page_title: West Laurel Hill Cemetery
section_title: Notable burials
hierarchical_section_title: West Laurel Hill Cemetery / Notable burials
caption_attribution_description: English: West Laurel Hill Cemetery Art object in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on the NRHP This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 92000991
context_page_description: West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1869 and is the site of many notable burials. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 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." Visitors can also use the app to navigate through tours of the cemetery and visit the grave sites of interesting and famous persons.
context_section_description: Timothee Adamowski (1858-1943), composer, violinist and first conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
  Green Adams (1812–1884), represented Kentucky's 6th congressional district from 1847–1849 and from 1859-1861.
  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.
  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.
  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 during the Civil War and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
  Caroline G. Boughton (1854-1905), educator and philanthropist.
  Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973), biographer.
  Benjamin Markley Boyer (1823–1887), represented Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1865 to 1869.
  Edward G. Budd (1870-1946), founder of the Budd Company.
  Alan Calvert (1875-1944), weightlifter, bodybuilder, founder Milo Bar-bell Company
  Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850–1933), founder of the Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post.
  Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), anthropologist.
  Otto Eisenlohr (1852-1914), cigar manufacturer (see Eisenlohr–Bayuk Tobacco Historic District)
  Dave Garroway (1913–1982) American television personality, founding host and anchor of NBC's "Today" from 1952 to 1961
  Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (1839–1917), represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1889 to 1895.
  Robert Cooper Grier (1794-1870) Associate Justice of The United States Supreme Court (1846-1870).
  Alfred C. Harmer (1825–1900), represented Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1871 to 1875,  and from 1877 until his death in 1900.
  Herman Haupt (1817–1905), Union Army General and engineer.
  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), Founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company.
  John Ernst Worrell Keely (1837-1898) - fraudulent inventor who claimed to have invented a new motive power
  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.
  William H. Luden (1859-1949), developer of the menthol throat lozenge
  Harry Lyons (1866-1912), professional baseball player
  Frank M. Mayo (1839-1896) famed 19th century stage actor
  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.
  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
  Al Reach (1840-1928), professional baseball player, sporting good manufacturer; his name was on American League baseballs until 1976
  John Reilly (1836–1904), represented Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1875 to 1877.
  Jack Rose (1971–2009), American musician noted for his exploration of experimental and traditional acoustic guitar styles.
  Dennis Sandole (1913-2000), jazz guitarist, composer and music educator
  William I. Schaffer (1867-1953), Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice
  Coleman Sellers II (1827–1907), prominent engineer and inventor.
  Ben Shibe (1838-1922), sportsman, sporting goods salesman, namesake of Shibe Park at 21st & Lehigh
  Rachel H. Shoemaker (1838-1915), founder of the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia.
  Matthew Simpson (1811–1884), a notable Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
caption: Figure on Soulas tomb
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