Index of Biographies in “Philadelphia, A History of the City and its People”; 
Philadelphia Co., PA

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"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