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Centre County
Pennsylvania

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Centre County

Index to Locations

BellefonteCentre County CourthouseSquare

BellefonteUnion Cemetery

South PhilipsburgPhilipsburgCemetery

State CollegeCentre County MemorialPark

Centre CountyCourthouse Square
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815-1894) — also known asAndrew G. Curtin;"War Governor ofPennsylvania" —of Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.Born in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,April22, 1815.Lawyer;Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1848;Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1852;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1855-58;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1861-67; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1868;U.S. Minister toRussia, 1869-72;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1881-87.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,October7, 1894 (age79 years, 168days).Interment atUnion Cemetery; statue atGettysburgNational Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.; statue at Centre CountyCourthouse Square.

Politicians who have(or had) monuments here:

	Relatives: Sonof Roland Curtin and Jane (Gregg) Curtin; grandson ofAndrewGregg; great-granduncle ofWillardSevier Curtin; first cousin ofDavidMcMurtrie Gregg.
		Political family:Gregg-Curtinfamily of Pennsylvania.
		The World War IILibertyshipSS Andrew G. Curtin (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost in theBarentsSea, 1944) wasnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial

UnionCemetery
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815-1894) — also known asAndrew G. Curtin;"War Governor ofPennsylvania" —of Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.Born in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,April22, 1815.Lawyer;Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1848;Whig Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1852;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1855-58;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1861-67; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1868;U.S. Minister toRussia, 1869-72;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1881-87.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,October7, 1894 (age79 years, 168days).Interment at Union Cemetery; statue atGettysburgNational Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.; statue atCentre County Courthouse Square.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Roland Curtin and Jane (Gregg) Curtin; grandson ofAndrewGregg; great-granduncle ofWillardSevier Curtin; first cousin ofDavidMcMurtrie Gregg.
		Political family:Gregg-Curtinfamily of Pennsylvania.
		The World War IILibertyshipSS Andrew G. Curtin (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost in theBarentsSea, 1944) wasnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial

Andrew Gregg (1755-1835) — of Penn Valley,BucksCounty, Pa.Born in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,June 10,1755.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1791-1807 (at-large 1791-93,2nd District 1793-95, 4th District 1795-1803, 2nd District 1803-07);U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1807-13;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1820-23.DiedMay 20,1835 (age79 years, 344days).Interment at Union Cemetery.

	Relatives:Grandfather ofJamesXavier McLanahan,AndrewGregg Curtin andDavidMcMurtrie Gregg.
		Political family:Gregg-Curtinfamily of Pennsylvania.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Daniel Hartman Hastings (1849-1903) — also known asDaniel H. Hastings — of Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.BornFebruary26, 1849.Republican.AdjutantGeneral of Pennsylvania, 1887-91; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1888,1896(speaker);Governorof Pennsylvania, 1895-99.DiedJanuary9, 1903 (age53 years, 317days).Interment at Union Cemetery.

James Addams Beaver (1837-1914) — also known asJames A. Beaver — of Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.Born in Millerstown,PerryCounty, Pa.,October21, 1837.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1880;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1887-91; defeated, 1882; superior court judge inPennsylvania, 1896-1906.Presbyterian.Lost aleg in the battle of Ream's Station, August 24, 1864.Died in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,January31, 1914 (age76 years, 102days).Interment at Union Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married,December26, 1865, to Mary A. McAllister.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial

Thomas Burnside (1782-1851) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Newton Stewart, County Tyrone, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),July 28,1782.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 13th District, 1811-12, 1823-26;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1815-16; districtjudge in Pennsylvania, 1815-19, 1826-41;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1845-51; died in office 1851.Died in Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March25, 1851 (age68 years, 240days).Interment at Union Cemetery.

James Irvin (1800-1862) — of Pennsylvania. Born inCentreCounty, Pa.,February18, 1800.Whig.Merchant;miller;manufacturer;miningbusiness;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-45 (14th District 1841-43,17th District 1843-45); candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1847.Died inSchuylkillCounty, Pa.,November28, 1862 (age62 years, 283days).Interment at Union Cemetery.

James Tracy Hale (1810-1865) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Towanda,BradfordCounty, Pa.,October14, 1810.Republican. District judge in Pennsylvania 26th District, 1851;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859-65 (15th District 1859-63,18th District 1863-65).Died in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,April 6,1865 (age54 years, 174days).Interment at Union Cemetery.

William Wilson Potter (1792-1839) — also known asWilliam W. Potter — of Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.Born in Potters Mills,CentreCounty, Pa.,December18, 1792.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1837-39; died inoffice 1839.Died in Bellefonte,CentreCounty, Pa.,October28, 1839 (age46 years, 314days).Interment at Union Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.

John Blanchard (1787-1849) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Peacham,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,September30, 1787.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1845-49.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,LancasterCounty, Pa.,March 9,1849 (age61 years, 160days).Interment at Union Cemetery.

PhilipsburgCemetery
South Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Charles Hedding Rowland (1860-1921) — also known asCharles H. Rowland — of Philipsburg,CentreCounty, Pa.Born in Maryland,1860.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1915-19.Died in1921(ageabout61 years).Interment at Philipsburg Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

Harry Bowen Scott (1878-1945) — also known asHarry B. Scott — of Philipsburg,CentreCounty, Pa.BornSeptember17, 1878.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1916;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 34th District, 1927-34; defeated, 1922; candidateforLieutenantGovernor of Pennsylvania, 1934.DiedMarch 4,1945 (age66 years, 168days).Interment at Philipsburg Cemetery.

See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Centre CountyMemorial Park
State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Milton Stover Eisenhower (1899-1985) — also known asMilton S. Eisenhower — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Abilene,DickinsonCounty, Kan.,September15, 1899.Republican.Newspaperreporter;universityprofessor; U.S. Vice Consul inEdinburgh, 1924-26;presidentof Kansas State University, 1943-50; Pennsylvania State University,1950-56; and Johns Hopkins University, 1956-67 and 1971-72; directorforrailroads;trustee forhospitals;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1964;Independent candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1980.Episcopalian.Member,Rotary;PhiKappa Phi;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaDelta Chi;AlphaZeta;OmicronDelta Kappa;DeltaSigma Pi.Died, ofcancer,inBaltimore,Md.,May 2,1985 (age85 years, 229days).Interment at Centre County Memorial Park.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;brother ofDwightDavid Eisenhower (who marriedMaryGeneva Doud); married,October12, 1927, to Helen Elsie Eakin; uncle ofJohnSheldon Doud Eisenhower.
		Political family:Eisenhowerfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail

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