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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Brief biographies of permanent residents of Laurel Hill East in Philadelphia and Laurel Hill West in Bala Cywnyd, Pennsylvania. Often educational, always entertaining.

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24:42

Laura Matilda Towne: Teaching the Least Fortunate

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2025/01/04

ABC070, part 3 Laura Matilda Towne was an abolitionist who studied homeopathic medicine and became an instructor for recently freed enslaved Africans on the islands off South Carolina. It turned into her life’s work for the next 30+ years.

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20:44

Edwin Fitler: The Emperor of Rope

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2025/01/03

ABC070, part 2 Edwin Henry Fitler made his fortune in rope at a time when Philadelphia had one of the busiest shipyards in the country. He was the first Philadelphia mayor to establish his office at City Hall in the years it was being completed. Fitler is namesake for Fitler Square and his obelisk is the tallest at Laurel Hill East.

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27:04

Thomas Craycroft: For Love of His Fellow Man

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2025/01/02

ABC070, part 1 Thomas Craycroft was a medical student who volunteered to help in the 1855 Yellow Fever epidemic in Norfolk, Virginia. He was one of 15 Philadelphians who died during that mission of mercy but whose remains are now interred under the Yellow Fever monument at Laurel Hill East.

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02:14:29

Happy 200th Birthdays!

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2025/01/01

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #070 - Happy 200th Birthdays! Thomas Craycroft was a medical student who volunteered to help in the1855 Yellow Fever epidemic in Norfolk, Virginia. He was one of 15 Philadelphians who died during that mission of mercy but whose remains are now interred under the Yellow Fever monument at Laurel Hill East. Edwin Henry Fitler made his fortune in rope at a time when Philadelphia had one of the busiest shipyards in the country. He was the first Philadelphia

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01:05:44

Rev. Henry Winter Syle - Deaf Scholar, Preacher,...

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2024/12/08

Biographical Bytes from Bala: Laurel Hill West Stories #039 for mid-December 2024 - released early for the Holiday seasonHenry Winter Syle went deaf as a child and soon abandoned speech. He used American Sign Language and the written word to share his ideas with the deaf world, many of whom had been excluded from religious ceremonies for centuries because it was thought they could not enter heaven. Although Syle's career was cut short by an early death, he is recognized as a saint of the

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15:34

Charlotte Drake Cardeza: The Best Suite on the Ship...

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2024/12/06

ABC #069, segment 5 (by Lora Lewis)Charlotte Cardeza may be the model for every privileged, self-indulgent rich woman on the Titanic, what with her steamer trunks full of designer gowns, exotic furs, and precious jewelry. She hired the biggest suite on the ship and made certain that her son and maid were in the lifeboat with her. Her inventory of lost items ran to 20 pages. Her mausoleum at Laurel Hill West is unforgettable.

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15:15

Gretchen Longley: The Prettiest Girl on the Ship

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2024/12/05

ABC #069, segment 4 Gretchen Longley was orphaned while young and raised by two aunts, who accompanied her to Europe in the Spring of 1912 to help her choose her bridal trousseau. Their return trip on the RMS Titanic gave Gretchen stories she would tell for the rest of her life.

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12:20

Lily & Olive Potter: Mother-Daughter Survivors (by...

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2024/12/04

ABC #069, segment 3 (by Savanna Fisher) Lily Potter was trying to forget her grief since the death of her husband. Her daughter Olive was in a troubled marriage and soon to be divorced. They decided to relax and forget their cares while taking an ocean voyage on the RMS Titanic. Their plans did not turn out as they anticipated.

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24:21

Eleanor Widener Rice: She Lost Her Husband and Son...

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2024/12/03

ABC #069, segment 2 Eleanor Elkins Widener was one of the wealthiest people on the Titanic. She watched helplessly from a lifeboat as the mighty ocean liner went down, taking her husband George and son Harry with it. Her second marriage was to an Amazonian explorer whom she met at the dedication of a Harvard library named for her son.

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28:31

Introduction to The Deep Blue

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2024/12/02

ABC #069, segment 1 The great tragedies of the sea are innumerable - literally millions of wrecks litter the floors of oceans, lakes, seas, and rivers, and innumerable victims have ended up in Davey Jones' Locker. Laurel Hill East has a cenotaph for three victims - a mother and two daughters - from the Austria disaster in 1858, which saw a loss of 448 passengers and crew. Laurel Hill West has a cenotaph for a brother and sister lost on the SS La Bourgogne in 1898, amid-Atlantic collision that saw

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01:51:16

Six Women of the R.M.S. Titanic

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2024/12/01

When the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg in April of 1912, about 250 of the 1300 passengers were from the United States. While people with well-known names like Strauss, Guggenheim, Astor, and Widener were aboard the ship, it was primarily the women and children who were saved. Six men and six women of Laurel Hill were among the passengers. All of the women survived. It is their stories we tell of in this episode of All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories. I will tell of other oceanic

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55:44

Waldo E. "Bill" Nelson & The Green Bible of Pediatrics

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2024/11/15

Biographical Bytes from Bala: Laurel Hill West Stories #038 Waldo E. Nelson preferred to be called Bill. After he studied under pediatrics pioneer Graeme Mitchell at Cincinnati, he was recruited to Temple University School of Medicine in 1940 to begin a pediatrics department. The next year, he took over editorship of Mitchell’s textbook, which became the ubiquitous Nelson’s Pediatrics, now in its 21st edition. You will learn more about Dr. Nelson and the development and growth of Pediatric

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22:06

Thomas Leiper: Entrepreneur, Soldier, Inventor,...

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2024/11/04

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #068, Part 2, Section 3 Thomas Leiper was a Scottish immigrant who built the first permanent railroad in the United States and made his fortune in snuff. As a founding member of First City Troop, he served as personal bodyguard for General George Washington, and led his troops to rescue Congressman James Wilson during the so-called "Crisis at Fort Wilson". Thomas Jefferson rented a room from Leiper while he was serving as Secretary of State, and the two

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26:28

Thomas McKean: Last to Sign the Declaration

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2024/11/03

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #068 - Friends of Thomas Jefferson, Part 2, Section 1 - Thomas McKeanThomas McKean served multiple roles in colonial days – president of Delaware, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, President of the United States Congress, and Governor of Pennsylvania, among others. Although his efforts in 1776 were what made the Declaration unanimous, he was the last man to sign that historic document.

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34:58

Charles Thomson: Wegh-wu-law-mo-end - The Man Who...

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2024/11/02

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #068 - Friends of Thomas Jefferson, Part 2, Section 1 - Charles Thomson Charles Thomson was the man who knew where all the bodies were buried. During his 15 years as Secretary of the Continental Congress, he quietly ran the colonies and the country efficiently and effectively, and kept meticulous notes, which he later destroyed. He designed the Great Seal of the United States and personally notified George Washington that he had been elected President.

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Friends of Thomas Jefferson, Part 2: Charles Thomson,...

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2024/11/01

Charles Thomson was the Founding Father who served as secretary of the Continental Congress during its 15 years. Along with John Hancock, his signature graced the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. Thomson also designed the Great Seal of the United States. After his initial burial at the family homestead Harriton in Bryn Mawr, his remains were transferred to Laurel Hill. Thomas McKean served multiple roles in colonial days – president of Delaware, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania

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53:07

John T. Greble: First of Thousands to Die

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2024/10/15

Biographical Bytes from Bala #037 John Trout Greble was a Philadelphian descended from colonial pioneers on both sides of his family. He graduated with honors from Central High School and to the shock of many, this delicate young man chose a career in the military. After he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1854, he spent time in Florida during the Seminole displacement of Trail of Tears, before he taught ethics at West Point and married the chaplain’s daughter. His first taste

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22:46

H.H. Furness, the Seybert Commission, and Grilling...

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2024/10/03

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #067, Part 2 Spiritualism was a belief system that involved communication with the dead. Philadelphia gentleman Adam Seybert was a true believer and wanted others to believe. He left money in his will to establish a department at Penn to prove his point. The committee was headed by Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard Furness and featured many Philadelphia notables. The real fun started when they interviewed Maggie Fox, one of the founders of

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45:43

Walter Hubbell & The Great Amherst Mystery

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2024/10/01

ABC#067, part 1Walter Hubbell was a Philadelphia-born actor who would probably be forgotten today were it not for the Great Amherst Mystery, a book he wrote about Esther Cox, a young woman seemingly possessed by evil spirits which started after she suffered a failed sexual assault at gunpoint by a young man she trusted. Esther's nightmarish experiences affected not only her, but the people with whom she lived: she was even temporarily jailed as an arsonist when a neighbor's barn burned to the

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43:27

William, Edward, & George Vare: The Dukes of South...

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2024/09/15

Biographical Bytes from Bala #036: William, Edward & George Vare: The Dukes of South Philadelphia The Vare brothers grew up unschooled, slopping hogs and hawking vegetables in "The Neck", the poorest section of Philadelphia. They got into trash collection and within a few years were scooping up city contracts by the armful. They grew rich and powerful along the way and eventually even collected a kickback from the mayor. All three Vare brothers are interred at Laurel Hill West. Historian,

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