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George
S. Graham (District Attorney, 1880-99)
Harry
C. Ransley (Sheriff, 1916-20)
Private or family graveyard
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
Unknown Locations
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
- Nicholas Eveleigh (c.1748-1791) — of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C. Colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1781; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1781-82. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 16,
1791. Interment somewhere.
- Freeman P. Hankins (1917-c.1988) — also known as
Freeman Hankins — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917. Son of Oliver Hankins and Anna (Pyles) Hankins;
married, April 20,
1939, to Dorothy Days. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; funeral
director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1967-. Black. Baptist.
Member, NAACP; American
Legion; Amvets; Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
In April, 2000, a Philadelphia branch post office was named for
him. Interment somewhere.
- George Lewis Balcom (1819-1900) — also known as
George L. Balcom — of Cavendish, Windsor
County, Vt.; Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H. Born in Sudbury, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
9, 1819. Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1855-57; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1883-84; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1884;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 7th District, 1889-90. Episcopalian.
Died in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., May 13,
1900. Interment somewhere.
- William E. Wallace (d. 1998) — U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, 1943; Moscow, 1944; Shanghai, 1946; Chungking, 1947; Addis Ababa, 1948. Captured by the Japanese during World War
II; released in a diplomatic prisoner exchange; survived two assassination
attempts in Russia; his Russian wife was taken prisoner by the
Soviets. Died in 1998.
Interment somewhere.
Arch Street Presbyterian Church
Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
- Joseph Reed (1741-1785) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
27, 1741. Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1777; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777. Died March 5,
1785. Interment at Arch Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
- George Bryan (1731-1791) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Dublin, Ireland,
1731.
Merchant;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member of
Pennsylvania
State Council, 1776-79; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1780-91; died in office 1791.
Died January
27, 1791. Interment at Arch Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Baptist Burial Ground on Second
Street
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Nathan Bryan (1748-1798) — of North Carolina. Born
in Craven County (part now in Jones
County), N.C., 1748.
Member of North
Carolina 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. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 4,
1798. Original interment at Baptist Burial Ground on Second
Street; reinterment to unknown location; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
Chelton Hills Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
- Fred Christian Gartner (1896-1972) — also known as
Fred C. Gartner — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 14,
1896. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1933-34; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940 (5th District), 1958 (6th District). Died in Somers Point, Atlantic
County, N.J., September
1, 1972. Interment at Chelton Hills Cemetery.
Christ Church Burial Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1719
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1971
Politicians buried here:
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
17, 1706. Uncle of Franklin
Davenport; great-grandfather of Mary Bache (who married Robert
John Walker) and Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867; physicist).
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S. Minister
to France, 1778-85; President
of Pennsylvania, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society; Freemasons.
Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented
bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $100
bill; from 1948 to 1963, his portrait also appeared on the U.S.
half
dollar (50
cent coin). Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 17,
1790. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. Franklin
counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are
named for him.
- See also Claiborne
family
- See also: congressional
biography; Wikipedia
article; Find-A-Grave
page.
- Books by Benjamin Franklin: The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; An
Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place (1744, out
of print)
- Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W.
Brands, The
First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin; Edmund
S. Morgan, Benjamin
Franklin; Stacy Schiff, A
Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of America;
Gordon S. Wood, The
Americanization of Benjamin Franklin; Walter Isaacson, Benjamin
Franklin : An American Life; Carl Van Doren, Benjamin
Franklin; Philip Dray, Stealing
God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention
of America
- George Ross (1730-1779) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., May 10,
1730. Brother of Gertrude Ross (who married George
Read). Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1779. Died July 14,
1779. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) — of North Carolina. Born
in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
23, 1730. Relative of Thomas
Hewes. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1766-75,
1778-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1774-77, 1779; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1779. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) — of Bordentown, Burlington
County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
21, 1737. Married to the sister-in-law of Thomas
McKean; father of Joseph
Hopkinson. Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in
Pennsylvania, 1779; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787; federal
judge, 1789. Designed the Stars and Stripes. Died May 9,
1791. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- James Wilson (1742-1798) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Carskerdo, Scotland,
September
14, 1742. Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-98. Episcopalian.
Died in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., August
28, 1798. Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Chowan County, N.C.; reinterment in
1906 at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Robert Morris (1734-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Liverpool, England,
January
20, 1734. Father-in-law of James
Markham Marshall; father of Thomas
Morris. Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1785; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95. Episcopalian.
Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process.
Imprisoned
for debt from
February 1798 to August 1801. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10
silver certificate in the 1870s and 1880s. Died in Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1806. Entombed at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Byberry Township (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
24, 1746. Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 19,
1813. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1733.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1792-96. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1800. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Thomas Willing (1731-1821) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1731. Ancestor of James
R. Macfarlane. State court judge in Pennsylvania, 1759; mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1763; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1767; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775. Died January
19, 1821. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Pierce Butler (1744-1822) — of South Carolina. Born
in County Carlow, Ireland,
July
11, 1744. Son of Sir Richard Butler and Henrietta (Percy) Butler;
married 1771
to Mary Middleton. Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-89; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04. Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
15, 1822. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) — of Virginia.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., December
29, 1760. Nephew of George
Mason; son of Thomson
Mason and Mary King (Barnes) Mason (died 1771); married, May 1,
1783, to Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Armistead (1760-1825); brother of
John
Thomson Mason (1765-1824); first cousin once removed of Thomson
Francis Mason and James
Murray Mason; father of John
Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Armistead
Thomson Mason; grandfather of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1811-1843); uncle of John
Thomson Mason, Jr.. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state legislature;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1794-1803; died in office 1803. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 9,
1803. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- James Forbes (c.1731-1780) — of Maryland. Born near
Benedict, Charles
County, Md. State court judge in Maryland, 1770; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1777-80; died in office
1780. Episcopalian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 25,
1780. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Henry Tazewell (1753-1799) — of Virginia. Born in
Virginia, 1753.
Father of Littleton
Waller Tazewell. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1775; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1775; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1785; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1794-99; died in office 1799. Died in 1799.
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. Tazewell County,
Va. is named for him.
- Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) — of Virginia. Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1778; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-85; died in office
1785. Died while attending the Continental
Congress in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
17, 1785. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground. Hardy County,
W.Va. is named for him.
- William Henry Drayton (1742-1779) — of South
Carolina. Born in South Carolina, 1742.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1778-79; died in
office 1779. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
3, 1779. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Samuel John Atlee (1739-1786) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., 1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778; member of
Pennsylvania state legislature, 1782. Died at a session of the
Pennsylvania Assembly
at Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
25, 1786. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Thomas Smith (1745-1809) — of Pennsylvania. Born
near Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
1745.
Delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1776-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1781-82; common pleas
court judge in Pennsylvania, 1791; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1794-1809. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 31,
1809. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Jacob Broom (1752-1810) — of Delaware. Born in 1752.
Father of James
Madison Broom; grandfather of Jacob
Broom (1808-1864). Member of Delaware state legislature, 1784-88;
member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 25,
1810. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Tench Coxe (1755-1824) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 22,
1755. Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1789. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 17,
1824. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- John Cadwalader (1805-1879) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 1,
1805. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1855-57; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1858-79.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
26, 1879. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- John Dennis (1771-1806) — of Worcester
County, Md. Born in Worcester
County, Md., December
17, 1771. Uncle of Littleton
Purnell Dennis; father of John
Dennis (1807-1859); great-great-great-grandfather of King
Valentine Dennis White and Edward
Southey White; great-great-great-great-grandfather of John
Edward White, Arthur
Percy White and Wallace
H. White; great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Edward
Homer White, Jr.. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1793-95; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1797-1805 (8th District 1797-1801,
at-large 1801-05). Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1806.
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Joseph Clay (1769-1811) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 24,
1769. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1803-08. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
27, 1811. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- John Goddard Watmough (1793-1861) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Delaware, 1793.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1831-35. Died in
1861.
Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Michael Woolston Ash (1789-1858) — of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1789. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1835-37. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
14, 1858. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- James Biddle (1783-1848) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
18, 1783. Son of Charles Biddle and Hannah (Shepard) Biddle.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; U.S. Special
Diplomatic Agent to Cuba, 1822. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
1, 1848. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground.
- Charles Biddle (d. 1821) — of Pennsylvania. Secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1787-91; member of Pennsylvania
state senate. Died in 1821.
Entombed at Christ Church Burial Ground.
Eden Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
Emanuel Protestant Episcopal
Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
First Baptist Churchyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Samuel Ward (1725-1776) — of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I. Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 27,
1725. Governor of
Rhode Island, 1762-63, 1765-67; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1774-76; died in
office 1776. Died March 26,
1776. Original interment at First Baptist Churchyard; reinterment
in 1860 at Old
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
- Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
24, 1749. Son of Hannah (Whiting) Ingersoll (1719-1786) and Jared
Ingersoll (1722-1781); first cousin of Jonathan
Ingersoll; married, December
6, 1781, to Elizabeth Pellet; father of Charles
Jared Ingersoll and Joseph
Reed Ingersoll; first cousin once removed of Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles
Anthony Ingersoll; second cousin twice removed of Laman
Ingersoll; first cousin twice removed of Colin
Macrae Ingersoll and Charles
Roberts Ingersoll; great-grandfather of Charles
Edward Ingersoll; first cousin thrice removed of George
Pratt Ingersoll. Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780-81; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1791-1800, 1811-16; U.S.
Attorney for Pennsylvania, 1800-01; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1812; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1821-22. Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
31, 1822. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
- William Shippen (1712-1801) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
1, 1712. Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778. Died November
4, 1801. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Thomas McKean (1734-1817) — of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in New London Township, Chester
County, Pa., March 19,
1734. Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean; married
1763 to Mary
Borden (died 1773); married 1774 to Sarah
Armitage; married to the sister-in-law of Francis
Hopkinson. Lawyer;
member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,
1765-74; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1777-83; President
of Delaware, 1777; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached
by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 24,
1817. Original interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery;
reinterment in 1843 at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
McKean County,
Pa. is named for him.
Free Quaker Burial Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Timothy Matlack (1730-1829) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J., 1730.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1777-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780. Died in
Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 14,
1829. Original interment at Free Quaker Burial Ground;
reinterment in 1905 at a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Pa.
Friends Fair Hill Burying Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
- William Morris Davis (1815-1891) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Keene Valley, Essex
County, N.Y., August
16, 1815. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1861-63. Died in
Keene Valley, Essex
County, N.Y., August 5,
1891. Interment at Friends Fair Hill Burying Ground.
Friends Western Burial Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
Friends' Arch Street Burial Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
Glenwood Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
Ivy Hill Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
Ivy Hill Mausoleum
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
- George Potter Darrow (1859-1943) — also known as
George P. Darrow — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Waterford, New London
County, Conn., February
4, 1859. Son of Edmund Darrow and Elizabeth (Potter) Darrow;
married, February
8, 1887, to Sarah Johnson (died 1888); married, September
16, 1897, to Elizabeth Shore. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-37, 1939-41 (6th District
1915-23, 7th District 1923-37, 1939-41). Baptist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 7,
1943. Interment at Ivy Hill Mausoleum.
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1836
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1977
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Richard Rush (1780-1859) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
29, 1780. Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1811; U.S.
Attorney General, 1814-17; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1817-25; France, 1847-49; received one electoral vote for
Vice-President, 1820;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1825-29; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1828. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1859. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Samuel Jackson Randall (1828-1890) — also known as
Samuel J. Randall — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, October
10, 1828. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1863-90 (1st District 1863-75,
3rd District 1875-90); died in office 1890; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1876-81; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1880,
1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 13,
1890. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Thomas McKean (1734-1817) — of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in New London Township, Chester
County, Pa., March 19,
1734. Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean; married
1763 to Mary
Borden (died 1773); married 1774 to Sarah
Armitage; married to the sister-in-law of Francis
Hopkinson. Lawyer;
member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware,
1765-74; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1777-83; President
of Delaware, 1777; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached
by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 24,
1817. Original interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment in 1843 at Laurel Hill
Cemetery. McKean County,
Pa. is named for him.
- Henry Dilworth Gilpin (1801-1860) — also known as
Henry D. Gilpin — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Lancaster, England,
April
14, 1801. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1831-37; U.S.
Attorney General, 1840-41. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
29, 1860. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Robert Taylor Conrad (1810-1858) — of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 10,
1810. Son-in-law of Thomas
Kittera. Whig. Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1854-56. Author of
poems and plays. Died, of apoplexy (stroke),
June
17, 1858. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Richard Vaux (1816-1895) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1816.
Democrat. Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1856-58; defeated, 1854, 1858; member of
Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1890-91. Died in
1895.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Edwin Henry Fitler (c.1825-1896) — also known as
Edwin H. Fitler — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Republican. Cordage
business; Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1876;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1887-91; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1888.
Died near Philadelphia (unknown
county), Pa., May 31,
1896. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Samuel George King (1816-1899) — also known as
Samuel King — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in 1816.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1881-84; defeated, 1884. Died in 1899.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- John Edgar Reyburn (1845-1914) — also known as
John E. Reyburn — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Ohio, 1845.
Father of William
Stuart Reyburn. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state
legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1890-97, 1906-07 (4th District
1890-97, 2nd District 1906-07); Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania, 1904;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1907-11. Died in 1914.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- John Sergeant (1779-1852) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, December
5, 1779. Son of Jonathan
Dickinson Sergeant; grandfather of Richard
Alsop Wise and John
Sergeant Wise; great-grandfather of John
Crain Kunkel. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-23, 1827-29, 1837-41 (1st
District 1815-23, 2nd District 1827-29, 1837-41); National Republican
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1832. Died November
23, 1852. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Boies Penrose (1860-1921) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
1, 1860. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1884-86; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1886-97; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921; died in office 1921;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1916,
1920;
member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1904-21. Died December
31, 1921. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery; statue erected 1930
at Capitol
Park, Harrisburg, Pa.
- Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 16,
1815. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1843-45, 1857-61 (1st District
1843-45, 2nd District 1857-61); U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1850-53; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1861-70. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1881. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793) — Born in
Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1746.
Father of John
Sergeant; great-great-grandfather of John
Crain Kunkel. Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1777. Died October
8, 1793. Original interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard; reinterment in 1878 at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- John Robbins, Jr. (1808-1880) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1808.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-55, 1875-77 (4th District
1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55, 5th District 1875-77); candidate for
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1860. Died in 1880.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Alexander Cummings (1810-1879) — also known as
"Old Straw Hat" — of Colorado. Born in
Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., November
17, 1810. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Colorado Territory, 1865-67. Died in Ottawa, Ontario,
July
16, 1879. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Robert Adams, Jr. (1849-1906) — also known as
Bertie Adams — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
26, 1849. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1883-86; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1893-1906; died in
office 1906; Drafted and introduced the declaration of war against
Spain in 1898. Author of act declaring war on Spain, 1898. Despondent
over heavy losses in stock speculation and the prospect of defeat at
the polls, he shot
himself with a pistol, in his rooms at the Metropolitan Club, and
died soon after in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 1,
1906. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Henry Harrison Bingham (1841-1912) — also known as
Henry H. Bingham — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
4, 1841. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872,
1876,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1879-1912; died in
office 1912. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi. Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Died
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 22,
1912. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Bingham County,
Idaho is named for him.
- Persifor Frazer Smith (1798-1858) — also known as
Persifor F. Smith — Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
16, 1798. Married, April 18,
1854, to Ann M. Millard. General in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; Military
Governor of California. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., May 17,
1858. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Thornburg Township, Chester
County, Pa., January
17, 1770. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1797; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1801-03, 1819-26, 1829-31 (3rd
District 1801-03, 1st District 1819-23, 2nd District 1823-26, 3rd
District 1829-31). Died May 29,
1842. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- William Darrah Kelley (1814-1890) — also known as
William D. Kelley; "Pig-Iron Kelley" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 12,
1814. Republican. State court judge in Pennsylvania, 1846;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1861-90; died in
office 1890; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,
1868.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1890. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Robert Hermann Foerderer (1860-1903) — of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Frankenhausen, Germany,
May
16, 1860. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-03 (at-large 1901-03, 4th
District 1903); died in office 1903. Died in Torresdale,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 26,
1903. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- William Drayton (1776-1846) — of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., December
30, 1776. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1825-33. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 24,
1846. 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 District
1855-57, 4th District 1859-61). Died in 1871.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Charles Brown (1797-1883) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Dover, Kent
County, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
23, 1797. Son-in-law of Francis
Rawn Shunk; father of Francis
Shunk Brown; grandfather of Francis
Shunk Brown, Jr.. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1830-33; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1834; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1838-41; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-43, 1847-49 (1st District
1841-43, 3rd District 1847-49). Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
4, 1883. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- John Kintzing Kane (1795-1858) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 16,
1795. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-25; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1845-46; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1846.
Died February
21, 1858. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Lewis Charles Levin (1808-1860) — also known as
Lewis C. Levin — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
10, 1808. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1845-51. Jewish.
Died March 14,
1860. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- George Washington Toland (1796-1869) — also known as
George W. Toland — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1796.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1837-43. Died in
1869.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Joel Cook (1842-1910) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 20,
1842. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1907-10; died in
office 1910. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1910. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- George Deardorff McCreary (1846-1915) — also known
as George D. McCreary — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in York Springs, Adams
County, Pa., September
28, 1846. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1903-13. Died July 20,
1915. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Charles Naylor (1806-1872) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
6, 1806. Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1837-41; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
24, 1872. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- James Harper (1780-1873) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Ireland,
March
28, 1780. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1833-37. Died March 31,
1873. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Job Roberts Tyson (1803-1858) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1803.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1855-57. Died in
1858.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- George Nicholas Eckert (1802-1865) — of
Pennsylvania. Born in Womelsdorf, Berks
County, Pa., July 4,
1802. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1847-49. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 28,
1865. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Owen Jones (1819-1878) — of Pennsylvania. Born near
Ardmore, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
29, 1819. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1857-59; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860.
Died December
25, 1878. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (1838-1903) — of
Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1838.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1881-83. Died in
1903.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Frederick Halterman (1831-1907) — of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Germany,
October
22, 1831. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1895-97. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 22,
1907. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 8,
1732. Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1777-89. Member, American
Philosophical Society. Astronomer, mathematician, financier,
clockmaker, surveyor, first
director of the U.S. Mint. Died in Pennsylvania, June 26,
1796. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at
Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- William Stuart Reyburn (1882-1946) — of
Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1882.
Son of John
Edgar Reyburn. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state
legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1911-13. Died in
1946.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- John Moffet (1831-1884) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Ireland,
April
5, 1831. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1869. Died June 19,
1884. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- William Henry Kemble (d. 1891) — also known as
William H. Kemble — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Republican. Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1865-68; member of Republican
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1868-. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
26, 1891. Entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- George Dawson Coleman (1825-1878) — also known as
G. Dawson Coleman — of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
13, 1825. Father of B.
Dawson Coleman. Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate. Died September
9, 1878. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Helen Murphy (1860-1940) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in 1860.
Daughter of James Murphy (1818-1894) and Susan Bispham (Roe) Murphy
(1827-1905). Socialist. Physician;
oculist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1922, 1928;
candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1932. Female.
Died November
9, 1940. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- Lawrence Seckel (1747-1823) — of Pennsylvania. Born
May
11, 1747. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1789-90. Died
March
6, 1823. Original interment at St. John's
Churchyard; reinterment in 1924 at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- B. Dawson Coleman — of Lebanon, Lebanon
County, Pa. Son of George
Dawson Coleman. Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904,
1916,
1924.
Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Logan Graveyard in Stenton Park
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
Monument Cemetery (now gone)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Henry Dunning Moore (1817-1887) — also known as
Henry D. Moore — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in New York, 1817.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1849-53;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1856; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860;
Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1861-63, 1864-65. Died in 1887.
Original interment at Monument Cemetery; reinterment in 1956 at Lawnview
Cemetery, Rockledge, Pa.
- Thomas Birch Florence (1812-1875) — of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1812.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1851-61. Died in
1875.
Original interment at Monument Cemetery; reinterment in 1956 at Lawnview
Cemetery, Rockledge, Pa.
- John Hull Campbell (1800-1868) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in York, York
County, Pa., October
10, 1800. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1845-47. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
19, 1868. Original interment at Monument Cemetery; reinterment in
1956 at Lawnview
Cemetery, Rockledge, Pa.
- James Landy (1813-1875) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
13, 1813. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1857-59. Died July 25,
1875. Original interment at Monument Cemetery; reinterment in
1956 at Lawnview
Cemetery, Rockledge, Pa.
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Alfred E. Burk (1864-1921) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
5, 1864. Brother of Henry
Burk and Charles
D. Burk. Republican. Leather
business; with his brother Louis, developed and owned the Garden
Pier in Atlantic City, N.J.; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1921. Original interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery; re-entombed in
1939 in mausoleum at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
New Cathedral Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians buried here:
New Market Street Baptist Church
Graveyard
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Politicians formerly buried here:
