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Hewes, Joseph b. January 23, 1730 d. November 10, 1779
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from North Carolina. Born in Kingston, New Jersey, to a Quaker family, he worked as an apprentice to a Philadelphia merchant. At age 25, he moved to Edenton, North Carolina, where he became a successful merchant. Just days before he was to marry a young woman named Isabella Johnston, she took sick and died. Heartbroken, he would never marry. For the ten years prior to the Revolution, he served in North Carolina’s legislature, and in 1774, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: [unmarked]
Hillegas Jr., Michael b. April 22, 1729 d. September 29, 1804
First Treasurer of the United States. In July of 1775, he was appointed, along with George Clymer, to become joint treasurers of the United Colonies. In August of 1776, Clymer resigned so the Continental Congress appointed him as the lone Continental Treasurer. After the name was changed to the United States in September of 1776, he became the first treasurer of the United States and served the new nation until September 11, 1789. A native of Philadelphia, he was a successful merchant and sugar...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section P, Plot XLI
Hopkinson, Francis b. September 21, 1737 d. May 9, 1791
Declaration of Independence Signer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of 14, he was the first student to enroll in the Philadelphia Academy, and the first to be given a diploma by the College of Philadelphia (now known as the University of Pennsylvania). He studied to become a lawyer, but for many years, did little legal work. More interested in the arts, he preferred to draw pictures, wrote poems, and composed songs. In 1759, he wrote "My Days have been so Wondrous Free," the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Inskeep, John b. January 29, 1757 d. December 18, 1834
Philadelphia Mayor. He served twice as Mayor Of Philadelphia, first from 1800 to 1801, then from 1805 to 1806. He was the President of The Insurance Company of North America 1806 from 1831. (Bio by: Steve Nagrem)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Irvine, James b. August 4, 1735 d. April 28, 1819
Revolutionary War Militia Major General. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of immigrants from Ireland. Trained as a hatter in his youth, he joined the British/American Army in 1760 after the French and Indian war had been raging for a few years. He was assigned to the Battalion commanded by Captain Samuel John Atlee. Serving in the norther frontiers of Pennsylvania, he was promoted to Captain in 1763, and participated in Colonel Henry Bouquet's 1763 punitive expedition into the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section E, Plot IX
Mason, Charles b. 1730 d. 1787
Astronomer and Surveyor. The man who, with Jeremiah Dixon, mapped and marked the Mason-Dixon line. (Bio by: Burri)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
McCall, George Archibald b. March 16, 1802 d. February 26, 1868
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, He graduated from West Point in 1822 and served as Assistant Adjutant-General on the staff of General Gaines. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a Colonel when appointed commander of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps at the rank of Brigadier General in May, 1861. He commanded his corps in the successful victory at Dranesville and at the Battle of Mechanicsville, in June, 1862. During the Peninsula Campaign, he was wounded...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Meredith, William Morris b. June 8, 1799 d. August 17, 1873
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature and served between 1824-1828. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention in 1837. He was named U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern part of Pennsylvania in 1840 as a reward for his lobbying on behalf of William Henry Harrison for President. Meredith failed to be elected Senator from...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Patterson, Walter d. November 5, 1852
US Congressman. A descendant of New York's prominent Livingston family, he was born in Columbia County in the 1780's, studied law and became an attorney in Ancram. Patterson was also a farmer and became involved in several business ventures, including superintending the Ancram Iron Works. Patterson was active in the New York Militia, serving as quartermaster of the 12th Infantry Brigade. In 1818 he served in the New York Assembly, and he was Ancram's Town Supervisor from 1821 to 1823. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section C, Plot XCVI
Pettit, Charles b. 1736 d. September 3, 1806
Continental Congressman. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1770, and began a practice in 1773. He served as New Jersey's Deputy Provincial Secretary from 1769 to 1778, also holding office as Clerk of the Governor's Council, Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Pleas Court, and Surrogate and keeper and register of New Jersey's Provincial records. He became aide to Governor William Franklin in 1771, and in 1776 became New Jersey's Secretary of State and aide to Governor William Livingston...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Physick, Philip Syng b. July 7, 1768 d. December 15, 1837
Physician/Surgeon. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 1768, he was known as, "The Father of American Surgery." He was noted for his work in improving methods for treating fractures, using animal ligatures for sutures that the body then absorbed naturally, and also invented several surgical tools. Physick worked at Pennsylvania Hospital from 1794 to 1816, and at the University of Pennsylvania from 1800 to 1819. (Bio by: K)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Powel, Samuel b. 1738 d. September 29, 1793
Philadelphia Mayor. He served as the Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1775 to 1776, and from 1789 to 1790. He was a casualty of the 1783 Yellow Fever Epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 2,000 Philadelphians. His house still stands as a Historical Landmark at 244 South 3rd Street, between Spruce and Walnut Streets, in Philadelphia. (Bio by: K)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Ross, George b. May 10, 1730 d. July 14, 1779
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania, he was also the uncle of Betsy Ross, who is credited with making the first American Flag. Born in New Castle, Delaware, he studied law and moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he set up a law practice. One of his first clients was Anne Lawler, a pretty young woman that he fell in love with and married in 1751. They would have a daughter and two sons. From 1768 to 1776, he served in the Pennsylvania Assembly, where he often...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Rush, Benjamin b. December 24, 1745 d. April 19, 1813
Declaration of Independence Signer. His father died when he was six, and his mother placed him in the care of his maternal uncle Dr. Finley who became his teacher and advisor for many years. In 1759 he attended the College of Philadelphia, where he attained a Bachelor of Arts degree. He continued his education with a Dr. Redman of Philadelphia for four years. He also attained a B.A. at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and a M.D. at the University of Edinburgh (Physician). He spent...[Read More] (Bio by: K M)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Shaw, John b. 1773 d. September 17, 1823
United States Naval Officer. Born in Ireland, he immigrated to United States, and became merchant marine captain in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On August 3, 1798 he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, and was assigned to served under Commodore Thomas Truxton on board the "USS Montezuma" at the outset of the 1798 to 1800 Quasi-War with France. On October 29, 1799 he was assigned to command the "...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section J, Plot I
Smith, Thomas b. 1745 d. 1809
Continental Congressman. Served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania from 1781 to 1782. Also served as a Delegate to the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention in 1776, Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1776 to 1780, Common Pleas Court Judge in 1791, and Justice of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court from 1794 until his death in 1809. (Bio by: K)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Spurrier, John b. 1746 d. September 29, 1798
Author of the "Practical Farmer" (1793), promoter of agriculture. (Bio by: john hopkins)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: E11
Stockton, Annis b. July 1, 1736 d. February 6, 1801
Poet. One of the most prolific and widely published women writers in 18th Century America, Stockton's poems in the English Neoclassical style remain the best known of her works, which also include a play, and numerous articles written for the leading newspapers and magazines of her day. A friend and correspondent of George Washington, and the wife of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, she was the only woman to be admitted to the American Whig Society, a tribute, in...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Rush Family Plot
Tazewell, Henry b. November 27, 1753 d. January 24, 1799
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Virginia from 1793 until his death in 1799. Also served as a Member of the Virginia State Legislature in 1775, Delegate to the Virginia State Constitutional Convention in 1775, and Justice of the Virginia State Supreme Court in 1785. The County of Tazewell in Virginia, is named in his memory. (Bio by: K)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Truxton, Thomas b. February 17, 1755 d. May 5, 1822
United States Naval Officer. Early American Naval Officer, one of the first six Captains appointed to that rank after the formation of the US Navy. First commanding officer of "USS Constellation". During the Quasi War with France, captured the Frigate "L'Insurgente". (Bio by: Woodhill)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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