 |  John Edward Charles O'Sullivan Addicks(1841-1919) —also known asJ. Edward Addicks;"GasAddicks";"Napoleon of Gas";"Frenzied Financier" —of Claymont,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November21, 1841.Republican.Flourmerchant; built and controlled theilluminating gasindustry in Boston and other cities; tried for years without successto win a seat in the U.S. Senate; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1904; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Delaware,1904;arrestedin New York, 1913, over his refusal to acknowledgemoneyjudgements against him by creditors, and released on bond;jailedin 1915 forcontemptof court.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1919 (age77 years, 259days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Charles Thomas Aikens (b. 1862) — also known asCharles T. Aikens — of Pine Grove,SchuylkillCounty, Pa.; Selinsgrove,SnyderCounty, Pa.Born in Siglerville,MifflinCounty, Pa.,December14, 1862.Republican.Pastor;president,Susquehanna University, 1905-27; president, SelinsgroveRealtyCo.; vice-president and treasurer, NittanyRealEstate Co.; director, First NationalBank ofSelinsgrove; director, Sunbury and SelinsgroveElectricRailroad; director, NittanyLight, Heat & Power Co.;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1916.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;PhiDelta Theta.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Andrew Jackson Aikens and Lucinda (Hassenpflug) Aikens; married,November26, 1889, to Athalia Clara Gitt; married,February3, 1915, to Carrie (Specht) Smith. |
| | William W. Betts (b. 1838) — ofClearfieldCounty, Pa.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,May 1,1838.Democrat.Lumberbusiness;real estatebusiness; president of the Clearfieldgas andwatercompanies; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 34th District, 1887-90.Burial location unknown. | | Jacob Miller Campbell (1821-1888) — also known asJacob M. Campbell — of Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.Born near Somerset,SomersetCounty, Pa.,November20, 1821.Republican. Involved innewspaperand Mississippi Riversteamboatwork as a young man; later helped establish the CambriaIron Works;served as director forbanks andutilities; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1856;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;Pennsylvaniasurveyor-general, 1866-71;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1877-79, 1881-87;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1887.Scottishancestry. Member,OddFellows;Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Johnstown,CambriaCounty, Pa.,September27, 1888 (age66 years, 312days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Southmont, Pa. | | George W. Clinton (b. 1861) — of Cumberland,BritishColumbia.Born in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,August15, 1861.Coal miningbusiness;accountant;U.S. Consular Agent inUnion, 1892-98;Cumberland, 1898-1929; first president, CumberlandElectricLighting Company.Methodist.Burial location unknown. | | Philip Henry Gadsden (1867-1945) — also known asPhilip H. Gadsden — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,October4, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;utility executive; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,1894-1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthCarolina,1916.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.DiedFebruary28, 1945 (age77 years, 147days).Interment atWestLaurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. | | William Walton Griest (1858-1929) — also known asWilliam W. Griest — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Christiana,LancasterCounty, Pa.,September22, 1858.Republican.Newspapereditor; president ofelectricrailways andlighting companies; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1896,1900,1904,1908,1912,1916,1920,1924(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business);secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1909-29 (9th District 1909-23,10th District 1923-29); died in office 1929.Died in Mt. Clemens,MacombCounty, Mich.,December5, 1929 (age71 years, 74days).Interment atWoodwardHill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | Joseph F. Guffey (1875-1959) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Pa.,December29, 1875.Democrat.Utility executive;oilbusiness; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1920-36;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47; defeated, 1946; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948,1952(alternate).Died inWashington,D.C.,March 6,1959 (age83 years, 67days).Interment atWestNewton Cemetery, West Newton, Pa. | | David Hunter Jr. (b. 1860) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,November27, 1860.Republican. Superintendent of the Pittsburghpublic lightingdepartment, 1886-1903; district manager, Under-Feed Stoker Company;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Allegheny County 2ndDistrict, 1907-09; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 42nd District, 1911-14.Burial location unknown. | | Frederick William Magrady (1863-1954) — also known asFrederick W. Magrady — of Mt. Carmel,NorthumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Pottsville,SchuylkillCounty, Pa.,November24, 1863.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;vice-president, Shamokin and Mt. CarmelTransitCo.; director and solicitor for First NationalBank ofMt. Carmel; director, Mt. CarmelWater Co.;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1925-33.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;OddFellows;PatrioticOrder Sons of America.Died in Danville,MontourCounty, Pa.,August27, 1954 (age90 years, 276days).Interment atMt.Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Pa. | | R. H. Megraw (b. 1858) — ofArmstrongCounty, Pa.Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,May 1,1858.Carpenter;architect;field man for PhiladelphiaNatural Gas Company; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Armstrong County, 1909.Burial location unknown. | | G. Mason Owlett (1892-1956) — of Wellsboro,TiogaCounty, Pa.Born in Wellsboro,TiogaCounty, Pa.,June 13,1892.Republican.Lawyer;vice-president, Tioga CountyBellTelephone Co. and TiogaWater Works Co.; secretary anddirector, HighlandMilkCondensing Co.; director, TiogaSavings &Trust Co., GeneralDrop ForgeCo. of Buffalo;chair ofTioga County Republican Party, 1928-32; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 25th District, 1933-40; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1936-40; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1940(chair,Committeeon Permanent Organization;speaker),1944,1948,1952(speaker),1956(member,CredentialsCommittee).Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;PhiDelta Phi.Died in1956(ageabout64 years).Interment atWellsboroCemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Howland Owlett and Ida (Wells) Owlett; married,June 20,1918, to Sue Berkey. |
| | Lawrence C. Phipps Jr. (b. 1886) — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,June 30,1886.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;electricutility executive; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Colorado,1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1952.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion.Burial location unknown. | | Robert Fleming Rich (1883-1968) — also known asRobert F. Rich — of Woolrich,ClintonCounty, Pa.Born in Woolrich,ClintonCounty, Pa.,June 23,1883.Republican. General manager and treasurer, WoolrichWoolen Mills;president, StateBank ofAvis; director, secretary, treasurer, ChathamWater Co.;director, treasurer, PierceManufacturingCo.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1924,1952,1956;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1930-43, 1945-51 (16th District1930-43, 15th District 1945-51).Methodist.Member,PhiKappa Psi;Freemasons.DiedApril28, 1968 (age84 years, 310days).Interment atWoolrichCemetery, Woolrich, Pa. | | Lawrence Townsend (1860-1954) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.;Washington,D.C.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August13, 1860.U.S. Minister toPortugal, 1897-99;Belgium, 1899-1905; treasurer, WashingtonGas Company.Died in1954(ageabout93 years).Burial location unknown. | | Harry Clay Trexler (1854-1933) — also known asHarry C. Trexler — of Allentown,LehighCounty, Pa.Born in Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,April17, 1854.Republican.Lumberbusiness;cementmanufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1904;director ofelectricrailroads,telephonecompanies, andelectric utilities.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;UnionLeague.Badly injured when hiscarcollided with an oil truck on the William Penn Highway, and diedthe next day in EastonHospital,Easton,NorthamptonCounty, Pa.,November17, 1933 (age79 years, 214days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Allentown, Pa. | | John Haines Ware III (1908-1997) — also known asJohn H. Ware III — of Oxford,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born in Vineland,CumberlandCounty, N.J.,August29, 1908.Republican.Engineer;utility executive;burgessof Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1960; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 19th District, 1961-70;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1970-75 (9th District 1970-73,5th District 1973-75).Presbyterian.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;BetaTheta Pi.DiedJuly 29,1997 (age88 years, 334days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Winfield Watson (1856-1933) — also known asHenry W. Watson — of Langhorne,BucksCounty, Pa.Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,June 24,1856.Republican.Lawyer;director, LanghorneElectric Light and Power Co.; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1908;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-33 (8th District 1915-23,9th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.Episcopalian.Died in1933(ageabout77 years).Interment atWilmingtonand Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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