Shawnee Cemetery, Plymouth, Pennsylvania
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Shawnee Cemetery in Plymouth
, Pennsylvania
, is located on a hillside overlooking Wyoming Valley
. The cemetery was founded in 1873 and is currently maintained by the Shawnee Cemetery Preservation Association.
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is an incorporated borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States 4 miles west of Wilkes Barre, on the Susquehanna River. Prior to its incorporation in 1866, it was part of Plymouth Township, established in 1769 by the Susquehanna Company and claimed by Connecticut based on...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, is located on a hillside overlooking Wyoming Valley
Wyoming Valley
Wyoming Valley is a region of northeastern Pennsylvania. As a metropolitan area, it is also known as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area, after its principal cities, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre....
. The cemetery was founded in 1873 and is currently maintained by the Shawnee Cemetery Preservation Association.
Notable interments
- Stanley Woodward DavenportStanley Woodward DavenportStanley Woodward Davenport was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(died September 26, 1921), member of the U.S. House of Representatives. - Captain John Dennis (died in 1887), elected Plymouth's 10th Burgess in 1881.
- Alfred J. Martin (died in 1913), elected Plymouth's 12th Burgess in 1889.
- Peter C. Roberts (died in 1894), appointed Plymouth's 13th Burgess in 1890.
- George Washington ShonkGeorge Washington ShonkGeorge Washington Shonk was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George W. Shonk was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown,...
(died August 14, 1900), member of the U.S. House of Representatives. - John Jenks Shonk (died May 1, 1904), coal operator, elected to the Pennsylvania State Legislature in 1875 and in 1876.
- John B. Smith (died July 19, 1904), coal operator, elected to the Pennsylvania State Legislature from 1877 to 1880.