Index to Locations AdamsvilleRocky Glen CemeteryBlooming ValleyBlooming ValleyCemeteryConneaut LakeLakeview CemeteryConneautvilleConneautvilleCemeteryLinesvillePenn Line CemeteryMeadvilleGreendale CemeteryMeadvilleOld Meadville Cemetery(now gone)TitusvilleWoodlawn CemeteryUnion TownshipSt. John's Cemetery
Rocky GlenCemetery
Adamsville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Blooming ValleyCemetery
Blooming Valley, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) — also known asR. Budd Dwyer — of Pennsylvania. Born in St. Charles,St. CharlesCounty, Mo.,November21, 1939.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1965-70; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1971-81; resigned 1981;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1981-87; died in office 1987;convictedin December 1986 ofbriberyand conspiracy in federal court.Baptist.Member,NationalEducation Association;Eagles;ThetaChi;Jaycees.About to besentenced,and widely expected to resign from office, he called apressconference; there, in front of spectators and television cameras,he insisted he was not guilty, and thenshot andkilledhimself, in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,January22, 1987 (age47 years, 62days).Interment at Blooming Valley Cemetery.
LakeviewCemetery
Conneaut Lake, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Carroll Dudley Kearns (1900-1976) — also known asCarroll D. Kearns — of Farrell,MercerCounty, Pa.; Conneaut Lake,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Youngstown,MahoningCounty, Ohio,May 7,1900.Republican.Concertmusician;orchestralconductor;superintendentof schools;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1947-63 (28th District 1947-53,24th District 1953-63); defeated in primary, 1962.Lutheran.Member,Elks;Moose;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary;Lions;PhiMu Alpha.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,June 11,1976 (age76 years, 35days).Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
ConneautvilleCemetery
Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Penn LineCemetery
Phelps Road
Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Judson B. Phelps (1836-1906) — of Conneaut,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born inHerkimerCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1836.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;dairyfarmer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Crawford County, 1897-98.DiedJune 16,1906 (age69 years, 186days).Interment at Penn Line Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Sarah (Greenfield) Phelps and Benjamin Phelps; married,February22, 1866, to Lucy Allen; second cousin twice removed ofNoyesBarber; second cousin thrice removed ofWaightstillAvery; third cousin once removed ofWilliamWhiting Boardman,EdwinBarber Morgan andChristopherMorgan; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminTrumbull andLancelotPhelps; third cousin thrice removed ofNoahPhelps,AugustusSeymour Porter andPeterBuell Porter; fourth cousin ofCalvinTilden Hulburd andErskineMason Phelps; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWentworth Upham,LorenzoBurrows,GeorgeSmith Catlin,HenryTitus Backus,LymanTrumbull,WilliamWaigstill Avery,JamesPhelps,MabelThorp Boardman andSpencerGale Frink. | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
GreendaleCemetery
700 Randolph Street
Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1852
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January14, 1780.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April21, 1844 (age64 years, 98days).Original interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at GreendaleCemetery. | | Solomon Newton Pettis (1827-1900) — also known asS. Newton Pettis — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Lenox,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,October10, 1827.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1860;justiceof Colorado territorial supreme court, 1861-62;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1868-69; U.S.Minister toBolivia, 1878-79.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,September18, 1900 (age72 years, 343days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born inIreland,1770.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23,18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,January12, 1826 (ageabout 55years).Original interment atOld Meadville Cemetery(which no longer exists); reinterment at Greendale Cemetery; cenotaphatCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Dick (1794-1872) — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,June 17,1794.Merchant;banker;burgessof Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1830, 1834, 1850-51; WhigPresidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1840;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1853-59 (24th District 1853-55,25th District 1855-59); delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Pennsylvania,1856.Episcopalian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,May 29,1872 (age77 years, 347days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | Arthur Laban Bates (1859-1934) — also known asArthur L. Bates — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,June 6,1859.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1888(alternate),1924;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-13 (26th District 1901-03,25th District 1903-13).Baptist.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;Kiwanis;PhiKappa Psi.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,August26, 1934 (age75 years, 81days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | Darwin Abel Finney (1814-1868) — also known asDarwin A. Finney — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Shrewsbury,RutlandCounty, Vt.,August11, 1814.Republican.Lawyer;burgessof Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1848; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1856-61 (20th District 1856-57, 27th District1858-61);U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1867-68; died inoffice 1868.Died in Brussels,Belgium,August25, 1868 (age54 years, 14days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John W. Howe (1801-1873) — of Franklin,VenangoCounty, Pa.; Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.; Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Maine,1801.Lawyer;justice of the peace;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1849-53.Died in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,December1, 1873 (ageabout 72years).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | Stephen Barlow (1779-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Redding,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 13,1779.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1827-29; memberof Pennsylvania state legislature, 1830.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,August24, 1845 (age66 years, 72days).Original interment atOld Meadville Cemetery(which no longer exists); reinterment at Greendale Cemetery. | | John Wilson Farrelly (1809-1860) — also known asJohn W. Farrelly — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,July 7,1809.Whig. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1837;burgessof Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1837, 1839-41; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1842-44 (21st District 1842-43, 26th District1844);U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1847-49.DiedDecember20, 1860 (age51 years, 166days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | Hiram Lawton Richmond (1810-1885) — also known asHiram L. Richmond — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Chautauqua,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1810.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1873-75.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,February19, 1885 (age74 years, 278days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | Samuel Bernard Dick (1836-1907) — also known asSamuel B. Dick — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,October26, 1836.Republican.Banker;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1864;mayorof Meadville, Pa., 1870; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1872(alternate),1900,1904(alternate);U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1879-81;railroadbuilder;railroadpresident.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,May 10,1907 (age70 years, 196days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | Athelston Gaston (1838-1907) — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Castile,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1838.Democrat.Mayorof Meadville, Pa., 1891;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1899-1901.Accidentallyhit bygunshotwhile on ahuntingtrip at Lake Edward,Quebec,September23, 1907 (age69 years, 152days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | Gaylord Church (1811-1869) — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Otsego,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1811.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1840-42;burgessof Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1842;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1858.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.DiedSeptember29, 1869 (age58 years, 49days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | George Wallace Delamater (1849-1907) — also known asGeorge W. Delamater — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,March31, 1849.Republican.Lawyer;banker;mayorof Meadville, Pa., 1877;chair ofCrawford County Republican Party, 1878; Republican PresidentialElector for Pennsylvania,1880;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1887-90; candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1890.Died from aself-inflictedgunshotwound, in hisofficeat the Diamond Banking Building, Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August7, 1907 (age58 years, 129days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery.  | Rowland B. Mahany (1904-2000) — of Titusville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.; Fort Myers,LeeCounty, Fla.Born in Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.,November2, 1904.Republican.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1943-46; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1947-58, 1963-68; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Pennsylvania, 1958.Episcopalian.Member,Rotary;Elks;Eagles;Moose.Died in Fort Myers,LeeCounty, Fla.,July 2,2000 (age95 years, 243days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) — also known asGeorge B. Delamater — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Whitehall,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1821.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher;oilproducer;banker;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 29th District, 1871-73.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,1907(ageabout86 years).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-1940) — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Cortlandt town,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,November21, 1867.Lawyer;lawprofessor;writer;member ofOhiostate senate, 1906-09; Commissioner of Immigration for the Portof New York, 1914-19.Died, in Martha's VineyardHospital,Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard,DukesCounty, Mass.,August3, 1940 (age72 years, 256days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Jackson Howe and Jane (Clemson) Howe; married1904 to MarieH. Jenney. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | David M. Farrelly (1807-1890) — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,April15, 1807.Lawyer;CrawfordCounty Register and Recorder of Deeds, 1830;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1836;burgessof Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1847.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,December15, 1890 (age83 years, 244days).Interment at Greendale Cemetery. | | John Brooks Compton (1835-1898) — also known asJohn B. Compton — Born in Mead Township,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,November17, 1835.Republican.Schoolteacher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;CrawfordCounty Prothonotary, 1864-65;lawyer;chair ofCrawford County Republican Party, 1872; candidate forPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1874.Presbyterian.Member,AncientOrder of United Workmen;OddFellows;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in1898(ageabout62 years).Interment at Greendale Cemetery.
Old MeadvilleCemetery (now gone)
Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born inIreland,1770.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23,18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,January12, 1826 (ageabout 55years).Original interment at Old Meadville Cemetery; reinterment atGreendale Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Stephen Barlow (1779-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Redding,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,June 13,1779.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1827-29; memberof Pennsylvania state legislature, 1830.Died in Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,August24, 1845 (age66 years, 72days).Original interment at Old Meadville Cemetery; reinterment atGreendale Cemetery.
WoodlawnCemetery
Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Joyce Carter (1842-1917) — also known asJohn J. Carter — of Titusville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in County Mayo,Ireland,June16, 1842.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; receivedtheMedalof Honor for action at the battle of Antietam, September 17,1862; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1904,1916.Died in Titusville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,January3, 1917 (age74 years, 201days).Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | William Henry Andrews (1846-1919) — also known asWilliam H. Andrews — of Titusville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.; Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.Born in Youngsville,WarrenCounty, Pa.,January14, 1846.Republican.Secretary ofPennsylvania Republican Party, 1887-88; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1889-90, 1893-94, 1901-02;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1889-91; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1895-98; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee);member NewMexico territorial council, 1903-04;Delegateto U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1905-12; president,Santa Fe CentralRailway.Died in Carlsbad,EddyCounty, N.M.,January16, 1919 (age73 years, 2days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | James Henry Caldwell (1839-1912) — also known asJames H. Caldwell — of Titusville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in1839.Democrat.Mayorof Titusville, Pa., 1882-84; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1900.Died in1912(ageabout73 years).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | James Henry Caldwell Jr. (1877-1941) — also known asJames H. Caldwell, Jr. — of Titusville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in Millerstown (now Chicora),ButlerCounty, Pa.,March 7,1877.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1924.Died in Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,December7, 1941 (age64 years, 275days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
St. John'sCemetery
Union Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Raymond Philip Shafer (1917-2006) — also known asRaymond P. Shafer — of Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born in New Castle,LawrenceCounty, Pa.,March 5,1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;CrawfordCounty District Attorney, 1948-56; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1959-62;LieutenantGovernor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1964;Governorof Pennsylvania, 1967-71.Member,American BarAssociation;Grange;Rotary;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;PhiKappa Psi.Died, ofheartfailure, in MeadvilleMedicalCenter, Meadville,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,December12, 2006 (age89 years, 282days).Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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