John C. Grady
The easternmost city in the continental United States is appropriately named Eastport, Maine, where John was born. His Irish father and Massachusetts-born mother raised four other boys and a girl…
Read MoreJesse Tyson Vogdes
A fitting three-word eulogy for this person would have been “loyal family man.” It would have applied not only to his large biological family but to his strong ties with…
Read MoreMatthew Moore
When Matthew Moore’s family sailed from Ireland to raise a family in America, he was nearly 20 years old. Shortly after settling in Philadelphia in the early 1840s, his mother…
Read MoreJohn Calvin Rutherford
John’s family background is a mystery but his life is a notable one because of his sacrifice in a time of war as a soldier and his work in keeping…
Read MoreElmer William McAlpin
There were seven boys born to Samuel and Louise McAlpin during the first quarter of the 20th century. Their father was born in Scotland and was a coppersmith at the…
Read MoreThomas Patterson
In 1848 the Patterson family escaped the famine in Ireland to find a new life in Philadelphia. George was 40, his wife Sarah was 30, and their boys were William…
Read MoreMarshall Parker
Marshall lived a life of service to both his country and his community, starting with his enlistment in the Army on September 15, 1862. He said he was 25 when…
Read MoreJoseph Sergeant
The Sergeants may have originally used the name Sargent when they lived in Ireland and had six or seven children. After the parents settled in Newark, Delaware in the mid-1850s,…
Read MoreWilliam Charlton
The Charltons, Francis and Mary, arrived in Philadelphia from Ireland in 1838 with an infant daughter, welcoming their first son a year later. That was William, who would later have…
Read MoreSamuel Miles
This man was not considered one of the country’s founding fathers but he could at least be considered a founding “cousin.” While not involved directly as a signer of famous…
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