The Political Graveyard: Mercer County, Pa. (original) (raw)

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Shenango Valley Cemetery
Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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| | James Sheakley (1829-1917) — of Greenville, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Sheakleyville, Mercer County, Pa., April 24, 1829. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1892;Governor of Alaska District, 1893-97.Presbyterian. Died in Greenville, Mercer County, Pa., December 10, 1917 (age 88 years, 230 days). Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery. |
| | Eugene Pierce Gillespie (1852-1899) — also known as Eugene P. Gillespie — of Greenville, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Greenville, Mercer County, Pa., September 24, 1852. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1891-93. Died December 16, 1899 (age 47 years, 83 days). Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery. |
| | Samuel P. Johnson — of West Greenville, Mercer County, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860. Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery. |

Woodland Cemetery
Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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| | Edwin John Fithian (1863-1953) — also known as Edwin J. Fithian — of Grove City, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Portersville, Butler County, Pa., July 1, 1863.Physician; president, Bessemer Gas Engine Company; after 1929, chairman of the successor firm, Cooper-Bessemer Corporation; makers of industrial compressors and marine engines; bank director; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1916; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1918; burgess of Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1923; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934.Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, from acute cardiac decompensation, in Grove City, Mercer County, Pa., May 15, 1953 (age 89 years, 318 days). Entombed at Woodland Cemetery. |

Parklawn Cemetery
Jamestown, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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| | Dennis F. Dunlavy (1884-1960) — of Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Born in Jamestown, Mercer County, Pa., March 2, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924,1928,1940(alternate); candidate for Ohio state attorney general, 1924; mayor of Ashtabula, Ohio, 1951-53. Died in Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio, May 28, 1960 (age 76 years, 87 days). Interment at Parklawn Cemetery. |

Mercer Citizens Cemetery
Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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| | Thomas Cunningham Cochran (1877-1957) — also known as Thomas C. Cochran — of Mercer, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer County, Pa., November 30, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; Mercer County District Attorney, 1906-09; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1927-35 (28th District 1927-33, 20th District 1933-35).Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Died in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., December 10, 1957 (age 80 years, 10 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery. |
| | Samuel Henry Miller (1840-1918) — also known as Samuel H. Miller — of Mercer, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Coolspring Township, Mercer County, Pa., April 19, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1881-85, 1915-17 (26th District 1881-85, 28th District 1915-17); Mercer County President Judge, 1894-1904; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896. Died in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., December 3, 1918 (age 78 years, 228 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery. |
| | William Stewart (1810-1876) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., September 10, 1810.Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1842-44 (20th District 1842-43, 25th District 1844); U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1857-61. Died in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., October 17, 1876 (age 66 years, 37 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery. |
| | William Swan Garvin (1806-1883) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., July 25, 1806. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1845-47. Died in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., February 20, 1883 (age 76 years, 210 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery. |
| | Samuel Griffith (1816-1893) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Wales,February 14, 1816. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1871-73. Died October 1, 1893 (age 77 years, 229 days). Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery. |
| | J. A. Stranahan — of Mercer, Mercer County, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876. Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery. |

Morefield Cemetery
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Oakwood Cemetery
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

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