CEMETERY

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

Location:
Philadelphia, PA

Founding Date:
1836

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

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