JUDGE JOSEPH HEMPHILL
NOTE: HISTORICAL REPORTS SAY THAT JOSEPH WAS BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY, BUT HIS NAME WAS NOT PUT ON THE MEMORIAL.
SINCE JOSEPH'S HOME IS A HISTORICAL MONUMENT, I ASKED THE BEAVER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR A PICTURE OF HIS HOME TO BE ADDED IN THE PLACE OF A TOMBSTONE ENTRY. The picture is courtesy of the Beaver County Historical Society.
The address of the Hemphill House is 815 Market Street, Bridgewater, Penn.
"The oldest house in Bridgewater is the Joseph Hemphill House of 1818. It is two stories tall, with a symmetrical, five-bay facade facing Market Street. The central entrance indicates that it was built with a center-hall plan, typical of the early residential architecture of western Pennsylvania, while its simplicity and sparceness of design is also representative of this period."
Married: Jane Hayes.
Joseph was the son of Moses Hemphill and Agnes (Sharp) Hemphill.
"Joseph was commissioned as a Judge in Beaver County on 19 Aug 1831. He settled in Beaver in 1796, the year the town was established. His home in Bridgewater is the oldest house in that town still standing. It is at 815 Market Street. Joseph was the Postmaster in 1803 in Beaverton or Beaver Town. The cemetery records say he was born in 1770."
"Joseph Hemphill was born in Northampton county, and became a civil engineer and surveyor. Before the year 1800, he went to Beaver county, Pa., and became one of the commissioners to form Beaver county. He served as associate judge, county treasurer, and county commissioner, and the first surveys and deeds of Beaver county were signed by him. He kept a general store in Beaver county, and was well-known throughout its limits. His death occurred in 1834, at the age of sixty-two, and his wife, who was formerly Jean Hay (or Hayes), died at the age of seventy-seven. They were both buried in Beaver county.
Their children were as follows:
James W.;
Cynthia, who married Dr. Smith Cunningham;
Jane, who married John English;
Nancy, who married Samuel R. Dunlap;
Thomas;
Ellen, who married Alex Scott;
Mary, who married Joseph Moorehead;
Margaret, who married Thomas Cunningham; and
Captain Sharp Hemphill."
"During the first decades of the nineteenth century, one of the most important citizens of Bridgewater was Joseph Hemphill. Hemphill was a prominent individual in the history of Beaver County, a surveyor who served as one of the first officers of the county when it was established in 1800 and who held numerous official posts over the years. Hemphill was also one of the largest landowners in Bridgewater itself, and was responsible for the platting of a substantial portion of the borough in 1818 (which can be taken as the beginning date for the substantial development of Bridgewater in the early nineteenth century). He was the proprietor of an inn at the corner of Bridge and Water Streets, serving both the water-borne traffic on the river and the vehicular traffic on the bridge. Hemphill's own house, the oldest surviving building in Bridgewater, is an example of the early vernacular Greek Revival style, and still stands at 815 Market Street."
Children:
1) Thomas Hemphill m. Caroline Kerr.
2) Ellen Hemphill born abt 1813 in PA. (Married: Alexander Scott.)
3) Capt. Sharp Hemphill
4) Cynthia Hemphill born abt 1808. (Married: Smith Cunningham)
5) Jane Hemphill m. John English.
6) Nancy Hemphill born abt 1797 in Penn. (Married: Samuel Rutherford Dunlap.) They lived in a home located on Upper Market Street, now occupied by the Cupps-Masters Post of the American Legion.
7) Mary Hemphill born abt 1812 in Penn. (Married: James Moorhead.)
8) Margaret Hemphill born abt 1819. (Married: the Honorable Thomas Cunningham.)
9) John W. Cunningham, Sr.
Judge Joseph Hemphill - Historic Strawberry Mansion: https://www.historicstrawberrymansion.org/judge-joseph-hemphill/
"Joseph Hemphill was born on January 17, 1770, in Chester County, now Delaware County.
"He admired Judge Lewis' house on the Schuylkill River and purchased it in 1821, two years after Judge Lewis's death. According to legend, Alexander Hemphill, the eldest son of the Judge and his wife Margaret Coleman Hemphill, is the reason Strawberry Mansion has wings. The story tells us that Alexander built the ballroom to entertain the Philadelphia First City Troop in an effort to be elected to the organization.
"In any case, the two wings were added under Hemphill ownership around 1828 and demonstrate a Greek Revival style that had taken popular precedence over Judge Lewis' earlier Federal style of architecture. Besides the large scrolls atop the exterior, another element of Greek revival style at Strawberry Mansion is the 'egg and dart' molding in the ballroom.
"The Hemphill family enjoyed entertaining. A legend exists that Daniel Webster dined at Historic Strawberry Mansion. Judge Hemphill also belonged to many social clubs and frequently traveled abroad.
"Judge Hemphill was also a lawyer and served in various public offices. One can access his career biography on the Congressional website: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000470].
"In addition to his political pursuits, Judge Hemphill had a stake in William Tucker's Philadelphia porcelain factory from 1832 to 1838. Since the time of production was so short, the objects have acquired great collectability. Strawberry Mansion has quite a few of these wares on display, as does the Philadelphia Museum of Art."
NOTE: HISTORICAL REPORTS SAY THAT JOSEPH WAS BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY, BUT HIS NAME WAS NOT PUT ON THE MEMORIAL.
SINCE JOSEPH'S HOME IS A HISTORICAL MONUMENT, I ASKED THE BEAVER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR A PICTURE OF HIS HOME TO BE ADDED IN THE PLACE OF A TOMBSTONE ENTRY. The picture is courtesy of the Beaver County Historical Society.
The address of the Hemphill House is 815 Market Street, Bridgewater, Penn.
"The oldest house in Bridgewater is the Joseph Hemphill House of 1818. It is two stories tall, with a symmetrical, five-bay facade facing Market Street. The central entrance indicates that it was built with a center-hall plan, typical of the early residential architecture of western Pennsylvania, while its simplicity and sparceness of design is also representative of this period."
Married: Jane Hayes.
Joseph was the son of Moses Hemphill and Agnes (Sharp) Hemphill.
"Joseph was commissioned as a Judge in Beaver County on 19 Aug 1831. He settled in Beaver in 1796, the year the town was established. His home in Bridgewater is the oldest house in that town still standing. It is at 815 Market Street. Joseph was the Postmaster in 1803 in Beaverton or Beaver Town. The cemetery records say he was born in 1770."
"Joseph Hemphill was born in Northampton county, and became a civil engineer and surveyor. Before the year 1800, he went to Beaver county, Pa., and became one of the commissioners to form Beaver county. He served as associate judge, county treasurer, and county commissioner, and the first surveys and deeds of Beaver county were signed by him. He kept a general store in Beaver county, and was well-known throughout its limits. His death occurred in 1834, at the age of sixty-two, and his wife, who was formerly Jean Hay (or Hayes), died at the age of seventy-seven. They were both buried in Beaver county.
Their children were as follows:
James W.;
Cynthia, who married Dr. Smith Cunningham;
Jane, who married John English;
Nancy, who married Samuel R. Dunlap;
Thomas;
Ellen, who married Alex Scott;
Mary, who married Joseph Moorehead;
Margaret, who married Thomas Cunningham; and
Captain Sharp Hemphill."
"During the first decades of the nineteenth century, one of the most important citizens of Bridgewater was Joseph Hemphill. Hemphill was a prominent individual in the history of Beaver County, a surveyor who served as one of the first officers of the county when it was established in 1800 and who held numerous official posts over the years. Hemphill was also one of the largest landowners in Bridgewater itself, and was responsible for the platting of a substantial portion of the borough in 1818 (which can be taken as the beginning date for the substantial development of Bridgewater in the early nineteenth century). He was the proprietor of an inn at the corner of Bridge and Water Streets, serving both the water-borne traffic on the river and the vehicular traffic on the bridge. Hemphill's own house, the oldest surviving building in Bridgewater, is an example of the early vernacular Greek Revival style, and still stands at 815 Market Street."
Children:
1) Thomas Hemphill m. Caroline Kerr.
2) Ellen Hemphill born abt 1813 in PA. (Married: Alexander Scott.)
3) Capt. Sharp Hemphill
4) Cynthia Hemphill born abt 1808. (Married: Smith Cunningham)
5) Jane Hemphill m. John English.
6) Nancy Hemphill born abt 1797 in Penn. (Married: Samuel Rutherford Dunlap.) They lived in a home located on Upper Market Street, now occupied by the Cupps-Masters Post of the American Legion.
7) Mary Hemphill born abt 1812 in Penn. (Married: James Moorhead.)
8) Margaret Hemphill born abt 1819. (Married: the Honorable Thomas Cunningham.)
9) John W. Cunningham, Sr.
Judge Joseph Hemphill - Historic Strawberry Mansion: https://www.historicstrawberrymansion.org/judge-joseph-hemphill/
"Joseph Hemphill was born on January 17, 1770, in Chester County, now Delaware County.
"He admired Judge Lewis' house on the Schuylkill River and purchased it in 1821, two years after Judge Lewis's death. According to legend, Alexander Hemphill, the eldest son of the Judge and his wife Margaret Coleman Hemphill, is the reason Strawberry Mansion has wings. The story tells us that Alexander built the ballroom to entertain the Philadelphia First City Troop in an effort to be elected to the organization.
"In any case, the two wings were added under Hemphill ownership around 1828 and demonstrate a Greek Revival style that had taken popular precedence over Judge Lewis' earlier Federal style of architecture. Besides the large scrolls atop the exterior, another element of Greek revival style at Strawberry Mansion is the 'egg and dart' molding in the ballroom.
"The Hemphill family enjoyed entertaining. A legend exists that Daniel Webster dined at Historic Strawberry Mansion. Judge Hemphill also belonged to many social clubs and frequently traveled abroad.
"Judge Hemphill was also a lawyer and served in various public offices. One can access his career biography on the Congressional website: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000470].
"In addition to his political pursuits, Judge Hemphill had a stake in William Tucker's Philadelphia porcelain factory from 1832 to 1838. Since the time of production was so short, the objects have acquired great collectability. Strawberry Mansion has quite a few of these wares on display, as does the Philadelphia Museum of Art."
JUDGE JOSEPH HEMPHILL
NOTE: HISTORICAL REPORTS SAY THAT JOSEPH WAS BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY, BUT HIS NAME WAS NOT PUT ON THE MEMORIAL.
SINCE JOSEPH'S HOME IS A HISTORICAL MONUMENT, I ASKED THE BEAVER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR A PICTURE OF HIS HOME TO BE ADDED IN THE PLACE OF A TOMBSTONE ENTRY. The picture is courtesy of the Beaver County Historical Society.
The address of the Hemphill House is 815 Market Street, Bridgewater, Penn.
"The oldest house in Bridgewater is the Joseph Hemphill House of 1818. It is two stories tall, with a symmetrical, five-bay facade facing Market Street. The central entrance indicates that it was built with a center-hall plan, typical of the early residential architecture of western Pennsylvania, while its simplicity and sparceness of design is also representative of this period."
Married: Jane Hayes.
Joseph was the son of Moses Hemphill and Agnes (Sharp) Hemphill.
"Joseph was commissioned as a Judge in Beaver County on 19 Aug 1831. He settled in Beaver in 1796, the year the town was established. His home in Bridgewater is the oldest house in that town still standing. It is at 815 Market Street. Joseph was the Postmaster in 1803 in Beaverton or Beaver Town. The cemetery records say he was born in 1770."
"Joseph Hemphill was born in Northampton county, and became a civil engineer and surveyor. Before the year 1800, he went to Beaver county, Pa., and became one of the commissioners to form Beaver county. He served as associate judge, county treasurer, and county commissioner, and the first surveys and deeds of Beaver county were signed by him. He kept a general store in Beaver county, and was well-known throughout its limits. His death occurred in 1834, at the age of sixty-two, and his wife, who was formerly Jean Hay (or Hayes), died at the age of seventy-seven. They were both buried in Beaver county.
Their children were as follows:
James W.;
Cynthia, who married Dr. Smith Cunningham;
Jane, who married John English;
Nancy, who married Samuel R. Dunlap;
Thomas;
Ellen, who married Alex Scott;
Mary, who married Joseph Moorehead;
Margaret, who married Thomas Cunningham; and
Captain Sharp Hemphill."
"During the first decades of the nineteenth century, one of the most important citizens of Bridgewater was Joseph Hemphill. Hemphill was a prominent individual in the history of Beaver County, a surveyor who served as one of the first officers of the county when it was established in 1800 and who held numerous official posts over the years. Hemphill was also one of the largest landowners in Bridgewater itself, and was responsible for the platting of a substantial portion of the borough in 1818 (which can be taken as the beginning date for the substantial development of Bridgewater in the early nineteenth century). He was the proprietor of an inn at the corner of Bridge and Water Streets, serving both the water-borne traffic on the river and the vehicular traffic on the bridge. Hemphill's own house, the oldest surviving building in Bridgewater, is an example of the early vernacular Greek Revival style, and still stands at 815 Market Street."
Children:
1) Thomas Hemphill m. Caroline Kerr.
2) Ellen Hemphill born abt 1813 in PA. (Married: Alexander Scott.)
3) Capt. Sharp Hemphill
4) Cynthia Hemphill born abt 1808. (Married: Smith Cunningham)
5) Jane Hemphill m. John English.
6) Nancy Hemphill born abt 1797 in Penn. (Married: Samuel Rutherford Dunlap.) They lived in a home located on Upper Market Street, now occupied by the Cupps-Masters Post of the American Legion.
7) Mary Hemphill born abt 1812 in Penn. (Married: James Moorhead.)
8) Margaret Hemphill born abt 1819. (Married: the Honorable Thomas Cunningham.)
9) John W. Cunningham, Sr.
Judge Joseph Hemphill - Historic Strawberry Mansion: https://www.historicstrawberrymansion.org/judge-joseph-hemphill/
"Joseph Hemphill was born on January 17, 1770, in Chester County, now Delaware County.
"He admired Judge Lewis' house on the Schuylkill River and purchased it in 1821, two years after Judge Lewis's death. According to legend, Alexander Hemphill, the eldest son of the Judge and his wife Margaret Coleman Hemphill, is the reason Strawberry Mansion has wings. The story tells us that Alexander built the ballroom to entertain the Philadelphia First City Troop in an effort to be elected to the organization.
"In any case, the two wings were added under Hemphill ownership around 1828 and demonstrate a Greek Revival style that had taken popular precedence over Judge Lewis' earlier Federal style of architecture. Besides the large scrolls atop the exterior, another element of Greek revival style at Strawberry Mansion is the 'egg and dart' molding in the ballroom.
"The Hemphill family enjoyed entertaining. A legend exists that Daniel Webster dined at Historic Strawberry Mansion. Judge Hemphill also belonged to many social clubs and frequently traveled abroad.
"Judge Hemphill was also a lawyer and served in various public offices. One can access his career biography on the Congressional website: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000470].
"In addition to his political pursuits, Judge Hemphill had a stake in William Tucker's Philadelphia porcelain factory from 1832 to 1838. Since the time of production was so short, the objects have acquired great collectability. Strawberry Mansion has quite a few of these wares on display, as does the Philadelphia Museum of Art."
NOTE: HISTORICAL REPORTS SAY THAT JOSEPH WAS BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY, BUT HIS NAME WAS NOT PUT ON THE MEMORIAL.
SINCE JOSEPH'S HOME IS A HISTORICAL MONUMENT, I ASKED THE BEAVER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR A PICTURE OF HIS HOME TO BE ADDED IN THE PLACE OF A TOMBSTONE ENTRY. The picture is courtesy of the Beaver County Historical Society.
The address of the Hemphill House is 815 Market Street, Bridgewater, Penn.
"The oldest house in Bridgewater is the Joseph Hemphill House of 1818. It is two stories tall, with a symmetrical, five-bay facade facing Market Street. The central entrance indicates that it was built with a center-hall plan, typical of the early residential architecture of western Pennsylvania, while its simplicity and sparceness of design is also representative of this period."
Married: Jane Hayes.
Joseph was the son of Moses Hemphill and Agnes (Sharp) Hemphill.
"Joseph was commissioned as a Judge in Beaver County on 19 Aug 1831. He settled in Beaver in 1796, the year the town was established. His home in Bridgewater is the oldest house in that town still standing. It is at 815 Market Street. Joseph was the Postmaster in 1803 in Beaverton or Beaver Town. The cemetery records say he was born in 1770."
"Joseph Hemphill was born in Northampton county, and became a civil engineer and surveyor. Before the year 1800, he went to Beaver county, Pa., and became one of the commissioners to form Beaver county. He served as associate judge, county treasurer, and county commissioner, and the first surveys and deeds of Beaver county were signed by him. He kept a general store in Beaver county, and was well-known throughout its limits. His death occurred in 1834, at the age of sixty-two, and his wife, who was formerly Jean Hay (or Hayes), died at the age of seventy-seven. They were both buried in Beaver county.
Their children were as follows:
James W.;
Cynthia, who married Dr. Smith Cunningham;
Jane, who married John English;
Nancy, who married Samuel R. Dunlap;
Thomas;
Ellen, who married Alex Scott;
Mary, who married Joseph Moorehead;
Margaret, who married Thomas Cunningham; and
Captain Sharp Hemphill."
"During the first decades of the nineteenth century, one of the most important citizens of Bridgewater was Joseph Hemphill. Hemphill was a prominent individual in the history of Beaver County, a surveyor who served as one of the first officers of the county when it was established in 1800 and who held numerous official posts over the years. Hemphill was also one of the largest landowners in Bridgewater itself, and was responsible for the platting of a substantial portion of the borough in 1818 (which can be taken as the beginning date for the substantial development of Bridgewater in the early nineteenth century). He was the proprietor of an inn at the corner of Bridge and Water Streets, serving both the water-borne traffic on the river and the vehicular traffic on the bridge. Hemphill's own house, the oldest surviving building in Bridgewater, is an example of the early vernacular Greek Revival style, and still stands at 815 Market Street."
Children:
1) Thomas Hemphill m. Caroline Kerr.
2) Ellen Hemphill born abt 1813 in PA. (Married: Alexander Scott.)
3) Capt. Sharp Hemphill
4) Cynthia Hemphill born abt 1808. (Married: Smith Cunningham)
5) Jane Hemphill m. John English.
6) Nancy Hemphill born abt 1797 in Penn. (Married: Samuel Rutherford Dunlap.) They lived in a home located on Upper Market Street, now occupied by the Cupps-Masters Post of the American Legion.
7) Mary Hemphill born abt 1812 in Penn. (Married: James Moorhead.)
8) Margaret Hemphill born abt 1819. (Married: the Honorable Thomas Cunningham.)
9) John W. Cunningham, Sr.
Judge Joseph Hemphill - Historic Strawberry Mansion: https://www.historicstrawberrymansion.org/judge-joseph-hemphill/
"Joseph Hemphill was born on January 17, 1770, in Chester County, now Delaware County.
"He admired Judge Lewis' house on the Schuylkill River and purchased it in 1821, two years after Judge Lewis's death. According to legend, Alexander Hemphill, the eldest son of the Judge and his wife Margaret Coleman Hemphill, is the reason Strawberry Mansion has wings. The story tells us that Alexander built the ballroom to entertain the Philadelphia First City Troop in an effort to be elected to the organization.
"In any case, the two wings were added under Hemphill ownership around 1828 and demonstrate a Greek Revival style that had taken popular precedence over Judge Lewis' earlier Federal style of architecture. Besides the large scrolls atop the exterior, another element of Greek revival style at Strawberry Mansion is the 'egg and dart' molding in the ballroom.
"The Hemphill family enjoyed entertaining. A legend exists that Daniel Webster dined at Historic Strawberry Mansion. Judge Hemphill also belonged to many social clubs and frequently traveled abroad.
"Judge Hemphill was also a lawyer and served in various public offices. One can access his career biography on the Congressional website: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000470].
"In addition to his political pursuits, Judge Hemphill had a stake in William Tucker's Philadelphia porcelain factory from 1832 to 1838. Since the time of production was so short, the objects have acquired great collectability. Strawberry Mansion has quite a few of these wares on display, as does the Philadelphia Museum of Art."
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