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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians: Death in Theaters</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PE-born.html">Prince Edward County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/11-20.html">November 20, 1758</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1791-99 (6th District 1791-93, 7th District 1793-97, at-large 1797-99); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1803-04. Slaveowner. Perished in a <b>theater</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">fire</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/12-26.html">December 26, 1811</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 36 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms01238">Monumental Church</a>, Richmond, Va. <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> Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/venable.html#878.50.28">Abraham Watkins Venable</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=V000083">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411139">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George William Smith (1762-1811)</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/index.html">1762</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1811; died in office 1811. Killed in a <b>theater</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">fire</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/12-26.html">December 26, 1811</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">about 49 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms01238">Monumental Church</a>, Richmond, Va. <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://www.nga.org/governor/george-william-smith/">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>Algernon Sidney De Wolf (1822-1879)</b> — also known as <b>Algernon S. De Wolf</b> — of Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I. Born in Bristol, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/10-11.html">October 11, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/RIcc nBRI">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1875-79; died in office 1879. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> and died, in the vestibule of the Park <b>Theatre</b>, New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-24.html">October 24, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/BR-buried.html#cms02529">Juniper Hill Cemetery</a>, Bristol, R.I. <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 De Wolf and Sylvia (Griswold) De Wolf; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/06-30.html">June 30, 1847</a>, to Clara Ann Diman.</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/116816262">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A00agd9079m/viewer#page/18/mode/1up"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/006/56.69.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Andrew J. Barchfeld *"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (1863-1922)</b> — also known as <b>Andrew J. Barchfeld</b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/05-18.html">May 18, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; president, South Side <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 32nd District, 1905-17; defeated, 1902. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ama.html">American Medical Association</a>. One of 98 killed when <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">heavy snow</a> caused a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/collapse.html">roof collapse</a> at the Knickerbocker <b>Theater</b>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-28.html">January 28, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms01157">South Side Cemetery</a>, Pittsburgh, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</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 Mary (Neuenhagen) Barchfeld and Heinrich 'Henry' Barchfeld; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-21.html">May 21, 1885</a>, to Anna Pifer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/11-26.html">November 26, 1904</a>, to Alice Davis.</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=B000133">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401135">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew Jackson Barchfeld">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7257392">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>Bertram Eugene Harcourt (1881-1940)</b> — also known as <b>Bertram E. Harcourt</b> — of Medina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-lived.html">Orleans County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-born.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/08-14.html">August 14, 1881</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1940; died in office 1940. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a> in front of the Broadhurst <b>Theatre</b>, and died soon after, in Roosevelt <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/12-09.html">December 9, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OL-buried.html#cms00575">Boxwood Cemetery</a>, Medina, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Harcourt and Sarah E. (Hagadorn) Harcourt; married to Bertha H. Hacking.</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/33211805">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><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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