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- Wikipedia Description: Christ Church Burial Ground
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is an important early-American cemetery. It is the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah. Four other signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried here, Dr. Benjamin Rush, Francis Hopkinson, Joseph Hewes and George Ross. Two more signers are buried at Christ Church just a few blocks away.
The cemetery belongs to Christ Church, the Anglican church founded in 1695 and place of worship for many of the famous Revolutionary War participants, including George Washington. The burial ground is located at 5th and Arch Streets, across from the Visitors Center and National Constitution Center. The Burial Ground was started in 1719, and it is still an active graveyard. 100,000 tourists visit each year, many leaving pennies on Franklin's grave.
Burials:
Other famous people buried at Christ Church Burial Ground are:
* Michael Woolston Ash (1789–1858), congressman
* Samuel John Atlee (1739–1786), delegate to the Continental Congress
* Benjamin Franklin Bache (1769–1798), grandson of Benjamin Franklin, printer and publisher of the Aurora newspaper
* Sarah Franklin Bache (1737–1811), daughter of Benjamin Franklin
* Commodore William Bainbridge (1774–1833), Naval hero of War of 1812, captain of "Old Ironsides"
* Francis Biddle (1886–1968), United States Attorney General
* James Biddle, Commodore in the United States Navy
* Dr. Thomas Bond (1713–1784), co-founder of Pennsylvania Hospital
* Major General George Cadwalader (1806–1879), Civil War general
* John Cadwalader, congressman and judge
* Matthew Clarkson (1733–1800), mayor of Philadelphia
* Joseph Clay (1769–1811), United States Congressman
* Tench Coxe (1755–1824), Continental Congressman
* John Dunlap (1747–1812), printer of the Declaration of Independence
* Lewis Evans (c.1700-1756), cartographer and surveyor
* Tench Francis, Jr.
* David Franks (1740–1793), aide-de-camp for General Benedict Arnold during the American War of Independence
* Samuel Hardy (1758–1785), Continental Congressman
* Michael Hillegas (1729–1804), first Treasurer of the United States
* Thomas Hopkinson (1709–1751), father of Francis Hopkinson, president of the Philosophical Society, one of the founders of the Library Company
* John Inskeep (1757–1834), mayor of Philadelphia
* Major William Jackson (1759–1828), Revolutionary War officer, secretary of the Constitutional Convention
* Thomas Lawrence, five-time mayor of Philadelphia
* Charles Mason (1728–1786), astronomer, surveyor, laid out the Mason-Dixon Line in 1763
* George A. McCall (1802–1868), United States Army brigadier general and prisoner of war during the American Civil War
* William M. Meredith (1799–1873), Secretary of the Treasury
* Dr. Philip Syng Physick (1768–1837), known as the "Father of Modern Surgery"
* Elizabeth and Samuel Powel
* Annis Boudinot Stockton (1736–1801), poet
* Philip Syng (1703–1789), silversmith and inventor with Benjamin Franklin
* Henry Tazewell (1753–1799), U.S. Senator
* Commodore Thomas Truxtun, commander of the Constellation
* William Tuckey (1708–1781), composer
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