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Hope Cemetery</a> <li><b>Chadds Ford</b> <a href="cms02542">Lafayette Cemetery</a> <li><b>Chester</b> <a href="cms07552">Unknown location</a> <li><b>Chester</b> <a href="cms03351">Chester Rural Cemetery</a> <li><b>Chester</b> <a href="cms00417">Old St. Paul's Cemetery</a> <li><b>Chester</b> <a href="cms03102">St. Paul's Churchyard</a> <li><b>Near Chester</b> <a href="cms01408">Friends Cemetery</a> <li><b>Collingdale</b> <a href="cms01049">Eden Cemetery</a> <li><b>Drexel Hill</b> <a href="cms08054">Arlington Cemetery</a> <li><b>Haverford</b> <a href="cms05047">Old Haverford Meeting House Cemetery</a> <li><b>Havertown</b> <a href="cms01629">St. Denis Cemetery</a> <li><b>Lima</b> <a href="cms08076">Middletown Friends Meeting Cemetery</a> <li><b>Media</b> <a href="cms06234">Unknown location</a> <li><b>Media</b> <a href="cms03213">Media Cemetery</a> <li><b>Near Media</b> <a href="cms00199">Middletown Presbyterian Cemetery</a> <li><b>Middletown Township</b> <a href="cms03414">Friends Cemetery</a> <li><b>Radnor</b> <a href="cms00772">Old St. David's Church Cemetery</a> <li><b>Ridley Township</b> <a href="cms03826">Leiper Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> <li><b>Sharon Hill</b> <a href=" ">Mount Lawn Cemetery</a> <li><b>Thornton</b> <a href="cms04377">Edgewood Memorial Park</a> <li><b>Upper Darby</b> <a href="cms00934">Southwestern Friends Burial Ground</a> <li><b>Upper Darby Township</b> <a href=" ">Fernwood Cemetery</a> <li><b>Rose Valley, Wallingford</b> <a href="cms04168">Union United Methodist Church Cemetery</a> <li><b>Yeadon</b> <a href="cms02065">Holy Cross Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06236">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 884 Concord Road <br> Aston, Delaware 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>Joseph Larkin Eyre (1905-1976)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph L. Eyre</b>; <b>Joe Eyre</b>; <b>"Mr. Republican"</b> — 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/1905/04-24.html">April 24, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html">Mayor of Chester, Pa.</a>, 1956-63. Died in Sacred Heart <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/12-28.html">December 28, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 248 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope 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> Descendant *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larkin.html#693.77.48">John Larkin Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/excell-ezequiel.html#219.29.51">Thomas Lawrence Eyre</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#335.06.48">Stanley Eyre Bowdle</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13551.html">Eyre family</a> of Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02542">Lafayette Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Chadds Ford, Delaware 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"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5964395250/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/500/95.15.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Weldon B. Heyburn"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Weldon Brinton Heyburn (1852-1912)</b> — also known as <b>Weldon B. Heyburn</b> — of Wallace, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/SH-lived.html">Shoshone County</a>, Idaho. Born in Chadds Ford Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/05-23.html">May 23, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/ID.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Idaho state constitutional convention</a>, 1889; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/ID.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/ID.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/ID.html">1904</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Idaho</a>, 1898; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Idaho</a>, 1903-12; died in office 1912; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/ID.html">Republican National Committee from Idaho</a>, 1904. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-17.html">October 17, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at Lafayette 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;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/MI-names.html">Heyburn, Idaho</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Heyburn, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CU-names.html">Custer County, Idaho</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Heyburn <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">State Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BW-names.html">Benewah County, Idaho</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=H000554">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405416">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weldon Brinton Heyburn">Wikipedia article</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>Image source:</i> Library of Congress</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07552">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03351">Chester Rural Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Cameron Sproul (1870-1928)</b> — also known as <b>William C. Sproul</b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Octoraro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/09-16.html">September 16, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 9th District, 1897-1919; resigned 1919; 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>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1919-23; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/index.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-xi.html">Sigma Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <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/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pat-ord-sons-am.html">Patriotic Order Sons of America</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-21.html">March 21, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at Chester Rural 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 William Hall Sproul and Deborah Dickinson (Slokom) Sproul; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-21.html">January 21, 1892</a>, to Emeline Wallace Roach.</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;">Sproul Hall, a residence hall at Pennsylvania State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, University Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CE-names.html">State College, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Sproul <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">State Forest</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CN-names.html">Clinton County, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-cameron-sproul/">National Governors Association biography</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>Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893)</b> — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/02-04.html">February 4, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">Surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">explorer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; led the experiment to use camels in the U.S. Army; during the Mexican War, made six trips between Washington, D.C. and the Pacific coast, relaying military information; thought to be the courier who brought news to Washington of the discovery of gold in California; Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada, 1853-56; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AH-diplomats.html ">Austria-Hungary</a>, 1876-77. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/04-22.html">April 22, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at Chester Rural 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 George Dixon Beale and Emily (Truxton) Beale; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/">1849</a> to Mary Edwards (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards8.html#252.77.65">Samuel Edwards</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#595.12.58">Truxtun Beale</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/10001-0603.html">Beale-Blaine-Edwards family</a> of Chester, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0086.html">Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family</a> of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (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;">Beale <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-forts.html">Air Force Base</a>, near <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YU-names.html">Marysville, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Beale <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Street</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-names.html">San Francisco, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Fitzgerald Beale">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/beale-edward-fitzgerald ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11558486">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>Samuel Edwards (1785-1850)</b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Chester Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/03-12.html">March 12, 1785</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1814-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1819-27 (1st District 1819-21, 2nd District 1821-23, 4th District 1823-27). Died in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/11-21.html">November 21, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of Mary Edwards (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#656.67.53">Edward Fitzgerald Beale</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0603.html">Beale-Blaine-Edwards family</a> of Chester, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000080">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403772">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7773835">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>Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa.; Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/09-17.html">September 17, 1795</a>. Whig. <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, 1833-39; delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839. Died in Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/11-21.html">November 21, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Chester Rural 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 Amy (Sharpless) Darlington and Jesse Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/04-26.html">April 26, 1827</a>, to Ann P. Eyre; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a>, Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000056">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403195">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7773841">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Ward (1837-1895)</b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/index.html">1837</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1877-83. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/index.html">1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at Chester Rural 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=W000143">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411317">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>John Larkin Jr. (1804-1896)</b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Concord Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/10-03.html">October 3, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">river transportation business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-officials.html">Delaware County Sheriff</a>, 1840; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1845-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html">mayor of Chester, Pa.</a>, 1866-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>. One of the founders of Chester Rural Cemetery. Died in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-22.html">July 22, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 293 days</a>). Interment at Chester Rural 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 Martha (Thomas) Larkin and John Larkin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/01-25.html">January 25, 1827</a>, to Charlotte Johnson Morton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/10-23.html">October 23, 1849</a>, to Mary A. Boggs; ancestor *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/excell-ezequiel.html#162.84.21">Joseph Larkin Eyre</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13551.html">Eyre family</a> of Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Larkin <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">School</a> (built 1894, demolished 1988), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-names.html">Chester, Pennsylvania</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Larkin, Jr. (businessman)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/96742950">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>John J. McClure (1886-1965)</b> — 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/1886/09-24.html">September 24, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 9th District, 1929-36; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/03-28.html">March 28, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 185 days</a>). Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00417">Old St. Paul's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Anderson (1762-1829)</b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AC-born.html">Accomack County</a>, Va., December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/index.html">1762</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html#2">Chester, Pa.</a>, 1797-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1809-15, 1817-19 (1st District 1809-13, 2nd District 1813-15, 1st District 1817-19); county judge in Pennsylvania, 1826-29. Died in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/12-16.html">December 16, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at Old St. Paul's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Elizabeth Dixon.</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=A000235">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400863">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03102">St. Paul's Churchyard</a></b></span><br> Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Morton (c.1724-1777)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Ridley Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., about 1724. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1774-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Anglican</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Finnish</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/04-01.html">April 1, 1777</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">about 53 years</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Ann Justis.</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;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Morton</i> (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1972) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=M001017">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407984">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Morton (American politician)">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01408">Friends Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Near Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Chew Thomas (1764-1836)</b> — of Maryland. Born in Perryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/10-15.html">October 15, 1764</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1796-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 2nd District, 1799-1801. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Slaveowner. Died near Leiperville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/05-10.html">May 10, 1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 208 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000173">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410754">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Chew Thomas">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01049">Eden Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 1434 Springfield Road <br> Collingdale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> Founded 1902<br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=44744&">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>George Henry White (1852-1918)</b> — also known as <b>George H. White</b> — of Tarboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Rosindale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BL-born.html">Bladen County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/12-18.html">December 18, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1881; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1885; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NC.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 2nd District, 1897-1901; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</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/1918/12-28.html">December 28, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at Eden 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=W000372">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411533">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Henry White">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7666820">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms08054">Arlington Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 2900 State Road <br> Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> Founded 1895<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>Bernard Samuel (1880-1954)</b> — also known as <b>Barney Samuel</b> — 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/1880/03-09.html">March 9, 1880</a>. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/speakers.html">1948</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1941-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1948. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/01-12.html">January 12, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at Arlington 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 Samuel Samuel and Christina (Streeton) Samuel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-03.html">June 3, 1903</a>, to Eleanor Hamm.</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/21255470">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>Benjamin Franklin James (1885-1961)</b> — also known as <b>Benjamin F. James</b> — of Rosemont, <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/1885/08-01.html">August 1, 1885</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1939-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1949-59. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died in Bryn Mawr, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/01-26.html">January 26, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 178 days</a>). Interment at Arlington 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/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</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> Married to Frieda Pauline Gneiting.</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=J000045">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405950">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14837148">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William H. Milliken Jr. (1897-1969)</b> — of <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/1897/08-19.html">August 19, 1897</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1959-65. Died in Ridley Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/07-04.html">July 4, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 319 days</a>). Interment at Arlington 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=M000770">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407748">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7773866">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863)</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/index.html">1788</a>. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 1st District, 1837-41. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/08-01.html">August 1, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms02725">Union Sixth Street Cemetery</a> (which no longer exists), Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1906 at Arlington 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=P000155">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408559">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6905549">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>Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (1891-1946)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph M. Pratt</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/index.html">1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1944-45; defeated, 1944. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/index.html">1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Interment at Arlington 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=P000503">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408888">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>Josiah Merrow (1853-1938)</b> — also known as <b>J. Merrow</b> — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La.; Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/04-16.html">April 16, 1853</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Steamship agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">marine</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Guatemala</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1903-21. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, while also suffering from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">arteriosclerosis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">nephritis</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">uremia</a>, in Upper Darby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/05-14.html">May 14, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 28 days</a>). Interment at Arlington 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 Lorenza (Whitmore) Merrow and Lewis Thorp Merrow; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-08.html">October 8, 1874</a>, to Annie Bartlett Keen.</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/127308797">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Vernon Phillips (1875-1931)</b> — also known as <b>W. Vernon Phillips</b> — of Yeadon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-born.html">Wales</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/11-18.html">November 18, 1875</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron and steel business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/yeadon.html#2">burgess of Yeadon, Pennsylvania</a>, 1923-31; died in office 1931. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/welsh.html">Welsh</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</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/1931/07-02.html">July 2, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at Arlington 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 Frederick Richard Phillips and Emily Mary (Jenkins) Phillips; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/">1912</a> to Florence Louise Starr.</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/36403249">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05047">Old Haverford Meeting House Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Haverford, Delaware 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>Charles Humphreys (1714-1786)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Haverford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1714/09-19.html">September 19, 1714</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1774-76. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Voted against the Declaration of Independence because he was a Quaker and opposed to war. Died in Haverford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/03-11.html">March 11, 1786</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at Old Haverford Meeting House 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=H000961">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405805">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01629">St. Denis Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Havertown, Delaware 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>Michael Joseph Stack (1888-1960)</b> — also known as <b>Michael J. Stack</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Listowel, County Kerry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/09-29.html">September 29, 1888</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1935-39; defeated (Royal Oak), 1938. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/12-14.html">December 14, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 76 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#601.25.22">Michael Joseph Stack III</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=S000773">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410239">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms08076">Middletown Friends Meeting Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lima, Delaware 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>Samuel Edgar Nicholson (1862-1934)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Ind.; Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ind.; Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born near Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/BA-born.html">Bartholomew County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-29.html">June 29, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1895-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anti-saloon-league.html">Anti-Saloon League</a>. Died in Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/04-17.html">April 17, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at Middletown Friends Meeting 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 Samuel Nicholson and Rhoda (Holliday) Nicholson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/">1889</a> to Rhoda Elma Parker.</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/28286615">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06234">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03213">Media Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Martin Broomall (1816-1894)</b> — also known as <b>John M. Broomall</b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Upper Chichester Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/01-19.html">January 19, 1816</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</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>, 1851-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/PA.html">1860</a>; 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> 7th District, 1863-69; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1874; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1874-75. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/06-03.html">June 3, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at Media 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> Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brookshire-brough.html#181.98.35">John Martin Broomall III</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=B000889">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401846">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7773870">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Valentine Cooper (1835-1909)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas V. Cooper</b> — of Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-16.html">January 16, 1835</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1870-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1874-89 (5th District 1874, 9th District 1875-89); resigned 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/PAcc nPH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1891. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/index.html">1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at Media 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://findagrave.com/memorial/4203374">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>Jesse Matlack Baker (1854-1913)</b> — also known as <b>Jesse M. Baker</b> — of Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Parkesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/03-01.html">March 1, 1854</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 9th District, 1893-96; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/07-30.html">July 30, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at Media Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Mitchell Baker and Phebe Ann (Matlack) Baker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/01-26.html">January 26, 1882</a>, to Courtenay Wallace.</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>W. Roger Fronefield (1864-1943)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born near Phoenixville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-22.html">November 22, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1925-29. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/index.html">1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at Media 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://findagrave.com/memorial/42044820">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00199">Middletown Presbyterian Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Near Media, Delaware 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>Samuel Anderson (1773-1850)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-born.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1773/index.html">1773</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1815-18, 1823-25, 1829-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives</a>, 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-officials.html">Delaware County Sheriff</a>, 1819-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1827-29. Died in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/01-17.html">January 17, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Middletown 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000231">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400858">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03414">Friends Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Edwards Leonard (1845-1878)</b> — of Lake Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EC-lived.html">East Carroll Parish</a>, La. Born in Fairville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/02-22.html">February 22, 1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Louisiana state supreme court</a>, 1876; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 5th District, 1877-78; died in office 1878. Died in Havana (La Habana), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-died.html">Cuba</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/03-15.html">March 15, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/33.html">33 years, 21 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards5.html#834.00.36">John Edwards</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=L000247">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406750">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>John Edwards (1786-1843)</b> — of Ivy Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Ivy Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/index.html">1786</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1839-43. Died near Glen Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/06-26.html">June 26, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">about 56 years</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonard.html#940.73.38">John Edwards Leonard</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=E000074">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403766">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00772">Old St. David's Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 763 South Valley Forge Road <br> Radnor, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=805823&">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"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4H0fAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA129"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/113/30.21.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="George Wharton Pepper"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961)</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Devon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester 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/1867/03-16.html">March 16, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">orator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1922-27; defeated in primary, 1926; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/PA.html">Republican National Committee from Pennsylvania</a>, 1922-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/speakers.html">speaker</a>). <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-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/05-24.html">May 24, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at Old St. David'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George Pepper and Hitty Markoe (Wharton) Pepper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/11-25.html">November 25, 1890</a>, to Charlotte Root Fisher (daughter of George Park Fisher).</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=P000219">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408622">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/526/000173007">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6860309">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=25055">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Image source:</i> American Review of Reviews, February 1922</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>Isaac Wayne (1772-1852)</b> — of Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Pa. Born in Paoli, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/index.html">1772</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1799-1801, 1806; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1810; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1814; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1823-25. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/10-25.html">October 25, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at Old St. David'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#763.00.90">Anthony Wayne</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=W000217">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411385">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15367614">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>Edward Lowber Stokes (1880-1964)</b> — also known as <b>Edward L. Stokes</b> — 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/1880/09-29.html">September 29, 1880</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1931-35 (2nd District 1931-33, 6th District 1933-35); defeated, 1950; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1934. Died in Willistown Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/11-08.html">November 8, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Old St. David'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000946">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410405">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14391083">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>Anthony Wayne (1745-1796)</b> — also known as <b>"Mad Anthony"</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-lived.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1745/01-01.html">January 1, 1745</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">Surveyor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1774-80, 1784; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1791-92. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/12-15.html">December 15, 1796</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 349 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-buried.html#cms04138">Garrison Hill</a>, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 at Old St. David'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/">1766</a> to Mary Penrose; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#087.78.25">Isaac Wayne (1772-1852)</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;">Wayne counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WY.html">Ga.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WY.html">Ill.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WY.html">Ind.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WY.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WY.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY.html">Mich.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WY.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WY.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/WY.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN.html">N.Y.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WY.html">N.C.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WN.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WN.html">Pa.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WY.html">Tenn.</a> are named for him.</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-forts.html">Fort</a> Wayne (1794), and the subsequent <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/AL-names.html">Fort Wayne, Indiana</a>, were <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=W000216">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411384">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony Wayne">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/074/000049924">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2711">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>John Cromwell Bell (1861-1935)</b> — also known as <b>John C. Bell</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Elders Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/IN-born.html">Indiana County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/10-03.html">October 3, 1861</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/1904/PA.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1911-15. 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>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/12-29.html">December 29, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 87 days</a>). Interment at Old St. David'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alfred M. Bell and Sarah (Risher) Bell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-10.html">December 10, 1890</a>, to Fleurette de Benneville Keim Myers (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/myers.html#046.63.12">Leonard Myers</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#654.82.74">John Cromwell Bell Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16765.html">Bell-Myers family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John C. Bell (lawyer)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/126625934">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Wallace Atterbury (1866-1935)</b> — also known as <b>William W. Atterbury</b>; <b>"The Railroad General"</b> — of Radnor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in New Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-born.html">Floyd County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/01-31.html">January 31, 1866</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a> superintendent; president, American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway</a> Association; during World War I, he was called on to organize organized U.S. military <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad</a> operations in France; he was designated Director-General of Transportation for the American Expeditionary Forces; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/speakers.html">speaker</a>); President, Pennsylvania <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1925-35. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">apoplexy</a>, in Radnor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-20.html">September 20, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at Old St. David'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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John G. Atterbury and Catharine (Larned) Atterbury.</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;">Camp Atterbury, a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-forts.html">military training camp</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/JO-names.html">Johnson County, Indiana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Atterbury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-forts.html">Army Air Base</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/BA-names.html">Columbus, Indiana</a>, later known as Bakalar Air Force Base, and since 1970 as Columbus Municipal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-airports.html">Airport</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Wallace Atterbury">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12934162">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03826">Leiper Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Ridley Township, Delaware 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>George Gray Leiper (1786-1868)</b> — also known as <b>George G. Leiper</b> — of Leiperville, <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/1786/02-03.html">February 3, 1786</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1822; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1829-31; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1843. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/11-18.html">November 18, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at Leiper Presbyterian 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Leiper and Elizabeth Coultas (Gray) Leiper; brother of Jane Duval Leiper (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#002.44.40">John Kintzing Kane</a>); married to Eliza Snowden; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#965.40.05">Elisha Kent Kane</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/26739.html">Kane-Leiper family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000234">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406737">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21324653">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Mount Lawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Sharon Hill, Delaware 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>Lucien Edward Blackwell (1931-2003)</b> — also known as <b>Lucien E. Blackwell</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Whitsett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/08-01.html">August 1, 1931</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">dock worker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, Local 1332, International Longshoremen's Association; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1973-75; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1979 (Consumer), 1991 (Democratic primary); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1991-95; defeated in primary, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/PA.html">1992</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/PA.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</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/2003/01-24.html">January 24, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 176 days</a>). Interment at Mount Lawn 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=B000517">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401494">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04377">Edgewood Memorial Park</a></b></span><br> Thornton, Delaware 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>Lawrence Gordon Williams (1913-1975)</b> — also known as <b>Lawrence G. Williams</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-15.html">September 15, 1913</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1967-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/07-13.html">July 13, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at Edgewood 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000525">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411682">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00934">Southwestern Friends Burial Ground</a></b></span><br> Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Wolfenden (1889-1949)</b> — of Upper Darby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Cardington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-born.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/07-25.html">July 25, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1928-47 (8th District 1928-45, 7th District 1945-47). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/index.html">1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">about 59 years</a>). Interment at Southwestern Friends 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000678">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411830">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Fernwood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania <br> Founded 1870<br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=153990&">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>Freeman P. Hankins (1917-1988)</b> — also known as <b>Freeman Hankins</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-born.html">Glynn County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/09-30.html">September 30, 1917</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">funeral director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1961-67; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 7th District, 1967-88; died in office 1988. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">American Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in the University of Pennsylvania <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/1988/12-31.html">December 31, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 92 days</a>). Interment at Fernwood 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 Oliver Hankins and Anna (Pyles) Hankins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/04-20.html">April 20, 1939</a>, to Dorothy Days.</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;">The Freeman Hankins <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">branch post office</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-names.html">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman Hankins">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04168">Union United Methodist Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Rose Valley, Wallingford, Delaware 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>E. Wallace Chadwick (1884-1969)</b> — of Rose Valley, Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-17.html">January 17, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member, board of managers, Chester <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>; solicitor, Delaware County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>; director, Delaware County National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; orphan's court judge in Pennsylvania, 1945; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1947-49. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/08-18.html">August 18, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 213 days</a>). Interment at Union United Methodist 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Burtch Chadwick and Margaret (Moore) Chadwick; married to Alice Cambern.</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=C000268">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402411">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02065">Holy Cross Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Yeadon, Delaware 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>Thomas Michael Foglietta (1928-2004)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas M. Foglietta</b> — 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/1928/12-03.html">December 3, 1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member, Philadelphia city council, 1955-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/PA.html">1960</a> (alternate); Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1975; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 1st District, 1981-97; resigned 1997; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/PA.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/PA.html">1996</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-diplomats.html ">Italy</a>, 1997-2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-italy.html">Sons of Italy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal 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/2004/11-13.html">November 13, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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=F000235">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404190">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/foglietta-thomas-michael ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/873/000127492">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9909582">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Aloysius Barrett (1896-1976)</b> — also known as <b>William A. Barrett</b> — 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/1896/08-14.html">August 14, 1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 1st District, 1945-47, 1949-76; defeated, 1946; died in office 1976; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/04-12.html">April 12, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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=B000178">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401178">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>Michael Joseph Bradley (1897-1979)</b> — also known as <b>Michael J. Bradley</b> — 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/1897/05-24.html">May 24, 1897</a>. Democrat. 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, 1937-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/PA.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/PAcc nPH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1951. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <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/1979/11-27.html">November 27, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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 Dennis Joseph Bradley and Hannah (McCarthy) Bradley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/07-06.html">July 6, 1919</a>, to Emily Anguili.</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=B000743">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401702">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>Joseph McLaughlin (1867-1926)</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Burt, County Donegal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-09.html">June 9, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1917-19, 1921-23 (3rd District 1917-19, at-large 1921-23). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/11-21.html">November 21, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Eleanor Driscoll.</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=M000540">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407532">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>James A. Gallagher (1869-1957)</b> — 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/1869/01-16.html">January 16, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 1st District, 1943-45, 1947-49; defeated, 1944. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/12-08.html">December 8, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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=G000017">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404394">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Neill McGarvey (1888-1952)</b> — also known as <b>Robert N. McGarvey</b> — 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/1888/08-14.html">August 14, 1888</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/06-28.html">June 28, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 319 days</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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=M000442">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407441">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>Lawrence E. McCrossin (1878-1929)</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/index.html">1878</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 1st District, 1920; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 1st District, 1929; died in office 1929. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-09.html">November 9, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">about 51 years</a>). Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James A. McCrossin and Mary (McNulty) McCrossin.</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/18124717">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Edward Heenan (1848-1914)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas E. Heenan</b> — Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/index.html">1848</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UP-consuls.html ">Odessa</a>, as of 1897-1905; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-consuls.html ">Warsaw</a>, as of 1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Fiume, Hungary (now Rijeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HR-died.html">Croatia</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-26.html">June 26, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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 Col. Dennis Heenan and Margaret (O'Donnell) Heenan.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Pangrazio Bartilucci (1880-1940)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph P. Bartilucci</b> — 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/1880/07-31.html">July 31, 1880</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/index.html">1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">about 59 years</a>). Interment at Holy Cross 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://findagrave.com/memorial/14458788">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>Alexander Abbot (1893-1966)</b> — also known as <b>Alex Abbot</b> — of Darby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/02-27.html">February 27, 1893</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/darby.html#2">Burgess of Darby, Pennsylvania</a>, 1953-60. Died in October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/index.html">1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 0 days</a>). 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