Wyoming County
Pennsylvania
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Wyoming County
Pennsylvania
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Wyoming County
Index to Locations MarshCemetery Centermoreland, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
South EatonCemetery Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
UnknownLocation Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Gravel HillCemetery Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
|  Peter Mitchell Osterhout (1810-1890) — also known asPeter M. Osterhout — of Tunkhannock,WyomingCounty, Pa.Born in Eaton Township, Luzerne County (nowWyomingCounty), Pa.,May 21,1810.Republican.Postmaster;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1856,1860,1872;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1864-65; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 11th District, 1869-71.Died in Tunkhannock,WyomingCounty, Pa.,May 13,1890 (age79 years, 357days).Interment at Gravel Hill Cemetery.
SunnysideCemetery Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| Edwin James Jorden (1863-1903) — also known asEdwin J. Jorden — of Coudersport,PotterCounty, Pa.Born in Spring Hill,BradfordCounty, Pa.,August30, 1863.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1895.Died in Tunkhannock,WyomingCounty, Pa.,September7, 1903 (age40 years, 8days).Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery.
| John Montgomery Garman (1851-1926) — also known asJohn M. Garman — of Tunkhannock,WyomingCounty, Pa.; Nanticoke,LuzerneCounty, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.Born in aloghouse near Thompsontown,JuniataCounty, Pa.,September1, 1851.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;superintendentof schools;LuzerneCounty District Attorney, 1892-94;PennsylvaniaDemocratic state chair, 1896-99; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1896,1900,1904(speaker),1908;common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1910-26.GermanandScotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Wilkes-Barre,LuzerneCounty, Pa.,November25, 1926 (age75 years, 85days).Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery.
| Stanley Robert Brunges (1852-1937) — also known asStanley R. Brunges — ofWyomingCounty, Pa.Born in Eaton Township,WyomingCounty, Pa.,February8, 1852.Republican.Dairyfarmer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1897, 1903; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1920.Germanancestry.Died inWyomingCounty, Pa.,September12, 1937 (age85 years, 216days).Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery.
| Homer B. Asheld (1887-1965) — of Tunkhannock,WyomingCounty, Pa.BornSeptember19, 1887.Republican.Chair ofWyoming County Republican Party, 1927.DiedJuly 27,1965 (age77 years, 311days).Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery.
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