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Acheson, David b. January 10, 1841 d. July 2, 1863
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Captain and commander of Company C, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, being commissioned on August 22, 1862. On the 2nd day of the Battle of Gettyburg (July 2, 1863), Captain Acheson led his company toward the fighting in the Wheatfield area after the start of the late afternoon attacks by General James Longstreet's Corps. He was then killed in the woods...[Read More] (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Acheson, Ernest b. September 19, 1855 d. May 16, 1917
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Pennsylvania's 24th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1909.
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Boon, Hugh Patterson b. July 24, 1834 d. January 14, 1908
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as Captain and comander of Company B, 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Sailors Creek, Virginia on April 6, 1865. His citation simply reads "Capture of flag". That flag, the colors of the 10th Georgia Infantry, was captured after Captain Boon led a charge on a battalion of infantry and after he had cut down the Confederate color-bearer. His charge was...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Ewing, John Hoge b. 1796 d. 1887
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1845 to 1847. He also served as a Member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Hoge, John b. September 10, 1760 d. August 4, 1824
US Congressman. Born near Hogestown, Pennsylvania, he served during the Revolutionary War as an ensign in the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment. From 1782 he made his home in the town of Washington, which he and his brother William founded. He was a delegate to the 1790 State Constitutional Convention and a member of the State Senate from 1790 to 1795. When William Hoge resigned from the Eighth US Congress in 1804, John was elected to complete his brother's term and served until March 1805...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Sec H Lot 28
Hoge, William b. 1762 d. September 25, 1814
US Congressman. Born near Hogestown, Pennsylvania, he had little formal education but acquired knowledge of the law through independent study. In 1782 he and his brother John moved to western Pennsylvania and founded the town of Washington, where he would live the rest of his life. He was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1796 and 1797. Hoge was elected as a Republican to the Seventh and Eighth US Congresses, representing Pennsylvania's 10th and 12th Districts, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 28
Kirk, James Thompson b. September 21, 1826 d. December 7, 1886
Civil War Union Army Officer. He entered the Union Army very soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, receiving in June 1861 a commission of Captain and commander of Company D, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves (also known as the 39th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry), but was advanced to Lieutenant Colonel three weeks later. He helped drill the soldier of his command and took part in operations in Virginia in the Fall and Winter 1861 that culminated in the Battle of Dranesville, Virginia on December...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 85
LeMoyne, John Valcoulon b. November 17, 1828 d. July 27, 1918
US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois' 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1876 to 1877. (Bio by: K)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
McKennan, Thomas McKean Thompson b. March 31, 1794 d. July 9, 1852
Representative from Pennsylvania, Cabinet Member. Born in New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware but grew up in Washington, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Washington College (this later became Washington and Jefferson College). Served as a Representative from 1831 to 1839 and from 1842 to 1843. Served as the Secretary of the Interior for President Fillmore for a short time in 1850. Died in Reading, Pennsylvania. (Bio by: Ryan Gleason)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section G, Plot 4
Montgomery, William b. 1818 d. 1870
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1857 to 1861. (Bio by: K)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Moore, William Sutton b. 1822 d. 1877
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 24th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1873 to 1875. (Bio by: K)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Reed, Robert Rentoul b. March 12, 1807 d. December 14, 1864
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1849 to 1851. He also served as a Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1863. (Bio by: K)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Scott, Thomas b. 1739 d. March 2, 1796
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 8th District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1789 to 1791, and 1793 to 1795. He also served as a Member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature in 1776, and as a State Court Judge in 1786. He was originally interred at the Old Graveyard in Washington, Pennsylvania. (Bio by: K)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Temple, Henry Wilson b. March 31, 1864 d. January 11, 1955
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 24th and 25th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1913 to 1915, and 1915 to 1933. (Bio by: K)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Yablonski, Joseph 'Jock' b. March 3, 1910 d. December 31, 1969
Martyred Labor Union Leader. A mine worker from an early age, Yablonski became interested in helping mine workers and their union after his father's death in an explosion. He began to work toward labor reform and in 1965 became a District boss. But his ideals clashed with that of Union President Tony Boyle and Yablonski ran against him for Union President. This angered Boyle and he made public threats that Yablonski must be silenced once and for all. On December 31, 1969, while he and his...[Read More] (Bio by: Selk)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section 6

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