Franklin County
Pennsylvania
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Franklin County
Pennsylvania
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Franklin County
Index to Locations UnknownLocation Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Cedar GroveCemetery Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
|  Chambers McKibbin (1798-1891) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Chambersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.Born in Newville,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,September5, 1798.Democrat. Postmaster atPittsburgh,Pa., 1845-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1860;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 33rd District, 1875-76.Died in Chambersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.,February26, 1891 (age92 years, 174days).Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Falling SpringCemetery Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Falling SpringPresbyterian Cemetery Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Falling SpringPresbyterian Church Cemetery Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| William Shearer Stenger (1840-1918) — also known asWilliam S. Stenger — of Chambersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.Born in Fort Loudon,FranklinCounty, Pa.,February13, 1840.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1875-79; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1880;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1883-87.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March29, 1918 (age78 years, 44days).Interment at Falling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
| Douglas Hemphill Elliott (1921-1960) — also known asDouglas H. Elliott — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 3,1921.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;publicrelations business; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 33rd District, 1957-60;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1960; died inoffice 1960.Less than two months after taking office as U.S. Representative, hekilledhimself by draping a deer skin over his head and the tail pipe ofa car, to producecarbonmonoxide poisoning, in Horse Valley,FranklinCounty, Pa.,June 19,1960 (age39 years, 16days).Interment at Falling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Falling SpringPresbyterian Churchyard Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
FirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
NorlandCemetery Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Rocky SpringChurchyard Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
UnknownLocation Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Cedar HillCemetery Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
| David Fullerton Robison (1816-1859) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Greencastle,FranklinCounty, Pa.,May 28,1816.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1855-57.While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of PresidentJamesBuchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributedtopoison,but probablydysentery),and subsequently died, at Chambersburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.,June 24,1859 (age43 years, 27days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
| Charles Hamsher Clippinger (1879-1937) — also known asCharles H. Clippinger — of Greencastle,FranklinCounty, Pa.BornJuly 28,1879.Republican.Chair ofFranklin County Republican Party, 1927; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 33rd District, 1931-32.Died in Greencastle,FranklinCounty, Pa.,February6, 1937 (age57 years, 193days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Middle SpringsCemetery Lurgan, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
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