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Union County
Pennsylvania

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Union County

Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Buffalo TownshipDriesbach ChurchCemetery
  • LewisburgLewisburg Cemetery
  • WinfieldOld Winfield Cemetery


    Private or familygraveyard
    Union County, Pennsylvania
    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.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives:Brother ofWilliamMaclay; father ofWilliamPlunkett Maclay.
     Political family:Maclayfamily of Pennsylvania.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage


  • Driesbach ChurchCemetery
    Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania

    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.
    Politicians who have(or had) monuments here:
     
     Relatives:Brother ofWilliamMaclay; father ofWilliamPlunkett Maclay.
     Political family:Maclayfamily of Pennsylvania.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage


    LewisburgCemetery
    Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania
    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.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives: Sonof David Henlein Focht and Susan (Brown) Focht; married1887 toFlorence Edith Wolf.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
     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.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
     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.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
     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.
     Relatives:Brother ofSimonCameron; uncle ofJamesDonald Cameron.
     Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).


    Old WinfieldCemetery
    Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania
    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.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     


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