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The Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery Historical Stories
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The Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Mount Moriah Cemetery of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. https://friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org/
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Edward John Lacey
#veteran #taphophile #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
Service Highlight: • 1910: Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class, USS Mississippi • WWI: Served on the USS Oklahoma
Mission: Protecting convoys in the North Atlantic.
#History #WWI #MilitaryService

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December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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William J. Graham
Title: Army Sergeant, #WWI; police officer
Birthdate: November 30, 1878
Death Date: December 22, 1940
#taphophile #veteran #Mount MoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
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November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Robert Palmer Heller
#Magician Inspiration to #HarryHoudini
Still attracting people to the grave today.
Birthdate: August 19, 1829
Death Date: November 28, 1878
#taphophile #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
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November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Charles Neal Gault
Army 2nd Lieutenant, World War I; baseball player, coach
Birthdate: November 28, 1894
Death Date: March 6, 1958
#veteran #WWI #taphophile #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia #NYYankees
Catcher New York Yankees 1921-1926
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November 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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The news that today was the last day that pennies were minted in Philadelphia.
But you know that the there is a US Mint engraver buried at Mount Moriah?

William Barber
Title: Chief Engraver, United States Mint
#taphophile #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia

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November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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William Burns Smith
#Mayor of #Philadelphia
November 11, 1844-November 28, 1917
#veteran #DandyMayor #taphophile @MountMoriahCeneteryPhiladelphia
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November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Happy 250th Birthday to the #USMarineCorps

Read more about the author of the definitive history of #USMarines, buried at #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia:
Edwin North McClellan
Lieutenant Colonel, #WWI, author and historian
#taphophile #veteran

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November 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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James Elwood Perry
#Army Private 1st Class, #WorldWarII; Killed in Action, Purple Heart recipient
Birthdate: November 19, 1910
Death Date: November 5, 1944
#KIA #Taphophile #MountMoriahCemeterPhiladelphia #LestWeForget #veteran #WWII

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November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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George Pennock Connell
Superintendent of #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia; city #councilmember, #MayorofPhiladelphia, real estate partner
Birthdate: November 3, 1871
Death Date: October 22, 1955
#taphophile
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November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Lt. Col. Frederick Elkington, Suffolk Vol. Reg. (Home Guard), British Army, 1917.
(B. 31 Oct 1883 - D. 1 Dec 1919)
Friends@listerlanecem.bsky.social @ofocklynge.bsky.social +other "Friends of":
#USA #UK #ForeverAllies #taphophile #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
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October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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#PVT James Smith Floyd
#Army Private, #WWII; Killed in Action
Birthdate: October 30, 1914 -Philadelphia, PA, USA
Death Date: February 1, 1944 - Italy
30 INF
3 INF DIV

#KIA #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia #LestWeForget #veterans
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October 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Margaret Anna Pulver Smith
#CivilWar #Nurse
Birthdate: October 22, 1937
Death Date: March 30, 1924
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#taphophile #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia #veteran
October 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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John “Jack” Berger
21 Oct 1883 -18 Jan 1927
#tacophile, #veteran #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
#Army #Spanish-AmericanWar #Navy #WWI
Many milestones of his life occurred during October during his life.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Daniel Webster Zeising
#Veteran #WWI #tacophile #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
#Army World War I
Birthdate: November 28, 1895
Death Date: October 13, 1918

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October 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Col. Peter Clarkson Ellmaker
#CivilWar #Veteran #tacophile #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia #baseball #PhiladelphiaPhilliesConnection #Gettysburg #119thRegiment #PennsylvaniaVolunteerInfantry #OlympicBallClubPhiladelphia
Died 12 Oct. 1890
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October 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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John Forbes
#KIA this day 1945, after the AFTER the official surrender of Japan
#MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia #neighbor
#tacophhile #Veteran #WWII, #WorldWar2 #LetWeForget
CC: @americansoldierww2.bsky.social
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October 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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#tacophile #MountMoriahPhiladelphia
October 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Hugh Douglas McLean, M.D.
#CivilWar #tacophile #MountCemeteryPhiladelphia
Civil War Surgeon
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September 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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John H. Jones
Butcher, businessman, bought #FatherTime off the top of the Gate House
July 27, 1826-September 21, 1874
#tacophile #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia #Philadelphia #history
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September 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Join us for our 6th annual PHYSICAL market at the:
🪦 Historic #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
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🗓️ Saturday October 4th, 2025 11am-5pm
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#halloweenart #darkart #halloweendecor #gothart
#gothaesthetic #darksome
September 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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John William Moore

Promoted to Colonel on September 16, 1864
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#tacophile #Veteran #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia #history CC: @fifer1863.bsky.social @cwbc.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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George Henry Hoffman
#Army #WorldWarI #POW #PurpleHeart #tacophile #Philadelphia #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
January 17, 1902- July 16, 1951
Red Cross telegram alive August 26th
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August 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Cradle Grave Program at #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
#Philadelphia #history #tacophile
August 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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John. G. Boyd
#Army #CivilWar, #KilledinAction
1838- June 1, 1864 #ColdSpringHaborVA
Reenlisted August 24th.
#Veteran #Philadelphia #taphophile #history #anniversary #KIA #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia
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August 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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August Peter Teytand
April 5, 1878-March 4, 1956
#Navy #Quartermaster #Spanish-AmericanWar #MedalofHonor #CMOH
#Veteran #Philadelphia #taphophile #history #MountMoriahCemeteryPhiladelphia #USSOlympia
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August 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM