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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Carbon 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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Heaton — of Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-lived.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa. Born in Ravenrun, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-born.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/07-01.html">July 1, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 12th District, 1915-19; defeated, 1910; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 29th District, 1919-32. Died in Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-died.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/06-11.html">June 11, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 345 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000433">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405299">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03707">City Cemetery</a> Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Lilly (1821-1893) — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Born in Penn Yan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/YA-born.html">Yates County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/06-03.html">June 3, 1821</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1872; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/PA.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> at-large, 1893; died in office 1893. Died in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-died.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-01.html">December 1, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 181 days</a>). Interment at City 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000312">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406806">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Robert Klotz (1819-1895) — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-born.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/10-27.html">October 27, 1819</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1848; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Kansas state constitutional convention</a>, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 11th District, 1879-83. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/05-01.html">May 1, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at City 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000272">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406429">Govtrack.us page</a></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> John Leisenring (1853-1901) — of Upper Lehigh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Born in Ashton (now Lansford), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-born.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-03.html">June 3, 1853</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1894; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 12th District, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/PA.html">1900</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/01-19.html">January 19, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 230 days</a>). Interment at City 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000235">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406738">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01155">Evergreen Cemetery</a> Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Laird Howard Barber (1848-1928) — also known as Laird H. Barber — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Born in Mifflinburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/10-25.html">October 25, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1899-1901. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-died.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/02-16.html">February 16, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 114 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000123">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401124">Govtrack.us page</a></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> James Monroe Driesbach (1847-1922) — also known as J. Monroe Driesbach — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Born in Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NO-born.html">Northampton County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/01-04.html">January 4, 1847</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/PA.html">1900</a>. Died in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-died.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/08-15.html">August 15, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 223 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#777.02.93">James Monroe</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/86671905">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00373">Mauch Chunk Cemetery</a> Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=942823&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Asa Packer (1805-1879) — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Born in Mystic, Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-born.html">New London County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/12-20.html">December 20, 1805</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1842-43; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1843-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 13th District, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/PA.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/PA.html">1864</a>; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/index.html">1868</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1869. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Founder, Lehigh Valley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">founder</a>, in 1865, of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. By some accounts, he had the largest fortune in Pennsylvania at the time. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/05-17.html">May 17, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at Mauch Chunk 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">Relatives: Son of Elisha Packer and Desiree (Packer) Packer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/01-23.html">January 23, 1828</a>, to Sarah Minerva Blakeslee; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#677.69.99">Robert Asa Packer</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#667.54.47">Daniel Packer</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#071.54.51">Daniel Burrows</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#425.18.26">Waightstill Avery</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#034.21.08">Jonathan R. Herrick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#134.52.56">Alfred Avery Burnham</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#808.73.93">D-Cady Herrick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gagliardi-gainer.html#645.80.14">Herman Arod Gager</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#595.94.66">Walter Richmond Herrick</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#865.71.31">William Waigstill Avery</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#948.63.46">Enoch C. Chapman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#673.35.18">Henry Brewster Stanton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#427.99.59">Edwin Barber Morgan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#898.52.04">Christopher Morgan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#425.96.48">Edwin Denison Morgan</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1741.html">Packer-Burrows family</a> of Mystic, Connecticut (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000006">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408417">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7598536">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Milo Melankthon Dimmick (1811-1872) — also known as Milo M. Dimmick — of Stroudsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MN-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Pa. Born in Milford, Wayne County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PI-born.html">Pike County</a>), Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/10-30.html">October 30, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1849-53. Died in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-died.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/11-22.html">November 22, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at Mauch Chunk 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#426.67.17">William Harrison Dimmick</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000350">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403468">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Charles Albright (1830-1880) — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-born.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/12-13.html">December 13, 1830</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/1860/PA.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/PA.html">1872</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> at-large, 1873-75. Died, of "paralysis" (probably <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>), in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-died.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/09-28.html">September 28, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 290 days</a>). Interment at Mauch Chunk 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000077">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400736">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Albright (congressman)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5993449">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Robert Asa Packer (1842-1883) — also known as R. A. Packer — of Wysox, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. Born in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-born.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/11-18.html">November 18, 1842</a>. Democrat. President, Northern Division, Lehigh Valley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/PA.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/PA.html">1880</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">Bright's disease</a>, in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-died.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/02-20.html">February 20, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 94 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-buried.html#cms06402">Tioga Point Cemetery</a>, Near Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.; reinterment in 1884 at Mauch Chunk 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#447.86.48">Asa Packer</a> and Sarah Minerva (Blakeslee) Packer; married to Emily V. Piollet; nephew by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#340.89.32">Josef Marie Piollet</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#667.54.47">Daniel Packer</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#071.54.51">Daniel Burrows</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#425.18.26">Waightstill Avery</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#697.25.43">Luther Hotchkiss</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/avery.html#865.71.31">William Waigstill Avery</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herrick.html#034.21.08">Jonathan R. Herrick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#134.52.56">Alfred Avery Burnham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#418.85.16">Doraf Wilmot Blakeslee</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1741.html">Packer-Burrows family</a> of Mystic, Connecticut (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Robert Packer Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-hospitals.html">Hospital</a> (now Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-names.html">Sayre, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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> Albert Gallatin Brodhead Jr. (1815-1891) — also known as Albert G. Brodhead, Jr. — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/08-13.html">August 13, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad superintendent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1870-72 (10th District 1870-71, 13th District 1872); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/PA.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-18.html">January 18, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 158 days</a>). Interment at Mauch Chunk 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galland-gallman.html#163.13.60">Albert Gallatin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Garret Brodhead and Cornelia (Dingman) Brodhead; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/07-03.html">July 3, 1838</a>, to Sally Ann Tolan; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#132.11.60">Richard Brodhead</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1143.html">Taylor-Brodhead family</a> of Easton, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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> James Irwin Blakslee (1835-1921) — also known as James I. Blakslee — of Lehighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/index.html">1835</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/PA.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/04-01.html">April 1, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">about 85 years</a>). Interment at Mauch Chunk Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms10175">Lehighton Cemetery</a> Lehighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Andrew Jackson Balliet (1863-1960) — also known as Andrew J. Balliet — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-born.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/01-08.html">January 8, 1863</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Guatemala</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-consuls.html">Seattle, Wash.</a>, 1903-07. Died in Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-died.html">King County</a>, Wash., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/03-27.html">March 27, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at Lehighton 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Nathan Balliet and Sarah (Meinhard) Balliet; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#235.88.07">Thomas Meinhard Balliet</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#218.82.35">Stephen David Balliet</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/36217.html">Balliet family</a> of Wisconsin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/155598301">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Meinhard Balliet (1852-1942) — also known as Thomas M. Balliet — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in New Mahoning, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-born.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/03-01.html">March 1, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; dean, School of Education, New York University, 1904-19; Law Preservation candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 19th District, 1932; Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/02-18.html">February 18, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 354 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-buried.html#cms00302">Springfield Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Mass.; cenotaph at Lehighton 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">Relatives: Son of Nathan Balliet and Sarah (Meinhard) Balliet; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#655.41.14">Andrew Jackson Balliet</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-02.html">August 2, 1898</a>, to Elizabeth O. Stearns; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#218.82.35">Stephen David Balliet</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/36217.html">Balliet family</a> of Wisconsin.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/167413782">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06598">Unknown Location</a> Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert Prutzman — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/PA.html">1940</a>. Interment somewhere. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04430">St. Joseph's Cemetery</a> Summit Hill, Carbon County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Hilary Gildea (1890-1988) — also known as James H. Gildea — of Pennsylvania. Born in Coaldale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-born.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/10-21.html">October 21, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 13th District, 1935-39; defeated, 1940; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pr1956-election.html">1956</a>. Died in Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-died.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/06-05.html">June 5, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 228 days</a>). 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