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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Montgomery 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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Zion Cemetery</a> <li>Rockledge <a href="cms02120">Lawnview Cemetery</a> <li>South Auburn <a href="cms03471">St. Denis Cemetery</a> <li>Trappe <a href="cms02597">Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery</a> <li>Trappe <a href="cms03618">Lutheran Cemetery</a> <li>Near West Conshohocken <a href="cms05979">Calvary Cemetery</a> <li>West Norriton Township <a href="cms06010">Riverside Cemetery</a> <li>Whitemarsh <a href=" ">St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms04912">Private or family graveyards</a> Montgomery 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> Jonathan Roberts (1771-1854) — of Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1771/index.html">1771</a>. Whig. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1811-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1814-21; delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839 (speaker). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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=R000313">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409284">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> Timothy Matlack (1730-1829) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Haddonfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-born.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1730/03-28.html">March 28, 1730</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soc.html">secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania</a>, 1777-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1780. Died in Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/04-14.html">April 14, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/99.html">99 years, 17 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms05052">Free Quaker Burial Ground</a>, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1905 at in a private or family graveyard. <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 Timothy Matlack (1695-1752) and Martha (Burr) Matlack; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/10-05.html">October 5, 1758</a>, to Ellen Yarnall; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haines.html#875.10.21">Caspar Wistar Haines</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#109.05.46">James Matlack</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/19225.html">Matlack-Whitall family</a> of Woodbury, New Jersey.</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=M000246">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407264">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> Samuel Henderson (1764-1841) — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/11-27.html">November 27, 1764</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1814-15. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/11-17.html">November 17, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 355 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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=H000487">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405350">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04034">Presbyterian Cemetery</a> Abington, Montgomery 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> Joel Keith Mann (1780-1857) — also known as Joel K. Mann — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Cheltenham Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/08-01.html">August 1, 1780</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1817-20; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 3rd District, 1823-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1831-35. Died in Jenkintown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/08-28.html">August 28, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 27 days</a>). Interment at Presbyterian 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=M000107">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407131">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01612">Upper Dublin Lutheran Church Cemetery</a> Ambler, Montgomery 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 Benton Sterigere (1793-1852) — also known as John B. Sterigere — of Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/index.html">1793</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1827-31; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 3rd District, 1839-40, 1844-46. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/index.html">1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">about 59 years</a>). Interment at Upper Dublin Lutheran 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=S000867">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410329">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04191">Whitemarsh Memorial Park</a> Ambler, Montgomery 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 William Ditter (1888-1943) — also known as J. William Ditter — of Ambler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery 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/1888/09-05.html">September 5, 1888</a>. Republican. <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> 17th District, 1933-43; died in office 1943. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">airplane crash</a> near Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/11-21.html">November 21, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at Whitemarsh 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 George Ditter and Anna Elizabeth (Weissgerber) Ditter; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-02.html">September 2, 1913</a>, to Mabel Sylvester Bearn&eacute.</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=D000363">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403480">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22376671">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> Ira Walton Drew (1878-1972) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Hardwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-born.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/08-31.html">August 31, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">osteopath</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1937-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/02-12.html">February 12, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at Whitemarsh 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 John Herron Drew and Fannie A. (Walton) Drew; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-28.html">October 28, 1911</a>, to Margaret Spencer.</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=D000494">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403601">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7563464">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07827">Wetherills Cemetery</a> Audubon, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=46619&">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"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_L0MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA43"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/900/66.38.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="Ira Allen"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ira Allen (1751-1814) — also known as "Founder of Vermont" — of Vermont. Born in Cornwall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1751/04-21.html">April 21, 1751</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/trea.html">Vermont state treasurer</a>, 1776-86. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/01-07.html">January 7, 1814</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at Wetherills 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira Allen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/298/000049151">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16365828">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: Men of Vermont (1894)</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> Peter J. Camiel (1910-1991) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1910/01-30.html">January 30, 1910</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 3rd District, 1953-64; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania</a>, 1973. Died in Phoenixville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/01-31.html">January 31, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 1 days</a>). Interment at Wetherills 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 Nina Gumen.</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/118909314">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">St. Asaph Church Cemetery</a> Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1975693&">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 Cromwell Bell Jr. (1892-1974) — also known as John C. Bell, Jr. — of Wynnewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery 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/1892/10-25.html">October 25, 1892</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1943-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1947; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1950-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1961-72. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-psi.html">Delta Psi</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/03-18.html">March 18, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at St. Asaph 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 Fleurette deBenneville (Myers) Bell and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#238.38.30">John Cromwell Bell</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-29.html">June 29, 1918</a>, to Sarah Andrews Baker; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/myers.html#046.63.12">Leonard Myers</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/16765.html">Bell-Myers family</a> of Philadelphia, 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://www.nga.org/governor/john-cromwell-bell/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John C. Bell Jr.">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00360">West Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> 227 Belmont Avenue Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1992 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=46602&">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"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/352/37.11.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="J. Hampton Moore"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Hampton Moore (1864-1950) — also known as J. Hampton Moore — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Woodbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-born.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/03-08.html">March 8, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1906, 1907-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1920-24, 1932-36; defeated, 1927; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/05-02.html">May 2, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000906">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407878">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J. Hampton Moore">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12893">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: Munsey's Magazine, June 1919</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 Miller Fox (1819-1890) — also known as Daniel Fox — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in June, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/index.html">1819</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1869-71; defeated, 1862, 1865; superintendent, U.S. Mint at Philadelphia, 1885-90. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-20.html">March 20, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Married to Elizabeth C. Korn.</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/35646039">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/587/13.29.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Samuel H. Ashbridge"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Howell Ashbridge (1849-1906) — also known as Samuel H. Ashbridge; "Stars and Stripes Sam" — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1849/12-05.html">December 5, 1849</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Coal dealer</a>; coroner; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1899-1903. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/03-24.html">March 24, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Howell Ashbridge">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038692">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/30798742">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=23516">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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: New York Tribune, March 25, 1906</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 Franklin Warwick (1852-1913) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/02-14.html">February 14, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1895-99. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/04-04.html">April 4, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37244782">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> Edwin Sydney Stuart (1853-1937) — also known as Edwin S. Stuart — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1853/12-28.html">December 28, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Bookseller</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">publisher</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/PA.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1891-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1907-11; director, Bell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> Company of Pennsylvania; director, Diamond States <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> Company. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/03-21.html">March 21, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Hugh Stuart and Anna (Newman) Stuart.</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://www.nga.org/governor/edwin-sydney-stuart/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12905">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 Arista Mackey (1869-1938) — also known as Harry A. Mackey — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Susquehanna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SU-born.html">Susquehanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/06-26.html">June 26, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1928-32; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</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/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pat-ord-sons-am.html">Patriotic Order Sons of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/index.html">1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of George W. Mackey and Isadora (MacCollum) Mackey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/02-01.html">February 1, 1900</a>, to Ida Boner.</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/44688799">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/374/98.23.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Robert E. Lamberton"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Eneas Lamberton (1886-1941) — also known as Robert E. Lamberton — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in South Bethlehem (now part of Bethlehem), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NO-born.html">Northampton County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/09-14.html">September 14, 1886</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1940-41; died in office 1941; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1940. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/08-22.html">August 22, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 342 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44689230">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: New York Times, November 8, 1939</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YyoEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA306-IA2"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/599/72.63.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Charles Emory Smith"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Emory Smith (1842-1908) — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/02-18.html">February 18, 1842</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/NY.html">1876</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1890-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1898-1902. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/01-19.html">January 19, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 335 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Emory Boutelle Smith and Arvilla T. (Royce) Smith; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/06-30.html">June 30, 1863</a>, to Ella Huntley.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/smith-charles-emory ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/476/000050326">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16634933">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: Men of Mark in America (1906)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3568853948/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/988/77.43.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Robert E. Pattison"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Emory Pattison (1850-1904) — also known as Robert E. Pattison — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Quantico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-born.html">Wicomico County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/12-08.html">December 8, 1850</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1883-87, 1891-95; defeated, 1902; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1895; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/PA.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/PA.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-01.html">August 1, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 237 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Robert Henry Pattison and Catherine Priscilla (Woolford) Pattison; married to Anna Barney Smith.</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://www.nga.org/governor/robert-emory-pattison/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12896">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: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1902</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 Scott Vare (1867-1934) — also known as William S. Vare — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1867/12-24.html">December 24, 1867</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/PA.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PA.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 1st District, 1912-23, 1923-27; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 1st District, 1923; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1927-29. Political boss of Philadelphia in the 1920's; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">unseated</a> as U.S. Senator in 1929 over <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> of corruption and fraud in his election. Died in Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/08-07.html">August 7, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Augustus Vare and Abigail (Stites) Vare; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#383.49.99">George Augustus Vare</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#816.72.89">Edwin H. Vare</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/07-29.html">July 29, 1897</a>, to Ida Morris; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#946.70.84">Fletcher Wilbur Stites</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hand.html#191.79.41">Christopher Smith Hand</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/17088.html">Vare-Stites family</a> of Philadelphia, 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=V000071">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411129">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/523/000173004">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12908">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> A. Raymond Raff (1865-1947) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1865/04-27.html">April 27, 1865</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Builder</a>; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1903; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/PA.html">1924</a>; superintendent of U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, 1934-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/PAcc nPH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1935-47; died in office 1947; director, Northwestern National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/12-10.html">December 10, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 227 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of William Raff and Caroline (Hahn) Raff; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/">1889</a> to Ella Virginia Shinkle.</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/91224706">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 Irwin Schaffer (1867-1953) — also known as William I. Schaffer — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa.; Haverford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware 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/1867/02-11.html">February 11, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-officials.html">Delaware County District Attorney</a>, 1893-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1919-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1921-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1940-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/index.html">1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of George A. Schaffer and Mary H. (Irwin) Schaffer; married to Susan A. Cross.</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 Malcolm Bunn (1842-1923) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1842/01-01.html">January 1, 1842</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">woodworker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1868-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Idaho Territory</a>, 1884-85. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-19.html">September 19, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Albert Gesner Bunn and Rebecca (Crouse) Bunn.</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/30167706">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 Clay Ransley (1863-1941) — also known as Harry C. Ransley — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1863/02-05.html">February 5, 1863</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Philadelphia County, 1891-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/PA.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-officials.html">Philadelphia County Sheriff</a>, 1916-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1920-37 (3rd District 1920-33, 1st District 1933-37). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/11-07.html">November 7, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Robert H. Ransley and Mary A. (Irvin) Ransley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-31.html">March 31, 1902</a>, to Harrie A. Dilks.</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=R000061">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409041">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12897">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 Cooper Grier (1794-1870) — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/03-05.html">March 5, 1794</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1833-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1846-70; retired 1870. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/09-25.html">September 25, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/">1829</a> to Isabelle Rose.</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://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=916&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Cooper Grier">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robert Cooper Grier">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/912/000180372">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2944">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 O'Neill (1821-1893) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/03-21.html">March 21, 1821</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 1st District, 1853; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1863-71, 1873-93; died in office 1893. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/11-25.html">November 25, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 249 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000093">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408302">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12894">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> Alfred Crout Harmer (1825-1900) — also known as Alfred C. Harmer — of Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/08-08.html">August 8, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/PA.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1871-75, 1877-1900; died in office 1900. Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/03-06.html">March 6, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000215">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405093">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12882">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 Austin Welsh (1878-1970) — also known as George A. Welsh — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born near Bay View, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/08-09.html">August 9, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1923-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1932-57; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1934. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/10-22.html">October 22, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 74 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000289">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411453">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12910">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> Samuel Kerns McConnell Jr. (1901-1985) — also known as Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. — of Wynnewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Eddystone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-06.html">April 6, 1901</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1944-57 (17th District 1944-45, 16th District 1945-53, 13th District 1953-57). Died in Bryn Mawr, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/04-11.html">April 11, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000354">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407362">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12890">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 Washington Edmonds (1864-1939) — also known as George W. Edmonds — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Pottsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-born.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/02-22.html">February 22, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">coal dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1913-25, 1933-35. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, in Jefferson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/09-28.html">September 28, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 218 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</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 Henry R. Edmonds and Catherine Ann (Huntzinger) Edmonds; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edman-edward.html#909.83.38">Franklin Spencer Edmonds</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/06-14.html">June 14, 1899</a>, to Julia H. Riley.</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=E000053">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403748">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George W. Edmonds">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12877">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 Osborne Moon (1847-1919) — also known as Reuben O. Moon — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-born.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/07-22.html">July 22, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1903-13; defeated, 1912. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-25.html">October 25, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/">1876</a> to Mary A. Preedmore.</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=M000886">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407858">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12892">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> Green Adams (1812-1884) — of Barbourville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ky. Born in Barbourville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/08-20.html">August 20, 1812</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1839; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 6th District, 1847-49, 1859-61; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1851-56. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-18.html">January 18, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#902.00.65">George Madison Adams</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=A000036">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400697">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12860">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> Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (1839-1917) — of New Jersey. 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/1839/08-28.html">August 28, 1839</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 3rd District, 1889-95. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/07-20.html">July 20, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Married to Theodora Halliwell.</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=G000119">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404491">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12880">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 Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873-1945) — also known as John R. K. Scott — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Bloomsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/07-06.html">July 6, 1873</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>, 1899, 1909-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> at-large, 1915-19; resigned 1919. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/12-09.html">December 9, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott4.html#023.46.65">Hardie Scott</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=S000180">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409686">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12901">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 Lowe Kunzig (1918-1982) — also known as Robert L. Kunzig — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1918/10-31.html">October 31, 1918</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; civilian war crimes prosecutor at Nuremburg, Germany, 1946-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/PA.html">1952</a>; counsel, U.S House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1953-55; legal advisor, U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, 1955-58; member, U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 1958-61; vice-president, Stewart <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber</a> Company, 1961-62; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott4.html#571.57.50">Hugh Scott</a>, 1963-66; executive director, Pennsylvania General State Authority, 1967-68; administrator, U.S. General Services Administration, 1969-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#f">Judge of U.S. Court of Claims</a>, 1972-82; died in office 1982. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/02-21.html">February 21, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 113 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3267&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Lowe Kunzig">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12887">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/kunzig-robert-lowe">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> Benjamin Markley Boyer (1823-1887) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pottstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/01-22.html">January 22, 1823</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1865-69. Died in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/08-16.html">August 16, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000723">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401683">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12868">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> Peter Edward Costello (1854-1935) — also known as Peter E. Costello — of Torresdale, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/06-27.html">June 27, 1854</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/PA.html">1904</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> 5th District, 1915-21. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/10-23.html">October 23, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000796">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402915">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12872">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> Franklin John Maloney (1899-1958) — also known as Franklin J. Maloney — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1899/03-29.html">March 29, 1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1947-49; defeated, 1944, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/09-15.html">September 15, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 170 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000089">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407114">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12889">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 Reilly (1836-1904) — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/IN-born.html">Indiana County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/02-22.html">February 22, 1836</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 17th District, 1875-77. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/04-19.html">April 19, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000154">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409131">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12899">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 Miller Hazlett (1864-1941) — also known as James M. Hazlett — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/10-14.html">October 14, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 1st District, 1927; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/11-08.html">November 8, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000421">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405287">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12884">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 Earlston Thropp (1847-1927) — also known as Joseph E. Thropp — of Everett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BD-lived.html">Bedford County</a>, Pa. Born in Valley Forge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/10-04.html">October 4, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 20th District, 1899-1901. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/07-27.html">July 27, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000248">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410826">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12906">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> Cynthia DeLores Tucker (1927-2005) — also known as C. DeLores Tucker; Cynthia DeLores Nottage — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/10-04.html">October 4, 1927</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soc.html">Secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania</a>, 1971-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/PA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/PA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/PA.html">2004</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/speakers.html">1984</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1978; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1980; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania</a>, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-alpha.html">Alpha Kappa Alpha</a>. Died, in Suburban Woods <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Health Center</a>, Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/10-12.html">October 12, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 8 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Daughter of Rev. Whitfield Nottage and Captilda (Gardiner) Nottage; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/">1951</a> to William L. Tucker.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C. Delores Tucker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/313/000104998">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1059625">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12363770">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> Albert Henry Ladner Jr. (b. 1882) — also known as Albert H. Ladner — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1882/10-21.html">October 21, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Pennsylvania District, 1932; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Albert H. Ladner and Emma S. (Konzelmann) Ladner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-14.html">April 14, 1909</a>, to Lillian Guenthoer.</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/91400397">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> A. Lincoln Acker (1865-1950) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1865/02-25.html">February 25, 1865</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/PA.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>; Philadelphia Director of Public Works, 1905-06; purchasing agent, 1920-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/PAcc nPH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1922-32. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/07-21.html">July 21, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</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 Rev. James Daniel Acker and Emaline (Kinsley) Acker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-11.html">April 11, 1894</a>, to Emily Rebecca Focht.</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/59424337">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 Wien Forney (1817-1881) — also known as John W. Forney — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/09-30.html">September 30, 1817</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/PA.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/PAcc nPH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1870-72. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/12-09.html">December 9, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12878">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> Ellwood Becker (1853-1903) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1853/07-20.html">July 20, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 2nd District, 1891-98; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-25.html">January 25, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 189 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/60757369">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 Augustus Vare (1859-1908) — also known as George A. Vare — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1859/02-07.html">February 7, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Contractor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1892-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 1st District, 1897-1908; died in office 1908; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/PA.html">1904</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">influenza</a>, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/02-28.html">February 28, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 21 days</a>). Entombed at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Augustus Vare and Abigail (Stites) Vare; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#816.72.89">Edwin H. Vare</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#261.01.19">William Scott Vare</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/12-07.html">December 7, 1881</a>, to Clara B. Hunter; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#946.70.84">Fletcher Wilbur Stites</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hand.html#191.79.41">Christopher Smith Hand</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/17088.html">Vare-Stites family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/033/78.45.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Charles L. Brown"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Lincoln Brown (1864-1947) — also known as Charles L. Brown — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1864/07-06.html">July 6, 1864</a>. Republican. <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>, 1897-1900, 1905-08 (5th District 1897-1900, 1905-06, 7th District 1907-08); municipal judge, 1913-24, 1929-47; 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/1920/PA.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Jefferson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/10-08.html">October 8, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 94 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Charles Brown and Amanda (Marple) Brown; married to M. Florence Warren.</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: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 14, 1896</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 Pinckney Holbrook Nason (1842-1937) — also known as Charles P. H. Nason — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Newburyport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/09-07.html">September 7, 1842</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">clergyman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">lecturer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Grenoble</a>, 1901-11. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/index.html">1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">about 94 years</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</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 Rev. Elias Nason and Myra Ann (Bigelow) Nason; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/11-17.html">November 17, 1870</a>, to Helen Augusta Bond; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#472.42.97">Timothy Bigelow</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#508.73.59">John Prescott Bigelow</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/10001-0001.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/10001-0121.html">Saltonstall-Weeks family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a> (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/89336281">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 Charles Moon (1844-1914) — also known as Robert C. Moon — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Brighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/02-17.html">February 17, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; benefactor of the blind; publisher of books for the blind with embossed type, a system of tactile reading invented by his father; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-consuls.html">Consul for Liberia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1897-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Liberia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1902-03. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Lansdowne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-13.html">February 13, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of William Moon and Mary Ann (Caudle) Moon; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/">1886</a> to Margaret Morris.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "His Soul Is With God."</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/91398450">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 D. Burk (1856-1916) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1856/04-06.html">April 6, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Leather business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-29.html">November 29, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 237 days</a>). Entombed at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgett-burkan.html#881.94.78">Henry Burk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgett-burkan.html#399.43.21">Alfred E. Burk</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/13296.html">Burk family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</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> Alfred E. Burk (1864-1921) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1864/11-05.html">November 5, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Leather business</a>; with his brother Louis, developed and owned the Garden Pier in Atlantic City, N.J.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/05-13.html">May 13, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 189 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms05973">Mt. Vernon Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa.; re-entombed in 1939 in mausoleum at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgett-burkan.html#881.94.78">Henry Burk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgett-burkan.html#549.06.99">Charles D. Burk</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/13296.html">Burk family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</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 Gray Bolton (1847-1931) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/03-17.html">March 17, 1847</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Republican National Convention, 1900 ; moderator of the Pennsylvania Synod of Presbyterians, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/02-22.html">February 22, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 342 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Married to Susan Josephine Townsend.</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/60758338">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> Philip Henry Gadsden (1867-1945) — also known as Philip H. Gadsden — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/10-04.html">October 4, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">utility executive</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Charleston County, 1894-1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/SC.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/02-28.html">February 28, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of Christopher Shulz Gadsden and Florida Indiana (Morrall) Gadsden; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/04-19.html">April 19, 1895</a>, to Sally Pelzer Inglesby; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#927.06.29">John Gadsden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#097.51.71">James Gadsden</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#329.76.23">Christopher Gadsden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#659.94.49">Oscar Hampton Ballard</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#132.46.95">Harry R. Pauley</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/10001-0288.html">Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family</a> of West Virginia and South Carolina (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://findagrave.com/memorial/58881429">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 S. Haws (1873-1949) — of Narberth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Joanna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-04.html">May 4, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/paint-decor.html">Plastering contractor</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/narberth.html#3">Narberth, Pa.</a>, 1913-22; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/PA.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">rifle shot</a> to the head, in the cellar of his home, Narberth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/12-26.html">December 26, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 236 days</a>). Interment at West Laurel 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">Relatives: Son of John P. Haws and Sarah (McGowan) Haws; married to Ada Louise Ely.</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/91442564">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/637/40.79.jpg" width=70 height=116 border=0 alt="Charlemagne Tower"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/04-17.html">April 17, 1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; president, Duluth & Iron Range <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a>); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AH-diplomats.html ">Austria-Hungary</a>, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1899-1902; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-diplomats.html ">Germany</a>, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-24.html">February 24, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 313 days</a>). Original interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-buried.html#cms05214">Waterville Cemetery</a>, Waterville, N.Y. <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 Charlemagne Tower and Amelia (Bartle) Tower; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/02-08.html">February 8, 1888</a>, to Helen Smith.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/tower-charlemagne ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</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: National Cyclopedia of American Biography (1894)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03383">Westminster Cemetery</a> Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery 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> Robert Edward Difenderfer (1849-1923) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Lewisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/06-07.html">June 7, 1849</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1911-15. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-25.html">April 25, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at Westminster 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=D000343">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403461">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/179/02.08.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Wilfred H. Schoff"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilfred Harvey Schoff (1874-1932) — also known as Wilfred H. Schoff — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Lower Merion Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Newtonville, Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-27.html">November 27, 1874</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">Lecturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Bolivia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1898-1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Peru</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1898-1921; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Panama</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1904-22; secretary and treasurer of the Atlantic Deeper <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Waterways</a> Association; secretary of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. Killed when <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">hit by a car</a> in Mt. Holly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-died.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/09-14.html">September 14, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 292 days</a>); his body was not identified until almost three weeks later. Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-buried.html# ">Brotherhood Cemetery</a>, Hainesport, N.J.; reinterment in 1932 at Westminster 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 Frederic Schoff and Hannah (Kent) Schoff; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/06-20.html">June 20, 1900</a>, to Ethelwyn McGeorge.</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/189412163">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: Courier-Post (Camden, N.J.), October 3, 1932</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> Paul Marie Hagemans (1853-1926) — also known as Paul Hagemans — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Liège, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-born.html">Belgium</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/11-07.html">November 7, 1853</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html">Consul-General for Belgium</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1890-1903. Died in Haverford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/06-03.html">June 3, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 208 days</a>). Interment at Westminster 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/160382124">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 M. Boswell (1860-1934) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Toms River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/OC-born.html">Ocean County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/12-28.html">December 28, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900 /speakers.html">offered prayer</a>, Republican National Convention, 1900 ; corresponding secretary, Methodist Board of Home Missions and Church Extension, 1906-17; corresponding secretary, Methodist Episcopal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>, 1917-34; president, Ocean Grove Campmeeting Association, 1925-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Methodist Episcopal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/12-20.html">December 20, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at Westminster 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 Boswell and Catherine Boswell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-23.html">May 23, 1888</a>, to Florence E. Dobson.</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/137656932">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06811">Unknown Location</a> Bryn Athyn, Montgomery 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> William Roscoe Kintner (1915-1997) — also known as William R. Kintner — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/index.html">1915</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-diplomats.html ">Thailand</a>, 1973-75. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Co-founder, with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#188.75.18">Robert Strausz-Hupé</a>, of the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/02-01.html">February 1, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment somewhere. <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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/kintner-william-roscoe ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05888">Bryn Athyn Cathedral Graveyard</a> Bryn Athyn, Montgomery 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> Robert von Moschzisker (d. 1939) — of Pennsylvania. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1921-30; resigned 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1921-30. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a>. Interment at Bryn Athyn Cathedral Graveyard. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06992">Bryn Athyn Cemetery</a> Bryn Athyn, Montgomery 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> Raymond Pitcairn (d. 1966) — of Bryn Athyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa.; Jenkintown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/PA.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/PA.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/07-12.html">July 12, 1966</a>. Interment at Bryn Athyn Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05207">Church of the Redeemer Cemetery</a> Bryn Mawr, Montgomery 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> Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833-1917) — also known as Wayne MacVeagh — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Phoenixville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/04-19.html">April 19, 1833</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-officials.html">Chester County District Attorney</a>, 1859-64; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/PA.html">Pennsylvania Republican state chair</a>, 1863; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-diplomats.html ">Turkey</a>, 1870-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1872; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1881; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-diplomats.html ">Italy</a>, 1893-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/01-11.html">January 11, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at Church of the Redeemer 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 Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln) MacVeagh; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#338.22.15">Franklin MacVeagh</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-22.html">May 22, 1856</a>, to Letitia Miner 'Letty' Lewis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-27.html">December 27, 1866</a>, to Virginia Rolette Cameron (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cameron.html#066.08.00">Simon Cameron</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#127.07.09">Charles MacVeagh</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#358.79.13">Lincoln MacVeagh</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/10001-0287.html">MacVeagh family</a> of Bryn Mawr, 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">Epitaph: "Genial to his friends. Enlightening to all. Keen eyed, clear spoken. He remembered, he observed, he foresaw."</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne MacVeagh">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/macveagh-isaac-wayne ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/394/000167890">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15611773">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 MacVeagh (1860-1931) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/06-06.html">June 6, 1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; general solicitor and assistant general counsel, U.S. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Steel</a> Corporation, 1901-25; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-diplomats.html ">Japan</a>, 1925-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>. Died in Mission Canyon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-died.html">Santa Barbara County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/12-04.html">December 4, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 181 days</a>). Interment at Church of the Redeemer 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/maclafferty-madar.html#341.14.26">Isaac Wayne MacVeagh</a> and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-15.html">June 15, 1887</a>, to Fannie Davenport Rogers; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#358.79.13">Lincoln MacVeagh</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#338.22.15">Franklin MacVeagh</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/10001-0287.html">MacVeagh family</a> of Bryn Mawr, 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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/macveagh-charles ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/610/000168106">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20910859">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 Howard Earle Jr. (1856-1928) — also known as George H. Earle, Jr. — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1856/07-06.html">July 6, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1911. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/index.html">1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment at Church of the Redeemer 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 George Hussey Earle and Ellen France (von Löhr) Earle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/12-12.html">December 12, 1881</a>, to Catherine Hansell French; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#301.82.24">George Howard Earle III</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#892.69.78">Thomas Earle</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/14599.html">Earle family</a> of Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr, 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/39641987">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> Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) — of New Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/10-01.html">October 1, 1890</a>. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-diplomats.html ">Greece</a>, 1933-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IC-diplomats.html ">Iceland</a>, 1941-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SF-diplomats.html ">South Africa</a>, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/YU-diplomats.html ">Yugoslavia</a>, 1943-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-diplomats.html ">Greece</a>, 1943-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1948-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-diplomats.html ">Spain</a>, 1952-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at Adelphi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/01-15.html">January 15, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at Church of the Redeemer 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/maclafferty-madar.html#127.07.09">Charles MacVeagh</a> and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacVeagh; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/08-17.html">August 17, 1917</a>, to Margaret Charlton Lewis; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/">1955</a> to Virginia (Ferrante) Coats; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#341.14.26">Isaac Wayne MacVeagh</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#338.22.15">Franklin MacVeagh</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/10001-0287.html">MacVeagh family</a> of Bryn Mawr, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln MacVeagh">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/macveagh-lincoln ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/609/000168105">NNDB dossier</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 Wheeler Thayer (1910-1969) — also known as Charles W. Thayer — of Villanova, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Villanova, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/02-09.html">February 9, 1910</a>. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-consuls.html ">Moscow</a>, 1937, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Berlin</a>, 1937-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Hamburg</a>, 1939-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AF-consuls.html ">Kabul</a>, as of 1943; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; head of the State Department's international broadcasting division, including the "Voice of America", 1947-49; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Munich</a>, 1952-53; in March 1953, when attacks on his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sedition.html">loyalty</a> by U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccarthy.html#956.57.47">Joseph R. McCarthy</a> inspired a State Department <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> into his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/diplomatic-offenses.html">diplomatic</a> career, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a> from the Foreign Service; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>. Died, during <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart surgery</a>, in Salzburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-died.html">Austria</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/08-27.html">August 27, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at Church of the Redeemer 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 George C. Thayer and Gertrude May (Wheeler) Thayer; brother of Avis Howard Thayer (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boghos-boker.html#536.42.36">Charles Eustis Bohlen</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/03-27.html">March 27, 1950</a>, to Cynthia (Dunn) Cochrane (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html#799.27.66">James Clement Dunn</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boghos-boker.html#906.18.67">Avis Thayer Bohlen</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/10001-0622.html">Bohlen-Eustis-Thayer family</a> of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, 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://findagrave.com/memorial/17843130">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> Samuel Matthews Vauclain (1856-1940) — also known as Samuel M. Vauclain — of Rosemont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/05-18.html">May 18, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">inventor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-civil-engrs.html">American Society of Civil Engineers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-mech-engrs.html">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Rosemont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/02-04.html">February 4, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at Church of the Redeemer 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 Andrew Constant Vauclain and Mary Ann (Campbell) Vauclain; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/04-17.html">April 17, 1879</a>, to Annie Kearney.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel M. Vauclain">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9341849">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04705">Church of the Resurrection Cemetery</a> Bryn Mawr, Montgomery 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"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009008389/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/301/82.24.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="George H. Earle"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Howard Earle III (1890-1974) — also known as George H. Earle — of Haverford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Devon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-05.html">December 5, 1890</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/sugar.html">sugar business</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-diplomats.html ">Austria</a>, 1933-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BL-diplomats.html ">Bulgaria</a>, 1940-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/PA.html">1936</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1938; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania</a>, 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tall-cedars.html">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/12-30.html">December 30, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at Church of the Resurrection 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/eachus-earlston.html#858.89.25">George Howard Earle Jr.</a> and Catherine Hansell (French) Earle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-20.html">January 20, 1916</a>, to Huberta Potter; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#892.69.78">Thomas Earle</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/14599.html">Earle family</a> of Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr, 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://www.nga.org/governor/george-howard-earle/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/earle-george-howard-iii ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11406">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: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03308">Wentz's Reformed Church Cemetery</a> Center Point, Montgomery 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> Frederick Conrad (1759-1827) — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1759/index.html">1759</a>. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1790; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1803-07. Slaveowner. Died in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/08-03.html">August 3, 1827</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at Wentz's Reformed 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=C000704">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402829">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04799">Holy Sepulchre Cemetery</a> Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1973236&">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 Lazarro Rizzo (1920-1991) — also known as Frank L. Rizzo; "Cisco Kid"; "The Super Cop"; "The Big Bambino"; "The General" — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1920/10-23.html">October 23, 1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Police officer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1972-80; defeated, 1983 (Democratic primary), 1987 (Republican); nominated, but died before the election 1991. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Died, apparently from 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/1991/07-16.html">July 16, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 266 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery; statue (now gone) at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html# ">Municipal Service Building Plaza</a>, Philadelphia, 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">See also <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/101/000161615">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2489">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">Books about Frank Rizzo: Joseph R. Daughen, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316095214/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316095214&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Cop Who Would Be King : Mayor Frank Rizzo</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> Michael Donohoe (1864-1958) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Killeshandra, County Cavan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/02-22.html">February 22, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1911-15; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1931; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/PA.html">1932</a>. <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/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/01-17.html">January 17, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 329 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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=D000418">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403531">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7467706">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 B. Kelly — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1935; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-parties.html">chair of Philadelphia County Democratic Party</a>, 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/PA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>. Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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: Father of Grace Kelly.</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> Francis John Myers (1901-1956) — also known as Francis J. Myers — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1901/12-18.html">December 18, 1901</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> 6th District, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/PA.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/PA.html">1948</a> (chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/PA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1945-51. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/index.html">1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">about 54 years</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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 Catharine M. Hall.</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=M001127">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408089">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/10506940794/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/932/89.68.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="William F. Harrity"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Francis Harrity (1850-1912) — also known as William F. Harrity — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/10-19.html">October 19, 1850</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/1884/PA.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/PA.html">1896</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html#2">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1885-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Pennsylvania Democratic state chair</a>, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soc.html">secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania</a>, 1891-95; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania</a>, 1892-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Chairman of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1892-96. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/04-12.html">April 12, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 176 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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 Michael Harrity and Jane A. Harrity.</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 William F. Harrity <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Public School</a> (built 1913, closed 2017), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-names.html">Philadelphia, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William F. Harrity">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18341244">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: The Parties and The Men (1896)</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 Joseph Green Jr. (1910-1963) — also known as William J. Green, Jr. — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1910/03-05.html">March 5, 1910</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> 5th District, 1945-47, 1949-63; defeated, 1946; died in office 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/PA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/12-21.html">December 21, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 291 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green9.html#527.50.53">William Joseph Green III</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=G000421">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404769">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/278/000129888">NNDB dossier</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 Aloysius Byrne (1906-1980) — also known as James A. Byrne — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1906/06-22.html">June 22, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">Funeral director</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/PA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1951-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1953-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/09-03.html">September 3, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 73 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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/1939/06-07.html">June 7, 1939</a>, to M. Virginia Mullin.</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=B001212">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402151">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7463358">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 Joseph Connolly (1881-1952) — also known as James J. Connolly — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1881/09-24.html">September 24, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1921-35. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/12-10.html">December 10, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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/1908/09-30.html">September 30, 1908</a>, to Mary A. Morrissey.</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=C000698">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402823">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7463370">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT191"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/014/55.17.jpg" width=70 height=96 border=0 alt="William McAleer"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William McAleer (1838-1912) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/01-06.html">January 6, 1838</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Flour merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 2nd District, 1887-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1891-95, 1897-1901; defeated, 1900. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>. Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/04-19.html">April 19, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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=M000294">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407309">Govtrack.us page</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: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</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 Burk (1850-1903) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Wurttemberg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/09-26.html">September 26, 1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Leather business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1901-03; died in office 1903. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-05.html">December 5, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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 Burk and Charlotte (Reinmann) Burk; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgett-burkan.html#549.06.99">Charles D. Burk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgett-burkan.html#399.43.21">Alfred E. Burk</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/08-18.html">August 18, 1873</a>, to Ellen Carney.</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/13296.html">Burk family</a> of Philadelphia, 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=B001085">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402031">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7463355">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> Francis Raphael Smith (1911-1982) — also known as Francis R. Smith — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1911/09-25.html">September 25, 1911</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1941-43; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Pennsylvania District, 1946-51; Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner, 1955-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>, 1956. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/12-09.html">December 9, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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=S000532">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410015">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> James Washington Logue (1863-1925) — also known as J. Washington Logue — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1863/02-22.html">February 22, 1863</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1913-15; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1918. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/08-27.html">August 27, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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=L000407">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406898">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> Clare Gerald Fenerty (1895-1952) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/07-25.html">July 25, 1895</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1935-37; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1939-52; died in office 1952. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/07-01.html">July 1, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 342 days</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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=F000071">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404029">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7467709">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 Patrick McNichol (d. 1917) — also known as James P. McNichol — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1905-17 (7th District 1905-06, 3rd District 1907-17); died in office 1917; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/11-14.html">November 14, 1917</a>. Entombed at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eduardo Fornias (1845-1912) — also known as Edward Fornias — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-born.html">Cuba</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/index.html">1845</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html">Consul for Uruguay</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1892-1900. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Cuban</a> ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/01-22.html">January 22, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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 Clara Keffer.</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/208498773">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> Austin Meehan (d. 1961) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/PA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/PA.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-officials.html">Philadelphia County Sheriff</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/index.html">1961</a>. Interment at Holy Sepulchre 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#902.09.87">William Austin Meehan</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04981">St. Paul's Church Cemetery</a> Elkins Park, Montgomery 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> Jay Cooke (1897-1963) — of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Blue Bell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery 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/1897/04-02.html">April 2, 1897</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">bond broker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/PA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/PA.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/07-10.html">July 10, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 99 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 Jay Cooke III and Nina L. (Benson) Cooke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-24.html">April 24, 1924</a>, to Mary F. Glendinning; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/07-25.html">July 25, 1956</a>, to Hannah M. Durham; father of Mary Ellen Cooke (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#908.89.01">Hallett C. Johnson</a>); great-grandson of Jay Cooke (1821-1905; Civil War financier); great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooke.html#131.08.43">Henry David Cooke</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooke.html#832.25.01">Eleutheros Cooke</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/10001-0474.html">Cooke family</a> of Ohio and 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://findagrave.com/memorial/19348367">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 Alexander Sutherland (1869-1955) — also known as Dan A. Sutherland — of Ruby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/YK-lived.html">Yukon-Koyukuk census area</a>, Alaska; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ju-lived.html">Juneau</a>, Alaska. Born in Pleasant Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NS-born.html">Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/04-17.html">April 17, 1869</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/trsn.html">Alaska territorial senate</a> 4th District, 1913-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory</a>, 1921-31. Died in Abington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/03-24.html">March 24, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 341 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred 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=S001079">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410532">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06934">Friends Meeting Burial Ground</a> Gwynedd, Montgomery 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> Howard M. Jenkins (1842-1902) — of Delaware. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/index.html">1842</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Republican National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1870-72. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/index.html">1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at Friends Meeting Burial Ground. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06300">Church of the Messiah Cemetery</a> Gwynedd Valley, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2131393&">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> Charles Edward Ingersoll (1860-1932) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Penllyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery 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/1860/06-17.html">June 17, 1860</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/PA.html">1896</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1902. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">arteriosclerosis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">chronic nephritis</a>, in Penllyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/06-06.html">June 6, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at Church of the Messiah 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 Ingersoll and Anna Chester (Warren) Ingersoll; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-23.html">December 23, 1886</a>, to Henrietta Auchinuty Sturgis; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#524.16.25">Charles Jared Ingersoll</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#083.89.11">Joseph Reed Ingersoll</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#918.45.60">Jared Ingersoll</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#877.33.50">Jonathan Ingersoll</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#970.95.77">Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#199.05.27">Charles Anthony Ingersoll</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#236.98.89">Colin Macrae Ingersoll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#767.56.05">Charles Roberts Ingersoll</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#539.12.14">George Pratt Ingersoll</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#761.44.25">Laman Ingersoll</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/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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/115801234">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06180">Hatboro Cemetery</a> Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Founded 1876 <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> Arthur D. Markley (1832-1896) — of Hatboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/04-28.html">April 28, 1832</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1865-67; president, Perkiomen <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/papermaking.html">paper manufacturer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/hatboro.html#3">Hatboro, Pa.</a>, 1886-88; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 12th District, 1891-94. 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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-19.html">April 19, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at Hatboro 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 F. Markley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/11-10.html">November 10, 1859</a>, to Juliet Eyre; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/11-16.html">November 16, 1882</a>, to Hannah Jarrett Penrose.</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/9570551">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> Stephen Decatur Yerkes (1849-1915) — also known as Stephen D. Yerkes — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Hatboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/12-25.html">December 25, 1849</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1882-85. Died in Hanover Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-died.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/07-23.html">July 23, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at Hatboro 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/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Stephen Decatur</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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#065.09.16">Joseph Ball Yerkes</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03439">Friends Cemetery</a> Horsham, Montgomery 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> Isaac Newton Evans (1827-1901) — of Pennsylvania. Born in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/07-29.html">July 29, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1877-79, 1883-87. Died in Hatboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-03.html">December 3, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 127 days</a>). Interment at Friends 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/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Isaac Newton</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=E000244">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403928">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04255">Shalom Memorial Park</a> 25 Byberry Road Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1681290&">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> Arlen Specter (1930-2012) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-born.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-12.html">February 12, 1930</a>. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1967; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/PA.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/PA.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1981-2011; defeated in Democratic primary, 2010. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">non-Hodgkin's lymphoma</a>, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2012/10-14.html">October 14, 2012</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at Shalom 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: Father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#701.35.20">Tracey Specter</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=S000709">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300092">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlen Specter">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/323/000023254">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817461">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/98875110">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">Books by Arlen Specter: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060198494/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060198494&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Passion for Truth : From Finding JFK's Single Bullet to Questioning Anita Hill to Impeaching Clinton</a>, with Charles Robbins (2000) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250003687/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1250003687&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Life Among the Cannibals: A Political Career, a Tea Party Uprising, and the End of Governing As We Know It</a>, with Charles Robbins (2012)</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> Leon Sacks (1902-1972) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1902/10-07.html">October 7, 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> 1st District, 1937-43; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish-war-vets.html">Jewish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/03-11.html">March 11, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at Shalom 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 Morris Sacks and Dora (Clayman) Sacks.</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=S000008">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409528">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6905312">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03782">Abington Friends Burying Ground</a> Jenkintown, Montgomery 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> Edwin Hallowell (1844-1916) — of Willow Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born near Willow Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/04-02.html">April 2, 1844</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Montgomery County, 1877-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1891-93. Died in Abington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-13.html">September 13, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at Abington Friends Burying 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=H000084">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404966">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06879">Montefiore Cemetery</a> 600 Church Road Jenkintown, Montgomery 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> Joshua Eilberg (1921-2004) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1921/02-12.html">February 12, 1921</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <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>, 1952-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1967-79; defeated, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/bnai-brith.html">B'nai B'rith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish-war-vets.html">Jewish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Pleaded guilty</a> in federal court to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/conflict-of-interest.html">conflict of interest</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a>, February 1979; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to five years <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">probation</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $10,000. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/parkinsons.html">Parkinson's disease</a>, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/03-24.html">March 24, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 41 days</a>). Interment at Montefiore 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=E000096">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403787">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04668">Towamencin Mennonite Churchyard</a> Near Lansdale, Montgomery 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> Francis Nash (1742-1777) — of Hillsborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-born.html">Prince Edward County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1742/index.html">1742</a>. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1764; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/welsh.html">Welsh</a> ancestry. During the Battle of Germanown, he was hit by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">cannonball</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">musket shot</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/revolutionary-war.html">mortally wounded</a>, and died soon after, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/10-07.html">October 7, 1777</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">about 35 years</a>). Interment at Towamencin Mennonite Churchyard. <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 Abner Nash (1685-1732) and Elizabeth (Hinton) Nash; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#388.34.11">Abner Nash (1740-1786)</a>; married to Sally Moore.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NS.html">Nash County, N.C.</a> is named for him.</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-names.html">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NS-names.html">Nashville, North Carolina</a>, is <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis Nash">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2877">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01978">Faulkner Swamp Church Cemetery</a> New Hanover, Montgomery 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 Hahn (1776-1823) — of Pennsylvania. Born in New Hanover Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/10-30.html">October 30, 1776</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1815-17. Died in New Hanover Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/02-26.html">February 26, 1823</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at Faulkner Swamp 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=H000018">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404903">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> John Richards (1753-1822) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1753/index.html">1753</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1796-97; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1800. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/index.html">1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Faulkner Swamp 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#178.68.18">Matthias 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=R000215">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409191">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06883">Unknown Location</a> Norristown, Montgomery 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> Russell E. Crawford (d. 1965) — also known as "Eggman" — of Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Republican. Vice-president of Ehret Magnesia Company, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturers</a> of many asbestos products; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/PA.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/PA.html">1952</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/index.html">1965</a>. Interment somewhere. <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 Thelma Aletta Thomas.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00924">Montgomery Cemetery</a> Norristown, Montgomery 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"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/4360154054/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/966/57.75.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Winfield S. Hancock"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) — also known as Winfield S. Hancock — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-14.html">February 14, 1824</a>. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/index.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/index.html">1876</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1880. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Governor's Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/02-09.html">February 9, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at Montgomery Cemetery; statue erected 1896 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07309">Hancock Circle</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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#486.08.94">Winfield Scott</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 Benjamin Franklin Hancock and Elizabeth (Hoxworth) Hancock; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/02-01.html">February 1, 1850</a>, to Almira Dubois Russell; uncle of Laura Elizabeth Hancock (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrell-merrifield.html#606.56.26">William Rush Merriam</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/10001-0001.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>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Hancock, in Yellowstone National Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/TE-names.html">Teton County, Wyoming</a>, is <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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1880s and early 1890s.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfield S. Hancock">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/010/000101704">NNDB dossier</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">Books about Winfield Scott Hancock: David M. Jordan, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0253210585/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0253210585&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Winfield Scott Hancock : A Soldier's Life</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: Cornell University Library</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 Frederick Hartranft (1830-1889) — also known as John F. Hartranft — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in New Hanover Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/12-16.html">December 16, 1830</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>, 1866-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1873-79; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/index.html">1876</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html#2">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1879-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/PAcc nPH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1880-83. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> in 1886 for action at Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/10-17.html">October 17, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 305 days</a>). Interment at Montgomery 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://www.nga.org/governor/john-frederick-hartranft/">National Governors Association biography</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 Freedley (1793-1851) — of Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/05-22.html">May 22, 1793</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> 5th District, 1847-51. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/12-08.html">December 8, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 200 days</a>). Interment at Montgomery 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=F000360">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404307">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> Joseph Fornance (1804-1852) — of Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Lower Merion Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/10-18.html">October 18, 1804</a>. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1839-43. Died in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/11-24.html">November 24, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at Montgomery 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=F000276">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404226">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> John Wood (1816-1898) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/09-06.html">September 6, 1816</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron and steel manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/conshohocken.html#2">burgess of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania</a>, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1859-61. Died in Conshohocken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-28.html">May 28, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 264 days</a>). Interment at Montgomery 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 Wood and Ann (Warner) Wood; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood1.html#747.98.18">Alan Wood 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000696">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411848">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Wood (congressman)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15112522">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04039">St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery</a> Norristown, Montgomery 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> Philip Swenk Markley (1789-1834) — also known as Philip S. Markley — of Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Skippack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/07-02.html">July 2, 1789</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>, 1819-23 (7th District 1819-22, 3rd District 1822-23); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1823-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1829-30. Died in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/09-12.html">September 12, 1834</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at St. John'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=M000135">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407158">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02727">St. John's Protestant Episcopal Cemetery</a> Norristown, Montgomery 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> Levi Pawling (1773-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1773/07-25.html">July 25, 1773</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> 2nd District, 1817-19. Slaveowner. Died in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/09-07.html">September 7, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Protestant Episcopal 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=P000147">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408552">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00219">Norris City Cemetery</a> Norriton Township, Montgomery 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> Ephraim Leister Acker (1827-1903) — also known as Ephraim Acker — of Pennsylvania. Born in Marlboro Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/01-11.html">January 11, 1827</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1871-73; defeated, 1872. Died in Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/05-12.html">May 12, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at Norris City 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=A000020">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400682">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim Leister Acker">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6404543">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00124">Upper Providence Friends Meeting Burial Ground</a> Oaks, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2164924&">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> Israel Jacobs (1726-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Providence Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1726/06-09.html">June 9, 1726</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> at-large, 1791-93. Died in Oaks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/12-10.html">December 10, 1796</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 184 days</a>). Interment at Upper Providence Friends Meeting 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=J000036">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405941">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel Jacobs">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20177176">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00872">Edgewood Cemetery</a> Pottstown, Montgomery 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> Jacob Senewell Yost (1801-1872) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Pottstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/07-29.html">July 29, 1801</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>, 1836-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1843-47. Died in Pottstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/03-07.html">March 7, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 222 days</a>). Interment at Edgewood 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=Y000026">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411960">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01173">Mt. Zion Cemetery</a> Pottstown, Montgomery 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> Irving Price Wanger (1852-1940) — also known as Irving P. Wanger — of Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in North Coventry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/03-05.html">March 5, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/norristown.html#2">burgess of Norristown, Pennsylvania</a>, 1878; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/PA.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-officials.html">Montgomery County District Attorney</a>, 1881-83, 1887-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1893-1911 (7th District 1893-1903, 8th District 1903-11). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/index.html">1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">about 88 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Zion 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 George Wanger and Rebecca (Price) Wanger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/06-20.html">June 20, 1884</a>, to Emma C. Titlow.</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=W000122">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411297">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02120">Lawnview Cemetery</a> Rockledge, Montgomery 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> Henry Dunning Moore (1817-1887) — also known as Henry D. Moore — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/index.html">1817</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1849-53; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/PA.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trea.html">Pennsylvania state treasurer</a>, 1861-63, 1864-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/PAcc nPH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1869-70. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/index.html">1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00587">Monument Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1956 at Lawnview 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=M000900">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407872">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> Thomas Birch Florence (1812-1875) — also known as Thomas B. Florence — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1812/01-26.html">January 26, 1812</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 1st District, 1851-61. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-03.html">July 3, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 158 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00587">Monument Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1956 at Lawnview 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=F000214">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404169">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> John Hull Campbell (1800-1868) — of Pennsylvania. Born in York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-born.html">York County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/10-10.html">October 10, 1800</a>. <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>, 1831; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1845-47. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-19.html">January 19, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 101 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00587">Monument Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1956 at Lawnview 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=C000093">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402248">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> James Landy (1813-1875) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/10-13.html">October 13, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1857-59. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-25.html">July 25, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 285 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00587">Monument Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1956 at Lawnview 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=L000056">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406565">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> Charles Frederick Pracht (1880-1950) — also known as C. Frederick Pracht — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Pitman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-born.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/10-20.html">October 20, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1943-45; defeated, 1944; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at Lawnview 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=P000494">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408879">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> Edwin Milton Abbott (1877-1940) — also known as Edwin M. Abbott — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1877/06-04.html">June 4, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">poet</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1911-13; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1918. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/11-08.html">November 8, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 157 days</a>). Interment at Lawnview 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 Theodore Abbott and Alvina (Rosewig) Abbott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/11-09.html">November 9, 1905</a>, to Florence Wilson.</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/81720831">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03471">St. Denis Cemetery</a> South Auburn, Montgomery 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 Burrwood Daly (1872-1939) — also known as J. Burrwood Daly — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1872/02-13.html">February 13, 1872</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> 4th District, 1935-39; died in office 1939. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/03-12.html">March 12, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 27 days</a>). Interment at St. Denis 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=D000014">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403157">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02597">Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery</a> Trappe, Montgomery 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 Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) — of Virginia; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1746/10-12.html">October 12, 1746</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Pastor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/burg.html">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>, 1774; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801 (at-large 1789-91, 1st District 1793-95, 1799-1801); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1790; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1801; resigned 1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/PAcc nPH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1802-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/10-01.html">October 1, 1807</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at Augustus Lutheran 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 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and Anna Maria (Weiser) Muhlenberg; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#025.59.08">Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/11-06.html">November 6, 1770</a>, to Anna Barbara Meyer; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#042.44.20">Francis Swaine Muhlenberg</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#436.05.06">Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#917.39.49">Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; second great-granduncle of <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 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MU.html">Muhlenberg County, Ky.</a> is named for him.</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=M001066">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408032">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> Francis Rawn Shunk (1788-1848) — also known as Francis R. Shunk — of Pennsylvania. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/08-07.html">August 7, 1788</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soc.html">Secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania</a>, 1839-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1845-48. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-20.html">July 20, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 348 days</a>). Interment at Augustus Lutheran 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-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#440.90.33">William Findlay</a>; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#432.95.66">Charles Brown</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#026.03.06">Francis Shunk Brown</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#858.17.90">Francis Shunk Brown 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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10487.html">Findlay-Brown 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://www.nga.org/governor/francis-rawn-shunk/">National Governors Association biography</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> Samuel Gross (1776-1839) — of Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Upper Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/11-10.html">November 10, 1776</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1803-07; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1811-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1819-23 (1st District 1819-21, 2nd District 1821-23). Died in Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/03-19.html">March 19, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at Augustus Lutheran 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=G000496">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404841">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03618">Lutheran Cemetery</a> Trappe, Montgomery 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> Jacob Fry Jr. (1802-1866) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/06-10.html">June 10, 1802</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-officials.html">Montgomery County Clerk of Courts</a>, 1830-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 5th District, 1835-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1853-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>, 1857-60. Died in Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/11-28.html">November 28, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at 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=F000396">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404338">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05979">Calvary Cemetery</a> Old Gulph Road Near West Conshohocken, Montgomery 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> Matthew Henry McCloskey Jr. (1893-1973) — also known as Matthew H. McCloskey, Jr. — of Wynnewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-born.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/02-26.html">February 26, 1893</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/PA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/PA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/PA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/PA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/PA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Treasurer of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1954; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-diplomats.html ">Ireland</a>, 1962-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/index.html">1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at Calvary 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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/mccloskey-matthew-henry ?">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> James Henry Gorbey (1920-1977) — also known as James H. Gorbey — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/07-30.html">July 30, 1920</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html">mayor of Chester, Pa.</a>, 1964-67; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1968-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1970-77; died in office 1977. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/10-24.html">October 24, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at Calvary 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/5200607">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 Thomas Durnin (1888-1963) — also known as John T. Durnin — of Lower Merion Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery 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/1888/03-03.html">March 3, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fur.html">Fur buyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/PA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/PA.html">1948</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/index.html">1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at Calvary 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 Peter Durnin and Margaret (Callahan) Durnin.</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/12462376">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06010">Riverside Cemetery</a> West Norriton Township, Montgomery 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> James Buchanan Holland (1857-1914) — also known as James B. Holland — of Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Gwynedd Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-14.html">November 14, 1857</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-officials.html">Montgomery County District Attorney</a>, 1893-96; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1900-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1904-14; died in office 1914. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Conshohocken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/04-24.html">April 24, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at Riverside 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/buchanan.html#094.14.57">James Buchanan</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: Married to Lidie Sheard.</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/174349054">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> Clayton H. Alderfer (b. 1870) — of Norristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-09.html">August 9, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-bankers-assoc.html">American Bankers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Entombed in mausoleum at Riverside 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 Z. Alderfer and Sarah Alderfer; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Anna M. Rosenberry.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery</a> Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=862366&">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> Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (1901-1990) — also known as Joseph S. Clark, Jr. — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1901/10-21.html">October 21, 1901</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1952-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/PA.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1957-69; defeated, 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-world-federalists.html">United World Federalists</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/01-12.html">January 12, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at St. Thomas 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">Relatives: Son of Joseph Sill Clark and Kate Richardson (Avery) Clark; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/">1935</a> to Noel Hall; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/">1967</a> to Iris Louise Cole.</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=C000444">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402582">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9688903">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> Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) — also known as Francis Biddle — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born, in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, of American parents, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/05-09.html">May 9, 1886</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; personal secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holmes.html#360.74.41">Oliver Wendell Holmes</a>, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit</a>, 1939-40; resigned 1940; U.S. Solicitor General, 1940-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/PA.html">1944</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/DC.html">1952</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Wellfleet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BA-died.html">Barnstable County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/10-04.html">October 4, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at St. Thomas 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">Relatives: Son of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances (Robinson) Biddle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/04-27.html">April 27, 1918</a>, to Katherine Garrison Chapin; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph (1779-1828)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#717.98.02">Edmund Jenings Randolph</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#312.31.91">Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780)</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#533.48.40">Richard Randolph</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#763.43.62">John Cadwalader (1805-1879)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#127.95.09">Edmund Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#400.10.78">Thomas Biddle</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857)</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#278.52.40">Edward Biddle</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#737.88.95">Charles Biddle</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#175.56.31">Richard Bland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#157.69.66">Benjamin Harrison</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#776.52.49">John Cadwalader (1843-1925)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#865.11.89">Charles Bingham Penrose</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#953.82.95">Peter Myndert Dox</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#920.19.96">James Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#318.47.75">John Biddle (1792-1859)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#783.04.03">Richard Biddle</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#195.59.87">Beverley Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#409.35.97">Carter Bassett Harrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#055.84.40">William Henry Harrison</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#834.77.16">Thomas Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#443.26.83">James Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#176.84.34">Edward MacFunn Biddle</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#728.33.99">James Stokes Biddle</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#996.30.33">Charles John Biddle</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#122.98.15">James Markham Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#965.59.53">Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#178.56.77">Alexander Keith Marshall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#621.55.79">Martha Jefferson Randolph</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carr.html#254.15.15">Dabney Carr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#929.47.78">John Scott Harrison</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#725.40.36">Boies Penrose</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#602.22.78">Spencer Penrose</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html#861.56.95">John Biddle (1859-1936)</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/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, 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://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=166&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis Biddle">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/110/000054945">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14563022">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/156/66.00.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Samuel Welsh"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Welsh (1864-1907) — of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia 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/1864/04-22.html">April 22, 1864</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CX-consuls.html">Consul-General for Central America</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1897; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-consuls.html">Honorary Consul-General for Guatemala</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-consuls.html">Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1897-1900. Stricken with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">apoplexy</a>, and died a few days later, in Watch Hill, Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/08-09.html">August 9, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at St. Thomas 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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Welsh (1843-1893) and Elizabeth Conrad (Young) Welsh; half-brother of Mary Lowber Welsh (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#203.88.06">Thomas Brown Wanamaker</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/10-25.html">October 25, 1892</a>, to Emily Loomis Price; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wellstone-wenstrom.html#610.13.89">John Welsh</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#594.09.65">John Foster Dulles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dukes-dunblazier.html#661.62.14">Allen Welsh Dulles</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/10001-0413.html">Wanamaker-Welsh-Dulles-Brown family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (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/105654559">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: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 11, 1907</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </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"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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