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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) —
also known as Silence Dogood; Poor Richard; Anthony
Afterwit; Alice Addertongue; Polly Baker; Harry
Meanwell; Timothy Turnstone; Martha Careful;
Caelia Shortface; "Benevolus" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
17, 1706.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S. Minister
to France, 1778-85; Sweden, 1782-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented
bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $100
bill; from 1948 to 1963, his portrait also appeared on the U.S.
half
dollar (50
cent coin).
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 17,
1790 (age 84 years, 90
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground; statue at La
Arcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Relatives: Uncle
of Franklin
Davenport; great-grandfather of Mary Bache (who married Robert
John Walker) and Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867; physicist).
See Claiborne-Boggs
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| | | Franklin counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Benjamin
F. Butler
— Benjamin
F. Wade
— Benjamin
Franklin Wallace
— Benjamin
Cromwell Franklin
— Benjamin
Franklin Perry
— Benjamin
Franklin Robinson
— Benjamin
Franklin Massey
— Benjamin
Franklin Leiter
— Benjamin
Franklin Thomas
— Benjamin
F. Hall
— Benjamin
F. Angel
— Benjamin
Franklin Ross
— Benjamin
F. Flanders
— Benjamin
F. Bomar
— Benjamin
F. Mudge
— Benjamin
F. Butler
— Benjamin
F. Loan
— Benjamin
F. Simpson
— Benjamin
Franklin Terry
— Benjamin
Franklin Junkin
— Benjamin
F. Partridge
— B.
F. Langworthy
— Benjamin
F. Harding
— B.
F. Whittemore
— Benjamin
Franklin Bradley
— Benjamin
Franklin Claypool
— Benjamin
Franklin Howey
— Benjamin
F. Martin
— Benjamin
Franklin Rice
— Benjamin
F. Randolph
— Benjamin
F. Hopkins
— Benjamin
F. Tracy
— Benjamin
F. Grady
— Benjamin
F. Farnham
— Benjamin
Franklin Meyers
— Benjamin
Franklin White
— Benjamin
Franklin Prescott
— Benjamin
F. Jonas
— B.
Franklin Fisher
— Benjamin
Franklin Potts
— Benjamin
F. Funk
— Benjamin
Joseph Franklin
— Benjamin
F. Marsh
— Benjamin
F. Heckert
— Benjamin
F. Howell
— Ben
Franklin Caldwell
— Benjamin
Franklin Tilley
— B.
F. McMillan
— Benjamin
F. Shively
— B.
Frank Murphy
— Benjamin
Franklin Jones, Jr.
— Benjamin
F. Welty
— Benjamin
Franklin Jones
— Benjamin
Franklin Boley
— Ben
Franklin Looney
— Benjamin
F. Bledsoe
— Benjamin
Franklin Williams
— Benjamin
Franklin Kelley
— Benjamin
Franklin Butler
— Benjamin
F. James
— Frank
B. Heintzleman
— Benjamin
F. Feinberg
— Ben
F. Cameron
— Ben
F. Blackmon
— B.
Frank Whelchel
— B. F.
Merritt, Jr.
— Ben
F. Hornsby
— Ben
Dillingham II
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Benjamin Franklin: The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin — An
Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place
(1744) |
| | | Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W.
Brands, The
First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin
Franklin — Edmund S. Morgan, Benjamin
Franklin — Stacy Schiff, A
Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of
America — Gordon S. Wood, The
Americanization of Benjamin Franklin — Walter
Isaacson, Benjamin
Franklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren, Benjamin
Franklin — Philip Dray, Stealing
God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention
of America |
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George Ross (1730-1779) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., May 10,
1730.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1779.
Died July 14,
1779 (age 49 years, 65
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
23, 1730.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1766-75, 1778-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77, 1779; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1779 (age 49 years, 291
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) —
of Bordentown, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
2, 1737.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1779; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787; federal
judge, 1789.
Designed the Stars and Stripes.
Died May 9,
1791 (age 53 years, 219
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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James Wilson (1742-1798) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Carskerdo, Scotland,
September
14, 1742.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.
Episcopalian.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., August
28, 1798 (age 55 years, 348
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in
1906 at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Robert Morris (1734-1806) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Liverpool, England,
January
31, 1734.
Son of Robert Morris and Elizabeth (Murphet) Morris.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.
Imprisoned
for debt from
February 1798 to August 1801. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10
silver certificate in the 1870s and 1880s.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1806 (age 72 years, 97
days).
Entombed at Christ Church Burial Ground; statue at Independence National Historical Park.
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Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) —
also known as "Father of American
Psychiatry" —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Byberry Township (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
4, 1746.
Physician;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 19,
1813 (age 67 years, 105
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968) —
also known as Francis Biddle —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born, in Paris, France,
of American parents, May 9,
1886.
Son of Algernon Sydney Biddle and Frances (Robinson) Biddle.
Democrat. Lawyer;
personal secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1939-40; resigned
1940; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1940-41; U.S.
Attorney General, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1952.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, Mass., October
4, 1968 (age 82 years, 148
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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William Morris Meredith (1799-1873) —
also known as William M. Meredith —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 8,
1799.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-28; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1841-42; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1849-50; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1861-67.
Died August
17, 1873 (age 74 years, 70
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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James Brown (1766-1835) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., September
11, 1766.
Son of Rev. John Brown and Margaret (Preston) Brown.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1791; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1792-96; secretary
of Orleans Territory, 1804; U.S.
Attorney for Louisiana, 1805-08; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-17, 1819-23; resigned 1823; U.S.
Minister to France, 1823-29.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 7,
1835 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Samuel Powel (1738-1793) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1738.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-76, 1789-90.
Died, from yellow
fever, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
29, 1793 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April, 1733.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1792-96.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1800 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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John Inskeep (1757-1834) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born January
29, 1757.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1800-01, 1805-06; president, Insurance
Company of North America, 1806-31.
Died December
18, 1834 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Thomas Willing (1731-1821) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1731.
Son of Anne (Shippen) Willing (1710-1791) and Charles
Willing.
Lawyer;
merchant;
city court justice, 1759; justice of the court of common pleas, 1761;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1763-64; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1767; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; banker.
Died January
19, 1821 (age 89 years, 31
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Pierce Butler (1744-1822) —
of South Carolina.
Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
July
11, 1744.
Son of Sir Richard Butler and Henrietta (Percy) Butler.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-89; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04.
Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
15, 1822 (age 77 years, 219
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) —
of Virginia.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., December
29, 1760.
Son of Thomson
Mason and Mary King (Barnes) Mason (died 1771).
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1794-1803; died in office 1803.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 9,
1803 (age 42 years, 131
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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James Forbes (c.1731-1780) —
of Maryland.
Born near Benedict, Charles
County, Md., about 1731.
State court judge in Maryland, 1770; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1777-80; died in office
1780.
Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 25,
1780 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Henry Tazewell (1753-1799) —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1753.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1775; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1775; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1785; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1794-99; died in office 1799.
Died in 1799
(age about
46 years).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) —
of Virginia.
Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va., about 1758.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1778; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-85; died in office
1785.
Died while attending the Continental
Congress in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
17, 1785 (age about 27
years).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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William Henry Drayton (1742-1779) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
20, 1742.
Son of John Drayton and Charlotta (Bull) Drayton (1719-1743).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1778-79; died in
office 1779.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
3, 1779 (age 36 years, 348
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Samuel John Atlee (1739-1786) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., 1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778; member of
Pennsylvania state legislature, 1782.
Died at a session of the Pennsylvania Assembly
at Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
25, 1786 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Charles Pettit (1736-1806) —
Born near Amwell (now Mt. Airy), Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1736.
Secretary
of state of New Jersey, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1783-84; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
3, 1806 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Thomas Smith (1745-1809) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
1745.
Delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1776-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1781-82; common pleas
court judge in Pennsylvania, 1791; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1794-1809; died in office 1809.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 31,
1809 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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John Meredith Read (1797-1874) —
also known as John M. Read —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 21,
1797.
Son of John
Read and Martha (Meredith) Read.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1837-41; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1846; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858-72; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1872-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
29, 1874 (age 77 years, 131
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Jacob Broom (1752-1810) —
of Delaware.
Born in 1752.
Member of Delaware state legislature, 1784-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 25,
1810 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Tench Coxe (1755-1824) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 22,
1755.
Author;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1789.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 17,
1824 (age 69 years, 56
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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John Cadwalader (1805-1879) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 1,
1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1855-57; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1858-79;
died in office 1879.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
26, 1879 (age 73 years, 300
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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John Dennis (1771-1806) —
of Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., December
17, 1771.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1793-95; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1797-1805 (8th District 1797-1801,
at-large 1801-05).
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
17, 1806 (age 34 years, 243
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Joseph Clay (1769-1811) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 24,
1769.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1803-08.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
27, 1811 (age 42 years, 34
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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John Goddard Watmough (1793-1861) —
also known as John G. Watmough —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Delaware, 1793.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1831-35; U.S. Surveyor of Customs,
1841-44.
Died in 1861
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Walter Patterson (d. 1852) —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y.
Son of Catherine (Livingston) Patterson (1744-1832) and John
Patterson.
Farmer;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1817-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1821-23; postmaster;
Columbia
County Judge, 1828.
Died November
5, 1852.
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Michael Woolston Ash (1789-1858) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1789.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1835-37.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
14, 1858 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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James Biddle (1783-1848) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
18, 1783.
Son of Charles
Biddle and Hannah (Shepard) Biddle.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; U.S. Special
Diplomatic Agent to Cuba, 1822.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
1, 1848 (age 65 years, 226
days).
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Charles Biddle (1745-1821) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
24, 1745.
Son of William Biddle III (1698-1756) and Mary (Scull) Biddle
(1709-1789).
Vice-President
of Pennsylvania, 1785-87; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1787-91; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1810-14.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 4,
1821 (age 75 years, 101
days).
Entombed at Christ Church Burial Ground.
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Richard Rush (1780-1859) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
29, 1780.
Son of Benjamin
Rush and Julia (Stockton) Rush (1759-1848).
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1811; U.S.
Attorney General, 1814-17; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1817-25; France, 1847-49; received one electoral vote for
Vice-President, 1820;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1825-29; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1828.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1859 (age 78 years, 335
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Jackson Randall (1828-1890) —
also known as Samuel J. Randall —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
10, 1828.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1863-90 (1st District 1863-75,
3rd District 1875-90); died in office 1890; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1876-81; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1880,
1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 13,
1890 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas McKean (1734-1817) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New London Township, Chester
County, Pa., March 19,
1734.
Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,
1765-74; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1777-83; President
of Delaware, 1777; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached
by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 24,
1817 (age 83 years, 97
days).
Original interment at First Presbyterian Church
Cemetery; reinterment in 1843 at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Dilworth Gilpin (1801-1860) —
also known as Henry D. Gilpin —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Lancaster, England,
April
14, 1801.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1831-37; U.S.
Attorney General, 1840-41.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
29, 1860 (age 58 years, 290
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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William Strumberg Stokley (1823-1902) —
also known as William S. Stokley —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1823.
Republican. Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1872-81; defeated, 1881.
Died February
21, 1902 (age about 78
years).
Entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Taylor Conrad (1810-1858) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 10,
1810.
Whig. Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1854-56.
Author
of poems and plays.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke),
June
17, 1858 (age 48 years, 7
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Richard Vaux (1816-1895) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1816.
Democrat. Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1856-58; defeated, 1854, 1858; member of
Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1890-91.
Died in 1895
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Edwin Henry Fitler (c.1825-1896) —
also known as Edwin H. Fitler —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1825.
Republican. Cordage
business; Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1876;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1887-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1888.
Died near Philadelphia (unknown
county), Pa., May 31,
1896 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel George King (1816-1899) —
also known as Samuel King —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1816.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1881-84; defeated, 1884.
Died in 1899
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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John Edgar Reyburn (1845-1914) —
also known as John E. Reyburn —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New Carlisle, Clark
County, Ohio, February
7, 1845.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1871,
1874-76; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 5th District, 1877-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1890-97, 1906-07 (4th District
1890-97, 2nd District 1906-07); Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1904;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1907-11.
Died in 1914
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Eustis Bohlen (1904-1974) —
also known as Charles E. Bohlen; Chip
Bohlen —
of Ipswich, Essex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Clayton, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
30, 1904.
Son of Charles Bohlen and Celestine (Eustis) Bohlen.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Prague, 1929-31; Paris, 1931-34; Moscow, 1934; U.S. Consul in Moscow, 1938-39; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1953-57; Philippines, 1957-59; France, 1962-68.
Died of cancer, at
Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1974 (age 69 years, 124
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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John Sergeant (1779-1852) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, December
5, 1779.
Son of Jonathan
Dickinson Sergeant.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-23, 1827-29, 1837-41 (1st
District 1815-23, 2nd District 1827-29, 1837-41); National Republican
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1832.
Died November
23, 1852 (age 72 years, 354
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Adolph Edward Borie (1809-1880) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
25, 1809.
Son of John Joseph Borie and Sophia (Beauveau) Borie.
President, Bank of
Commerce, Philadelphia, 1848-60; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1869.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
5, 1880 (age 70 years, 72
days).
Entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Boies Penrose (1860-1921) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
1, 1860.
Son of Richard A. F. Penrose and Sarah Hanna (Boies) Penrose.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County 8th
District, 1885-86; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 6th District, 1887-98; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921; died in office 1921;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1916,
1920;
Pennsylvania
Republican state chair, 1903-04; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1904-21.
Died December
31, 1921 (age 61 years, 60
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; statue erected 1930 at Capitol
Park, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 16,
1815.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1843-45, 1857-61 (1st District
1843-45, 2nd District 1857-61); U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1850-53; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1861-70.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1881 (age 66 years, 168
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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George Henry Boker (1823-1890) —
also known as George H. Boker —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
6, 1823.
Son of Charles S. Boker (financier).
Republican. Author; poet; U.S.
Minister to Turkey, 1871-75; Russia, 1875-78.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from a throat
infection, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
2, 1890 (age 66 years, 88
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793) —
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1746.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1777-80.
Died October
8, 1793 (age about 47
years).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard; reinterment in 1878 at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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John Robbins, Jr. (1808-1880) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1808.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-55, 1875-77 (4th District
1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55, 5th District 1875-77); candidate for
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1860.
Died in 1880
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Alexander Cummings (1810-1879) —
also known as "Old Straw Hat" —
of Colorado.
Born in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., November
17, 1810.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Colorado Territory, 1865-67.
Died in Ottawa, Ontario,
July
16, 1879 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Adams, Jr. (1849-1906) —
also known as Bertie Adams —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
26, 1849.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 6th District, 1883-86; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1893-1906; died in
office 1906; drafted and introduced the declaration of war against
Spain, 1898.
Despondent over heavy losses in stock speculation and the prospect of
defeat at the polls, he committed
suicide by pistol
shot, in his rooms at the Metropolitan Club, and died soon after
in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 1,
1906 (age 57 years, 95
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry H. Bingham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
4, 1841.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate; chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died in
office 1912.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 22,
1912 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Persifor Frazer Smith (1798-1858) —
also known as Persifor F. Smith —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
16, 1798.
General in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Military
Governor of California.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., May 17,
1858 (age 59 years, 182
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Thornburg Township, Chester
County, Pa., January
17, 1770.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1797; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1801-03, 1819-26, 1829-31 (3rd
District 1801-03, 1st District 1819-23, 2nd District 1823-26, 3rd
District 1829-31).
Died May 29,
1842 (age 72 years, 132
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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William Darrah Kelley (1814-1890) —
also known as William D. Kelley; "Pig-Iron
Kelley" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 12,
1814.
Republican. State court judge in Pennsylvania, 1846; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1861-90; died in
office 1890; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,
1868.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1890 (age 75 years, 272
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Hermann Foerderer (1860-1903) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Frankenhausen, Germany,
May
16, 1860.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-03 (at-large 1901-03, 4th
District 1903); died in office 1903.
Died in Torresdale, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 26,
1903 (age 43 years, 71
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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William Drayton (1776-1846) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., December
30, 1776.
Son of William Drayton (1732-1790) and Mary (Motte) Drayton
(1740-1778).
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1825-33.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 24,
1846 (age 69 years, 145
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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William Millward (1822-1871) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1822.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1855-57, 1859-61 (3rd District
1855-57, 4th District 1859-61).
Died in 1871
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Brown (1797-1883) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
23, 1797.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1830-33; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1834; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 2nd District, 1838-41; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-43, 1847-49 (1st District
1841-43, 3rd District 1847-49); U.S. Collector of Customs,
1853-57.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
4, 1883 (age 85 years, 346
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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John Kintzing Kane (1795-1858) —
also known as John K. Kane —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 16,
1795.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-25; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1845-46; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1846.
Died February
21, 1858 (age 62 years, 281
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Lewis Charles Levin (1808-1860) —
also known as Lewis C. Levin —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
10, 1808.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1845-51.
Jewish.
Died March 14,
1860 (age 51 years, 125
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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George Washington Toland (1796-1869) —
also known as George W. Toland —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1796.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1834-37; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1837-43.
Died in 1869
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Joel Cook (1842-1910) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 20,
1842.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1907-10; died in
office 1910.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1910 (age 68 years, 270
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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George Deardorff McCreary (1846-1915) —
also known as George D. McCreary —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in York Springs, Adams
County, Pa., September
28, 1846.
Son of John B. McCreary.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1903-13.
Died July 20,
1915 (age 68 years, 295
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Naylor (1806-1872) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
6, 1806.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1837-41; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
24, 1872 (age 66 years, 79
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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James Harper (1780-1873) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ireland,
March
28, 1780.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1833-37.
Died March 31,
1873 (age 93 years, 3
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Job Roberts Tyson (1803-1858) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1803.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1855-57.
Died in 1858
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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George Nicholas Eckert (1802-1865) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Womelsdorf, Berks
County, Pa., July 4,
1802.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1847-49.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 28,
1865 (age 62 years, 359
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Owen Jones (1819-1878) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born near Ardmore, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
29, 1819.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1857-59; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860.
Died December
25, 1878 (age 58 years, 361
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.
Born near West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., October
20, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; magazine
publisher; oil
producer; land, lumber, and
coal
mining business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83; chemist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1903 (age 65 years, 60
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Frederick Halterman (1831-1907) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Germany,
October
22, 1831.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 22,
1907 (age 75 years, 151
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 8,
1732.
Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1777-89.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Astronomer, mathematician, financier, clockmaker, surveyor, first
director of the U.S. Mint.
Died in Pennsylvania, June 26,
1796 (age 64 years, 79
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel Hill
Cemetery.
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William Stuart Reyburn (1882-1946) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
17, 1882.
Son of John
Edgar Reyburn and Margretta (Crozier) Reyburn.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1909-11;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1911-13.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Psi; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in 1946
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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John Moffet (1831-1884) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Ireland,
April
5, 1831.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1869.
Died June 19,
1884 (age 53 years, 75
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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William Henry Kemble (d. 1891) —
also known as William H. Kemble —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1865-68; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1868-.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
26, 1891.
Entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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George Dawson Coleman (1825-1878) —
also known as G. Dawson Coleman —
of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
13, 1825.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 16th District, 1867-69.
Died September
9, 1878 (age 53 years, 239
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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John Edward Charles O'Sullivan Addicks
(1841-1919) —
also known as J. Edward Addicks; "Gas
Addicks"; "Napoleon of Gas";
"Frenzied Financier" —
of Claymont, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
21, 1841.
Son of John E. C. O'Sullivan Addicks and Margaretta McLeod (Turner)
Addicks.
Republican. Entrepreneur who monopolized the illuminating
gas industry in Boston and other cities; notorious for his
flagrant campaign in 1889-1905 to buy himself a seat in the U.S.
Senate; member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1904;
arrested
in New York, 1913, over his refusal to acknowledge money
judgements against him by creditors, and released on bond; jailed in
1915 for contempt
of court.
Died August 7,
1919 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. C. O'Sullivan Addicks and Margaretta McLeod (Turner)
Addicks; married 1864 to Laura
Wattson Butcher; married to Rosalie Butcher; married, December
14, 1898, to Ida (Carr) Wilson. |
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Helen Murphy (1860-1940) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1860.
Daughter of James Murphy (1818-1894) and Susan Bispham (Roe) Murphy
(1827-1905).
Socialist. Physician;
oculist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1922, 1928;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1932.
Female.
Died November
9, 1940 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Lawrence Seckel (1747-1823) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born May 11,
1747.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1789-90.
Died March 6,
1823 (age 75 years, 299
days).
Original interment at St. John's Churchyard;
reinterment in 1924 at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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B. Dawson Coleman —
of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Son of George
Dawson Coleman.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1904,
1916,
1924.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Harris Brewster (1816-1888) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Salem
County, N.J., October
13, 1816.
Son of Francis E. Brewster and Maria (Hampton) Brewster.
Republican. Lawyer; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1867-69; resigned 1869; Presidential
Elector for Pennsylvania, 1876;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1882-85.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 4,
1888 (age 71 years, 174
days).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) —
also known as William C. Bullitt —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
25, 1891.
Son of William
Christian Bullitt (1856-1914) and Louise Gross (Horowitz) Bullitt.
Democrat. Newspaper
correspondent; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1933-36; France, 1936-40; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1943.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Co-author,
with Sigmund Freud, of a psychological study of Woodrow
Wilson.
Died, of leukemia,
in Neuilly, France,
February
15, 1967 (age 76 years, 21
days).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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David Porter (1780-1843) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in 1780.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; captain of the United
States frigate Essex, the the first
U.S. war vessel to carry the Stars and Stripes in a naval battle,
March 25, 1813; U.S. Consul General in Algiers, 1830-31; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Turkey, 1831-39; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1839-43, died in office 1843.
Died in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey,
March
3, 1843 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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James Thompson (1806-1874) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1832; state court
judge in Pennsylvania, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1845-51; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1867-72.
Died in 1874
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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James Hepburn Campbell (1820-1895) —
also known as James H. Campbell —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., February
8, 1820.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1855-57, 1859-63;
U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1864-67.
Died near Wayne, Delaware
County, Pa., April 12,
1895 (age 75 years, 63
days).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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John Scott (1824-1896) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1824.
Son of John
Scott (1784-1850).
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1869-75.
Died in 1896
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
3, 1782.
Son of Jared
Ingersoll and Elizabeth (Pellet) Ingersoll.
Democrat. Lawyer; poet; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1813-15, 1841-49 (1st District
1813-15, 3rd District 1841-43, 4th District 1843-49); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1815-29;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1830; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837; federal
judge, 1853.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 14,
1862 (age 79 years, 223
days).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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Henry Horn (1786-1862) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1786.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1831-33; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1845-46.
Died in 1862
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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Bertram Graeme Frazier (1878-1963) —
also known as Bertram G. Frazier —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
3, 1878.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1927-34, 1947-50; defeated, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 1,
1963 (age 85 years, 148
days).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Lotta Gertrude Eagan. |
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Edward Knight (1813-1892) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born December
8, 1813.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1860.
Died July 21,
1892 (age 78 years, 226
days).
Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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Harry Davault Beaston (1857-1939) —
also known as Harry D. Beaston —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1857.
Son of Joseph L. Beaston (1817-1889) and Margaret (Davault) Beaston
(1817-1899).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900
(alternate), 1916.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 15,
1939 (age 82 years, 7
days).
Entombed at Woodlands Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah Tait (1855-1825). |
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Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. (1897-1961) —
also known as A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
17, 1897.
Son of Cordelia Rundell (Bradley) Biddle (1873-1947) and Anthony
Joseph Drexel Biddle (1874-1948).
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; shipping
business; U.S. Minister to Norway, 1935-37, 1941-42; Netherlands, 1941-42; Yugoslavia, 1941; Czechoslovakia, 1941-43; Greece, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1937-43; Belgium, 1941-43; Netherlands, 1942-43; Norway, 1942-43; Yugoslavia, 1942; Greece, 1942-43; Czechoslovakia, 1943; Spain, 1961.
Died, from lung
cancer and a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., November
13, 1961 (age 63 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; cenotaph at Woodlands Cemetery.
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