Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsBuffalo TownshipDriesbach ChurchCemeteryLewisburgLewisburg CemeteryWinfieldOld Winfield Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Union County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Samuel Maclay (1741-1811) — of Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.Born in Logan Township,FranklinCounty, Pa.,June 17,1741.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1787-91, 1797; county judge inPennsylvania, 1792-95;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1795-97; memberofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1798-1802;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1803-09; resigned 1809.Slaveowner. Died in Buffalo Township,UnionCounty, Pa.,October5, 1811 (age70 years, 110days).Interment in a private or family graveyard; cenotaph atDriesbach Church Cemetery, Buffalo Township,Union County, Pa.
Driesbach ChurchCemetery Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Samuel Maclay (1741-1811) — of Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.Born in Logan Township,FranklinCounty, Pa.,June 17,1741.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1787-91, 1797; county judge inPennsylvania, 1792-95;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1795-97; memberofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1798-1802;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1803-09; resigned 1809.Slaveowner. Died in Buffalo Township,UnionCounty, Pa.,October5, 1811 (age70 years, 110days).Intermenta private or family graveyard,Union County, Pa.; cenotaph at Driesbach Church Cemetery.
LewisburgCemetery Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Benjamin Kurtz Focht (1863-1937) — also known asBenjamin K. Focht — of Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.Born in New Bloomfield,PerryCounty, Pa.,March12, 1863.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1893-97; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 27th District, 1901-04;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1907-13, 1915-23, 1933-37 (17thDistrict 1907-13, 1915-23, 18th District 1933-37); defeated, 1912;died in office 1937.Died inWashington,D.C.,March27, 1937 (age74 years, 15days).Interment at Lewisburg Cemetery. | | George Funston Miller (1809-1885) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania,1809.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1865-69.Died in1885(ageabout76 years).Interment at Lewisburg Cemetery. | | Franklin Lewis Dershem (1865-1950) — also known asFrank Dershem — of Pennsylvania. Born near New Columbia,UnionCounty, Pa.,March 5,1865.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1900;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1913-15.Died in Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.,February14, 1950 (age84 years, 346days).Interment at Lewisburg Cemetery. | | Andrew Hemphill Dill — also known asAndrew H. Dill — of Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1871-78 (14th District 1871, 17th District 1872-74,27th District 1875-78); candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1878.Interment at Lewisburg Cemetery. | | William Cameron (1795-1877) — of Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.Born in Maytown,LancasterCounty, Pa.,October18, 1795.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1860;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1876(voted forRutherfordB. Hayes andWilliamA. Wheeler).Died in Lewisburg,UnionCounty, Pa.,September10, 1877 (age81 years, 327days).Interment at Lewisburg Cemetery.
Old WinfieldCemetery Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John McPherson (d. 1827) — ofNorthumberlandCounty, Pa.Served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War; countyjudge in Pennsylvania, 1791-1813.DiedAugust9, 1827.Interment at Old Winfield Cemetery.
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