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Henry Von Phul
Henry von Phul (August 14, 1784 – September 8, 1874) was an American pioneer merchant, businessman and public official whose career coincided with the growth of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, between 1811 and 1874. Origins Henry von Phul was the son of Johann Wilhelm von Pfuel, Phull (later William von Phul), who was born at Westhofen, in Central Pfalz, on November 14, 1739, and came to North America in 1764, settling in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he was married to Catharine Graff on November 14, 1775.''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' (Sept. 10, 1874), p. 4. Both belonged to the Moravian Church, and it is possible that von Phul had left Germany for religious reasons.Heming (1999). The marriage was happy, and the fruits of it were George, Catharine, William, Sarah, Henry, Anna Maria von Phul, Anna Maria, Philip and Graff von Phul. Early life Henry was born on August 14, 1784, in Philadelphia, where in 1792, his father and several siblings died from the 1793 Philadelphia yell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
