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Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

CEMETERY

Official Website:
http://www.thelaurelhillcemetery.org/

Location:
Philadelphia, PA

Founding Date:
1836

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert Adams, Jr.
Politician
26-Feb-1849 1-Jun-1906 Congressman, committed suicide
Charles E. Bohlen
Diplomat
30-Aug-1904 31-Dec-1974 US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57
George Henry Boker
Playwright
6-Oct-1823 2-Jan-1890 Francesca da Rimini
Sarah Josepha Hale
Author
24-Oct-1788 30-Apr-1879 Editor, Godey's Lady's Book
Florence Kelley
Activist
12-Sep-1859 17-Feb-1932 Founder of National Consumers League
William D. Kelley
Government
12-Apr-1814 9-Jan-1890 Powerful 19th century Congressman
Charles Godfrey Leland
Poet
15-Aug-1824 20-Mar-1903 Hans Breitmann's Ballads
George Gordon Meade
Military
31-Dec-1815 6-Nov-1872 Accomplished Union Army general
Boies Penrose
Politician
1-Nov-1860 31-Dec-1921 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921
Samuel Jackson Randall
Politician
10-Oct-1828 13-Apr-1890 Speaker of the US House, 1876-81
David Rittenhouse
Astronomer
8-Apr-1732 26-Jun-1796 Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman
Richard Rush
Diplomat
29-Aug-1780 30-Jul-1859 Negotiated the Rush-Bagot Agreement
Charles Ferguson Smith
Military
24-Apr-1807 25-Apr-1862 Union Army General, died after Shiloh
Thomas Sully
Painter
19-Jul-1783 5-Nov-1872 19th c. American portrait painter
Charles Thomson
Politician
29-Nov-1729 16-Aug-1824 Designed Great Seal of the U.S.
Owen Wister
Author
14-Jul-1860 21-Jul-1938 The Virginian


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