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Pike County
Pennsylvania

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Pike County

Index to Locations

  • MilfordUnknown location
  • MilfordLaurel Hill Cemetery
  • MilfordMilford Cemetery
  • RowlandMt. Moriah Cemetery

    UnknownLocation
    Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania
    Earl A. Smith (1876-1938) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lawrence,EssexCounty, Mass.,December14, 1876.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1917-19 (New York County 23rd District 1917, NewYork County 22nd District 1918-19); magistrate.Member,Elks;Knightsof Columbus;TammanyHall.Died, in St. Elizabeth'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November28, 1938 (age61 years, 349days).Interment somewhere.
    Politicians buriedhere:
    Earl A. Smith
     Relatives: Sonof George H. Smith and Elizabeth (Hart) Smith; married1906 toFlorence Rochotte.
     Image source: New York Red Book1917

    • Laurel HillCemetery
    Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania
    John Westbrook (1789-1852) — of Pennsylvania. Born inSussexCounty, N.J.,January9, 1789.Democrat.PikeCounty Sheriff, 1817; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1833;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1841-43.Died in Dingmans Ferry,PikeCounty, Pa.,October8, 1852 (age63 years, 273days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives: Sonof Solomon Westbrook and Margaret (DeWitt) Westbrook; married toSarah Brodhead.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

    MilfordCemetery
    Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania
    Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) — of Milford,PikeCounty, Pa.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August11, 1865.Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926(Republican primary);Governor ofPennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary,1938.Frenchancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanForestry Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, fromleukemia,at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1946 (age81 years, 54days).Interment at Milford Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives: Sonof James W. Pinchot and Mary (Eno) Pinchot; married1914 toCornelia Elizabeth Bryce (daughter ofLloydStephens Bryce).
     Political family:Cooper-Ashleyfamily of New York City, New York.
     The Gifford PinchotNationalForest (established 1908 as the Columbia National Forest; renamed1949), inSkamania,Lewis,Yakima,Cowlitz,andKlickitatcounties, Washington, isnamed forhim.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle
     Books about Gifford Pinchot: CharMiller,GiffordPinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism
     Charles Henry Van Wyck (1824-1895) — also known asCharles H. Van Wyck — of Bloomingburg,SullivanCounty, N.Y.; Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.; Nebraska City,OtoeCounty, Neb.Born in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,May 10,1824.Republican.Lawyer;SullivanCounty District Attorney, 1850-56; member of New York statelegislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1867-69, 1870-71 (10thDistrict 1859-63, 11th District 1867-69, 1870-71); general in theUnion Army during the Civil War;delegateto Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; member ofNebraskastate senate, 1877-81;U.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1881-87.Died inWashington,D.C.,October24, 1895 (age71 years, 167days).Interment at Milford Cemetery.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article
     Daniel Myers Van Auken (1826-1908) — of Pennsylvania. Born in New Jersey,1826.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1867-71.Died in1908(ageabout82 years).Interment at Milford Cemetery.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

    Mt. MoriahCemetery
    Rowland, Pike County, Pennsylvania
    George Franklin Rowland (d. 1907) — also known asG. Frank Rowland — ofPikeCounty, Pa.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 14th District, 1907; died in office 1907.DiedOctober2, 1907.Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.Miles C. Rowland (1869-1922) — ofPikeCounty, Pa.Born in1869.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 14th District, 1909-10.Died in1922(ageabout53 years).Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     

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