Solomon Montier
The Montier lineage is a significant part of Solomon’s story as a freeborn African American because it starts with the first mayor of Philadelphia, Humphrey Morrey (1650-1716). He was a…
Read MoreJoseph Sylvester Lame
NOTE: In 2011 Laura M. DiPaolo wrote an exhaustive history of the Methodist Ministers’ burial ground, Section 131 at Mount Moriah. “God’s Forgotten Acre” was published in the Journal of the…
Read MoreAdolph Mehler
Adolph’s native land was Prussia, a powerful monarchy in north central Europe that united with other states in 1871 to form the German Empire. One source says he was a…
Read MoreWilliam H. Gray
The documents that typically chronicle a person’s life story are, for William, lost to history except for his military service. Having a middle initial helped somewhat to distinguish him from…
Read MoreGeorge W. Gile
George was born in Bethlehem, New Hampshire with roots going back six generations to settlers in the 1600s. Besides having ancestors who fought in the American Revolution, his father commanded…
Read MoreJohn Reese Haslett
During the Civil war, a soldier could rise through the ranks as a line officer and become a colonel through a series of promotions, or he could begin his military…
Read MoreJacob Marens Davis
The paper trail for Jacob’s family tree, what little there is, is entangled with another family of the same name. What is known about Jacob’s formative years is that his…
Read MoreAlfred Day
The United States Army in the Civil War was nothing like the well-oiled fighting machine we know today. Its success relied entirely on the recruitment of men from the various…
Read MoreAnthony Hart Reynolds
Anthony was one of four boys who sailed across the Atlantic with his parents from Ireland just before the devastating Irish famine began in the 1840s. He became a naturalized…
Read MoreJoseph Hill Sinex
Joseph was born in Delaware, the third child of Seneca and Sarah Hill Sinex. The surname was not his father’s original name, being a former enslaved person in the Danish…
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