Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsPhiladelphiaUnknown locationPhiladelphiaAdath JeshurunCemeteryPhiladelphiaArch Street PresbyterianChurch CemeteryPhiladelphiaBaptist Burial Ground onSecond StreetPhiladelphiaCathedral Basilica ofSts. Peter and PaulPhiladelphiaCedar Hill CemeteryPhiladelphiaChelton HillsCemeteryPhiladelphiaChrist Church BurialGroundPhiladelphiaEmanuel ProtestantEpiscopal CemeteryPhiladelphiaFirst BaptistChurchyardPhiladelphiaFirst PresbyterianChurchPhiladelphiaFirst Presbyterian ChurchCemeteryPhiladelphiaFree Quaker BurialGroundPhiladelphiaFriends Fair Hill BuryingGroundPhiladelphiaFriends Western BurialGroundPhiladelphiaFriends' Arch StreetBurial GroundPhiladelphiaGlenwood CemeteryPhiladelphiaGloria Dei Church BurialGroundPhiladelphiaIndependence NationalHistorical ParkPhiladelphiaIvy Hill CemeteryPhiladelphiaIvy Hill MausoleumPhiladelphiaLaurel Hill CemeteryPhiladelphiaLogan Graveyard inStenton ParkPhiladelphiaMonument Cemetery(now gone)PhiladelphiaMt. Peace CemeteryPhiladelphiaMt. Vernon CemeteryPhiladelphiaMunicipal ServiceBuilding PlazaPhiladelphiaNew CathedralCemeteryPhiladelphiaNew Market Street BaptistChurch GraveyardPhiladelphiaNorth Cedar HillCemeteryPhiladelphiaOld CathedralCemeteryPhiladelphiaOld Pine StreetPresbyterian Church CemeteryPhiladelphiaOld St. Peter's ChurchCemeteryPhiladelphiaPhiladelphia City HallGroundsPhiladelphiaPine Street CemeteryPhiladelphiaPresbyterianChurchyardPhiladelphiaSt. Dominic'sCemeteryPhiladelphiaSt. James the Less ChurchCemeteryPhiladelphiaSt. John's ChurchyardPhiladelphiaSt. John's LutheranChurchyardPhiladelphiaSt. Mary's ChurchyardPhiladelphiaSt. Mary's Roman CatholicChurchyardPhiladelphiaSt. Paul's CemeteryPhiladelphiaSt. Paul's ProtestantEpiscopal CemeteryPhiladelphiaSt. Peter's EpiscopalChurchyardPhiladelphiaSecond PresbyterianChurch GraveyardPhiladelphiaUnion Sixth StreetCemetery (now gone)PhiladelphiaWilliam Penn CemeteryPhiladelphiaWoodlands CemeteryFrankford, PhiladelphiaFrankfordCemeteryFrankford, PhiladelphiaMt. SinaiCemeteryRoxborough, PhiladelphiaSt. Mary'sEpiscopal ChurchWest Philadelphia, PhiladelphiaMt.Moriah Cemetery
Private or familygraveyards
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Leonard Myers (1827-1905) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Attleborough (now Langhorne),BucksCounty, Pa.,November13, 1827.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1863-69, 1869-75;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1896.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February11, 1905 (age77 years, 90days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. | | Edward de Veaux Morrell (1862-1917) — of Torresdale, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,August7, 1862.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1900-07.Died in1917(ageabout54 years).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
UnknownLocations
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Nicholas Eveleigh (c.1748-1791) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C., about 1748.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1781;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1781-82; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1787-88.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April16, 1791 (ageabout 43years).Interment somewhere. | | George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) — also known asGeorge L. Balcom — of Cavendish,WindsorCounty, Vt.; Claremont,SullivanCounty, N.H.Born in Sudbury,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,October9, 1819.Republican. Member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1855-57; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire,1884;member ofNewHampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90.Episcopalian.Died in Claremont,SullivanCounty, N.H.,May 13,1900 (age80 years, 216days).Interment somewhere. | | William E. Wallace (d. 1998) — U.S. Vice Consul inVladivostok, as of 1943;Moscow, as of 1944;Shanghai, as of 1946;Chungking, as of 1947;Addis Ababa, as of 1948.Captured by the Japanese during World War II; released in adiplomatic prisoner exchange; survived twoassassinationattempts in Russia; his Russian wife was taken prisoner by theSoviets.Died in1998.Interment somewhere.
Adath JeshurunCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Arnold Katz (c.1857-1927) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Bodenhausen, Hesse,Germany,about 1857.Shippingagent;notarypublic;HonoraryVice-Consul for Austria-Hungary inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1891-99;Vice-Consulfor Netherlands inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1894-1917.Jewish.Died, frommyocardialdegeneration, in JewishHospital,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November9, 1927 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery. | | Albert M. Greenfield (1887-1967) — also known asAvrum Moishe Grunfeld — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inUkraine,August4, 1887.Businessexecutive;financier;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1928;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1948(speaker),1952,1956,1960,1964;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1956.Jewish. Member,AmericanArbitration Association;Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January5, 1967 (age79 years, 154days).Interment at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery.
Arch StreetPresbyterian Church Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Bryan (1731-1791) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Dublin,Ireland,1731.Merchant;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniaState Council, 1776-79;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1778;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1780-91; died in office 1791.Irishancestry.DiedJanuary27, 1791 (ageabout 59years).Interment at Arch Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery.  | Ira Allen (1751-1814) — also known as"Founder of Vermont" — of Vermont. Born in Cornwall,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,April21, 1751.Vermontstate treasurer, 1776-86.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January7, 1814 (age62 years, 261days).Interment at Arch Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery; cenotaph atWetherillsCemetery, Audubon, Pa.; cenotaph atGreenmountCemetery, Burlington, Vt. | | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Joseph Reed (1741-1785) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,August27, 1741.Lawyer;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1778-81.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 5,1785 (age43 years, 190days).Original interment at Arch Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery;reinterment in 1867 atLaurel Hill Cemetery.
Baptist BurialGround on Second Street
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Nathan Bryan (1748-1798) — ofJonesCounty, N.C.Born in Craven County (part now inJonesCounty), N.C.,1748.Member ofNorthCarolina state senate from Jones County, 1781-83; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1787, 1791-94;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1795-98 (at-large 1795-97,10th District 1797-98); died in office 1798.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 4,1798 (ageabout 49years).Original interment at Baptist Burial Ground on Second Street;reinterment to unknown location; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.
CathedralBasilica of Sts. Peter and Paul
1723 Race Street
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1865-1951) — also known asDennis Dougherty;"The GreatBuilder" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Ashland,SchuylkillCounty, Pa.,August16, 1865.Catholicpriest; bishop of Buffalo, N.Y., 1916-18; archbishop ofPhiladelphia, Pa., 1918-51; cardinal, 1921-51; offered prayer,Republican National Convention,1940,1948;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1948.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died, from astroke,in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 31,1951 (age85 years, 288days).Entombed at Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul. | | Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1923-2012) — also known asAnthony Bevilacqua — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Wynnewood,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,June 17,1923.Republican.Catholicpriest; bishop of Pittsburgh, 1983-88; archbishop ofPhiladelphia, 1988-2003; cardinal from 1991;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,2000 ;accusedin 2003-04 ofprotectingpriests who were suspected ofsexuallyabusing children; later, it wasfoundthat he had ordered a subordinate todestroya list of 35 abusive priests, and that he hadpunisheda priest who had raised concerns about possible abuse.Catholic.Italianancestry.Died in Wynnewood,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,January31, 2012 (age88 years, 228days).Entombed at Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul. | | Patrick John Ryan (1831-1911) — also known asP. J. Ryan — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Thurles, County Tipperary,Ireland,February20, 1831.Republican.Catholicpriest; archbishop of Philadelphia, 1884-1911;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1900.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February11, 1911 (age79 years, 356days).Entombed at Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul.
Cedar HillCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Walker Foulkrod (1846-1910) — also known asWilliam W. Foulkrod — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Frankford, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November22, 1846.Republican.Wholesale drygoods business;hosierymanufacturer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1907-10; died inoffice 1910.Died in Frankford, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November13, 1910 (age63 years, 356days).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | John Paul Verree (1817-1889) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania,1817.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1859-63.Died in1889(ageabout72 years).Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Chelton HillsCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Fred Christian Gartner (1896-1972) — also known asFred C. Gartner — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March14, 1896.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1933-34;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1939-41; defeated,1940 (5th District), 1958 (6th District); alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1960.Died in Somers Point,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,September1, 1972 (age76 years, 171days).Interment at Chelton Hills Cemetery.
Christ ChurchBurial Ground
302 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1719
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1971
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Samuel Powel (1738-1793) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October28, 1738.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-76, 1789-90; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1790-93.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died, fromyellowfever, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September29, 1793 (age54 years, 336days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y., April,1733.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1792-96.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October5, 1800 (age67 years, 0days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.| |  Relatives: Sonof Cornelia (DePeyster) Clarkson and Matthew Clarkson (1699-1739);married,June 13,1753, to Mary Boude; nephew ofJohannesDePeyster; grandson ofJohannesde Peyster; grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster; first cousin ofHenryRutgers; first cousin once removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825) andPhilipDePeyster; first cousin five times removed ofPeterAugustus Jay; second cousin ofPierreVan Cortlandt; second cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PhilipPeter Livingston,JamesLivingston,JohnStevens III,PhilipVan Cortlandt andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofRobertR. Livingston,EdwardLivingston,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,MaturinLivingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PeterGansevoort andCharlesLudlow Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer andElizabethCady Stanton; second cousin four times removed ofJohnJacob Astor III,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andHamiltonFish Kean; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,PeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertReginald Livingston andRobertWinthrop Kean. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Inskeep (1757-1834) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.BornJanuary29, 1757.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1800-01, 1805-06; president,InsuranceCompany of North America, 1806-31.DiedDecember18, 1834 (age77 years, 323days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.  | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — also known as"Silence Dogood";"AnthonyAfterwit";"Poor Richard";"AliceAddertongue";"Polly Baker";"HarryMeanwell";"Timothy Turnstone";"Martha Careful";"Benevolus";"Caelia Shortface" —of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January17, 1706.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775;U.S.Postmaster General, 1775-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S.Minister toFrance, 1778-85;Sweden, 1782-83;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1785-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Deist. Member,Freemasons;AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Famed for his experiments with electricity;inventedbifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April17, 1790 (age84 years, 90days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground; statue erected 1856 atOldCity Hall Grounds, Boston, Mass.; statue atLaArcata Court, Santa Barbara, Calif.; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Josiah Franklin and Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin; married,September1, 1730, to Deborah Read; father of Sarah 'Sally' Franklin (whomarriedRichardBache); uncle ofFranklinDavenport; grandfather ofRichardBache Jr. and Deborah Franklin Bache (who marriedWilliamJohn Duane); great-grandfather of Alexander Dallas Bache, MaryBlechenden Bache (who marriedRobertJohn Walker) and Sophia Arabella Bache (who marriedWilliamWallace Irwin); second great-grandfather ofRobertWalker Irwin; fifth great-grandfather ofDanielBaugh Brewster andElisedu Pont; first cousin thrice removed ofWalterFolger Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofCharlesJames Folger,BenjaminDexter Sprague andWhartonBarker; first cousin five times removed ofAlonzoMendonhall Folger andAlfredRobert Newton Folger; first cousin six times removed ofThomasMott Osborne,JohnHamlin Folger,AlonzoDillard Folger andWorthBarnard Folger; first cousin seven times removed ofCharlesDevens Osborne,LithgowOsborne andFredFolger; second cousin five times removed ofGeorgeHammond Parshall. | | | | Political family:Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JonathanWilliams | | | | Franklin counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Maine,Mass.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,Vt.,Va. andWash. arenamed for him. | | | | MountFranklin, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — Theminorplanet5102 Benfranklin (discovered 1986), isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Benjamin Franklin (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1958) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:BenjaminF. Deming—BenjaminF. Butler—BenjaminF. H. Witherell—BenjaminF. Hallett—BenjaminF. Wade—BenjaminFranklin Wallace—BenjaminCromwell Franklin—BenjaminFranklin Perry—BenjaminFranklin Robinson—BenjaminF. Randolph—BenjaminFranklin Massey—BenjaminF. Rawls—BenjaminFranklin Leiter—BenjaminFranklin Thomas—BenjaminF. Hall—BenjaminF. Angel—BenjaminFranklin Ross—BenjaminF. Flanders—BenjaminF. Bomar—BenjaminFranklin Hellen—BenjaminF. Mudge—BenjaminFranklin Wallace—BenjaminF. Butler—BenjaminF. Loan—BenjaminF. Simpson—BenjaminFranklin Terry—BenjaminFranklin Junkin—BenjaminF. Partridge—B.F. Langworthy—BenjaminF. Harding—BenjaminMebane—B.F. Whittemore—BenjaminFranklin Bradley—BenjaminFranklin Claypool—BenjaminFranklin Arthur—BenjaminFranklin Saffold—BenjaminF. Coates—B.Franklin Martin—BenjaminF. Howey—BenjaminF. Martin—BenjaminFranklin Rice—BenjaminF. Randolph—BenjaminFranklin Jackson—BenjaminF. Hopkins—BenjaminF. Tracy—BenjaminFranklin Briggs—BenjaminF. Grady—BenjaminF. Farnham—BenjaminF. Meyers—BenjaminFranklin White—BenjaminFranklin Prescott—BenjaminF. Jonas—B.Franklin Fisher—BenjaminFranklin Potts—BenjaminF. Funk—B.F. Brimberry—BenjaminF. Marsh—FrankB. Arnold—BenjaminF. Heckert—BenjaminF. Bradley—BenjaminF. Howell—BenjaminFranklin Miller—BenjaminF. Mahan—BenFranklin Caldwell—BenjaminFranklin Tilley—BenjaminF. Hackney—B.F. McMillan—BenjaminF. Shively—BenjaminFranklin Keller—B.Frank Hires—B.Frank Mebane—BenF. Stuart—B.Frank Murphy—BenjaminF. Starr—BenjaminFranklin Jones, Jr.—BenjaminF. Welty—BenjaminF. Jones—BenjaminFranklin Boley—BenFranklin Looney—BenjaminF. Bledsoe—BenjaminFranklin Williams—B.Frank Kelley—BenjaminFranklin Butler—BenjaminF. James—FrankB. Heintzleman—BenjaminF. Feinberg—B.Franklin Bunn—B.Franklin Blotz—BenF. Cameron—BenF. Blackmon—B.Frank Whelchel—B.F. Merritt, Jr.—BenF. Hornsby—BenDillingham II—BenFranklin Biddle, Jr. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $100 bill, and formerly on the U.S. halfdollar coin (1948-63). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record | | | | Books by Benjamin Franklin:TheAutobiography of Benjamin Franklin —AnAccount of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place(1744) | | | | Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W.Brands,TheFirst American: The Life and Times of BenjaminFranklin — Edmund S. Morgan,BenjaminFranklin — Stacy Schiff,AGreat Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth ofAmerica — Gordon S. Wood,TheAmericanization of Benjamin Franklin — WalterIsaacson,BenjaminFranklin : An American Life — Carl Van Doren,BenjaminFranklin — Philip Dray,StealingGod's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Inventionof America — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | James Wilson (1742-1798) — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.; Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Carskerdo, Fife,Scotland,September14, 1742.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98; died in office 1798.Episcopalian.Died in Edenton,ChowanCounty, N.C.,August28, 1798 (age55 years, 348days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in1906 at Christ Church Burial Ground; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | George Ross (1730-1779) — of Pennsylvania. Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 10,1730.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge inPennsylvania, 1779.DiedJuly 14,1779 (age49 years, 65days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) — of North Carolina. Born in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,July 9,1730.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1766-75, 1778-79;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77, 1779;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776.Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November10, 1779 (age49 years, 124days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) — of Bordentown,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October2, 1737.Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge inPennsylvania, 1779;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787;federaljudge, 1789.Designed the Stars and Stripes. DiedMay 9,1791 (age53 years, 219days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | Robert Morris (1734-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Liverpool,England,January31, 1734.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1785;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.Imprisonedfordebt fromFebruary 1798 to August 1801.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 8,1806 (age72 years, 97days).Entombed at Christ Church Burial Ground; statue atIndependence National Historical Park; memorialmonument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) — also known as"Father of AmericanPsychiatry" —of Pennsylvania. Born in Byberry Township (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January4, 1746.Physician;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April19, 1813 (age67 years, 105days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives:Married,January2, 1776, to Julia Stockton (daughter ofRichardStockton); father ofRichardRush. | | | | Political family:Stocktonfamily of Princeton, New Jersey (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Rush County,Ind. is named for him. | | | | RushStreet,inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Benjamin Rush: AlynBrodsky,BenjaminRush : Patriot and Physician — David Barton,BenjaminRush — David Barton,BenjaminRush: Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| | Thomas Willing (1731-1821) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December19, 1731.Lawyer;merchant;city court justice, 1759; justice of the court of common pleas, 1761;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1763-64;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1767;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775;banker.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January19, 1821 (age89 years, 31days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | William Morris Meredith (1799-1873) — also known asWilliam M. Meredith — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 8,1799.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1824-28;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1841-42;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1849-50;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1861-67.DiedAugust17, 1873 (age74 years, 70days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Richard Bache (1737-1811) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Settle, Yorkshire,England,September12, 1737.Dry goodsmerchant;marineinsurancebusiness;U.S.Postmaster General, 1776-82.Died inBucksCounty, Pa.,July 29,1811 (age73 years, 320days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | James Brown (1766-1835) — of Kentucky; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born near Staunton,AugustaCounty, Va.,September11, 1766.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1791;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1792-96;secretaryof Orleans Territory, 1804;U.S.Attorney for Louisiana, 1805-08;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1813-17, 1819-23; resigned 1823; U.S.Minister toFrance, 1823-29.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 7,1835 (age68 years, 208days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | William Tilghman (1756-1827) — ofTalbotCounty, Md.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inTalbotCounty, Md.,August12, 1756.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1788-90; Presidential Elector forMaryland,1789(voted forGeorgeWashington andRobertH. Harrison); member ofMarylandstate senate, 1791-93; Chief Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the3rd Circuit, 1801-02;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1806-27; died inoffice 1827; candidate forGovernor ofPennsylvania, 1811.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April29, 1827 (age70 years, 260days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Pierce Butler (1744-1822) — of South Carolina. Born in County Carlow,Ireland,July11, 1744.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1778-89;AdjutantGeneral of South Carolina, 1779;Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February15, 1822 (age77 years, 219days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground; cenotaph atSt.Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) — of Virginia. Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,December29, 1760.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member of Virginia state legislature, 1780;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1794-1803; died in office 1803.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 9,1803 (age42 years, 131days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Henry Tazewell (1753-1799) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia,1753.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1775;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1775;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1785;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1794-99; died in office 1799.Slaveowner. Died in1799(ageabout46 years).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | James Forbes (c.1731-1780) — ofCharlesCounty, Md.Born near Benedict,CharlesCounty, Md., about 1731.Justice of the peace; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1777-78;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1778-80; died in office1780.Episcopalian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March25, 1780 (ageabout 49years).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) — of Virginia. Born inIsle ofWight County, Va., about 1758.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1778, 1780-82;LieutenantGovernor of Virginia, 1782;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-85; died in office1785.Died while attending theContinentalCongress in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October17, 1785 (ageabout 27years).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | William Henry Drayton (1742-1779) — of South Carolina. Born near Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,September20, 1742.Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1778-79; died inoffice 1779.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September3, 1779 (age36 years, 348days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Samuel John Atlee (1739-1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,1739.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778-82; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1782, 1785-86.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died at a session of the PennsylvaniaAssemblyat Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November25, 1786 (ageabout 47years).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Thomas Smith (1745-1809) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Cruden, Aberdeenshire,Scotland,1745.Delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1776-80;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1781-82; common pleascourt judge in Pennsylvania, 1791;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1794-1809; died in office 1809.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March31, 1809 (ageabout 63years).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | John Meredith Read (1797-1874) — also known asJohn M. Read — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 21,1797.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1823-25;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1837-41;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1846;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1858-72;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1872-73.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November29, 1874 (age77 years, 131days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Jacob Broom (1752-1810) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October17, 1752.Surveyor;postmaster atWilmington,Del., 1776-92; member of Delaware state legislature, 1784-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;banker;cotton millbusiness.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April25, 1810 (age57 years, 190days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Tench Coxe (1755-1824) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 22,1755.Author;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1789.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 17,1824 (age69 years, 56days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | John Cadwalader (1805-1879) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, 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,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January26, 1879 (age73 years, 300days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Cadwalader and Mary (Biddle) Cadwalader; married,October18, 1828, to Mary Binney; married,December10, 1833, to Henrietta Maria Bancker; father ofJohnCadwalader (1843-1925); grandnephew ofLambertCadwalader; first cousin ofThomasBiddle; first cousin twice removed ofBenjaminChew,EdwardBiddle,CharlesBiddle andFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin ofCharlesBingham Penrose andAlfredWells; second cousin once removed ofJamesBiddle,JohnBiddle (1792-1859) andRichardBiddle; second cousin twice removed ofBoiesPenrose andSpencerPenrose; third cousin ofGeorgeHoward,BenjaminChew Howard,SophiaDallas,EdwardMacFunn Biddle,JamesStokes Biddle andCharlesJohn Biddle; third cousin once removed ofJohnLee Carroll andJohnBiddle (1859-1936); third cousin twice removed ofEdwardMacFunn Biddle Jr. andJohnHowell Carroll; third cousin thrice removed ofJabezHuntington andAnthonyJoseph Drexel Biddle Jr.. | | | | Political family:Biddle#1 family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Dennis (1771-1806) — ofWorcesterCounty, Md.Born inWorcesterCounty, Md.,December17, 1771.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1793-95;U.S.Representative from Maryland, 1797-1805 (8th District 1797-1801,at-large 1801-05).Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August17, 1806 (age34 years, 243days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Joseph Clay (1769-1811) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 24,1769.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1803-08.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August27, 1811 (age42 years, 34days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | John Goddard Watmough (1793-1861) — also known asJohn G. Watmough — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Delaware,1793.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1831-35;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1841-44.Died in1861(ageabout68 years).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Walter Patterson (d. 1852) — ofColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born inColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Farmer;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1817-18;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1821-23;postmaster;ColumbiaCounty Judge, 1828.Slaveowner. DiedNovember5, 1852.Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Michael Woolston Ash (1789-1858) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, 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.Jewish.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December14, 1858 (age69 years, 284days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | James Biddle (1783-1848) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February18, 1783.Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; U.S. SpecialDiplomatic Agent toCuba, 1822.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October1, 1848 (age65 years, 226days).Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. | | Charles Biddle (1745-1821) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December24, 1745.Served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War;Vice-Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1785-87;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1787-91; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1810-14.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 4,1821 (age75 years, 101days).Entombed at Christ Church Burial Ground.| | Relatives: Sonof William Biddle III and Mary (Scull) Biddle; brother ofEdwardBiddle; married,November25, 1778, to Hannah Shepard; father ofJamesBiddle,JohnBiddle (1792-1859) andRichardBiddle; grandfather ofJamesStokes Biddle andCharlesJohn Biddle; granduncle ofEdwardMacFunn Biddle; great-grandfather ofJohnBiddle (1859-1936); second great-granduncle ofBoiesPenrose,SpencerPenrose andEdwardMacFunn Biddle Jr.; third great-grandfather ofAnthonyJoseph Drexel Biddle Jr.; fourth great-grandfather ofAngierBiddle Duke; first cousin ofJohnScull; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesBingham Penrose,JohnCadwalader (1805-1879),EdwardScull andThomasBiddle; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnCadwalader (1843-1925),GeorgeRoss Scull andRobertSpencer Scull; first cousin four times removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesElam Scull; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington andSamuelScull; third cousin thrice removed ofDavidThayer Bunker,WallaceRaymond Crumb andDavidScull; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,JohnAppleton,JanePierce andJoshuaPerkins. | | | | Political families:Biddle#1 family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Biddle#2 family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Scull-Biddlefamily of Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
EmanuelProtestant Episcopal Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Albert Castor (1855-1906) — also known asGeorge A. Castor — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August6, 1855.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1904-06; died inoffice 1906.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February19, 1906 (age50 years, 197days).Interment at Emanuel Protestant Episcopal Cemetery.
First BaptistChurchyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Samuel Ward (1725-1776) — of Westerly,WashingtonCounty, R.I.Born in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,May 27,1725.Governorof Rhode Island, 1762-63, 1765-67;Delegateto Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1774-76; died inoffice 1776.DiedMarch26, 1776 (age50 years, 304days).Original interment at First Baptist Churchyard; reinterment in 1860atCommonBurying Ground, Newport, R.I.
FirstPresbyterian Church
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward Shippen (1729-1806) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February16, 1729.Lawyer;justiceof Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1791;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1799-1806.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April16, 1806 (age77 years, 59days).Interment at First Presbyterian Church.
FirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Thomas McKean (1734-1817) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New London Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,March19, 1734.Lawyer;member ofDelawarecolonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,1765-74;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1777-83;Presidentof Delaware, 1777;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1781;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1799-1808;impeachedby the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 24,1817 (age83 years, 97days).Original interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reintermentin 1843 atLaurel Hill Cemetery; memorialmonument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | Michael Keppele (1771-1821) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.BornSeptember9, 1771.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1811-12.DiedFebruary2, 1821 (age49 years, 146days).Original interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reintermentin 1847 atLaurel Hill Cemetery.
Free QuakerBurial Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Timothy Matlack (1730-1829) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Haddonfield,CamdenCounty, N.J.,March28, 1730.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1777-83;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780.Died in Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April14, 1829 (age99 years, 17days).Original interment at Free Quaker Burial Ground; reinterment in 1905ataprivate or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Pa.
Friends Fair HillBurying Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Morris Davis (1815-1891) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Keene Valley,EssexCounty, N.Y.,August16, 1815.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1856;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1861-63.Died in Keene Valley,EssexCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1891 (age75 years, 354days).Interment at Friends Fair Hill Burying Ground.
Friends WesternBurial Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Friends' ArchStreet Burial Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
GlenwoodCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Gloria Dei ChurchBurial Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Irvine (1741-1804) — of Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),November3, 1741.Physician;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1786-88;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1793-95.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 29,1804 (age62 years, 269days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1952 at GloriaDei Church Burial Ground. | | Thomas Smith (d. 1846) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1806-07;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815-17.Died in Darby,DelawareCounty, Pa.,January29, 1846.Interment at Gloria Dei Church Burial Ground.
IndependenceNational Historical Park
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Robert Morris (1734-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Liverpool,England,January31, 1734.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1785;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.Imprisonedfordebt fromFebruary 1798 to August 1801.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 8,1806 (age72 years, 97days).Entombed atChrist Church Burial Ground;statue at Independence National Historical Park; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C.
Ivy HillCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Ivy HillMausoleum
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Potter Darrow (1859-1943) — also known asGeorge P. Darrow — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Waterford,New LondonCounty, Conn.,February4, 1859.Republican. Member, board of managers, MutualFireInsurance Company of Germantown;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-37, 1939-41 (6th District1915-23, 7th District 1923-37, 1939-41).Baptist.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 7,1943 (age84 years, 123days).Interment at Ivy Hill Mausoleum.
Laurel HillCemetery
3822 Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1836
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1977
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Strumberg Stokley (1823-1902) — also known asWilliam S. Stokley — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in1823.Republican.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1872-81; defeated, 1881.DiedFebruary21, 1902 (ageabout 78years).Entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Richard Rush (1780-1859) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August29, 1780.Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1811;U.S.Attorney General, 1814-17; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1817-25;France, 1847-49; received one electoral vote forVice-President,1820;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1825-29; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1828.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 30,1859 (age78 years, 335days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Hilary Baker (1746-1798) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.BornFebruary21, 1746.Hardwaremerchant;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1796-98; died in office 1798.Died, fromyellowfever,September25, 1798 (age52 years, 216days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel HillCemetery. | | John Barker (c.1746-1818) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born about 1746. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;tailor;PhiladelphiaCounty Sheriff, 1794-97, 1803-07;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1808-10, 1812-13.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 3,1818 (ageabout 72years).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel HillCemetery. | | Benjamin Wood Richards (1797-1851) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inBurlingtonCounty, N.J.,November12, 1797.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1829, 1830-32.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 12,1851 (age53 years, 242days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Taylor Conrad (1810-1858) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 10,1810.Whig.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1854-56.Authorof poems and plays.Died, of apoplexy (stroke),June17, 1858 (age48 years, 7days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  | Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896) — also known asEdwin H. Fitler — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Kensington (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December2, 1825.Republican.Rope andcordage manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1872;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1876(voted forRutherfordB. Hayes andWilliamA. Wheeler);mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1887-91; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1888.Germanancestry.Died in Torresdale, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 31,1896 (age70 years, 181days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | | Samuel George King (1816-1899) — also known asSamuel King — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in1816.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1881-84; defeated, 1884.Died in1899(ageabout83 years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Richard Vaux (1816-1895) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,1816.Democrat.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1856-58; defeated, 1854, 1858; member ofPennsylvania state legislature, 1860;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1890-91.Died in1895(ageabout79 years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | John Edgar Reyburn (1845-1914) — also known asJohn E. Reyburn — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New Carlisle,ClarkCounty, Ohio,February7, 1845.Republican.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1871,1874-76; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 5th District, 1877-90;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1890-97, 1906-07 (4th District1890-97, 2nd District 1906-07); Republican Presidential Elector forPennsylvania,1904;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1907-11.Died in1914(ageabout69 years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  | Samuel Jackson Randall (1828-1890) — also known asSamuel J. Randall;"The GreatCommoner" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October10, 1828.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate 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 ofthe U.S. House, 1876-81; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1880,1884.Presbyterian.Died, fromperitonitisandsepticemia,inWashington,D.C.,April13, 1890 (age61 years, 185days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas McKean (1734-1817) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New London Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,March19, 1734.Lawyer;member ofDelawarecolonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,1765-74;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1777-83;Presidentof Delaware, 1777;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1781;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1799-1808;impeachedby the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 24,1817 (age83 years, 97days).Original interment atFirst Presbyterian ChurchCemetery; reinterment in 1843 at Laurel Hill Cemetery; memorialmonument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | Michael Keppele (1771-1821) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.BornSeptember9, 1771.Mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1811-12.DiedFebruary2, 1821 (age49 years, 146days).Original interment atFirst Presbyterian ChurchCemetery; reinterment in 1847 at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | James Nelson Barker (1784-1858) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 17,1784.Playwright;major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; severely wounded in aduel,1814;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1819-20;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1829-38.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 9,1858 (age73 years, 265days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Henry Dilworth Gilpin (1801-1860) — also known asHenry D. Gilpin — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Lancaster,England,April14, 1801.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1831-37;U.S.Attorney General, 1840-41.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January29, 1860 (age58 years, 290days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | William John Duane (1780-1865) — Born in Clonmel, County Tipperary,Ireland,May9, 1780.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1809, 1812-14;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1833.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September27, 1865 (age85 years, 141days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Ebenezer Hazard (1745-1817) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January15, 1745.Publisher;postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1775-76;U.S.Postmaster General, 1782-89;insurancebusiness;historian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 13,1817 (age72 years, 149days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel HillCemetery. | | Charles Eustis Bohlen (1904-1974) — also known asCharles E. Bohlen;ChipBohlen —of Ipswich,EssexCounty, Mass.;Washington,D.C.Born in Clayton,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1904.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inPrague, 1929-31;Paris, 1931-34;Moscow, 1934; U.S. Consul inMoscow, 1938-40; U.S. Ambassador toSoviet Union, 1953-57;Philippines, 1957-59;France, 1962-68.Died ofcancer,at WashingtonHospitalCenter,Washington,D.C.,January1, 1974 (age69 years, 124days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | John Sergeant (1779-1852) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December5, 1779.Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-23, 1827-29, 1837-41 (1stDistrict 1815-23, 2nd District 1827-29, 1837-41); National Republicancandidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1832.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November23, 1852 (age72 years, 354days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | John Robbins Jr. (1808-1880) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,1808.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-55, 1875-77 (4th District1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55, 5th District 1875-77); candidate formayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1860.Died in1880(ageabout72 years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Adolph Edward Borie (1809-1880) — also known asAdolph E. Borie — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November25, 1809.President,Bank ofCommerce, Philadelphia, 1848-60;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1869.Member,UnionLeague.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February5, 1880 (age70 years, 72days).Entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  | Boies Penrose (1860-1921) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November1, 1860.Republican.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Philadelphia County 8thDistrict, 1885-86; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 6th District, 1887-98; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Pennsylvania,1896(alternate),1900,1904,1908,1916,1920;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921; died in office 1921;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1903-04; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1904-21.DiedDecember31, 1921 (age61 years, 60days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; statue erected 1930 atCapitolPark, Harrisburg, Pa. | | | Joseph Reed (1741-1785) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,August27, 1741.Lawyer;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1778-81.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 5,1785 (age43 years, 190days).Original interment atArch Street PresbyterianChurch Cemetery; reinterment in 1867 at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Wharton Barker (1846-1921) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 1,1846.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;financier;People's candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1900.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 9,1921 (age74 years, 343days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 16,1815.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1841;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1843-45, 1857-61 (1st District1843-45, 2nd District 1857-61); U.S. Charge d'Affaires toTwo Sicilies, 1850-53; U.S. Minister toTurkey, 1861-70.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December31, 1881 (age66 years, 168days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | George Henry Boker (1823-1890) — also known asGeorge H. Boker — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October6, 1823.Republican.Author;poet; U.S.Minister toTurkey, 1871-75;Russia, 1875-78.Member,UnionLeague.Died, from athroatinfection, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January2, 1890 (age66 years, 88days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | James Page (1795-1875) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 8,1795.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;postmaster atPhiladelphia,Pa., 1833-41;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1846-49.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 5,1875 (age80 years, 28days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) — also known asHenry H. Bingham — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December4, 1841.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;postmaster atPhiladelphia,Pa., 1867-72; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1872,1876,1884,1888,1892,1896(alternate; chair,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker),1900,1904;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died inoffice 1912.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Received theMedalof Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March22, 1912 (age70 years, 109days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | George Sharswood (1810-1883) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 7,1810.Lawyer;lawprofessor; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1837; district judge inPennsylvania, 1845-67;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1868-82;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1879-82.Presbyterian.DiedMay 28,1883 (age72 years, 325days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.| | The World War IILibertyshipSS George Sharswood (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "This monument, erected bymembes of the Philadelphia bar, commemorates the genius and virtuesof one distinguished as a legal author and professor of law,President Judge of the District Court, Associate and Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court of Pennsylvania." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793) — Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,1746.Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-77;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1777-80.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October8, 1793 (ageabout 47years).Original interment atPresbyterianChurchyard; reinterment in 1878 at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Biddle (1827-1875) — of Pennsylvania. BornJanuary2, 1827.U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent toCuba, 1866; U.S. Minister toSalvador, 1871-73.Died inEcuador,April7, 1875 (age48 years, 95days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Alexander Cummings (1810-1879) — also known as"Old Straw Hat" — of Colorado. Born in Williamsport,LycomingCounty, Pa.,November17, 1810.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Governorof Colorado Territory, 1865-67.Died in Ottawa,Ontario,July16, 1879 (age68 years, 241days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Adams Jr. (1849-1906) — also known asBertie Adams — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February26, 1849.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 6th District, 1883-86; U.S. Minister toBrazil, 1889-90;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1893-1906; died inoffice 1906; drafted and introduced the declaration of war againstSpain, 1898.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons ofthe Revolution;Sons ofthe War of 1812;Societyof Colonial Wars.Despondent over heavy losses in stock speculation and the prospect ofdefeat at the polls, hekilledhimself bypistolshot, in his rooms at the Metropolitan Club, and died soon afterin EmergencyHospital,Washington,D.C.,June 1,1906 (age57 years, 95days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Henry Miller Watts (1805-1890) — also known asHenry M. Watts — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,October10, 1805.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1835-37;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1842-45; U.S.Minister toAustria, 1868-69.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November30, 1890 (age85 years, 51days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Persifor Frazer Smith (1798-1858) — also known asPersifor F. Smith — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November16, 1798.General in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;MilitaryGovernor of California.Died in Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,May 17,1858 (age59 years, 182days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842) — of West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Thornbury Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,January7, 1770.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1797-1800, 1805, 1831-32;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1801-03, 1819-26, 1829-31 (3rdDistrict 1801-03, 1st District 1819-23, 2nd District 1823-26, 3rdDistrict 1829-31).Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 29,1842 (age72 years, 142days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | William Darrah Kelley (1814-1890) — also known asWilliam D. Kelley;"Pig-IronKelley" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April12, 1814.Republican. State court judge in Pennsylvania, 1846; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1860;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1861-90; died inoffice 1890; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1868.Died inWashington,D.C.,January9, 1890 (age75 years, 272days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Charles Brown (1797-1883) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September23, 1797.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1830-33;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1834; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 2nd District, 1838-41;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-43, 1847-49 (1st District1841-43, 3rd District 1847-49);U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1853-57.Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,September4, 1883 (age85 years, 346days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Hermann Foerderer (1860-1903) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Frankenhausen,Germany,May16, 1860.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-03 (at-large 1901-03, 4thDistrict 1903); died in office 1903.Died in Torresdale, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 26,1903 (age43 years, 71days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | William Drayton (1776-1846) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,December30, 1776.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; colonel in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1825-33.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 24,1846 (age69 years, 145days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | William Millward (1822-1871) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania,1822.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1855-57, 1859-61 (3rd District1855-57, 4th District 1859-61).Died in1871(ageabout49 years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Jonathan Williams (1750-1815) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 20,1750.Secretary toBenjaminFranklin, 1770-75; first superintendent of the U.S. MilitaryAcademy, 1802;engineer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815; died inoffice 1815.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 16,1815 (age64 years, 361days).Original interment atPine Street Cemetery;reinterment in 1862 at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | John Kintzing Kane (1795-1858) — also known asJohn K. Kane — of Pennsylvania. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1795.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1824-25;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1845-46;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1846.DiedFebruary21, 1858 (age62 years, 281days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Lewis Charles Levin (1808-1860) — also known asLewis C. Levin — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,November10, 1808.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1845-51.Jewish.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March14, 1860 (age51 years, 125days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | George Washington Toland (1796-1869) — also known asGeorge W. Toland — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,1796.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 1st District, 1834-37;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1837-43.Died in1869(ageabout73 years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Joel Cook (1842-1910) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March20, 1842.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1907-10; died inoffice 1910.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December15, 1910 (age68 years, 270days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | George Deardorff McCreary (1846-1915) — also known asGeorge D. McCreary — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in York Springs,AdamsCounty, Pa.,September28, 1846.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1903-13.DiedJuly 20,1915 (age68 years, 295days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Charles Naylor (1806-1872) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October6, 1806.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1837-41; served inthe U.S. Army during the Mexican War.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December24, 1872 (age66 years, 79days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | James Harper (1780-1873) — of Pennsylvania. Born inIreland,March28, 1780.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1833-37.DiedMarch31, 1873 (age93 years, 3days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Job Roberts Tyson (1803-1858) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania,1803.Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1855-57.Died in1858(ageabout55 years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | George Nicholas Eckert (1802-1865) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Womelsdorf,BerksCounty, Pa.,July 4,1802.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1847-49.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 28,1865 (age62 years, 359days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Owen Jones (1819-1878) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Ardmore,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,December29, 1819.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1857-59; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1860.DiedDecember25, 1878 (age58 years, 361days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 8,1732.Astronomer;mathematician;financier;clockmaker;surveyor;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1777-89;firstdirector of the U.S. Mint, 1792-95.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 26,1796 (age64 years, 79days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel HillCemetery. | | Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) — also known asRobert J. C. Walker — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Williamsport,LycomingCounty, Pa.Born near West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,October20, 1838.Republican.Lawyer;magazinepublisher;oilproducer;land,lumber,andcoalmining business;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83;chemist.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December19, 1903 (age65 years, 60days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Frederick Halterman (1831-1907) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inGermany,October22, 1831.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1895-97.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March22, 1907 (age75 years, 151days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | William Stuart Reyburn (1882-1946) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December17, 1882.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1909-11;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1911-13.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaPsi;Freemasons;UnionLeague.Died in1946(ageabout63 years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | John Moffet (1831-1884) — of Pennsylvania. Born inIreland,April5, 1831.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1869.DiedJune 19,1884 (age53 years, 75days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | William Henry Kemble (d. 1891) — also known asWilliam H. Kemble — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Republican.Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1865-68; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Pennsylvania, 1868-.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September26, 1891.Entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  | Edward Shippen (1823-1904) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inLancasterCounty, Pa.,November16, 1823.Lawyer;Consulfor Argentina inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1872-88, 1892-95;Consulfor Chile inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1872-98;Consulfor Ecuador inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1873-97.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars.Died, frompneumonia,in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March14, 1904 (age80 years, 119days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | | Matthias William Baldwin (1795-1866) — also known asMatthias W. Baldwin — Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,December10, 1795.Jeweler;inventor;locomotivemanufacturer; abolitionist;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837.Died in Wissinoming, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September7, 1866 (age70 years, 271days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; statue atPhiladelphia City Hall Grounds. | | Charles Bingham Penrose (1798-1857) — also known asCharles B. Penrose — of Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October6, 1798.Whig. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1833-41, 1857 (16th District 1833-37, 14th District1837-41, 1st District 1857); died in office 1857; delegate to WhigNational Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839 (Convention Secretary;speaker).Died in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,April 6,1857 (age58 years, 182days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Rudolph Koradi (1824-1907) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Zurich,Switzerland,December24, 1824.Consulfor Switzerland inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1864-1907.Swissancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January12, 1907 (age82 years, 19days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Henry Cardwell Potter (1822-1902) — also known asHenry C. Potter — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February28, 1822.Republican.Commissionmerchant;coffeeimporter;Consulfor Nicaragua inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1875-96;Vice-Consulfor Costa Rica inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1899-1902.Englishancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 6,1902 (age80 years, 6days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Potter and Harriet (Cardwell) Potter; married1852 to AmandaInskeep Moore. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Alfred J. Ostheimer (1845-1903) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September22, 1845.Republican.Importerand exporter;Consulfor Austria-Hungary inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1894-1903;HonoraryConsul for Japan inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1897-1903.Unitarian.Germanancestry. Member,UnionLeague;Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October21, 1903 (age58 years, 29days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Maurice Ostheimer and Elizabeth (Lipmann) Ostheimer; married,October28, 1871, to Ellen Hackes. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer,October 23, 1903 |
| | Edward Smith Sayres (1797-1877) — also known asEdward S. Sayres — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Marcus Hook,DelawareCounty, Pa.,October5, 1797.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Brazil inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1841-77;Vice-Consulfor Portugal inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1850-76;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1854;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1862.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March22, 1877 (age79 years, 168days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | George Dawson Coleman (1825-1878) — also known asG. Dawson Coleman — of Lebanon,LebanonCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January13, 1825.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1860;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 16th District, 1867-69.DiedSeptember9, 1878 (age53 years, 239days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | John Mason Jr. (1834-1907) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico,March 6,1834.Vice-Consulfor Brazil inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1877-99;Vice-Consulfor Portugal inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1877-1906.Died, fromheartdisease, in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November29, 1907 (age73 years, 268days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  | John Edward Charles O'Sullivan Addicks(1841-1919) —also known asJ. Edward Addicks;"GasAddicks";"Napoleon of Gas";"Frenzied Financier" —of Claymont,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November21, 1841.Republican.Flourmerchant; built and controlled theilluminatinggas industry in Boston and other cities; tried for years withoutsuccess to win a seat in the U.S. Senate; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1904; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Delaware,1904;arrestedin New York, 1913, over his refusal to acknowledgemoneyjudgements against him by creditors, and released on bond;jailedin 1915 forcontemptof court.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1919 (age77 years, 259days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Helen Murphy (1860-1940) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in1860.Socialist.Physician;oculist;candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1922, 1928;candidate forPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1932.Female.DiedNovember9, 1940 (ageabout 80years).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives:Daughter of James Murphy and Susan Bispham (Roe)Murphy. |
| | Henry Franklin Robinson (1821-1894) — also known asH. Frank Robinson — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August30, 1821.Vice-Consulfor Russia inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1892-94.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September29, 1894 (age73 years, 30days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Lawrence Seckel (1747-1823) — of Pennsylvania. BornMay 11,1747.Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1789-90. DiedMarch 6,1823 (age75 years, 299days).Original interment atSt. John's Churchyard;reinterment in 1924 at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Erskine Hazard (1789-1865) — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe),CarbonCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,November30, 1789.Innovativeindustrialist;he and business partnerJosiahWhite, builtironfoundries,canals,andrailroads;they were pioneers inanthracite coalmining;bridgebuilder; postmaster atMauchChunk, Pa., 1819-26.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February25, 1865 (age75 years, 87days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Samuel Megargee (1805-1865) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August10, 1805.Democrat.Lumbermerchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1860.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 29,1865 (age59 years, 323days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  | Albert Barnes (1798-1870) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Rome,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,December1, 1798.Republican.Minister;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1856.Presbyterian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December24, 1870 (age72 years, 23days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. |  | David H. Lane (1840-1925) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1840.Republican. Philadelphia city recorder, 1879-83; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1884,1888,1896,1900,1904,1908.In his will, he bequeathed $500 to every boy who was named for himwhile he was alive; 26 qualified to receive the money.Died, frompneumonia,in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January24, 1925 (ageabout 84years).Entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Lane and Isabella (Asher) Lane. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Philadelphia Inquirer,February 7, 1909 |
| | | Napoleon Bonaparte Kelly (1862-1928) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.,July 15,1862.Vice-Consulfor Brazil inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1901-07.Died in Lansdowne,DelawareCounty, Pa.,July 18,1928 (age66 years, 3days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | Joseph H. Klemmer (1855-1935) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New York,August24, 1855.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1884(alternate),1896,1900,1904(alternate).Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa., June,1935(age79years, 0 days).Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. | | B. Dawson Coleman — of Lebanon,LebanonCounty, Pa.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1904,1916,1924.Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Logan Graveyardin Stenton Park
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
MonumentCemetery (now gone)
Broad & Berk Streets
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Henry Dunning Moore (1817-1887) — also known asHenry D. Moore — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New York,1817.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1849-53; candidate formayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1856; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1860;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1861-63, 1864-65;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1869-70.Died in1887(ageabout70 years).Original interment at Monument Cemetery; reinterment in 1956 atLawnviewCemetery, Rockledge, Pa. | | Thomas Birch Florence (1812-1875) — also known asThomas B. Florence — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January26, 1812.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1851-61.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 3,1875 (age63 years, 158days).Original interment at Monument Cemetery; reinterment in 1956 atLawnviewCemetery, Rockledge, Pa. | | John Hull Campbell (1800-1868) — of Pennsylvania. Born in York,YorkCounty, Pa.,October10, 1800.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1831;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1845-47.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January19, 1868 (age67 years, 101days).Original interment at Monument Cemetery; reinterment in 1956 atLawnviewCemetery, Rockledge, Pa. | | James Landy (1813-1875) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October13, 1813.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1857-59.DiedJuly 25,1875 (age61 years, 285days).Original interment at Monument Cemetery; reinterment in 1956 atLawnviewCemetery, Rockledge, Pa.
Mt. PeaceCemetery
3111 West Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles Hahn Albrecht (1885-1929) — also known asCharles H. Albrecht — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February22, 1885.Lawyer;U.S. Vice Consul inSanto Domingo, 1913-15; U.S. Consul inReval, 1920-22;Danzig, 1922-23;Bangkok, 1923-26;Nairobi, 1926-29, died in office 1929.Died, from agastricailment, in Nairobi,Kenya,August7, 1929 (age44 years, 166days).Interment at Mt. Peace Cemetery.
Mt. VernonCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Churchill Houston (c.1746-1788) — ofSomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C., about 1746.Collegeprofessor; served in the Continental Army during theRevolutionary War; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1777-78;Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779-81, 1784-85;lawyer;clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1781-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.Presbyterian.Died oftuberculosis,while lodging at aninn inFrankford, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August12, 1788 (ageabout 42years).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. | | Hans Christian Febiger (1749-1796) — also known asChristian Febiger — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Faaborg,Denmark,October19, 1749.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1789-96; died in office 1796.Danishancestry. Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September20, 1796 (age46 years, 337days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Elizabeth Carson. | | | | Epitaph: "As an officer he was beloved-- as a citizen he was esteemed and respected -- as a friend he waswarm and sincere -- and as a husband tender and affectionate. Infine, his views were upright and his actions just." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Lars Westergaard (1829-1893) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inNorway,1829.Consulfor Netherlands inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1866-93;Consulfor Austria-Hungary inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1872-93;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1874-93.Norwegianancestry.Died, fromperitonitis,in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April13, 1893 (ageabout 63years).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Alfred E. Burk (1864-1921) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November5, 1864.Republican.Leatherbusiness; with his brother Louis, developed and owned the GardenPier in Atlantic City, N.J.; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1920.Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 13,1921 (age56 years, 189days).Original interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery; re-entombed in 1939 inmausoleum atWestLaurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Municipal ServiceBuilding Plaza
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County,
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Frank Lazarro Rizzo (1920-1991) — also known asFrank L. Rizzo;"Cisco Kid";"The Super Cop";"The Big Bambino";"The General" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October23, 1920.Policeofficer;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1972-80; defeated, 1983 (Democraticprimary), 1987 (Republican); nominated, but died before the election1991.Italianancestry.Died, apparently from aheartattack, in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 16,1991 (age70 years, 266days).Interment atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, Pa.; statue (now gone) atMunicipal Service Building Plaza.
New CathedralCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Joseph Ripley Chandler (1792-1880) — also known asJoseph R. Chandler — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Kingston,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,August22, 1792.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1849-55; U.S.Minister toTwo Sicilies, 1858.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 10,1880 (age87 years, 323days).Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery. | | Sylvester Edwin Megargee (1847-1930) — also known asS. Edwin Megargee — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August6, 1847.Democrat.Lawyer;Consulfor Greece inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1900-04.Catholic.Died, frompneumonia,in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February17, 1930 (age82 years, 195days).Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Sylvester Jacob Megarge and Annie Marie Byrne (Gaffney) Megarge;married to Marie A. Preaut and Adalaide Concetta Piccioli; firstcousin once removed ofSamuelMegargee. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry A. Préaut (1818-1888) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inFrance,1818.Vice-Consulfor Russia inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1863-88.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 3,1888 (ageabout 69years).Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery.
New Market StreetBaptist Church Graveyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
North Cedar HillCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Alfred Marpole Waldron (1865-1952) — also known asAlfred M. Waldron — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September21, 1865.Republican.Insurancebusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1924,1928,1932;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1928;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1933-35.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 28,1952 (age86 years, 281days).Interment at North Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | David Martin (1845-1920) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August20, 1845.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1888,1896,1904,1908;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1897-99; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1899-1902, 1917-20 (8th District 1899-1902, 5thDistrict 1917-20); died in office 1920.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 31,1920 (age74 years, 285days).Interment at North Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Horatio Balch Hackett (1844-1905) — also known asHoratio B. Hackett — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsville,SalemCounty, N.J.,January8, 1844.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1888(alternate),1896,1904;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 8th District, 1903-05; died in office 1905.Died in Pasco,FranklinCounty, Wash.,July 12,1905 (age61 years, 185days).Entombed at North Cedar Hill Cemetery. | | Edwin Keen Borie (1866-1926) — also known asEdwin K. Borie — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.BornFebruary25, 1866.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1904,1916,1924.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October30, 1926 (age60 years, 247days).Interment at North Cedar Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George Forbes Borie and Jane (Emery) Borie; married to Theodora M.Simpson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Old CathedralCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Campbell (1812-1893) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September1, 1812.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1842-50;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1852-53; resigned 1853;U.S.Postmaster General, 1853-57.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January27, 1893 (age80 years, 148days).Interment at Old Cathedral Cemetery.  | Maurice Francis Egan (1852-1924) — also known asMaurice F. Egan — of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.;Washington,D.C.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 24,1852.Universityprofessor;author;U.S. Minister toDenmark, 1907-17.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January15, 1924 (age71 years, 236days).Interment at Old Cathedral Cemetery. | | Leon de la Cova (1822-1879) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Caracas,Venezuela,1822.Universityprofessor;Vice-Consulfor Colombia inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1867-77;Consulfor Venezuela inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1869-77.Venezuelanancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January26, 1879 (ageabout 56years).Interment at Old Cathedral Cemetery.
Old Pine StreetPresbyterian Church Cemetery
412 Pine Street
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward Shippen (1639-1712) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Methley, Yorkshire,England,March5,1639.Merchant;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1701-03.Quaker.Englishancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October2, 1712 (age73 years, 211days).Interment at Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery. | | Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October24, 1749.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780-81;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1791-1800, 1811-16;U.S.Attorney for Pennsylvania, 1800-01; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1812; district judge inPennsylvania, 1821-22.Presbyterian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October31, 1822 (age73 years, 7days).Interment at Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery. | | William Shippen (1712-1801) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October1, 1712.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778.Died in Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November4, 1801 (age89 years, 34days).Interment at Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery. | | Charles Pettit (1736-1806) — Born near Amwell (now Mt. Airy),HunterdonCounty, N.J.,1736.Secretaryof state of New Jersey, 1776-78; resigned 1778; served in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1783-84;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-87;importerand exporter.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September3, 1806 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery. | | Joel Barlow Sutherland (1792-1861) — also known asJoel B. Sutherland — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New Jersey,1792.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 2nd District, 1825-27;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1827-37 (3rd District 1827-29,1st District 1829-37).Died in1861(ageabout69 years).Interment at Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Old St. Peter'sChurch Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles John Biddle (1819-1873) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April30, 1819.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1861-63.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September28, 1873 (age54 years, 151days).Interment at Old St. Peter's Church Cemetery.
Philadelphia CityHall Grounds
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Matthias William Baldwin (1795-1866) — also known asMatthias W. Baldwin — Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth,UnionCounty), N.J.,December10, 1795.Jeweler;inventor;locomotivemanufacturer; abolitionist;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837.Died in Wissinoming, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September7, 1866 (age70 years, 271days).Interment atLaurel Hill Cemetery; statue atPhiladelphia City Hall Grounds.
Pine StreetCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County,
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Jonathan Williams (1750-1815) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 20,1750.Secretary toBenjaminFranklin, 1770-75; first superintendent of the U.S. MilitaryAcademy, 1802;engineer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815; died inoffice 1815.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 16,1815 (age64 years, 361days).Original interment at Pine Street Cemetery; reinterment in 1862 atLaurel Hill Cemetery.
PresbyterianChurchyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
St. Dominic'sCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey (1891-1949) — also known asFrank J. G. Dorsey — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April26, 1891.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1935-39; defeated,1938.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Columbus;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;SigmaNu;BetaGamma Sigma.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 13,1949 (age58 years, 78days).Interment at St. Dominic's Cemetery.
St. James theLess Church Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | John Wanamaker (1838-1922) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 11,1838.Republican.Merchant;opened John Wanamaker & Companystore in1877 (forerunner of moderndepartmentstore); organizer and director, Merchants'Bank;director, Philadelphia and ReadingRailroad;organizer (with others) and trustee, PresbyterianHospital;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1889;U.S.Postmaster General, 1889-93; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1912,1916;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1921.Presbyterian.Alsatianancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December12, 1922 (age84 years, 154days).Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery. | | William Bradford Reed (1806-1876) — also known asWilliam B. Reed — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.BornJune 30,1806.Whig.Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1838-39; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 1st District, 1841; U.S. Minister toChina, 1857-58.DiedFebruary18, 1876 (age69 years, 233days).Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery. | | Leland Harrison (1883-1951) — of Illinois;Washington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April25, 1883.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister toSweden, 1927-29;Uruguay, 1929-30;Romania, 1935-37;Switzerland, 1937-47.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 6,1951 (age68 years, 42days).Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery. | | George Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,February7, 1839.Lawyer;lawprofessor;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1892-1909.Scottishancestry.DiedJanuary21, 1917 (age77 years, 349days).Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery. | | Martin Russell Thayer (1819-1906) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Virginia,1819.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1863-67; statecourt judge in Pennsylvania, 1867.Died in1906(ageabout87 years).Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery.  | Horace Binney (1780-1875) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Northern Liberties (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January4, 1780.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1806-07;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1833-35.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August12, 1875 (age95 years, 220days).Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery. | | | Thomas Brown Wanamaker (1861-1908) — also known asThomas B. Wanamaker — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March27, 1861.Consulfor Santo Domingo inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1885-94;Consulfor Dominican Republic inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1895-1904.Died, fromkidneydisease, in the LiverpoolHotel,Paris,France,March2, 1908 (age46 years, 341days).Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery. | | Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928) — also known asRodman Wanamaker — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February13, 1863.Republican.Departmentstore executive;newspaperowner;Consulfor Uruguay inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1914-26; Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1916;Consulfor Dominican Republic inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1921;Consul-Generalfor Paraguay inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1921.Died, fromkidneydisease, in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,March 9,1928 (age65 years, 25days).Entombed at St. James the Less Church Cemetery; memorial monument atRuedu Maréchal Leclerc, Sarcus, Picardy, France. | | William Deas Fortin (1823-1909) — also known asWilliam D. Fortin — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1823.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1872;Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1872.Africanancestry.Died, fromchronicnephritis, in aresthome at Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 8,1909 (ageabout 85years).Interment at St. James the Less Church Cemetery.
St. John'sChurchyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Kean (1756-1795) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,1756.Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1785-87.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 4,1795 (ageabout 38years).Interment at St. John's Churchyard. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Lawrence Seckel (1747-1823) — of Pennsylvania. BornMay 11,1747.Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1789-90. DiedMarch 6,1823 (age75 years, 299days).Original interment at St. John's Churchyard; reinterment in 1924 atLaurel Hill Cemetery.
St. John'sLutheran Churchyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Michael Leib (1760-1822) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January8, 1760.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1795;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1799-1806 (1st District1799-1801, 2nd District 1801-03, 1st District 1803-06);U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1809-14; resigned 1814; postmaster atPhiladelphia,Pa., 1814-15; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 1st District, 1818-22.DiedDecember8, 1822 (age62 years, 334days).Interment at St. John's Lutheran Churchyard.
St. Mary'sChurchyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Madison Broom (1776-1850) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born near Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,1776.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1805-07; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1824.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January15, 1850 (ageabout 73years).Interment at St. Mary's Churchyard.
St. Mary's RomanCatholic Churchyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas FitzSimons (1741-1811) — of Pennsylvania. Born in County Wexford,Ireland,October,1741.Merchant;banker;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1782-83; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1786-89;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-93, 1stDistrict 1793-95).Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August26, 1811 (age69 years, 0days).Interment at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Churchyard.
St. Paul'sCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
St. Paul'sProtestant Episcopal Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
St. Peter'sEpiscopal Churchyard
313 Pine Street
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864) — also known asGeorge M. Dallas — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 10,1792.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1828-29;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1829-31;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1831-33;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1833-35; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1837-39;Great Britain, 1856-61;VicePresident of the United States, 1845-49.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December31, 1864 (age72 years, 174days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard.| | Relatives: SonofAlexanderJames Dallas and Arabella Maria (Smith) Dallas; brother of SophiaBurrell Dallas (who marriedRichardBache Jr.); married,May 23,1816, toSophiaChew Nicklin (granddaughter ofBenjaminChew); uncle of Alexander Dallas Bache, Mary Blechenden Bache(who marriedRobertJohn Walker), Sophia Arabella Bache (who marriedWilliamWallace Irwin) andGeorgeMifflin Dallas (1839-1917); granduncle ofRobertWalker Irwin; second great-granduncle ofClaibornede Borda Pell; third great-granduncle ofDanielBaugh Brewster. | | | | Political family:Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Dallas counties inArk.,Iowa,Mo. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofDallas,Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GeorgeM. D. Hart—GeorgeM. Condon | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Mifflin Dallas: JohnM. Belohlavek,GeorgeMifflin Dallas : Jacksonian Patrician |
| | Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817) — also known asAlexander J. Dallas — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Kingston,Jamaica,June21, 1759.Lawyer;newspapereditor;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1791-1801; resigned 1801;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1801-14;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16.Scottishancestry.Died in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,January16, 1817 (age57 years, 209days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | William Jones (1760-1831) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1760.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1801-03;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1813-14.DiedSeptember6, 1831 (ageabout 71years).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786-1868) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 14,1786.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1835-37, 1841-49;U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1852-53.Episcopalian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February20, 1868 (age81 years, 251days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | James Stokes Biddle (1818-1900) — also known asJames S. Biddle — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January15, 1818.Democrat. Candidate formayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1871.Died inBucksCounty, Pa.,July 26,1900 (age82 years, 192days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Maryland,November29, 1722.Lawyer;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1774-77.Quaker;laterAnglican.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January20, 1810 (age87 years, 52days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | Sophia Dallas (1798-1869) — also known asSophia Chew Nicklin — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 25,1798.SecondLady of the United States, 1845-49.Female.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January11, 1869 (age70 years, 200days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | James Searle (1730-1797) — of Pennsylvania. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1730.Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778.DiedAugust7, 1797 (ageabout 67years).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | Richard Peters Jr. (1744-1828) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Philadelphia (unknowncounty), Pa.,June 22,1744.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1782-83; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1787-90; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1791; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1792-1828.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August22, 1828 (age84 years, 61days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | John Swanwick (1740-1798) — of Pennsylvania. Born in1740.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1795-98; died inoffice 1798.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August1, 1798 (ageabout 58years).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | Sharp Delany (c.1739-1799) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born inIreland,about 1739.Druggist;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1789-98;resignedas Collector when it was discovered that he hadembezzledat least $86,000.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;AmericanPhilosophical Society.DiedMay 13,1799 (ageabout 60years).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | John Rutledge Jr. (1766-1819) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina,1766.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from St. Peter, 1792-97;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1797-1803 (at-large 1797-99,1st District 1799-1803).Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September1, 1819 (ageabout 53years).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | Samuel Breck (1771-1862) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 17,1771.Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1817-21, 1832-34 (1st District 1817-21, 2ndDistrict 1832-34);U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1823-25.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August31, 1862 (age91 years, 45days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | William Eckart Lehman (1821-1895) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August21, 1821.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1861-63.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,July 19,1895 (age73 years, 332days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard. | | John Cadwalader (1843-1925) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 27,1843.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1888,1904.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March11, 1925 (age81 years, 257days).Interment at St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard.| | Relatives: SonofJohnCadwalader (1805-1879) and Henrietta Maria (Bancker) Cadwalader;married to Mary Helen Fisher; great-grandnephew ofLambertCadwalader; first cousin once removed ofThomasBiddle; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminChew,EdwardBiddle andCharlesBiddle; second cousin once removed ofCharlesBingham Penrose,AlfredWells andFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin twice removed ofJamesBiddle,JohnBiddle (1792-1859) andRichardBiddle; third cousin once removed ofGeorgeHoward,BenjaminChew Howard,SophiaDallas,EdwardMacFunn Biddle,JamesStokes Biddle,CharlesJohn Biddle,BoiesPenrose andSpencerPenrose; fourth cousin ofJohnLee Carroll andJohnBiddle (1859-1936); fourth cousin once removed ofEdwardMacFunn Biddle Jr. andJohnHowell Carroll. | | | | Political family:Biddle#1 family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
SecondPresbyterian Church Graveyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Union SixthStreet Cemetery (now gone)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Lewes,SussexCounty, Del.,1788.Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1820;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1837-41.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August1, 1863 (ageabout 75years).Original interment at Union Sixth Street Cemetery; reinterment in1906 atArlingtonCemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.
William PennCemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
WoodlandsCemetery
4000 Woodland Avenue
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1840
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Benjamin Harris Brewster (1816-1888) — of Pennsylvania. Born inSalemCounty, N.J.,October13, 1816.Republican.Lawyer;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1867-69; resigned 1869; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1876(voted forRutherfordB. Hayes andWilliamA. Wheeler);U.S.Attorney General, 1882-85.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 4,1888 (age71 years, 174days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) — also known asWilliam C. Bullitt — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January25, 1891.Democrat.Newspapercorrespondent; U.S. Ambassador toSoviet Union, 1933-36;France, 1936-40; candidate formayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1943.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Co-author,with Sigmund Freud, of a psychological study ofWoodrowWilson.Died, ofleukemia,in Neuilly,France,February15, 1967 (age76 years, 21days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | David Porter (1780-1843) — of Pennsylvania. Born in1780.Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; captain of the UnitedStates frigateEssex, the thefirstU.S. war vessel to carry the Stars and Stripes in a naval battle,March 25, 1813; U.S. Consul General inAlgiers, 1830-31; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toTurkey, 1831-39; U.S. Minister toTurkey, 1839-43, died in office 1843.Died in Constantinople, Turkey (now Istanbul,Türkiye),March3, 1843 (ageabout 62years).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | James Thompson (1806-1874) — of Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,1806.Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1832; state courtjudge in Pennsylvania, 1838;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1845-51;justice ofPennsylvania state supreme court, 1857;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1867-72.Died in1874(ageabout68 years).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | James Hepburn Campbell (1820-1895) — also known asJames H. Campbell — of Pennsylvania. Born in Williamsport,LycomingCounty, Pa.,February8, 1820.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1855-57, 1859-63;U.S. Minister toSweden, 1864-67.Died near Wayne,DelawareCounty, Pa.,April12, 1895 (age75 years, 63days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | John Scott (1824-1896) — of Huntingdon,HuntingdonCounty, Pa.Born in Pennsylvania,1824.Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1860;U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1869-75.Died in1896(ageabout72 years).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October3, 1782.Democrat.Lawyer;poet;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1813-15, 1841-49 (1st District1813-15, 3rd District 1841-43, 4th District 1843-49);U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1815-29;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1830;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837;federaljudge, 1853.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 14,1862 (age79 years, 223days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Ethelbert Watts (1845-1919) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February25, 1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;pig ironmanufacturer; U.S. Consul inHorgen, 1896-97;Kingston, 1899-1901;Prague, 1901-03;Hamilton, 1918; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General inCairo, 1897-99; U.S. Consul General inSt. Petersburg, 1903-07;Brussels, 1907-17.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 13,1919 (age74 years, 138days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Samuel Moore (1774-1861) — of Doylestown,BucksCounty, Pa.Born in New Jersey,1774.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1818-22 (6th District 1818-21,7th District 1821-22).Died in1861(ageabout87 years).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Henry Horn (1786-1862) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1786.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1831-33;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1845-46.Died in Flourtown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,January12, 1862 (ageabout 75years).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Alan Wood Jr. (1834-1902) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania,1834.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1875-77.Died in1902(ageabout68 years).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Paul Philippe Cret (1876-1945) — also known asPaul P. Cret — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Lyon,France,October24, 1876.Served in French army during World War I; naturalized U.S. citizen;architect;member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1940-45.Frenchancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September8, 1945 (age68 years, 319days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.  | Charles Henry Meyer (1826-1898) — also known asCharles H. Meyer;Carl H. Meyer;KarlHeinrich Meyer —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Schleiz,Germany,March15, 1826.Drygoodsimporter;banker;Consulfor Germany inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1872-98;silk ribbonmanufacturer.Germanancestry.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August14, 1898 (age72 years, 152days). During a lawsuit following his death, his successor asGerman Consulallegedthat Mr. Meyer haddefaultedwith at least $11,000 of the consulate's funds; this was denied bythe executors of his estate, and the outcome of the dispute isunknown.Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Christoph Heinrich Meyer and Marie (Felder) Meyer; married,April16, 1857, to Sophie Karoline Wilhelmine Brossman. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Philadelphia Times,August 18, 1898 |
| | | Bernard Henry (1783-1863) — Born in Georgia,1783.U.S. Consul inGibraltar, as of 1816-32.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August13, 1863 (ageabout 80years).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Robert J. Winsmore (1851-1915) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1851.Consul-Generalfor Central America inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1898;Consul-Generalfor Honduras inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1898-1907.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 9,1915 (ageabout 63years).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Bertram Graeme Frazier (1878-1963) — also known asBertram G. Frazier — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February3, 1878.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 4th District, 1927-34, 1947-50; defeated, 1934.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 1,1963 (age85 years, 148days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Lotta Gertrude Eagan. |
| | Johan Nordahl Wallem (1843-1909) — also known asJ. N. Wallem — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Bergen,Norway,May24, 1843.Vice-Consulfor Denmark inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1895-1907;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inPhiladelphia,Pa., 1895-1904.Died in Lansdowne,DelawareCounty, Pa.,December20, 1909 (age66 years, 210days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Edward Knight (1813-1892) — of Pennsylvania. BornDecember8, 1813.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1860.DiedJuly 21,1892 (age78 years, 226days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 18,1856.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives; elected 1882.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March22, 1914 (age57 years, 277days).Interment at Woodlands Cemetery. | | Harry Davault Beaston (1857-1939) — also known asHarry D. Beaston — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 8,1857.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1900(alternate),1916.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 15,1939 (age82 years, 7days).Entombed at Woodlands Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph L. Beaston and Margaret (Davault) Beaston; married to SarahTait. |
| Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: | | | Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1897-1961) — also known asA. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December17, 1897.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;shippingbusiness; U.S. Minister toNorway, 1935-37, 1941-42;Netherlands, 1941-42;Yugoslavia, 1941;Czechoslovakia, 1941-43;Greece, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador toPoland, 1937-43;Belgium, 1941-43;Netherlands, 1942-43;Norway, 1942-43;Yugoslavia, 1942;Greece, 1942-43;Czechoslovakia, 1943;Spain, 1961.Died, fromlungcancer and aheartattack, inWalterReed Army Medical Center,Washington,D.C.,November13, 1961 (age63 years, 331days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; cenotaph at Woodlands Cemetery.
FrankfordCemetery
Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Francis Jacob Harper (1800-1837) — also known asFrancis J. Harper — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 5,1800.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1832; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 2nd District, 1834-36;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1837; died inoffice 1837.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March18, 1837 (age37 years, 13days).Original interment at Frankford Cemetery; reinterment in 1848 atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.
Mt. SinaiCemetery
Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Isaac Bacharach (1870-1956) — also known as"Boardwalk Ike" — of Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.; Brigantine,AtlanticCounty, N.J.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January5, 1870.Republican.Real estatebusiness;lumberbusiness;banker;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1911;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1915-37; defeated,1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1928(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee).Jewish. Member,Elks;Freemasons.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,September5, 1956 (age86 years, 244days).Interment at Mt. Sinai Cemetery. | | Benjamin Martin Golder (1891-1946) — also known asBenjamin M. Golder — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Alliance,SalemCounty, N.J.,December23, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1917-25; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War I;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1925-33; defeated,1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.Jewish.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December30, 1946 (age55 years, 7days).Interment at Mt. Sinai Cemetery. | | George Washington Oakes (1861-1931) — also known asGeorge W. Oakes;George Washington Ochs;George W. Ochs —of Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,October27, 1861.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1892;mayorof Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-97; delegate to Gold DemocratNational Convention from Tennessee, 1896; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I.Jewish.Germanancestry. Member,Civitan;AmericanHistorical Association.DiedOctober26, 1931 (age69 years, 364days).Interment at Mt. Sinai Cemetery. | | Henry Myer Phillips (1811-1884) — also known asHenry M. Phillips — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 30,1811.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1857-59; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1860.Jewish. Member,Freemasons.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August28, 1884 (age73 years, 59days).Interment at Mt. Sinai Cemetery. | | Jerome H. Louchheim (d. 1945) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1936,1940.Died in1945.Interment at Mt. Sinai Cemetery.
St. Mary'sEpiscopal Church
630 East Cathedral Road
Roxborough, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Francis Marion Taitt (1862-1943) — also known asFrancis M. Taitt — of Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in Burlington,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,January3, 1862.Republican.Episcopalpriest; bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1931-43;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1940.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died, frompneumonia,in CrozerHospital,Upland,DelawareCounty, Pa.,July 17,1943 (age81 years, 195days).Entombed at St. Mary's Episcopal Church.
Mt. MoriahCemetery
62nd & Kingsessing Avenue
West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Russell Young (1840-1899) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),November20, 1840.Newspapercorrespondent and managing editor; U.S. Minister toChina, 1882-85; Librarian of Congress, 1897-99.Died inWashington,D.C.,January17, 1899 (age58 years, 58days).Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. | | William McCandless (1835-1884) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September29, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 1st District, 1867-69;Pennsylvaniasecretary of internal affairs, 1875-79.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 17,1884 (age48 years, 262days).Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. | | Israel Wilson Durham (1855-1909) — also known asIsrael W. Durham;"Old Man";"Peerless Leader" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October24, 1855.Republican. Philadelphia police magistrate, 1885-95; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1896,1900,1904,1908;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1897-98, 1909 (6th District 1897-98, 2nd District1909); died in office 1909; Pennsylvania State InsuranceCommissioner, 1900-05.President and principal owner of the Philadelphia Philliesprofessionalbaseball team, 1909.Died suddenly, frominterstitalnephritis, in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,June 28,1909 (age53 years, 247days).Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.  | Samuel Levis Gracey (1835-1911) — also known asSamuel L. Gracey — of Smyrna,KentCounty, Del.; Pawtucket,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.; Chelsea,SuffolkCounty, Mass.; Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Natick,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September8, 1835.Methodistminister; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.Consul inFoochow, 1890-93, 1897-1911, died in office 1911.Methodist.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died bysuicide,when hecut histhroat with a razor, in the West NewtonSanitarium,West Newton, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August19, 1911 (age75 years, 345days).Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. | | | James Andrew Walker (b. 1878) — also known asJames Walker — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October5, 1878.Republican.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives 21st District, 1917-23;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1930-31.Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
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