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Simon Walter Stauffer

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Simon Walter Stauffer Famous memorial

Birth
Walkersville, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
26 Sep 1975 (aged 87)
York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 14
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U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1912, then engaged in the manufacture of lime, crushed stone, and refractory dolomite, at York, Pennsylvania, (1916-36). He was president of National Lime Association, Washington, D.C. (1936-46), chairman of York City Housing Authority (1949-52), plus vice president and chairman of executive committee, of the York County Gas Company. In 1953, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress, serving until 1955 and elected to the Eighty-fifth Congress, serving (1957-59). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was owner of a large tract of a woodland timbering operation and was a trustee of Dickinson College, until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1912, then engaged in the manufacture of lime, crushed stone, and refractory dolomite, at York, Pennsylvania, (1916-36). He was president of National Lime Association, Washington, D.C. (1936-46), chairman of York City Housing Authority (1949-52), plus vice president and chairman of executive committee, of the York County Gas Company. In 1953, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress, serving until 1955 and elected to the Eighty-fifth Congress, serving (1957-59). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was owner of a large tract of a woodland timbering operation and was a trustee of Dickinson College, until his death.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith



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  • Added: Nov 3, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8056293/simon_walter-stauffer: accessed ), memorial page for Simon Walter Stauffer (13 Aug 1888–26 Sep 1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8056293, citing Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.