Laurel Hill Cemetery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Est. 1836 78 acres 590+ memorials
A National Historic Landmark cemetery overlooking the Schuylkill River, founded in 1836.

Memorials

Benjamin Franklin Coston
1821–1848 (age 27)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Benjamin Franklin Coston (1821-1848) was a Philadelphia resident buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Caroline Maria Calvert Morris
1800–1842 (age 42)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Caroline Maria Calvert Morris (1800-1842) was a Prince George's County resident buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
James Cornell Biddle Sr.
1795–1838 (age 43)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
James Cornell Biddle Sr. (1795-1838) was a member of the prominent Biddle family interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Charles Ellet
1777–1847 (age 70)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Charles Ellet (1777-1847) was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Elizabeth Rittenhouse
1767–1836 (age 69)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth Rittenhouse (1767-1836) was likely related to the prominent Rittenhouse family and was buried at Laurel Hill C...
Alida Gouverneur Ogden Rood
1802–1847 (age 45)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Alida Gouverneur Ogden Rood (1802-1847) was a woman of prominent New York and Pennsylvania families buried at Laurel Hil...
Thomas Rotch
1792–1840 (age 48)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Thomas Rotch (1792-1840) was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Sarah Elizabeth Postlethwaite
1763–1849 (age 86)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Sarah Elizabeth Postlethwaite (1763-1849) lived a long life spanning the late 18th and mid-19th centuries.
William P. C. Barton
1786–1856 (age 70)
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William P. C. Barton was an American physician and botanist from Philadelphia known for his medical and botanical contri...
John Bouvier
1787–1851 (age 64)
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John Bouvier was a French-American legal scholar and author who significantly influenced American jurisprudence.
Charles Stewart Wurts
1790–1859 (age 69)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Charles Stewart Wurts was an American industrialist and entrepreneur involved in canal and transportation development.
Isaac Parrish
1811–1852 (age 41)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Isaac Parrish was an American physician from Philadelphia who practiced medicine in the 19th century.
John Wyeth
1770–1858 (age 88)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
John Wyeth was an American pharmacist and pharmaceutical manufacturer who founded an influential pharmaceutical company.
Henry Bond
1790–1859 (age 69)
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Henry Bond was a resident of Watertown who lived from 1790 to 1859.
Mary Mitchell Keppele
1805–1855 (age 50)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Mary Mitchell Keppele (1805-1855) was an American woman of the early 19th century.
Ann Penn Allen
1769–1851 (age 82)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Ann Penn Allen (1769-1851) was an American woman who lived through the founding era and early republic.
Cornelius C. Cuyler
1783–1850 (age 67)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Cornelius C. Cuyler (1783-1850) was an American resident of the early 19th century.
Thomas Willing Morris
1792–1852 (age 60)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Thomas Willing Morris (1792-1852) was a Philadelphia resident of the early American period.
Mary Newbold Singer
1801–1859 (age 58)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Mary Newbold Singer (1801-1859) was an American woman of the 19th century.
Robert Montgomery Bird
1806–1854 (age 48)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Robert Montgomery Bird was an American writer, physician, and playwright known for his historical novels and dramatic wo...
Persifor Frazer Smith
1798–1858 (age 60)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Persifor Frazer Smith was an American military officer who served as a general during the Mexican-American War.
Samuel George Morton
1799–1851 (age 52)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Samuel George Morton was an American physician and pioneering physical anthropologist known for his craniological studie...
Richard Rush
1780–1859 (age 79)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Richard Rush was an American statesman, diplomat, and attorney who served as Secretary of the Treasury and Minister to F...
David Conner
1792–1856 (age 64)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
David Conner was an American naval officer who served as a commodore in the United States Navy during the Mexican-Americ...
Elisha Kent Kane
1820–1857 (age 37)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Elisha Kent Kane was an American Arctic explorer and physician renowned for his polar expeditions in search of the North...
John Sergeant
1779–1852 (age 73)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
John Sergeant was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Congressman and vice-presidential cand...
John Darley
1765–1853 (age 88)
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John Darley (1765-1853) was an American artist and illustrator known for his historical and literary works.
Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell
1801–1852 (age 51)
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Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell (1801-1852) was a prominent New Jersey businessman and landowner.
Benjamin Wood Richards
1797–1851 (age 54)
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Benjamin Wood Richards (1797-1851) was an ironmaster and industrialist associated with Batsto Village in New Jersey.
Charles B. Penrose
1798–1857 (age 59)
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Charles B. Penrose (1798-1857) was an American physician and public figure.
Job Roberts Tyson
1803–1858 (age 55)
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Job Roberts Tyson (1803-1858) was a Philadelphia-based naturalist and mineralogist.
John Kintzing Kane
1795–1858 (age 63)
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John Kintzing Kane (1795-1858) was an Albany-born American jurist and legal scholar.
John Morin Scott
1789–1858 (age 69)
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John Morin Scott (1789-1858) was a New York City lawyer and political figure.
Michael Woolston Ash
1789–1858 (age 69)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Michael Woolston Ash (1789-1858) was a Philadelphia-based merchant and businessman.
Richard Penn Smith
1799–1854 (age 55)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Richard Penn Smith was a Philadelphia-based writer and dramatist active in the early 19th century.
Robert T. Conrad
1810–1858 (age 48)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Robert T. Conrad was a Philadelphia lawyer and politician who served in various civic roles.
Walter Colton
1797–1851 (age 54)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Walter Colton was a Vermont-born clergyman and author known for his religious writings.
Charles Crillon Barton
1812–1851 (age 39)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Charles Crillon Barton was a 19th-century gentleman whose specific profession remains unclear from available records.
Elizabeth Corbin Griffin Gatliff Campbell Stewart
1779–1853 (age 74)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth Corbin Griffin Gatliff Campbell Stewart was a woman of notable family connections in early 19th-century societ...
Margaret Coats Butler Meade
1782–1852 (age 70)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Margaret Coats Butler Meade was a woman of prominent Philadelphia family lineage during the early 1800s.
Samuel Rush
1795–1859 (age 64)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Samuel Rush was a Philadelphia resident, likely connected to the prominent Rush family of physicians and intellectuals.
Andrew Mallet-Prevost
1780–1850 (age 70)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Andrew Mallet-Prevost was a 19th-century figure of apparent French-American heritage.
John E. Carver
1803–1859 (age 56)
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John E. Carver was a 19th-century American whose specific occupation is not readily determinable.
Peter Shoenberger
1782–1854 (age 72)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Peter Shoenberger was a 19th-century American of apparent German or Swiss heritage.
Jerusha Parker
1764–1858 (age 94)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Jerusha Parker lived from 1764 to 1858 and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Alpheus Kimball
1792–1859 (age 67)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Alpheus Kimball (1792-1859) was a Fitchburg resident and American of the 19th century.
John Westbrook
1789–1852 (age 63)
Laurel Hill Cemetery
John Westbrook (1789-1852) was a Sussex County resident of the early 19th century.
Matthias W. Baldwin
1795–1866 (age 71)
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Matthias W. Baldwin (1795-1866) was an Elizabeth Township resident and prominent industrialist.
John Cassin
1813–1869 (age 56)
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John Cassin (1813-1869) was an ornithologist and naturalist from Upper Providence Township.
Albert Newsam
1809–1864 (age 55)
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Albert Newsam (1809-1864) was a Steubenville-born sculptor and artist.