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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = West Laurel Hill Cemetery
| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes
| image = Aspden tomb West Laurel Hill.JPG
| caption = West Laurel Hill Cemetery
| location= 227 Belmont Ave., Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
| coordinates = {{coord|40|0|53|N|75|13|23|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA
| area =
| built = 1869
| architect = Trumbauer, Horace; Cope & Stewardson
| architecture = Classical Revival, Beaux Arts, Gothic
| added = August 14, 1992
| governing_body = Private
| refnum = 92000991[1]
}}West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the site of many notable burials, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992 (#92000991).[2] West Laurel Hill was designed as a rural cemetery and is a "sister" institution to the Laurel Hill Cemetery nearby in Philadelphia. West Laurel Hill was the first cemetery to ever map its entire grounds on a smart phone device, enabling visitors to search and navigate to grave locations, and "access photos, video, text and other information." [3] Visitors can also use the app to navigate through tours of the cemetery and visit the grave sites of interesting and famous persons. Notable burials- Green Adams (1812–1884), represented {{ushr|Kentucky|6}} from 1847–1849 and from 1859-1861.[4]
- David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), noted surgeon. Attended President James Garfield's gunshot wound.
- Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898-1989), first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the United States.[5]
- Hobey Baker (1892-1918), namesake of U.S. college hockey's outstanding player award and only member of both the College Football and Hockey Halls of Fame.
- John Cromwell Bell (1892–1974), governor of Pennsylvania for three weeks in 1947.
- Frank Bettger (1888-1981), Major League baseball infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.
- Richard Binder (1839–1912) US Marine Corps sergeant on the {{USS|Ticonderoga|1862|6}} during the Civil War and recipient of the Medal of Honor.[6]
- Caroline G. Boughton (1854-1905), educator and philanthropist.
- Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973), biographer.
- Benjamin Markley Boyer (1823–1887), represented {{ushr|Pennsylvania|6}} from 1865 to 1869.[7]
- Edward G. Budd (1870-1946), founder of the Budd Company.
- Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850–1933), founder of the Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post.[8]
- Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), anthropologist.[9]
- Dave Garroway (1913–1982) American television personality, founding host and anchor of NBC's "Today" from 1952 to 1961.{{cn|date=March 2018}}
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (1839–1917), represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1889 to 1895.[10]
- Robert Cooper Grier (1794-1870) Associate Justice of The United States Supreme Court (1846-1870).
- Alfred C. Harmer (1825–1900), represented {{ushr|Pennsylvania|5}} from 1871 to 1875, and from 1877 until his death in 1900.[11]
- Herman Haupt (1817–1905), Union Army General and engineer.[12]
- Chevalier Jackson (1865-1958), famed physician, teacher, and "father of endoscopy"
- Anna Jarvis (1864–1948), originator of Mother's Day who then spent most of her life fighting its commercialization.
- Eldridge R. Johnson (1867-1945), Co-created the Victor Talking Machine Company.
- John Lawrence LeConte (1825-1883), 19th century American naturalist and entomologist after whom two birds are named.
- Hy Lit (Hyman Aaron Lit) (1934–2007), legendary Philadelphia radio & TV broadcaster.
- Robert M. McBride (1879–1970) publisher and defendant in the obscenity prosecution of novelist James Branch Cabell
- Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (1901–1985), represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1944 to 1957.[13]
- Charles O'Neill (1821–1893), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district, Pennsylvania State Representative, Pennsylvania State Senator
- Daniel Pabst (1826–1910), cabinetmaker
- Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010), soul and R&B singer
- John Reilly (1836–1904), represented {{ushr|Pennsylvania|17}} from 1875 to 1877.[14]
- Jack Rose (1971–2009), American musician noted for his exploration of experimental and traditional acoustic guitar styles.[15]
- Coleman Sellers II (1827–1907), prominent engineer and inventor.[16]
- Rachel H. Shoemaker (1838-1915), founder of the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia.[17]
- Matthew Simpson (1811–1884), a notable Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
- David Smyrl (1935–2016), actor and writer, known for his role of Mr. Handford (Hooper's Store) on Sesame Street[18]
- John Batterson Stetson (1830–1906), famous American hat manufacturer and founder of the John B. Stetson Company; namesake of Stetson University in Florida.[19]
- Edwin Sydney Stuart (1853–1937), Mayor of Philadelphia from 1891 to 1895 and Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911.[20]
- Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915), mechanical and industrial engineer, management consultant, and "father of scientific management".
- Joseph Earlston Thropp (1847–1927), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[21]
- Ellwood J. Turner (1886-1948), Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County (1925-1948), Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1939-1941)
- Flora M. Vare (1874 - May 27, 1962), Pennsylvania State Senator from 1925 to 1928
- William Scott Vare (December 24, 1867 – August 7, 1934), U.S. Senator-elect, U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania State Senator, Republican political boss and construction contractor
- William Wagner (1796-1885), founder of the Wagner Free Institute of Science
- Charles F. Warwick, (1852-1913) mayor of Philadelphia.
- Grover Washington, Jr. (1943-1999), musician
- George Austin Welsh (1878–1970), represented {{ushr|Pennsylvania|6}} from 1923 to 1932.[22]
- Joseph E. Widener (1871–1943), thoroughbred owner/breeder
- Harry Wright (1835-1895), pioneer of professional baseball, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Charlotte Wardle Cardeza (née Drake) (1854-1939), wealthy socialite and survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking.[23]
In popular cultureIn the season 7 episode of Mad Men "The Milk and Honey Route" character Betty Hofstadt-Francis tells her daughter that she wants to be buried in the Hofstadt family plot in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. References1. ^{{NRISref|2009a}}
2. ^PENNSYLVANIA - Montgomery County, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed August 29, 2007.
3. ^Flying Kite Philadelphia News, West Laurel Hill News. Accessed July 21, 2011.
4. ^Green Adams, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
5. ^"Sadie T. M. Alexander". Washington Post. November 5, 1989
6. ^Richard Binder, Home of Heroes. Accessed August 29, 2007.
7. ^Benjamin Markley Boyer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
8. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12873 Cyrus Herman Kotzschmer Curtis], Find A Grave. Accessed August 29, 2007.
9. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6451 Loren Eiseley], Find A Grave. Accessed August 29, 2007.
10. ^Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
11. ^Alfred Crout Harmer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
12. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12883 Herman Haupt], Find A Grave. Accessed August 29, 2007.
13. ^Samuel Kerns McConnell, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
14. ^John Reilly, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
15. ^Condolences for Jack P. Rose, West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Accessed December 15, 2009.
16. ^History for Coleman Sellers, West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Accessed December 14, 2009.
17. ^{{cite book|last1=Willard|first1=Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898|last2=Livermore|first2=Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905|title=A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life|date=1893|publisher=Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton|page=655|url=https://archive.org/details/womanofcenturyfo00will|accessdate=8 August 2017}}{{PD-notice}}
18. ^{{cite news|first=Bonnie L.|last=Cook |title=David L. Smyrl, Mr. Handford on 'Sesame Street' |url=http://articles.philly.com/2016-03-26/news/71811482_1_sesame-street-north-philadelphia-delta-air-lines |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=2016-03-26 |accessdate=2016-04-17}}
19. ^Tradition, Heritage, and Character at Stetson University, Stetson University. Accessed March 17, 2009.
20. ^Edwin Sydney Stuart, The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 29, 2007.
21. ^Joseph Earlston Thropp, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
22. ^George Austin Welsh, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
23. ^[https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/charlotte-cardeza.html Charlotte Wardle Cardeza:Titanic Survivor] Accessed February 14, 2017.
External links{{commonscat-inline}}- West Laurel Hill Cemetery web site
- Find A Grave
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