.html">September 10, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at Hyde Park Catholic 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Richard Beamish and Ellen (Allen) Beamish; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/">1867</a> to Mary Loftus; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beals-bearce.html#838.61.30">Richard Joseph Beamish</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01626">West Side Catholic Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Henry Stanton (1843-1900)</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. 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/1843/07-28.html">July 28, 1843</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> 20th District, 1875-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 12th District, 1876-77; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1877. Died in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-died.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/03-28.html">March 28, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at West Side Catholic 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000807">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410273">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Henry Stanton (congressman)">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04158">Glenwood Mausoleum</a></b></span><br> South Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Laurence Hawley Watres (1882-1964)</b> — also known as <b>Laurence H. Watres</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-born.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/07-18.html">July 18, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; major 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> 11th District, 1923-31. Died in Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/02-06.html">February 6, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 203 days</a>). Interment at Glenwood Mausoleum. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watkins-watrous.html#860.33.28">Louis Arthur Watres</a> and Effie (Hawley) Watres.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000196">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411367">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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