Index to Locations Wattsburg, Amity TownshipWattsburgCemeteryCorryPine Grove CemeteryErieCalvary CemeteryErieErie CemeteryErieGarrison HillErieTrinity CemeteryGirardGirard CemeteryMillcreek TownshipLaurel HillCemetery
WattsburgCemetery
Wattsburg, Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Casper Mead Rouse — also known asCasper M. Rouse — of New York. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1811-15.Interment at Wattsburg Cemetery.
Pine GroveCemetery
23 East Columbus Avenue
Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Cassius Lynn Alexander (1875-1931) — also known asCassius L. Alexander — of Corry,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Wayne Township,ErieCounty, Pa.,January24, 1875.Republican.Undertaker;mayorof Corry, Pa., 1909-13, 1918-25, 1929-31; died in office 1931;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 3rd District, 1915-16.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;Eagles.While en route to Buffalo, N.Y., he was killed in a one-carautomobileaccident, when his car went off the road and hit a telephonepole, in near Dunkirk,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1931 (age56 years, 136days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Robert Alexander and Sarah M. (Dutton) Alexander; married toMelinda Alvira Cody. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Benjamin Franklin Starr (1867-1932) — also known asBenjamin F. Starr — of Corry,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Lisburn,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,August18, 1867.Owner and manager, StarrGraniteWorks;mayor ofCorry, Pa., 1932; died in office 1932.Member,Rotary;Freemasons.Seemingly uninjured in anautomobileaccident which overturned his car, he collapsed and died a fewminutes later, possibly from a head injury orheartattack, in Rome Township,CrawfordCounty, Pa.,July 27,1932 (age64 years, 344days).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. | | Frank Lafayette Bliss (1851-1909) — also known asFrank L. Bliss — of Corry,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Nunda,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,February1, 1851.Republican.Mayor ofCorry, Pa., 1903-06; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1904.Died in1909(ageabout58 years).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery. | | Marion C. Austin (1872-1954) — also known asMarion Crighton — of Corry,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire,Scotland,1872.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1936.Female.Died in Corry,ErieCounty, Pa.,January30, 1954 (ageabout 81years).Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.| | Relatives:Daughter of Robert Crighton and Agnes Crighton; married to Frank S.Austin. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Keppel — of Corry,ErieCounty, Pa.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1908.Entombed at Pine Grove Cemetery.
CalvaryCemetery
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles Raycroft Barber (1901-1987) — also known asCharles R. Barber;CharlieBarber —of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,April19, 1901.Republican.Mayor ofErie, Pa., 1936-47;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1949-53;Pennsylvaniastate auditor general, 1953-57.Catholic.Member,ExchangeClub.Died in1987(ageabout86 years).Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | Louis J. Tullio (1916-1990) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.BornMay 17,1916.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1964(alternate),1984;mayorof Erie, Pa., 1966-89; resigned 1989.Italianancestry.Died, ofamyloidosis,in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,April17, 1990 (age73 years, 335days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | Italo S. Cappabianca (1936-2001) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.BornDecember19, 1936.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 2nd District, 1979-2001; died inoffice 2001.Italianancestry.Died, ofbraincancer, onMay 28,2001 (age64 years, 160days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Cappabianca. |
| | Max B. Haibach (1883-1967) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,November11, 1883.Democrat.Meatpacking business;ErieCounty Sheriff, 1913-18; candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1920.Catholic.Died in1967(ageabout83 years).Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | Maurice J. Coughlin (1902-1958) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,February2, 1902.Democrat.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1944.Catholic.Member,Moose;American BarAssociation.Died in1958(ageabout56 years).Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | Thomas W. Barber (1902-1970) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,November23, 1902.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1935-36.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Died in August,1970(age67years, 0 days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
ErieCemetery
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Milton William Shreve (1858-1939) — also known asMilton W. Shreve — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born inVenangoCounty, Pa.,May 3,1858.Republican.Lawyer;ErieCounty District Attorney;chair ofErie County Republican Party, 1900; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1907-12;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1919-33 (25th District1913-15, 1919-23, 29th District 1923-33).Member,Societyof the War of 1812.DiedDecember23, 1939 (age81 years, 234days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | John Galbraith (1794-1860) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Huntingdon,HuntingdonCounty, Pa.,August2, 1794.Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1833-37, 1839-41.Died in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,June 15,1860 (age65 years, 318days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | William Lawrence Scott (1828-1891) — also known asWilliam L. Scott — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born inWashington,D.C.,July 2,1828.Democrat.Mayor ofErie, Pa., 1866, 1871; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1876-88; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1880(speaker),1888;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1885-89;defeated, 1866, 1876; president, Erie & PittsburghRailroad.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,September19, 1891 (age63 years, 79days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | Thomas Hale Sill (1783-1856) — also known asThomas H. Sill — of Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio; Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,October11, 1783.Whig.Lawyer;burgessof Erie, Pennsylvania, 1816-17, 1829, 1833-34, 1843-44; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1823;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1826-27, 1829-31;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38; WhigPresidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1848;postmaster atErie,Pa., 1849-53.Died in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,February7, 1856 (age72 years, 119days).Interment at Erie Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Lord Sill and Sarah (Hale) Sill; married to JoannaBoylston Chase; second cousin ofTheodoreSill; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeGriswold Sill; second cousin twice removed ofThomasFitch andMatthewGriswold (1714-1799); second cousin thrice removed ofAllanPercy Sill; third cousin ofFrederickWilliam Lord; third cousin once removed ofJonathanFitch,JamesHillhouse,RogerGriswold,ZinaHyde Jr.,JohnWilliam Allen andAugustusFrank; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeAnthony Sweetland,JosephBuell Ely,CleonLorenzo Parmelee andAlbertClinton Griswold; fourth cousin ofDanielChapin,ElishaHotchkiss,PhineasLyman Tracy,ElishaHotchkiss Jr.,AlbertHaller Tracy,HenryTitus Backus andThomasWorcester Hyde; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnLarkin Payson,GrahamHurd Chapin,JosephLyman Huntington,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,WilliamJudson Clark,SamuelLord,CharlesHull Clark,EdwinP. Hotchkiss,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919),CharlesM. Hotchkiss,CharlesEdward Hyde,HermanArod Gager,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Owen McIntosh Burns (1892-1952) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Danville,VermilionCounty, Ill.,September6, 1892.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1947-49;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1949-52;died in office 1952.DiedOctober26, 1952 (age60 years, 50days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,June 6,1833.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1862, 1865;manufacturer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1891-93, 1895-97.Died, fromheartdisease, in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,May 19,1919 (age85 years, 347days).Interment at Erie Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Matthew Griswold (1792-1879) and Phebe Hubbard (Ely) Griswold;married,January8, 1866, to Sarah Lucy Olmstead; married,April13, 1876, to Anna Brooks Schenk; grandson ofRogerGriswold; granduncle ofSeldenChapin; great-grandson ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799); great-grandnephew ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; great-granduncle ofFredericLincoln Chapin; second great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin twice removed ofJamesHillhouse,OliverWolcott Jr. andFrederickWolcott; second cousin ofJohnWilliam Allen andHenryTitus Backus; second cousin twice removed ofZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; second cousin four times removed ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth,ChristopherParsons Wolcott andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWoodbridge,PhineasLyman Tracy,IsaacBackus,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,AlbertHaller Tracy,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,GeorgeFrederick Stone,ThomasWorcester Hyde,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofDanielPitkin andJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,SamuelH. Huntington,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andJamesJermiah Wadsworth; fourth cousin ofElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,AlexanderHamilton Waterman,GeorgeGriswold Sill,CharlesEdward Hyde,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,ThomasHale Sill,FrederickWilliam Lord,EdmundHolcomb,ErastusClark Scranton,TheodoreSill,SerenoHamilton Scranton,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen,SamuelLord,AlonzoMark Leffingwell andFrederickHobbes Allen. | | | | Political family:Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,July 29,1795.Whig.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1836-37; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 27th District, 1844-45;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1859-63.Died in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,January9, 1887 (age91 years, 164days).Interment at Erie Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Elijah Babbitt (1750-1850) and Amy (Tefft) Babbitt; married,November28, 1827, to Caroline Elizabeth Kelso; first cousin once removedofJacobBabbitt; first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeHenry Babbitt; first cousin thrice removed ofFrancisSanford Babbitt; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamGreene; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamGreene Jr.; third cousin once removed ofHenryHoward Starkweather; third cousin twice removed ofRayGreene,CharlesHenry Pendleton,ChaunceyC. Pendleton andEckfordGustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed ofAlfredAvery Burnham,HowkinBulkley Beardslee,GeorgeMortimer Beakes,CorneliaCole Fairbanks,DanielParrish Witter andLlewellynJames Barden. | | | | Political family:Babbittfamily of Taunton, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Arza Davenport (1834-1911) — also known asSamuel A. Davenport — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born near Watkins (now Watkins Glen),SchuylerCounty, N.Y.,January15, 1834.Republican.Lawyer;ErieCounty District Attorney, 1860; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1888,1892;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1897-1901.Died in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,August1, 1911 (age77 years, 198days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | Charles Manning Reed (1803-1871) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania,1803.Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1843-45.Died in1871(ageabout68 years).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | Samuel Myron Brainerd (1842-1898) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Albion,ErieCounty, Pa.,November13, 1842.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 27th District, 1883-85.Died in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,November21, 1898 (age56 years, 8days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | Henry Alden Clark (1850-1944) — ofErieCounty, Pa.Born in Harborcreek Township,ErieCounty, Pa.,January7, 1850.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 49th District, 1911-16;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1917-19.Died in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,February15, 1944 (age94 years, 39days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | Philip A. Becker (c.1836-1888) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born inGermany,about 1836.Grocer;mayor ofErie, Pa., 1883-84.DiedJanuary12, 1888 (ageabout 52years).Interment at Erie Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Eugena Jung. |
| | Robert F. Devine (1860-1928) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born inSchuylkillCounty, Pa.,September17, 1860.Democrat.Coal miner;blacksmith;president, ErieForgeCompany; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1912;candidate formayor ofErie, Pa., 1912.DiedJanuary3, 1928 (age67 years, 108days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | C. Arthur Blass (1884-1970) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,December17, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;ErieCounty District Attorney, 1920-24; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 49th District, 1945-60.Lutheran.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died in1970(ageabout85 years).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | Richard H. Arbuckle (1835-1928) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,October14, 1835.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1912.DiedMay 31,1928 (age92 years, 230days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | Melvin A. Zurn (1901-1970) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,January10, 1901.Democrat. Chairman, ZurnIndustries;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1964.DiedJanuary7, 1970 (age68 years, 362days).Interment at Erie Cemetery. | | Everett F. Zurn (1908-1985) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.; Fairview,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,March31, 1908.Democrat. President, ZurnIndustries;Democratic Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1944;chairof Erie County Democratic Party, 1945-46, 1958-60; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1948,1952(alternate),1956(alternate),1960,1964,1968.DiedMarch24, 1985 (age76 years, 358days).Interment at Erie Cemetery.
GarrisonHill
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) — also known as"Mad Anthony" — ofChesterCounty, Pa.;ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Easttown Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,January1, 1745.Surveyor;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92.Englishancestry. Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Slaveowner. Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie),ErieCounty, Pa.,December15, 1796 (age51 years, 349days).Original interment at Garrison Hill; reinterment in 1809 atOldSt. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married1766 to MaryPenrose; father ofIsaacWayne (1772-1852). | | | | Wayne counties inGa.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Pa. andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | FortWayne (1794), and the subsequentcityofFortWayne, Indiana, werenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Great Men and FamousWomen (1894) |
TrinityCemetery
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Michael Liebel Jr. (1870-1927) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,December12, 1870.Democrat.Accountant;worked in Buffalo office of Nickel PlateRailroad;organized CascadeBreweryin 1898 (merged with ErieBrewingCo. in 1900);hardwarebusiness;mayor ofErie, Pa., 1907-11;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1915-17;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1920.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August8, 1927 (age56 years, 239days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery.
GirardCemetery
Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Constantine Culbertson (1825-1906) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Edinboro,ErieCounty, Pa.,November25, 1825.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1889-91.Slaveowner. Died in Girard,ErieCounty, Pa.,May 24,1906 (age80 years, 180days).Interment at Girard Cemetery.
Laurel HillCemetery
4523 Love Road
Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Fred W. Lamberton (1897-1987) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born inErieCounty, Pa.,June 24,1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1936;chairof Erie County Republican Party, 1936-38, 1956-58;ErieCounty Sheriff, 1941-46;ErieCounty Commissioner, 1946; candidate forPennsylvaniastate senate 49th District, 1964.Died in1987(ageabout90 years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | David S. Gifford (1907-1984) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born inErieCounty, Pa.,February27, 1907.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1934; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II; member ofPennsylvaniaRepublican State Committee, 1957-58.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.DiedNovember14, 1984 (age77 years, 261days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof P. V. Gifford and Mary (Shirk) Gifford; married to MarthaCarr. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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