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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Findlay-Brown family of Pennsylvania</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.</p> <p>These groupings — even the <i>names</i> of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.</p> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Findlay (1766-1838)</b> — of Chambersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa. Born in Mercersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/03-31.html">March 31, 1766</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1821-27 (5th District 1821-23, 11th District 1823-27); postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chambersburg.html#3">Chambersburg, Pa.</a>, 1829-38. Died in Chambersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/11-05.html">November 5, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-buried.html#cms03479">Falling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Chambersburg, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#440.90.33">William Findlay</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#383.79.49">James Findlay</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10487.html">Findlay-Brown family</a> of Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000120">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404076">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7774553">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Findlay (1768-1846)</b> — of Franklintown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Pa. Born in Mercersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/06-20.html">June 20, 1768</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1797; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trea.html">Pennsylvania state treasurer</a>, 1807-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1817-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1821-27. Slaveowner. Died in Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-died.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/11-12.html">November 12, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 145 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-buried.html#cms00584">Harrisburg Cemetery</a>, Harrisburg, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#315.35.65">John Findlay</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#383.79.49">James Findlay</a>; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shuldberg-shuttleworth.html#838.10.17">Francis Rawn Shunk</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#525.46.84">John Van Lear Findlay</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#026.03.06">Francis Shunk Brown</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#858.17.90">Francis Shunk Brown Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10487.html">Findlay-Brown family</a> of Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000122">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404078">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-findlay/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Findlay (1770-1835)</b> — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio. Born in Mercersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/10-12.html">October 12, 1770</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cincinnati.html#4">Receiver of U.S. Land Office at Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, 1802-16; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1803; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cincinnati.html">mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, 1805-06, 1810-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 1st District, 1825-33; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Ohio</a>, 1834. Died in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/12-28.html">December 28, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms00470">Spring Grove Cemetery</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#315.35.65">John Findlay</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#440.90.33">William Findlay</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10487.html">Findlay-Brown family</a> of Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000119">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404075">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Rawn Shunk (1788-1848)</b> — also known as <b>Francis R. Shunk</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/08-07.html">August 7, 1788</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soc.html">Secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania</a>, 1839-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1845-48. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-20.html">July 20, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 348 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-buried.html#cms02597">Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery</a>, Trappe, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#440.90.33">William Findlay</a>; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#432.95.66">Charles Brown</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#026.03.06">Francis Shunk Brown</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#858.17.90">Francis Shunk Brown Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10487.html">Findlay-Brown family</a> of Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/francis-rawn-shunk/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Brown (1797-1883)</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/09-23.html">September 23, 1797</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1830-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1834; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 2nd District, 1838-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1841-43, 1847-49 (1st District 1841-43, 3rd District 1847-49); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/PAcc nPH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1853-57. Died in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/09-04.html">September 4, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00362">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shuldberg-shuttleworth.html#838.10.17">Francis Rawn Shunk</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#026.03.06">Francis Shunk Brown</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#858.17.90">Francis Shunk Brown Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10487.html">Findlay-Brown family</a> of Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000906">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401863">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Van Lear Findlay (1839-1907)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born near Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/12-21.html">December 21, 1839</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 4th District, 1883-87. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/04-19.html">April 19, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00372">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#440.90.33">William Findlay</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10487.html">Findlay-Brown family</a> of Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000121">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404077">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Shunk Brown (b. 1858)</b> — also known as <b>Francis S. Brown</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/06-09.html">June 9, 1858</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1915-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PA.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/friendly-sons-st-patrick.html">Friendly Sons of St. Patrick</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#432.95.66">Charles Brown</a> and Elizabeth (Shunk) Brown; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/">1883</a> to Lizzie Hamm; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#858.17.90">Francis Shunk Brown Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shuldberg-shuttleworth.html#838.10.17">Francis Rawn Shunk</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#440.90.33">William Findlay</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10487.html">Findlay-Brown family</a> of Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Shunk Brown Jr. (b. 1891)</b> — also known as <b>Francis S. Brown, Jr.</b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-03.html">December 3, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 1st District, 1927-39. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zeta-psi.html">Zeta Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#026.03.06">Francis Shunk Brown</a> and Elizabeth (Hamm) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/02-10.html">February 10, 1917</a>, to Janet Ramsey McKeen; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#432.95.66">Charles Brown</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shuldberg-shuttleworth.html#838.10.17">Francis Rawn Shunk</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finck-finlayson.html#440.90.33">William Findlay</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10487.html">Findlay-Brown family</a> of Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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