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Mercer County
Pennsylvania

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Mercer County

Eugene Pierce Gillespie (1852-1899) — also known asEugene P. Gillespie — of Greenville,MercerCounty, Pa.Born in Greenville,MercerCounty, Pa.,September24, 1852.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1891-93.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Greenville,MercerCounty, Pa.,December16, 1899 (age47 years, 83days).Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery.

Index to Locations

GreenvilleShenango ValleyCemetery

Grove CityWoodland Cemetery

JamestownParklawn Cemetery

MercerMercer Citizens Cemetery

SharonMorefield Cemetery

SharonOakwood Cemetery

Shenango ValleyCemetery
Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

James Sheakley (1829-1917) — of Greenville,MercerCounty, Pa.Born in Sheakleyville,MercerCounty, Pa.,April24, 1829.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1875-77; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory,1892(ConventionVice-President; member,Committeeon Permanent Organization; member,RulesCommittee; member,ResolutionsCommittee);Governorof Alaska District, 1893-97.Presbyterian.Died in Greenville,MercerCounty, Pa.,December10, 1917 (age88 years, 230days).Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Alexander Dumars Gillespie and Nancy R. (Linn) Gillespie; married1880 toEleanor C. 'Ellen' Davidson.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

Samuel P. Johnson — of West Greenville,MercerCounty, Pa.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1860.Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery.

WoodlandCemetery
Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Edwin John Fithian (1863-1953) — also known asEdwin J. Fithian — of Grove City,MercerCounty, Pa.Born in Portersville,ButlerCounty, Pa.,July 1,1863.Physician;president, Bessemer Gas Engine Company; after 1929, chairman of thesuccessor firm, Cooper-Bessemer Corporation; makers ofindustrialcompressors andmarineengines;bankdirector; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector forPennsylvania,1908;Prohibition candidate forPennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1916; Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1918; Prohibition candidate for PresidentialElector for Pennsylvania,1920;burgessof Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1923; Prohibition candidate forPresidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1928;Prohibition candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died, fromacute cardiacdecompensation, in Grove City,MercerCounty, Pa.,May 15,1953 (age89 years, 318days).Entombed at Woodland Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Isaac Newton Fithian and Margaret Jane (Riddle) Fithian; marriedto Georgiana A. Shellito and Esther Shellito.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

ParklawnCemetery
Jamestown, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Dennis F. Dunlavy (1884-1960) — of Ashtabula,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio.Born in Jamestown,MercerCounty, Pa.,March 2,1884.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1924,1928,1940(alternate); candidate forOhiostate attorney general, 1924;mayorof Ashtabula, Ohio, 1951-53.Died in Ashtabula,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,May 28,1960 (age76 years, 87days).Interment at Parklawn Cemetery.

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Mercer CitizensCemetery
Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Thomas Cunningham Cochran (1877-1957) — also known asThomas C. Cochran — of Mercer,MercerCounty, Pa.Born in Sandy Creek Township,MercerCounty, Pa.,November30, 1877.Republican.Lawyer;MercerCounty District Attorney, 1906-09;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1927-35 (28th District 1927-33,20th District 1933-35).Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaPhi Epsilon.Died in Mercer,MercerCounty, Pa.,December10, 1957 (age80 years, 10days).Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Wilson Henry Cochran and Elizabeth Eve (Robinson) Cochran;married,August15, 1906, to Olive Belle Pierson.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Samuel Henry Miller (1840-1918) — also known asSamuel H. Miller — of Mercer,MercerCounty, Pa.Born in Coolspring Township,MercerCounty, Pa.,April19, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor and publisher;lawyer;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1872,1896;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1881-85, 1915-17 (26th District1881-85, 28th District 1915-17);MercerCounty President Judge, 1894-1904.Died in Mercer,MercerCounty, Pa.,December3, 1918 (age78 years, 228days).Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.

William Stewart (1810-1876) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Mercer,MercerCounty, Pa.,September10, 1810.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1842-44 (20th District 1842-43, 25th District1844);U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1857-61.Died in Mercer,MercerCounty, Pa.,October17, 1876 (age66 years, 37days).Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.

William Swan Garvin (1806-1883) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Mercer,MercerCounty, Pa.,July 25,1806.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1845-47.Died in Mercer,MercerCounty, Pa.,February20, 1883 (age76 years, 210days).Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.

Samuel Griffith (1816-1893) — of Pennsylvania. Born inWales,February14, 1816.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1871-73.DiedOctober1, 1893 (age77 years, 229days).Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.

J. A. Stranahan — of Mercer,MercerCounty, Pa.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1876.Interment at Mercer Citizens Cemetery.

MorefieldCemetery
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Michael Carver Trout (1810-1873) — also known asMichael C. Trout — of Sharon,MercerCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,1810.Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1853-55.Died in1873(ageabout63 years).Interment at Morefield Cemetery.

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OakwoodCemetery
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Bryant Jarrett (1881-1944) — also known asBenjamin Jarrett — of Farrell,MercerCounty, Pa.Born in Sharon,MercerCounty, Pa.,July 18,1881.Republican.Telegraphoperator;steel millforeman;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 50th District, 1911-14;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1937-43.Died in Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,July 20,1944 (age63 years, 2days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Married to Agnes Boyle.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

Alexander McDowell (1845-1913) — of Sharon,MercerCounty, Pa.Born in Franklin,VenangoCounty, Pa.,March 4,1845.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1893-95; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1904.DiedSeptember30, 1913 (age68 years, 210days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

Henry Stephen Clubb (1827-1921) — also known asHenry S. Clubb — of Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Colchester, Essex,England,June21, 1827.Abolitionist;newspaperpublisher; founder and first president, Vegetarian Society ofAmerica; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1873-74;pastor.Swedenborgian.Died, fromchronicgastritis andseniledebility, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October29, 1921 (age94 years, 130days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

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