Find A Grave - Huntingdon County

Allison, Robert b. March 10, 1777 d. December 2, 1840
US Congressman. Served as a Captain in the Huntingdon Volunteers (a Pennsylvania Militia unit) during the War of 1812 during the War of 1812. Elected to represented Pennsylvania's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1831 to 1833.
Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Beers, Edward McMath b. May 27, 1877 d. April 21, 1932
US Congressman. He was elected as a Republican to represent Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1923 until his death in office in 1932.
Mount Union Cemetery, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Britt (Baker), Elton (James) Elton b. June 27, 1913 d. June 22, 1972
Musician. Born James Elton Baker, in Marshall, Arkansas, he was a country music guitarist, singer-songwriter, most noted for his fantastic yodeling style. With RCA Victor 1937 to 1956, his hit singles included "Someday" (1944), "Detour" (1946), "Candy Kisses" (1949) and "Quicksilver" (1950). His most popular song, "There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" (1942), was the first country performance awarded a gold record for selling more than a million copies. He also appeared in the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Broad Top IOOF Cemetery, Broad Top City, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Brumbaugh, Martin Grove b. April 14, 1862 d. March 14, 1930
27th Pennsylvania. He served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1919.
Valley View Cemetery, Marklesburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Docherty, George MacPherson b. May 9, 1911 d. November 27, 2008
Religious Figure. He is generally credited with having the phrase "Under God" added to the "Pledge of Allegiance" in the United States. Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1911, in the 1950s he was serving as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, located in Washington D.C., and heard the "Pledge of Allegiance" for the first time when it was recited by his 7 year old son. He then gave a sermon in 1952 saying the pledge should acknowledge God. He then redelivered the sermon again on...[Read More] (Bio by: Sgt. Rock)
Saint Michaels Cemetery, Wood, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Fisher, Horatio Gates b. April 21, 1838 d. May 8, 1890
US Congressman. Elected as a Republican to represent Pennsylvania's 18th District in the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, he served from 1879 to 1883. Fisher graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1855 and for the most of his life was engaged in the mining, shipping and wholesale of coal in his native Huntingdon. He was a member of the Huntingdon Borough Council (1862 to 1865), Auditor of Huntingdon County (1865 to 1868), Borough Burgess of Hungtingdon (1874 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Horton, Roy T. b. November 5, 1914 d. September 23, 2003
Country Music Hall of Fame Member, Performer, Promoter. Although not as well known as his brother, songwriter Vaughn Horton, Roy made a name for himself as one of the biggest "behind the scenes" men in country music. In the 1950s, he formed the band The Pinetoppers with his brother Vaughn. They reached Number 3 on the country charts with the 1951 single "Mockin' Bird Hill." Spending much of his time following that as a "song plugger," Vaughn was also a founding member of the Country Music...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Broad Top IOOF Cemetery, Broad Top City, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Horton, Vaughn (George) b. June 5, 1911 d. February 29, 1988
Composer and Musician. He wrote over 1000 songs including 25 gold records; inducted into the Country Music Songwriter Hall of Fame on Oct 11, 1971 in Nashville, Tennessee. He wrote "Mockin' Bird Hill," "Sugarfoot Rag," "Charlie was a Boxer," "Mule Skinner's Blues," "Till the end of the World," and "In Care of Uncle Sam," which was a popular song of airmen during bombing raids in 1943.
Cause of death: Heart attack
Broad Top IOOF Cemetery, Broad Top City, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
McCulloch, John b. November 15, 1806 d. May 15, 1879
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 18th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1853 to 1855. He also served as a Delegate to the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention in 1874. (Bio by: K)
Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Reed, William b. February 21, 1839 d. May 30, 1918
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company H, 8th Missouri Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 22, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. His citation reads "Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section 1, Lot 186
Rogers, Isaac b. November 5, 1834 d. May 22, 1864
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War in the 110th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, rising from 1st Lieutenant of Company B to Colonel and commander of the regiment. He was mortally wounded while leading his men at the May 12, 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia. He was shot in the right thigh, which had to be amputated. He lingered from his wound in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he eventually died 10 days later.
Orbisonia Cemetery, Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Scott, John b. 1784 d. 1850
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1829 to 1831. He also served as a Member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Simpson, Richard Murray b. August 30, 1900 d. January 7, 1960
US Congressman. He was elected as a Republican to represent Pennsylvania's 17th and 18th Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1937 until his death in 1960.
Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Speer, Robert Milton b. September 8, 1838 d. January 17, 1890
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 17th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1871 to 1875. (Bio by: K)
Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA

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