Victor Harry Arnold
Advancements in printing technology in the 1800s enabled newspapers, books, and magazines to print images as well as words. Some artists became engravers so they could transfer drawings and illustrations…
Read MoreJohn Cushing Baker
The patriarch of the Baker family mausoleum, shown above, was John’s father, Daniel Clifton Baker (1805-1849) but his burial location has not been positively identified. He died before Mount Moriah…
Read MoreJohn Hunter
The story behind this man leads to the story behind his mausoleum, which he had built for the benefit of his parents, siblings, and their spouses and children. The building…
Read MorePhilip Lawall
Visitors to Mount Moriah are curious about the lives of those whose remains are located in mausoleums. They’re certainly conspicuous because there are only 14 of them among the hundreds…
Read MoreJoseph Pergolese
The first thing visitors notice when driving through the main entrance to Mount Moriah is the “mid-century modern” Pergolese mausoleum off to the right. It is one of three mausoleums…
Read MoreGeorge Weir Milliken
The purpose of the mausoleum shown above was not to be a boastful display of George’s status or wealth, of which he had neither. His intent was to have it…
Read MoreJames Henry Askin
Everybody knows “you can’t take it with you” and that no hearse has ever pulled a U-Haul trailer. Henry learned that material things are only temporary and a good life…
Read MoreHugh Douglas McLean, M.D.
Hugh was the last child born in a large Irish family and was the only one born after the McLeans left their homeland and settled in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania in…
Read MoreJacob Nathan Hoeflich
Some of the most interesting moments in Jacob’s life were in his first and his last days, although his life turned out to be anything but dull. The last years…
Read MoreThompson Carson
Thompson stepped off a ship onto American soil in New York in the summer of 1857. Less than four years later, while still a citizen of Ireland, he joined the…
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