George C. Connell
Each of the officials of Mount Moriah Cemetery Association (the organization that founded Mount Moriah and ran the cemetery until it closed) led noteworthy lives, and through their individual life…
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 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…
Read MoreWilliam “Buck” McCandless
William came to America in 1840 from County Donegal, Ireland but his parents died when he was young so he grew up in his uncle’s family in Philadelphia. He studied…
Read MoreJohn Templin Potts
John’s first name was in honor of his great-great grandfather, John K. Potts, and his middle name is his mother’s maiden name. Although he was born in the central Virginia…
Read MoreClifford P. MacCalla
Son of successful printer and newspaper publisher James Sherron MacCalla and Ruth White Paynter, Clifford graduated from Central High School in 1855, then read law in the office of Francis…
Read MoreIsrael Wilson Durham
Israel W. Durham was born in Philadelphia, the son of Thomas and Jane Norris Durham, both Irish immigrants. The year of his birth has been listed on various documents, including…
Read MoreThomas Kittera
“Like father, like son” is a frquent explanation for how one man’s journey parallels another’s. John Wilkes Kittera and his wife Ann had three children while living in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,…
Read MoreJohn Russell Young
John was the oldest of two boys and two girls born to immigrants from County Tyrone, Ireland. He was born in Downingtown in Chester County but attended public school in…
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