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 TO AND THROUGH 
 
 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, 
 
 WITH A GLANCE 
 
 AT CELEBRATED TOMBS AND BURYING - PLACES, ANCIENT AND 
 
 MODERN— AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CEMETERIES 
 
 OF PHILADELPHIA— AN ESSAY ON MONUMENTAL 
 
 ARCHITECTURE, AND 
 
 A TOUR UP THE SCHUYLKILL. 
 
 BY R . A. SMITH. 
 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
 FOR SALE BY WILLIS P. HAZARD 
 PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER, 
 
 No. 178 CHESTNUT STREET. 
 18 5 2. 
 
 

 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by 
 
 R. A. SMITH, 
 
 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of 
 
 Pennsylvania. 
 
 Stereotyped by S l o t e & Mooney, Philadelphia. 
 T. K. & P. Q. Collins, Printers. 
 
OUR OBJECT 
 
 In preparing the present work has been to render it in 
 every respect worthy of the name it bears. To accomplish 
 this purpose we have used our most earnest endeavours. 
 
 The descriptive detail conducts the visitor in a systematic 
 manner, through every section, to every lot, and to every 
 object of interest in both North and South Laurel Hill 
 Cemeteries, pointing out the beauties and merits of the 
 many scenes and works of art with which they abound. 
 
 The illustrations, both numerous and highly finished, 
 were principally executed by Louderback and Hoffman, from 
 designs by Devereux and Brightly, artists thoroughly known 
 to the public. We feel warranted in asserting that some 
 of these illustrations, are, perhaps, the finest specimens of 
 wood engraving yet produced in the United States. In this 
 department no expense has been spared to give a distinguished 
 rank to the " Illustrated Guide/' that it might be acceptable 
 to readers of taste and judgment, whose commendations are 
 alone valuable, and whose patronage is the best proof of 
 merit. 
 
 The typography and binding are such as to secure the 
 
 work a place on each centre table. 
 
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11 OUR OBJECT. 
 
 With these few remarks " The Illustrated Guide to and 
 through Laurel Hill Cemetery" is submitted to the public. 
 That the work should prove of interest to citizens taking 
 a laudable pride in all that tends to render Philadelphia 
 attractive, to the lot-holders, who have a deeper and more 
 tender interest connecting them with it, and to the stranger, 
 who desires to carry away some memento of his visit to 
 one of the loveliest places of the kind in the world, was 
 the aim, and is the desire of 
 
 THE EDITOR. 
 
€ o n 1 1 n t b. 
 
 CHAPTER FIRST. 
 
 A Glance at Celebrated Burial Places, Ancient and Modern, . . 7 
 
 CHAPTER SECOND. 
 Historical Sketch of the Cemeteries of Philadelphia, ... 29 
 
 CHAPTER THIRD. 
 Laurel Hill Cemetery — its Situation — Mode of Access — Institution 
 and Improvements — embracing a Tour up the Schuylkill River, 31 
 
 CHAPTER FO URTH. 
 
 Description and Historical Sketch of Thorn's Statues of Old Mortality, 
 His Poney, and Sir Walter Scott — Directions to the Visitor — How 
 to Proceed through the Grounds — Sections N, 0, and R, . . 39 
 
 CHAPTER FIFTH. 
 
 Tour through Section G, with Descriptions of its Tombs and Monu- 
 ments, accompanied with Biographical Sketches, ... 53 
 
 CHAPTER SIXTH. 
 Sections P, S, and H, 80 
 
 CHAPTER SEVENTH. 
 Sections I, L, and M, 91 
 
 CHAPTER EIG HTH. 
 Section A, B, C, D, E, and F, 114 
 
 CHAPTER NINTH. 
 
 South Laurel Hill — its Situation — General Divisions — and Principal 
 
 Monuments, 119 
 
 CHAPTER TENTH. 
 
 Historical Sketch of Monumental Architecture, from the Earliest 
 Periods — its Introduction into and Present State in this Country — 
 with a Glance at Ornamental Iron Work, and its Application to 
 Sepulchral Memorials, and to General Purposes, Domestic and 
 
 Public, 123 
 
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I i 1 of 1 1 1 ii 1 r a t i o n b 
 
 DESIGNED BY 
 
 ENGRAVED BY 
 
 Map of Laurel Hill Cemetery, North Section. 
 
 Laurel Hill Landing. 
 
 Initial Letter. 
 
 Pere la Chaise Cemetery. 
 
 Turkish Cemetery. 
 
 Burial Place in the Island of Java. 
 
 The Vale of Tombs. 
 
 Swedes Church Yard. 
 
 Tomb in French style. 
 
 Monument Cemetery. 
 
 Odd-Fellows' Cemetery. 
 
 Exchange. 
 
 Penn Iron Building. 
 
 Vandyke's Building. 
 
 Jayne's Building. 
 
 Eagle Hotel. 
 
 Cowperthwait's Building. 
 
 Moore's Cottage. 
 
 Village at Falls of Schuylkill. 
 
 Laurel Hill Entrance. 
 
 Old Mortality. 
 
 Monument of Thomas Godfrey. 
 
 Grave of David W. Gihon. 
 
 Tomb of Comodore Hull. 
 
 " " Thomas McKean. 
 
 " " General Mercer. 
 
 Devereux. Louderback & Hoffman. 
 Brightly. " " 
 
 Gihon. 
 
 Gihon. 
 
 Brightly. 
 
 Louderback & Hoffman. 
 
 " 
 
 Telfer. 
 
 " 
 
 Brightly. 
 
 Clarkson. 
 
 Clarkson. 
 
 Brightly. 
 
 Brightly. 
 
 Telfer. 
 
 Telfer. 
 
 Brightly. 
 
 « 
 
 " 
 
 Brightly. 
 
 " 
 
 Telfer. 
 
 Gihon. 
 
 Gihon. 
 
 Brightly. 
 
 Louderback & Hoffman. 
 
 Elliott. 
 
 Gihon. 
 
 Brightly. Louderback & Hoffman. 
 
 Monument of Stephen Decatur Lavalette, U. 
 
 " " Charles Thompson. 
 
 " " Joseph C. Neal. 
 
 " " William Young Birch. 
 
 " " Julius R. Friedlander 
 
 View in Section G. 
 
 N. Clarkson. Clarkson. 
 
 Brightly. Louderback & Hoffman. 
 
 Devereux. Louderback & Hoffman. 
 
 The Coleman Monument. 
 View in Section I. 
 The Manderson Monument. 
 View in South Laurel Hill. 
 The Townsend Monument. 
 The Harrison " 
 
 Elliot. Gihon. 
 
 Devereux. Louderback & Hoffman. 
 
 Brightly. " 
 
 Devereux. " 
 
 Brightly. 
 
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LATJUEL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 & ilanrr at Imlnl ana 3Bnta burial-plans. 
 
 HE earliest places of in- 
 terment on record appear 
 to have been in caves, na- 
 tural or artificial. Thus, 
 we find Abraham purchas- 
 ing from the children of 
 Heth the cave of Mac- 
 phelah, as a burying-place 
 for his beloved wife, Sa- 
 rah — the touching account 
 of which transaction is 
 found in the twenty-third 
 chapter of Genesis. This 
 cave was, no doubt, a na- 
 
8 A GLANCE AT 
 
 tural one, for many such abound in Palestine, where 
 the sacred writer places it — a country richly diversified 
 with hill and dale ; though it was a common practice, and 
 we have many evidences of the fact, to excavate 
 tombs, both in this and the surrounding countries, 
 out of the solid rock. The tomb of Joseph of 
 Arimathea, the Evangelist relates, was " a new one, 
 hewn out of the rock." Throughout Greece, how- 
 ever, they were dug in the earth. 
 
 These sepulchres were at first very simple, and 
 mostly without ornament; but those of later ages 
 were adorned with no less care and art than the 
 houses of the living, and it was a common practice 
 for the bereaved to retire to their solitude, and 
 lament for days and nights together. 
 
 Kings and distinguished men were anciently buried 
 on or near mountains. Upon Mount Hor Aaron 
 died, and there he was buried by his brother. Upon 
 Mount Nebo Moses cast his eyes over the goodly 
 prospect of the promised land, and took his last 
 farewell of the tribes he had successfully guided 
 from "the house of bondage," and then departed. 
 In the bosom of a secluded valley, overshadowed 
 by Pisgah's frowning cliffs, he was buried. Upon 
 Mount Ephraim the people of Israel interred the 
 remains of Joshua, "the servant of the Lord." Aven- 
 tinus Sylvius was buried upon the hill which yet 
 bears his name, and Virgil relates, that 
 
 A tomb beneath a mighty mound they raised 
 For King Dercennus. 
 
 This manner of interring illustrious men, was un- 
 doubtedly the origin of those immense mounds and 
 
ANCIENT AND MODERN BURIAL-PLACES. 9 
 
 pyramids, which yet remain, in many parts of the 
 earth, the astonishment and wonder of mankind. 
 
 The burial places attached to the cities of anti- 
 quity were always situated at some distance from 
 the walls, and generally by the highways. Various 
 reasons have been assigned for this custom, one of 
 which was, that they might remind the traveller of 
 his mortality ; another, that they might incite the 
 citizens to encounter any danger, rather than let 
 an enemy approach their walls, and despoil the tombs 
 of their forefathers. Though the people of the most 
 barbarous nations cherished the graves of their dead 
 with a religious veneration, yet these suppositions 
 appear to us more poetical than otherwise ; the more 
 plausible object we think, was to preserve the health 
 of the citizens, by removing from the vicinity of the 
 living that which all communities know to be a 
 fruitful source of disease. 
 
 Egypt surpasses all other nations, either ancient 
 or modern, in the magnificence and grandeur of her 
 monuments and tombs. Among these the Pyramids 
 are particularly worthy of remark, for their magni- 
 tude and solidity. Her rock-tombs, especially the 
 Necropolis of ancient Thebes, are no less astonishing. 
 Within these splendid charnel-houses the remains of 
 many are yet to be found, who lived 
 
 "When Moses, with his sacred rod, 
 Shook o'er that guilty land the plagues of God ;" 
 
 when Thebes was renowned for arts and arms, and 
 when those who desired knowledge came to her schools 
 from the most distant climes. 
 
 The rock-tombs of Persepolis are also worthy of 
 
10 A GLANCE AT 
 
 remark, for splendor of decoration and elegance of 
 execution. These sepulchres, like those of Egypt, 
 were hewn out of the solid rock. They were con- 
 structed for the kings and princes of Persia. Many 
 of these tombs remain yet, in a good state of pre- 
 servation. The principal cemetery of ancient Athens, 
 situated on "the sacred way," at some distance from 
 the city, was celebrated for its tombs, mausoleums, 
 and monuments. These memorials were constructed 
 principally of pure white marble, or alabaster, and 
 were adorned and executed in the most costly manner. 
 They frequently contained inscriptions in verse, de- 
 claring the history, virtues, and whatever was re- 
 markable in the life or character of the departed. 
 Other cities of Greece would not, however, permit 
 any such inscriptions. Lycurgus would by no means 
 allow of " talkative grave-stones" among the Spar- 
 tans, not suffering even the name to be recorded on 
 them, except the names of such as were distinguished 
 in the public service. This cemetery of Athens was 
 beautifully shaded with trees and shrubs, which, with 
 the pleasing custom of decorating the tombs with 
 the choicest flowers at stated periods, much enhanced 
 its picturesque appearance. Garlands of ribbons and 
 flowers were at all times to be seen hanging on the 
 pillars, or lying on the graves — sweet mementos to 
 the departed. 
 
 The ancient Romans, who borrowed many of their 
 customs from the Grecians, would by no means per- 
 mit of interments within the city. The places ap- 
 pointed for this purpose were of two kinds, viz. : 
 private and public — the first being usually in gardens 
 belonging to private families. 
 
ANCIENT AND MODERN BURIAL-PLACES. 11 
 
 Public burying-places consisted again of two kinds — 
 those allotted for the use of the poor, and those for 
 any who had distinguished themselves in the service of 
 the State. The place of interment for the common citi- 
 zens was the Punticula, situated without the Esquilian 
 gate, an extensive tract of ground that was for a long 
 period used for this purpose alone. 
 
 The public place of sepulchre for distinguished per- 
 sons was the Campus Martius. The honour of burial 
 here, however, could only be obtained by a decree of the 
 Senate, and was, therefore, seldom conferred on any but 
 men of the highest distinction and merit. 
 
 In the history of the early Christian church this prac- 
 tice of burying without the city gates was still sanc- 
 tioned ; for St. Chrysostom says the cemeteries were 
 placed outside the city gates, and that they were not per- 
 mitted in Rome, or other cities. 
 
 Interments in churches, or church-yards, are, compara- 
 tively, of modern origin. The practice was first intro- 
 duced by the erection of shrines over the remains of 
 supposed martyrs, which engendered a desire in the 
 living to be laid near them when dead. This feeling, 
 together with various absurd superstitions which pre- 
 vailed during the third and fourth centuries, caused, 
 about that time, burials in church-yards to become com- 
 mon. The first encroachment on the building itself was 
 made in favour of Constantine the Great, who was in- 
 terred in the outer porch of the Church of the Holy 
 Apostles, in Constantinople, founded by himself. His 
 son deemed it sufficient honour to lay his father's bones 
 even in the porch of the " Fishermen's Temple." This 
 first step taken, it has ever since been a continued 
 struggle between the claims of rank and power, wealth 
 
12 A GLANCE AT 
 
 and superstition, self-interest and covetousness, mingled 
 with feelings of saintly piety, until the very churches, 
 particularly in Europe, have become charnel-houses. 
 Several councils, to their credit be it said, promulgated 
 canons in strong condemnation of the evil, the earliest 
 of which appears to have been that of Prague, in 563. 
 By this time, however, the practice had become profit- 
 able, and those interested took care that the superstition 
 should lose no strength, and so the reiterated fulmina- 
 tions of the ecclesiastical councils were unavailing. 
 
 Among the most noted churches in this respect, West- 
 minster Abbey stands pre-eminent. This building is 
 one of the most interesting edifices, not only in the 
 British Empire, but in the world, as containing within 
 its walls the remains of a long line of princes and nobles, 
 together with those of a host of men illustrious for their 
 learning, piety, courage, and virtue. The early history 
 of this vast and beautiful structure, this repository of 
 human grandeur and glory, is lost in the mists and 
 fables of antiquity, so that it is in vain to search for any 
 authentic or satisfactory data, whereon to establish it 
 with any plausible degree of historical certainty. The 
 most rational conjecture on the subject is, that the 
 foundation of the church took place some time between 
 the years 730 and 740. To the piety of Edward the 
 Confessor it is indebted for its first display of architec- 
 tural beauty and magnificence, though subsequently en- 
 larged, improved, and adorned by his successors. 
 
 The monuments, which add so much by their solemn 
 grandeur to the interior, form the most interesting fea- 
 ture in this imposing temple. Henry the Seventh's 
 tomb, to contain which that portion of the Abbey known 
 as Henry the Seventh's chapel was built, is said to be 
 
ANCIENT AND MODERN BURIAL-PLACES. 13 
 
 one of the most magnificent memorials ever erected to 
 departed greatness. The tomb of Queen Elizabeth is 
 likewise a superb monument, while that to her beautiful 
 and accomplished, but unfortunate rival, Mary, Queen 
 of Scotland, is scarcely less costly and elegant. 
 
 The memorials, however, to which the travellers of all 
 nations bend their steps, are those of the men whose 
 fame has become the" property of mankind. Among 
 these, that to Sir Isaac Newton forms a beautiful and 
 prominent object among the countless numbers around. 
 Here, too, is the tribute to Dr. Watts, whose spiritual 
 songs will long embalm his memory in the hearts of ad- 
 miring Christians. The tombs of William Shakespeare, 
 James Thompson, Gray, Cowley, and Addison, are beau- 
 tiful testimonials to those distinguished poets. Indeed, 
 in inspecting this "church of the dead," it appears as if 
 England had enshrined within its walls all her greatest 
 and most illustrious sons, as examples for imitation to 
 succeeding ages. Had she confined the use of this 
 temple to that purpose alone, it would in many respects 
 be worthy of commendation ; but, alas for human vanity ! 
 here repose the remains, and here are enshrined the 
 names, of many whose memories should have been buried 
 in oblivion. Canterbury Cathedral, Beaucamp Chapel, 
 Salisbury Cathedral, Rochester Cathedral, and many 
 others in Great Britain, are each and all stately mauso- 
 leums for the dead. 
 
 Burying in churches and church-yards was first intro- 
 duced into England by Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury, about the year 758. Vaults were first used by 
 Lefranc, another Archbishop of the same Episcopal See, 
 in 1075. During this period it was the custom to pre- 
 serve the bodies of persons of wealth and rank in salt, 
 
14 A GLANCE AT 
 
 and encase them in hides or leather. Henry the First 
 was honoured with such an embalming. 
 
 The churches of Notre Dame, Saint Dennis, St. Eti- 
 enne de Mont, and the Pantheon in Paris, are also cele- 
 brated for their tombs, and their memorials to departed 
 greatness and worth. The Pantheon in particular was 
 dedicated by a grateful country to its illustrious sons. 
 Within its walls lie the ashes of Voltaire, Rosseau, Le- 
 grange the mathematician, Marshal Lannes, together 
 with numerous others renowned in the history of Europe 
 for arts or arms. The amiable Pascal — who does not 
 love the memory of Pascal ? — the poet Racine, the 
 painter Le Sueurr, and the botanist Tournfort, repose in 
 Saint Etienne de Mont. 
 
 The Cathedral of Toledo is celebrated as the burial- 
 place of the ancient sovereigns of Spain. In that of 
 Seville are the tombs of Alfonso the Wise, and his 
 queen, Beatrice. In the Monastery of St. Pedro de 
 Cerdena the remains of the Cid Campeador, of heroic 
 memory, whose life and marvellous adventures have 
 afforded romancers an endless theme, were deposited. 
 On the suppression of convents and monasteries in 
 Spain, his ashes, together with those of his wife, Dona 
 Ximena, were exhumed and deposited in an urn, and 
 conveyed to the city of Burgos, where we believe they 
 still remain. 
 
 In the Cathedral of Grenada lie the remains of Fer- 
 dinand and Isabella, renowned as two of the most en- 
 lightened sovereigns of their age. Of all the splendid 
 sepulchres in Europe, few surpass in extent or regal 
 magnificence the Pantheon of the Escurial. This char- 
 nel-house, built after the plan of the Pantheon of 
 
ANCIENT AND MODERN BURIAL-PLACES. 15 
 
 Agrippa at Rome, was constructed for the purpose of 
 receiving the ashes of the kings and queens of Spain. 
 
 In the Campo de San Carlos, situated in the upper 
 part of the town of Corunna, repose the remains of Sir 
 John Moore. They were first interred on the ramparts, 
 but were subsequently removed to their present resting- 
 place. The English government have erected a monu- 
 ment to the memory of this brave soldier and good man. 
 
 The Church of Belem, a Gothic edifice, is eminently 
 endowed with influences that are favourable to solemn 
 impressions, gloom, and grandeur. One object of the 
 foundation of this majestic pile, was to provide a suitable 
 place of burial for the sovereigns of Portugal, and for 
 long centuries it has been the gorgeous receptacle of the 
 ashes of royalty. 
 
 The sacred grottos beneath the cathedral Church of 
 St. Peter, at Rome, are among the most celebrated 
 places of sepulture in the world. 
 
 These grottos are an extensive range of vaults, or 
 subterranean galleries, running in various directions 
 under that vast and magnificent building. Tradition 
 states that they are the remains of a church which Con- 
 stantine the Great erected on the site of the Circus, in 
 which St. Peter, together with a host of his fellow Chris- 
 tians, suffered martyrdom under the monster Nero. 
 
 Here, it is said, lie the mortal remains of Saints Peter, 
 Paul, Simon, Jude, Mark, and Luke, and a numerous 
 body of martyrs, confessors, popes, patriarchs, bishops, 
 emperors, kings, princes, and distinguished warriors of 
 the Church. 
 
 In the Pantheon — the temple of all the gods — now 
 the Church of the Rotunda, sleeps, till the last trump 
 shall wake the dead, the divine Raphael, known over the 
 
16 A GLANCE AT 
 
 world. And in the Church of St. Onuphreo, all that is 
 mortal of Torquata Tasso repose. Indeed, there is 
 scarcely a church in Rome and its precincts but has 
 tombs that recall many illustrious and well-known names. 
 
 The Church of the Holy Cross, at Florence, is a glo- 
 rious sanctuary, wherein the remains of the most brilliant 
 masters of poetry, philosophy, art and science, literature 
 and politics, repose. Genius and Religion have a com- 
 mon temple on this sacred site. Ye solemn Cathedrals, 
 charnel-houses for kings, princes, and nobles, what in- 
 terest do ye excite comparable to that inspired by a visit 
 to the Church of the Holy Cross, where the ashes of 
 Michael Angelo, of Galileo, of Alfieri, and several of 
 their most celebrated contemporaries are deposited ? It 
 has been truly said, " The world has had many kings, 
 but only one Michael Angelo." 
 
 The Campo Santo of Naples demands a word ere we 
 close this rapid glance at the celebrated places of sepul- 
 ture in Italy. 
 
 This Cemetery is situated on a rising ground at a 
 short distance from the city of Naples, and is devoted 
 almost exclusively for the use of the poor, the friendless, 
 and the stranger. A low wall encloses a quadrangular 
 area, which is divided into three hundred and sixty-five 
 deep vaults or pits — one for each day in the year ; each 
 pit is covered with a black marble slab, in the centre of 
 which a massive iron ring is fastened. When the anni- 
 versary of one of these holes arrives, the cover is re- 
 moved, and in the evening the carts appear with the dead, 
 who, alas for poor humanity ! are brought without clothes 
 or coffin, or even distinction of any sort. The attend- 
 ants, almost naked too, take the bodies out of the cart, 
 and convey them on their backs to the mouth of the 
 
ANCIENT AND MODERN BURIAL-PLACES. 17 
 
 dismal grave, into which they are thrown, as a porter would 
 a sack of grain. When the last of the dead is thus " for 
 ever vanished from the face of the earth," a load of 
 quick lime is thrown over the bodies, and the slab re- 
 placed for another year ; when it is again opened nothing 
 is seen but a heap of bones. An able writer regrets 
 that this method of interment is not adopted in every 
 town in Europe. 
 
 The splendid charnel-houses, of which we have given 
 a brief outline, impress the mind with gloomy thoughts. 
 The heart beats painfully in the bosom, for it feels that 
 death reigns triumphant there, and that these temples 
 illustrate in a striking manner the mutability of human 
 grandeur and glory — the utter vanity of all earthly 
 greatness. Standing amid the opening bloom of Spring, 
 the summer sunshine, or even the winter's gloom, in a 
 rural cemetery, surrounded by the graves of those whose 
 memory we love, no overwhelming thoughts of the power 
 of death press upon us. The green sod, the fragrant 
 flowers, the simple records on the tombs, the gentle 
 zephyrs murmuring through the trees, mingled with the 
 carols of the sweet songsters of the wood — all serve to 
 rob the "grim king" of his terrors. Not so in these 
 vast and magnificent buildings. The cross-legged knight, 
 whose shattered effigy lies before you, (the men of let- 
 ters, of virtue, of poetry, form but a small portion of 
 the vast assemblage,) conjures up only scenes of pomp 
 and pride — the tournament, the battle, or the festive 
 board ; these, we feel, engrossed all their thoughts, until 
 the fatal touch of death chilled the currents of their ac- 
 tions, and closed the scenes of life for ever. The dim 
 " religious light," the oppressive silence, occasionally 
 disturbed by the echo of some distant tread, or the 
 
18 A GLANCE AT 
 
 solemn melody of the anthem, which breaks at intervals 
 on the ear, or the sudden start occasioned by the chiming 
 of the clock — all conspire to deepen the emotions, and 
 to render these buildings productive of impressions that 
 can never be effaced from the mind ; but the impressions 
 are only those of romance, and unworthy to be compared 
 with the sublime works of the Creator. 
 
 The practice of interring in the church-yards of Paris 
 continued until the year 1773, when the government, 
 becoming alarmed at the evils caused by the exhalations 
 from these receptacles of the dead, ordered the ceme- 
 tery of the Innocents to be shut up ; and this was fol- 
 lowed in a few years by the closing of nearly all the 
 burying-grounds in that metropolis. The cemeteries are 
 now in the vicinity, the principal one being situated on 
 Mount Louis, on the grounds formerly belonging to 
 Pere-la-Chaise. This celebrated spot, on the north-east 
 of Paris, contains about eighty acres of land, presenting 
 the appearance of an extensive garden blooming with 
 flowers. It is thickly planted with a luxuriant growth 
 of forest trees and shrubs. From its situation an exten- 
 sive and varied prospect is beheld, embracing a noble 
 view of Paris, the white buildings of which stand out 
 with a panoramic and lucid sharpness against the un- 
 clouded sky — the whole scene wearing the tranquil as- 
 pect of a bright and beautiful painting. Pere-la-Chaise 
 was the first cemetery in any Christian country subject 
 to no clerical denomination, and may therefore be con- 
 sidered the model of all similar ones, both in Europe and 
 America. 
 
 In London the dead are still brought, to a great ex- 
 tent, for interment, in the churches and church-yards 
 within the bounds of that city. All these burial-places 
 
NCIENT AND MODERN BURIAL-PLACES. 10 
 
 VIEW IN PERE LA CHAISE. 
 
 are confined in situation, and limited in extent, so that 
 it is a common occurrence to disturb the bodies pre- 
 viously buried to make room for others. The crowded 
 state of these insufficient and improper receptacles of 
 the dead force themselves upon the notice of every 
 stranger. Public attention is now, however, attracted to 
 the evil, and the government, it is confidently believed, 
 will ere long prohibit interments within the bounds of 
 the "bills of mortality." One of the consequences at- 
 tending this desirable reformation, is the establishing of 
 rural cemeteries in the vicinity ; the most noted at pre- 
 sent being that at Kensal Green, about three miles from 
 the city, on the Harrow road. The grounds of this cem- 
 etery embrace about forty acres, and are profusely shaded 
 by lofty trees, evergreens, and shrubs, relieved by par- 
 terres of flowers. The monuments are of the most beau- 
 
20 A GLANCE AT 
 
 tiful description, embracing every possible outline, size, 
 and style. The Norwood, the Brompton, the Highgate, 
 the Stoke Newington, and the Mile End cemeteries, are 
 also highly spoken of, each possessing its own peculiar 
 advantages and claims to support. 
 
 The Highgate Cemetery is particularly fortunate in its 
 position, being situated on the slope of a picturesque hill, 
 from which a view of surpassing beauty is beheld. Stoke 
 Newington, or, as it is more generally known, Abney 
 Park Cemetery, has some peculiarities that claim our 
 notice, one of which is its being " a cemetery for the 
 city of London, open to all classes of citizens, and to all 
 denominations of Christians, without restraint in forms." 
 It is also associated with the memory of Dr. Watts. 
 Here he for many years resided, and here he died. As 
 a cemetery the grounds have some remarkable features 
 of great beauty and interest. 
 
 It is proposed to convert the old grave-yards of Lon- 
 don into open squares, shaded with trees and shrubs. 
 Should this object be successful, those places will become 
 as great an ornament, and of as much value, to that 
 metropolis as they are now the reverse. 
 
 The cemeteries in Turkey are always placed in rural 
 situations. Cypresses are invariably planted near each 
 Musselman's grave, and as no grave is opened a second 
 time these cemeteries form extensive forests. The ceme- 
 tery of the Armenians, near Constantinople, is pre-emi- 
 nently beautiful. The tree with which this people pre- 
 fer to shade their graves is the terebinth, which grows 
 to a prodigious size. This lovely spot, situated immedi- 
 ately on the banks of the Bosphorus, is the principal 
 promenade and place of resort for citizens and strangers 
 
ANCIENT AND MODERN BURIAL-PLACES. 21 
 
 in that capital, and contributes greatly by its picturesque 
 appearance to that lovely strait. 
 
 Nothing can be more striking than the solemn, yet 
 simple, burying-grounds in the island of Java. They 
 are generally situated in the bosom of some deep seques- 
 tered glen, remote from the habitations of the living. 
 Low mounds mark the several graves, while above each 
 blooms a dark-leaved tree, peculiar to that clime, whose 
 fantastic growth adds much to the picturesque appear- 
 ance of the place. The Javan venerates the tombs of 
 his forefathers, and his last wish is that his bones may 
 repose with those of his kindred. But of all the ceme- 
 teries in the world, none exceed those of China, either 
 in extent or rural beauty. Rude in many customs and 
 habits, this ancient and peculiar people are exceedingly 
 refined and sentimental in the reverence they pay the 
 
22 
 
 A GLANCE AT 
 
 LACE IN TH: 
 
 OF JAVA. 
 
 dead ; indeed, it is a matter of question whether they 
 do not carry this veneration to the point of adoration. 
 The Vale of Tombs, the only one our limits will ad- 
 mit of notice at present, is beautifully situated on the 
 banks of the romantic Lake See-Hoo, near the great 
 city of Hang-Chow-Foo, the capital of Southern China. 
 Here, embosomed in trees, and on the slope of a hill that 
 descends with undulations to the margin of the lake, are 
 seen monuments, tombs, and sepulchral honours of every 
 variety, in design, materials, and execution. The grounds 
 extend over an area of several miles in extent, and are 
 shaded with luxuriant trees, among which the cypress, 
 the weeping-willow, and lignum-vit?e are prominent. The 
 long slender branches of the last named are admirably 
 adapted, when agitated by the wind, to brush away the 
 dust from the surface of the tombs, and thus preserve 
 
ANCIENT AND MODERN BURIAL-PLACES. 23 
 
 the inscriptions ever fresh and clean. Frequently at 
 night torches are seen passing and re-passing along the 
 vast and shady avenues of the Vale of Tombs, but they 
 excite no unusual apprehension, being borne by visitants 
 to the graves of departed friends. On these occasions, 
 particularly if in the Spring or Autumn, the tomb is 
 swept and garnished with beautiful tinsel paper, cut into 
 a multitude of elegant patterns, stripes of silk, and 
 choice flowers, while a supper of boiled rice, fowls, &c, 
 is offered to the shades of those who "sleep beneath," 
 and a libation of wine is poured on the grave. Paths, 
 deeply worn, between the tombs, attest the strength of 
 filial piety, the grief of a widowed heart, or the unchang- 
 ing character of maternal sorrow ; and around these me- 
 morials may hourly be seen the widow, the sister, or the 
 mother, praying and weeping over the cold bed of those 
 who cannot be forgot. 
 
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 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CEMETERIES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 "Oh bury me not within the grave, 
 
 That bricks and stones enclose ! 
 O'er which no shadowy branches wave, 
 
 To guard my last repose. 
 Oh ! lay me 'neath some ancient tree, 
 
 That spreads its shades afar, 
 Where my lone grave may smiled on be 
 
 By many a silent star." 
 
 The first place appropriated for the purpose of in- 
 terments in Philadelphia, was the Weccacoe Burial 
 Ground, at present known as the Swedes' church-yard. 
 A dense and active population now occupy the vicinity 
 of this ancient spot, so that the reader can form but an 
 imperfect conception of its picturesque appearance, when, 
 " far below the city, it stood in the midst of a majestic 
 growth of forest trees, that extended to the margin of 
 the river." Through its sequestered shades Alexander 
 Wilson, the ornithologist, 
 
 Was wont to stray, 
 And list for hours to Nature's minstrelsy; 
 
 and his last request was, that here his remains might be 
 laid, where those " dear birds could come and carol round 
 
 (24) 
 
" J3n S f„ii 
 
 Showing the tomb of Alexander Wilson in the foreground. The reader will 
 observe the contrast between the antiquated head-stones in this old yard, and the 
 
 
 IN THE FRENCH STYLE. 
 
 More elegant ones in the French style, now 
 teries. 
 
 eneral in all our modern 
 
THE CEMETERIES OF PHILADELPHIA. 25 
 
 his grave." His monument, a chaste and elegant altar- 
 tomb, is easily distinguished among the few remaining 
 memorials. 
 
 The Friends' Burial Ground, Arch and Fourth 
 streets, is also an ancient place of interment, having 
 been occupied for this purpose since the year 1683. The 
 first person buried here was Governor Lloyd's wife, a lady 
 much esteemed for her piety and many virtues. William 
 Penn, we are told, honoured her remains by addressing 
 the mourners at the grave. For many years this was a 
 general burial-ground, in which the stranger and friend- 
 less found a last resting-place. 
 
 Christ Church-yard, in Second above Market street, 
 was the third place of this kind opened in the infant 
 city. It was soon found inadequate for the increasing 
 congregation ; provision was therefore made to meet the 
 requirements, by the purchase and dedication of the 
 cemetery on the south-east corner of Arch and Fifth 
 streets. This was for many years the fashionable burial- 
 ground. In it repose the remains of Dr. Benjamin 
 Franklin and his wife. Their grave, situated near the 
 west corner of the ground, on a line with Arch street, is 
 marked by a marble slab, on which the simple memorial 
 
 BENJAMIN 
 
 and 
 
 DEBORAH 
 
 FRANKLIN 
 
 is inscribed. This tomb, sacred to the memory of one 
 
 of America's most illustrious sons, was, when we saw it, 
 
 during the summer of 1851, in a sad and neglected state. 
 
 Previous to the Revolution the dead were, for the most 
 
 3 
 
26 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 part, carried to the grave on a bier, according to the an- 
 cient custom. This, together with the inconvenience of 
 unpaved streets, rendered it a matter of no small diffi- 
 culty to go with a funeral further than Fifth or Sixth 
 streets, especially during inclement weather; conse- 
 quently, we find most of the religious societies, previous 
 to that date, establishing their burial-grounds within 
 those limits, without due consideration for the natural 
 increase of population. Few of the early inhabitants 
 anticipated that Philadelphia would ever extend her 
 borders from the Delaware to the Schuylkill rivers. 
 This want of foresight is now every where apparent, and 
 most of these grave-yards, which, when established, were 
 " out of town," are now in offensive contiguity to the 
 dwellings of the living ; yet, notwithstanding this fact, 
 it is strange that nearly every subsequent attempt to 
 select places of interment by our citizens should be char- 
 acterized by the same want of calculation. A short dis- 
 tance from the inhabited boundaries of the city is usually 
 chosen, and before the ground is even half full, the vi- 
 cinity is completely surrounded by modern improvements, 
 which in many instances sweep over these consecrated 
 spots, like the waves of the sea, obliterating their very 
 names for ever. 
 
 These old graveyards were generally devoid of orna- 
 ment, our former citizens never contemplating, as a pos- 
 sible case, that burial-grounds could be made places of 
 interest and beauty. 
 
 The Mutual Burial-ground, situated in Washington 
 street, district of Moyamensing, though boasting of no 
 architectural beauty or rural adornments, was the first 
 cemetery established in this country subject to no cleri- 
 cal denomination. It was opened for interments in 1825. 
 
THE CEMETERIES OF PHILADELPHIA. 27 
 
 The success of this experiment was such that, by the 
 year 1827, four additional companies were established 
 likewise on the associate principle, viz. the Macphelah, 
 the Philanthropic, the Union, and the La Fayette, 
 all located in the lower districts ; the last named, how- 
 ever, exhibited a decided improvement on the original, 
 and all vied with each other in architectural and rural 
 embellishments. Some of these grounds have not even 
 yet been surpassed by any later corporations in these 
 respects. In the years 1827, '28 
 
 The Philadelphia, or, as it is more generally known, 
 the Ronaldson Cemetery company was established, 
 through the private enterprise of Mr. James Ronaldson. 
 This is a charming spot, remarkably well kept, and 
 thickly planted with a rich and beautiful growth of ever- 
 greens, shrubs, &c, presenting in the midst of our city 
 the appearance of a variegated garden, rejoicing in 
 almost perpetual verdure. Would it not be desirable, 
 when interments in populated districts shall be prohi- 
 bited by law, which most assuredly will be the case in 
 the course of a few years, to convert the burial-grounds 
 within these limits into open squares, similar to those 
 already possessed by the public ? We need more of 
 these enchanting places of resort ; they are demanded 
 alike by a due consideration for the health as well as the 
 pleasure of all classes of our citizens. Why then lose 
 what space we have ? Besides, this plan would not only 
 embellish the city, but would prevent the horrid and 
 barbarous practice of disturbing the remains of those 
 already interred for the sake of a few dollars. Who ever 
 read of the Grecians, the Romans, the Egyptians, the 
 Persians, the Assyrians, or the Hebrews, those civilized 
 people of by-gone ages, desecrating the graves of their 
 
28 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 ancestors to make room for city improvements ? Even 
 the people of the so-called barbarous nations have ever 
 cherished the tombs of their forefathers with the deepest 
 veneration, and a violation of the grave among them 
 deemed a most sacrilegious act, punishable alike by the 
 gods and men. Alas ! this abominable practice is only 
 characteristic of enlightened Christians of the nineteenth 
 century. 
 
 If it is a curious inquiry for the antiquarian to trace 
 the migration of nations by their graves, it is equally 
 interesting to note the progress and growth of cities by 
 their graveyards. When the cemeteries just mentioned 
 were first established, they were "far out of town;" 
 now, with few exceptions, they are, for the most part, in 
 the midst of densely populated districts. Perhaps the 
 chronicler of 1952, as he scans these pages, will note 
 "the cities of the dead," which we place at present at a 
 distance from the city, as being in the midst of the 
 " living tide," and the solitude of Laurel Hill and the 
 Woodlands be no more. 
 
 The Laurel Hill Cemetery Company was instituted 
 in November, 1835. The grounds of the north section 
 were purchased in February, 1836, and the association 
 incorporated in 1837. The first interment took place on 
 the 19th of October, 1836. The name of this individual, 
 we learn, was Mary Carlisle, aged sixty-seven years, wife 
 of Abraham Carlisle. This lady, on an excursion to 
 this vicinity a few weeks previous to her death, took 
 occasion to visit this ground, when she selected her 
 future grave, under the group of four large pine trees 
 near the centre of the plot now enclosed by a granite 
 coping and iron railing. 
 
 This cemetery possesses many superior advantages for 
 
THE CEMETERIES OF PHILADEPL1IIA. 29 
 
 ENTRANCE TO 
 
 burial purposes. In rural beauty, and picturesque ap- 
 pearance, it is perhaps unrivalled by any similar place 
 of the same extent in the world. An immense variety 
 of indigenous and foreign trees, evergreens, and shrubs, 
 some of which are of the most rare and beautiful species, 
 impart an uncommonly gorgeous effect to the varied 
 scenery of the spot. The soil is also peculiarly adapted 
 to the object for which it has been devoted. 
 
30 THE CEMETERIES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 In 1837 the Monument Cemetery Company was in- 
 stituted, and that beautiful ground established as a 
 burial-place, principally through the influence and enter- 
 prise of Dr. Elkinton, of this city. In the year 1850 
 the Hamilton property, West Philadelphia, was pur- 
 chased by 
 
 The Woodland Cemetery Company, and estab- 
 lished as a burial-place in 1851. 
 
 ENTRANCE TO THE ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY. 
 
 The Odd Fellows, Glenwood, and the American 
 Mechanics' Cemeteries, are of still later origin, each 
 one having its own peculiar advantages. 
 
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 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Through the green vista see the tranquil river 
 
 Bathed in the sunset's richest glow ! 
 The sparkling waves lift up their voices ever, 
 
 And murmur music in their onward flow ! 
 Now o'er the slope the parting radiance gleameth, 
 
 Tinging its verdure with a hue more bright ; 
 Now broken, through the silent shades it streameth, 
 
 On flower and tomb a shower of softened light. 
 
 Laurel Hill Cemetery is beautifully situated on a 
 sylvan eminence, immediately skirting the Schuylkill 
 river, about three and a half miles north from Philadel- 
 phia ; a distance that, while it almost precludes the pos- 
 sibility of future molestation by the progressive improve- 
 ments of the city, is of easy access at all times by the 
 .Ridge Turnpike road, and for most part of the year by 
 steamers on the river. 
 
 The latter route we particularly recommend to the 
 stranger, especially during the summer, as, in addition 
 to the romantic and interesting scenery along the Schuyl- 
 kill, it will afford opportunity of viewing the magnificent 
 water-works at Fairmount, and, at the same time, be 
 free from the dust and annoyance of a crowded turnpike. 
 
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32 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 The Third and Coates street line of omnibuses leave 
 the Exchange every eight minutes for Fairmount, where 
 it connects immediately on Coates street with Bender and 
 Wright's Schuylkill boats, for Mount Pleasant, Laurel 
 Hill Cemetery, Manayunk, &c. 
 
 Visitors will find this route to Fairmount a very desir- 
 able one, affording an opportunity of viewing some of the 
 most extensive commercial establishments in Philadel- 
 phia, as well as several public buildings, &c, among 
 which we notice the Merchants' Exchange, Girard Bank, 
 Penn Iron Building, Vandyke's Building, Jayne's Build- 
 ings, the Granite Building, Bunn and Reiguel's Building, 
 Weeb's Union Hotel, Arch above Third street, the 
 Eagle Hotel, Third above Race street, Cowperthwait's 
 New Building, adjoining the last named, the Odd 
 Fellows' Hall, a beautiful structure in the Egyptian 
 order, Third and Brown street ; the House of Refuge, 
 Girard College, City Hospital, Eastern Penitentiary, 
 and Preston's Retreat ; for a description of all which see 
 " Philadelphia as it is in 1852," by the Editor, and pub- 
 lished by Lindsay & Blakiston. 
 
 The scenery along the shores of the Schuylkill river 
 is exceedingly rich and beautiful. Few tourists behold 
 its "slopes, and glens, and silent shades," without admi- 
 ration. 
 
 Each scene delights — the breeze that roves 
 
 In hollow murmurs through the groves, 
 
 The sunlight dancing down the stream, 
 
 Or darting through the trees with fainter gleam — 
 
 These, and unnumbered charms alternate rise, 
 
 To wake sweet musing, and to feast the eyes. 
 
 For general information we remark, that the swift and 
 comfortable steamboats "Frederick Graff," Captain Wm. 
 
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LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 33 
 
 F. Cline, or "Washington," Captain H. M. Green, run 
 to and from Fairmount to Laurel Hill, the Falls of 
 Schuylkill, and Manayunk, every hour during the day. 
 
 On leaving the landing at Fairmount a noble view of 
 the west front of the city is presented. In the distance 
 is seen the Rail-road Bridge, Market street, the City Gas 
 Works, and the Central Railroad Station House, West 
 Philadelphia ; while nearer is beheld the Wire Suspen- 
 sion Bridge, Fairmount, its Engine-house, Dam, Mill 
 Race, Forebays, and pleasure-grounds; the Eastern 
 Penitentiary, Girard College, Pratt's Garden, and the 
 Schuylkill Navigation Company's works, forming alto- 
 gether an exceedingly interesting scene. 
 
 The east banks, from the promontory at Pratt's Gar- 
 den to the Falls, present, for the most part, a picturesque 
 and romantic appearance ; while, on the other hand, the 
 west shore abounds in lovely landscapes, where country- 
 seats, villas, and farm-houses charm the eye with their 
 display of cheerfulness and rural beauty — among which 
 
 Solitude, once the country residence of John Penn, 
 is worthy of remark, no less for its rural location than 
 its historical recollections. It is situated on a gentle 
 slope, rising from the margin of the water on the west 
 shore, and comes in view immediately on rounding the 
 point above the dam. The building is of stone, rough 
 cast, and of a light colour. This noted abode of the Penn's 
 is fast losing its interest and beauty. A few years more, 
 and no doubt it will be with " the things that were ;" now 
 
 The shadows of departed hours 
 Hang dim upon its lonely flowers ; 
 Even the sunshine seems to brood 
 In sadness o'er the ruins of Solitude. 
 
34 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Egglesfield, situated on the high land north from 
 this, is another elegant country-seat ; immediately oppo- 
 site to which, on the east shore, is seen 
 
 The Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Wa- 
 ter Works. The engine-house, a substantial stone 
 building, with its lofty and elegantly constructed chim- 
 ney, presents an imposing appearance in this sequestered 
 spot. 
 
 Sweet Brier, the country seat of E. Torr, Esq., 
 situated on the left bank, now meets the eye. The loca- 
 tion of this villa is one of the most desirable upon the 
 river. 
 
 Fountain Green, upon the east shore, is the next 
 object of attention. It was, until the last few years, 
 a rural spot of great beauty, much frequented by the 
 citizens of Philadelphia during the summer months. 
 Opposite to this, on the left bank, is seen 
 
 Lansdowne Manor. Here General Washington 
 established, at one time during the war of Indepen- 
 dence, his head-quarters, which incident would alone 
 impart an interest to it, superior to any other. The 
 prospect from the terrace on this building is very fine, 
 and embraces a wide extent of country ; it was origi- 
 nally erected by John Penn, but subsequently became the 
 property of the Bingham Family, in whose possession 
 it yet remains. 
 
 The vicinity around us now is famed in the annals of 
 the past. Scarcely a house — nay, scarcely a spot — but 
 has its time-honoured recollections, or peculiar attraction. 
 Persons desirous of visiting the neighbourhood can do 
 so conveniently at Mount Pleasant Landing, where the 
 boats stop each trip. The hotel at this place, under the 
 charge of Messrs. Manger & Schemm, has been refitted 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 35 
 
 in a superior manner, and the garden — what Philadel- 
 phian but recollects the delightful shades at Mount 
 Pleasant ? — blooms again in its ancient glory. The 
 grounds around the house are also well shaded, and the 
 entire vicinity high, cool and healthy. Strangers wish- 
 ing to visit the many places of interest in this neigh- 
 bourhood, so rich in historical recollections, can here 
 obtain excellent accommodations. The gentlemenly pro- 
 prietors are ever ready to impart any desired informa- 
 tion respecting the many localities impossible to notice 
 in this limited chapter. We now pass under the 
 
 Reading Railroad Bridge. This viaduct, orignally 
 constructed by the State as a continuation of the Phila- 
 delphia and Columbia Railroad, is nine hundred and 
 eighty-four feet long, being one of the most substantial 
 structures of the kind in the United States. Imme- 
 diately west of this bridge is the inclined plane, two 
 thousand eight hundred and five feet in length, with a 
 rise of one hundred and eighty-seven feet. Over this 
 plane the cars ascended and descended at the same time, 
 by being attached to an endless rope moved by a sta- 
 tionary engine of sixty horse power, situated at the head 
 of the grade. This costly work is now unoccupied — the 
 Columbia Railroad diverging via the new route to West 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 The Reading Railroad continues from this point along 
 the west bank of the river to Reading and Pottsville. 
 The immense trains of coal-cars continually passing 
 along this road, particularly those crossing the Rich- 
 mond Bridge at the Falls, form one of the most interest- 
 ing sights along our route. Over one hundred cars, 
 attached to a single engine, is frequently seen flying 
 along; the shrill whistle and tumultuous noise of which 
 
36 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 startle the stranger in this otherwise quiet and seques- 
 tered neighbourhood. Above the bridge the landscape 
 presents the same character of fertility and picturesque 
 effect. The green fields and shady woods continue the 
 rural and romantic prospect which thus far has beguiled 
 our trip ; and, as each revolution of the steamer's pad- 
 dles bears us onward, we find ourselves casting a linger- 
 ing glance at the lovely scenes we are rapidly leaving 
 behind. Admiration for the beauties of nature i3 in- 
 herent in all men, but most in those who pass their days 
 in crowded cities, where the noise and turmoil of busy 
 life seldom cease. To such, the privilege of breathing 
 the pure fresh air, wafted over the bosom of this peace- 
 ful stream, must prove a blessing. Here, as they glide 
 along, they can read from out that great volume, to 
 which there is no "finis," the solemn lessons Nature is 
 ever teaching, in forest, plain, and stream ; lessons too 
 often neglected, even by those who profess to read them 
 well. Among the distinguished localities north of the 
 bridge is 
 
 More's Cottage, an old white building situated im- 
 mediately opposite Peter's Island, on the west shore. 
 This was the residence at one time of Thomas More, 
 Esq., Erin's favourite bard. In regard to this spot he tells 
 us himself, " If there is peace to be found in the world, 
 the heart that is humble might hope for it here ; and 
 truly a spot more pleasing to a poet's fancy, or more 
 suited to his feelings, cannot be found. Here 
 
 " No sad vicissitudes his heart annoy, 
 Not a zephyr blows, but whispers joy ; 
 For him the flowers their sweets exhale, 
 He tastes the meanest note that swells the gale. 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 37 
 
 Dear is the forest frowning o'er his head, 
 And dear the velvet greensward to his tread. 
 Kind nature's charities his wandering steps attend ; 
 In forest, field, and stream he finds a friend." 
 
 From the landing at Laurel Hill a shady lane, 
 bounded on the north by the Peppers' estate, and on 
 the south by the new grounds of the Cemetery Company, 
 leads to the Ridge road, upon which the main entrance 
 to both sections of the Cemetery is situated. 
 
 The grounds are divided into two sections, designated 
 respectively North and South Laurel Hill. 
 
 Those of the North Section, which first claim our 
 notice, are substantially enclosed, and the whole plot 
 surveyed into lots, varying in dimensions from eighty to 
 one thousand square feet. 
 
 The improvements consist of an elegant entrance, con- 
 structed of brown stone, in the Doric style of architec- 
 ture, a Gothic chapel, the Superintendent's residence, 
 a spacious receiving vault, an observatory, or summer- 
 house, commanding a charming view of the river and 
 opposite shore ; and a yard sufficient to accommodate 
 over forty carriages. In addition to the Cemetery the 
 Company possess about eight acres on the east side of 
 the Ridge road, at present occupied by a florist, in whose 
 hot-house plants, shrubs, and flowers of every variety, 
 are cultivated with the greatest care. Lot owners, de- 
 sirous of procuring shrubbery, can thus be supplied by a 
 proper person, who will also, for a small additional com- 
 pensation, take charge of their enclosures. 
 
 Strangers intending a visit to Laurel Hill Cemetery 
 will first obtain tickets of admission, which can be pro- 
 cured on application to Mr. J. J. Smith, Philadelphia 
 Library, or to Frederick Brown, Esq., N. E. corner of 
 
38 
 
 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 a^^-v^^Si 
 
 ENTRANCE TO LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Chestnut and Fifth streets. The object of this regula- 
 tion is to prevent the admission of improper persons. 
 Visitors on foot will enter the grounds by the north 
 lodge, ascending the steps from the turnpike, a few feet 
 from the carriage-way. Here will be found an attend- 
 ant to receive tickets, and give any necessary informa- 
 tion that may be desired. A book is also kept in this 
 lodge, in which visitors can register their names, &c. 
 
Chapter jFourt[i 
 
 " The dead 
 Have a breathing influence here, 
 
 A charm not elsewhere found, 
 Sad — yet it sanctifies the air, 
 
 The stream, the ground." 
 
 The first object of attraction on passing through the 
 gate is 
 
 Thom's celebrated statues of Old Mortality, his 
 Pony, and Sir Walter Scott, grouped under an orna- 
 mental temple, situated on the rising ground, imme- 
 diately opposite the entrance. 
 
 These statues are well worth a visit, being exquisite 
 specimens of art. That of Sir Walter, the only one we 
 believe extant representing the great novelist in modern 
 costume, is superb in design, execution and finish. Old 
 Mortality and his pony, a study in themselves, are also 
 rich in expression and pictural effect. 
 
 Of these figures that only of the Old Pilgrim was cut 
 in Scotland by Mr. Thorn, the original pony having been 
 broken to fragments in removing the group from the city 
 of New York to Newark ; while the statue of Sir Walter 
 Scott, exhibited in London, Edinburgh, and New York, 
 was only a plaster cast. Subsequently . Mr. Thorn, 
 
 (39) 
 
40 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 having purchased a va- 
 luable quarry near the 
 city of Newark, State 
 of New Jersey, the 
 stone of which is ad- 
 mirably adapted for 
 Monumental Sculp- 
 ture, as well as for 
 architectural purposes generally, offered to complete 
 the entire group for the Laurel Hill Cemetery, a spot 
 in which he most ardently desired they should be perma- 
 nently located ; and to dispose of his right to the Ceme- 
 tery Company, which offer the corporation readily 
 acceded to. Sir Walter and the quadruped are there- 
 fore the products of the artist's chisel from American 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 41 
 
 stone. How truthfully the sculptor has embodied the 
 author's description can be seen by the following passage 
 from the historical tale of " Old Mortality." 
 
 " An old man was seated upon the monument of the 
 slaughtered Presbyterians, and busily employed in deep- 
 ening with his chisel the letters of the inscription, which, 
 announcing in scriptural language the promised blessings 
 of futurity to be the lot of the slain, anathematized the 
 murderers with corresponding violence. A blue bonnet 
 of unusual dimensions covered the gray hairs of the pious 
 workman. His dress was a large old-fashioned coat, of 
 the coarse cloth called hoddin-gray, usually worn by the 
 elder peasants, with waistcoat and breeches of the same ; 
 and the whole suit, though still in decent repair, had 
 obviously seen a train of long service. Strong clouted 
 shoes, studded with hobnails, and gramoches or leggins, 
 made of thick black cloth, completed his equipment. 
 Beside him fed among the graves a pony, the com- 
 panion of his journey, whose extreme whiteness, as 
 well as its projecting bones and hollow eyes, indicated 
 its antiquity. It was harnessed in the most simple man- 
 ner, with a pair of branks, a hair tether, or halter, and 
 a sunk, or cushion of straw, instead of bridle and saddle. 
 A canvass pouch hung around the neck of the animal, 
 for the purpose, probably, of containing the rider's 
 tools, and anything else he might have occasion to carry 
 with him. Although I had never seen the old man be- 
 fore, yet from the singularity of his employment, and 
 the style of his equipage, I had no difficulty in recog- 
 nizing a religious itinerant whom I had often heard 
 talked of, and who was known in various parts of Scot- 
 land by the title of Old Mortality. 
 
42 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 "Where this man was born, or what was his real name, 
 I have never been able to learn ; nor are the motives 
 which made him desert his home, and adopt the erratic 
 mode of life which he pursued, known to me. Accord- 
 ing to the belief of most people he was a native of either 
 the county of Dumfries or Galloway, and lineally de- 
 scended from some of those champions of the Covenant 
 whose deeds and sufferings were his favourite theme. 
 He is said to have held, at one period of his life, a small 
 moorland farm ; but whether from pecuniary losses or 
 domestic misfortune, he had long renounced that and 
 every other gainful calling. In the language of scrip- 
 ture, he left his house, his home, and his kindred, and 
 wandered about until the day of his death, a period of 
 nearly thirty years. 
 
 " During this long pilgrimage, the pious enthusiast 
 regulated his circuit so as annually to visit the graves of 
 the unfortunate Covenanters, who suffered by the sword, 
 or by the executioner, during the reigns of the two last 
 monarchs of the Stewart line. They are most numerous 
 in the western districts of Ayr, Galloway, and Dumfries, 
 but are also to be found in other parts of Scotland, wher- 
 ever the fugitives had fought, or fallen, or suffered by 
 military or civil execution. Their tombs are often apart 
 from all human habitation, in the remote moors and 
 wilds to which the wanderers had fled for concealment. 
 But wherever they were erected, Old Mortality was sure 
 to visit them when his annual round brought them within 
 his reach. In the most lonely recesses of the mountains 
 the moor-fowl shooter has been often surprised to find 
 him busied in cleaning the moss from the gray stones, 
 renewing with his chisel the half-defaced inscriptions, 
 and repairing the emblems of death with which these 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 43 
 
 simple monuments are usually adorned. Motives of the 
 most sincere, though fanciful, devotion induced the old 
 man to dedicate so many years of existence to perform 
 this tribute to the memory of the deceased warriors of 
 the church. He considered himself as fulfilling a sacred 
 duty, while renewing to the eyes of posterity the decay- 
 ing emblems of the zeal and sufferings of their forefa- 
 thers, and thereby trimming, as it were, the beacon-light 
 which was to warn future generations to defend their 
 religion, even unto blood. 
 
 " In all his wanderings, the old pilgrim never seemed 
 to need, or was known to accept, pecuniary assistance. 
 It is true his wants were very few ; for wherever he 
 went, he found ready quarters in the house of some Ca- 
 meronian of his own sect, or of some other religious per- 
 son. The hospitality which was reverentially paid to 
 him he always acknowledged, by repairing the grave- 
 stones (if there were any) belonging to the family or 
 ancestors of his host. As the wanderer was usually to 
 be seen bent on his pious task within the precincts of 
 some country churchyard, or reclining on the solitary 
 tombstone among the heath, disturbing the plover and 
 the black-cock with the clink of his chisel and mallet, 
 and his old white pony grazing by his side, he acquired 
 from his converse among the dead the popular appella- 
 tion of Old Mortality. 
 
 "In accosting Old Mortality, I did not fail to pay re- 
 spect to his years and his principles, beginning my ad- 
 dress by a respectful apology for interrupting his labours. 
 The old man intermitted the operation of the chisel, took 
 off his spectacles and wiped them, then replacing them 
 on his nose, acknowledged my courtesy by a suitable 
 return. Encouraged by his affability, I intruded upon 
 
44 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 him some questions concerning the sufferers on whose 
 monuments he was now employed. To talk of the ex- 
 ploits of the Covenanters was the delight, as to repair 
 their monuments was the business, of his life. He was 
 profuse in the communication of all the minute informa- 
 tion which he had collected concerning them, their wars 
 and their wanderings. One would almost have supposed 
 he must have been their contemporary, and have actually 
 beheld the passages which he related, so much had he 
 identified his feelings and opinions with theirs, and so 
 much had his narratives the circumstantiality of an eye- 
 witness. 
 
 " 'We,' said he, in a tone of exultation, '■we are the 
 only true whigs. Carnal men have assumed that tri- 
 umphant appellation, following him whose kingdom is 
 of this world. Which of them would sit six hours on a 
 wet hill-side to hear a godly sermon ? I trow an hour 
 o't wad staw them. They are ne'er a hair better than 
 them that shame na to take upon themsells the perse- 
 cuting name of blude-thirsty tories. Self-seekers all of 
 them, strivers after wealth, power, and worldly ambition, 
 and forgetters alike of what has been dree'd and done 
 by the mighty men who stood in the gap in the great 
 day of wrath. Nae wonder they dread the accomplish- 
 ment of what was spoken by the mouth of the worthy 
 Mr. Pedan (that precious servant of the Lord, none of 
 whose words fell to the ground), that the French mon- 
 zies sail rise as fast in the glens of Ayr, and the kenns 
 of Galloway, as ever the Highland men did in 1677. 
 And now they are gripping to the bow and to the spear, 
 when they suld be mourning for a sinfu' land, a broken 
 covenant.'" 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 45 
 
 After contemplating this effort of " the Burns of 
 sculpture," the visitor, looking around, will find himself 
 in an extensive and variegated garden, redolent with 
 flowers, and thickly planted with a luxuriant growth of 
 trees and shrubs, through which monumental stones, 
 obelisks, pyramids, &c, &c, are seen in all directions. 
 How shall we proceed through such a multiplicity of ob- 
 jects ? is the general query. To guide the stranger so 
 that he shall be enabled to view with satisfaction the 
 varied scenery of the cemetery, and the many beautiful 
 memorials to the dead with which it abounds, is one of 
 the objects of the present work. Residents of Philadel- 
 phia, who can spare an hour or two for several consecu- 
 tive visits, may direct their attention to portions which they 
 had before purposely omitted ; but strangers, sojourning 
 temporarily in the city, who usually can make but one visit, 
 we recommend particularly to procure a "guide," and 
 previously prepare themselves for what they are to see, 
 in order that they may select those objects which are 
 most likely to interest them ; for a visit to a portion of 
 the cemetery at one time is much more pleasing and 
 satisfactory than a random attempt to see all. We will 
 therefore endeavour to mark out a course for those who 
 are in a position to make a succession of visits. 
 
 Paying some attention to the topography of a place 
 like this, for an appreciation of the objects it contains is 
 likely to be aided by a clear idea of their relative posi- 
 tions, we therefore commence our first visit through Sec- 
 tion N, which lies to the north of the carriage-entrance, 
 and thence continue our tour to the Lutheran Burial 
 Ground, on the north-east corner of the cemetery; 
 then through Section R, north of the chapel, &c. ; and 
 from thence to Section G, on the north-west part of the 
 
46 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 grounds, the northern boundary of which is nearly on a 
 line with the west wall of the carriage-yard. 
 
 Section N. 
 
 A beautiful obelisk meets the eye on entering Sec- 
 tion N, situated to the left, immediately overlooking the 
 carriage-way. This memorial marks the grave of 
 
 Thomas Godfrey, the inventor of the Marine's Quad- 
 rant. The monument, though simple in design, is yet 
 very chaste and elegant. It was erected by the Mer- 
 cantile Library Company of Philadelphia, aided by 
 several citizens of Germantown, in the year 1843. 
 
 This distinguished citizen of Philadelphia was born in 
 Bristol township, about a mile from the borough of Ger- 
 mantown, in the year 1704. He lost his father at an 
 early age, and his mother, afterwards marrying a second 
 time, apprenticed her son to a glazier; which humble 
 business he acquired and pursued for several years. 
 While occupied in glazing some windows on the premises 
 of James Logan, Esq., at Stanton, he observed a piece 
 of broken glass lying on the floor. This presented an 
 idea to his reflecting mind, which eventually realized 
 itself in the production of the quadrant. The first sea- 
 man who tested the merit of this instrument was a Mr. 
 Joshua Fisher of Lewistown. The experiment was made 
 in the Delaware Bay, and proved highly satisfactory. 
 England has sought to claim the honour of this valuable 
 discovery, but facts, of the most indisputable character, 
 prove that Godfrey's invention was at least two years 
 prior to that claimed by Hadley. 
 
 Mr. Godfrey, though an humble citizen, was neither 
 poor nor uneducated. He inherited a small landed pro- 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 47 
 
 THE MONUMENT OF THOMAS GODFREY. 
 
 perty from his father, which he further augmented by 
 industry; and his learning and scientific attainments 
 were such as to secure him the esteem and friendship of 
 many men of distinction and influence. We find him 
 also taking an active part in all the prominent move- 
 ments of the day, particularly in those originated through 
 Dr. Benjamin Franklin's " Junto," of which club he was 
 an active member. He died in the year 1749. J. F. Wat- 
 son, Esq., with his characteristic regard for everything 
 connected with the credit of his native city, had the 
 remains of this celebrated man, together with those of 
 his father and mother, removed from their original place 
 of interment, on the farm near Germantown, to this ce- 
 
48 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 metery, in 1838. The original grave-stone, which lies 
 at the foot of the beautiful testimonial under notice, pre- 
 sents a striking contrast, in its rude and antique letter- 
 ing, to the more elegant memorials around. 
 
 The next monument we meet is that erected to the 
 memory of 
 
 Andrew B. Kitchen, for many years a partner in 
 the well-known and respected firm of Bailey & Kitchen, 
 Jewellers, of Philadelphia. The memorial, which stands 
 in a richly enclosed lot, has a grand and beautiful ap- 
 pearance, and is well executed. In this vicinity the 
 visitor will observe several beautifully adorned lots, pro- 
 fusely planted with flowers, among which we call atten- 
 tion to that of 
 
 Mr. R. Fisher, in which repose the relics of Rodney 
 John, Grace Darling, and Alice Maude, children of 
 Rodney and Eliza Bella Fisher. Upon their memorial 
 the following beautiful lines are inscribed : 
 
 " Farewell ! oh, beautiful beloved — • 
 Immortal hope with radient eye 
 Looks upward through the mists of time, 
 And views you clothed in robes of light, 
 Immortal dwellers in a fadeless clime." 
 
 A few yards north we have the lot of 
 
 Dr. James L. Gihon, in which repose the remains of 
 David W. Gihon, a well known and respected citizen of 
 Philadelphia, whose melancholy death, in the summer 
 of 1848, caused much sorrow to a large and warm circle 
 of friends. 
 
 This gentleman was spending a few weeks with his 
 young and interesting family at the sea-shore, near Cape 
 May. On the 29th of July a severe thunder storm 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 4!) 
 
 
 THE GRAVE OF DAVID W. GIHON. 
 
 swept over the vicinity, and, while playing in his cham- 
 ber with one of his children, Mr. Gihon was struck by 
 lightning, which caused his death the same night. His 
 remains were attended to their long home by the Mili- 
 tary, Free Masons, Odd Fellows, and other societies, 
 among: all of which he was an active and useful member. 
 
 1 The stream that waters the waste of life, 
 
 Flows bitter with death and sorrow; 
 And the flowers to-day with fragrance rife, 
 Lie blighted and lone to-morrow." 
 D 
 
50 laurel hill cemetery. 
 
 Section 0, 
 
 or, as it is more generally known, 
 
 St. John's Lutheran Burial Ground. Most of the 
 monuments in this section are those removed from the 
 former ground attached to this church, and are generally 
 void of ornate display. Among them, however, are some 
 worthy of remark, particularly that erected to the 
 memory of 
 
 Lodowyke Sharp, a tomb in the Grecian style, 
 surmounted by the classic urn bearing the mythological 
 emblem of immortality. Conspicuous also in this portion 
 of the cemetery is the Vezan Monument ; a magnificent 
 shaft of pure Pennsylvania marble of most imposing 
 appearance and elegant proportions. 
 
 The view westward from this spot, (by the Sharp 
 Monument), embracing the grounds fronting the chapel, 
 is one of great beauty. Nowhere in Laurel Hill is there 
 presented to the eye a more striking assemblage of 
 tasteful decorations, monumental architecture, or rural 
 loveliness. Through the distant avenues visitors are 
 continually seen, contemplating the beautiful memorials, 
 and frequently the sorrowing survivors, testifying their 
 love by strewing the green sod, which covers the last 
 earthly home of the departed, with the choicest flowers ; 
 thus keeping up a sort of sweet communion with the dead. 
 
 Passing through the Lutheran Burial Ground, we 
 proceed into 
 
 Section R, 
 
 the eastern boundary of which is the first avenue we 
 meet running north and south from the fence to the 
 carriage-way. 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 51 
 
 Here again the visitor will not fail to observe the 
 absence of all costly decoration and display on the 
 majority of the monuments and tombs. The loss, if we 
 may so call it, however, is more than compensated in 
 the chaste and touching sentiments inscribed on most of 
 them. Thus, near the north-east-end of the section is a 
 simple headstone, erected to " the memory of 
 
 Clayton Stratton, and his only children Alfred and 
 Lizzie." All safe 
 
 " Gathered from life's ills, 
 Free from sin, dwelling with Jesus." 
 
 Indeed, we may here remark, the monuments through- 
 out the entire ground, together with the inscriptions 
 which they bear, are an evidence of the refined and 
 cultivated tastes of our citizens, and present a forcible 
 contrast to those enormous piles of marble and stone, 
 which so offend the eye in the monuments of Europe. 
 Near the last-named memorial is another, upon the 
 north front of which is sculptured a bridal wreath, 
 severed by a dart. The departed, we learn by the 
 inscription, was truly cut down with the nuptial wreath 
 upon her brow ; having been married on the 26th of 
 July, and died on the 29th of August, 1846. 
 
 Again, near the north boundary, west from these, are 
 seen two large head-stones, side by side, upon one of 
 which is a sheaf of wheat, beautifully sculptured, with 
 the sentence "fully ripe" inscribed beneath; on the 
 other is the effigy of a lamp, with the inscription 
 " trimmed and burning." What appropriate and beau- 
 tiful emblems do these present of the Christian character 
 of those whose graves they mark, while they are, at the 
 
52 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 same time, fitly and truly a type of that glorious day, 
 ffhen all the redeemed shall be gathered home to their 
 Father and their God. 
 
 In this part of the cemetery repose the remains of 
 John Kennedy, late associate Judge of the Supreme 
 Court of Pennsylvania. Also those of 
 
 Commander E. Byrine, U. S. N. A plain marble 
 slab marks the last resting-place of this distinguished 
 officer. We meet also, on the west part of this section, 
 with a number of beautifully enclosed lots ; among them 
 are those of 
 
 Wm. M. McClure, Joseph Leeds, the Rev. Caleb 
 Good, G-eorge Phillen, Samuel H. Fraquair, James 
 Jenkins, M. D., and William T. Asson. Most of 
 these enclosures are provided with seats, for the ac- 
 commodation of those who come here to indulge the 
 retrospection of the past, near the graves in which their 
 affections are deposited. During our visits we frequently 
 beheld, with melancholy pleasure, the visitors to these 
 and kindred spots trimming the shrubbery and flowers 
 that sprout up from the graves of their kindred, and, as 
 they handled the yielding branches, we almost imagined 
 that the dead stretched forth their leafy arms from the 
 earth, to embrace once more those whom they had so 
 fondly loved. 
 
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 " Though we bid farewell 
 Unto the Spring's blue skies, and budding trees, 
 Yet may we lift our hearts in hope to dwell 
 Midst higher things than these." 
 
 Section G 
 
 Is one of the largest, as well as one of the most de- 
 sirable, portions of the cemetery. It extends from the 
 avenue running along the west front of the carriage-yard 
 to the terrace overlooking the river, and from the north- 
 ern boundary to the observatory, and is separated on its 
 southern boundary by a serpentine path from section H. 
 The lots are for the most part laid out at right-angles, 
 and are divided by nine avenues, running east and west, 
 together with several serpentine paths immediately oppo- 
 site the observatory, which form that part of the ground 
 into picturesque plots. 
 
 Proceeding along the first avenue near the north 
 boundary, we meet an exquisite gem of mural archi- 
 tecture, elegantly designed. The style of this monu- 
 ment, erected to the memory of two children, 
 
 Charlotte and Samuel T. Altemus, is certainly cre- 
 ditable to the taste of the architect and skill of the sculp- 
 tor. Opposite is an elegant memorial " to the memory of 
 
 5 * ( 53 ) 
 
54 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Sarah F. Stockton, wife of Samuel W. Stockton, 
 adjoining which rises the massive granite monument, 
 marking the spot where lie the remains of 
 
 Ezra Holden, for many years favourably known in 
 connection with the "Saturday Courier." This memo- 
 rial has a commanding appearance, and is much admired 
 for the simplicity and chastity of its design, as well as 
 for solidity of construction and excellent workmanship. 
 Its lofty attitude creates an interest in the structure when 
 viewed from any point. Among the many memorials 
 which line our walk westward, is one erected to the 
 memory of 
 
 Amelia M., wife of Charles L. Strawn, who departed 
 this life, April 18th, 1845, aged twenty-one years. It 
 bears upon the south front the following inscription : 
 
 " Happy spirit ! thou art fled, 
 
 Where no grief can entrance find ; 
 Lulled to rest the aching head, 
 
 Soothed the anguish of the mind ; 
 Every tear is wiped away, 
 
 Sighs no more shall hurt thy breast ; 
 For night is lost in endless day. 
 
 And sorrow in eternal rest." 
 
 The decorations and lettering of this monument, consist- 
 ing of a magnificent shaft of pure marble, resting on a 
 pedestal, is worthy of attention, and may be considered 
 among the finest specimens of sculpturing in the ground. 
 The entire structure, marked by great simplicity and 
 harmony of proportion, has a light and graceful, as well 
 as rich and imposing appearance. 
 
 Adjoining, on the west, is a superb altar tomb, be- 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 55 
 
 neath which lie the remains of a once prominent and 
 wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, 
 
 Jacob Ridgeway ; and on the extreme north-west 
 corner of the cemetery is the tribute to 
 
 Dr. Morgan, Surgeon U. S. N. This gentleman was 
 a favourite in the service, and his death, which occurred 
 in Pensacola in the year 1841, was much regretted. The 
 present monument was erected by his naval friends, who 
 had his remains brought from Florida and interred in 
 this cemetery. 
 
 The Drayton Monument, situated south from the 
 Ridgeway tomb, consists of a single shaft of marble, 
 resting on an ornamental pedestal. The pyramid is sur- 
 rounded on the top with a border of laurel leaves, and 
 crowned with a sculptured sarcophagus. Upon the west 
 front is an exquisite basso-relievo of South Carolina coat 
 of arms, viz : the palmetto tree. 
 
 William Drayton was a distinguished officer in the 
 last war with Great Britian, and a member of Congress 
 for several sessions from South Carolina. Colonel Dray- 
 ton has been closely connected with some of the most 
 interesting incidents in the annals of this country. Be- 
 longing to a family rendered illustrious during the revo- 
 lutionary war, he came into active life just at the time 
 when, from his personal relation with the most eminent 
 men who were collected in South Carolina at that era, 
 he was as well qualified, from position, to represent their 
 views, as he was from power of intellect and purity of 
 character, to illustrate and maintain them. Receiving 
 a finished education, he entered at an early period into 
 the practice of law, at Charleston, where he soon took a 
 leading professional stand. Attached to the army, how- 
 
56 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 ever, by taste and association, he went into active ser- 
 vice on the commencement of hostilities, and acquired a 
 high reputation as an officer of skill, bravery, and expe- 
 rience. 
 
 Upon the nomination of General Jackson in 1823, for 
 the Presidency, Colonel Drayton appeared again, though 
 in another field of action, among the foremost and most 
 powerful friends of his former chieftain. Elected to 
 Congress shortly afterwards, he remained the representa- 
 tive from Charleston during a struggle which, to him as 
 a principal actor, was perhaps the most painful to which 
 he could have been subjected. 
 
 Upon the termination of this struggle Mr. Drayton, 
 feeling that his mission was ended, left his native state 
 and took up his abode in Philadelphia, where he passed 
 the remainder of his days. 
 
 East from this is seen a stately monument, consisting 
 of a paneled shaft, resting on an encircled pedestal ; the 
 inscription on the west panel of which sets forth that the 
 testimonial was erected in memory of 
 
 John Swartzwelder, born in October, 1782, and 
 died in August, 1844. Upon the south front is a tablet, 
 " Sacred to the memory of Mary M. Swartzwelder," 
 bearing the following beautiful passages from the sacred 
 scriptures : — " Blessed are the dead who die in the 
 Lord." "I am the resurrection and the life; he that 
 believeth on me though he were dead yet shall he live ; 
 and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never 
 die." 
 
 On the east front is inscribed the following tribute : — 
 " To our parents, who taught us how to live and how to 
 die. This monument is erected to their memory by 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 57 
 
 their bereaved and affectionate children." The north 
 panel bears the well known and pathetic quotation from 
 Job. — " For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he 
 shall stand at the latter day upon the earth, and, though 
 after my skin worms destroy my body, yet in my flesh 
 shall I see God." 
 
 The second and third avenues are lined on both sides 
 with spacious and tastefully enclosed lots, and elegant 
 memorials. Among those on the last named is that 
 erected to the memory of 
 
 John Carlton, a native of Salem, Massachusetts, son 
 of Samuel Carlton, a major in the army of Independ- 
 ence, who served with credit and distinction at Valley 
 Forge. " John Carlton was educated in the schools of 
 New England. At an early age he engaged in the 
 extensive commerce of the East Indies, which charac- 
 terized his native town. He was, in after life, a friend 
 and companion of the late Dr. Bowditch, from whom he 
 acquired unusual skill and science in naval tactics, as 
 well as in the higher branches of mathematics and nau- 
 tical astronomy. He was highly esteemed for integrity 
 and professional science, and was appointed by President 
 Madison, during the last war with Great Britain, a sailing 
 master in the navy of the United States, where he served 
 with distinction under the late Commodore Bainbridge, on 
 board of the frigate Constitution, in her victory over the 
 " Java ;" a victory not more splendid in its achievement 
 than important in its results upon the commerce and 
 reputation of the United States. For his skill and valor 
 in that action Mr. Carlton received a medal from Con- 
 gress, commemorative of the nation's gratitude to a brave 
 and intrepid officer. He was a kind friend, and a sin- 
 cere Christian. His memory will long be cherished by 
 
58 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 his brother officers, to whom his social virtues strongly 
 endeared him." 
 
 " The sun of glory sets not with the brave, 
 But shines eternal o'er the grave." 
 
 The grave of this brave officer is marked by a head- 
 stone, upon the front of which a spyglass, anchor and 
 cable are executed in mezzo-relievo. The monument of 
 
 Catharine, wife of Benjamin Stiles, a Grecian tomb 
 surmounted by a richly sculptured sarcophagus, adjoins 
 the last named. Immediately east is the tribute to the 
 memory of 
 
 Mary, wife of Robert Howell, and of Ann, relict 
 of Aaron Ellis, and mother of Mary Howell. "They 
 were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their 
 deaths they were not divided." The former died August 
 21st, 1850, and her mother, December 9th, 1850. 
 
 Now cross over into the Fourth Avenue — the reader 
 still bearing in mind that we number these walks com- 
 mencing from the northern boundary of the ground. 
 The sylvan scene here presented, enhanced as it is by 
 monumental beauties of every style, outline and finish, 
 keeps the eye roving in a perpetual transport of delight. 
 The flowers and shrubbery, adorning the majority of 
 these enclosures, are of the most beautiful description ; 
 many of them being rare and costly exotics. It is a 
 charming spot. 
 
 " Most loved by evening and her dewy star ; 
 Still, still unchanged may this sweet region wear 
 Smiles, that subdue the soul to love, and tears, and prayer." 
 
 The first monument we meet in this walk is that erected 
 in memory of 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 59 
 
 "Kate," the beloved wife of James R. Smith. This 
 testimonial, very neat and effective, both in style and 
 execution, consists of a marble shaft, resting on a pedes- 
 tal ; the latter being agreeably relieved with moulding 
 and ornamental carved work. The pyramid is adorned 
 on the south front near the apex with the mezzo-relievo 
 of a hand, the forefinger pointing to a representation 
 of the All-seeing eye. 
 
 We next meet with a splendid coped tomb, the in- 
 scription on which sets forth that it was erected to the 
 memory of 
 
 J#seph Tagert. It is of a very simple, yet elegant 
 design. On the opposite side of the walk is seen the 
 
 Hieskell Memorial. The richness of decoration and 
 correctness of proportion which characterize this monu- 
 ment, renders it an object of attention among the 
 numerous works of art with which this cemetery abounds. 
 The floriated plinth, dental band and cornice, together 
 with the cluster of oak-leaves, forming the apex of the 
 structure is very creditable to the sculptor. 
 
 Commodore Alexander Murray. The remains of 
 this distinguished officer rest a short distance west from 
 the last named. The monument which marks his grave, 
 we learn from the inscription it bears, was erected by the 
 naval officers attached to the Philadelphia station, as a 
 "tribute of attachment to his private virtue, and of 
 respect for his long and faithful public services." Com- 
 modore Murry died October 6th, 1821, aged sixty-six 
 years. His remains, originally interred in the burial- 
 ground formerly attached to the first Presbyterian 
 church, Market and Bank streets, (this property is now 
 occupied by extensive commercial warehouses,) were 
 
60 LAUREL HILL CEMETEEY. 
 
 removed, with the monument, by order of his family, in 
 1844 to Laurel Hill. 
 
 Immediately adjoining is the splendid tribute to the 
 memory of 
 
 Commodore Isaac Hull, erected " in an affectionate 
 devotion to his private virtues, by his widow." The 
 memorial is an altar-tomb in the Roman style ; which, 
 from the chasteness of design, as well as richness of 
 decoration, displaying, however, none of that " gaudy 
 ornamentation" so offensive to the eye, is much and 
 deservedly admired. The effigy of the American eagle 
 perched on the centre, emblematic at once of Ame»ican 
 genius and immortality, is truthfully executed. Critics 
 have found fault with the neck and bust of this figure, con- 
 demning them as being too heavy. We think this cen- 
 sure unjust, considering the attitude of the bird, here 
 represented as defending the American colours, upon 
 which it rests. 
 
 The inscription upon the north panel sets forth, that 
 the professional life of Commodore Hull "was a con- 
 summate example of bravery, coolness and nautical skill, 
 united with great modesty and simplicity," and that he 
 was " devoted with unwavering fidelity to the public 
 service." 
 
 " History will record that he associated his own glory 
 with that of his country, in the first encounter between 
 frigates, in her war with Great Britain ; and by his 
 triumph in the Constitution over the British frigate 
 Guerriere, Captain Dacres, on the 19th of August, 1812, 
 became the precursor of victories which immortalized the 
 Navy of the United States." This celebrated victory 
 was one of the most splendid achievements in naval 
 history, and was an event that startled all Europe, 
 
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 which then dreaded the power of England on the ocean. 
 The Guerriere was considered one of the finest ships of 
 war in the British Navy, and was both well equipped 
 and manned, as well as strongly and powerfully built. 
 She was originally captured from the French in 1806, 
 by the Blanche, of thirty-eight guns. 
 
 The " Times," a London paper, in speaking of this 
 victory, said, "We have been accused of sentiments 
 unworthy of Englishmen because we described what we 
 saw and felt on the occasion of the capture of the 
 Guerriere. We witnessed the gloom which that sad 
 event cast over high and honourable minds, and partici- 
 pated in the vexation and regret. It was the first time 
 that the English flag was struck to anything like an 
 equal force on the high seas. It is not merely that an 
 English frigate has been taken, after what may be 
 
62 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 termed a brave defence, but tbat it should be taken by 
 a new enemy, and an enemy too not accustomed to such 
 triumphs. He must be a weak politician indeed who 
 does not see how important this victory is, in giving a 
 tone and character to the war ; and though we do not 
 say Captain Dacres is punishable for the act, yet we do 
 say, there are commanders in the British Navy who 
 would a thousand times rather have gone to the bottom 
 of the sea, with their colours flying, than have set so 
 fatal an example." 
 
 The following anecdote relative to this victory, is, we 
 think, worthy of record here, as illustrative of the cool- 
 ness and superior skill of Captain Hull. When the 
 vessels had approached within cannon-shot, the Guei'- 
 riere commenced firing. Captain Hull was at the time 
 walking the quarter deck ; shortly after Lieutenant 
 Morris, subsequently wounded in the action, came from 
 the gun-deck and informed the commander that two 
 men were killed, and inquired if they should return the 
 fire. "No sir," was the reply. Ere a few more 
 minutes had elapsed, the gallant Morris, impatient for 
 the contest, appeared again, and in an earnest tone 
 inquired if they might now fire. Hull, then intent on 
 surveying the relative position of the ships, after a mo- 
 ment's pause, answered, " Yes, sir, now fire !" The 
 order was promptly obeyed, and. the tremendous effect 
 of this first discharge showed the judgment of the 
 American commander in restraining the ardor and 
 impetuosity of his men until the proper moment. 
 When he saw the effect of his fire, he immediately 
 exclaimed, " That ship is ours !" 
 
 Nearly opposite this spot sacred to the memory of a 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 63 
 
 naval hero, whose fame sheds such lustre on the page of 
 history, is the 
 
 Donaldson Monument, consisting of a tomb in the 
 Egyptian style of architecture, surmounted by a graceful 
 obelisk, resting upon a rusticated basement. The pro- 
 portions and decorations of this memorial are harmonious, 
 and are evidences of a sound and pure taste in the 
 architect. The execution of the work is also in corre- 
 sponding perfection; indeed, we do not hesitate to say 
 that the Donaldson monument is not only one of the 
 best designed, but that it is also one of the best con- 
 structed in the cemetery. The next tomb to which we 
 call attention is that of the 
 
 McKean Family, at the end of this avenue, in which 
 repose the remains of Thomas McKean, one of the 
 signers of the Declaration of Independence, subsequently 
 President of Congress, and Chief Justice of the State of 
 Pennsylvania. 
 
 The memorial, an altar-tomb of the early style, con- 
 sequently void of ornament, is artistically and substan- 
 tially constructed. The lettering is particularly worthy 
 of notice, being well defined, bold, and clear. The lot, 
 tastefully enclosed, is ornamented with a hedge of ever- 
 greens. 
 
 Thomas McKean was born at Chester, state of 
 Pennsylvania, in the year 1734. In 1762 he was 
 elected a member of the assembly for the county of 
 New Castle, and in 1765 a delegate to the general Con- 
 gress. In the same year he was appointed Judge of 
 the Court of Common Pleas, and of the Orphans' Court, 
 for the above county; and was one of those judges, who, 
 in 1765 and 1766, ordered the officers of the court to 
 proceed in their duties as usual on unstamped paper. 
 
64 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 TOMB OF THOMAS MKEAN. 
 
 In 1774 he was again elected a delegate to the General 
 Congress ; of which distinguished body he was chosen 
 president in 1781. In 1777 he was appointed Chief 
 Justice of the State of Pennsylvania ; the arduous duties 
 of which office he discharged with singular ability, 
 impartiality, and courage, for a period of twenty-one 
 years. In 1776 he was an ardent supporter of the 
 Declaration of Independence, and was one of the signers 
 of that memorable instrument. Not only did he sup- 
 port this act with his voice, but he also, shortly after, 
 shouldered his musket, and marched with a battalion, of 
 which he was colonel, into New Jersey, to aid General 
 Washington, where he acquired distinction in several 
 dangerous skirmishes. Indeed, throughout the whole of 
 this trying period, the subject of our present notice 
 devoted himself entirely to the cause of his country ; 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 65 
 
 and his influence was such, that the British hunted him, 
 as it is said, "like a fox ;" so that he had to remove his 
 family no less than five times during a few months, and 
 to escape their grasp had finally to seek a refuge for 
 them in the wilds on the Susquehanna. 
 
 Mr. McKean was a member of the convention of his 
 native state that ratified the Constitution of the United 
 States ; likewise of the distinguished body that framed 
 the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania. In 1779 
 he was chosen Governor of Pennsylvania ; which office 
 he held during life with credit and honour. In 1808 
 Judge McKean retired from private life, in which for 
 fifty years he had been engaged ; and finally closed his 
 earthly career at the advanced age of eighty-four years. 
 He was one of the fathers of this republic ; his memory 
 will therefore be ever dear to the American citizen, 
 and his tomb regarded as one of the most interesting 
 objects in Laurel Hill Cemetery. The visitor will find 
 it situated on the west end of this avenue fronting the 
 river. 
 
 Between the fifth and sixth avenues, facing the 
 Schuylkill, will also be found the tomb of 
 
 William Short, a native of the State of Virginia, 
 who, for his learning, talents, and integrity, received 
 from President Washington, with the unanimous ap- 
 proval of the senate, the first appointment to public 
 office ever conferred under the Constitution of the 
 United States. He frequently received from President 
 Jefferson 'whose friendship he always largely possessed, 
 similar proofs of confidence. These trusts he fully dis- 
 charged with a sincere patriotism, a sagacious judgment, 
 moderation, and integrity which deserved and secured 
 success. In private life he was social, intelligent, gene- 
 
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66 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 rous, and urbane. The evening of his lengthened days 
 was calm and peaceful, and their close welcomed with 
 resignation, and borne without a pang." 
 
 The extent, richness and variety of landscape, enli- 
 vened by the ever peaceful and majestic flow of the 
 Schuylkill, renders the prospect from this spot one of 
 the most delightful obtained in any part of the United 
 States, proverbially rich in beautiful scenery. 
 
 Let us seat ourselves in one of the ornamented iron 
 chairs provided so judiciously in the enclosures, and enjoy 
 the view, which has been aptly termed a bright and 
 tranquil painting. A profound silence, interrupted only 
 by the ripple of the passing stream, the sighing of the 
 soft wind of summer through the majestic trees, mingled 
 with the clear sweet carols of the feathered songsters, 
 reigns amid this beautiful garden of the dead. True, 
 my friend, the occasional sound of the boatman's horn, 
 borne from the passing canal boat on the opposite side of 
 the river, or the whistle of locomotives, which ever and 
 anon are seen whirling their immese trains across the 
 distant bridge, comes wafted on the breeze. They inter- 
 rupt not, however, but rather enhance, by contrast, the 
 repose of the scene. Here may the friend of nature 
 open that great volume, and commune undisturbed with 
 its God. Here may the bereaved, who are hourly seen 
 stationed near, or seated upon the grave in which their 
 affections are deposited, 
 
 "Breathe their yearnings 
 Under the shade of this beauteous shore, 
 And pour forth the soul's untold and restless burnings, 
 For looks, tones, and footsteps that return no more." 
 
 Fragrance is in the air, beauty in the earth, and bril- 
 liancy in the sky — the whole scene around us wears that 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 67 
 
 aspect of youth, innocence and loveliness, so congenial 
 to the thoughts and feelings of those who love to medi- 
 tate upon the future — the better land. 
 
 Resuming our walk, we pass through the fifth into the 
 sixth avenue, where is seen a pyramid remarkable for 
 the execution of its lettering. The inscription sets forth 
 that the memorial was erected in memory of 
 
 Margaret, relict of Captain M. King, and mother of 
 Edward and William King, who died July 21st, 1839, 
 aged sixty-five years. 
 
 "Early widowed, her life was devoted to the culture 
 of her children. She left them a noble example of per- 
 severance, integrity and usefulness." 
 
 Below this is the following tribute to the memory of 
 
 Harriet, wife of the Hon. Edward King, and daugh- 
 ter of Col. Alexander Hampton, who died July 31st, 
 1840, aged thirty-six years. 
 
 " Ne'er did a kindlier spirit part 
 
 From earth, at heaven's behest ; 
 A truer or more tender heart 
 
 Ne'er throbbed in woman's breast. 
 Take earth, all that to thee can come, 
 
 The cold insensate clay ; 
 The immortal spirit hath found its home — 
 
 The bosom of its God !" 
 
 Also to Col. Alexander Hampton, who died August 
 18th, 1837, aged sixty years. 
 
 The inscription upon the north front is in memory of 
 Ann Eliza, wife of the Hon. Edward King, and 
 daughter of James and Maria Hepburn. Born in Nor- 
 thumberland County, Pennsylvania, June 20th, 1818 , 
 died January 15th, 1845. 
 
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 " To a heart replete with affection, she united an 
 understanding enriched by culture and purified by taste ; 
 a temper of the sweetest feminine gentleness, and a 
 deportment of the most winning modesty. In her social 
 relations she ever evinced a self-sacrificing spirit, finding 
 her happiness in promoting that of those she loved." 
 Beneath is the memento to 
 
 Mary Jane, daughter of the Hon. Anson V. and 
 Mary Parsons. Facing the river at the end of this 
 avenue is seen the elegant monument of 
 
 Henry Ewing, consisting of a noble shaft, enriched 
 with a floriated cornice, dental band, &c. It bears upon 
 the east front a basso-relievo representation of the 
 Tennessee coat of arms. In the 
 
 Seventh Avenue 
 
 The first lot claiming our attention is the property of 
 Daniel Bray, Esq., in which lie the remains of 
 Elizabeth his wife, and their two children, John and 
 Henry. The memorial, very neat and picturesque in 
 appearance, consists of an altar-table raised on a rusti- 
 cated base ; above the table is a massive (too much so 
 we think) canopy, supported by four columns ; surmount- 
 ing the canopy is an elegantly sculptured sarcophagus, 
 and upon the altar-table stands a chaste and richly 
 ornamented vase of flowers, bearing on the topmost bud 
 the effigy of a bird. A friend at our elbow suggests the 
 impropriety of attempting to delineate in this manner 
 " the sweet songsters of the grove," where so many living 
 examples are continually seen ; and we think he is more 
 than half right, for while he was yet speaking a beauti- 
 ful little creature perched upon the summit of the 
 monument under notice, and poured forth its sweet 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 69 
 
 silvery lay, exhibiting a striking illustration, by contrast, 
 of the timely remark. This lot, which is assuredly one 
 of the most tastefully ornamented that has so far come 
 under our observation, contains, in addition to the 
 memorial, two graves decorated in the French style, 
 viz., the head and foot-stones designed to represent the 
 scrolls of a couch, connected by ornamental side slabs, 
 the pure white marble of which forms a beautiful contrast 
 to the rich and varied hues of the countless flowers 
 springing from the mound of the grave. On the oppo- 
 site side of this walk is 
 
 The Kirkpatrick Monument. It has a command- 
 ing appearance, and is exceedingly well proportioned and 
 admirably executed. The decorations, also very chaste 
 and appropriate, are more striking for their disposition 
 than exhuberance. 
 
 About midway on the north side of this avenue lie the 
 remains of Dr. Samuel G. Morton. 
 
 Eighth Avenue. 
 
 The portion of the cemetery which we are now enter- 
 ing is overshadowed by majestic forest trees, which, 
 with the great variety of flowering shrubs, and the count- 
 less plants adorning almost every enclosure, imparts an 
 impressive effect to the ground. The remains of the 
 gallant soldier, 
 
 General Hugh Mercer, lie at the south-east cor- 
 ner of this avenue, on the open space fronting the 
 chapel, &c. 
 
 The remains of General Mercer were originally in- 
 terred in Christ church-yard, Second street ; whence 
 they were removed to Laurel Hill on the 26th of No- 
 vember, 1840, attended with unusual pomp and cere- 
 
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 mony. The elegant monument, 
 constructed in the Roman style, 
 was erected by the St. Andrew's 
 Society of Philadelphia, as a tri- 
 bute to the memory of an illustri- 
 ous brother. The decorations are 
 beautifully cut. The sword, scab- 
 bard, &c, on the entablature, to- 
 gether with the urn surmounting 
 the structure, are particularly fine. 
 Every visitor should see this tes- 
 timonial to a hero, who, sixty-four 
 years ago, taught a struggling 
 people a lesson of patri- 
 otic martyrdom. It bears 
 s^the following inscriptions: 
 
 On the east front — " Dedicated to the memory of 
 General Hugh Mercer, who fell for the sacred cause of 
 human liberty and American independence in the battle 
 
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 71 
 
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 GENERAL MERCERS TOM; 
 
 of Princeton." " He poured out his blood for a gene- 
 rous principle." 
 
 The west front — " General Hugh Mercer, a physician 
 of Fredericksburg, Virginia, was distinguished for his 
 skill and learning, his gentleness and decision, his re- 
 finement and humanity, his elevated honour, and his 
 devotion to the great cause of civil and religious liberty." 
 
72 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 North front — " General Mercer, a native of Scotland, 
 was an assistant surgeon in the battle of Culloden, and 
 companion of Washington in the Indian wars of 1775 
 and 1776. He received a medal from the corporation 
 of Philadelphia for his conduct and courage in the 
 expedition against the Indian settlement of Kittanning." 
 
 South front — " The St. Andrew's Society of Phila- 
 delphia offer this humble tribute to the memory of an 
 illustrious brother." 
 
 Westward from this point we meet a succession of 
 beautifully decorated enclosures and splendid monu- 
 ments ; among them is a double lot, situated on the 
 north-east corner of this avenue, the property of 
 
 Frederick Schoboer and Frederick Fcering ; the 
 garden-like appearance of which, together with the 
 elegant testimonials, elicit admiration from every visitor 
 of taste. Also the beautiful monument to 
 
 Mary Barton Cooke, wife of John Cooke, and only 
 daughter of William S. and Matilda Crothers, who died 
 at Cairo in Egypt, January 25th, 1842, aged 27 years. 
 
 This is an altar-tomb in the much admired Ro- 
 man style, and is one of the most elegant specimens 
 of art in Laurel Hill. The south front is very chaste, 
 and imposing in appearance. Indeed, it is the only 
 point from which this fine tomb is seen to any advantage, 
 the sight being obstructed from other directions ; which 
 is much to be regretted, as its several parts are singu- 
 larly beautiful. Upon the south panel is an oriental 
 scene, representing in basso-relievo the pyramids of 
 Egypt ; in the foreground of which are two palm-trees, 
 one of them crushed by a sudden whirlwind from the 
 desert, which is seen stretching far away in the distance. 
 The execution of this panel is rivalled only by the view of 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 16 
 
 Fairmount on the Lewis monument by the same artist. 
 The leafy tracery, as well as the perspective, is designed 
 and executed with masterly skill and spirit. 
 
 Adjoining is another memorial, to the memory of 
 
 William Shirmer Crothers, likewise designed in 
 the classic style. It consists of a sarcophagus resting 
 on a rusticated base, above which rises a beautiful shaft, 
 surmounted by the Roman urn, partly shrouded. This 
 monument possesses elevation, an important desideratum, 
 which imparts a fine effect to its proportions and rich 
 details. 
 
 Immediately over the terrace, at the end of this 
 avenue, is the monument of 
 
 Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, consisting of a 
 massive block of marble in the rough, surmounted by a 
 chastely designed pedestal and urn. Reclining against 
 the rock is a tablet, or "headstone," containing the 
 following inscription — " In memory of Ferdinand Ru- 
 dolph Hassler, born at Aarau, in the canton of Argovie, 
 Switzerland, October 6th, 1770. 
 
 Having filled with honour, both in his native and 
 adopted country, offices of high trust and responsibility, 
 died in Philadelphia, November 20th, 1845, in the midst 
 of his labours as superintendent of the United States 
 coast survey and standards of weights and measures, 
 both great national works, which were from their origin 
 intrusted to and conducted by him with distinguished 
 reputation and success. 
 
 " Strict integrity and love of truth, with strength and 
 activity of intellect, characterized him as a man, whilst 
 his various scientific writings, as Avell as the two national 
 works projected by him, are alike memorials of his 
 laborious life, and of his contributions as a man of 
 
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74 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 science to the instruction and improvement of his fellow 
 men." 
 
 The tablet also contains a likeness in basso-relievo of 
 the deceased, which is pronounced by competent judges 
 to be very correct. It possesses much artistic merit, 
 and is an evidence of superior skill in the sculptor. 
 Upon the pedestal is the representation of a set of 
 philosophical instruments in mezzo-relievo, the execution 
 of which is superb. Adjoining this lie the remains of 
 
 Charles A. Hassler, Surgeon U. S. N. His monu- 
 ment bears the following inscription: 
 
 " In memory of Charles A. Hassler, Surgeon U. S. N., 
 born February 2d, 1810. Returning with high hope 
 but impaired health from a protracted cruise, within a 
 few hours embrace of all he most tenderly loved, he 
 perished, aiding the feeble and the timid in the wreck 
 of the steamer Atlantic, Long Island Sound, November 
 27th, 1846. 
 
 " By his brother officers admired for his rare attain- 
 ments, and loved for his exemplary life. Those whose 
 chief happiness it was to call him husband and father, 
 and who only could appreciate the whole worth of his 
 gentle and noble nature, would here inscribe the deepest 
 blow heaven could inflict. ' It was thy will — thy will 
 be done.' " Situated on the south-west corner of the 
 
 Ninth Avenue 
 
 Is the spacious family lot of Edward Coleman, Esq., 
 containing six beautiful specimens of monumental archi- 
 tecture. The basso-relievo on the south front of that, in 
 memory of 
 
 Mary Jane Coleman, together with the adornments 
 forming the apex, is especially worthy of commendation. 
 The three sarcophaguses, ranged side by side, also elicit 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 75 
 
 general admiration, no less for their appropriate enrich- 
 ments, than for the inscriptions which they bear. 
 
 Adjoining these is a Grecian monument, presenting 
 two elevations, both of great beauty, and, we might add, 
 to some extent, grandeur. The lower part, or tomb, 
 terminates with a handsome sculptured cornice, &c, de- 
 signed in that most elegant of all orders, the Corinthian. 
 Above the tomb a light and graceful shaft rises to the 
 altitude of about eight feet, and is crowned with an 
 elaborately carved urn. On the opposite side of the 
 avenue is the altar-tomb of the 
 
 Rotch Family ; and immediately adjoining, the me- 
 morial to 
 
 Hugh J. Hollingshead. The next monument is 
 that of 
 
 Beulah Clark, wife of James N. Dickson, and 
 daughter of Solomon Allen. 
 
 We now observe another of those beautiful specimens 
 of monumental architecture, so characteristic of Laurel 
 Hill. It was erected in memory of 
 
 Caroline, daughter of Levi and Mary Ann Taylor, 
 and wife of George W. Phyfe, who died at the early age 
 of twenty-three years. The structure consists of an 
 octagonal pedestal and shaft, the pedestal being sup- 
 ported at the angles by scrolls. The shaft, resting upon 
 an ogee plinth and foliated bead, is surmounted with the 
 funeral urn. This composition has a pleasing as well 
 as a durable appearance. 
 
 The Shuster Monument, directly opposite, a simple 
 pyramid of marble resting on a sculptured plinth and 
 base, and bearing near the apex a wreath of oak leaves, 
 is one that, for its unassuming simplicity, attracts general 
 
76 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 attention. On the north side is another of the same 
 design and materials, erected to the memory of 
 
 David Woelpper, Sen. ; and on the south-west corner 
 of this avenue is yet another, though of more majestic 
 proportions and elevation, marking the grave of 
 
 William Phillips. The massive and artistic railings 
 enclosing this spot will not fail to arrest attention. We 
 now enter 
 
 The Large Oval Plot extending from this point to 
 the observatory. It is divided by five small paths run- 
 ning north and south into eighty-six lots. A more de- 
 lightful spot cannot be found to pass the sunny hours in 
 contemplation. Majestic forest trees throw a delicious 
 shade ; and flowers, sweet, lovely flowers, bloom in won- 
 drous profusion around. Here the heart can forget the 
 cares and sorrows of busy life, and muse upon the future 
 with calmness, looking up to heaven for happiness and 
 consolation. Among the memorials in this " sweet rest- 
 ing-place of the dead," we notice those in memory of 
 
 Benjamin Tevis, situated on the east end, the Bro- 
 lasky family vault, one in memory of Elizabeth 
 Mecke, and the monument sacred to 
 
 Mary, wife of James N. Barker, on the west front. We 
 also observe near the east end of the plot a beautiful 
 testimonial of affection to the memory of an infant 
 daughter, consisting of a sarcophagus, bearing the effigy 
 of a lamb in repose. 
 
 South of the oval plot is another smaller one contain- 
 ing a few enclosures, one of which is a pyramid erected 
 to the memory of 
 
 Emelie Stevens, wife of James Stevens. It bears 
 the following beautiful inscription — 
 
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 " There is not an hour of day or dreamy night, 
 But I am with thee ; 
 
 There is not a wind but whispers of thy name, 
 There is not a flower that sleeps aneath the moon, 
 But in its hues or fragrance tells of thee." 
 
 The large altar-tomb overlooking the river north of 
 the observatory, designates the grave of 
 
 Nathan Dunn, one of the founders of Laurel Hill 
 Cemetery. Mr. Dunn was more extensively known and 
 distinguished as the collector and proprietor of the cele- 
 brated " Chinese exhibition" of the industry and skill of 
 that singular but by far most populous empire in the 
 world. In the collection of this rare and costly cabinet, 
 so long an object of interest and attraction to the citi- 
 zens of Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, this gen- 
 tleman spent, to use his own words, " the flower of his 
 days, and never hesitated at expense." It was his de- 
 sire, we believe, that his native city should possess this 
 valuable collection. Not realizing his expectations, he 
 had it removed to Europe, where it yet remains. Mr. 
 Dunn died at Vevay, in Switzerland, from whence his re- 
 mains were brought to Laurel Hill. 
 
 We complete our tour through Section G, by a glance 
 at that portion of it opposite the chapel, comprising four 
 small divisions, the first of which, embracing about thir- 
 teen lots, is surrounded by the carriage-road. Among 
 the monuments here, those of 
 
 Mary Catharine, wife of Thomas J. Megear, and 
 their only daughter Kate ; and of 
 
 Robert Stewart, together with the adjoining one, 
 marking the family vault of 
 
 E. S afford, Esq., as well as that of P. Penn Gas- 
 kill, are worthy of particular notice. 
 
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 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, 
 
 The second plot, containing five enclosures, is sit- 
 uated opposite the green-house, and immediately west of 
 the last named. The visitor will not omit seeing the 
 beautiful monument in this plot entitled " A Wife's 
 Tribute." 
 
 The remaining two divisions adjoin the last named on 
 the north, and are bounded by the carriage-way on the 
 east, on the west by the avenue surrounding the large 
 oval plot, and on the south by an avenue running due 
 east and west. Here is situated the monument of 
 
 Stephen Decatur Lavalette, U. S. N., which is 
 in the Roman style, and consists of a large square pe- 
 destal, on which rests a sarcophagus, with medallions on 
 
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 each side bearing appropriate naval emblems — the flag, 
 anchor, &c.<> the whole surmounted by an urn. 
 
 L. A. Godey's lot, in this division is one of the most 
 tasty enclosures in the ground. The memorial is also 
 very chaste and appropriate. The altar-tomb of 
 
 John Lambert, for many years a merchant of Phila- 
 delphia, as well as the adjoining beautifully adorned 
 sarcophagus, together with the memorial to 
 
 John Eckle, are all creditable specimens of art. 
 
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 " With shadows of the past, we fill the woodland shades, 
 And a mournful memory of the dead is with us in the glades ; 
 Our dream-like fancies lend the wind an echo's plaintive tone, 
 Of voices and of melodies, and of silvery laughter gone." 
 
 Section P, 
 
 Extending from the summer house to the northern 
 boundary, and from the first terrace to the river, is still, 
 to a great extent, left to the care of nature, and is 
 covered with a luxuriant growth of forest trees, inter- 
 sected only here and there by paths. Immediately 
 skirting the river, masses of rock rise in picturesque 
 grandeur, some of them half covered with soil and 
 brushwood ; others with hoary lichen and creeping vines. 
 One of the most attractive objects here is 
 
 The Cross, situated on ' a craggy point below the 
 summer-house. It is of a composition known as " the 
 Portland stone," and was, we believe, erected by a 
 manufacturer of that article, whether as a memorial of 
 his skill, or of his admiration of the beauties of nature, 
 it is not for us to decide, never having had the gentle- 
 man's acquaintance ; however, it is presumed that it was 
 the latter, from the following inscription which it bears : 
 
 (80) 
 
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 Stranger ! whose steps have reached this solitude, 
 
 Know that this spot was dear to one 
 
 Who here has heard delighted, 
 
 The rustling of these woods, that now perchance 
 
 Melodious to the gale of summer move ; 
 
 Till all around 
 Had filled his senses with tranquillity, 
 And ever soothed in spirit he returned 
 A happier, better man. Stranger ! perchance 
 The stream, more lovely to thine eye, 
 Will glide along, and to the summer gale 
 The woods move more melodiously. Cleanse thou then 
 The weeds and mosses from this stone. 
 
 North of this, on another picturesque point, rises a 
 well proportioned obelisk, the most exquisite of all 
 monumental designs. In it art seems for once to vie 
 with nature in durability. Many of these, the memorials 
 of long buried ages, are to be found in Asia, Africa and 
 Europe ; the most celebrated of which were brought to 
 Rome during the reign of the Emperors Augustus and 
 Claudius from Egypt. Two originally stood in Heli- 
 opolis, adorning the front of the temple of Isis and 
 Serapis. Though fashioned by the being of a day, they 
 have survived all that mankind deemed most stable-laws 
 — languages, institutions, nations, and gods, and stand 
 in solitary grandeur, the memorials of a religion passed 
 away. They are the work of a once mighty people now 
 no more; and are covered with the characters of a 
 language that has for ages been forgotten. 
 
 A monument of such a design was therefore peculiarly 
 suitable to commemorate the memory of such a man as 
 ^ Charles Thompson, the first and long the confiden- 
 tial secretary of the continental Congress. Two marble 
 slabs lie at its base, one of which bears the following 
 
82 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 MONUMENT OF CHARLES THOMPSON. 
 
 inscription : " This monument covers the remains of the 
 Honourable Charles Thompson, the first, and long the 
 confidential secretary, of the continental Congress, and 
 the enlightened benefactor of his country in its day of 
 peril and need." 
 
 "Born November 1729. Died August 16th, 1824, 
 full of honours and of years." 
 
 "As a patriot, his memorial and just honours are 
 inscribed on the pages of his country's history." 
 
 "As a Christian his piety Avas sincere and enduring." 
 
 " His biblical learning was profound, as is shown by 
 his translation of the Septuagint." 
 
 "As a man, he was honoured, loved and wept." 
 
 The other tablet sets forth that the monument was 
 "erected in memory of an honoured uncle and bene- 
 factor, by his nephew, John Thompson of Delaware." 
 
 " Hie jacet Homo Veritatis et graft e." Also of 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 MONDMENTOF JOSEPH C. NEAL. 
 
 Hannah, wife of Charles Thompson, died 1807, 
 and of 
 
 Charles Thompson, great nephew of Charles Thomp- 
 son, born January 17th, 1793, died March 26th, 1820. 
 Their remains were removed from Lower Merion to this 
 spot in 1838. The monument of 
 
 Joseph C. Neal, the author of the celebrated " char- 
 coal sketches," and for several years the editor of 
 " Neal's Gazette" is situated on the first terrace, a short 
 distance north of the summer house. It consists of a 
 massive block of marble in the rough, surmounted by an 
 urn, which, remarkably graceful in form, is tastefully 
 ornamented with floriated bands, &c. A stringless lyre 
 reclines against the vase ; below it, on the south front, 
 is a tablet in the form of a shield, bearing the following : 
 
84 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 "Joseph C. Neal. Born 1807. Died 1847. A 
 tribute of affectionate regret from those who loved him 
 as a man, and admired him as an author." 
 
 This memorial, together with the enclosure, forms an 
 admirably appropriate testimonial to the memory of a 
 talented writer and an amiable man. To the right of 
 this is a noble monument in the Roman style, beautiful 
 in design and remarkably well executed ; upon its east 
 front is the name of 
 
 John H. Beusse, formerly of South Carolina. Op- 
 posite are four extensive family vaults, one of them pre- 
 senting a fine specimen of the Egyptian, and another of 
 the Doric, order of architecture. 
 
 On the north portion of this terrace are several enclo- 
 sures, aptly called "gardens," so carefully are the 
 shrubs and flowers with which they are planted attended 
 to. The inscriptions on the memorials are also worthy 
 of notice for their simplicity and beauty. " We love her 
 still," "Cherished — never to die," "Gone to the spirit 
 land." How full of eloquence — of unaffected grief are 
 these sentences. 
 
 The sorrow for the dead, says Irving, is the only 
 sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every 
 other wound, we seek to heal — every other affliction to 
 forget ; but this wound we consider a duty to keep open, 
 this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude. 
 Where is the mother who can forget the infant who has 
 perished like a blossom from her arms, though every 
 recollection is a pang ? Where is the child that would 
 willingly forget the parent at whose knee he first learnt 
 to lisp his infant prayer, though to remember be but to 
 lament ? Who, even in the hour of deepest agony would 
 forget the friend over whom he mourns ? Who, even 
 
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 when the tomb is closing over the remains of her he 
 most loved; when he feels his heart as it were, crushed 
 in the closing of its portals, would accept of consolation 
 that must be bought by forgetfulness ? No, the love 
 which survives the tomb, is one of the noblest attributes 
 of the soul. If it has its woes, it has also its delights; 
 when the overwhelming burst of grief is calmed into 
 the gentle tear of recollection ; when the sudden anguish 
 over the ruin of all most dearly loved is softened away 
 into pensive meditation, on all that it was in the days 
 of its loveliness. Yes, there is a voice from the tomb 
 sweeter than song. There is a remembrance of the 
 dead to which we turn, even from the charms of the 
 living. Oh, the grave ! the grave ! it buries every 
 error, covers every defect, and extinguishes every 
 resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but 
 fond regrets, and tender recollections. Who can look 
 down upon the grave, even of an enemy, and not feel a 
 compunctious throb that he should ever have warred 
 with the poor handful of earth that lies moulding before 
 him. 
 
 But the grave of those we loved ! what a place for 
 meditation ! There it is that we call up in long review 
 the whole history of virtue and gentleness — the thousand 
 endearments lavished upon us, almost unheeded in the 
 daily course of intimacy — there it is that we dwell upon 
 the tenderness, the solemn, awful tenderness of the part- 
 ing scene. The bed of death with all its stifled griefs — 
 its noiseless attendance — its mute watchful assiduities — 
 the last testimonies of expiring love ! — the feeble, flutter- 
 ing, thrilling — oh, how thrilling, pressure of the hand ! 
 the last fond look of the glazing eye, turning upon us 
 even from the threshold of existence ! — the faint, falter- 
 
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 ing accents, struggling in death to give one more as- 
 surance of affection ! 
 
 The following scene of grief we witnessed in this 
 cemetery, which can never be effaced from our memory. 
 One lovely afternoon in early spring, the season when 
 the earth, bearing the impress of its Creator's hand, 
 puts forth its verdure, and the trees and flowers, ex- 
 panding into full leaf, clothe themselves in their gayest 
 and freshest dress — when the rural scene, particularly in 
 this beautiful spot, seems to carry the thoughts to that 
 period when man came uncorrupted from his Maker's 
 hand, and the earth blossomed forth into unnumbered 
 beauties beneath its Creator's first blessing ; — on such 
 an evening, while collecting notes for the present work, 
 our attention was arrested by a sobbing as of a person 
 in deep anguish. Seeking for the cause, we observed a 
 lady by a new-made grave, around which she was strew- 
 ing flowers. At intervals, she would wring her hands, 
 and give vent to her grief in exclamations, which were, 
 though uttered in a low tone, and such was the repose 
 of the scene, borne to us at some distance from the spot. 
 Among the ejaculations we distinctly heard the words, 
 " Oh ! William, William, why did you leave me ! Oh ! 
 why did you leave me alone !" During our subsequent 
 visits, we always observed the mound which wrapt in its 
 cold embrace the object of her affections, ornamented 
 with fresh flowers, tokens of remembrance. 
 
 Section S 
 
 Comprises all that portion of the property on the 
 west or river front, south of the summer-house. Its 
 improvement, according to the original design, will 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 87 
 
 consist of a succession of terraces, conforming to the 
 shape of the ground — an amphitheatre, which will en- 
 hance its picturesque appearance, and render it one of 
 the most desirable sections in the cemetery, especially 
 for the construction of family vaults. 
 
 The following lines, by the gifted Mrs. L. Barton 
 Stout, were suggested by a visit to this spot. 
 
 "Through the green vista see the tranquil river 
 
 Bathed in the sunset's richest glow ! 
 The sparkling waves lift up their voices ever, 
 
 And murmur music in their onward flow ! 
 Now o 'er the slope the parting radiance gleameth, 
 
 Tinging its verdure with a hue more bright ; 
 Now broken through the quivering leaves it streameth, 
 
 On flower and tomb, a shower of softened light. 
 
 " Fast fades the day, how gloriously in dying, 
 
 The sun his splendors round him fold ! 
 Clouds piled on clouds, their gorgeous tints supplying 
 
 A monarch's pall of purple and of gold. 
 Even as we gaze those heaven-born hues are fading, 
 
 Brief as the day-dreams — hope delights to weave — 
 And solemn twilight, stealing o 'er, shading 
 
 With her dim veil the calm and starry eve. 
 
 "Here, as I linger, nature's voice awaketh 
 
 Echoes long silent in the care-worn breast, 
 The weary thrall awhile the soul forsaketh, 
 
 And all life 's troubled waves are now at rest — 
 Scenes of the past unchecked are stealing o'er me ; 
 
 And through the mists of long departed years 
 Forms, that to earth are lost, uprise before me, 
 
 To claim once more the tribute of my tears." 
 
 On the first terrace the visitor will find the grave of 
 Major Adam Hoopes, of the first regiment of United 
 States artillery ; a gallant, accomplished, and patriotic 
 
88 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 soldier of the Revolution. A Lombardic slab covers his 
 last resting-place. Among the lots to be found here are 
 those of the 
 
 Field, Sherman, Sword, Fallon, Price, Robert- 
 son, Thompson, Graham, and Leedom families. 
 
 Section H 
 
 Is bounded on the east by the carriage-road, on the 
 west by the first terrace of section S, on the south by 
 an avenue running north-west from the carriage-road to 
 the aforesaid terrace, and on the north by a serpentine 
 path, which separates this from section G. It is divided 
 by a graveled walk running north and south into two 
 parts, which we shall designate the "east and west 
 plots." 
 
 The first monument to which we would direct the 
 attention of the visitor in this section is that of 
 
 Joseph S. Lewis, situated in the west plot. Mr. 
 Lewis was for many years chairman of the Watering 
 Committee of the Philadelphia Councils, and president 
 of the Schuylkill Navigation Company. To the perse- 
 verance and disinterested efforts of this gentleman the 
 citizens of Philadelphia owe, in a great measure, the 
 successful completion of the Fairmount Water-works, an 
 enterprise justly esteemed one of the noblest achieve- 
 ments of the present age. 
 
 The memorial, consisting of a magnificent altar-tomb, 
 is much admired for its design and artistic construction. 
 The south panel, representing a view in basso-relievo of 
 the Fairmount Water-works, dam &c, is especially 
 worthy of attention ; no less for the wonderful skill 
 displayed in the perspective, than its admirable execu- 
 tion. This fine tomb, one of the most perfect specimens 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 89 
 
 of monumental architecture in the cemetery, is from the 
 establishment of Mr. J. Struthers and Son, of Phila- 
 delphia. The obelisk a little south from this is the 
 monument of 
 
 Robert Patterson, L. L. D., who, the memorial sets 
 forth, was principal of the Wilmington Academy, an 
 officer in the army of the Revolution, professor in the 
 University of Pennsylvania, president of the Select 
 Council of Philadelphia, director of the United States 
 Mint, president of the American Philosophical Society, 
 and an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He died at 
 the advanced age of eighty-two years. 
 
 Near this spot is the grave of a young and beautiful 
 girl, who passed away to her long home, a victim to that 
 fell disease peculiar to northern climates. 
 
 " On her blue lip, and on her pallid cheek 
 The fatal blight of deep consumption sat ; 
 The mother gazed on her with eyelids wet, 
 And at our entrance scarce had power to speak. 
 The maiden, to our question, answered meek — 
 That she was better, and the coming spring 
 Would quite restore her, for she found it bring 
 A balm already, though she felt so weak. 
 The mild spring came, and brought its balm and flowers, 
 But ere it issued in the full mid-May, 
 She lay among its daisies ; yet the hours 
 Seem not to miss her in their sportive play ; 
 The birds sing none the less amid the leafy bowers, 
 And morn and evening still make up the day." 
 
 In the east plot, on its southern extremity, is the 
 Ripka Monument, an elegant structure in the gothic 
 style. The shaft, surmounted by an enriched canopy, 
 terminating in crotchets and finals, is very light and 
 
90 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 graceful. Indeed the whole, as seen in the foreground 
 of the accompanying plate, has a singularly beautiful 
 appearance, much enhanced by its open and command- 
 ing situation. 
 
 Adjoining is a large family lot, containing three 
 graves in the French style. The next enclosure, also a 
 large one, contains eight memorials, respectfully dedica- 
 ted to the memory of 
 
 Thomas, Sarah, and Powell Morris, Sarah M. 
 Tyson, Sansom Perot, Henry C. and Lizzie Perot. 
 North from this, likewise on the carriage-drive, is an 
 antique obelisk, the memorial of 
 
 Benjamin Brannan, a patriot of the revolution, and 
 of Eunice his wife, and Grace his daughter. Further 
 north is a picturesque tomb, in the Greek style, dedi- 
 cated to 
 
 " My Mother." The urn upon the altar-table is very 
 chaste and beautiful, and the canopy is surmounted by 
 a cineraria of ancient form. 
 
 Here are seen two more of those exquisite monuments 
 (obelisks). The shaft of that erected to the memory of 
 
 Augustus H. Denckla rests upon a foliated plinth. 
 The other, marking the grave of 
 
 Thomas C. Dubs, rests upon an elevated base, and is 
 terminated by a classic urn. Both structures are justly 
 proportioned, and well executed. 
 
 The large and handsomely enclosed lot on the north- 
 east corner of this section is the property of John S. 
 Lippincott. 
 
"o^ 
 
 V1EW IN SECTION 1— THE EIPKA MONUMENT IN 
 THE FOREGROUND. 
 
Cjjaptn Imtttjj- 
 
 " Ye are not dead to us, 
 
 But, as bright stars unseen, 
 We hold that ye are ever near, 
 
 Though death intrudes between ; 
 Like some thin cloud that veils from sight 
 The countless spangles of the night." 
 
 Sections I., L. and M. 
 
 These sections, forming the subject of the present 
 chapter, comprise all that portion of the ground extend- 
 ing to the south and east boundaries south of the car- 
 riage-road. 
 
 Section I 
 
 Is subdivided into four general plots, (see the accompa- 
 nying ground-plan) which we shall designate respec- 
 tively, the north, south, east, and west plots, according 
 to their location. Commencing our tour through the 
 
 North Plot, 
 
 At its western extremity on the carriage-way, we have 
 the enclosure in which lie the remains of 
 
 Charlesanna E., wife of Dr. Wm. H. Tingley, and 
 daughter of Dr. Charles Lukens, of Chester county, 
 
 (91) 
 
92 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Pennsylvania. The memorial, a beautiful headstone, 
 was erected as a " tribute of affectionate love by her 
 afflicted mother." It bears the following inscription : — 
 " The happiness of a bright young life was laid down 
 with child-like submission at the feet of a redeeming 
 Saviour ; and of such, we are told, is the kingdom of 
 heaven." 
 
 " How blessed are the youthful dead. 
 That e 'en like thee depart ; 
 Heaven on thy dying lips, 
 Peace in thy trusting heart." 
 
 Adjoining is a lot enclosed by several yew trees of 
 the beautiful Taxus Hibernicus species, intermixed with 
 rose bushes. In it lie the remains of 
 
 Mary, wife of Isaac Macauley, Sen. The next con- 
 tains a monument in white marble, erected, as the 
 inscription sets forth, in memory of 
 
 Joseph O'Brien, of Massachusetts, who died June 
 12th, 1839, in the 47th year of his age. " He desired no 
 epitaph, and he needs none." Here is also a picturesque 
 altar-tomb, upon which reclines the effigy of an open 
 Bible. It was erected in memory of 
 
 Nancy Darling, wife of John S. Richards, of Read- 
 ing, Pennsylvania, and daughter of Joseph and Nancy 
 D. O'Brien ; also of 
 
 Joseph Edmund and Nancy Valeria, children of 
 John S. and Nancy D. Richards. In this lot also 
 repose the remains of 
 
 Hannah 0. B. Dunning. The massive marble slab, 
 slightly raised from the ground, east from this, marks 
 the graves of 
 
 Jonathan and Mary Smith, together with those of 
 
THE MANDEKSON MONUMENT — SECTION I 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 93 
 
 several of their children and grand children The next 
 memorial we meet is that of 
 
 Ann Margaretta, wife of John Snyder. This is an 
 elegant tomb in the Ionic order. 
 
 The Manderson Monument, and burial lot, is the 
 next. 
 
 The design and proportions of this stately memorial 
 are so harmonious and correct, and its decorations dis- 
 play so much elegant simplicity, that it may be referred 
 to as a specimen of cultivated taste, and a work of art 
 creditable to any country. The lot, containing also an 
 elegantly sculptured sarcophagus, two tombs in the French 
 style, and a beautiful coped tomb, is enclosed by an 
 ornamental iron railing, of a rich and appropriate 
 design, from the establishment of Mr. Robert Wood. 
 We regard this railing, both in design, solidity of con- 
 struction, and finish, as among the most gratifying 
 evidences of artistic progress, in this important branch 
 of domestic industry, presented in the cemetery. 
 
 Beneath the shade of three trees to the south are the 
 tombs of 
 
 Charles Rockland Thompson, and of Theodore 
 Thompson. The remains of 
 
 Lieutenant Edward Le Clerc, an officer in the 
 United States army during the Mexican war, repose 
 near this spot. An antique tomb in the Grecian style 
 marks his grave. It bears the following inscription : — 
 
 " Lieutenant Edward Le Clerc, son of Joseph P. and 
 R. M. Le Clerc. Died August 12th, 1849, aged thirty 
 years. After bravely defending his county's flag in 
 the sanguinary battles in Mexico, he returned home but 
 to die from disease contracted in that country." 
 
 The lot on the east front of the Le Clerc Monument 
 
94 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 is enclosed by a hedge of the evergreen or Buxus 
 Sempervirens bush. It contains two memorials, each 
 designed in the form of a couch. These, with the floral 
 decorations of the lot, attract general attention. 
 
 The next is a monumental stone, surmounted by a 
 delicately shaped urn, inscribed 
 
 "Lizzie's Grave;" a running rose-bush, springing 
 from the mound, twines in graceful folds around the 
 monument, imparting a singularly picturesque appear- 
 ance to it. The burial lots of the 
 
 Lapsley, Kendall, and Welsh families, also in this 
 plot, are worthy of attention, no less for their appro- 
 priate inscriptions, than for their floral adornments j 
 each being highly cultivated garden spots. 
 
 The South Plot 
 Is one of the most charming localities in the cemetery. 
 It contains several rich and beautiful monuments, among 
 which is that erected in memory of 
 
 Cadwalader Evans. This is a coped tomb, and its 
 execution is of a very superior order, both as regards 
 style and finish. The monument of 
 
 Comegys Paul is also a beautiful memorial, grace- 
 fully and highly decorated. It is an altar-tomb. Here 
 also we have the burial lot attached to the 
 
 Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of 
 the Blind, purchased as a place of interment for such 
 pupils as might die within that institution. Within this 
 enclosure repose the remains of 
 
 William Young Birch, an early friend and benefac- 
 tor of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of 
 the Blind ; a charity which enlisted his warmest interest 
 from its first organization, and to which he bequeathed, 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 95 
 
 V£ 
 
 MONUMENT OF WILLIAM YOUNG BIRC1 
 
 untrammeled by limitations or conditions, his whole 
 fortune. 
 
 The memorial, consisting of a cippia, or monumental 
 pillar, surmounted by a Grecian urn, was erected by the 
 managers of the above institution, as a testimonial no 
 less to his benevolence and virtue, than their apprecia- 
 tion of his generous bequest. Here too lie the re- 
 mains of 
 
 Julius R. Friedlander, the benevolent principal 
 and founder of the Pennsylvania Institution for the In- 
 struction of the Blind. This distinguished philanthro- 
 pist, who fell a victim to his efforts in the cause of 
 suffering humanity at the early age of thirty-six years, 
 was born in Upper Silesia, in the year 1803, of Jewish 
 parentage. While at Leipsic, where he was sent to 
 complete his studies, he united his eternal interests with 
 the Christian church. He early devoted himself to the 
 
96 
 
 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 MONUMENT OF JULIUS R. FEIEDL 
 
 cause of education, and was engaged as tutor in the 
 family of the Prince of Furstenburg, whose confidence 
 and respect he entirely secured and ever retained. 
 
 The effectual relief which he saw afforded to the appa- 
 rently hopeless and helpless destitution of the blind, 
 through the system invented and adopted in Europe, 
 eventually concentrated the benevolent impulses of Mr. 
 Friedlander, and directed them to that class of sufferers, 
 as demanding his peculiar solicitude and exertions: Af- 
 ter previous preparation for his holy mission, which was 
 truly to open the eyes of the blind ; to send them to 
 those fountains of living waters, which many who have 
 the privilege of natural sight neglect, Mr. Friedlander 
 selected the United States as unoccupied ground, and 
 addressed himself to the city of Philadelphia as the best 
 place to develop his object, and execute his plans. His 
 was not the spirit of an adventurer seeking personal 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 97 
 
 advancement, but was actuated by a true and practical 
 philanthropy. He came to carry out a plan which he 
 had carefully examined and determined upon, previous 
 to leaving his cherished home. His was a zeal happily 
 guided by knowledge, and tempered by sound discretion. 
 No attraction withdrew him for a moment from his pur- 
 pose ; no obstacle dismayed him, nor was he daunted 
 with his comparative disappointments in his first efforts. 
 He commenced with a single pupil in the seclusion of 
 his own chamber. With admirable patience he devoted 
 laborious hours day and night to the instruction of this 
 child. His success eventually was such in this instance, 
 as to attract the liveliest interest and ardent support of 
 those who witnessed it, several of whom were prominent 
 citizens. These gentlemen, fully impressed with the 
 necessity of devising and applying means for the intel- 
 lectual instruction of the blind, regarded it as a happy 
 circumstance that the subject of our notice had come to 
 Philadelphia with the noble purpose of devoting himself 
 to this laudable design. Their hearts being enlisted in 
 the cause, they were soon enabled, with the aid of kin- 
 dred spirits, to establish a school, which is now not only 
 a credit to the city of his adoption, but an honour to 
 the state. 
 
 Having accomplished the dearest object of his heart, 
 Mr. Friedlander was not long permitted to contemplate 
 the work of his hands. A hopeless malady seized upon 
 his already feeble frame, and defied the skill of physicians, 
 and the action of the most genial clime. After a voy- 
 age, fruitless of benefit to his sinking body, he returned 
 to the bosom of his adopted and cherished family at the 
 Institution, where he lingered for a few days, his spirit 
 cheered by grateful voices, and solaced by the sound of 
 
 9 G 
 
98 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 melodies which he himself had tuned. On the 17th of 
 March, 1839, he sank tranquilly to death. Sightless 
 eyes shed tears of unbidden and heartfelt sorrow over 
 one who had been to them a father and a brother, and 
 the citizens of Philadelphia felt and acknowledged that 
 a good spirit had departed from their midst. 
 
 As the stranger views this beautiful shaft, rising in 
 simple and unadorned majesty, bearing the name of 
 "Friedlander," he will rejoice that amidst the memo- 
 rials commemorative of public or social merit, science or 
 wealth, the enlightened labours of a true Christian and a 
 practical philanthropist are not forgotten. In this lot 
 repose the remains of 
 
 Lewis Beaumont, a pupil of the Institution, who died 
 in the thirtieth year of his age. Also those of 
 
 Brice Henderson, aged ten years. The fruits of 
 religious instruction were strikingly apparent during the 
 illness of this amiable child. He had been two years in 
 the institution ; the summer vacation previous to his 
 death he spent in reading through the whole Bible. 
 Here also repose the remains of 
 
 Mary James, a young, interesting, and amiable child 
 from Pittsburg, who died in the eighth year of her age. 
 Likewise those of 
 
 Michael Snyder, a teacher in the institution for 
 many years. The first lot to which we direct our 
 steps, in 
 
 The East Division 
 
 Of Section I, is that of the Holms' family. It is 
 situated on the north-west corner of the plot, and is 
 enclosed by an ornamental railing, of an elegant gothic 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 99 
 
 design. South-west from this is another which contains 
 several memorials, among them one dedicated to 
 
 " Our Kate." This memento claims particular at- 
 tention. It combines simplicity, unity and harmony; 
 very important requisites in works of this description. 
 Its general appearance is much more commendable than 
 many of the more elaborate and ornate designs in its 
 vicinity. Next is the family lot of 
 
 Jacob Peters, and adjoining the monument of 
 
 Henry Lentz, very simple and effective in design and 
 execution. 
 
 The Lewis family lot is the next. In it repose the 
 remains of William West Lewis, and of Sarah Fran- 
 cis, wife of Mordecai Lewis. In the 
 
 Lewar's lot, adjoining, is a headstone containing the 
 following pathetic address : 
 
 " Adieu, Helen, adieu ; 
 My life, my light, adieu. To me 
 Of all earth's gifts the loveliest, 
 Dearest, adieu ! 
 
 "'Twas God 
 That called thee home. All's well 
 With thee. Thy footsteps o'er 
 The flowing paths of yon bright home 
 Now meekly glide. There, fair spirit, 
 Rest thee. 
 
 " Soon too, I must away — 
 Oh, then may my lone spirit 
 Wing its flight to that realm 
 Of bliss, where we again shall meet 
 No more to part. Till then, loved one, adieu." 
 
 Proceeding along the avenue, which now assumes a 
 serpentine course, we pass the lots of the 
 
100 laurel hill cemetery. 
 
 Graham, Bailey, Stokes, Richards, Lukens, Wood, 
 and Leech families. In the last named is an exqui- 
 sitely designed and remarkably well executed memorial, 
 dedicated to our 
 
 " Dear Willie." During the afternoon the effect 
 of the little statue placed at the head of the grave is 
 very fine. Then the sun brings out its every lineament 
 of form with admirable sharpness and distinctness ; one 
 would almost imagine it to have been wrought out of 
 statuary porcelain, so perfectly transparent is the marble. 
 West from this is seen several artistic marble posts, of 
 elaborate design and execution. They each bear in 
 basso-relievo the dial of a clock, and the goddess of 
 Liberty. Time and the goddess of Liberty ! Whatever 
 may have been the idea intended to be here represented, 
 we cannot but condemn the intruding of anachronisms 
 and mythology into such sacred places as Christian 
 cemeteries. Appropriate symbols are intelligible, but 
 allegory on sepulchral memorials are, in most cases, a 
 sealed language, and in exceeding bad taste. The 
 monument of 
 
 Mary Ann Garrison, situated in this vicinity, will 
 bear a very minute examination in all its details. It is 
 a good example of a " monumental stone" in the gothic 
 style, with the rare advantage of having a meaning and 
 purpose, in all its decorations and ornamental curves. 
 It presents a decidedly beautiful and rich appearance. 
 
 Before leaving this portion of section I., we must 
 direct attention to the monument of 
 
 Daniel Fitler, formerly sheriff of Philadelphia 
 County, as one of the most graceful and appropriate 
 designs that has yet come under our notice. The foun- 
 tain and broken pitcher cut on the north front, impart a 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 101 
 
 grave and serious impression to the mind. It recalls the 
 words of the preacher in Holy Writ, exhorting his chil- 
 dren to remember their Creator before the day " when 
 the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong 
 men shall bow themselves, and the grinders shall cease 
 because they are few, and those that look out of the 
 window be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the 
 streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and all 
 the daughters of music shall be brought low ; when they 
 shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be 
 in the way, and the almond-tree shall flourish, and the 
 grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : 
 because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners 
 go about the streets : or ever the silver cord be loosed, 
 or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken 
 at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 
 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and 
 the spirit unto God who gave it." 
 
 The remaining or western portion of this section is 
 beautifully situated, and from it several charming views 
 are obtained of the river, embracing the Columbia bridge 
 and Peter's Island in the distance. 
 
 Proceeding along its southern boundary towards the 
 west, we meet a number of little parterres, each of which 
 is rarely without some memento of love. Among these 
 lots are those of the 
 
 Reed, Bird, Parsons, Fassitt, Johnson, Waldie, 
 Law, Perit, and Miller families. The monuments of 
 
 Thomas Fassitt, of John W. Perit, and of Peter 
 Miller, are of superior execution. The urn and pall 
 introduced in the first named is designed with spirit, and 
 produced with great truthfulness of effect. 
 
102 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Section L. 
 
 This is an extensive section, though not so generally 
 occupied, particularly on its east front, as other portions 
 of the cemetery. It is bounded on the east by the Ridge 
 Road, on the west by Section S, on the north by Sec- 
 tions H. I. and M., and on the south by the southern 
 boundary of the ground. Commencing our observations 
 on the west front, at its southern extremity, we have the 
 monument of 
 
 Major Nathaniel Donnell, an officer of the Ameri- 
 can army during the revolutionary war, near which is 
 the grave of 
 
 Dr. George McClellan, a well-known and talented 
 physician of Philadelphia, whose surgical cabinet in the 
 Pennsylvania Medical College of that city will long 
 remain an endearing monument of his scientific re- 
 searches. Among the lots in this vicinity, which is 
 truly a lovely spot, are those of the 
 
 Graham, Lejee, Reeves, Price, Scott, Rawle, 
 Church, Swift, Crawford, Taylor, and Buinker 
 families. There are also several beautiful monuments, 
 among them an Egyptian one in memory of 
 
 Acs ah Willis, wife of James Nevius ; near which is 
 the testimonial in memory of 
 
 Charles Stewart Fry, erected by " his female 
 friends, in commemoration of his talents and virtues, as 
 well as to record their sorrow for his early death." He 
 died in the 22d year of his age. Proceeding eastward, 
 we observe the burial lots (some of which are very large 
 and richly enclosed) of the 
 
 Gibson, Craige, Wetheral, Hollond, Dixon, Ba- 
 ker, Tarpley, Hillborn, Harrison, Fleming, Eck- 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 103 
 
 ert, Crawford, Bowen, Dickey, Arrot, and Rosen- 
 GRENTz's families. About midway between the east and 
 west front of this section is 
 
 The Gothic Monument, erected to the memory of 
 three sisters, daughters of John A. Brown. This is the 
 largest and most costly memorial in the cemetery. It is 
 designed in that style of Gothic architecture which pre- 
 vailed in England during the greater part of the four- 
 teenth century, and which, from the amount of ornament 
 employed, has been named the " decorated." The fo- 
 liage and decorations generally on this specimen, are 
 skillfully carved, and the whole structure presented in a 
 graceful and delicately worked manner. Adjoining this 
 imposing monument is an extensive place of sepulture 
 containing four altar-tombs in the antique style, erected 
 respectively to the memories of 
 
 Mary, wife of Charles Williams, daughter of William 
 J. Duane ; Franklin Bache Duane ; Ellen, wife of 
 B. Scatterthwaite ; Sarah Franklin, daughter of Wm. 
 J. Duane; and Sally, daughter of Charles Williams. 
 The majestic obelisk standing in the next lot, is the 
 monument of 
 
 Caroline Burrill, wife of Henry Farnum. In re- 
 gard to correctness of proportion, and excellency of 
 execution, this tribute to the memory of an amiable lady, 
 stands pre-eminent among the memorials of Laurel Hill. 
 The flowers which adorn the west front are truthfully 
 conceived, boldly sculptured, and display artistic merit 
 of a high order, united with great mechanical skill. It 
 is worthy the establishment from which it emanated — 
 Struthers & Son, of Philadelphia, the first in the city in 
 the artistic excellence of its productions. Next is the 
 chastely designed and well executed monument of 
 
104 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Eliza, wife of John W. Claghorn; then the altar- 
 tomb of 
 
 George Pepper. The ornamental iron enclosure to 
 this lot is worthy of particular attention, from those 
 taking an interest in the artistic merits of ornamental 
 iron work. East from this we find the burial places 
 of the 
 
 Graham (Thomas), Barger, Dixey, Riggs, Steel, 
 Voigt, Harmstead, Oldham, Carse, Loughrey, 
 Rose, Natt, Leach, Loluh, Taylor, Groff, Mar- 
 shall, Keacy, Sterling, Kirby, Gemmill, Miles, 
 Barnes, Beck, Standly, Bunting, Hullings, Hacket, 
 
 COSFELDT, DONATH, GARDNER, HEYLIN, WlLKINS, MaRK- 
 
 ley, Adams, Meinell, Miller, Drinnan, Thompson, 
 Duey, Wilson, Carters, Anner, Austen, and Mc- 
 Henry families. Among the monuments in the eastern 
 portion of this section, is an elegantly designed altar- 
 tomb, beneath which repose the remains of 
 
 Isabel, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Coleman. 
 It is proposed to complete this memorial according to 
 the design presented in our engraving. The figure, 
 which will be life-size, is, we learn, being executed in 
 Italy. When complete, this monument will be one of 
 the most beautiful and interesting in the cemetery. The 
 next is the tribute to 
 
 "My Husband." Roses and other lovely flowers 
 twine around, and much enhance the effect of its striking 
 appearance. The lots of the 
 
 Mitchell, Randal, and Wise families in this vi- 
 cinity, are also remarkable for their floral adornments, 
 and beautiful memorials. The monument of 
 
 Cadet Henry W. Wilson, of the U. S. Military 
 Academy, West Point, stands immediately on the line 
 
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 of the eastern front of the cemetery, overlooking the 
 turnpike-road. It is a massive granite obelisk, and was 
 erected by his classmates in 1841. 
 
 Section M 
 
 Is bounded on the east by Section L, on the west by the 
 carriage-road, on the south by Section I, and on the 
 north by the ground belonging to the Entrance, and 
 porter's lodge. It is divided into three general parts, 
 viz : an eastern, middle, and a western plot. 
 
 Let us proceed southward, along the carriage-road 
 from the north-west angle of the section, to the boundary 
 dividing it from I and L. The burial vault attached to 
 the first Presbyterian Church, in which repose the re- 
 mains removed from the old burying ground, Market 
 and Bank streets, in 1848, occupies the first lot. In 
 addition to the memorial marking this interesting spot, 
 where lie mingled the bones of many who once inhabited 
 the places we now occupy, but whose memories are for- 
 gotten, is the monument of 
 
 Brooke Smith, a native of Birmingham, Great Bri- 
 tain, for many years a resident of the United States. 
 " He was eminently distinguished by the affectionate re- 
 spect of the principal inhabitants of Philadelphia, to 
 whom he was endeared and united by his extensive abi- 
 lities, probity, and active benevolence." 
 
 The memorial, designed in the Roman style, and 
 wearing the impress of the destroying hand of Time, was 
 erected by his friends in England as a token of their 
 affection, and as a tribute due to his character and many 
 virtues. He died October 1-8-, aged 87 years." Next 
 is the memorial of 
 
106 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Captain Gustavus S. Drane, second regiment U. S. 
 Artillery, who died at Fort Mifflin, in 1846, in the 57th 
 year of his age. 
 
 Captain Drane was a brave and meritorious officer, 
 who faithfully served his country for many years. He 
 distinguished himself at the storming of Fort George, 
 and at the battle of Williamsburg, during the war of 
 1812 with Great Britain. He likewise, being ever ready 
 for the most arduous duties, served with zeal during the 
 protracted and harassing war with the Florida Indians; 
 and in the battle of Ouithlacootie, fought December 31st, 
 1835, he signalized himself by his coolness and deter- 
 mined courage. We next meet in our progress the 
 monument of 
 
 Samuel Woodward. This memorial is designed in 
 exceedingly good taste, and its enrichments, which are 
 both beautiful and emblematic, are very chaste. It is 
 an appropriate and worthy tribute from a wife to the 
 memory of a cherished companion of many happy years. 
 Upon the shaft is the following inscription : — " The 
 Sons of Temperance, Pennsylvania Division, No 4, con- 
 secrate this tablet to 
 
 Their Brother. Ardent, but gentle, the friend of 
 all the good, but no man's foe, his life was a well of 
 ever-springing virtue, his death the triumph of the 
 Christian ; the memory of his virtues is with us ; their 
 exceeding great reward with his Lord and Saviour Jesus 
 Christ." 
 
 We had the pleasure of Mr. Woodward's friendship, 
 and can therefore without partiality say that he was 
 truly beloved, for the simplicity of his manners, the 
 benevolence of his character, and unaffected reverence 
 for religion. To the young and inexperienced in par- 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 107 
 
 ticular, he was ever ready to extend acts of kindness 
 and counsel. In all the benevolent movements of the 
 day he took an active though silent part. He secured 
 the respect and esteem of all good citizens, during the 
 short period he participated in the politics of his country, 
 by the consistency of his principles, and his unwearied 
 activity in supporting them. He was 
 
 " A friend to truth, of soul sincere, 
 In action faithful, and in honour clear ! 
 Who broke no promise, seized no private end, 
 Who gained the title of " the poor man's friend." 
 Ennobled by himself, by all approved, 
 Praised, wept, honoured, and by all beloved." 
 
 There are several family lots in this section elegantly, 
 and many of them richly enclosed, and ornamented with 
 flowers, &c. Among them are those of the 
 
 Osbourn, Reed, Wells, Watt, Boller, Lawson, 
 Smith, McCauley, Way, Lord, Lamb, Cox, Okie, 
 Sutton, Croome, Baldwin, Martin, Cope, Hamilton, 
 Mitchel, Coates, Koons, Euston, Carter, and Panen 
 families. The monument of 
 
 Rebecca, wife of Pollard McCormick, and daughter 
 of Peter and Sarah K. Shoenberger, is a beautiful testi- 
 monial. It attracts attention from almost any part of 
 the section, being situated on a gentle slope, near the 
 north end of the middle plot. 
 
 Our next visit will embrace all that portion of the 
 ground bounded by the carriage-way, comprising sections 
 A, B, C, D, E, and F. 
 
Cljapttr (Bigfjtfr. 
 
 " Art is long and time is fleeting, 
 
 And our hearts though stout and brave, 
 Still like muffled drums are beating 
 Funeral marches to the grave I" 
 
 Our fifth visit extends through 
 
 Sections A, B, C, D, E, and F, 
 the most improved, and in many respects the most beau- 
 tiful, in the Cemetery. These sections, as seen by the 
 map, are bounded on all sides by the carriage-road. 
 
 The scene from the front of the chapel is one of un- 
 paralleled loveliness. Through it innumerable monu- 
 ments are tastefully disposed — some of them exquisite 
 works of art ; while trees, shrubs, and flowers of every 
 variety and hue throw a delicious shade around. In 
 such a pleasing spot, when the birds are singing, and 
 the trees and plants present their verdure, the dreariness 
 of the grave is lost, the utter oblivion that awaits the 
 tenant of the tomb is forgotten ; death is here robbed 
 of half its terrors. 
 
 The botanical riches of Laurel Hill is justly cele- 
 brated. Many rare and choice varieties of plants, pai*- 
 ticularly those suitable for the adornment of a cemetery, 
 
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LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 109 
 
 are here to be found. This is principally owing to the 
 managers of the corporation, who from the very com- 
 mencement of the enterprise, have displayed a commend- 
 able taste in the selection of the choicest specimens, 
 peculiar to our own climate, and in intermingling them 
 with the more rare and curious productions of other 
 lands. We consider the cultivation of plants, apart 
 from hygienic considerations, in burial places as pecu- 
 liarly appropriate, and the labour and care taken in 
 their collection and nurture, as labour well bestowed. 
 In this respect Laurel Hill stands unrivalled — almost 
 every enclosure in it displaying the appearance of a gar- 
 den every grave a flower bed. Around these hallowed 
 
 spots the bereaved are continually seen, pruning the 
 young branches, wreathing chaplets wherewith to adorn 
 the memorials, or seated by the mounds, ruminating on 
 the dearest memories. Beautiful flowers ! who can help 
 loving them? The spirit of poetry abides in them. 
 Whole histories are chronicled in their blossoms. They 
 think with us, speak to us, and no voice is like theirs— 
 so u-entle, so consolatory, and so sweet. Everlasting 
 flowers ! ye are wreathed with all seasons and affections ; 
 ye twine around the heart, and cling to sweet memories 
 past. What more fitting, what more beautiful emblems 
 than these to deck the grave ? With what pleasure do we 
 view the snow-drop, sweet herald of the spring, appear- 
 ing and raising day after day its white head above the 
 snow that shrouds the lowly bed of a beloved one ! With 
 what emotions do we behold the lily in her innocent and 
 lovely vestment, the beauty of which man, with all his 
 pride and art, cannot equal, blooming over the spot 
 where lies the form of one, the very hairs of whose head, 
 the Saviour tells us, were numbered, and not one of 
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110 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 which fell to the ground without his father's knowledge. 
 The bay tree, too, shading that humble mound, recalls 
 the minstrel king of Israel, and as it waves in the pass- 
 ing breeze, we think we hear him chant the psalms, 
 and sing of the tree of life, and the green pastures and 
 still waters of the heavenly land. 
 
 Flowers are also appropriate mementos for the grave, 
 reminding us of the vanity and fleeting nature of all 
 earthly things. From their short-lived duration, we 
 learn the transitory nature of human glory, and the little 
 reason there is that any mortal should pride himself 
 upon those distinctions, which, at best, are but fleeting 
 as a flower. " Man," says the sacred writer, " cometh 
 forth as a flower, and fleeth as a shadow ; his days are 
 as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth ; but 
 the wind passeth over it, and it is gone" — so we, too, 
 must pass away with the same silent rapidity to our 
 mother earth, and be seen or remembered no more by a 
 world which, after all that can be said of it, is at best 
 but a sorrowful, transient, and deceitful pilgrimage, des- 
 tined itself to pass away. Commencing our perambula- 
 tions, we enter 
 
 Section A. 
 
 The ground plan accompanying the work, will here 
 be found very convenient, owing to the winding and pic- 
 turesque confusion of the paths through which we are 
 to pass. The first object arresting the attention is the 
 monument of 
 
 George Troutman, near the carriage-road, oppo- 
 site the chapel. The next is the splendid altar-tomb, 
 erected in memory of 
 
 Dr. Evans. This memorial is a treat to admirers of 
 
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LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. Ill 
 
 the chaste and beautiful in monumental architecture. 
 The beauty of design, picturesque combination of the 
 parts, harmony of detail, and boldly and richly sculp- 
 tured adornments, place this tomb in the highest class 
 of art. It was executed by J. Struthers & Son, to 
 whose establishment it does infinite credit. The monu- 
 ment of 
 
 Samuel Levis, Jr., a triangular pyramid, standing 
 immediately to the east of this magnificent tomb, is the 
 next. It was erected by Mr. Levis' friends and asso- 
 ciates of the engineer's corps of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
 road Company, as a tribute of respect and esteem for his 
 memory. In this vicinity is likewise the monument of 
 
 Henry Sweyer, and of Margaret, his wife. It also 
 marks the last resting place of 
 
 Henry S. Trevor. In the same enclosure with 
 these is the artistic and appropriate tribute to the me- 
 mory of 
 
 Frederick Graff, the originator and designer of 
 the Fairmount Water- works ; the first public work of the 
 kind in the United States, and one in the possession of 
 which the citizens of Philadelphia may well be proud. 
 The monument is worthy of attention, as being a new 
 architectural composition. It bears also a feature of 
 much importance in monumental designs i. e. durability, 
 and is likely to remain a memorial of this distinguished 
 man, long after the more elaborate ones around have 
 crumbled into dust. 
 
 Proceeding along the avenue running north-east from 
 this point, we have the monument of 
 
 Sarah, wife of Davis Pearson, alongside of which is 
 a beautiful sculptured headstone, inscribed to 
 
 Our Dear Willie. Rarely have we had the pleasure 
 
112 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 of beholding a more appropriate idea embodied on any 
 memorial than this. Next is the monument of 
 
 John Ely, and nearly adjoining that of 
 
 Caroline Sarah Ann, wife of William West. Then 
 we have the grand and lofty one of the 
 
 Wetheral Family. The elegance of outline, and 
 masterly execution of this monument is much admired. 
 
 On the east part of this section is a large plot, enclosed 
 by a substantial and ornamental iron railing, and shaded 
 by six lofty white pine trees. It contains the place of 
 sepulchre of the 
 
 RocKniLL Family, which is designated by a Lom- 
 bardic slab, slightly elevated from the ground. Here is 
 also seen one of those happy designs, so peculiar to 
 Struthers and Son's establishment. Beneath it repose 
 the remains of 
 
 Charles, son of George and Julia Boker. West 
 from this is another beautiful monument, erected to the 
 memory of 
 
 Alfred Theodore Miller, son of Matthew T. and 
 Caroline Miller, consisting of a shrine in the " Doric 
 Order," within which, reclining on an altar-table, is the 
 figure of a lovely child, exquisitely cut in Italian marble 
 by the celebrated sculptor Pettrich. The likeness, which 
 is said to be very good, is from a portrait taken after 
 death. Upon the north panel of the tomb is the follow- 
 ing verse : 
 
 "A bud of beauty, nipped by death? 
 Oh no ! upborne to milder skies, 
 Where no rude wind with icy breath 
 May blight a flower of paradise." 
 
 This is also from the establishment of Struthers and 
 Son. 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 113 
 
 Section B. 
 
 Among the many elegant and pleasing memorials in 
 this section, we notice those of 
 
 John Vaughan, Francis Harrison, (a native of the 
 island of St. Domingo) and of Charles Graff. The 
 whole surface of this last is sculptured in a very rich 
 and elaborate manner. In this respect it may be con- 
 sidered as among the most attractive and interesting 
 that has come under observation. Next is a picturesque 
 design inscribed 
 
 To Our Mother. These two last named are situated 
 near the south extremity of the section. The tribute to 
 the memory of 
 
 Andrew U. Prevost, erected by the Union Lodge 
 of the A. Y. M. in testimony of his worth as a man, and 
 the rare virtues of his masonic character, is the next we 
 meet proceeding north from the Graff Monument. In 
 this neighbourhood are a number of beautiful designs 
 and enclosures. Among them one in which lie the re- 
 mains of 
 
 James Edwin, son of Benjamin and Ann Burnell, late 
 of England, who, the memorial states, was " a rare 
 scholar — of retired habits, and free from the world's 
 piety ; he lived and died a pure Christian." 
 
 Adjoining is another, remarkable for the mementos 
 which are at all seasons to be seen hanging on the 
 tombs. In it repose the ashes of 
 
 Henriette Florine Icher, wife of Eugene Roussel, 
 and of Anastasie Francoise Ycher, wife of Zavier 
 Bazin ; also of Adam Eugene Edword son of Zavier 
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114 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 and Adele Bazin. In this vicinity too repose the re- 
 mains of the poet, scholar, and divine, 
 
 Walter Colton, Chaplain U. S. N., and for some 
 period principal editor of the North American news- 
 paper, published in Philadelphia. 
 
 Mr. Colton was a man of much talent and great 
 worth, which he exhibited in various stations, public and 
 private. His professional duties as a chaplain in the 
 navy, endeared him to both officers and sailors. To the 
 latter he was ever an ardent and sympathizing friend. 
 
 Called by the exigency of war from the peaceful 
 position of Chaplain, to the responsible post of Alcade 
 or chief civil magistrate of Monterey in California, he 
 displayed administrative abilities of a high order, and 
 performed the duties of that office so as to secure 
 universal respect and admiration. The poor almost 
 worshipped him ; the rich knew that with him justice 
 had no itching palm. He was what all men in such 
 stations should be — incorruptible. As an author his 
 works evince talents of no common order. " Land and 
 Sea," " Sea and Sailor," " Three years in California," 
 &c. &c, will long give him a claim upon public recollec- 
 tion. He died on the 22d of January, 1851. His 
 memorial is a simple marble obelisk, void of all orna- 
 ment, excepting where the name, birth, age, and death 
 are inscribed. The following lines are from the pen of 
 this lamented author : 
 
 " There is a voice which yet will thrill the grave, 
 And wake the sleeper from his bed of clay ; 
 He who this intellectual being gave 
 
 Will pour upon its form His <p.riekening ray, 
 Call back its vital bloom, its tuneful breath, 
 And warm exulting pulses chilled in death. 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 115 
 
 Upspringing from their graves, the dead of ages, 
 
 Countless as forest leaves will reappear ; 
 The saints and sinners — savages and sages, 
 
 All who have left the impress of their heing on our sphere, 
 And each of every clime, colour and of race 
 
 Will at the judgment take his place." 
 Saviour! when that fearful morning 
 
 Shall show thee on the coming cloud, — 
 And the last trumpet's awful warning, 
 
 Pierce the slumber of my shroud ; 
 And earth and sea, with all their glories pass away, 
 
 Be thou, Lord ! this trembling spirit's stay. 
 
 Section C. 
 
 The southern boundary of this section is on a line 
 with the front of the chapel. It is subdivided also, by 
 an avenue running parallel with the carriage-road into 
 two plots. 
 
 On the south-east termination of this portion of the 
 ground, immediately overlooking the carriage-road, rises 
 the monument of 
 
 Oscar Douglass, a Philadelphia fireman, who was 
 killed by the falling of a wall, while in the discharge of 
 his duty, January 23d, 1841. 
 
 The monument is decorated with several creditable 
 pieces of sculpturing. The ornamental wreath surround- 
 ing the name " Douglass" on the south, and the two 
 hands on the north front, are boldly and correctly 
 executed. The memorial sets forth that the deceased 
 " fell a sacrifice to his zeal as a fireman, in the twenty- 
 seventh year of his age, at the conflagration of January 
 23d, 1841, in Market Street above Third," and that this 
 tribute was " dedicated August 2d, 1841, in respect to 
 his many virtues, by his fellow-members of the Philadel- 
 
116 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 phia fire company," and the "Light Artillery corps of 
 Washington Grays." 
 
 Following the carriage-road, we have a short distance 
 further west, the monument of 
 
 Major Levi Twiggs, IT. S. A., who fell leading his 
 command to the assault at the storming of Chapultepec 
 in Mexico on the 13th of September, 1847. 
 
 This rich and appropriate tribute of departed worth, 
 erected by several public spirited citizens of Philadelphia, 
 is also the memorial of 
 
 George Decatur Twiggs, the gallant son of the above, 
 who having distinguished himself in a prior action, was 
 killed serving in a combat at the National bridge, near 
 Vera Cruz, while discharging the duties of a brother 
 officer who had just fallen. 
 
 Section F 
 
 Is most delightfully situated, and is particularly rich 
 in monuments, Among them we direct attention to the 
 imposing gothic structure in the 
 
 Fotteral Family Lot, and also to that of 
 
 Henry Troth, of Ann, wife of Edmund James Stiles ; 
 of Barbara Stricker, and of Samuel Highlands; all 
 situated fronting the carriage-road. 
 
 Near the Fotteral Monument is an altar-tomb, ex- 
 hibiting artistic and mechanical skill of the first order. 
 This monument, which is much admired, was erected to 
 the memory of 
 
 John Bohlen. We now enter 
 
 Section E. 
 On the south-west end of this section, we have one of 
 the most richly enclosed and decorated lots that has 
 come under observation. It contains lour memorials, 
 
T W I G G S MONUMENT — SECTION C . 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 117 
 
 all of considerable artistic merit. That particularly, 
 inscribed to the memory of 
 
 Samuel Richards, is a creditable specimen of monu- 
 mental architecture. The coped tomb adjoining is like- 
 wise an object of attraction. Its decorations in high 
 relief are admirably executed. Next is a monumental 
 pillar dedicated to the memory of 
 
 Our Beloved Children, a very pleasing composition. 
 Then in succession are the memorials of 
 
 Jacob and Dorothea Kates, Samuel Grice, 
 Francis Ann Spooner, Sarah B. Daniels, Isabel S. 
 wife of Samuel J. Bodine, and of John and Susannah 
 Augue. In this section, near the " shrubbery," is the 
 monument of 
 
 John Cook, remarkable for the epi- 
 taph, said to have been composed by 
 Mr. Cook, previous to his death. That 
 portion of the cemetery known as 
 
 The Shrubbery, now claims our at- 
 tention. This lovely spot is divided 
 by separating paths, into twenty-two 
 parts, most of which are appropriated as 
 family lots. 
 
 Among the monuments here, all of 
 which are very tastefully disposed, we 
 notice those of the 
 
 Deringer, Burt, Davis, Toland, 
 Swaim, Gilbert, Struthers, and Her- 
 tz og families. 
 
 Section D 
 
 Consists of a narrow strip extending along the car- 
 riage-road from Section C, on the north, to E, on the 
 south. On the south end we have the burial lot of the 
 
118 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 Ashmead Family; adjoining which is a gigantic 
 vase, erected as the monument of 
 
 Ann Margaret Kugler. Then we have the light 
 and graceful composition erected to the memory of 
 
 Amy wife of George R. Harmstead. The north part 
 of this section contains a range of enclosures adorned 
 with commendable taste. The headstones, mostly plain 
 are remarkable for their epitaphs : — thus we have on 
 one, " Though lost to sight, to memory dear," on an- 
 other, "None but thyself can be thy parallel." 
 
Cjjaptn JJitttfr. 
 
 "Hark! how the sacred calm, that breathes around, 
 Bids every fierce tumultuous passion cease, 
 In the still small accents whispering from the ground, 
 A grateful earnest of eternal peace." 
 
 South Laurel Hill Cemetery, 
 
 To which we now direct our steps, is also a charming 
 spot. Like North Laurel Hill, from which it is divided 
 by the Pepper estate, it occupies a lofty promontory 
 above the river, the views of which, and through the 
 glades and avenues of the grounds, are unsurpassed for 
 sweetness and repose. Nowhere could a more attractive 
 spot be found for the purpose of burial. 
 
 The Cemetery is divided into ten Sections, which are 
 again subdivided into plots of various dimensions, by 
 avenues laid out for the most part at right angles. 
 
 The First Section, 
 
 Occupying the centre of the ground, and surrounded by 
 the main avenue or carriage-road, is appropriated for 
 family vaults, several of which have already been exca- 
 vated. On its north end is the superintendent's resi- 
 dence, carriage-house, &c. 
 
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120 laurel hill cemetery. 
 
 The Second and Third Sections 
 
 Extend from the main to the lower entrance, fronting 
 the Ridge Road, and is bounded on the north, south, 
 and west by the carriage-road. 
 
 The Fourth (Friends' burying-ground), Fifth, Sixth, 
 and Tenth Sections occupy all that portion of the 
 ground lying between the Ridge Road and the main 
 avenue, extending from the lower entrance to the lane 
 leading from the steamboat landing to the before-men- 
 tioned road. 
 
 The Eighth Section 
 
 Is a strip extending westward between the main avenue 
 and the southern boundary, to a gravelled path, which 
 separates it from 
 
 The Seventh Section. 
 
 This last, bounded on the east by the carriage-road, 
 on the south and west by the river, and on the north by 
 a gravelled path running from the main avenue to the 
 summer-house overlooking the Schuylkill, is the most 
 improved and attractive in the cemetery. 
 
 South Laurel Hill, although but a new enterprise, 
 possesses several monuments of considerable interest as 
 works of art ; indeed, most of those already erected are 
 of a superior order, and should the same refined taste 
 continue to prevail among the lot-holders, it will in a 
 few years, in this respect, rival the adjoining one. 
 Among the monuments we call attention to that erected 
 in memory of 
 
 Sarah Ann, wife of George L. Harrison. The com- 
 position of this tomb is beautifully picturesque, the con- 
 ception spirited, and execution excellent. In every 
 
HE TOWNSEND MOHTJMENT — SOUTH LAUREL Hi: 
 
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 121 
 
 respect it may be regarded as a work of the highest 
 merit. 
 
 The Hayes Monument (see the accompanying plates 
 for a view of these two memorials,) is another of those 
 rich and elegant designs, in the Gothic style. It is truth- 
 ful in proportion, and chaste in decoration. 
 
 Before this work appears, it is probable that the 
 burial lot of Samuel Townsend, in this cemetery, will 
 be graced by a beautiful composition in the Gothic style, 
 similar in design, though not so elaborate in minute 
 decoration, to the far-famed "Waltham Cross," in Eng- 
 land. It also possesses a novel interest, and peculiar 
 attraction, being of cast iron — the first of that material 
 ever erected in the United States. Our illustration is a 
 correct representation of this elegant monument — for 
 the drawing of which we are indebted to Mr. Robert 
 Wood, at whose establishment it is being constructed. 
 
 The Fourth Section, 
 
 Or Friends' Burial Ground, is truly a " quiet place, of 
 silence and of graves," in which no memorials or distinc- 
 tions of any kind are seen to mark the spot where loved 
 ones sleep. It might be termed a little meadow, to use 
 the words of an accomplished writer in describing a 
 similar spot, for the long green grass waves over, while 
 it in a great degree conceals the several undulations 
 which show where many sleep ; but when observed 
 more closely, the very undulations give an appearance 
 of green waves to the verdure, as it sweeps above the 
 slightly raised mounds. There is something sacred be- 
 yond all expression in this green place of nameless graves ; 
 as if, having done with the world, the world had nothing 
 
122 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. 
 
 more to do with those whose stations were filled up, 
 and whose names were forgotten ! How still and beauti- 
 ful a scene ! How grand in simplicity. How unostenta- 
 tiously religious those green mounds upon which the sun 
 was casting his beams in " floods of golden lustre !" 
 It seemed to us more spirit moving than all the vaunted 
 monuments of antiquity we have ever seen. 
 
'■m iM 
 
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 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE- 
 ANCIENT AND MODERN. 
 
 " A weary pilgrim, wandering 'midst the tombs 
 Of ancient empires, thrones, and temples, comes 
 To this great wreck of thine, whose stillness teems 
 With awful teachings, and transcendent themes." 
 
 The most ancient kind of sepulchral monuments, it is 
 supposed, was the barrow or tumulous, i. e., a heap of 
 earth surmounted with a stele or memorial stone. 
 
 The southern part of Siberia (the ancient Scythia) is 
 full of these mounds. They are usually of a conical 
 form, flat at the top, and of all dimensions, from two 
 hundred and seventy feet, to three thousand five hundred 
 in circumference and from thirty-five to two hundred and 
 ten in heighth. The ancient Scythians measured their 
 affection and loyalty to their chiefs by the magnitude of 
 the mound which they raised over their remains, and the 
 value of the precious stones and gold which they depo- 
 sited in them. The enumeration of articles found in 
 these mounds is almost incredible — they have for ages 
 been a source of traffic to the uncivilized marauders who 
 traversed that country before its occupation by the Rus- 
 sians. Indeed their trade on the frontier was a power- 
 
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124 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 ful reason for the invasion of the country, which that 
 government imagined must be full of gold mines. These 
 barrows are seen in various parts of Western Europe. 
 They are also to be found in Asia Minor, Greece, and 
 America. Mr. Harriss, a member of the Massachusetts 
 Historical Society, gives us an interesting account of the 
 ancient graves which are to be found scattered over the 
 western states of the latter country. 
 
 These monuments of a by-gone age, and a long for- 
 gotten people, are to be found on the sources of the 
 Alleghanies in the western part of the state of New 
 York, whence they extend westwardly, along the south- 
 ern shore of Lake Erie, and through Michigan, Wiscon- 
 sin, and Iowa, to the Nebraska territory on the west. 
 
 Travellers mention them as existing on the shores of 
 Lake Pepin, and some are to be found near Lake Tra- 
 vers, under the forty-sixth parallel of latitude. Lewis 
 and Clarke saw them on the Missouri river one thou- 
 sand miles above its junction with the Mississippi, and 
 they have been observed on the Kanzas and Platte. 
 They are found all over the intermediate country, and 
 spread over the valley of the Mississippi to the Gulf of 
 Mexico, which they line from Texas to South Carolina. 
 The learned have divided these mounds into altar- 
 mounds, mounds of sepulture, temple mounds, and anom- 
 alous mounds. In the mounds of sepulture, human 
 remains, with ornaments, implements of industry, au- 
 thority, or war, are invariably found. The works of art 
 found in them, are superior to anything the existing 
 tribes of Indians are capable of producing, and the im- 
 plements of metal so closely resemble those of bronze 
 found in Great Britain, that it would not be difficult to 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 125 
 
 procure their counterparts from the collections in the 
 museums of that country. 
 
 The earliest sepulchral monument mentioned in scrip- 
 ture, is that spoken of in Genesis xxxv. 20, where Jacob 
 is said to have erected a pillar upon the grave of Rachel. 
 A monument exists at the present day between Bethle- 
 hem and Jerusalem, called Rachel's tomb; which no 
 doubt is spurious, yet the site may be the true place of 
 her interment. 
 
 The sepulchre of Belus, in the city of Babylon, the 
 first city known in history, is noted for its grandeur and 
 elevation. The ruins of this monument is supposed to 
 exist to this day, in the debris of the celebrated mound 
 known by the name of the Birs Nemroud. It ascended 
 to the lofty altitude of about five hundred feet, and had 
 a base of about seven hundred' feet square. A modern 
 traveller found, by excavation, in it an earthen sar- 
 cophagus, and various urns of the same material. 
 
 The sepulchral monuments of Egypt exhibit the high- 
 est efforts of ancient art, of which any evidence remains. 
 They are to be found along both sides of the river Nile 
 for the distance of perhaps a thousand miles, and consist 
 principally of pyramids, obelisks, and monolinths, or 
 large single stone pillars. The pyramids are built, some 
 of sun-dried bricks, others of stone. The most noted 
 are those of Jizeh, near Cairo. This celebrated group 
 comprises three large and several smaller ones. The 
 greatest of them is that of Cheops, which covers, we are 
 told, an area of nearly eight hundred feet square, and 
 had a vertical height, when perfect, of about four hun- 
 dred and eighty feet. Its sloping height is at present 
 about six hundred feet. 
 
 Of all the works of ancient art, which, by the sim- 
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126 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 plicity of form, colossal size and unity, and beauty of 
 sculptured decorations, excite our wonder and admira- 
 tion, none can be put in comparison with the Egyptian 
 obelisks. They are four sided pieces of stone set up on 
 one end, and tapering gradually towards the top, which 
 generally terminates in a small pyramid. The horizon- 
 tal section is not always square, but is more frequently 
 an oblong ; two of the sides being wider than the others. 
 Those of the smaller dimensions were usually of sand- 
 stone, but the larger ones consisted of huge masses of 
 red granite. There were at Alexandria two of these 
 structures, one of which only is now erect. These are 
 supposed to have adorned the entrance to a palace or 
 temple. They are of red granite, and are about sixty- 
 five feet high, by seven or eight feet at the base. Be- 
 neath the obelisk, still Standing, is a cubical kind of 
 base, six feet high. This is the obelisk known as 
 " Cleopatra's Needle." 
 
 Of Egyptian architecture little remains but of tombs 
 and temples. The ravages of successive conquerors, war 
 and famine, time and fanaticism, with the depredations 
 of travellers, have triumphed over other monuments of 
 Egyptian greatness, but those of sacerdotal pride and 
 superstition have survived and resisted all efforts for 
 their destruction. 
 
 The celebrated Mock Tombs of ancient Thebes, the 
 most wonderful in the world, are situated in the Libian 
 Mountains, northwest of that city. The face of the 
 mountain is excavated, in all directions, for a great dis- 
 tance, into numerous caves, or vaults. In these tombs 
 abound paintings and sculpture of great beauty. Mag- 
 nificent pillars, cut out of the living rock, support the 
 roof. 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 127 
 
 The tomb of Barneses the Fifth is particularly inter- 
 esting. The roof of the passage leading to the principal 
 chamber is most richly painted. The ceiling of this 
 chamber itself is quite beautiful, and delightfully mys- 
 tical — describing the procession of the sun through the 
 hours of the day and night. 
 
 The Egyptian column is generally round in form up 
 the greater part of the shaft, but varies in diameter at 
 different parts of the heighth. In general the width 
 bears a much greater ratio to the heighth than in Gre- 
 cian buildings, and this imparts to it a greater degree 
 of heaviness. In some columns the surface is sculptured 
 with representations of the lotus-leaf; in others it is 
 made to appear like a bundle of reeds fastened together 
 by hoops. Some pillars are of the same diameter all 
 the way up. Square columns are also observable, par- 
 ticularly in the tombs ; these exhibit sculptured human 
 figures, which project more or less from the face of the 
 stone, seemingly designed to support a weight aloft. 
 The form of the capital of an Egyptian column, and the 
 relation in size and appearance it bears to the shaft, vary 
 exceedingly. The most common form, however, is that 
 of the calyx of a plant. This simple and graceful form 
 has received many modifications from the hands of the 
 Egyptian mason, who appears not to have been at all 
 deficient in taste in the selection of natural models, nor 
 in the power of adapting them to architectural orna- 
 ment. In some capitals the design has undoubtedly 
 been taken from the graceful hanging palm leaves as 
 they appear at the top of the trunk, bending down on 
 all sides. In some cases the top, or outer ring, is ex- 
 actly circular ; in others, the circle is broken into a num- 
 ber of curved lines, with their convexities turned out- 
 
128 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 wards — thus forming a series of beautifully bending 
 petals. On the surface of these bends, various orna- 
 ments are cut. We have the bulrush, with its stem, and 
 leaves, and fruits ; and the calyx of the lotus-flower, 
 grouped with the leaves of the same plant ; and the 
 round-tufted head of the palm before it is expanded in 
 spring ; and the lotus again, with its flower alternately 
 in the bud and full bloom ; the vine is also occasionally 
 seen intermingling its shoots and leaves with those of 
 the palm-tree. The cornice, &c, is generally adorned 
 with figures and hieroglyphics, over the centre of which 
 the winged globe is predominant. 
 
 The Rock tombs of Petra are also worthy of atten- 
 tion, both for their richness of decoration and vast ex- 
 tent ; but possessing no peculiar feature apart from the 
 Egyptian, Syriaoe-Egyptian, and Grseco-Roman styles 
 of architecture. We shall pass them over, and direct 
 our attention to those of Etruria. 
 
 This ancient nation is said to have embraced the 
 greater part of Italy, from the plains of Lombardy to 
 the Gulf of Salerno, on the one side, and on the other, 
 from the Tyrrhene Sea to the Adriatic, comprising Elba, 
 Corsica, partially, and several other islands on the west- 
 ern shores. Etruria proper, which included the modern 
 Tuscany territory, the Duchy of Lucca, and a part of 
 the Papal States, was the peculiar seat of Etrurian 
 power. This once flourishing part of Italy, which in 
 those days yielded rich harvests, has now merged into 
 wilds and wastes — fens and marshes — regions of pesti- 
 lence — desolated by malaria, haunts of the wild boar 
 and of noxious reptiles, from which man flies as from a 
 plague-stricken land. 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 129 
 
 Yet this was once an opulent and mighty country — the 
 parent of great and powerful states. 
 
 The principal feature in Etrurian tombs is their sub- 
 terranean position. They are hollowed in the living 
 rock, either beneath the surface of the ground, or at the 
 foot of a cliff, shaped into a monument, and inscribed 
 with an epitaph. They, like those of Egypt and Asia 
 Minor, show, in their general construction, an imitation 
 of the abodes of the living. 
 
 Of their work in stone, numerous specimens still exist 
 upon the fagades and walls of these rock-hewn sepul- 
 chres, in detached statues, on sarcophagi and cinerary 
 urns. So far as relates to sculpture, the sarcophagi are 
 the most valuable of the Etrurian antiquities in point of 
 art. The sides of these stone coffins are sculptured in 
 bas-relief, in a very rich and elegant manner ; and upon 
 the top reclines a figure in such high relief as almost to 
 appear to be separate from the groundwork beneath. 
 "As a general remark," however, says an intelligent 
 writer upon Etrurian sculpture, " it may be observed, 
 that the productions in the Etrurian style are very defi- 
 cient in beauty." They neither exhibit that repose and 
 simplicity which gave dignity to the Egyptian, nor the 
 fine forms and sentiment which ennoble Grecian sculp- 
 ture ; and whatever interest they excite is derived rather 
 from the value that attaches to them in an archaeological 
 point of view, than for their merit as works of art. The 
 most ancient kind of monuments in Greece was the bar- 
 row, erected upon a stone basement, or composed of 
 massive stones. The next were sepulchral mounds with 
 altars raised upon them, which relatives and friends 
 reverenced as temples of their gods. The Greeks, with 
 
130 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 most other nations in those early days, worshipped their 
 gods upon high mountains ; thus Homer alludes to 
 Mount Ida, as the scene of many sacrifices and prayers. 
 Many are of the opinion that temples originated from 
 this superstitious reverence and devotion paid to the 
 memory of the dead ; and as most of the gods of heathen 
 nations were but men deified on account of some public 
 benefit conferred on mankind, so most of these temples 
 are thought to have been, at first, only stately monu- 
 ments erected in honour of the dead. Nor need we 
 wonder that this should be the case, when we remember 
 that at every common sepulchre it was the custom to 
 offer up prayers, sacrifices, and libations. The primi- 
 tive Greeks buried their dead within their own houses, 
 but the law was, in latter ages, without the city walls. 
 The memorials were generally tomb-stones or pillars, 
 ornamented with garlands or festoons of flowers, typical 
 of repose from toil and trouble. The Greek epitaphs 
 were very simple, and consisted only of the names and 
 a short character, as — a good man, a good woman. The 
 practice in Athens was to inscribe the name of the de- 
 ceased, his father, tribe, and profession. 
 
 At the last mentioned city, there were two burying- 
 grounds — one within, and one without the walls. The 
 former was devoted to those who died upon the field of 
 battle, for the good of the State. Over these graves 
 columns were erected, inscribed with the name of the 
 place where they fell, and their epitaphs. These memo- 
 rials were sometimes decorated with the representations 
 of the arms, &c, of the hero. Here was celebrated the 
 race called the " Lampadedromia," at which persons 
 ran with torches in their hands. It was divided into 
 several fields and enclosures. In addition to these ceme- 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 131 
 
 teries, the Athenians (and the custom was peculiar to 
 other Greeks also) interred their dead in gardens at- 
 tached to their villas. It was usual to place in the tomh 
 various articles of pottery. 
 
 The body was deposited in a case called a soros ; or, 
 as it is more generally known in modern days, a sarco- 
 phagus. 
 
 Upon the beauty of Grecian architecture it is need- 
 less for us to dwell. We shall, therefore, merely glance 
 at the different " orders " or styles adopted. The term 
 order is not applied except when columns are used ; but 
 as all Grecian and Roman buildings partaking of a pub- 
 lic character had columns, and as the character of the 
 column influenced that of the edifice in many other 
 respects, it has been found advantageous to use terms to 
 distinguish them. 
 
 These orders were three in number, viz. : Doric, Ionic, 
 and Corintliian. The Romans made slight changes in 
 them all, and introduced two others, viz. : the Tuscan 
 and the Composite. The columns, with their capitals 
 and bases, the entablature which surmounts the columns, 
 and the platform or pedestal on which these stand, all 
 combined make up the characteristics of the order. 
 
 Of these orders, the Doric in majesty far surpasses 
 all the others. It bears a noble feature of unassuming 
 grandeur, and is characterized by a chaste simplicity, 
 and a disdain of minute decoration, which conspire to 
 produce the sublime in the greatest degree. It is there- 
 fore peculiarly suitable for monumental designs. The 
 Corinthian and the Composite are light and graceful. 
 They are too cheerful and ornamental for a cemetery, 
 except as single pillars, when they form a pleasing con- 
 trast. The Ionic and Tuscan approach the Doric in 
 
132 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 simplicity, grandeur, and strength — three important re- 
 quisites ; and are also well suited for monumental struc- 
 tures. 
 
 Among the Grecians it was the custom, when the 
 body of a drowned person, or of one who had died 
 away from home, could not be recovered, to erect in a 
 consecrated grove, a tomb in honour of him. These 
 tombs were called Cenotaphia ; that is, empty monu- 
 ments. 
 
 In Rome, every spot of earth is suggestive of great 
 reminiscences. The vestiges of tombs, sarcophagi, and 
 statuary speak of magnificence and ruin — of death and 
 departed greatness. 
 
 The Via Appia is studded with sepulchral remains, 
 among which are those of the once stately monuments 
 of Ennias and Archias, and of the Scipios. In the 
 vaulted chamber of the latter (a beautiful model of 
 which is presented in the tombs of Commodore Hull, 
 and of the Cooke family, noticed in Section G, Laurel 
 Hill Cemetery) busts, tablets with inscriptions, and a 
 beautiful sarcophagus have been found. Near it stands 
 a tomb upon an eminence, said to have been the sepul- 
 chre of Horatia, the sister of the conqueror of the Cu- 
 riatii, who stabbed her for lamenting her lover's fate. 
 Near the Circus of Caracallais a magnificent monument, 
 emulating the far-famed Mausoleum of Adrian in gran- 
 deur. It was erected by Crassus, in memory of his wife 
 Cecilia Metella. 
 
 The tomb of Caius Cestius, a pyramidical structure, is 
 situated in the Prati del Popoli Romano. This monu- 
 ment remains entire — owing its preservation, doubtless, 
 to its form. It stands en a base of about ninety feet 
 square, and is about one hundred and thirty feet high. 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 133 
 
 Of all the splendid monuments in the eternal city none 
 surpassed the vast tomb of Adrian, or the mausoleum of 
 Augustus. The latter was described by Strabo as a 
 pendent garden, resting on lofty arches, planted with 
 evergreens, shrubs, and plants. In the centre of this 
 hanging garden was a conical mound, surmounted by 
 a statue of the emperor. In a vault beneath, re- 
 posed the remains of this celebrated monarch and his 
 family ; around the tomb was an extensive area, laid 
 out into walks, and thickly planted with forest trees. 
 The ruins of this famed work of art and splendour is 
 now occupied as a kind of amphitheatre for bull baiting. 
 The tomb of Adrian was esteemed one of the wonders 
 of the world ; and it is supposed that in material, eleva- 
 tion, and artistic excellence, it equalled if not surpassed 
 the Halicarnassian Mausoleum. This monument is now 
 the chief fortress of the papal sovereign. It is the castle 
 of San Angelo. 
 
 Outside of the Porta Pia, on the Via Nomentana, is 
 the mausoleum of Constantia, the daughter of Constan- 
 tine the Great. This lady was in after years placed in 
 the calendar of the saints, and her tomb converted into 
 a church. 
 
 In all Grecian, as well as Roman tombs, vases have 
 been found. These vases have been classified into the 
 votive, the sacrificial, and the cinerary. 
 
 Urns in most ancient monuments are shaped like 
 boxes with pyramidical covers ; in general, however, 
 they were round-bellied, placed in mimic columbria. 
 Some had points to fasten them in the niches ; others 
 were flat-bottomed, to stand on the ground. Those 
 called " Ovrendaria" were very large. Some urns were 
 divided into compartments, for the reception of the 
 
134 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 ashes of distinct persons. Cremation became rare about 
 the time of the Antonines ; therefore, all cinerary urns 
 are to be regarded as prior to that date. 
 
 The urns for the common people were not only com- 
 mon in material and execution, but were larger than the 
 more costly ones ; because the bodies of such were im- 
 perfectly burnt, or they sometimes contained the ashes 
 of a whole family. Those who could not afford a tomb, 
 placed the urn upon cippi, a monumental stone, which 
 usually contained an inscription. 
 
 Phials have also been found in these tombs. They 
 are called Lacri/matories, from a supposition that they 
 were a receptacle for tears. Instead of tears — says a 
 learned gentleman, in an article on the antiquities, &c, 
 of Rome — as is generally supposed, or of perfumes or 
 ointments, as some critics assert, these phials contained 
 the purgamenta, which came off the bones when bathed 
 in wine, milk, and balsams ; for such, necessarily retain- 
 ing some portion of the dead, could not be thrown away, 
 nor yet mixed with the purified relics. They were de- 
 posited separately. The remains of ashes found in these 
 phials, tend to confirm this opinion. 
 
 We have been thus particular in regard to vases, be- 
 cause of their frequent adoption as ornaments in monu- 
 mental designs. It was customary in not only Rome, 
 but in Greece, and other ancient nations, to inter their 
 dead in the evening, and by the light of torches. The 
 funeral customs of the Romans at the present time, differ 
 but little from those of their forefathers. In no part of 
 the world, says Dr. Madden, have I seen such long 
 and lugubrious funeral processions as in Rome. When 
 a rich merchant dies, the whole city is filled with the 
 funeral train. The corpse, dressed out in gay and 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 135 
 
 splendid attire, is carried, at the close of the evening, 
 through the streets on an open bier, attended by every 
 description of mourners that can be collected, and in- 
 variably followed by hired deputations of friars, clad in 
 the long penitential garb, which covers even the head, 
 chanting the slow and solemn service for the dead. 
 These dismal sounds — the long funeral procession, that 
 sometimes fills the streets as far as the eye can reach, 
 seen by the lurid glare of immense tapers, that are 
 borne by the mourners — and the shocking sight of the 
 corpse exposed to view, dressed up with the unseemly 
 decorations of life and vanity, have a never-to-be-for- 
 gotten effect upon the stranger. 
 
 In every respect these modern funerals remind us of 
 those of the ancient people of this city ; and it is curious 
 to see a similitude in such minutiae, after the lapse of 
 two thousand years, and a change in manners and reli- 
 gion so complete. From this custom of interring by 
 torches, has originated that of decorating tombs with 
 their representations. 
 
 We now come to the sepulchral monuments peculiar 
 to the early ages of the church. 
 
 The early Christians had more exalted notions for that 
 veneration and respect which they displayed in their 
 care of their dead, than the heathen among whom they 
 dwelt. The doctrine of the resurrection threw a halo 
 round the grave. The memorials which were erected 
 upon these places of repose were such as to inspire the 
 bereaved with comfort and consolation, by reminding 
 them of the cross, and the hopes of eternal life through 
 the merits of the Redeemer. 
 
 The most noted place of Christian burial, previous to 
 the time of Constantine, was the Catacombs of Rome. 
 
136 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 These excavations are to be found beyond the limits of 
 that city, extending in various directions, and are, per- 
 haps, the most extensive of the kind in the world. They 
 are, for the most part, low, dark, narrow, and difficult 
 of access (those of St. Sebastian and St. Agnes are ex- 
 ceptions). In many places the roofs and sides have 
 fallen in, and the visitor is obliged to crawl on his 
 hands and knees. Here and there they branch out into 
 subterranean streets or alleys. The bodies of the dead 
 are ranged in the caverns on either hand of the corri- 
 dors — their arrangement displaying the systematic at- 
 tention of a general supervision of burials. 
 
 The original Christian designation of these subterra- 
 nean cells and galleries was Cryptce. The name of 
 " Oatatumbce " was applied to that portion of them 
 known in ancient times as the cemetery of St. Calistus, 
 in A. D., 218. This Catatumbse is now the cemetery 
 of Saint Sebastian. All the ancient Christian ceme- 
 teries about Rome were originally called Catatumbae. 
 The remains in the catacombs are frequently found ac- 
 companied with small vessels, such as urns or lacryma- 
 torie vases ; the placing of which, in such sacred places, 
 appears to have been a common custom with the ancient 
 Christians. Slabs, containing inscriptions, also abound. 
 Emblems of various kinds are likewise observed sculp- 
 tured on both them and the vases. These emblems 
 generally comprise such objects as palm-leaves, a crown, 
 a cross, an anchor, a ship, a lamb, a dove, a fish, Noah's 
 ark, baptismal rites, flowers, foliage, particularly of the 
 vine, &c. 
 
 It has been well observed by a modern author, that 
 there is something appropriate in the poor and abject 
 manner in which these catacombs were formed — recalling 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 137 
 
 with their significant voice, the poverty and suffering 
 attendant on the life of their Redeemer. They were 
 buried in the earth ; for how could lofty temples be the 
 fitting abode of his followers, when He so lately knew 
 not where to lay his head ? The heathen and idolater 
 might boast of their divine works of art — of the crea- 
 tions of inventive genius, teeming with fancy and proud 
 intelligence — the Christian meekly bowed his head in 
 hereditary sorrow, and found these types of his hu- 
 mility, devoid and naked of splendour, knowing that all 
 was vanity but the love of God. Undaunted by the 
 terrors of persecution, heedless of the scoff of the world, 
 the disciples of that glorious faith pursued an even path ; 
 and, in these dark and silent catacombs, they met near 
 the tombs of their martyred brethren — the living near 
 the ashes of the dead — and poured forth their fervent 
 prayers. The iron hand of oppression might heap suf- 
 fering upon them, but still they clung to these dim and 
 death-like solitudes ; where with pious care they loved 
 to trace upon the walls the representation of their faith, 
 their hope, and charity. The glory of their oppressors 
 has long since passed away, but these silent abodes still 
 exist ; and the stranger may see amidst the ruins of 
 paganism, and the tinselled magnificence of modern 
 grandeur, these simple memorials, which have outlived 
 the glory of one, and are the truest monitors of the 
 fleeting vanity of the other. 
 
 Upon the conversion of Constantine the Great to 
 Christianity, ecclesiastical architecture underwent a 
 great change ; and from that period to the sixteenth 
 century, the spirit of innovation continued. Thus we 
 have the Romanesque, or early Christian, the Byzan- 
 tine, the Mahomedan, or Moorish, the Norman, and the 
 
138 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 Gothic, or Pointed styles of architecture. These were 
 again subdivided ; which divisions are known by the 
 names of the countries or periods in which they pre- 
 vailed. Thus we have the Italian, the German, and 
 the French churches in the Romanesque style. 
 
 The influence which the Norman style exerted upon 
 architecture is confined chiefly to three countries — Nor- 
 mandy, Sicily, and England. They are denominated 
 the Norman-French, the Norman-Sicilian, and the An- 
 glo-Norman styles. 
 
 The Gothic, which, after the Greek, has perhaps more 
 beauty and distinctness of character about it than any 
 other that has yet been devised, is divided, in England, 
 where it most prevailed, and where the best specimens 
 are yet to be seen, into the " Early English," the u De- 
 corated," the "Florid, or Perpendicular,'' and the " Tu- 
 dor" styles of architecture. 
 
 The sepulchral monuments of the Anglo-Norman 
 times consisted generally of a stone coffin sunk in the 
 earth, just so deep that the cover should be a little 
 above the level of the ground. Sometimes the cover 
 was plain, at other times it contained an inscription 
 with emblems engraved upon it. In some places the 
 coffin was placed wholly above the ground, like a sarco- 
 phagus, and was ornamented with sculpture and archi- 
 tectural decorations. An effigy of the deceased person 
 was, in the earlier stages, engraved in a sort of intaglio 
 on the cover of the coffin — no part of the figure being 
 above the general surface level; subsequently these effi- 
 gies were executed in high relief. When the pointed 
 style was introduced, these tombs had canopies given to 
 them, supported at the corners by columns, and enriched 
 with such decorations as were most prevalent at the time 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 139 
 
 of their erection. In the beginning of the thirteenth 
 and part of the fourteenth centuries, the effigies are fre- 
 quently found executed in full relief — representing a 
 sculptured or bronze figure lying recumbent on the 
 tomb. As we advance, during this period, we find that 
 the placing of the tomb above the level of the ground 
 came by degrees to be disused ; and the general form 
 was the adoption of an altar tomb, or flat, raised table, 
 even when no effigy was added. 
 
 At the. close of the fourteenth century these sepul- 
 chral monuments had assumed an imposing appearance. 
 There was on the upper surface of the altar-tomb an 
 effigy made of stone, of bronze, of gilt-wood, or of wood' 
 plated with copper ; there were highly decorated niches 
 around the sides of the tomb, for containing effigies of 
 the family of the deceased; there were shields and armo- 
 rial bearings placed in panels, and the whole surmounted 
 by a highly enriched canopy. These canopies were 
 sometimes supported by columns, springing from the 
 tomb, and at others they were detached from it. 
 
 During the prevalence of the perpendicular style, the 
 monumental tombs were very gorgeous. The canopies 
 increased, not only in richness, but in size ; insomuch 
 that they at length formed small enclosures, many of 
 which eventually became chapels in Chantries, where 
 the mourners met for prayer by the tombs of their de- 
 parted relatives. 
 
 In the fifteenth century, monumental brasses were 
 very extensively used. Much of our knowlege of the 
 costume of that period is derived from effigies engraved 
 on these brasses. 
 
 Monuments and tombs of the periods referred to 
 were both magnificent and appropriate. The altar- 
 
140 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 tomb, with its recumbent effigies, convey to the spec- 
 tator a feeling of awe and solemnity. The supplicating 
 attitude of those "who sleep beneath" awaken feelings 
 which ought not to be hastily dismissed. 
 
 With the introduction of the Debased Italian style, in 
 the seventeenth century, taste in monumental architec- 
 ture was, so to speak, altogether banished. The altar- 
 tombs of this period are covered with circular arcades, 
 the soffits of which are richly panelled ; the entablatures 
 are highly finished, and are supported at the angles by 
 columns of the different orders. Above these, other ar- 
 cades and entablatures of smaller dimensions, supported 
 also by columns, often arise ; and the whole is usually 
 finished with obelisks and escutcheons, surrounded with 
 scroll work. These stately memorials are composed for 
 the most part of various coloured marbles, fancifully de- 
 corated with painting, gilding, sculpture, presenting a 
 combination and infinite variety of arches, columns, 
 tablets, pyramids, obelisks, escutcheons, arabesques, and 
 scroll work. 
 
 It is only within the last twelve or fifteen years that 
 monumental architecture has had an existence, as such, 
 in the United States. Previous to that date, attempts 
 to adorn sepulchral memorials were of a very primitive 
 character, and consisted for the most part of cherub- 
 heads, or the figure of a female veiled with drapery, sit- 
 ting under a willow, or leaning over a tomb ; sometimes 
 we find the representation of a lamb, a dove, an inverted 
 torch, or a lamp, and not unfrequently a death's head, 
 engraved upon the tombstone. The sculpturing of these 
 form a striking contrast to the more elegant tombs of 
 the present day. 
 
 Since then, we question whether any other country 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 141 
 
 has produced, with the same limited opportunities, works 
 more gratifying to the eye or pleasing to the fancy than 
 are to be found in our rural cemeteries, particularly in 
 Laurel Hill. For this desirable change we are princi- 
 pally indebted to one establishment in Philadelphia, 
 viz. : that of Messrs. J. Struthers & Sons, 360 Market 
 Street. 
 
 Previous to the period referred to, marble masons 
 practised the avocatio'n of architect, sculptor, and ma- 
 son ; and such was the case with the former principal 
 of the firm in question. But this gentleman was the 
 first in the United States who, to give prominency to 
 that part of his business connected with monuments, 
 united with it an architectural department, which he 
 then placed, and where it still remains, under the ma- 
 nagement of a talented artist. 
 
 Aided by the labours of this gentleman, the Messrs. 
 Struthers have succeeded in the introduction of a high 
 tone and correct taste in regard to monumental designs, 
 and in establishing a precedent which has ever since 
 been productive of good results. In testimony of the 
 superior excellence of their production, we refer the 
 reader to Laurel Hill, where the most valuable composi- 
 tions are allowed by all impartial judges to be those 
 from this establishment. Not only here, however, are 
 the artistic merits of the Messrs. Struthers' productions 
 appreciated; throughout the L : nited States, the Canadas, 
 West India Islands, Mexico, and South America, in all 
 which they are to be found, they have been commended 
 as combining the higher qualities of the art. 
 
 The Hull, Cooke, Crothers, Evans, Lewis, Manderson, 
 Brown, Beusse, Donaldson, Drayton, Farnam, Ripka, 
 Harrison, Wetheral, Townsend, Hayes, Miller, Neal, 
 
142 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 Douglass, and the Twiggs monuments, are a few ex- 
 amples of the many beautiful memorials in Laurel Hill 
 Cemetery. The designs and enrichments of these are 
 of a chaste and appropriate character, and are a credit- 
 able evidence of the progress made in the arts of sculp- 
 ture and monumental architecture, and of the refined 
 and cultivated tastes of our citizens. 
 
 From the interest manifested by the public in this 
 matter, we feel assured that in a few years these arts 
 will be brought to that degree of perfection which will 
 place our country second to none other in these respects. 
 To secure the more speedy and effectual accomplishment 
 of this desirable object, let those proposing to erect 
 memorials of their love or regard to the memory of de- 
 parted relatives or friends, seek out artists and employ 
 them. 
 
 Being ourselves very ardent admirers of the beauties 
 of architecture and sculpture, we are the more anxious 
 to see them conducted so as to emulate the best 
 authorities, not in the mere copying, but in spirit ; that 
 is, in artistic feeling and composition. This can only 
 be done by artists ; and we would advise all persons in 
 future to bestow their patronage with discrimination, 
 making the skill and experience of the practitioner the 
 principal cause of his employment. By acting thus, 
 we not only stimulate to further exertions such of our 
 architects and sculptors as are entitled to be called such, 
 but we open a new field of enterprise for others to enter 
 and cultivate. 
 
 In connection with the present chapter, we think it 
 proper to say a few words respecting ornamental iron 
 work, and its application, in a certain extent, to ceme- 
 tery purposes. In doing so, we propose a visit to 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 143 
 
 Mr. Robert Wood's Iron Works, Ridge Road, 
 near Spring Garden street.* It may be well, perhaps, 
 first to notice the properties of this metal, that we may 
 more fully appreciate its merits and capabilities. The 
 first is its hardness, which in one state, that of steel, 
 is so great as to cut every substance, but the very 
 hardest in nature. The next is its tenacity, in which, 
 when pure, it is surpassed by no metal. Another is its 
 malleability. It may be hammered into almost any 
 shape, and be converted into innumerably important 
 uses. Upon the application of a very high degree of 
 heat, iron is capable of being welded — a process by 
 which two surfaces are united by a kind of cementation. 
 Eew metals, and no other substance known, exhibit this 
 property. Cast iron, so called, is the metal in a state 
 of admixture with other ingredients — chiefly silica and 
 carbon. Bronze-casting is a composition of copper, tin, 
 and sometimes zinc. Bell-metal, cannon-metal, and 
 statuary-metal, are all modifications of bronze. 
 
 Mr. Wood first commenced ornamental iron casting 
 about thirteen years ago ; when the art, not only in the 
 
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 illustrated in a superb manner by the most talented artists in the 
 country. The work will also contain, in addition to notices of 
 public institutions, &c, an account of the most important manu- 
 facturing establishments in each metropolis, embracing their ex- 
 tent and variety, and value of articles produced. 
 
 The first volume, embracing the cities of Philadelphia, Lan- 
 caster, Reading, Pottsville, Trenton and Wilmington, will be 
 issued at an early date. 
 
144 HISTOKICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 United States, but in Europe, was imperfectly under- 
 stood. His establishment was then a small one-storied 
 house, temporarily fitted up for the purpose, occupying 
 the site of his present extensive works. 
 
 These buildings, a noble evidence of American enter- 
 prise, energy and industry, cover an area of about one 
 hundred and forty-four feet, fronting on the Ridge Road, 
 by one hundred in depth. They average from five to 
 six stories in height, and are divided into twenty differ- 
 ent departments. Some idea of the extent of the works 
 may be formed from the fact, that there are employed 
 over one hundred men in them as moulders, carvers, 
 pattern-makers, carpenters, foundry-men, fitters, drillers, 
 smiths, engineers, finishers, &c. Throughout this vast 
 establishment the utmost order and attention prevail ; 
 indeed, the management is such as to immediately con- 
 vince the stranger that the whole is under the direction 
 of one who practically understands his business. Wood's 
 Ornamental Iron Works are justly esteemed among the 
 first in the United States in the artistic excellence of 
 their productions. To accomplish this object the pro- 
 prietor spares no exertion or expense in securing good 
 workmen, or in procuring the latest and best models. 
 The success he has already met with is most encour- 
 aging, and we hope his spirit of enterprise will devise 
 new applications of iron to objects of both ornament 
 and utility. 
 
 Among the great variety of designs of enclosures for 
 burial lots, we observe a massive one in the Romanasque 
 style, which for beauty of outline, harmony of its pro- 
 portions, and excellency of execution and finish, cannot 
 be too highly commended. A specimen of this railing 
 is noticed in connection with the Manderson monument, 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 145 
 
 Section I, page 93. Also one in the Gothic style, a 
 specimen encloses A. Kitchen's lot, Section N. The or- 
 naments on which are of a decided character, so much 
 so, as to be at once recognized as belonging to the 
 "decorated" style. The floriated moulding or band, 
 running along the top-rail, adds much by its richness to 
 the general effect. 
 
 We likewise noticed another pleasing composition, 
 which, like the last, is designed in the Gothic or pointed 
 style, though not so elaborate in decoration. A credita- 
 ble specimen encloses the lot of L. A. Godey, Esq., Sec- 
 tion G., see page 79. 
 
 No production of Mr. Wood's establishment is more 
 highly esteemed than his garden and arbour chairs, and 
 settees, which generally combine lightness, strength and 
 stability. Some of these articles are of superior execu- 
 tion ; the decorations, principally foliage and flowers, 
 are designed with great force and spirit, and are repro- 
 duced with truthfulness of effect. These chairs and 
 settees form agreeable and appropriate adornments to a 
 family burial lot. We also notice a great variety of 
 urns and vases copied from ancient Greek and Etruscan 
 remains. Their execution for the most part is very bril- 
 liant and effective. These vases, together with his beau- 
 tiful figures of dogs, lions, &c, form graceful and pleas- 
 ing embellishments for gardens, lawns, and entrances to 
 dwelling houses. The first named might also with great 
 propriety be introduced into cemetries, as the receptacle 
 of plants, flowers, &c. 
 
 The iron castings of bas-relief exhibited to us, possess 
 artistic merit of no mean order. These bas-reliefs might 
 be introduced very effectively, both in domestic decora- 
 tions, and sepulchral monuments. 
 
146 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF 
 
 The application of iron to figure-casting is likely to 
 make some considerable change in the arts. We have 
 already stated (says a writer in an English periodical) 
 the greater difficulties which have to be overcome in the 
 manipulation of iron, as compared with bronze, but 
 when those difficulties are overcome (they have been 
 within the last two or three years) we think that the 
 result is equally artistic, and more surprising. The 
 casts of "the wild horses," the "hermit," the "cru- 
 sader" and " Saracen," are equal in striking effect and 
 accuracy of detail to the best bronzes. And if such per- 
 fection can be attained in small figures, assuredly there 
 is no reason why similar success should not be attained 
 with the largest statues. The carbonized surface of jet 
 black would give a solemn and imposing effect to a 
 monumental statute, and we believe it would be found 
 to resist atmospheric action, even better than a bronze 
 superfice. The galvanic plaistic process has been suc- 
 cessfully applied to statues of cast iron in Europe. 
 
 Several of the figures and designs cast in the estab- 
 lishment under notice, particularly the Townsend monu- 
 ment, noticed in South Laurel Hill, deservedly rank as 
 works of art, and refute the opinion, founded in preju- 
 dice, that iron is not suited for statuary. 
 
 The introduction of cast iron stairs is of recent date, 
 and from present appearances they bid fair to supersede 
 the common use of wood, by the many advantages they 
 possess over that material, not the least of which is their 
 comparative security against fire. The permanency of 
 iron — says a writer in the Philadelphia Ledger — and 
 the difference it makes in the cost of insurance, are facts 
 worthy of consideration. The iron may forever remain 
 uninjured, if properly protected by paint. This estab- 
 
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE. 147 
 
 lishes an important difference between brick and mortar 
 on the one side, and of cast iron on the other. The 
 difference is so clearly in favour of the latter, that it at 
 once settles the question of economy. The stairs under 
 consideration, can be recommended, not only for their 
 economy in this respect, but for their elegance and con- 
 venience. Rarely have we seen structures of the same 
 kind, either in wood or stone, combining the same archi- 
 tectural taste and skill. The railings, banisters, steps, 
 &c, are all susceptible of ornamentation. They can be 
 painted, burnished, lacquered or japanned in colours, 
 and enriched by arabesque, or any other of the many 
 styles of decorative art, so as to present an exceedingly 
 brilliant appearance. 
 
 The varandas embrace a great variety of designs, 
 principally, however, in the Moorish and Byzantine 
 style. These forms of architecture are particularly 
 suited, by their light and graceful character, to struc- 
 tures of this kind. The specimens we had the pleasure 
 of inspecting are at once elegant and substantial. 
 
 Among the minor objects produced at these works are 
 music-stands, brackets, lamp-stands, inkstands, mirror- 
 frames, card-racks, clock-cases, paper-holders, bedsteads, 
 centre and pier tables, &c. , 
 
 In closing this notice we direct attention to the cast 
 iron fountain, erected by Mr. Wood in Spring Garden 
 near Sixth street. The artistic care and skill bestowed 
 upon this composition, will not fail to merit the appro- 
 bation of every beholder, and from the successful com- 
 plecation of which, we feel assured that fountains of the 
 most elegant designs and classic details will ere long 
 grace all our public squares. 
 
JOHN JAY SMITH. 
 
 & 1 x x xi a r ij : | $ r b n u m : 
 
 LLOYD P. SMITH. | FREDERICK BROWN. 
 
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 JOHN JAY SMITH, (FREDERICK BROWN, 
 LLOYD P. SMITH, |BEN. W. RICHARDS. 
 
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 THOMAS DRINNAN, (on the premises.) 
 
 SI ss is tit lit lnprinttnhrnf: 
 
 JOHN DUNN, (Southern ground.) 
 
A LIST 
 
 LOT-HOLDERS 
 
 LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, 
 
 T O APRIL. 1,1! 
 
 [Sections indicated by the figures 1, 2, 3, &c, are situated in South 
 Laurel Hill. Section 4 is " Friends' ground."] 
 
 CLERGYMEN. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Barnes, Rev. Albert G 77 
 
 Boardman, Rev. Henry A G 146, east half. 
 
 Breintnall, Rev. Thomas G 159, north half. 
 
 Chandler, Rev. George C 32 
 
 Chester, Rev. William G 194 
 
 Clemson, Rev. J. B G 22, 34 
 
 Crawford, Rev. Samuel H L 69 
 
 Demme, Rev. Chas. R 7 350 
 
 Durbin, Rev. John P 7 21 
 
 Durborrow, Rev. G. A 
 
 Fowles, Rev. James H 7 25 
 
 Gillette, Rev. A. D 7 140 
 
 Goddard, Rev. Kingston 7 23 
 
 Good, Rev. Caleb J R 60 
 
 Grant, Rev. John L C 34 
 
 Hall, Rev. Richard Drason L 252, south half. 
 
 Hazlehurst, Rev. Samuel C 9 
 
 Higgins. Rev. Solomon R 57 
 
 Howe, Rev. M. A. Be Wolfe 7 9 
 
 Jones, Rev. Joseph H C 3H 
 
 13 * (1) 
 
Z LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 McKnight, Rev. John H 100 
 
 Maxwell, Rev. John Gordon L 330 
 
 Mayer, Rev. P. F 33 
 
 Mitchell, Rev. James M 110, south half. 
 
 Morton, Rev. Henry J 
 
 Neill, Rev. Wm., Germantown C 36 
 
 Patton, Rev. John H 99 
 
 Pinney, Rev. J. B G 147, west half. 
 
 Potter, Rt. Rev. Alonzo 7 27,28 
 
 Rood, Rev. Anson B 25 
 
 Spear, Rev. Wm. Wallace 1 115 
 
 Stevens, Rev. W. Bacon 7 29 
 
 Thomson, Rev. Charles W L 86 
 
 Wiltbank, Rev. James H 54 
 
 A. 
 
 Abel, Jane, Charleston, S. C G 176, one-third. 
 
 Abbey, Charles B 63 
 
 Abbott, James G F 37 
 
 Adams, A. W F 18 
 
 Adams, John Quincy F 19 
 
 Adams, John S L 198 
 
 Adams, R. H C 28, westhalf. 
 
 Addicks, John Edward G 21 
 
 Afflick, MorrisE D 67, 68, one-sixth. 
 
 Agnew, William F 130, 131 
 
 Airey, John 2 201 
 
 f ..224, one-third of west half. 
 Aldridge, Samuel H Ai 2 ofi « t " 
 
 Alexander, Hugh 3 146 
 
 Alexander, William R 100, south half. 
 
 Allen, Charles W., Ex'r, &c M 38 
 
 Allen, Eliza R 151, south half. 
 
 Allen, JohnB. A G 185 
 
 Allen, Robert A 28 
 
 Allen, Thos. and Geo. W., M.D B 21, 22 
 
 Allibone, Samuel Austin L 44 
 
 Allibone, Thomas E 15, 16, 20, 21 
 
 Allison, James 2 136 
 
LIST OF LOT- HOLDERS. 6 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Allman, Thomas, jr 3 184 
 
 Altemus, Samuel T G 361 
 
 Alston, Sarah M., of N. Carolina R 151, north half. 
 
 Alter, Jacob G 173, J with T. J. Megear. 
 
 Alter, Solomon G 152, half east. 
 
 Amer, William M 112 
 
 Amos, Jacob 3 251 
 
 Anderson, William V L 25, 26 
 
 Andrews, Alexander J R 190 
 
 Andrews, John (vault, shrubbery) 15, 16, 17, 18 
 
 Andrews, Mrs. Margaret L 201 
 
 Angue, Albert D G...323, 325, 327, one-third east. 
 
 Angue, Charlotte E G...323, 325, 327, one-third west. 
 
 Angue, John, jr F 4 
 
 Anners, Mary Frances L 145 
 
 Anson, Louis E 58 
 
 Anspach, John H 161 
 
 Anspach, William H 160 
 
 Appleton, Christopher C 26, 27 
 
 Archambault, Joseph 17 152, east half. 
 
 Archambault, La Fayette 17 152, west half 
 
 Archer, Ellis S B 88 
 
 Armour, William B 140 
 
 Armstrong, Andrew B 128 
 
 Arrott, James L 95 
 
 Ash, Thomas T 7 202 
 
 Ashman, Peter 3 241 
 
 Ashmead, Albert S 7 85 
 
 Ashmead, Lehman P D 81 
 
 Ashmead, Thomas 7 86 
 
 Asson, William T R 61 
 
 Atherton, Humphrey, Estate of. C 77, 79 
 
 Atkinson, Joseph G 209 
 
 Atwood, John M 1 86, 87 
 
 Audenried, Anna C G 322 
 
 Austin, D. P F 148, 149 
 
 Austin, David, St. Francisville, La. ...L 146 
 
 Axford, Edward J F 67, west half. 
 
1 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 B. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Backus, El. F.i Vau i t p 4 
 
 Bayard James ) 
 
 Bacon, Franklin E 33 
 
 Bailey, Joseph T P 65 
 
 Bailie, Mary Jane C 1 
 
 Baily, William 1 172 
 
 Baily, Eli W P 70 
 
 Baker, Abraham 19 
 
 Baker, Charles H 47, GO 
 
 Baker, George N H 90, 91 
 
 Baker, Isaac E A 82, south half. 
 
 Baker, John C E 10 
 
 Baker, Michael G 259 
 
 Baker, Michael V L 62, 64 
 
 Baldwin, M. W M 45 
 
 Ball, Mrs. E., Egypt. Tomb G 110, 112 
 
 Bancroft, Thomas 1 124, 125, 126, f of each. 
 
 Baptist Church, the Fifth 6 32 to 123 
 
 Barclay, Andrew C shrubbery 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 
 
 Barclay, J. K R 92 
 
 Barclay, Miss Margaret M 54 
 
 Barcroft, Stacy B G 35 
 
 Barger, William L 178, 179 
 
 Barker, Abraham G 285 
 
 Barker, James N. (vault) G 71, 81 
 
 Barnes, Rev. Albert G 77 
 
 Barnes, Ann P 69 
 
 Barnes, Henry L 157 
 
 Barrett, R., Estate of. A 19 
 
 Barron, George 97, 98 
 
 Barton, C. C, U. S. N L 331 
 
 Barton, Irvine 3 239 
 
 Barton, John Rhea, M. D G 281 
 
 Bartram, Mrs. Ann F 38 
 
 Bastian, George 3 245, west half. 
 
 Bastian, John 3 245, east half. 
 
 Baugh, Samuel 20 
 
 Bazin, Xavier B 33 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 5 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Beaver, Thomas G 290 
 
 Bechtel, Abraham B 161 
 
 Beck, Charles F. (oval) 1 10, south half. 
 
 Beck, Mrs. Elizabeth H 117 
 
 Beck, Harvey G 57 
 
 Beck, Henry Paul (oval) 1 10, north half. 
 
 Beck, John L 258 
 
 Beck, William Henry H 187 
 
 Beebee, George W B 108 
 
 , Beehler, Tobias G 346 
 
 Behm, C. F. W R 146 
 
 Beidelman, Abraham 21 
 
 Beidelman, Daniel.' M 18 
 
 Beirne, Oliver, New York L 140 
 
 Bell, Charles R 88, south half. 
 
 Bell, Levi H 4 125 
 
 Bell, Samuel 4 127 
 
 Bellangee, Isaac 4 141, 143 
 
 Bellas, James H 80 
 
 Benfer, John Christian C 16, 17 
 
 Bensell, Edward S., and -> L / 493, north half. 
 
 Pinkney, Henry J " 1493, south half. 
 
 Bent, Edwin J R 96, north half. 
 
 Berger, Mary B 9 
 
 Berks, John 2 191. 
 
 i, JohnM R {\\ _ „ 
 
 I 16, west half. 
 
 Henrietta P 72, north side Neal mon. 
 
 Bevan, Matthew L E 68, 69, 70, 71 
 
 Bibighaus, C. H., M. D G 240, south half. 
 
 Bibighaus, Samuel H G 240, north half. 
 
 Bicking, George H F 9 
 
 Biddle, Edward C G 82 
 
 Biddle, Thomas (a vault) G 247 
 
 Bilger, Isaac F Ill 
 
 Binder, Wm., Jacob, and Geo O 77 
 
 Bird, Charles 1 26, 27 
 
 Bird, Henry 1 28, 29 
 
 Bird, Thomas 1 30, 31 
 
 Birnbaum, Charles G 88 
 
 1* 
 
6 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Bisbee, Catharine R 123, north half. 
 
 Bispham, Joseph H 47, 53 
 
 Bispham, Samuel 1 108, 109, 110, 111 
 
 Bissell, J. H., Estate of, N. C L 256 
 
 Black, Samuel A R 94, north half. 
 
 Bladen, Washington L P 10 
 
 Blaikie, George D G 212, south half. 
 
 Blaine, Sarah E R 163 
 
 Blake, George E H 68 
 
 Blanchard, Wm. A F 150, 151 
 
 Blanding, William, M. D L 250 
 
 Blye, Sarah N 20 
 
 Boardman, Rev. Henry A G '. 146, east half. 
 
 Bodder, Levi D., M. D 3 112 
 
 Bodine, Samuel T F 6 
 
 Boggs, James R 121, north half. 
 
 Bohlen, John (vault) F 61, 62, 63, 64 
 
 Boker, Charles S A 91 to 102, north third. 
 
 Boker, Joseph G 286, north half. 
 
 Boker, William C G 286, south half. 
 
 Boldin, George E 80 
 
 Boiler, Henry J M 12 
 
 Bolton, Beulah S C 94 
 
 Bond, Henry, M.D G 349, west half. 
 
 Bond, William G 349, one-fourth. 
 
 Bonnel, Lydia B 102 
 
 Bonnell, Samuel B 103 
 
 Booth, Mrs. Jane C L 206 
 
 Boraef, Martin "] 
 
 Boraef, Henry I ««--., 
 
 t, . „ , .. ^1 191, one-fourth part each. 
 
 Boraef, Valentine r 
 
 Boraef, Lawrance S I 
 
 Bouvier, Judge John F 81, 82 
 
 Bowen, William E L 96 
 
 Bower, Charles P B 81 
 
 Boyles, James B 19, 20 
 
 Boyter, Louisa C. and Caroline. ..A 79, north half. 
 
 Bradford, Cornelius J R 140 
 
 Bradley, C. and Shriver, W C 58, 59, half to each. 
 
 Bradshaw, Edmund C 89 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. < 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Brady, James D B 101 
 
 Bray, Daniel G 184 
 
 Breintnall, Rev. Thomas G 159, north half. 
 
 Brenner, John G 22 
 
 Brewer, Thomas A R 164 
 
 Brickman, George G 89 
 
 Bridges, N. W R 106 
 
 Bridport, Hugh R 59 
 
 Bringhurst, John C 78, 80, one-fourth. 
 
 Brock, John B 44, 45, 46, 47 
 
 Brock, Samuel L 3 185 
 
 Brognard, Joseph R C 92 
 
 Brognard, L. Ney... B 120 
 
 Brolaskey, S. (vault) G 43, 44 
 
 Brooke, Charlotte P D 74 
 
 Brooke, Gen. Geo. M L 132 
 
 Brooke, Robert L 3 118 
 
 Brooks, Jeremiah M P 11 
 
 Brooks, Mary C 57 
 
 Broom, George L B 153, 154 
 
 Browne, Alexander 3 254 
 
 Browne, Alexander L 348 
 
 Brown, Charles S 28, north half. 
 
 Brown, David Paul G 133 
 
 Brown, David S 4 158, 159 
 
 Brown, Elizabeth Dr. L 252, north half. 
 
 Brown, Frederick L 8, 9, and half of 10, 11 
 
 Browne, Hannah and Ann T G 187 
 
 Browne, N. B. & S. A. Harrison...B 145, north half, and 147 
 
 Brown, Mrs. Jane 2 134, east half. 
 
 Brown, Jeremiah 4 156 
 
 Brown, John and Lewis A 24 
 
 Brown, John A L 100 to 106 inclusive. 
 
 Brown, John H P 13 
 
 Brown, Lewis A 20 
 
 Brown, Theodore C 25, west half. 
 
 Brown, William G 258 
 
 Bryan, George S C 13 
 
 Bryan, Tim. M. & Thos. J. (vt)....H 103, 104 
 
 Buck, F. N B 15, 16 
 
8 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Buckley, M. Brooke L 214, 215 
 
 Budd, Henry G 280, north half. 
 
 Buddy, John 41 
 
 Buist, Robert L 169 
 
 Bunker, N., Estate of L 50 to 54, inclusive. 
 
 Bunting, Catharine L 249, 251 
 
 Bunting, Jacob T G 51 
 
 Bunting, Joshua, Estate of 3 215 
 
 Burdsall, Wm. H F 116 
 
 Burgess, Mary P 17 
 
 Burgess, Robert H 142 
 
 Burk, James (vault) L 35, 36, 37 
 
 Burkhard, Peter 2 138 
 
 Burkhart, Robert D 13 
 
 Burnell, Benjamin B 35 
 
 Burr, Joseph, jr C 73 
 
 Burr, Margaret C 72 
 
 Burt, Nathaniel shrubbery 32 to 36, inclusive. 
 
 Butcher, Washington G 97 
 
 Butz, Geo., jr. (a vault) H 173 
 
 Byrne, Ann R 93 
 
 c. 
 
 ames, <S "> p 
 
 3,(vt.) J 
 
 } 
 
 215 
 
 Caldwell, Eliz. & James, & 
 
 Kepple, Catharine, (vt.) 
 Caldwell, Thomas "> ^ j 17, north half. 
 
 " \ 15, whole. 
 
 Camblos, Charles M 62 
 
 Campbell, George S 10 
 
 Campbell, Quintin 1 95 
 
 Carlton, John, U. S. N G 242, north half. 
 
 Carpenter, Samuel H G 12 
 
 Carr, Edward W. -> R .„ 
 
 Carr, John G. J '" 
 
 Carr, Margaret H L 161 
 
 Carr, William H G 26 
 
 Carse, W. H., Mt. Holly, N. J....L 224 
 
 Carman, William C 84, 86 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 9 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Carson, Joseph, M.D G 69 
 
 Carter, Charles H., Maryland B 61 
 
 Carter, James, Jr B 30 
 
 Carter, Mrs. Lucy Lelia L 143 
 
 Carter, Robert W B 89 
 
 Carter, William T M 100 
 
 Carver, Alexander B M 15 
 
 Castle, James H 1 113 
 
 Castner, Samuel and Enoch C 52 
 
 Cave, Sarah H G 161, south half. 
 
 Chadwick, W., Lower Merion L 500 
 
 Chaloner, Aaron Denman, M. D...B 104 
 
 Chamberlain, Briton E D 3, north half. 
 
 Chambers, Jane L 335, north half. 
 
 Champion, Ann A 10, east half. 
 
 Chance, Jeremiah C L 343 & north half of 341 
 
 Chandler, Rev. George C 32 
 
 Chandler, Joseph R E 31 
 
 Chaplin, W. J. & H. Whitman 1 74 
 
 Chapman, AVilliam A 22 
 
 Charleton, Catharine A 44 
 
 Charnley, William S L 59, 60 
 
 Chase, Edwin J A 82, north half. 
 
 Chauveau, Anthony J L 393 
 
 Cheetham, William H G 38 
 
 Cheetham, Wm. H., Jr 1 124— 126, undivided £ part of E 
 
 Chester, Rev. W. & J.Ralston(v.)...G 194, one half to each. 
 
 Childs, C. G D 35, 37 
 
 Chisolm, John H., Est. of R 160 
 
 Christie, Wm., Estate of H 3 
 
 Christman, Henry, William, "I p f 
 
 Elizabeth, and Sarah j I 
 
 Chur, Augustus Theodore O 23 
 
 Church, Frederick M L 49 
 
 Church, the 5th Baptist 6 32 to 123, inclusive. 
 
 Church, German Lutheran O 
 
 Churchman, Charles W 1 32 
 
 Claghorn, John W L 114, 116, 118 
 
 Clarke, J., Lower Merion O 25 
 
 Clark, Robert D 17, south half 
 
 14 
 
10 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Clark, Robert D 19, whole. 
 
 Clarke, Samuel E 26 
 
 Claxton, Edmund L 453 
 
 Clay, Joseph A H 147 
 
 Clement, Samuel L A 7 
 
 Clement, Samuel L A 10, west part. 
 
 Clemson, Rev. J. B G 22, 34 
 
 Cleveland, C. D G 29, 30 
 
 Coates, Abraham A 64, 65, 66, 67, one-third centre. 
 
 Coates, George Morrison M 68 
 
 Coates, Joseph H H 112 
 
 Cobb, Capt. Edward B., N. Y P 66, north half. 
 
 Cockburn, John, Jr G 41 
 
 Coffin, Thomas M H 129 
 
 Colcord, E. L H 82, 83 
 
 Cole, Alice (vault) 1 188, south half. 
 
 Cole, John H 131 
 
 Coleman, Edward G 99, one half. 
 
 Coleman, Harriet M., (vt.) \ 7 f 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 
 
 and Anna C. Parker J "" '" \ 130, 131. 
 
 Coleman, R. W., Cornwall, ^ T r or) . 
 
 Lebanon County, Pa. J I 
 
 Colhoun,-E. Ross R 149, south half. 
 
 Colladay, Charles 38 
 
 Collins, Mrs. Ann B M 90 
 
 Collins, Charles 2 83 
 
 Collins, Isaac 4 96 
 
 Colton, Cornelia B B 7 
 
 Columbier, Joseph Martin Du....M 40 
 
 Comly, David, Estate of 3 78 
 
 Conkle, Henry, Jr L 144 
 
 Connelly, Ann Maria O 120 
 
 Connelly, Eliza O 115 
 
 Conrad, Matthew F 47 
 
 Conrad, Robert T. & Henry H 41 
 
 Conrad, Robert T G 90 
 
 Conrow, W. G., Spring Garden... F 120 
 
 Conway, John B 80 
 
 Conyers, Walter C 76 
 
 Cooke, David, Montgomery Co...G 342 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 11 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Cook, John F ....55 
 
 Cooke, John G 140 
 
 Coolidge, Edwin L 235 
 
 Cooper, Britain B 90 
 
 Cooper, Benjamin C F 54 
 
 Cooper, Capt. James, Estate of.. ..1 156 
 
 Cooper, John F 25 26 
 
 Cope, Caleb H iq[ 17 
 
 Cope, Edwin R G 213 
 
 Cope, Herman M 36 
 
 Corbit, Henry C G 158 
 
 Corey, Augustus JI 29 
 
 Cornelius, Christian G 164, and west half 166 
 
 Coston, Martha Jane D 62 
 
 Cottringers, Joseph F 7 138 
 
 Cowan, Henry R n7j south half 
 
 Cowperthwait, Joseph E 1 
 
 Cox, Catharine M 226 
 
 Cox, Gideon, I g2 
 
 Cox, Mary Ann C 14 
 
 Cragg, Dennis E H 
 
 Craige, Eliza A 38 39 
 
 Craige, Seth L 61, 63 
 
 Craige, Thomas H N '_42 
 
 Craig, Henry B H 73 
 
 Crawford, Rev. Samuel W L 69 
 
 Crawford, William H L 1....... ....... ...,98 
 
 Crean, William B 151 
 
 Creely, George R B ZZZZZlte 
 
 Creighton, Robert B 59, and 57, north half. 
 
 Cresson, James, Jr G 228 
 
 Cresson, William & Walter G 230 
 
 Cresson, Wm. P H fii 62 
 
 Cresswell, Robert I "['Zl 86,' north half 
 
 Crim, S. A. (Miss) C 69 
 
 Crissy, James E 79 
 
 Croome, William M " -o 
 
 Croskey, Elizabeth c 91 
 
 Crothers, William S G 140 
 
 Crutcher& Morgan H 38 
 
 L 
 
12 LIST OF LOT- HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Culbert, Robert B 79, north half. 
 
 Curran, J. C, & J. C. Marll C 54 
 
 Curtis, John H A 70, 71 
 
 Cushman, Susan 7 93, 94, 95, 96, one-fourth. 
 
 Cuthbert, Allen H 102 
 
 D. 
 
 Dalby, Daniel 3 210 
 
 Dale, Gerald F 7 39 
 
 Dalzell, John E 63 
 
 Danforth, James M C 15 
 
 Daniels, AVilliam 3 119, one-half. 
 
 Darley, John C B 24 
 
 Darley, Wm. Henry Wesley A 40 
 
 Davauld, Frederick A 42 
 
 Davids, Benjamin 3 68 
 
 Davidson, Elias W L 261 
 
 Davidson, Robert B L 31 
 
 Davies, John R 130 
 
 Davis, Armon G 10 
 
 Davis, Benjamin shrubbery 28, 29 
 
 Davis, Charles B 13, 14 
 
 Davis, Edward M H 128 
 
 Davis, Isaac R G 156 
 
 Davis, John B 150, south half. 
 
 Davis, JohnG. & Saml. H 1 216 
 
 Davis, John, Sen'r C 65 
 
 Davis, Samuel, Natchez G 283 
 
 Davis, Samuel B 84 
 
 Davis, Thomas 7 141 
 
 Deacon, Edmund F 88 
 
 Deal, Daniel G...275, 277, & south J of 276 & 278 
 
 Deal, Elias D 54 
 
 Decker, Francis I F 31, one-half. 
 
 Degranges, Stephen A F 93 
 
 De Haven, Holstein B 126 
 
 Demme, Rev. Chas. R 7 350 
 
 Denckla, Ann H 106,107 
 
LIST OF LOT- HOLDERS. 13 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Derbyshire, Alexander J H 165 
 
 Derringer, Henry shrubbery 10,11, 12, 13, 14 
 
 Desauque, Charles L 1 52 
 
 Desilver, Charles B 135, 136 
 
 Desilver, Mary L 162, one-half. 
 
 Devereux, John D 33 
 
 Dewey, William G 349, one-fourth. 
 
 Dick, John, & Ritchie, James....M 120 
 
 Dickey, Nathaniel L P 25 
 
 Dickey, Robert, New York L 94 
 
 Dickerrnan, Lemuel 1 63, west half. 
 
 Dickerson, John B 71 
 
 Dickson, Elizabeth C 6, one-half. 
 
 Dickson, Est. of John, N. L B 130 
 
 Dickson, J., Levi & James) „ / 1% 197 i9» 
 
 N., & Levi Taylor. ]"" "" t ' ' 
 
 Dickson, Ruth J L 75, 77 
 
 Diemers, George 3 246 
 
 Diemer, Michael F 28 
 
 Dillard, Thomas, M.D., U.S.N... F 146, 147 
 
 Dillingham, Simeon 1 215 
 
 Dilworth, Charles 1 114 
 
 Dingee, Charles H B 105, 107, one-third north. 
 
 Dingee, John H B 105, 107, % in the centre. 
 
 Dixey, Capt. Charles, Estate of...L 151 
 
 Dixey, Capt. Thomas L 150 
 
 Dixon, Ruth J L 75, 77 
 
 Donaldson, Sophia, and -> ~ 2 i 9 r south half. 
 
 Sparks, Thomas. J \ north half. 
 
 Donath, James A L 219 
 
 Donnell, James C L 34 
 
 Donnell, Robert L 32 
 
 Dorrance, David C 90 
 
 Douglass, John C R 96, south half. 
 
 Douglass, Oscar C 45 
 
 Doughty, James H M 104 
 
 Doyle, Hugh, (vault) H 183 
 
 Drayton, W., Est. of, (vault) G 249 
 
 Dreer, Ferdinand W 7 31, 32, 33, 34 
 
 Drinnan, Th. Superintendent L 147 
 
 14* 
 
14 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Duane, William J L 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112 
 
 Dubois, W. E 2 180 
 
 Dubs, Wm. Jones H 74, 75 
 
 Duey, Mrs., Falls of Schuylkill... L 1*58 
 
 Duhring, Henry G 189 
 
 Dunbar, Elon L 133,134, 135, 136 
 
 Duncan, Mrs. Mary L 195 
 
 Dundas, James 17 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322 
 
 Dungan, Charles B G 268, one-half 
 
 Dunglison, Robley, M. D B 106 
 
 Dunn, Elenor R 123 
 
 Dunn, Nathan G 107, 109 
 
 Dunton, Isaac G 188 
 
 Dunton, Jacob G 207 
 
 Dunlap, Sallows H 43 
 
 Dunlap, Sarah 3 Ill, 113,115, 117, J centre. 
 
 Dupuy, Bernard B 160 
 
 Durbin, Rev. J. P 7 21 
 
 Dutihl, Edmond G G 117 
 
 E. 
 
 Ebert, Peter F 46 
 
 Eckel, John H 175 
 
 Eckert, George L 78 
 
 Eckhardt, Margaret R 41 
 
 Ecky, John H O 110 
 
 Edwards, Richard L R 102, north half. 
 
 Egbert, Lydia A., Manayunk L 240, north half. 
 
 Ehrley, Michael L 259 
 
 Eldridge, Jeremiah E G 25 
 
 Elison, John A R 124 
 
 Ella, John C 56 
 
 Ellet. C, sen., deceased, Est. of... C 12 
 
 Elliot, Charles G 173 (130 feet) & 174 (110 feet) 
 
 Elliot, Hugh 17 330 
 
 Elliott, Henrietta G G 159, south half. 
 
 Ellis, Amos shrubbery 30, 31 
 
 Ellis, Jacob B Ill 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 15 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Ellis. William L 199 
 
 Ellis, Wyatt H., Estate of. L 257, north half. 
 
 Ellison, John B F 105 
 
 Ellison, Wm. P F 115 
 
 Ellmaker, Hannah L 212 
 
 Ely, John, Jr A 78, & south half of 79 
 
 Emerick, P. K., Estate of. 12 
 
 Emery, Henry 3 217, & south half of 219 
 
 Emlen, George, Estate of. G 252, east half. 
 
 Emlen, Wm. F. & George, Jr G 251 
 
 Engle, Aaron C G...224, J of W. half, 226, J of E. half. 
 
 English, Edward B C 74, north half. 
 
 Enterline, Amos C 28, east half. 
 
 Erben, Peter C 131 
 
 Esher, Conrad S 61 
 
 Esher, Jacob F 73 
 
 Esher, William F 70 
 
 Esherick, George 37 
 
 Esherick, Joseph 42 
 
 Esherick, Joseph HI 
 
 Espy, Mrs. Rebecca L 180, 181 
 
 Etting, Benj. and Edward J L...23, 24, and south half 21 and 22 
 
 Eustis, Alexander Brooks L 231 
 
 Euston, James M 102 
 
 Evans, Cadwallader 1 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 
 
 Evans, Franklin 2 178, west half. 
 
 Evans, Horace, M. D A 1, 2, 3, 4 
 
 Evans, Jacob F 72, two-thirds. 
 
 Evans, John M 2 176 
 
 Evans, Maria D H> south half - 
 
 Evans, Robert L 497 
 
 Evans, Thomas H 19 
 
 Evans, Thomas 2 178, east half. 
 
 Evans, William E M 48 
 
 Evans, AVilliam H D 61 
 
 Everett, Michael, Estate of. R I 65 
 
 Everly, Adam E 74, 75,76, 77 
 
 Everly, William A E 72, 73 
 
 Ewing, Henry, Estate of P i6 
 
16 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 F. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Fagan, John G 272 
 
 Fairbairn, John 2 134, west half. 
 
 Fairman, Henry B B 131 
 
 Fales, George G 197 
 
 Fallon, Chris., (on Terrace) S 24 
 
 Faries, William H 123 
 
 Farnum, Henry L 113,115, 117 
 
 Farnum, John 4 83 
 
 Farnum, Peter R 74 
 
 Farquhar, Edward Y 1 117 
 
 Farquhar, E., Executors of, (v.)...B 36 
 
 Fassit, James, (vault) 1 20, 21 
 
 Fassit, Mrs. Thos. (vault) 1 22,23 
 
 Fassit, Thomas S. R 1 35 
 
 Fell, Courtland J G 102 
 
 Felten, Philip H 
 
 Feltwell, Benjamin M L 156 
 
 Ferguson, Alexander L 479 
 
 Fernley, John B 
 
 Ferree, James B B 74 
 
 Field, Benjamin S 7 
 
 Field, Isaac C. Estate of S 6 
 
 Field, James 1 129, 130 
 
 Fifth Baptist Church 6 32 to 123, inclusive. 
 
 Firth, Thomas L 288, two-thirds, south. 
 
 Firth, Thomas T R 6 
 
 Fisher, Charles Henry B 114, 115 
 
 Fisher, Coleman G 254, one-half. 
 
 Fisher, Elizabeth G 254, one-half. 
 
 Fisher, James A 75 
 
 Fisher, James C. (vault) G 104, 105 
 
 Fisher, Julia (vault) H 181 
 
 Fisher, William Logan 1 225 
 
 Fisher, Rodney N 31 
 
 Fitch, Samuel S., M. D A 45 
 
 Fithian, Charles B 7 299 
 
 Fithian Lemuel, S 7 300 
 
 Fitler, D., deceased, Estate of.....1 214 
 
LIST OF LOT- II OLD 
 
 17 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Fitter, Elizabeth D 75, 78, one-third centre. 
 
 Fleming, Thomas E 87, 89 
 
 Fling, William B H 168, 169 
 
 Fobes, George W 1 131 » 132 
 
 Foering, Frederick G I 36 
 
 Fontenelle, Maria Sophia C 53 
 
 Ford, Isaac H 45 
 
 Ford, Samuel C H 50 
 
 Ford, William L I 83 
 
 Forepaugh, John F 3 • 248 
 
 Forrest, J. D., St. Francisville....C 44 
 
 Forward, Elizabeth F A 23 
 
 Fotterall, W. F. and S. G F 41, 42, 44, 57, 58, 59 
 
 Foulke, Richard P. & W.Parker. ..7 224 
 
 Fourestier, F E. B. De 7 S28 
 
 Fowles, Rev. James H 7 25 
 
 Fox, George, M.D. (vault) G 253 
 
 Fraley, John U 46 
 
 Franck, William 7 3 25 
 
 Franklin, Edward L 349 
 
 Fraser, John F Q 161, north half. 
 
 Freas, P. R., Germantown G 233, north half. 
 
 Frederick, Wm. S G 32 
 
 Freed, David D 65, 66, one-third 
 
 Friend, John F 31, one-half. 
 
 Friends' Section 4 
 
 Fritz, Henry C L 220 
 
 Fritz, Jacob 93 
 
 Frost, John C 63 
 
 Fry, Saml. B. & Peter Sides I 185, south half. 
 
 Fuering, William A 35 
 
 Fuller, Oliver G 80 
 
 Fullerton, Alexander H H 115, 119, 121, one-half. 
 
 Fullerton, Charles J Q •'! 
 
 Fulmer, Mary E 49 
 
 Fulmer, Nicholas & Geo E 51 
 
 Furness, James T G 234 
 
18 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 G. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Gamble, John shrubbery 39, 40 
 
 Gamble, John K shrubbery 37, 38 
 
 Gardner, Grace L 218 
 
 Garret, John F 68 
 
 Garrigues, Marshall 3 186, 187 
 
 Garrison, John 7 304 
 
 Garrison, Eli 1 213 
 
 Garsed, John, Frankford M 67 
 
 Garwood, Eliza F 27, east half. 
 
 Gaskell, Peter Penn G 168 
 
 Gaul, Martin, Estate of R 26 
 
 Gaul, William R 66, 68 
 
 Gemmill, Mrs. E. II L 138 
 
 Gemmill, James R G 341, west half. 
 
 Gemmill, Zechariah I... 180, south half, & 16 feet of M, 7. 
 
 George, Daniel H D 67, 68, one-sixth. 
 
 Gerhard, Benjamin 7 112, west half. 
 
 Gerhard, Wm. W 7 112, east half. 
 
 Gerstner, F. A., Chevalier, ~» „ r 
 
 of Austria, Estate of J 
 
 Ghriskey, Charles M 3 144 
 
 Gibbons, Charles 7 229 
 
 Gibbs, Josiah W 2 198, three-fourths. 
 
 Gibson, John G 231 
 
 Gihon, James N 34 
 
 Gihon, James L N 35 
 
 Gilbert, George 30 
 
 Gilbert, Hen. R. (vt.) shrubbery 6, 7 
 
 Gilbert, John G 203 
 
 Gilbert, Samuel G 7 
 
 Gilbert, Wm., (vault). ...shrubbery 8, 9 
 
 Gilchrist, Elizabeth L L 80 
 
 Gill, Bennington 1 155 
 
 Gill, John Jr A 30, 31, 32 
 
 Gill, Sarah M H 49 
 
 Gill, William G 232, south half. 
 
 Giller, John U B 85 
 
 Gillett, Rev. A. D G 851, 80 feet west. 
 
LIST OF LOT-HO L D 
 
 19 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Gillman, J.C 3 Ill, 113, 115, 117, J north. 
 
 Gilpin, Vincent, J. F., & C G 192 
 
 Glass, Alex. F 7 91, 92 
 
 Glass, Mary & Sarah R 172, south half. 
 
 Goddard, Rev. Kingston 7 23 
 
 Goddard, Paul Beck, M. D G 58 
 
 Goddard, William B H 174 
 
 Godey, Louis A., (vault) H 177 
 
 Godfrey Monument N 3 
 
 Godon, Sylvanus W., U. S. N F 14 
 
 Goldtrap, Thomas W., Est. of F 110 
 
 Good, Rev. Caleb J R 60 
 
 Goodfellow, James A 87 
 
 Goodrich, Wm. & Thomas R 51 
 
 Goodrich, William R 50 
 
 Gordon, Thomas S., New York...C 11 
 
 Gosh, John F 101 
 
 Graff, Charles B 96, 97, 98, 99 
 
 Graham, George A ...L 30 
 
 Graham, George R 1 174 
 
 Graham, James S 29, one-half. 
 
 Graham, Thomas L 155 
 
 Graham, Thomas L 152, 153 
 
 Graham, William 2 82 
 
 Grant, Rev. John L C 34 
 
 Grant, Samuel G 196 
 
 Gratz, Edward R 86 
 
 Gratz, Edward G 182 
 
 Graves, Bartholomew C 78, 80, one-fourth. 
 
 Gray, Robert E G 149, half east. 
 
 and White, Elizabeth G 149, half west. 
 
 Gregory, Henry D 7 133 
 
 Greiner, George O 2 
 
 Grice, Daniel S H 194, 196, J south of each. 
 
 Grice, Francis H 194, 196, I centre of each. 
 
 Grice, Joseph H 194, 196, -} north of each. 
 
 Grice, Samuel, Kensington F 39 
 
 Grier, Robert C, S. C 1 15 
 
 Griffith, James G 92 
 
 Grigg, John G 181 
 
20 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Grim, Daniel K A 83 
 
 Groff, Jeremiah R R » 114 
 
 Groff, Ruth Ann L 187 
 
 Grove, Daniel B A 86 
 
 Groves, Daniel 1 
 
 Groves, Daniel, Guardian 5 
 
 Grub, Edward B G 11 
 
 Grugan, Charles C P 20 
 
 Grund, F. J L 143 
 
 Gullen, Helen 1 178, one undivided fourth part. 
 
 Gumbes, Mrs. Rebecca A 57 
 
 H. 
 
 Hacker, Isaac 1 121 
 
 Hacker, Isaiah 4 85 
 
 Hacker, William E M 6 
 
 Hacker, AVilliam P F 45 
 
 Hagner, Chas. V., Att'y 13 
 
 Haines, Ephraim G 73, 83 
 
 Hall, Charles B 66, 67 
 
 Hall, Mary H B 10, one-half. 
 
 Hall, Rev. R. D L 252, south half. 
 
 Hallowell, D. Albert R 173 
 
 Hallowell, Morris L 7 1, 2 
 
 Hallowell, Wm. S B 60 
 
 Hamill, James M A 29 
 
 Hamilton, J. B. W A 89 
 
 Hamilton, Robert S M 34 
 
 Hamman, Joseph L 491, east half. 
 
 Hammond, Samuel L 227 
 
 Hance. David E R 1 
 
 Hancocks, William L 242, 243 
 
 Handy, Edward S. (vault) II 166 
 
 Handy, George G 53 
 
 Hankinson, Thomas A B 37 
 
 Hanson, Albert F G Ill 
 
 Hanson, Mrs. Catharine L L 85 
 
 Hanson, Joseph B L 193 
 
LIST OF LOT-IIOLDERS. 21 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Hanson, William R G 113 
 
 Harley, Francis, Est. of B 132, north half. 
 
 Harley, George H 29, 30 
 
 Harmstead, George R D 31, 32 
 
 Harmstead, James L 203 
 
 Harper, Claudius R 143, 144 
 
 Harper, James H 116, 122 
 
 Harraden, Jabez R 175 
 
 Harris, Thomas, M. D H 10, 11 
 
 Harris, William, M. D H 12, 13 
 
 Harrison, A. W R 53 
 
 Harrison, Charles W L 254 
 
 Harrison, Mrs. Eliza B 123 
 
 Harrison, L., T., M. L., G., L 7 11, 13, 15, one-fourth to each. 
 
 Harrison, Samuel (vault) L 389, north half. 
 
 Harrison, Samuel A., -> ^ [ 145, north half. 
 
 and N. B. Browne. J '" \ 147 
 
 Hart, Alexander C, M. D 7 3 
 
 Hartman, Hannah 2 102 
 
 Hartwell, Hiram I G 218, south half. 
 
 Haslam, Elizabeth B 79, south half. 
 
 Hassler, Ferdinand R P 2, 3 
 
 Hatfield, N., M. D A '.5 
 
 Haverstick, Sarah H. and M 16, north half. 
 
 M'Mullin, Joseph T M 16, south half. 
 
 Hay, Maria G 79 
 
 Hay, Moses M 2, two-thirds. 
 
 Hay, Samuel F 124 
 
 Hayes, George 7 107, 108, 109, 110 
 
 Hayes, Samuel B 121 
 
 Hazard, Erskine H 115, 119, 121, one-half. 
 
 Hazlehurst, Isaac L 216, 217 
 
 Hazlehurst, Rev. Sam'l .....C 9 
 
 Heaton, Augustus (vault) B 34 
 
 Heberton, Mrs. A. H. deceased... F 75 
 
 Heberton, Arabella L G 313, west half. 
 
 Heberton, Sophia G G 313, east half. 
 
 Heebner, Charles 1 185, north half. 
 
 Heiskell, Ferdinand & Colston.... G 225, & west half of 227 
 
 Helmuth, Catharine G 144 
 
 15 
 
22 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Helverson, Nicholas F 33 
 
 Hemphill, Ann C 1 189, north half. 
 
 Hemphill, Ann B 73 
 
 Hemphill, Joseph G 99, one-half. 
 
 Hemsley, Francis West F 76 
 
 Henderson, Henry 7 13(3 
 
 Henderson, Samuel J F 85 
 
 Henley, Elizabeth (vault) A 37, south half. 
 
 Henry, H., U.S.N D 64 
 
 tr tit n « a n r> f H8, 119, one undivided third 
 
 Henzey, Wm. C, M., S. C B... J ' ••••»■ 
 
 I part to each. 
 
 Hepburn, J., & Anson V. Parsons. ..1 17, 19 
 
 Herkness, Mrs. Elizabeth B 28 
 
 Hertzog, Mrs. Ann shrubbery 24, 25, 26, 27 
 
 Hess, John J G 6, 17, 18 
 
 Hewson, Henry N. (vault) 1 4 
 
 Heyl, David S D 73 
 
 Heyl, John, Jr 45 
 
 Heyl, John and Wm. M 26 
 
 Heylin, Isaac, M. D L 194 
 
 Heylin, Isaiah B H 101 
 
 Heylin, John L L 221 
 
 Heylin, Roland L 253, north half. 
 
 Hicking, Isaac 1 178, one undivided half part. 
 
 Hickling, C L 197 
 
 Highlands, Findlay, (vault) F 128 
 
 Hight, Charles W C 45 
 
 Higgings, Rev. Solomon R 57 
 
 Higgs, Richard, Estate of 3 201 
 
 Hildeburn, Samuel G 190, J east, 345, | west. 
 
 Hill, Marshall 1 127, 128 
 
 Hill, Robert F., Undertaker C 18, 80 feet of. 
 
 Hillborn, Cyrus L 76 
 
 Hirst, Andrew H R 98, north half. 
 
 Hirst, James M H 51, 52 
 
 •Hitchcock, William E 2 173 
 
 Hobson, Sarah B 95, south half. 
 
 Hodge, JohnL G 154 
 
 Hodge, H. L., M. D G 155 
 
 Hoffman, John G 63 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. '23 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Holden, Almira W G 270 
 
 Holland, Mrs. Ann E., (vault). ...L 79 
 
 Hollingsworth, Thomas G G 344 
 
 Hollingshead, Hugh F G 131, and half of 130 
 
 Hollinshead, B. M 1 9 
 
 Holmes, John ] T 1 ion 
 
 Holmes, Seth C. [ T ' L 00 ., , ,. 
 
 „ I .' 188, north half. 
 
 Holmes, Emehne E. J J 
 
 Hood, Matthew R 148 
 
 Hood, Nathaniel P R 44 
 
 Hood, Samuel G 319 
 
 Hooper, John G 54, 66 
 
 Hopewell, John C C 10 
 
 Hopper, Samuel M 3 149, 150, one-third of both. 
 
 Hoppin, Henry F 48 
 
 Horn, John 1 183 
 
 Home, Cyrus 1 102 
 
 Home, Henry H C 42 
 
 Horner, William E., M. D 1 88, 89 
 
 Hornor, Benjamin H 110 
 
 Hornor, John W H 113 
 
 Horstman, Sigmond H 2 199, south half. 
 
 Horstman, Wm. J 2 199, north half. 
 
 Hoskins, John, Executor) „ _„ ., , ,, 
 
 ' ' t B 57, south half. 
 
 of Mrs. Ann Hoskins. J 
 
 Hough, Deacon C 1 179 
 
 Housum, Peter D 58 
 
 Howe, Rev. M. A. De Wolfe .7 9 
 
 Howell, Asher M D 77 
 
 Howell, Clarissa J 1 69 
 
 Howell, George C 85 
 
 Howell, Henry C P 1 
 
 Howell, John A 83 
 
 Howell, Robert G 248 
 
 Hubbell, Ferdinand W 7 301, 302 
 
 Hubeli, Jacob B 11, 12 
 
 Huber, Maria H 3 220 
 
 Huber, M. M., Estate of 3 242 
 
 Huddy, Benjamin F B 112 
 
 Huequenele, John H H 42 
 
24 LIST OF LOT- HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Huey, Samuel C B 142 
 
 Huffnagle, William R H 188 
 
 Hughes, William, Undertaker 2 137 
 
 Hulings, Wm.E., M. D., Est. of...L 247 
 
 Hull, Commodore Isaac G 241, and part of 243 
 
 Hunt, Sarah Ann R 119 
 
 Hunter, J., Est. of, deceased 7 200, south. 
 
 Hunter, Samuel L 391 
 
 Hurlbut, William M 3 24 
 
 Huston, Alexander F L 236, one-half. 
 
 Hutchinson, Benjamin P G 190, two-thirds. 
 
 Hutchinson, Charles L 471 
 
 Hutchinson, I. Pemberton G 214 
 
 I. 
 
 Iddings, Caleb P L 81, 83 
 
 Ingersoll, J. R. & B. C. Wilcox...N 21 
 
 Innes, Elizabeth 2 198, one-fourth. 
 
 Ireland, George 3 257 
 
 Irwin, Anna C 21 
 
 Israel, Hannah H A 33 
 
 J. 
 
 Jackson, Joseph L 164 
 
 Jackson, Mrs. Louisa C 1 176 
 
 Jacobs, John F H 162 
 
 James, Israel E L 160 
 
 James, John F L 192 
 
 Janney, Benjamin S., M. D G 150 
 
 Jarden, Samuel 3 96 
 
 Jarret, J., Mont'y. Co., Pa B 70, south half. 
 
 Jeanes, Jacob, M. D S 28, south half. 
 
 Jenkins, George R 150 
 
 Jenkins, James, M. D R 10 
 
 Jenks, Barton H., Bridesburg....R 56 
 
LIST OF LOT- HOLDERS. 25 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Jenks, Watson 4 110, 111. 112, 113, west half. 
 
 Jenks, William P G 338, west half. 
 
 Johnson, Ellen 7 190, one-half. 
 
 Johnson, Jane R 84, south half. 
 
 Johnson, Joseph R 183 
 
 Johnson, Henry D R 84, north half. 
 
 Johnson, Moses L 72 
 
 Johnson, Topliff 1 16, 18 
 
 Jones, Agnes C 6, one-half. 
 
 Jones, Andrew M 1 153, 154 
 
 Jones, Benjamin W 1 168 
 
 Jones, Caleb G 288 
 
 Jones, David P 2 162 
 
 Jones, Isaac C 4 107, 109 
 
 Jones, Isaac C, Jr L 290, south half, & 288 £ north. 
 
 Jones, Isaac F F ,.109 
 
 Jones, Isaac R G 55 
 
 Jones, J. Hillborn G 279 
 
 Jones, John Sidney G 56 
 
 Jones, Joseph O 48 
 
 Jones, Joshua L 257, south half. 
 
 Jones, Justus P F 117 
 
 Jones, Rev. J. H C 38 
 
 Jones, Mary (widow of G. B.) F 92 
 
 Jones, Owen, Lower Merion G 262 
 
 Jones, William (vault) B 87, 127 
 
 Jones, William D F 108 
 
 Jordan, William L 222 
 
 Justice, Alfred B P 67 
 
 Justice, George M G 52 
 
 Justice, Philip S P 66, south half. 
 
 Justus, Philip , 2 184 
 
 K. 
 
 Kane, John K., Tomb in the Rock 
 
 Kates, Jacob John, Estate of F 51 
 
 Kates, Michael F 52 
 
 Kates, William F 50 
 
 15* 
 
26 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Kay, Benjamin C 7 
 
 Kay, James, Jr G 48 
 
 Kay, John Ibbotson G 36 
 
 Keady, John, St. Louis 3 192 
 
 Keagy, Mrs. Dr L 191 
 
 Keller, Adam 64 
 
 Kelley, Wm. D 3 145 
 
 Keen, Charles G 146, west half. 
 
 Keen, James, Kensington B 48,49, 50, 51 
 
 Keen, John E H 64, 65, 66, 67, one-third north. 
 
 Keen, William W G 148 
 
 Keene, Charles E 19, two-thirds. 
 
 Kendall, E. Otis 1 103 
 
 Kenderdine, Eliza G H 164 
 
 Kennedy, James M E 23 
 
 Kennedy, John M H 97, 98 
 
 Keppele, Catharine & Eliza- "> „ 04c 
 
 beth & James Caldwell (vt). j '" 
 
 Kern, Charles T R 138, south half. 
 
 Kern, George R 136 
 
 Kern, Horatio G R 138, north half. 
 
 Kern, Joseph C B 26, south half. 
 
 Kern, Peter B 26, north half. 
 
 Kern, William H H 192 
 
 Kerr, James A 80 
 
 Kerr, John D L 478 
 
 Kessler, John L 210, 211 
 
 Kiehl, John A 8, 11 
 
 Kimball, Stephen G 293 
 
 Kimber, E., Jr G 74 
 
 Kimniey, Henry M F 90 
 
 King, Judge Edward G 183 
 
 King, J. W G 326 
 
 King, Samuel G 3 214 
 
 Kinsman, Elizabeth B 110 
 
 Kintzle, Christian .B 150, north half. 
 
 Kirby, Patience L 165, south half. 
 
 Kirk. Charles H., Estate of. 80 
 
 Kirk, William, Lower Merion R 170 
 
 Kirk, William, (vault) H 81 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 27 
 
 Name. Section. Number. • 
 
 Kirkbride, Thos. S., M. D L 73 
 
 Kirkbride, T. S 4 110, 111, 112, 113, east half. 
 
 Kirkland, William R C .. 22 
 
 Kirkpatrick, David G 145 
 
 Kirkpatrick, Robert B., Est. of...G 147, east half. 
 
 Kirkpatrick, Sophia A G .' igQ 
 
 Kitchen, Maria Matilda N 17 ig 
 
 Kitts, Hannah, P B ' 39 
 
 Klemm, Frederick A 49 
 
 Klett, Frederick .' A 14, and 46fo'et"of A 18 
 
 Kneass, Samuel H G qq 
 
 Kneedler, Jesse S., and f 
 
 Ludwig, William C. j G 167, and east half 166 
 
 Knight, Rev. W. L C 18, fifty feet. 
 
 Knowles, Levi, Jr H j 4fi 
 
 Kohler, Frederick W R " 3g 
 
 Kohler, J., J. F., G. A R .!...37 39 
 
 Kohne, Mrs. Frederick H '57 
 
 Konigmacher, Mrs. Elizabeth 1 3 
 
 Koons, Charles M 106 
 
 Koons, Isaac 17, 18, 81, 32 
 
 Koons, Michael M 108 
 
 Korn, Henry A ..."...12, 13 
 
 Kripps, Jacob and Margaret H 178, 179, west half. 
 
 Krug, Frederick V B 17 jg 
 
 Krumbhaar, Lewis L 
 
 Kugler, B.,M. D.,E.,M.A.,B. G...D 
 
 Kunzi, Abraham, Est. of, dec'd...C 
 
 .... 350 
 .67, 68 
 43 
 
 106 
 14, and half of 13 
 
 L. 
 
 Laing, Alva Edgar F 
 
 Laird, Ellen E 
 
 Laird, Maria Kunkle ....78 one 
 
 Lamb, Clayton B., and) 
 
 Lawrence, Eliza A. } M 50 ' UOrth half ' south half " 
 
 Lamb, Francis 2 1-4 
 
 Lamb, Lemuel (vault) B 23 
 
 Lamb, Sarah J R .'".'."!]!l04,'one-fourth. 
 
 M 
 
28 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Lambdin, J. R C 71 
 
 Lambert, Edward G 261 
 
 Lambert, John (vault) H 172 
 
 Landell, George B , 1 
 
 Landell, Washington J A 90 
 
 Lang, George S 2 139 
 
 Lange, John C 35 
 
 Lapsley, David 1 94 
 
 Lapsley, David, Executors of 1 98, 99 
 
 Lapsley, J. B 1 96 
 
 Lapsley, John I .97 
 
 Large, James 7 155, south. 
 
 Lasher, Francis, Jr 1 75, 76 
 
 Law, William H., Norwich, Ct 1 7 
 
 Lawrence, Eliza M 50, south half. 
 
 Lawrence, F., Cincinnati, Ohio...M 2, one-third. 
 
 Lawrence, Mary E L 65, 66 
 
 Laws, George 1 13 
 
 Laws, James 1 12 
 
 Lawson, Alexander R 134 
 
 Lavallette, E. A. F., U. S. N H 180, and 179, east half. 
 
 Lea, J., & T. T., Roxborough....G 124 
 
 Lea, Robeson & Joseph G 125 
 
 Le Brun, Charles F 83 
 
 Lealerc, Joseph P. Wilkesbarre...1 122 
 
 L'Ecuyer, Jean Baptiste L 130 
 
 Lee, George F G 309 
 
 Lee, Sarah B 3 238 
 
 Lee, Thomas 1 6 
 
 Lee, Wetherill 7 151, south. 
 
 Leech, Margaret L 230 
 
 Leech, William F 1 218 
 
 Leedom, Benjamin J H 21 
 
 Leedom, Jacob H S 29, one-half. 
 
 Leeds, Joseph R 58 
 
 Lehr, William N 19 
 
 Le Huray, George H. (vault)... .H 114 
 
 Lehman, Charles O 16 
 
 Leibrandt, Frederick 1 50, 51 
 
 Lejee, William R L 48 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 29 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Lelar, Henry, Jr 4 
 
 Lelar, Henry 3 
 
 Lennig, Charles J B 116, 117 
 
 Lennig, Frederick (vault) P 5 
 
 Lentz, Maria Barbara 1 182 
 
 Lesley, Peter H 39 
 
 Levely, Mary F. B A 58 
 
 Levis, M. M., M. D. (vault), E...H 191, west half. 
 
 Levis, Rebecca R 189 
 
 Lewars, James E 1 178, one undivided fourth part. 
 
 Lewis, Anna Maria 7 190, half. 
 
 Lewis, B. W., Glasgow, Mo 7 172 
 
 Lewis, Charles S B 134, south half. 
 
 Lewis, George A 1 66 
 
 Lewis, John F 27, west half. 
 
 Lewis, Jno. F G 98 
 
 Lewis, Mrs. Joseph S H 6, 7, 8, 9 
 
 Lewis, Mordecai G 5, 16, 28, 40 
 
 Lewis, Mordecai D 1 180 
 
 Lewis, Samuel A A 74 
 
 Lewis, Samuel N., Estate of. G 4, 15, 27, 39 
 
 Lewis, Thomas B 125 
 
 Lewis, William D A 91 to 102, centre third. 
 
 Lewis, Wharton R 18, west half, 16, east half. 
 
 Lightfoot, Philip, of Virginia R 172, south half. 
 
 Linck, George F 103 
 
 Lincoln, Abel G 238 
 
 Lincoln, Thomas B L 229 
 
 Lindsay, Joseph H Ill 
 
 Lippincott, Jno. S H 65 
 
 Lippincott, Joshua 1 104, 105, 106, 107 
 
 Lippincott & Way F 107 
 
 Linton, John L D 41 
 
 Lisle, John R 42 
 
 Livezey, John 4 90 
 
 Livingston, I., of Nash., Tenn....L 139 
 
 Livingston, Walter C. (vault). ...H 184 
 
 Lloyd, R. L., & Lippincott, "I tt r c 
 
 Jno. S., Estate of, (vault) J 
 
 Lodge, Samuel G B 132, south half. 
 
6[) LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Long, Joseph Y F 56 
 
 Longstreth, Mary Anna 4 98 
 
 Lord, George W M 46 
 
 Loudenslager, Jacob 62 
 
 Louder, William H 2 161 
 
 Lough, Joseph L 238 
 
 Loughead, Joseph B 72 
 
 Love, William H D 9, and north half of 11. 
 
 Lovering, Joseph S G 157 
 
 Lowden, Francis E 3 219, north half. 
 
 Lucas, James A 59 
 
 half 166. 
 
 Ludwig, William C, and | G 1Wj and east 
 
 Kneedler, Jesse S. i 
 
 Lukens, Isaiah, dec'd Estate of..D 7 
 
 Lukens, Jacob (vault) F 65, 66 
 
 Lukens, Reuben 1 205 
 
 Lunt, Enoch 3 84, north half. 
 
 Lye, Henry R 122 
 
 M. 
 
 Macauley, Isaac 1 40, 41 
 
 Magoffin, John and Cornelia L 245, north half. 
 
 Magruder, George A., U. S. N...G 24 
 
 Makins, J. N., Est. of, dec'd B 152 
 
 Maloney, James G 266 
 
 Man, Daniel, Jr G 284 
 
 Manderson, Andrew 1 55 
 
 Manderson, Andrew, Jr 1 54 
 
 Manderson, James 1 56, 57 
 
 Manning, James H R 90 
 
 Markley, Edward C L 196 
 
 Markle'y, George W 130 
 
 Markoe, James (vault) H 182 
 
 Marl, J. C, and J. C. Curran C 54 
 
 Marple, A., Mont. Co., Pa A 49 
 
 Marshall, Betsey (vault) L 189 
 
 Martin, James S E 28, 30 
 
 Martin, John C 1 152 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 31 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Martin, Joseph, M. D M 40 
 
 Martin, Prosper D M 42, east half. 
 
 Maslin, M. M 1 34 
 
 Mason, John C 23 
 
 Mason, Jno. L 3 259 
 
 Mason, AVilliam R 3 200 
 
 Masson, Abraham 3 72 
 
 Mather, Joseph T M 21, and 24, south half. 
 
 Mattson, Samuel H F 8 
 
 Mauck, John II G 193 
 
 Maull, James, Sr G 122 
 
 Maxwell, Rev. John Gordon L 330 
 
 Maxwell, Mrs. R H 56 
 
 Mayer, Rev. P. Frederick, D. D..0 33 
 
 Mayhew, Lavinia M. (vault) R 47, and 9 by 3 or 27 feet of 46. 
 
 McAdam, Mary L 141 
 
 M'Allister, G. W., Sav., Ga H 105 
 
 McAlpin, James G 263, south half. 
 
 M'Callmont, George H 76, 77 
 
 !10 and west half of 118, 
 south half of 13, and S. 
 west fourth of 14. 
 
 M'Clellan, George, M. D L 46 
 
 McClelland, J., M. D., U. S. A. ..3 '. 73 
 
 McClellan, Samuel, M. D 7 332 
 
 McClintock, James 3 Ill, 113, 115, 117, } south. 
 
 McClintock, Ralph A 17 
 
 M'Clintock, Eliza A 18, 100 feet thereof. 
 
 McCloud, John R 2 
 
 McClung, William 1 46 
 
 McClure, James G 255, north half. 
 
 McClure, William R 52 
 
 McCormick, Pollard, ] 
 
 Shoenberger, Peter, j- M 114, 116 
 
 Watts, Henry M. j 
 
 McCrea, James A., M. D G 201 
 
 McCune, Clement H 78 
 
 M'Curdy, Hugh L 149 
 
 McDonald, John L 241, south half 
 
 McFadden, George 7 174 
 
32 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 McFarland, Walter 3 119, one-half. 
 
 McFee, John G 260 
 
 M'Henry, James, M. D L 148 
 
 McKaraher, Eleanor L 546 
 
 McKean, Henry Pratt, (vault).-.G 210, 211 
 
 McKee, Thomas M 42, west half. 
 
 M'Kee, William L 91, 92, 93 
 
 M'Knight, Rev. John H 100 
 
 Mcllvain, Wm., Jr., Mcll- ~| 
 
 vain, Alexander Murray, ' ~, ~ .„ 
 
 Executors of J. Murray, \ ' 
 
 dec'd. J 
 
 McLean, W. J., New Orleans L 163 
 
 McMakin, Andrew B 122 
 
 McMakin, Joseph 7 168 
 
 M 'Michael, Morton H 46 
 
 McMullen, Joseph, T., and -| „ r 16, south half. 
 
 Haverstick, Sarah H. J { 16, north half. 
 
 McMurtrie, Henry, M. D 1 47 
 
 McNeir, Wm., Est. of, dec'd D 55 
 
 Meade, Eliz. Rickets 1 61 
 
 Meade, Margaret Coates, Est. of.. 1 79 
 
 Mears, Benj. R., M. D M 4 
 
 Mecke, George F 29, 30 
 
 Mecke, George Anthony G 84 
 
 Mecke, George H L 188 
 
 Mecke, Henry O 14 
 
 Medara, Joseph S L 29 
 
 Megargee, Samuel G 3, 14 
 
 Megear, Thomas J G 173, one-third. 
 
 Meigs, Charles D., M. D 1 71 
 
 Meinell, W., of New York L 173 
 
 Melius, Elizabeth 3 244 
 
 Mellon, Thomas E 50, 52 
 
 Mercer Monument G 121 
 
 Mercer, Samuel, U. S. N L 185 
 
 Mercer, Singleton A G 115 
 
 Merrick, Sam'l Vaughan G 119, east half. 
 
 Merwin, Mary R 43 
 
 Meyers, Lewis B E 19, one-third. 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLD 
 
 33 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Michener, John H B '5 
 
 Miles, Jacob L 158 
 
 Miles, John G 169, east half. 
 
 Miles, Thomas L 159 
 
 Miller, Andrew D 43 
 
 Miller, Andrew H. and Joseph.... 1 187 
 
 Miller, Charles L 200 
 
 Miller, D. Sutter A 53 
 
 Miller, Elizabeth B 95, north half. 
 
 Miller, Frederick W G 86 
 
 Miller, George D 72 
 
 Miller, George R 2 126 
 
 Miller, Jacob G 87 
 
 Miller, John, Jr 2 124 
 
 Miller, Jonathan 65, 66 
 
 Miller, Matthew T A 68, 69, 76, 77 
 
 Miller, Peter, dec'd, Est. of E 36 
 
 Miller, Col. Samuel, U. S. M L 19, 20, and half of 21, 22 
 
 Miller, William 1 10, 11 
 
 Miller, W., and J. Shuttlewood...B 146 
 
 Millward, Richard 7 134, east half. 
 
 Millward, Sarah 7 132 
 
 Millward, William 7 134, west half. 
 
 Milnor, Robert, M. D R 28 
 
 Mingle, John, Sr F 1, one-half. 
 
 Mingle, John, Jr F 2 
 
 Mitchell, Rev. Jas., and •> C 110, south half. 
 
 ....M 
 
 Mitchell, Joseph, M. D. ]"" m \ 110, north half. 
 
 { no, 
 
 Mitchell, Jno. K., M. D R 181 
 
 Mitchell, Jonathan B 2 200, south half. 
 
 Mitchell, Joshua, and Charles W..2 200, north half. 
 
 Mogridge, Joseph R 178 
 
 Montgomery, Joseph 1 68 
 
 Montelius, William O 132 
 
 Montelius, William G 70 
 
 Moore, David P. (undertaker)... H 87 
 
 Moore, Eliz. and Caroline R H7, north half. 
 
 Moore, Hannah Penington R 132 
 
 Moore, Joseph D 75, 78, one-third north. 
 
 Moore, Marmaduke E 78 
 
 16 
 
34 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Moore, Mary C C 82 
 
 Moore, Thomas E 81 
 
 Moore, William H. (undertaker). H 84, 85 
 
 Morgan & Crutcher H 38 
 
 Morgan, David M 32, one-third. 
 
 Morgan, Joseph B 62 
 
 Morgan, Sarah 1 72 
 
 Morgan, Thomas W G 59 
 
 Morgan, W. C H 31, 32 
 
 Morrell, James G 163 
 
 Morris, Anthony S H 135 
 
 Morris, Charles M G 227, east half. 
 
 Morris, Isaac P 4 102 
 
 Morris, Jacob G 3 66 
 
 Morris, J., Falls of Schuylkill 2 167, south half. 
 
 Morris, Thomas H 141 
 
 Morris, Thomas E B 76, one-half. 
 
 Morris, Thomas W H 4, 5 
 
 Morrison, William G 47 
 
 Morton, F. Knox, M. D F 91 
 
 Morton, Samuel G., M. D G 179 
 
 Morton, Walter L 172 
 
 Moss, Joseph Mora G 250 
 
 Mott, Edward T G 137 
 
 Mulford, John, Jr G 152, half west. 
 
 Mulhollan, George, Infant of, single interment 
 
 Mulhollan, J L 137 
 
 Mullen, Wm. J., Point of Rock south L. H. 
 
 Mullins, Edward C 19 
 
 Murphey, Abigail R 150 
 
 Murphy, James G 324 
 
 Murphy, John G 321 
 
 Musser, William 59 
 
 Mustard, Archibald R 98, one-half south. 
 
 Muzzey, William M G 93 
 
 Myers, Isabella R 164 
 
 Myers, John B G 101 
 
 Myers, Peter D F 71 
 
 Myrick, N. L., M. D., Est. of, •> 
 
 Logan Co., Ky. J 
 
 .3, 80, north half. 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 35 
 
 N. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Naphys, George C D 80 
 
 Nash, Gilbert, St. Louis R 107 
 
 Natt, Joseph S D 69 
 
 Natt, Mrs. Mary L 228 
 
 Natt, Thomas J E 29 
 
 Neal, Joseph C, Monument to...P 71 
 
 Near, Jane Ann L 337 
 
 Needles, Edward 2 186 
 
 Neff, Charles 29 
 
 Neff, John R 1 24, 25 
 
 Neff, Rudolph E 34 
 
 Neill, Rev. Wm., D. D., Ger C 36 
 
 Nelson, James, Est. of 1 181 
 
 Nelson, James H R 161, south half. 
 
 Nevins, James L 57, 58 
 
 Newbold, Anthony T G 186 
 
 Newbold, Caleb, Jr 7 7 
 
 Newbold, John L ..G 2 13 
 
 Newbold, Thomas H 2 %.... 166 
 
 Newbold, William L E 22 35 
 
 Newell, William H 126, 127 
 
 Newman, Jno. B. Jr., and •> 
 R. R. Stewart. / 
 
 •G 171 
 
 Nichols, Gustavus Anthony C 78, 80, one-fourth. 
 
 Nichols, James Kent B 68 
 
 Northorp, John, Jr E 32 
 
 0. 
 
 Oat, George R 2 182 
 
 Oat, Joseph, F 56 
 
 O'Brien, Mrs. Hannah 1 42, 43 
 
 O'Daniel, Perry H 167 
 
 Ogden, Jonathan R 154 
 
 Ogle, Williams E 24, 25 
 
 Okie, J. B M 124 
 
 Oldham, James L 223 
 
30 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Osborne, Richard B C 78, 80, one-fourth. 
 
 Osbourn, Alexander M 27 
 
 Overholzer, Isaac B L 410 
 
 Overman, Henry W 7 191, one-half. 
 
 Overman, Wm. W 7 135, south. 
 
 Owen, Elizabeth L 162, one-half. 
 
 Owen, Thomas M G 341, east half. 
 
 Owens, Jesse G3 
 
 P. 
 
 Page, James H 118 
 
 Palmer, Samuel 3 76 
 
 Pancoast, Joseph, M. D G 199 
 
 f 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 
 Parker, Anna C. (vault) 1 ... | ^ one . half . 
 
 Parker, Edward, (vault) A 37, north half. 
 
 Parker, Joseph, (vault) G 33 
 
 Parkinson, Mrs. Eleanor H.... 59 
 
 Parrislf, Robert A H 93, 94 
 
 Parrott, HenryH B 83 
 
 Parsons, A. V., & J. Hepburn 1 17, 19 
 
 Patten, J. W., Patten, W. -> r 153, 154, one undivided third 
 
 Jr., Patten, George D. /'"" '" \ each. 
 
 Patterson, Edward C 8 
 
 Patterson, Jonathan F 144, 145 
 
 Patterson, Jonathan G 235, north half. 
 
 Patterson, Joseph H 33, 34 
 
 Patterson, Robert H 13 
 
 Patterson, Gen. Robert G 244 
 
 Patterson, Robert M., M. D H 20 
 
 Patterson, Samuel D C 5 
 
 Patterson, William C L 213 
 
 Patton, Rev. John H 99 
 
 Patton, R. A. and Wm., Jr G 75 
 
 Patton, R., Est. of. L 245, south half. 
 
 Paul, Bettle L 167 
 
 Paul, Comegys 1 160 
 
 Paul, James W 1 161 
 
LIST OP LOT-HOLDERS. 3/ 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Paul, Jno. Marshall 1 162 
 
 Paul, Jno. Rodman, M. D 1 158 
 
 Paul, Sidney 1 157 
 
 r 276, north half. 
 Paulding, Theophilus G j^ north ^ 
 
 Paxon, Richard L 82, 84 
 
 Paxson, Edward G 280 south half. 
 
 Peale, Franklin T G 72 
 
 Pearsall, Robert S 5 
 
 Pearson, Davis A 26 
 
 Pedrick, Silas F ". 1 
 
 Pelton, Caleb 1 53 
 
 Penington, Edward H H 24 
 
 Penington, John H 23 
 
 Penington, J. W 1 212 
 
 Penn. Hospital for the Insane 3 84, south half. 
 
 Penn. Ins. for the Instruc- ■> 
 
 tion of the Blind. } l 139 > 140 > 141 > 142 > 143 > 144 
 
 Pennebaker, Amos, M. D. (vt.)...H 176 
 
 Pepper, George L..119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 
 
 Pepper, George J B 27 
 
 Perkins, Abraham R H 154, 155 
 
 Perkins, Samuel H L 33 
 
 Perkins, Thomas I H 150, 151 
 
 Perit, John W 1 8 
 
 Perot, Francis H 140, 134 
 
 Perot, Joseph H 143 
 
 Peters, Dell P B 113 
 
 Peters, Jacob, Jr 1 184, south half. 
 
 Peters, Levi Rex 1 184, north half. 
 
 Peterson, Alexander, Jr R 108 
 
 Peterson, George F 79, 80 
 
 Peterson, Henry F 78 
 
 Peterson, John, (vault) 7 38 
 
 Peterson, Laurence G 160, half west. 
 
 Pettit, Andrew, Est. of R 185 
 
 Pettit, William P 7 
 
 Pettit, W., and William V P 8 
 
 Pfeiffer, Joseph, M. D. Est. of... .2 195, 196 
 
 Phille, George R 43 
 
 16* 
 
dO LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Phillips, John 3 243 
 
 Phillips, William, (vault) G 120 
 
 Phipps, Robinson B 58 
 
 Phipps, Stephen B 54, 55 
 
 Phipps, Charles B 56 
 
 Pinchin, William E 12 
 
 Pinckney, Elisha S H 14, 15 
 
 Pinkney, Henry, and ^ <- 493, south half. 
 
 Bensell, Edward S. } L \493, north half. 
 
 Pinney, Rev. J. B G 147, west half. 
 
 Piatt, George, Est. of G 223 
 
 Piatt, William G 129, and half of 130 
 
 Pleasants, J. Pemberton 4 104 
 
 Plitt, Sophia Wager 7 156, 157, 158, 159 
 
 Pogue, John, Est. of. G 42 
 
 Pomeroy, J. C. & J. Y L 491 west half. 
 
 Porter, Elizabeth R 125 
 
 Potter, Alonzo, Rt. Rev 7 27, 28 
 
 Potter, Robert B. (vault) H 170 
 
 Potts, Isaac W H 25, 26 
 
 Potts, W. L., andT. J. (vt.) G 221 
 
 Potts, William B G 291 
 
 Powers, Thomas C 25, east half. 
 
 Powers, AVin. R., M. D., L 165, north half. 
 
 Pratt, Thomas 2 172 
 
 Prevost, Charles M B 64 
 
 Price, J., Price, T. C, ^ 
 
 Price, J., Jr., Price, I S 25 
 
 Callender. J 
 
 Price, Richard S 25 
 
 rhalf of 10 and 11, and 12, 
 Price, Richard, L j lgj 14> 15> 16> 17> and 18 
 
 Price, Thomas L B 6 
 
 r 224, one-third of west half. 
 Prowattain, E G j oo^ one-third of east half. 
 
 Pryor, Edmund A 6 
 
 Pue, Hugh A L 509 
 
 Pugh, Isaac 7 5 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 39 
 
 Q. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 Queen, James W P 24 
 
 R. 
 
 Raiguel, Augustus H 7 63 
 
 Raiguel, Abraham H 7 66 
 
 Raiguel, William 7 65 
 
 Ralston, J. & W. Chester, (vt.)...G 194, one-half to each. 
 
 Ralston, Mary G 9 
 
 Ralston, Robert G 108 
 
 Randall, Joseph M 98 
 
 Randall, Joseph C M 99 
 
 Ranguett, Sarah R 102, south half. 
 
 Rawle, William L 47 
 
 Ray, David II 71 
 
 Rea, John G 287, 289 
 
 Read, J., & Smith, M. W., (vt.)..G 217 
 
 Reakirt, Conrad B 65 
 
 Reakirt, Conrad B 65 
 
 Reakirt, Joseph A 15, 16 
 
 Reath, Thomas E 2, 3 
 
 Reaver, E., Falls of Sch L 384 
 
 Reed, Charles D M 52, one-half. 
 
 Reed, Michael M 25 
 
 Reed, Robert H 163 
 
 Reed, Willoughby H G 255, south half. 
 
 Reed, William B 1 33 
 
 Reeves, Benjamin G 239 
 
 Reeves, Biddle F 129 
 
 Reeves, David G 237 
 
 Reeves, Thos., Est. of L 27, 28 
 
 Reford, Elizabeth C 62 
 
 Rehn, Caspar L 460,462 
 
 Reichert, Gab'l. A., Jr 1 177 
 
 Reichline, Elizabeth F 110, (30 square feet.) 
 
 Reid, John G 263, north half. 
 
 Reiff, Matthias S R 139 
 
40 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Reinboth, Joseph D C 4 
 
 Remington J. and Sarah F 17 
 
 Remington, Thomas P G 141, 143 
 
 Rex, Willoughby M 1 204 
 
 Reynolds, Rachel G 235 south half 
 
 Reynolds, Thompson R 4 
 
 Rhoads, R. R R 1C8 
 
 Rice, John 12 1 
 
 Richards, Aug. H. Est. of 1 136 
 
 Richards, Benjamin W 1 133, 134, 135, 137, 138 
 
 Richards, Catharine S 3 82, south half. 
 
 Richards, Samuel E 64, 65, 66, 67 
 
 Richards, John F 34 
 
 Richards, John 1 203 
 
 Richards, Samuel F 104 
 
 Richards, William H L 38, 39 
 
 Richardson, William H R 62 
 
 Ricketts, John T G 95 
 
 Ridgway, J. and John J., -> 
 
 Rotch, S. R.,Rush, P. A. }- G 271 
 
 Ridgway, Thomas G 200 
 
 Ridgway, William C ." 93 
 
 Riehle, William 49, 50, 57, 58 
 
 Riggs, Romulus., L 174, 175, 176, 177 
 
 Ripka, Joseph, Manayunk H 156, 157, 158, 159 
 
 Ripperger, Conrad F 13 
 
 Risley, Richard S L 40, 41 
 
 Ritchie, J., and Dick, J M 120 
 
 Robbins, Catharine 2 167 north half. 
 
 Robbins, Thomas G 76 
 
 Roberts, Algernon S H 27 
 
 Roberts, Christiana R 121, south half. 
 
 Roberts, Edward H 28 
 
 Roberts, George, Est. of G 205 
 
 Roberts, Geo. H D 2 
 
 Roberts, Joseph L H 95 
 
 Robertson, Archibald S 26 
 
 Robertson, William H B 5 
 
 Robeson, S. L., Lower Merion....E 9 
 
 Robinson, Moncure G 206 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 41 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Robinson, Charles W A 48 
 
 Robinson, E. W., Tomb in hill P 1 
 
 Robinson, Daniel M A 46, 47 
 
 Rockhill, Amos 2 187 
 
 Rockhill, Daniel H H 195 
 
 Rockhill, Thomas C A 91 to 102, south third 
 
 Rodes, Caroline 3 80, south half. 
 
 Rodman, Lewis, M. D M 24, north half. 
 
 Rogers, Evans G 153 
 
 Roland, Catharine 11 
 
 Roland, James G 212, north half. 
 
 Roney, Ann G 330 
 
 Roney, Thomas G 334 
 
 Rood, Rev. Anson, N. Liberties. .B 25 
 
 Roop, Samuel W R 188 
 
 Root, Sebastian 7 206 
 
 Rose, Mrs. Ann L 225, 226 
 
 Rosencrantz, J., M. D., Man'k....L ..97, 99 
 
 Rosa, James B R 145 
 
 Ross, John G 218, north half. 
 
 Rotch, Thos, Clermont G 132 
 
 Rowand, J. R., M. D 11 193 
 
 Rowland, Wm. (vault) 7 17 
 
 Rowland, J. G G 67, 68, 78, 79 
 
 Rowland, Nathan 7 19 
 
 Rowland, William D 59 
 
 Rubicam, Charles A C 60, 61 
 
 Ruddack, Rachel G 236 
 
 Rugan, Charles O 44 
 
 Rugan, George O 36 
 
 Rugan, William O 43 
 
 Ruschenburger, W. S. W., -> 
 
 M. D., U. S. N. | l 221 > north half - 
 
 Rush, Harriet L 244, south half. 
 
 Russell, John George F 49 
 
 Ryan, William R 30 
 
42 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 s. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Safford, Erwin, (vault) G 169, west half. 
 
 Salter, Heliacal A., Ky 3 123 
 
 Sanders, Ann, Est. of. 3 190 
 
 Sargent, George W E 27 
 
 Saring, Nicholas F 121 
 
 Saunderson, Z. W L 234 
 
 Sayres, Edward S M 56 
 
 Schober, Frederick G 134 
 
 Schober, Samuel G 135 
 
 Schott. James A 72, 73 
 
 Schrack, Christian A 27 
 
 Schwartzwelder, Marshall G 264 
 
 Scott, Ann Jane L 184 
 
 Scott, John M L 43, 45 
 
 Scott, Samuel H 67 
 
 Scull, David 1 206 
 
 Scull, Gideon C 46, 47, 48, 49 
 
 Seal, Joseph H E 7, 8 
 
 Seckel, Frederick G 216 
 
 See, Abraham S F 74 
 
 Seeger, Ann R 128 
 
 Sellers, Edwin M C 81 # 
 
 Sergeant, John L 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 
 
 Severn, William H 189 
 
 Seybert, Henry D 39 
 
 Seyfert, John II A 34 
 
 Shackleford, Henry A L 142 
 
 Shaffer, M L 167, one-half. 
 
 Shannon, Jacob B R 112 
 
 Shapleigh, Augustus F P 6 
 
 Sharpe, Jacob L 56 
 
 Sharpe, Joseph H Ill, one-half. 
 
 Sharpless, Jno. T., M. D F 5 
 
 Sharpless, Joseph J F 3 
 
 Sharswood, George L 501 
 
 Shaw, Mrs. Mary Ann L 209 
 
 Shaw, S. H., Est. of dec'd H 125 
 
 F, Geo. Whitemarsh 1 163, 164, 165, 166, 167 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 43 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Shelby, Martha R 104, one-fourth. 
 
 Shelmire, Win. H 2 175 
 
 Shenck, Geo. E 24 
 
 Sheppard, Thomas A 61 
 
 Sheridan, Owen B 86, 87 
 
 Sherman, Conger S 9 
 
 Sherwood, John B 148 
 
 Shively, Henry, (vault) 34 
 
 Shively, William, (vault) 6, 7 
 
 Shriver, W. and C. Bradley C 58, 59, half to each. 
 
 Shoenberger Peter, Watts, •> 
 
 H. M. and McCormick, P. } - M 114 ' 116 
 
 Shoemaker, Mary K B 76, one-half. 
 
 Short, Wm, Est, of dec'd P 21, 22 
 
 Shourds, Rachel and Mary A 4 123 
 
 Shufflebottom, William F 135 
 
 Shugart, George S F 87 
 
 Shull, Edwin 3 240 
 
 Sinister, L G 103 
 
 Shuttlewood, J. & W. Miller B 146 
 
 Sibley, John R 153 
 
 Sides, Peter and Sam'l B. Pry.... 1 185, south half. 
 
 Sieger. Peter B 29 
 
 Sill, Joseph G 176, two-thirds north. 
 
 Silver, Mary De L 162, one-half. 
 
 Simpson, Hood B 69 
 
 Simpson, Joseph D B 100 
 
 Simpson, W., Sr., Falls of Sch...G 233, south half. 
 
 Sims, L. C, Est. of, Wil'n. DeL.H 48 
 
 Singer, Mary N M 70 
 
 Singles, Ann F 32 
 
 Sinn, Davis M F 99 
 
 Slade, Alfred G 165 
 
 Siter, John F 140, 141, 142, 143 
 
 Slaughter, William F L 244, north half. 
 
 Small, Robert H B 155, 156, 157, 158 
 
 Smiedel, H., Manayunk E 13, one-half. 
 
 Smith, Benjamin G 31 
 
 Smith, Mrs. Eliza M. J M 1 
 
 Smith, George K G 139, east half. 
 
 N 
 
44 LIST OP LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Smith, G. R., (vault) F 96, 97 
 
 Smith, Hancock R 158 
 
 Smith, Jacob R G 175 
 
 Smith, James S., Jr G 220 
 
 Smith, James R G 331 
 
 Smith, James P E 17 
 
 Smith, Jane E R 184, south half. 
 
 Smith, Joel B L 186 
 
 Smith, John Jay G -8, 9, 19, 20 
 
 Smith. John J 3 149, 150, one-third of both. 
 
 Smith, John K., Est. of. G 139, half west. 
 
 Smith, John T L 342 
 
 Smith, J. and Mary Ann 1 44, 45, one-half. 
 
 Smith, Joseph Few 10 
 
 Smith. Joseph P G 178 
 
 Smith, Lloyd P 4 105 
 
 Smith, M. W., & Read, J., (vt)..G 217 
 
 Smith, Robert, (vault) H 171 
 
 Smith, Samuel B 3 149, 150, one-third of both. 
 
 Smith, Sarah G 3 218 
 
 Smith, Sidney A 88 
 
 Smith. Thomas S E 18 
 
 Smith, Wm. J. B C 24 
 
 Smith, William W F 123 
 
 Snodgrass, William T 7 192 
 
 Snyder, Elias B H 66, east half. 
 
 Snyder, George W L 389, half south. 
 
 Snyder, Jacob J., (vault) 1 48, 49 
 
 Somers, Rachel G 215 
 
 Southern, Adam R 12 
 
 Soutter, Robert, Jr F 60 
 
 Sowers, Jonathan F 11 
 
 Spackman, Samuel C 75 
 
 Spang, Samuel O 51 
 
 Spangenberg, L., (vault) H 191, east 
 
 Sparhawk, John 7 41 
 
 Sparks, Sarah A 81 
 
 Sparks, Thomas, and Don--. r 219, north half. 
 
 ....G 
 
 1219. 
 
 aldson, Sophia. J '" \ 219, south half. 
 
 Speagle, Hannah H 66, west half. 
 
LIST OP LOT-HOLDERS. 45 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Spear, Rev. W. Wallace 1 115 
 
 Spencer, James S E 37 to 48 inclusive. 
 
 Spering, William, (vault) B 52, 53 
 
 Sperry, Mrs. Margaret B 31 
 
 Spohn, Elizabeth G 222, and half of 224, east. 
 
 Spooner, William F 35 36 
 
 Sproat, Harris L 7 137 
 
 Starr, Isaac G 202 204 
 
 Steel, James W B 149 
 
 Steel, Keziah L 202 
 
 Steen, Robert L 126 127 
 
 Steiner, J. P p 40 
 
 Steiner, Jacob G 191 
 
 Stelwagen, Jos 7 148 
 
 Stel wagon, Jesse L 7 87 
 
 Sterling, Henry, Pittsburg L 190 
 
 Stevens, James G 85 and 85J, east part. 
 
 Stevens, Rev. William 7 29 
 
 Stevenson, Augustine F -;- 53 
 
 Stevenson, John B H 89 
 
 Stevenson, Mary B 10, one-half. 
 
 Stevenson, William C 30 
 
 Stewart, Benjamin D G 256 
 
 Stewart, 1 12q 
 
 Stewart, John 7 g8 
 
 Stewart, R.R., & J. B.Newman.. .G 171 
 
 Stewart, Thomas, Est. of. G 332 
 
 Stewart, Wm. H B 105, 107, one-third south. 
 
 Stiles, Benjamin G 246 
 
 Stiles, Edward J F 124, 125 
 
 Stiles, J., N. Liberties F 20 21, 40 
 
 Stockton, Ann R R 63 
 
 Stockton, C. and Charles M C 2 
 
 Stockton, Samuel W G ooq 
 
 Stockton, Mrs. Wm. T G 242, half south. 
 
 Stoddard, Curwen 1 83 85 
 
 Stoddard, John A C 67, western half. 
 
 Stoddart, Joseph M 1 84 
 
 Stoever, Henry D G 208 one-half. 
 
 Stokes, Charles 1 199 
 
 17 
 
46 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Jiame. Section. Number. 
 
 Stokes, Uriah H I ,...201 
 
 Stone, Dexter G 198 
 
 Stone, John B 82 
 
 Stott, Elizabeth, (vault) G 195 
 
 Stratton, Jacob H H 130 
 
 Stratton, Margaret A R 104, south half. 
 
 Stratton, Samuel T. and ) G f 138, half 
 
 fli 
 
 Xu 
 
 Stratton, G. W. ) 1 138, half east. 
 
 Strawbridge, John H 35, 36, 40 
 
 Street, Robert L 495 
 
 Strickland, William D 47 
 
 Striker, George W F 126, 127 
 
 Stroud, George M F 22, 23, 24 
 
 Stroupe, Anna M .15 
 
 Struthers, John, (shrubbery) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
 
 Stuart, George H L 70 
 
 Sturdevant, Lewis, Ger'n G 292 
 
 Sturges, George O 81 
 
 Subers, T. B 2 185 
 
 Sully, Thomas A 41 
 
 Summers, William, Est. of. M 13, north half. 
 
 Sutton, William M 47 
 
 Swaira, James, (shrubbery) 46, 47, 48, 49 
 
 Svreyer, Henry, (vault) A 9 
 
 Swett, John B E 62 
 
 Swope, George E 4 
 
 Sword, John D S 11, 12 
 
 Symington, Alexander H 96 
 
 T. 
 
 Tagert, Joseph, Est. of. G 329 
 
 Tams, John F 77 
 
 Tarply, C. S., Clinton, Miss L 71 
 
 Tatem, M. R., R., and M. H R 186 
 
 Tatham, Geo. N R 70 
 
 Taws. Lewis L 388 
 
 Taylor, Bernard 2 84, 85 
 
 Taylor, C L 236, one-half. 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 47 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Taylor, Charles M 7„ 191, one-half. 
 
 Taylor, Charles G 100 
 
 Taylor, Geo. & Wm F 7 
 
 Taylor, H. P., C. R., and \ R 46 
 
 Ann C. / 
 
 Taylor, James, Falls of Sch R 171 
 
 Taylor, Jane F 72, one-third. 
 
 Taylor, John L 233 
 
 Taylor, John M L 74 
 
 Taylor L. and J., Levi and \ ^ 12 q 127 128 
 
 James N. Dickson / 
 
 Taylor, Nathan G 162 
 
 Ter' Hoeven, Mrs. A. S. H F 102 
 
 Terry, Asaph C 40 
 
 Tevis, Benjamin G 45, 46 
 
 Thackara, Samuel W 1 118, 119 
 
 Thayer, Martin Russell 1 112 
 
 Thayer, Zipheon M 52, one-half. 
 
 Thomas, Charles J A 51 
 
 Thomas, George G 268 
 
 Thomas, Jacob A 50 
 
 Thomas, John D 63 
 
 Thomas, Joseph M A 52 
 
 Thomas, Moses 1 67 
 
 Thompson, A. W., (terrace) S 27 
 
 Thompson, Robert, Jr G 267 
 
 Thompson, Isaac M 122 
 
 Thompson, J., Falls of Sch L 170 
 
 Thompson, John J 4 100 
 
 Thompson, Newcombe,B C 50, 51 
 
 Thompson, Wm. R G 265 
 
 Thomson, Ann, widow of T. 
 
 H. Thomson. 
 
 Thomson, Charles W L 86 
 
 Thomson, G. H., C. R., & Mrs. A.. 1 81 
 
 Thomson, John, Newark, Del., Granite Monument on the Bank, to 
 
 Charles Thomson, first Secretary of the Old Congress. 
 
 Thomson, Peter, D 3, south half. 
 
 Thrasher, Geo. F M 32, one-third. 
 
 Thurlow, Paul A 33 
 
 J....R 179, south half. 
 
48 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Tilden, Hiram B E 57 
 
 Tilford, J. W F 134 
 
 Tingley, Benjamin W 1 38, 39 
 
 Tingley, Clement 1 36, 37 
 
 Todhunter, William G 177 
 
 TolanJ, II., and R., (shrubbery) 50, 51, 52. 53, 54 
 
 Tolman, Samuel 1 63, east half. 
 
 Toppan, Charles G 1 
 
 Torbert, James 3 143 
 
 Towne, John G 119, west half. 
 
 Towne, John, Est. of. 7 75, 77 
 
 Townsend, Ogden R 72 
 
 Townsend, Samuel 3 281, 282, 283, 284 
 
 Traquair, Adam B 129 
 
 Traquair, Samuel H R 20, and east half 18 
 
 Troth, Henry F 122 
 
 Trotter, Joseph G 61, 02 
 
 Trotter, Nathan G 49, 50 
 
 Troutman, George A 21 
 
 Trustees of the First Pres- 1 M ^ ^ .^ 
 
 byterian Church. J 
 
 " The Trustees of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of St. 
 
 John's Church, in the city and vicinity of Philadelphia," Section 
 
 0, in the north-east corner of the Cemetery 
 
 Tucker, John B 92, 93 
 
 Tucker, John E., of Miss L 241, north half. 
 
 Tucker, William E H 88 
 
 Tustin, Thomas, (vault) A 36 
 
 Twin's Mr.-., widow of Ma- 1 .-, q 
 
 jot Twiggs. / 
 
 Tyn.bde, C. J O 27 
 
 Tyndale, Robinson H 1, 2 
 
 Tyson, Job R 4 03 
 
 Tyson, Sarah R O 78, one-half. 
 
 u. 
 
 Uhler, George, M. D R 162, south half. 
 
 Uhler, William M R 162, north half. 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS, 49 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Umstead, Jacob D 65. GO, one-third. 
 
 Upton, John B 94 
 
 Urquhart, David C F 12 
 
 V. 
 
 Valentine, James C G 229 
 
 Van Dusen, Joseph B 7 150, one-half. 
 
 Van Dusen, Samuel B 7 150. one-half. 
 
 Vandyke, James C B 38 
 
 Vanseckel, Elijah, (shrubbery) 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 
 
 Vaugb.au, John G 118 
 
 Vaughan, John, dec'd, Est. J_ t. ,.•» 
 
 of, Kensington. / 
 
 Vaux, Mrs. George H 69, 70 
 
 Vaux, William S H 63 
 
 Vezin, Charles 52, 53. 54, 55 
 
 Vogel, Julia Ann D 75, 78, third south. 
 
 Voight, Edward P L 205 
 
 Voight, Mrs. M., Est. of. L 248 
 
 Voight, Thomas L 204 
 
 Volans, Samuel 7 315, - » 1 • i 
 
 Voute, Louis C R 115 
 
 w. 
 
 Waldie, Adam 1 4 
 
 Waldron, Nathaniel L 154 
 
 Walker, Edward L 7 35 
 
 Walker, Samuel I L 181 
 
 Wallace, J. K 1 180, south half. 
 
 Wain, Jacob S., Est. of. 4 106, 108 
 
 Walter, Edwin G 64 
 
 Walter, Joseph S L 387 
 
 Walter, Thomas U G 232, north half. 
 
 Walter, Thomas U L 387 
 
 Walton, Samuel D D 60 
 
 Waudell, John D *2 
 
 17* 
 
50 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Ward, George W L 246 
 
 Ward, Samuel L D G5, 66, one-third. 
 
 Warner, Francis B 94 
 
 Warner, Joseph F 67, east half. 
 
 Warner, Lydia F S 23 
 
 Warner. William 95, 96 
 
 Warrington, S. R F 15, 16 
 
 Wartman, Michael D 45, 46 
 
 Warwick, Edward R 75, one-half. 
 
 Waterman, Isaac S 1 100, 101 
 
 Waters. Aaron A 84 
 
 Waters, Samuel A 60 
 
 Watkin, Robert B 91 
 
 Watson, Anne 1 62 
 
 Watson, James U 1 60 
 
 Watson, James F 132, 133 
 
 Watson, Fhoebe 3 213 
 
 Watson. William R 180 
 
 Watt, David M 9, north half. 
 
 Watt, William M 9, south half. 
 
 Watts, George G 282 
 
 Watts, Henry M., Shoen- \ M -^ 116 
 
 berger, P., McCormick, P. > 
 
 Wattson, Thomas G 96 
 
 Wattson, Thomas B G 94 
 
 Way. Francis D M 44 
 
 Way, Lippincott & F 107 
 
 Weatherly, David 2 170 
 
 Weatherly, Thomas 2 168 
 
 Weaver, Ann Maria O 120 
 
 Weaver. D. J., J. F., and H. J....C 3 
 
 Weaver. George J F 86 
 
 Webb, Reuben 1 64, 65 
 
 Webb, William A 62, 63 
 
 Wells, Ellenor M 22 
 
 Wells, Lewis E R 110 
 
 Welsh. John, Jr 1 93 
 
 Welsh. John 1 91 
 
 Welsh. J. H., West, J B 8 
 
 Welsh, Samuel, 1 92 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 51 
 
 Xame. Section. Number. 
 
 Welsh, William 1 90 
 
 Wentz, Silas H D 29, 30 
 
 Weuzel, J. C R 24 
 
 West, George E R 22 
 
 West, George G 1 123 
 
 West, James L 88, 90 
 
 West, Robert C 64 
 
 Wetherill, Geo. D L 67, 68 
 
 Wetherill, Mrs. M. S A 57 
 
 Wetherill, Martha B., Susan, "1 _ no . n ^> „ ., . , 
 
 ' r ••'• ' 93 to 96, one-fourth to each. 
 
 Rebecca, and Edward. i 
 
 Wetherill, Mrs. Rachel A ...54, 55 
 
 Wetherill, Wm, M. D., A 56 
 
 Whartenby, Thomas 3 74 
 
 Wharton, Dan. Clark G 23 
 
 Wharton, F. R., (vault) 1 3 
 
 Wharton, Mrs. John, (vault) H 108 
 
 Whelan, Edward S L 55, 56 
 
 Whelan, Edward H 60 
 
 Whetham, Joseph N 33 
 
 Whildin, Alexander G 37 
 
 Whipple, Mary G 65 
 
 White, E., and Gray, R. E G 149, half west, half east. 
 
 White, Henry B 1, 2,3 
 
 White, JohnP 7 37 
 
 AVhite, Samuel R 32 
 
 White, William R G 172 
 
 Whitecar, Benjamin 2 128 
 
 Whiteman, David C 67, east half. 
 
 Whiteman, Hannah, and } j - 4 
 
 Wm. J. Chaplin. / 
 
 Widdilield, James 1 58, 59 
 
 Wiener, HeLnrich F 64 
 
 Wilcox, Augustine R 75, one-half. 
 
 Wilcox, B. C.,& J. R. Ingersoll...N 21 
 
 Wilcox, Edmund 1 70 
 
 Wilkins. Wm. W., M. D., ) L m 
 
 Gaston, X. C. J 
 
 Wilmer, J. Ringgold H 44 
 
 Williams, Christopher C L 208 
 
52 LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Williams, E., North'n, Mass H 8(5 
 
 Williams, John A E 59 
 
 Williams, Samuel, Est. of. F 112 
 
 Willing, Charles B A 64 to 67, one-third south. 
 
 Willits, Joseph B., Est. of. 4 142 
 
 Wilson, Cadet L 499 
 
 Wilson, Elizabeth P I "159 
 
 Wilson, Franklin S H 190 
 
 Wilson, Joseph L L 207 
 
 Wilson, Margaret L G...323, 325, 327, one-third centre of. 
 
 Wilson, Thomas, Falls of Sch R 8 
 
 Wilson, Thomas L 166 
 
 Wilson, William F 136, 137, 138, 139 
 
 Wiltbank, Rev. J. & Jno., M. D..II 54 
 
 Wiltbank. P. W. & A. W H 55 
 
 Wiltberger, Elizabeth E 3 82, north half. 
 
 Wines, Enoch C L 42 
 
 Wise, Charles M Ill, north half. 
 
 Wise, Charles M Ill, north half. 
 
 Wise, Jacob R 113 
 
 Wise, John M Ill, south half and M. 32, £. 
 
 Wistar, Richard G 257 
 
 Wister, William Wynne 1 223 
 
 Withers, Joseph N F 119 
 
 Witman, Jacob ' 7 297, 298 
 
 Woelpper, David, Est. of G 123 
 
 Wolff, Jacob R 7 230 
 
 Wonderly, Elizabeth D t 76, 79 
 
 Wood, C. S. and G. B., M. D G 295 
 
 Wood, G. A G 234, north half. 
 
 Wood, Joseph H 144, 145 
 
 Wood, Josiah B 32 
 
 Wood, Robert G 174, (262J feet of.) 
 
 Wood, Thomas H 148, 149, 152, 153 
 
 Wood, William B L 129 
 
 Wood, William W 1 207 
 
 Woodward, C. and S M 19 
 
 Woodward, Charles, Est. of. 3 211 
 
 Woodward, James S F 10 
 
 Wray, Alexander R 152, south-half. 
 
LIST OF LOT-HOLDERS. 53 
 
 Name. Section. Number. 
 
 Wray, James R 152, north half. 
 
 Wright, Archibald G 2G9 
 
 Wright, James A B 42 
 
 Wright, P. S., Utica, N. Y L 240, south half. 
 
 Wright, Peter B 43 
 
 Wright, Robert K 1 5 
 
 Wurts, W. & C. S H 132, 133, 136, 137, 138, 139 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yard, Edmund G 160, east half. 
 
 Yard, Pearson B 78 
 
 Yardley, Thos. H., M. D 1 2 
 
 Yardley, Wm., Jr T 1 
 
 Yarnall, Charles 4 95 
 
 Yarnall, Edward 4 92, 94 
 
 Yeager, Benjamin E 6 
 
 Yeager, Joseph A 25 
 
 Yeager, Peter 28 
 
 Yocom, James 2 188 
 
 Yohe, Mrs, C, Est. of. H 120, 124 
 
 Young, Edwin. D 5 
 
 Young, Wm., M. D R 54 
 
 z. 
 
 Zehndcr, John A L 513 
 
 Zeiber, W. B R 109 
 
 Zelley, Samuel 3 98 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
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