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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family of Pennsylvania</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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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.</p> <p>This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.</p> <p>These groupings — even the <i>names</i> of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.</p> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Whitehill (1729-1815)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Salisbury Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1729/12-11.html">December 11, 1729</a>. State court judge in Pennsylvania, 1777; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1780; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1803-07. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/09-16.html">September 16, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 279 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-buried.html#cms00268">Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, 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>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#436.77.98">Robert Whitehill</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#991.35.80">James Whitehill</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/10001-0426.html">Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000403">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411563">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 Whitehill (1738-1813)</b> — of Camp Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa. Born in Pequea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1738/07-21.html">July 21, 1738</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1776, 1790; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1797-1800; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1801-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1805-13 (4th District 1805-13, 5th District 1813); died in office 1813. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-died.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/04-08.html">April 8, 1813</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-buried.html#cms01035">Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Hampden Township, Cambria County, 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>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#050.93.85">John Whitehill</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#991.35.80">James Whitehill</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#433.80.17">John Crain Kunkel</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/10001-0426.html">Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000404">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411564">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>Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793)</b> — Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1746/index.html">1746</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey</a>, 1776-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1777-80. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/10-08.html">October 8, 1793</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms03684">Presbyterian Churchyard</a>, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1878 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00362">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Abigail (Dickinson) Sergeant and Jonathan Sergeant; married to Margaret Spencer and Elizabeth Rittenhouse (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#398.76.53">David Rittenhouse</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sena-serphin.html#790.50.08">John Sergeant</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#433.80.17">John Crain Kunkel</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#989.75.85">Happy Rockefeller</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#745.32.90">Edwin W. Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#281.35.23">Samuel Herbert Kellogg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#639.70.53">Charles E. Wooster</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/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0297.html">Wise-Sergeant-Rockefeller family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0426.html">Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family</a> of 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;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000247">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409750">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23306">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Whitehill (1762-1822)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Strasburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/01-31.html">January 31, 1762</a>. State court judge in Pennsylvania, 1811; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1813. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/02-26.html">February 26, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-buried.html#cms01036">Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Leacock, 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>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#050.93.85">John Whitehill</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#436.77.98">Robert Whitehill</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/10001-0426.html">Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000402">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411562">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 Sergeant (1779-1852)</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/1779/12-05.html">December 5, 1779</a>. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1815-23, 1827-29, 1837-41 (1st District 1815-23, 2nd District 1827-29, 1837-41); National Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1832. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/11-23.html">November 23, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00362">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sena-serphin.html#456.80.86">Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant</a> and Margaret (Spencer) Sergeant; married to Margaretta Watmough; father of Margaretta Sergeant (who married of Gen. George Gordon Meade); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wise.html#941.53.87">Richard Alsop Wise</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wise.html#931.71.46">John Sergeant Wise</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#433.80.17">John Crain Kunkel</a>; third great-grandfather of Margaretta 'Happy' Fitler (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#729.26.37">Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#989.75.85">Happy Rockefeller</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/10001-0066.html">Rockefeller family</a> of New York City, New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0297.html">Wise-Sergeant-Rockefeller family</a> (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;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS John Sergeant</i> (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-names.html">Baltimore, Maryland</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=S000246">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409749">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23305">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 Christian Kunkel (1816-1870)</b> — also known as <b>John C. Kunkel</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-born.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/09-18.html">September 18, 1816</a>. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1844; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 8th District, 1852-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1855-59. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-14.html">October 14, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-buried.html#cms00584">Harrisburg Cemetery</a>, Harrisburg, 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>Relatives:</i> Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#433.80.17">John Crain Kunkel</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/10001-0426.html">Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer family</a> of Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0297.html">Wise-Sergeant-Rockefeller family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000340">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406493">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 Crain Kunkel (1898-1970)</b> — also known as <b>John C. Kunkel</b> — of Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-lived.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa. Born in Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-born.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-21.html">July 21, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1939-51, 1961-67 (19th District 1939-45, 18th District 1945-51, 16th District 1961-67); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/07-27.html">July 27, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 6 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-buried.html#cms00584">Harrisburg Cemetery</a>, Harrisburg, 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>Relatives:</i> Son of John C. Kunkel and Louisa (Sergeant) Kunkel; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#845.27.49">John Christian Kunkel</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sena-serphin.html#790.50.08">John Sergeant</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiteaker-whitehoss.html#436.77.98">Robert Whitehill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sena-serphin.html#456.80.86">Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant</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/10001-0426.html">Sergeant-Whitehill-Kunkel-Spencer 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000341">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406494">Govtrack.us page</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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