Index of Biographies in “Philadelphia, A History of the City and its People”; Philadelphia Co., PA Contributed to the PAGenWeb Archives by Diana Smith [christillavalley@comcast.net] Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* NOTE: Diana has graciously volunteered to contribute transcriptions of the biographies listed below as they are requested by researchers. Please contact Diana [christillavalley@comcast.net] if a name below is of interest. "Philadelphia, A History of the City and its People; A Record of 225 Years Published 1912, by S.H. Clark in Philadelphia Author, Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer Abbott, C. Yarnall Abbott, Edwin M. Abbott, Francis L. Abbott, William Holloway Acker, A. Lincoln Acker, Finley Adams, Benjamin Albrecht, Emil P. Allen, Harrison, M.D. Anders, Howard Schultz, M.D. Armstrong, Theodore Ascension Catholic Church Ashcraft, Leon Thomas, M.D. Ashton, Thomas G., M.D. Atkin, Hercules Audenried, Charles Young Babcock, William Wayne, M.D. Baile, Robert Sr. Baker, William Franklin Barker, Wharton Barlow, Thomas W. Barney, Charles Dennis Barr, Jacob E. Barth, Charles Baugh, Daniel Beates, Henry Jr., M.D. Beattie, Robert Beeber, Dimner Beerger, Bernhard Behrens, C. Bernard Belber, Henry S. Bell, David A., Hon. Bell, John Cromwell Belmont, Leo Belsterling, William F. Jr. Bernstein, Ralph, M.D. Bingham, Henry H., General Bioren, John S. Birch, Edwin K. Bishop, Ephraim Bodine, Samuel Taylor Boice, J. Morton, M.D. Bonnell, Henry Houston Boston, L. Napoleon, A.M., M.D. Bower, William Henry Bradford, James H., M.D. Bradford, T. Hewson, M.D. Brey, William Forrest Bringhurst, Robert Ralston Brinton, Joseph Hill Brooks, William Henry Brown, Charles L. Brown, Elmer Ellsworth, M.D. Brown, Francis Shunk Brown, John K. Brown, William Allen Brumbaugh, Martin G., PH.D. Bryan, Charles Tyson Bryant, Henry Grier Buckley, Edward Swift Bullitt, John C. Burgin, George Horatio, M.D. Burk, Addison B. Burnham, George Burnham, George Jr. Burpee, Washington Atlee Byers, Edgar Henry, M.D. Campbell, Charles Edgar Colin Campbell, Charles S. Campbell, John Marie Carr, George Wentworth Carrigan, William Seymour Carson, Hampton L., Hon. Chambers, Cyrus Jr. Chambers, Francis Taylor Christian, Hiliary M., M.D. Christman, John Weston Church of St. Anthony de Padua Church of St. John's Cantius Clark, Edwin Clark, John G., M.D. Closson, James Harwood, M.D. Coates, Edward Hornor Comly, Rowland Conarroc, George M. Conrad, Robert T., Judge Conwell, Russell H. Converse, John Heman Corr, Bernard Coryell, James Bingham Cox, Justice Jr. Coyle, D.Linn Coyle, John J. Craig, Alexander R., M.D. Craig, Frank Ardary, M.D. Crandall, T. Vaughn, M.D. Crawford, George W. Crawford, John M. Creager, Joseph B. Cresson Family Croskey, Henry Croskey, J. W. Croskey, Knowles Crowder, Walter J. Crowell, Robert Craig Cummings, James Howell Curtin, Roland Gideon, M.D. Curtis, Cyrus H.K. Da Costa, John Chalmers, M.D. Dare, Arthur, A.M., M.D. Davis, Edward Thomas Davis, J. Leslie, M.D. de Merlier, Franz Deaver, H.C., M.D. Dennisson, Samuel Godschalk Denniston, Edward Evans Dercum, Francis Xavier, M.D. Dever, Stephen P., D.D., PH.D. Devlin, Thomas Dickson, Samuel Diehl, Edward Clarke Dingee, John H. Disston, Samuel Doane, Charles W. Dock, William H. Dolan, Thomas Doran, Joseph I. Dornhege, Bernard, Rev. Dreer, Ferdinand Julius Dripps, J. Frederick, D.D. Dripps, Robert Dunning Du Barry, Joseph Napoleon Duross, James Dye, John H. Eavenson, Marvin Meeker Eavenson, Roland M. Edmonds, Franklin Spencer Ellis, Dewitt Clinton Ely, Thomas Cox, M.D. Evans, Allen Evans, William, M.D. Eyre, Wilson Farr, Lincoln D. Ferguson, Joseph C., Judge Ferguson, William B.S. Fetterolf, Adam H. Firmin, George Jordan Fischelis, Philipp, M.D. Fisher, William Righter Flaherty, James A. Flannery, Henry, M.D. Fletcher, William Meade Forbes, William S., M.D. Forsyth, Presley Blakiston Foulkrod, Collin, M.D. Fouse, Adam Garner Fouse, Levi Garner Foss, Cyrus David, Bishop Fow, John H. Frazier, George Harrison French, Howard Barclay Furness, Frank, Captain Furth, Emanuel Fussell, M. Howard, M.D. Futrell, William H. Garrett, Casper S. Gaulbert, William Lanier Gazzam, Joseph M. Geisse, Herman C. Gerhab, Jacob Gerhard, John Sergeant Gest, John Marshall Gibb, Joseph Scribner, M.D. Gilbert, William H. Gill, John L. Gillette, John R., M.D. Girard, Stephen Girvin, John H., M.D. Glenn, Edwin Forrest Goddard, Herbert Maskell, M.D. Gordon, James Gay, Hon. Graham, George Scott Graham, Robert, Rev. Greene, Stephen Griscom, Clement Acton Grubb, William B. Grugan, F.W. Guenther, Emil Guggenheim, Meyer Guggenheim, William Gummey, Charles Francis Gummey, Thomas A. Gutekunst, Frederick Haeseler, Albert Swalm Hahn, Frank Eugene Haimes, William G. Hallowell, J. Wallace Hancock, Judson, M.D. Harding, William W. Harned, Thomas Biggs Harris, Bernard Harrison, Charles Custis Harte, Richard Hickman, M.D. Hatfield, Walter Haupt, Jacob Lewis Leeds Hearn, W. Joseph, M.D. Heckscher, Austin S. Heineberg, Alfred, M.D. Heller, Henry D., M.D. Henkels, Stanislaus Vincent Henszey, William P. Herbert, J. Frederick, M.D. Herring, Charles P., General Hibbs, Manton Eckfeldt Hicks, George W.B. Hill, Howard Kennedy, M.D. Hilprecht, H. V. Hohlfeld, Herman L. Hollopeter, William Clarence, M.D. Houston, Henry Howard Howe, Frank Perley Huettig, Reinhard Huey, Samuel Baird Hunt, William, M.D. Hunter, Charles T., M.D. Hurff, James K. Hutchinson, Charles S., Rev. Hutchison, Joseph Baldwin Irwin, J. Willoughby, M.D. Jackson, I. Irwin Jacobs, Edward Bronaugh Jaeger, August H. Jr. Jenks, Robert D. Johnson, Alba B. Johnson, H. Chester Jones, Joseph Levering Jordan, John Woolf, LL.D. Judson, Oliver Albert, M.D. Junkin, Joseph De Forest Kane, John Kent Keen, William Williams, M.D. Kelsey, Ernest Watson, M.D. Kendrick, Murdoch Ketcham, Orman W. Kieffer, George C., M.D. Kimes, Jesse Brownback Kinney, Marshall G. Kirkpatrick, George Edward Kitchenman, James Kley, Percy A. Kline, Maholn N. Knipe, Jay Clarence, M.D. Kroskey, John Welsh, M.D. Kucker, George Washington Kyle, D. Braden, M.D. Lambert, William Harrison Lamson, Azro Darby Lane, Joel Lare, Benjamin F. Large, John B. Lautenbach, Louis J., M.D. Lawrence, Alexander Jr. Leach, Josiah Granville Leaf, Edward Bowman Learned, Marion Dexter, PH.D. Leedom, Joseph Leonard, Frederick M. Lequear, John Barcroft Lewis, James, Col. Lippincott, Craige Lippincott, Joshua Bertram Longaker, Daniel, M.D. Lord, George W. Lovett Family Lovett Memorial Free Library Ludington, Charles Henry Macfarlane, John James Mackay-Smith, Alex, Rev. Marshall, Charles Hunt Martindale, Thomas Massey, Alexander Loxley Massey, G. Betton, M.D. Mattson, Albin F. Maxwell, J. Walter Maxwell, John McClees, Levi B. McClure, Alexander Kelly McCurdy, George McCurdy, John M. McDevitt, John J. Jr. McEnery, Michael Joseph McEnroe, John J., Rev. McGowan, Thomas McKean, Thomas McKee, James H., M.D. McKeehan, Charles L. McLean, William L. McMahon, John J., Rev. McMaster, John Bach McNeely, George H. Meade, George, Col. Meeker, George Herbert, PH.D., LL.D. Meirs, Richard Waln Melville, Henry E. Meyer, Robert Michaelsen, Frederick C. Michener, Henry Gorgas Miller, Charles H. Miller, E. Clarence Miller, L. O. Miller, William Jacob, A.M. PH.D. Mills, Charles Karsner, M.D. Minds, John H. Mitchell, John Kearsley, M.D. Mitchell, Silas Weir Monkiewicz, M., Rev. Montgomery, Edward Emmet, M.D. Moon, Reuben O., Hon. Moore, Ziba Thomas Morgan, Randal Morris, Effingham Buckley Morris, Henry, M.D. Morris, James Cheston, M.D. Morris, Roland S. Mott, Abram C. Moulton, Byron P. Mulford, Spencer Kennard Murphy, John J. Musser, John Herr, M.D. Naschold, Jacob Frederick Nelson, Thomas Talbot Newhall, William Estes Newman, John Beauclerck Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson, PH.D. Old, A. Howard O'Reilly, Charles A., M.D. Ottinger, James J. Otto, Charles Witman Our Lady of Good Counsel Owen, Alexander Pachucki, Michael Stanislaus, Rev. Packard, Charles Stewart Wood Page, S. Davis Painter, Herbert Brown Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parke, William E., M.D. Passmore, Lincoln Knight Patterson, Thomas Hamilton Hoge Patton, Thomas Ranken Paul, John Rodman Peirce, Thomas May, A.M., PH.D. Penrose, Clement Biddle Pershing, Edgar Jamison Pettit, Horace Pew, Joseph N. Plumb, Fayette Rumsey Porter, George Delhorbe Posey, Louis Plumer, M.D. Poth, Frederick August Poth, Frederick J. Poth, Harry A. Potter, Thomas Potter, Thomas Jr. Potter, Thomas Clifford, M.D. Potter, William Potts, Charles Sower, M.D. Prendergast, James F., M.D. Prichard, Frank P. Prizer, Harry A. Pugh, Charles Edmund Purves, Guillermo Colesberry Ralston, Robert, Judge Rau, William H. Rawle, Francis Reckefus, Charles Halwadt Jr., M.D. Reeves, Henry Register, Henry Carney, D.D.S., M.D. Reilly, Paul Reinhold, Henry Light Jr. Remington, Joseph Price Riter, Frank M. Roberts, Frank C. Rodman, William Louis, M.D. Roesch, George Jacob Rogers, John I., Col. Roman, Desiderio, M.D. Ross, George G., M.D. Rothacker, George H. Rothermel, P. Fred Jr. Roussel, Albert E., M.D. Rue, Levi L. Ruffell, John Benjamin, M.D. Rushton, Richard Holt Rutter, Charles Alfred Sadtler, Samuel P., PH.D, LL.D. Samuel, Frank Sanders, Albert J. Sauer, Andrew J. Sauers, Henry P. Sayres, Edward Stalker Scattergood, J. Henry Schell, James Thompson, M.D. Schmidt, Edward A. Schmidt, Henry C. Search, Theodore Corson Seeler, Edgar V. Sellers, Coleman Sellers, William Senat, Louis Duval Shannon, Charles E.G., M.D. Sharpless, Edward Shimer, M.D. Shattuck, Frank Rodman Shields, John Franklin Shmidheiser, Edward C. Shober, John Bedford, M.D. Shoch, Henry R. Shute, Frank Asbury Silberman, Simon Simpson, Bishop Matthew Singer, Jacob Siter, Elijah Hollingsworth, M.D. Slattery, Joseph A. Slaughter, Frank Voshell, M.D. Smedley, Edmund Smith, Alexander Hamilton, M.D. Smith, Alfred Percival Smith, Edgar Fahs Smith, George Washington, M.D. Smith, James J., Rev. Smith, James Rundle Smith, Morris Edgar Smith, Seth MacCuen, M.D. Smith, Stephen Decatur Smyth, Calvin Mason Sobieniowski, Stanislaus Habdauk, Rev. Souder, Casper Jr. Spahr, Boyd Lee Spiegel, Charles A. St. Casimir's Parish St. Elisabeth's Episcopal Church St. George's Parish St. Rita's Catholic Church St. Stanislaus Parish St. Theresa's Parish St. Vincent's Seminary Steel, Robert Steinmetz, Joseph Allison Stetson, John B. Stewart, William Shaw, M.D. Stidham, Joseph Penrose, M.D. Stirk, James C., M.D. Strittmatter, Isidor P., M.D. Suplee, De Witt C. Supplee, William W. Sutcliffe Family Sutliff, Van Duyne A., Dr. Swank, James Moore Swing, H. Ralston, D.D.S. Tatem, Joseph Fithian Teller, Oscar Benjamin Teller, William Hackenburg, M.D. Thomas, George Clifford Thompson, Howard Thompson, Joseph Whitaker Thomson, John Thomson, William, M.D. Thornton, William Tracy, Stephen E., M.D. Tustin, Francis Wayland, Rev. Underhill, Frederick Saunders Vale, Ruby R. Vare, William S. Vaux, Richard Veale, Moses, Major Vogdes, Jesse T. Von Moschzisker, Robert, Justice Wacker, William S. Wagner, John Walker, Lewis L., M.D. Wallace, William Stewart Wallerstein, David Walter, Henry J. Walton, Charles Spittall Wanamaker, Alfred Lodor Ward, John A. Warner, John B. Warwick, Charles F. Washburn, Louis Cope, D.D. Watson, Edward Willard Weber, Charles H., M.D. Weed, George L. Weger, Frank L. Weightman, William Weisenburg, Theodore H., M.D. Weiss, William F. Wells, Benjamin Glyde Wells, Calvin Wenger, Morris West, George A. West, John Wilson, M.D. Wharton, Joseph Whitaker, Ozi W., Bishop White, James, M.D., D.D.S. White, Samuel S., D.D.S. Whitehouse, Charles W. Whitlock, Henry C. Whitman, Horace Franklin Whitmer, Robert Foster Wiederhold, Henry Wiederseim, William Caner Wiedersheim, John A., Col. Wight, Andrew Rovoudt Wigton, Frank Hines Willard, De Forest Williams, Carroll R. Williams, Charles Williams, Ira Jewell Willits, James Wilson, Arthur Montgomery, M.D., PH.D. Wilson, Benjamin Buck, M. D. Wilson, George B. Wilson, J. Clifford Wilson, Joseph R. Wing, Asa S. Wister, Owen Wister, William Rotch Woodbury, Frank, A.M.M.D. Woodruff, Clinton Rogers Woolley, Edwin L. Yarnall, Ellis Yerkes, Albert J. Yerkes, Harman Zeller, Anthony Joseph Zentmayer, Joseph Zentmayer, William, M.D. Ziegler, Henry Z., Hon. Ziegler, Samuel Lewis