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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Lancaster 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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Bethel Cemetery</a> <li>Denver <a href="cms04612">Fairview Cemetery</a> <li>Elizabethtown <a href="cms05819">Mt. Tunnel Cemetery</a> <li>Ephrata <a href=" ">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a> <li>Ephrata <a href="cms05152">Hibshman Cemetery</a> <li>Fulton Township <a href="cms03217">Penn Hill Quaker Meeting House Cemetery</a> <li>Intercourse <a href="cms06034">Old Leacock Church Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms04552">Unknown location</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms04815">Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms05509">Evangelical Trinity Church</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms03214">Greenwood Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms00717">Lancaster Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms01570">Mennonite Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms05037">Moravian Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms03547">Presbyterian Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms03427">St. James' Episcopal Churchyard</a> <li>Lancaster <a href=" ">St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms01605">Shreiner-Concord Cemetery</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms02235">Trinity Lutheran Churchyard</a> <li>Lancaster <a href="cms00562">Woodward Hill Cemetery</a> <li>Leacock <a href="cms01036">Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> <li>Lititz <a href=" ">Moravian Cemetery</a> <li>Millersville, Manor Township <a href="cms04227">Millersville Mennonite Cemetery</a> <li>Marietta <a href="cms00716">Marietta Cemetery</a> <li>Mt. Joy <a href="cms07323">Mount Joy Cemetery</a> <li>Paradise <a href="cms03805">Carpenter's Graveyard</a> <li>Paradise <a href=" ">Leacock Presbyterian Cemetery</a> <li>Rockford <a href="cms03791">St. James's Episcopal Cemetery</a> <li>Salisbury Township <a href=" ">Hershey Mennonite Church Cemetery</a> <li>Salisbury Township <a href="cms00268">Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> <li>Strasburg <a href="cms07573">Strasburg Cemetery</a> <li>Strasburg <a href="cms07574">Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms06119">Bangor Episcopal Churchyard</a> Churchtown, Lancaster 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> Edward Davies (1779-1853) — of Churchtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Churchtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/index.html">1779</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1834-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1837-41. Died in Churchtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/05-17.html">May 17, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Bangor Episcopal Churchyard. <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=D000088">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403225">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03993">Caernarvon Presbyterian Churchyard</a> Churchtown, Lancaster 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> Robert Jenkins (1769-1848) — of Churchtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/07-10.html">July 10, 1769</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Ironmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1804-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1807-11. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/04-18.html">April 18, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at Caernarvon Presbyterian Churchyard. <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 David Jenkins and Martha (Armon) Jenkins; married to Catharine Carmichael.</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=J000087">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405989">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Jenkins (Pennsylvania politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20309860">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02713">Mt. Bethel Cemetery</a> Columbia, Lancaster 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> Thomas Boude (1752-1822) — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/05-17.html">May 17, 1752</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1794-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1801-03. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/10-24.html">October 24, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 160 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Bethel 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=B000660">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401622">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> William Pitt Beatty (1766-1848) — also known as William P. Beatty — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Neshaminy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-born.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/03-31.html">March 31, 1766</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/columbia.html#4">Columbia, Pa.</a>, 1803-07, 1826-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/columbia.html#3">chief burgess of Columbia, Pennsylvania</a>, 1817. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-28.html">July 28, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Bethel 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/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">William Pitt</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 Charles Beatty and Ann (Reading) Beatty; married to Eleanor Polk.</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/107405555">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04612">Fairview Cemetery</a> Denver, Lancaster 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> Guy Kurtz Bard (1895-1953) — also known as Guy K. Bard — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa.; Denver, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa.; Ephrata, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-24.html">October 24, 1895</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-parties.html">chair of Lancaster County Democratic Party</a>, 1925-34; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/PA.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1937; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1938-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1939-52; resigned 1952; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</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/phi-kappa-tau.html">Phi Kappa Tau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>. Collapsed, probably from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">law office</a>, and died en route to Jefferson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/11-23.html">November 23, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at Fairview 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 Silas E. Bard and Miranda S. (Kurtz) Bard.</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://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=93&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/30227170">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05819">Mt. Tunnel Cemetery</a> Elizabethtown, Lancaster 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> Jacob H. Redsecker — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LB-lived.html">Lebanon County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/PA.html">1900</a>. Interment at Mt. Tunnel Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a> Ephrata, Lancaster 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> Eberly Paul Burkholder (1898-1950) — also known as E. Paul Burkholder — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in West Earl Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/02-05.html">February 5, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">Superintendent of schools</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 1st District, 1947-50; died in office 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">coronary occlusion</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">parked car</a>, in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/09-18.html">September 18, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 225 days</a>). Interment at Cedar 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">Relatives: Son of Jacob L. Burkholder and Delia B. (Eberly) Burkholder.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05152">Hibshman Cemetery</a> Ephrata, Lancaster 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> Jacob Hibshman (1772-1852) — of Ephrata, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born near Ephrata, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/01-31.html">January 31, 1772</a>. Republican. County judge in Pennsylvania, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1819-21. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/05-19.html">May 19, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at Hibshman 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: Ancestor *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heyburn-hickerson.html#169.60.90">George Hibshman</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=H000558">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405420">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> George Hibshman (1852-1918) — of Ephrata, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Ephrata Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/08-29.html">August 29, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">Machinist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">tobacco</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">grower</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1907-09. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/03-16.html">March 16, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at Hibshman 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: Descendant *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heyburn-hickerson.html#597.66.95">Jacob Hibshman</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/43778884">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03217">Penn Hill Quaker Meeting House Cemetery</a> Fulton Township, Lancaster 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> Jeremiah Brown (1785-1858) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Fulton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/04-14.html">April 14, 1785</a>. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1826; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1841-45 (4th District 1841-43, 8th District 1843-45); county judge in Pennsylvania, 1851-56. Died in Goshen, Fulton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/03-02.html">March 2, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at Penn Hill Quaker Meeting House 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=B000925">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401880">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06034">Old Leacock Church Cemetery</a> Old Leacock Road Intercourse, Lancaster 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> Amos Slaymaker (1755-1837) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/index.html">1755</a>. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1790; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1814-15. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/index.html">1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at Old Leacock Church 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=S000483">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409971">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04552">Unknown Locations</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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> John Bayard McPherson (1846-1919) — 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/1846/11-05.html">November 5, 1846</a>. Common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1882-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1899-1912; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit</a>, 1912-19; died in office 1919. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/01-20.html">January 20, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 76 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <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://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1597&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mcpherson-john-bayard">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</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 J. Okray — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Candidate in Republican primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 2nd District, 1926; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 1st District, 1932. Interment somewhere. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04815">Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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> Alexander Lowry (d. 1805) — of Pennsylvania. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1775, 1778-80, 1785-88; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/index.html">1805</a>. Interment at Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05509">Evangelical Trinity Church</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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> Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735-1778) — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1735/index.html">1735</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pres.html">President of Pennsylvania</a>, 1777-78; died in office 1778. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/05-22.html">May 22, 1778</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Entombed at Evangelical Trinity Church. <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 John Wharton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/">1762</a> to Susannah Lloyd; married to Elizabeth Fishbourne.</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://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-wharton/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Wharton Jr.">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03214">Greenwood Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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 Henry (1729-1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Downingtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1729/05-19.html">May 19, 1729</a>. Common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1770, 1773, 1777; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1784-85. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/12-15.html">December 15, 1786</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 210 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms05037">Moravian Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Greenwood 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=H000519">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405382">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> Marriott Brosius (1843-1901) — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Colerain Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/03-07.html">March 7, 1843</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> 10th District, 1889-1901; defeated, 1882; died in office 1901. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/03-16.html">March 16, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood 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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/">1869</a> to Elizabeth J. Coates.</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=B000892">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401849">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> Milton C. Heidelbaugh (1843-1908) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Bartville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/04-19.html">April 19, 1843</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1885-86, 1893-1900; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 13th District, 1901-08; died in office 1908. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/02-10.html">February 10, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 297 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood 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 John Jacob Heidelbaugh and Margaret Elizabeth (Bender) Heidelbaugh; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/01-13.html">January 13, 1869</a>, to Harriet Elizabeth Thompson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heft-heiple.html#912.56.03">William Wharton Heidelbaugh</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/88416718">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00717">Lancaster Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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 Hiester (1790-1853) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Berne Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/10-10.html">October 10, 1790</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; justice of the peace; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1831-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1837; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 6th District, 1841-43. Died in New Holland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/10-13.html">October 13, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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 William Hiester (1757-1822) and Anna Maria (Myer) Hiester; married to Lucy E. Ellmaker; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#171.86.63">Isaac Ellmaker Hiester</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#693.21.15">John Hiester</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#629.45.13">Daniel Hiester (1747-1804)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#990.78.65">Daniel Robeadeau Clymer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#598.67.74">Hiester Clymer</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#689.39.70">Daniel Hiester (1774-1834)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#048.38.50">Joseph Hiester</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subsets 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=H000575">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405437">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 Whiteside (1773-1830) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1773/index.html">1773</a>. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1815-19. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/index.html">1830</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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=W000412">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411572">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> Anthony Ellmaker Roberts (1803-1885) — also known as Anthony Roberts — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/index.html">1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-officials.html">Lancaster County Sheriff</a>, 1839-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 9th District, 1855-59. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/index.html">1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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: Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html#227.04.85">Robert Grey Bushong</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=R000304">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409276">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> Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (1824-1871) — also known as Isaac E. Hiester — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in New Holland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/05-29.html">May 29, 1824</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-officials.html">Lancaster County District Attorney</a>, 1848-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 9th District, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/PA.html">1868</a>. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/02-06.html">February 6, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 253 days</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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 Lucy (Ellmaker) Hiester and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#014.72.36">William Hiester</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#693.21.15">John Hiester</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#629.45.13">Daniel Hiester (1747-1804)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#990.78.65">Daniel Robeadeau Clymer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#598.67.74">Hiester Clymer</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#689.39.70">Daniel Hiester (1774-1834)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hickson-higginbottom.html#048.38.50">Joseph Hiester</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subsets 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=H000572">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405434">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 B. Warfel (1830-1908) — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/09-19.html">September 19, 1830</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1870-76 (17th District 1870-71, 9th District 1872-74, 13th District 1875-76); candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/04-18.html">April 18, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 212 days</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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: Married to Mary Girvin.</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/31147780">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> Adam Cyrus Reinoehl (1840-1900) — also known as Adam C. Reinoehl — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LB-born.html">Lebanon County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/11-14.html">November 14, 1840</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1868, 1870-71; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lancaster.html#3">Lancaster, Pa.</a>, 1900. Died by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>, with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">illuminating gas</a>, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a> at the Lancaster <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/postoffices.html">post office</a>, Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/12-14.html">December 14, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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 Augustus Reinoehl and Leah (Reigel) Reinoehl; married to Lucy Davis; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#249.10.06">John K. Reinoehl</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/28330645">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01570">Mennonite Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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> John Strohm (1793-1884) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Fulton Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/10-16.html">October 16, 1793</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1831; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1834-42 (7th District 1834-37, 6th District 1837-42); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1845-49. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/09-12.html">September 12, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 332 days</a>). Interment at Mennonite 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=S001008">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410465">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05037">Moravian Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly 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 Henry (1729-1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Downingtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1729/05-19.html">May 19, 1729</a>. Common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1770, 1773, 1777; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1784-85. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/12-15.html">December 15, 1786</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 210 days</a>). Original interment at Moravian Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms03214">Greenwood 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000519">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405382">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03547">Presbyterian Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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> John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Blue Ball, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/index.html">1752</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1791-1801 (at-large 1791-93, 5th District 1793-95, 7th District 1795-1801). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/06-06.html">June 6, 1801</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). Interment at Presbyterian 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#023.12.72">Thomas Kittera</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/10617.html">Kittera-Conrad family</a> of Lancaster and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</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=K000253">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406412">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03427">St. James' Episcopal Churchyard</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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> Edward Shippen (1703-1781) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1703/07-09.html">July 9, 1703</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1744-45. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/09-25.html">September 25, 1781</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at St. James' Episcopal Churchyard. <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 Abigail (Grosse) Shippen and Joseph Shippen; brother of Anne Nancy Shippen (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#921.55.52">Charles Willing</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#157.96.59">William Shippen</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1725/09-20.html">September 20, 1725</a>, to Sarah Plumley; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#393.56.68">Edward Shippen (1729-1806)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#096.57.01">Thomas Willing</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#860.88.84">Edward Shippen (1639-1712)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#406.94.37">Charles Willing Byrd</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#461.40.05">Edward Shippen (1823-1904)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#112.89.40">John Brown Francis</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvine-irving.html#734.69.01">Bertha Shippen Irving</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/overton-ovington.html#692.95.14">Edward Overton Jr.</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#242.35.83">James Rieman Macfarlane</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (subsets 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">borough</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-names.html">Shippensburg, Pennsylvania</a>, which he founded, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Shippen III">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26105564">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> Amos Ellmaker (1787-1851) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Leacock Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/08-08.html">August 8, 1787</a>. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1815; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1816-19, 1828-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1832. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/11-28.html">November 28, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at St. James' Episcopal Churchyard. <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=E000142">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403833">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> Thomas Henry Burrowes (1805-1871) — also known as Thomas H. Burrowes — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/index.html">1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soc.html">Secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania</a>, 1835-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lancaster.html">mayor of Lancaster, Pa.</a>, 1858; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Pennsylvania State University, 1868-71. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/index.html">1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at St. James' Episcopal Churchyard. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Henry Burrowes">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=46168&">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"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=u9VWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA242-IA1"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/643/44.37.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Frank B. McClain"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Francis Bernard McClain (1864-1925) — also known as Frank B. McClain; "The Red Rose of Lancaster" — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/04-14.html">April 14, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Livestock dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1895-1910; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives</a>, 1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lancaster.html">mayor of Lancaster, Pa.</a>, 1910-15; resigned 1915; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1915-19. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-11.html">October 11, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 180 days</a>). Interment at St. Mary's Roman Catholic 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 Francis McClain and Susan (Mulhatten) McClain; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/02-14.html">February 14, 1888</a>, to Ellen Bernadine O'Neill.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank B. McClain">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80417227">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=135716">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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">Image source: Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual 1916</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01605">Shreiner-Concord Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Founded 1836 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=641313&">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"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8750627469/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/480/10.66.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Thaddeus Stevens"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) — of Gettysburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Pa.; Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-born.html">Caledonia County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/04-04.html">April 4, 1792</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1833-35, 1837, 1841; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1838; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District 1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/PA.html">1856</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/PA.html">1860</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/08-11.html">August 11, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at Shreiner-Concord Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <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 Joshua Stevens and Sarah 'Sally' (Morrill) Stevens; married to Lydia Hamilton Smith; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowell-rowen.html#122.47.07">Charles Rowell</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0307.html">Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family</a> of New Hampshire; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1481.html">Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell family</a> (subsets 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 Thaddeus Stevens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Post Office Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CA-names.html">Danville, Vermont</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "I repose in this quiet and secluded spot / not from any natural preference for solitude / but, finding other cemeteries limited as to race / by charter rules / I have chosen this, that I might illustrate / in my death / the principles which I advocated / through a long life / EQUALITY OF MAN BEFORE HIS CREATOR."</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=S000887">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410349">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/112/000097818">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/982">Find-A-Grave memorial</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">Books about Thaddeus Stevens: Charles W. Boyd, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961893206/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0961893206&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Your Legacy from Thaddeus Stevens : Republican of the First Kind</a> — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684823403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684823403&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History</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">Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02235">Trinity Lutheran Churchyard</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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"><a href="https://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?54442"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/511/90.16.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="Thomas Mifflin"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/01-10.html">January 10, 1744</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1774-75, 1782-84; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1785-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pres.html">President of Pennsylvania</a>, 1788-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1790-99. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/01-20.html">January 20, 1800</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Lutheran Churchyard. <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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MI.html">Mifflin County, Pa.</a> is named for him.</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=M000701">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407685">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-mifflin/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Mifflin">Wikipedia article</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">Image source: New York Public Library</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00562">Woodward Hill Cemetery</a> Lancaster, Lancaster 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"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267599179/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/094/14.57.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="James Buchanan"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Buchanan (1791-1868) — also known as "The Sage of Wheatland"; "Buck"; "Old Buck" — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log cabin</a> near Mercersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/04-23.html">April 23, 1791</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1814; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1821-31 (3rd District 1821-23, 4th District 1823-31); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1832-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1853-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1834-45; resigned 1845; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1844/index.html">1844</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1848/index.html">1848</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1852/index.html">1852</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1845-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1857-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died near Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/06-01.html">June 1, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 39 days</a>). Interment at Woodward Hill Cemetery; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms07300">Meridian Hill Park</a>, Washington, D.C. <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 James Buchanan (c.1761-1821) and Elizabeth (Speer) Buchanan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#874.99.49">David Fullerton Robison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quinney-quitman.html#481.40.24">John A. Quitman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#776.23.87">John Gallagher Montgomery</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">Buchanan counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BU.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU.html">Mo.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BU.html">Va.</a> are named for him.</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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-names.html">Buchanan, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James Buchanan (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, California</a>; scrapped 1969) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duke.html#534.91.75">James B. Duke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#078.42.19">James B. Cullison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holland.html#163.61.51">James B. Holland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#364.99.69">James Buchanan Siggins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mara-margolis.html#564.29.76">J. B. Marcum</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#302.50.25">James B. Searcy</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=B001005">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401954">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Buchanan">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/buchanan-james ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/080/000031984">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/143">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4102">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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">Books about James Buchanan: Philip S. Klein, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945707118/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0945707118&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">President James Buchanan: A Biography</a> — Jean H. Baker, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069461/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069461&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">James Buchanan</a> — R. G. Horton, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0548965145/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0548965145&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Life And Public Services Of James Buchanan: Late Minister To England And Formerly Minister To Russia, Senator And Representative In Congress, And Sec. Of State</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">Critical books about James Buchanan: Nathan Miller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684852063/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684852063&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents</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">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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> Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750-1801) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1750/01-01.html">January 1, 1750</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Pastor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1779-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1780-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives</a>, 1780-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Pennsylvania convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-93, 3rd District 1793-95, 4th District 1795-97); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1789-91, 1793-95; Federalist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1793, 1796. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/06-04.html">June 4, 1801</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 154 days</a>). Interment at Woodward 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">Relatives: Son of Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg and Anna Maria (Weiser) Muhlenberg; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#027.42.89">John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#436.05.06">Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#042.44.20">Francis Swaine Muhlenberg</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#917.39.49">Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</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/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (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=M001063">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408029">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg">Wikipedia article</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 Andrew Shulze (1775-1852) — also known as J. Andrew Shulze — of Montoursville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LY-lived.html">Lycoming County</a>, Pa. Born in Tulpehocken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/07-19.html">July 19, 1775</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1806; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 8th District, 1822-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1823-29; delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839 (Convention Vice-President; member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member, Committee to Notify Nominees). Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/11-18.html">November 18, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at Woodward 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">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-andrew-shulze/">National Governors Association biography</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> William Walton Griest (1858-1929) — also known as William W. Griest — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Christiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/09-22.html">September 22, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; president of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">electric railways</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">lighting</a> companies; 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>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/PA.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/PA.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PA.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soc.html">secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania</a>, 1899-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1909-29 (9th District 1909-23, 10th District 1923-29); died in office 1929. Died in Mt. Clemens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-died.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/12-05.html">December 5, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 74 days</a>). Interment at Woodward 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">Relatives: Son of Ellwood Griest and Rebecca (Walton) Griest; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-17.html">October 17, 1888</a>, to Elizabeth P. Smith.</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 W. W. Griest <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Building</a> (built 1924-25), a 14-story office building in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-names.html">Lancaster, Pennsylvania</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=G000456">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404801">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William W. Griest">Wikipedia article</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 Roland Kinzer (1874-1955) — also known as J. Roland Kinzer — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in East Earl Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-28.html">March 28, 1874</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/1928/PA.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1930-47 (10th District 1930-45, 9th District 1945-47). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/chi-psi.html">Chi Psi</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/07-25.html">July 25, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at Woodward 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">Relatives: Married to Bertha Snyder.</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=K000231">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406390">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> Abraham Herr Smith (1815-1894) — also known as A. Herr Smith — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Manor Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/03-07.html">March 7, 1815</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1843-44; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 7th District, 1846-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 9th District, 1873-85. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/02-16.html">February 16, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at Woodward 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000509">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409995">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> Oliver James Dickey (1823-1876) — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Old Brighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BA-born.html">Beaver County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/04-06.html">April 6, 1823</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/PA.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 9th District, 1868-73. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/04-21.html">April 21, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at Woodward 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickey-dickie.html#574.12.66">John Dickey</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=D000315">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403435">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> Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg (1850-1907) — also known as Henry E. Muhlenberg — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/01-18.html">January 18, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lancaster.html">mayor of Lancaster, Pa.</a>, 1899-1902. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/06-17.html">June 17, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 150 days</a>). Interment at Woodward 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">Relatives: Son of Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg (1817-1877) and Catharine (Cameron) Muhlenberg; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/12-23.html">December 23, 1879</a>, to Emma Jean Fell; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#436.05.06">Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#027.42.89">John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#025.59.08">Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#010.73.37">Henry Augustus Muhlenberg</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#053.60.32">Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#042.44.20">Francis Swaine Muhlenberg</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html#361.05.94">Hiester Henry Muhlenberg</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/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Muhlenberg (mayor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37125051">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> William Wharton Heidelbaugh (1881-1959) — also known as William W. Heidelbaugh — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Nickel Mines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-16.html">April 16, 1881</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Coal merchant</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1926. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/index.html">1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at Woodward 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heft-heiple.html#982.85.62">Milton C. Heidelbaugh</a> and Harriet Elizabeth (Thompson) Heidelbaugh; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/05-09.html">May 9, 1912</a>, to Katherine A. L. Watt.</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/35510386">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> Frances Baer Atlee (1878-1964) — also known as Frances B. Atlee; Frances Rine Baer — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-17.html">October 17, 1878</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/index.html">1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">about 85 years</a>). Interment at Woodward 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">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-17.html">June 17, 1903</a>, to John Light Atlee.</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> Jacob Lieber Steinmetz — also known as Jacob L. Steinmetz — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/PA.html">1876</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1877-78. Interment at Woodward Hill Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01036">Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> Leacock, Lancaster 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 Whitehill (1762-1822) — 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 Presbyterian Church 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/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>.</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/10001-0426.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>).</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=W000402">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411562">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Moravian Cemetery</a> Lititz, Lancaster 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> John Augustus Sutter (1803-1880) — also known as John A. Sutter; Johann August Sutter — of Lititz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Kandern, Baden (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/02-23.html">February 23, 1803</a>. Established a Swiss settlement in California called New Helvetia, and built Sutter's Fort; became famous following the 1848 discovery of gold at his mill, which started the California Gold Rush; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1849. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-18.html">June 18, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at Moravian 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: Married to Anna Dubeld; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sutphen-sutto.html#994.29.54">John Augustus Sutter Jr.</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 World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John A. Sutter (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, California</a>; scrapped 1969) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Sutter">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6744">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04227">Millersville Mennonite Cemetery</a> Millersville, Manor Township, Lancaster 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> Edwin Duing Eshleman (1920-1985) — also known as Edwin D. Eshleman — of Pennsylvania. Born in Quarryville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/12-04.html">December 4, 1920</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1954-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 16th District, 1967-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/01-10.html">January 10, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at Millersville Mennonite 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=E000214">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403901">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00716">Marietta Cemetery</a> Marietta, Lancaster 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> Henry Burd Cassel (1855-1926) — of Marietta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Marietta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/10-19.html">October 19, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-parties.html">chair of Lancaster County Republican Party</a>, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1898-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1901-09 (10th District 1901-03, 9th District 1903-09). Died in Marietta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/04-28.html">April 28, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 191 days</a>). Interment at Marietta 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 Abram Neff Cassel and Mary J. Cassel; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/07-17.html">July 17, 1877</a>, to Mary A. Patterson.</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=C000235">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402380">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 Andrew Hiestand (1824-1890) — also known as John A. Hiestand — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in East Donegal Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/10-02.html">October 2, 1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1852-53; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 16th District, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 9th District, 1885-89. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-13.html">December 13, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at Marietta 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=H000569">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405431">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> Horace Leander Haldeman (1847-1920) — also known as Horace L. Haldeman — of East Donegal Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/09-16.html">September 16, 1847</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 17th District, 1917-20; died in office 1920. Died in Marietta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/10-27.html">October 27, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 41 days</a>). Interment at Marietta 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 Cyrus Summerfield Haldeman and Elizabeth Steman (Brenneman) Haldeman; married to Emma Louisa Jones.</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/6810904">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07323">Mount Joy Cemetery</a> Mt. Joy, Lancaster 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> Henry C. Schock (1858-1924) — of Mt. Joy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-19.html">November 19, 1858</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Mt. Joy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/09-29.html">September 29, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at Mount Joy Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03805">Carpenter's Graveyard</a> Paradise, Lancaster 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> Joseph Lefever (1760-1826) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Strasburg Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1760/04-03.html">April 3, 1760</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 3rd District, 1811-13. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/10-17.html">October 17, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 197 days</a>). Interment at Carpenter's 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=L000212">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406716">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Leacock Presbyterian Cemetery</a> Paradise, Lancaster 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> Ralph Wanner Eby (1880-1930) — also known as Ralph W. Eby — of Paradise Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/09-30.html">September 30, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Seed grower</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-parties.html">chair of Lancaster County Republican Party</a>, 1927; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-officials.html">Lancaster County Controller</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-08.html">August 8, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 312 days</a>). Interment at Leacock Presbyterian 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/eberhart-eddleman.html#365.92.38">Milton Eby</a> and Alice Selina (Eckman) Eby; married to Caroline Shelley.</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/25378.html">Eby family</a> of Paradise Township, Pennsylvania.</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/29657905">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03791">St. James's Episcopal Cemetery</a> Rockford, Lancaster 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> Edward Hand (1744-1802) — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/12-31.html">December 31, 1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1784; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lancaster.html#2">chief burgess of Lancaster, Pennsylvania</a>, 1789-90. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/09-03.html">September 3, 1802</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 246 days</a>). Interment at St. James's Episcopal 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=H000153">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405035">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Hershey Mennonite Church Cemetery</a> Salisbury Township, Lancaster 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> Milton Eby (1850-1920) — also known as Peter Milton Eby — of Paradise Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Paradise Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/10-16.html">October 16, 1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">livestock dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1891-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 13th District, 1897-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-officials.html">Lancaster County Sheriff</a>, 1912-16. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">aortic dilatation</a>, in Paradise Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/01-30.html">January 30, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at Hershey Mennonite Church 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 Jacob Eby and Magdalena (Wanner) Eby; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/">1878</a> to Alice Selina Eckman; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#017.03.11">Ralph Wanner Eby</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#422.70.96">George Eby Jr.</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/25378.html">Eby family</a> of Paradise Township, Pennsylvania.</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/29691664">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00268">Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> Salisbury Township, Lancaster 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> John Whitehill (1729-1815) — 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 Pequea Presbyterian Church 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/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>.</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/10001-0426.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>).</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=W000403">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411563">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07573">Strasburg Cemetery</a> Strasburg, Lancaster 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> John G. Homsher (1859-1938) — of Strasburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in East Lampeter Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/07-01.html">July 1, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1901-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 13th District, 1909-38; died in office 1938. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/09-13.html">September 13, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 74 days</a>). Interment at Strasburg 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holten-hook.html#913.93.41">Frederick L. Homsher</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07574">Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery</a> Strasburg, Lancaster 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> Frederick L. Homsher (1885-1950) — of Strasburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Strasburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/11-19.html">November 19, 1885</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 13th District, 1939-50; died in office 1950. Died, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-trains.html">aboard a train</a> en roue to sanatorium, near Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/05-03.html">May 3, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at Strasburg Mennonite 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/holten-hook.html#916.20.13">John G. Homsher</a>; married to Mary E. Bryson.</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"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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