Glading's Angel

Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.

Joseph Glading

1834 - 1891

Casilda Glading

1848 - 1873

The following information is from http://www.familysearch.org/.

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 for Casilda Glading

Name: Casilda Glading

Death Date: 19 Sep 1873
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 35 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1838
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Street Address: 105 N 19 St
Cemetery: South Laurel Hill
Burial Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Burial Date: 23 Sep 1873
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2022000
Digital Folder Number: 4010167
Image Number: 990

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 for Joseph Glading

Name: Joseph Glading

Death Date: 10 Dec 1891
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Fatty Kidney and Fatty Liver
Gender: Male
Death Age: 57 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1834
Film Number: 1888939
Digital Folder Number: 4058080
Image Number: 152
Reference Number: cn 11621

Shoemaker's Zinc Mourner

To date this is the only Zinc/white bronze statue I have found.

Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.

Joseph Shoemaker

Born

May 31, 1830

Died

March 8, 1901

In his 71st Year

Ella Shoemaker

Died

March 24, 1915

Note: Ella is the daughter of Joseph Shoemaker.

The following infomation ins from http://www.ancestry.com/.

1880 United States Federal Census about Joseph Shoemaker

Name: Joseph Shoemaker

Home in 1880: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Retired Flour Mfg
Marital Status: Widower
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Shoemaker 50
Ella Shoemaker 33
Joseph Shoemaker 23
Rachael M. Shoemaker 21
Thomas Shoemaker 18
Catharine O'brien 48

1900 United States Federal Census about Joseph Shoemaker
Name: Joseph Shoemaker
Home in 1900: Philadelphia Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age: 70
Birth Date: May 1830
Birthplace: Penna
[Pennsylvania]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Penna
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Spouse's Name: Mary Shoemaker
Marriage year: 1884
Marital Status: Married
Years married: 16
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Shoemaker 70
Mary Shoemaker 44
Ella Shoemaker 51

James J Shoemaker 33

The following is from http://www.familysearch.org/.

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 for Joseph Shoemaker

Name: Joseph Shoemaker

Death Date: 07 Mar 1901

Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Senile Dementia
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 70 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1831
Birthplace: Phila
Marital Status: Married
Street Address: 632 No. 32nd Street
Cemetery: So. Laurel Hill
Burial Date: 11 Mar 1901
Film Number: 1845288
Digital Folder Number: 4009525
Image Number: 670
Reference Number: item 1 cn 19054

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 for Ellen Shoemaker
Name: Ellen Shoemaker
Death Date: 24 Mar 1915
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 69 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1846
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Joseph Shoemaker
Father's Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Mother's Name: Rachel Sphree
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Place of Residence: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Burial Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
Burial Date: 27 Mar 1915
Film Number: 1429084
Digital Folder Number: 4009413
Image Number: 159
Reference Number: cn 7148

One Of My Favorite Monuments

Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.

Frederick G. Wolbert, Sr.

 died October 15, 1844.

 

Julia Moliere

 wife of Frederick G. Wolbert, Sr.

died May 2, 1866

One of my All Time Favorites

Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.

William Son of

WM & Anna Catharine Warner

Died Jan 20, 1889

This monument was designed by Alexander Milne Calder, whose father was a Scottish tombstone carver, the monument depicts Warner's soul released from the tomb as a wisp of air with his image

Henry Disston

One of many mausoleums found at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA. According to Images of America Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries by Thomas H. Keels, this monument is one of the largest in Laurel Hill and cost $60,000 to erect in 1878.

Henry Disston (1819-1878)

Pioneer Industrialist Inventor and Good Citizen

Saws he manufactured

William Emlem Cresson

Another find while I was in Philadelphia, PA.  It was so hard to take pics on this day (8/10/09), it was so hazy and I am not used to photographing during this type of condition so my pics arn't the best. But I think you can still appreciate the beauty of this bronze monument.

Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.

A promising young artist, William Cresson entered the Pennsylvania Academy at age 17 in 1860 and also became a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, serving as secretary in 1863 and 1864. He died at age 25, and his wealthy parents gave the bulk of their fortune to the Academy to endow the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in honor of their son so that other artists could travel to get exposure to art. (Source: William Patterson & David Zellin, "Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club")

William Emlen Cresson

Only Child of

Emlen and Priseilla P. Cresson

Born March 15, 1843

Died August 5, 1868

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A Lover of Art

James Dougherty 1815 - 1900

This great statue stands atop the mausoleum of James Dougherty at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.

According to the booklet "Guide to the Famous and Blameless in Laurel Hill Cemetery" prepared by Micheal Brooks and Anthony Waskie That I purchased while I was visiting this cemetery James Dougherty was an Iron Founder and municipal reformer.

Return visit: More information on Poignant Monument

UPDATE:  Poignant Monumnet

A wonderful contributor on Find-A-Grave by the screen name of francescag was able to translate this for me. This is what she says:

"Wayfarer!

Who have lost everything,what was the dearest in all world,

Fatherland,

the parents,the friends,

the wife,the children.

Leave for me compassionating tear.

For my Milena?(it's a pity,I can't see weel last sentence,but I belive it's "for my Milena-Milena it's a female name)"

Famous File: General Francis Engle Patterson

(Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadephia, PA.)

Civil War Union Brigadier General. Entered the US Army during the Mexican War as a 2d Lieutenant in the 1st United States Artillery, and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant before the end of the war. He remained in the army, being posted to the 9th United States Infantry, become a Captain in 1855. Resigned in 1857, but returned to the service when the Civil War started. Commissioned Colonel and commander of the 17th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, a 90-day enlistment militia regiment. Mustered out with his unit in August 1861, he received an appointed as Brigadier General, US Volunteer in April 1862. Just prior to the Battle of Williamsburg he was given command of the "Second New Jersey Brigade" in the Army of the Potomac's III Cops, which he led at Williamsburg and the Battle of Fair Oaks. In November of that year he led his unit in an unauthorized withdrawal near Catlett's Station, Virginia, which was done on the basis of unconfirmed intelligence about the proximity of Confederate forces. He was roundly criticized by division commander General Daniel Sickles, who called for an inquiry into the matter. On November 22 he was found dead in his tent due to a gunshot, which was officially deemed to be an ‘accidental discharge of his own pistol', but speculation that it was suicide prevail to this day. His father was General Robert Patterson of Mexican War fame, and his brother was Union Brevet Brigadier General Robert E. Patterson, both of whom are buried next to him. (bio by: Russ Dodge from Find-A-Grave)

They Did Their Work Bravely: Civil War Generals Buried in Pennsylvania By David L. Callihan

Poignant Monument

When I first seen the photo of Helena Schaaff's monument on the cover of Images of America Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries by Thomas H. Keels I knew I had to go see her in person.  Obviously, she has weather a considerable amount since the photo for the book was taken, but she is still quite beautiful.

According to the book I mentioned above this is her story:

One of Laurel Hill's most poignant monuments, overlooking the Schuylkill River, shows a weeping woman clutching two babies.  It was carved by a Polish sculptor named Henry Dmochowski-Saunders (1810-1863), whose bust of Kpscuiszko and Pulaski are in the U.S. Capitol.  It represents the wife, the noted pianist, Helena Schaaff (1823-1857), and their two children.  Their first was stillborn; two years later, the second child also died during birth, as did Helena.  The distraught widower spent a year and a half carving the memorial to his dead family.  Later, Dmochowski returned to Europe, where he was killed in 1863 while leading an uprising for Polish freedom against the Russian army.  For many years, one of Laurel Hill's urban legends was that the mother looked on the spot in the river where she and her babies drowned during a boating accident. (Laurel Hill Cemetery Company)

Famous File: Adolph Edward Borie

While wandering around Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA I climbed down a hill to find this pretty retaining wall tucked in the far back of the cemetery kinda hidden from everything.

To my pleasant surprise I found this nice mausoleum at the end of the wall.

It belongs to Adolph Edward Borie.

He was a Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Upon his father's death, he inherited a mercantile business that involved the silk and tea trade. He was consul to Belgium between 1843 and 1848, and was elected President of the Bank of Commerce of Philadelphia in 1848. In 1862, he was one of the founders and first president of the Union League of Philadelphia. He joined the cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant in March of 1869 as Secretary of the Navy; but, finding that his business interests required his attention, he served only three and a half months. He accompanied former President Grant on his world tour in 1877. (bio by: Thomas Fisher on Find-A-Grave)


Wikipedia
Museum of Learning

Famous File: Robert Patterson

This amazing monument is located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philidelphia, PA. This monument marks the final resting place of Robert Patterson. The lion is the work of the sculptor J. Lacmer.

Brief write up in the New York Times.

Just A Photo I Like

A Resting Place Listed In The Book Weird Pennsylvania

(Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery In Philadelphia, PA.)

Resting in this plot is Alexander Evan Conway Milgrim. He was a 22 year old much loved young father whose family was perplexed with what kind of monument should be made to commemorate his life. So perplexed that it took them six years to finally have this marker placed on his grave site.  But this was not his original resting place.  He was buried in another area of Laurel Hill Cemetery for six years.  They had him moved to accommodate the size of this marker.

This marker is made of beautifully inlaid tiles to create a map showing  Europe and Africa on one side and America on the other. A red line traces the family's migration from northern Africa to the United States. 

My photograph does not do the monument justice. Its much prettier in person.

My Famous File: Isaac Hull

(Located in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA)

So beautiful and sad at the same time.

(Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA)

My Famous File: Harry Kalas