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Rank. Captain. Unit. Beaumont's Independent Company of Cavalry. Battles/wars. American Civil War. Smedley Darlington (December 24, 1827 – June 24, 1899) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1887 to 1891.
December 13, 2010. Eden Cemetery. World War I Pennsylvania Colored Soldier Memorial in Eden Cemetery. Eden Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery located in Collingdale, Pennsylvania. It was established June 20, 1902, and is the oldest existing black owned cemetery in the United States. [2] The cemetery covers about 53 acres [3] and ...
Garden cemetery. Size. 26 acres (11 ha) Website. oaklandscemetery.com. Find a Grave. Oaklands Cemetery. Oaklands Cemetery is a rural cemetery founded in 1854 in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania. It is located at 1042 Pottstown Pike [1] and is approximately 26 acres (0.11 km 2) in size.
The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the electric chair in 1931 and exonerated by the governor in 2022 — is suing the ...
The history of West Chester, Pennsylvania, began in 1762, when Phineas Eachus and Chest Weaterson were issued a license to build a tavern. The borough was incorporated in 1799. One of the nation's first railroads was built in West Chester in 1832, and a prominent courthouse, designed by Thomas U. Walter, was completed in 1847.
Clifford DeBaptiste. Clifford Evans DeBaptiste (born May 19, 1924) is an American politician and funeral director who served as mayor of West Chester, Pennsylvania, from 1994 to 2002. A Republican at the time, he was the borough's first black mayor. [4] He is often credited for beginning the revitalization of the borough.
Clifford DeBaptiste. Education. West Chester University ( Graduate in Psychology) Lillian Louise DeBaptiste (born November 15, 1951) is an American politician and funeral director. A Democrat, she is currently serving as Mayor of West Chester, the seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania. She is the borough's first black female mayor.
Barclay House, also known as the Joshua Hartshorne Estate, North Hill, and The Barclay, is a historic home located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1866–67, and believed to have been designed by architect Addison Hutton (1834–1916). It was a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, brick dwelling in the Italianate ...