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Thomas Dobson

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Thomas Dobson

Birth
Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Death
9 Mar 1823 (aged 72)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.9351667, Longitude: -75.2371111
Plot
112 58 6 Jones
Memorial ID
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"Jean the wife of Thomas Dobson who died March 7th 1818 aged 66 years
Also Thomas Dobson who departed this life on the 9th of March 1823 in his 73rd year."
Gravestone Inscriptions, First Baptist Church, Phila. Removals to Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Fragments from Old Philadelphia Graveyards, p.32.
Publications of the Historical Society, Vol. 11

# of Permit. Name Date of Interment Sec. Lot. Grave
2672 Dobson, Thomas wife. Feb. 2, 1860 112. 58. 6
From Mt. Moriah Cemetery (62nd & Kingsessing Sts. Phila., Pa.)
1856-June 1869, June 1869-June 1885, Surnames A-Z, Surnames A-M
MFilmXR: 777:1. found at Historical Society of PA.

Dobson printed the first Hebrew Old Testament in North America. His residence and print shop was "at the Stone House, No.41, South Second Street" He was the son of William Dobson and Alice Walker.
"Jean the wife of Thomas Dobson who died March 7th 1818 aged 66 years
Also Thomas Dobson who departed this life on the 9th of March 1823 in his 73rd year."
Gravestone Inscriptions, First Baptist Church, Phila. Removals to Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Fragments from Old Philadelphia Graveyards, p.32.
Publications of the Historical Society, Vol. 11

# of Permit. Name Date of Interment Sec. Lot. Grave
2672 Dobson, Thomas wife. Feb. 2, 1860 112. 58. 6
From Mt. Moriah Cemetery (62nd & Kingsessing Sts. Phila., Pa.)
1856-June 1869, June 1869-June 1885, Surnames A-Z, Surnames A-M
MFilmXR: 777:1. found at Historical Society of PA.

Dobson printed the first Hebrew Old Testament in North America. His residence and print shop was "at the Stone House, No.41, South Second Street" He was the son of William Dobson and Alice Walker.


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  • Created by: Denise
  • Added: Oct 13, 2018
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193963879/thomas-dobson: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas Dobson (6 May 1750–9 Mar 1823), Find a Grave Memorial ID 193963879, citing Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 48812969).