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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Venango County, Pa.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Brush</b> — of Alliance, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ST-lived.html">Stark County</a>, Ohio; North Tonawanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; Daytona Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-lived.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla. Born in Nelson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/PO-born.html">Portage County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/05-27.html">May 27, 1865</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Clifton</a>, 1897-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Niagara Falls</a>, 1902-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Milan</a>, as of 1904-05. Died in Daytona Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-died.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/12-24.html">December 24, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at Emlenton 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. Brush and Amelia (McCall) Brush; married to Annette Hamilton.</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/153018560">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01749">Franklin Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania <br> Founded 1870<br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Crocker Sibley (1850-1926)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph C. Sibley</b> — of Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. Born in Friendship, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AE-born.html">Allegany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/02-18.html">February 18, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1893-95, 1899-1907 (26th District 1893-95, 27th District 1899-1903, 28th District 1903-07). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/05-18.html">May 18, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 89 days</a>). Interment at Franklin 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>Politician named for him:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crawford.html#060.58.20">Joseph S. Crawford</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=S000398">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409892">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>Arnold Plumer (1801-1869)</b> — of Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/index.html">1801</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 25th District, 1837-39, 1841-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trea.html">Pennsylvania state treasurer</a>, 1848-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/PA.html">1860</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/index.html">1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at Franklin 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=P000391">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408785">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>Samuel Hays (1783-1868)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in County Donegal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/09-10.html">September 10, 1783</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-officials.html">Venango County Treasurer</a>, 1808; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1813, 1816, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-officials.html">Venango County Sheriff</a>, 1820, 1829, 1833; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 22nd District, 1838-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 22nd District, 1843-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">iron manufacturer</a>; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1856. Died in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-died.html">Venango County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/07-01.html">July 1, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 295 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms03795">Old Pioneer Cemetery</a>; reinterment in 1892 at Franklin 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=H000406">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405273">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>Albert Gallatin Egbert (1828-1896)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born near Sandy Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/04-13.html">April 13, 1828</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 27th District, 1875-77. Died in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-died.html">Venango County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-28.html">March 28, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at Franklin 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/galland-gallman.html#163.13.60">Albert Gallatin</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=E000087">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403780">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>Calvin Willard Gilfillan (1832-1901)</b> — of Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. Born near East Brook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/02-20.html">February 20, 1832</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-officials.html">Venango County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1861-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 20th District, 1869-71; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/PA.html">1872</a>. Died in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-died.html">Venango County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-02.html">December 2, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at Franklin 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 Gilfillan and Ruth Jane (Adams) Gilfillan; married to Elizabeth Anne 'Lizzy' Lamberton.</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=G000185">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404550">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12543242">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>Charles Vernon Culver (1830-1909)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HC-born.html">Hocking County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/09-06.html">September 6, 1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 20th District, 1865-67. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/01-10.html">January 10, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 126 days</a>). Interment at Franklin 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=C000977">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403088">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 H. Osmer (1832-1912)</b> — of Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/01-23.html">January 23, 1832</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 27th District, 1879-81. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-03.html">October 3, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Franklin 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=O000119">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408374">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>Orrin Dubbs Bleakley (1854-1927)</b> — of Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. Born in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-born.html">Venango County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/05-15.html">May 15, 1854</a>. Republican. 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/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 28th District, 1917. Died in Robinson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CA-died.html">Crawford County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-03.html">December 3, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 202 days</a>). Interment at Franklin 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=B000552">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401527">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03795">Old Pioneer Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania <br> Founded 1797<br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Hays (1783-1868)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in County Donegal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/09-10.html">September 10, 1783</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-officials.html">Venango County Treasurer</a>, 1808; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1813, 1816, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-officials.html">Venango County Sheriff</a>, 1820, 1829, 1833; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 22nd District, 1838-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 22nd District, 1843-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">iron manufacturer</a>; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1856. Died in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-died.html">Venango County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/07-01.html">July 1, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 295 days</a>). Original interment at Old Pioneer Cemetery; reinterment in 1892 at <a href="#cms01749">Franklin Cemetery</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000406">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405273">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03950">Grove Hill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania <br> Founded 1870<br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=45013&">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://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A00agd9079m/viewer#page/16/mode/1up"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/367/10.95.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Willis J. Hulings *"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Willis James Hulings (1850-1924)</b> — also known as <b>Willis J. Hulings</b> — of Oil City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. Born in Rimersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CI-born.html">Clarion County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/07-01.html">July 1, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil operator</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Venango County, 1881-86; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 48th District, 1907-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 28th District, 1913-15, 1919-21; defeated (Prohibition), 1920. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died in Oil City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-died.html">Venango County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-08.html">August 8, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 38 days</a>). Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Marcus H. Hulings and Margaret McDermott (McCluee) Hulings; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/04-28.html">April 28, 1874</a>, to Emma Simpson.</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=H000939">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405784">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12543313">Find-A-Grave memorial</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> The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians (1913)</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 Buchanan Siggins (1857-1929)</b> — of Oil City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. Born in West Hickory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FO-born.html">Forest County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/01-12.html">January 12, 1857</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/oilcity.html">Mayor of Oil City, Pa.</a>, 1911-15. Died in Oil City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-died.html">Venango County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/07-22.html">July 22, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 191 days</a>). Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#094.14.57">James Buchanan</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Siggins and Jane (Hunter) Siggins; married to Susan Virginia Hall; father of Mary Alice Siggins (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#783.16.57">Alexander Royal Wheeler</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/10001-2041.html">Wheeler family</a> of 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://findagrave.com/memorial/81401672">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 Peter Theobald (1874-1941)</b> — Born in Titusville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-10.html">November 10, 1874</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Oil company manager</a>; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-consuls.html ">Rotterdam</a>, 1908-11. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/11-02.html">November 2, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Peter Alex Theobald and Wilhelmina (Schwartzkopf) Theobald; married to Edith Mackey.</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/26466545">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Oil City, Venango 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 Hasson (1833-1923)</b> — of Oil City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. Born in Shippenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CI-born.html">Clarion County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/03-17.html">March 17, 1833</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/PA.html">1872</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/PA.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/PA.html">1912</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Venango County, 1875-76, 1883-84, 1899-1900. Died in Oil City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-died.html">Venango County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-15.html">May 15, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 59 days</a>). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Hasson and Sarah (Fetzer) Hasson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/">1871</a> to Mary Collins.</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;">Hasson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-names.html">Oil City, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Hasson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-roads.html">Avenue</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-names.html">Oil City, 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://findagrave.com/memorial/76866085">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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