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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Jefferson County, Pa.</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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Shively</b> — of South Bend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SJ-lived.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SJ-born.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/03-20.html">March 20, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 13th District, 1884-85, 1887-93; defeated, 1906; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1896; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IN.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IN.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Indiana</a>, 1909-16; died in office 1916. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-14.html">March 14, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at Brookville Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Joel Shively and Elizabeth (Penrod) Shively; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/">1889</a> to Laura Jenks (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkinson-jenning.html#606.76.51">George Augustus Jenks</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=S000371">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409865">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin F. Shively">Wikipedia article</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 Augustus Jenks (1836-1908)</b> — also known as <b>George A. Jenks</b> — of Brookville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa. Born in Punxsutawney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/03-25.html">March 25, 1836</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 25th District, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/PA.html">1880</a>; U.S. Solicitor General, 1886-89; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1898. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in Brookville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/02-10.html">February 10, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at Brookville Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/">1860</a> to Mary A. Mabon; father of Laura Jenks (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#435.01.21">Benjamin Franklin Shively</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=J000091">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405993">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George A. Jenks">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/367/000209737">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20350585">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>Nathan Leroy Strong (1859-1939)</b> — also known as <b>Nathan L. Strong</b> — of Brookville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa. Born in Summerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/11-12.html">November 12, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telegraph operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railway station agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-officials.html">Jefferson County District Attorney</a>, 1895-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 27th District, 1917-35. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/12-14.html">December 14, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at Brookville 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=S001015">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410472">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>Alexander Colwell White (1833-1906)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/index.html">1833</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 25th District, 1885-87. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/index.html">1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Brookville 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=W000354">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411516">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 Alfred Craig (1839-1920)</b> — of Brookville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa. Born in Brookville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/11-19.html">November 19, 1839</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 21st District, 1889-91. Died in Brookville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/03-17.html">March 17, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at Brookville Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Nancy Priscilla Rodgers.</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=C000860">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402975">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28838600">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William T. Darr (b. 1870)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/02-06.html">February 6, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 54th District, 1925-29. Interment at Brookville Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05324">Calvary Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Joseph Margiotti (1891-1956)</b> — also known as <b>Charles J. Margiotti</b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Punxsutawney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-04.html">April 4, 1891</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">business executive</a>; director, Punxsutawney National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1934; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1935-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/PA.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</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/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-italy.html">Sons of Italy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/08-25.html">August 25, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at Calvary 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 Joseph Margiotti and Fortunata (Reca) Margiotti; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/02-05.html">February 5, 1918</a>, to Denise Wery.</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>Raymond J. Dereume (1889-1975)</b> — of Punxsutawney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-born.html">Belgium</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/06-05.html">June 5, 1889</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Belgium</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-consuls.html">Pittsburgh, Pa.</a>, 1933-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/PA.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Belgian</a> ancestry. Died in Punxsutawney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/03-19.html">March 19, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 287 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62276089">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01666">Circle Hill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Punxsutawney, Jefferson 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 Orlando Smith (1859-1932)</b> — also known as <b>William O. Smith</b> — of Punxsutawney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa. Born in Reynoldsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/06-13.html">June 13, 1859</a>. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 27th District, 1903-07. Died in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-12.html">May 12, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at Circle 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000635">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410109">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>Solomon Taylor North (1853-1917)</b> — also known as <b>S. Taylor North</b> — of Punxsutawney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/index.html">1853</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Jefferson County, 1905-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 27th District, 1915-17. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/index.html">1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment at Circle 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000141">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408225">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </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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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:8pt;"> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are <b>incomplete</b>; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is <b>not</b> guaranteed. 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