Figure 2 - Herriges Family Tree
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Fig 29 & Fig 30 - 1880 US Census Records: Held Captive The Inside Scoop
fig 29. 1880 Census records, Herriges household. fig 30. 1880 Census Brockley Almshouse Images in the public domain.
Fig 1: Raleigh's first pipe in England
Raleigh's first pipe in England. Ferderick William Fairholt (1814 - 1866) colorized by Billy D Manus II
Fig 23: St. Peters Church, photo
St. Peters Church, Philadelphia Image by: ProfReader CCB-SA 3.0 (July 2014) St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Third and Pine Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1759-61, designed by Robert Smith in the Palladian style. The steeple was added in 1852, and was designed by William Strickland. (wikipedia)
Fig 17: John B. Herriges being rescued by the police.
Illustration by Charles Wesley Alexander / Colorized by Billy Manus
Fig 16: The Old City, Herriges House to the Central Police Station
1. Herriges House 5. Central (Police) Station House
Fig 12: The Old City
Fig 12: The Old City 1. Herriges House & J. Herriges Shop 4. Union Street Station (Police) 5. Central Street Station (Police) / Court House
Fig 11: Location of the Gibson's House vs. The Herriges House
Fig 11: 1. Herriges House 2. Back portion of the house where John stayed. 3. The window where the Gibson’s could hear and see John 4. The shed roof Mr. Thomas J. Gibson Jr. sat on while talking to John
Fig 9b. 1851 Start of the Great Fire
Location of the start of the Great Fire of 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fmr: 39 North Water Street Now: 237 North Water Street (an apartment complex)
Fig 19a, b, & c - Odd Fellow and Mt. Vernon Cemeteries
Fig 19a.: Former location of the Odd Fellows Cemetery (1849 - 1951). The site was purchased by the Philadelphia Housing Authority in 1951. Those buried there were moved to other Odd Fellows cemeteries in the area. In 2016, during utility construction in the school yard, caskets were discovered. They were left in place and a large slab of concrete was poured. Was located between streets bordered by: 22 nd through 25 th St., Edgley St., and W. Norris St. Additional information: The Cemetery Traveler by Ed Snyder, The Odd End to Philadelphia's Odd Fellows Cemetery 4-28-20216, http://thecemeterytraveler.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-odd-end-to-philadelphias-odd.html Fig 19b.: The former entry gate of the Odd Fellows Cemetery Fig 19c.: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Established in 1856, Abandoned since 1968, 3499 W. Lehigh Ave. As of July 2024, the property was put on sale for $1 million dollars. Maps: (c) OpenStreetMap Contributors
Fig. 4, 6,10, 21, & 22 - Blockley Alsmhouse Images
Fig 4. Drawing of the 1751 plat of the Blockley Township Fig 6. Drawing of the Blockley Almshouse Complex on the Schuylkill River Fig 10/20. 1. The Blockley Almshouse Complex, superimposed on a modern map. 2 & 3. Were the cemeteries Fig 21. Historic Plat Drawing of the Almshouse Fig 22. A Drawing of the Blockley Almshouse
Image Sources
IMAGES William Penn Portrait, William Penn (age 22), 1666 . Oil on canvas Eighteenth-century copy of a seventeenth-century portrait, possibly by Sir Peter Lely. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, public domain, //www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01-2.html#obj026 Society Hill known as the Dock Ward (1705), City of Philadelphia – City Political Subdivisions 1705-1854. City of Philadelphia. Retrieved on January 2, 2017, Original Division into 10 Wards, showing wards from 1705-1785, 2 February 1705, Public Domain "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WN-MW6H: 6 February 2020), Bernhard Herriges, 1811. "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WN-MW6F: 6 February 2020), Barbara Miller in entry for Bernhard Herriges, 1811. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearc...
