James Asbury Ogden, M.D., Ph.D.
The Ogdens were among the first families to settle in William Penn’s city of brotherly love. A book published in 1899, “The Quaker Ogdens in America” traced David Ogden’s arrival…
Read MoreLois Esther Christensen, R.N.
She was a newly graduated registered nurse and a recently commissioned officer in the Air Force. Had she lived longer, her tour of duty would have included service in Vietnam.…
Read MoreGabriel DeKorponay
This man’s life is a paradox. He eagerly stepped into military service on numerous occasions but his life’s work was teaching the latest dance steps. Source material for Gabriel’s life…
Read MoreLewis Wood Robinson
Farm living wasn’t the life for Lewis, but it was how he grew up. All that is known of his youth is that his parents were William and Anna and…
Read MoreWilliam Charles Bauman
The Bauman family moved from Philadelphia to a little neighborhood in nearby Delaware County called Lester. That was in 1913, a year after their only son, William (“Bill”) was born. …
Read MoreRobert Paschall
His was the oldest family in West Philadelphia, according to a newspaper account of the late 1800s. His ancestor, Thomas, purchased 500 acres between Cobbs Creek and the Schuylkill River…
Read MoreJames Forten Dunbar
Jim was born in Philadelphia, the fourth and youngest child of a free man of color named William Dunbar. Jim’s mother was Abigail Forten Dunbar, the sister of an African…
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