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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Montour County, Pa.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Born in Northumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NR-born.html">Northumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/06-27.html">June 27, 1805</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 12th District, 1857; died in office 1857. While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of at a President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#094.14.57">James Buchanan</a>, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">poison</a>, but probably <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">dysentery</a>), and subsequently died, at Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-died.html">Montour County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-24.html">April 24, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at Episcopal Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000868">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407841">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01337">Fairview Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania <br> Founded 1903<br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1987945&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Montgomery (1736-1816)</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour County</a>, Pa. Born in Londonderry Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1736/08-03.html">August 3, 1736</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1779; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1784; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1790; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1793-95; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/danville.html#3">Danville, Pa.</a>, 1800-03; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1801-13. Died in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-died.html">Montour County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/05-01.html">May 1, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 272 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms09441">Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alexander Montgomery and Mary (McCullough) Montgomery; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/">1755</a> to Margaret Nevins; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#851.74.87">Daniel Montgomery Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000873">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407845">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21136544">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Rufus King Polk (1866-1902)</b> — also known as <b>Rufus K. Polk</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour County</a>, Pa. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-born.html">Maury County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/08-23.html">August 23, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">iron manufacturer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 17th District, 1899-1902; died in office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/PA.html">1900</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-05.html">March 5, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">35 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#776.37.65">Rufus King</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Lucius E. Polk and Sally Moore (Polk) Polk; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawkins.html#516.31.25">Philemon Hawkins</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haywood.html#104.76.53">William Dallas Polk Haywood</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#632.78.03">Frank Lyon Polk</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#178.29.67">Elizabeth Polk Guest</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James Knox Polk</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#032.14.04">Raymond R. Guest</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#137.40.12">Paul Fletcher Faison</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#540.84.48">Marshall Tate Polk</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#769.93.45">Tasker Polk</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#479.25.41">Richard Tyler Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#672.96.01">Edwin Fitzhugh Polk</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#359.50.76">Charles Polk</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#657.22.93">Augustus Caesar Dodge</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1787.html">Polk #2 family</a> of Tennessee; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2600.html">Polk #1 family</a> of New York City, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000410">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408803">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29210762">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Daniel Montgomery Jr. (1765-1831)</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour County</a>, Pa. Born in Londonderry Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/10-30.html">October 30, 1765</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1800; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/danville.html#3">Danville, Pa.</a>, 1803-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1807-09. Died in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-died.html">Montour County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/12-30.html">December 30, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 61 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms09441">Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Margaret (Nevins) Montgomery and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#181.95.11">William Montgomery</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000864">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407837">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/139536941">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Dale Strawbridge (1824-1890)</b> — also known as <b>James D. Strawbridge</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/index.html">1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 13th District, 1873-75. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/index.html">1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001001">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410459">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02281">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul Leidy (1813-1877)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Hemlock Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/11-13.html">November 13, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 12th District, 1858-59. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/09-11.html">September 11, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 302 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000231">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406734">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alexander Billmeyer (1841-1924)</b> — of Washingtonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour County</a>, Pa. Born in Liberty Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-born.html">Montour County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/01-07.html">January 7, 1841</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 17th District, 1902-03. Died near Washingtonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-died.html">Montour County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/05-24.html">May 24, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000465">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401448">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Chalfant (1819-1899)</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour 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/1819/index.html">1819</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/danville.html#3">Danville, Pa.</a>, 1853-61, 1885-90, 1894-99; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1867-68; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1873-75 (15th District 1873-74, 24th District 1875). Died in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-died.html">Montour County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-16.html">November 16, 1842</a>, to Eliza V. Hughes.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/108663082">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms09441">Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 319 Bloom Street <br> Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2229041&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Montgomery (1736-1816)</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour County</a>, Pa. Born in Londonderry Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1736/08-03.html">August 3, 1736</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1779; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1784; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1790; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1793-95; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/danville.html#3">Danville, Pa.</a>, 1800-03; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1801-13. Died in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-died.html">Montour County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/05-01.html">May 1, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 272 days</a>). Original interment at Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms01337">Fairview Cemetery</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alexander Montgomery and Mary (McCullough) Montgomery; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/">1755</a> to Margaret Nevins; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#851.74.87">Daniel Montgomery Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000873">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407845">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21136544">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Daniel Montgomery Jr. (1765-1831)</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour County</a>, Pa. Born in Londonderry Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/10-30.html">October 30, 1765</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1800; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/danville.html#3">Danville, Pa.</a>, 1803-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1807-09. Died in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-died.html">Montour County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/12-30.html">December 30, 1831</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 61 days</a>). Original interment at Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms01337">Fairview Cemetery</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Margaret (Nevins) Montgomery and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#181.95.11">William Montgomery</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000864">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407837">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/139536941">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02397">Petrikin Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>David Petrikin (1788-1847)</b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MT-lived.html">Montour County</a>, Pa. Born in Bellefonte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CE-born.html">Centre County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/12-01.html">December 1, 1788</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/wool.html">woolen mill operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CO-officials.html">Columbia County Prothonotary</a>, 1821; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1820; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/danville.html#3">Danville, Pa.</a>, 1834-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 15th District, 1837-41. Died in Catawissa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CO-died.html">Columbia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/03-01.html">March 1, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 90 days</a>). 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