John Brasko
The fourth of five boys, John was one of three in the military and the second in the Army Air Corps. His parents, William and Mary, came to Philadelphia at…
Read MoreFrancis Thomas Murphy
“Frank” Murphy was the seventh of eight children and the youngest of four sons born to John and Margaret. They were both Philadelphia-born, but both of their parents emigrated from…
Read MorePaul Kavcsak
Paul was the last of nine children, born June 12, 1923 to immigrants from what was then called Austria-Hungary. They married in 1902, shortly after their arrival, and were part…
Read MoreJoseph Kavchok
Joseph was one of seven boys and two girls of Eastern European immigrants. His father anglicized his name from Mickial Kavcsak to Michael, but on some records his surname became…
Read MoreHarry Kidder
When Harry was born in Farber, Missouri, the farming community had 272 people, which is more than it does today. He was an only child whose early life was undocumented…
Read MoreKathryn Lufkin Alcorn
Kathryn Lufkin Alcorn was part of an historic change to the U.S. Armed Services during World War I. Beginning in 1917, women who were not nurses could enlist in the…
Read MoreFrank McAnally Wallace
The Wallaces lived their lives in the Irish communities of South Philadelphia. Frank was one of nine children, so living in a large group made it easy for him to…
Read MoreWilliam Reed Hapgood
William Reed Hapgood was his given name but as a child he was Billy and a little later it was Bill. Born in Philadelphia and the only child, he and…
Read MoreWilliam Joseph Lawler
In the fall of 2017 a group of Haverford College students completed a project to research a number of the burials in Mausoleum Hill on the Yeadon side of the…
Read MoreWalter Fry Henrie, Jr.
Walter’s father was a veteran of the first World War (buried in this same plot) and has his own “Notables” story that can be found here. Two of his ancestors…
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