Septimus Winner was the composer of several catchy songs you sang as a child or have sung with your children
William Kirkpatrick was a hymn writer whose Christmas carol you have been singing all your life
Brenda Payton was lead singer for the R&B group Brenda and the Tabulations
Phebe Blessington was an up-and-coming singer-songwriter who was killed in an auto accident shortly after her 30th birthday
Singer / songwriter / A&R man Richie Barrett’s final services and cremation were at Laurel Hill West, although he is not buried there.
And yes, I will play you samples of their work, and a lot more. Get ready for ear worms galore on this month's episode of "All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories
ABC#051: ”Killed by Indians” - Four Philadelphians Who Died in Battles with Indigenous People
BBB#020: Helping Standardize the World - Charles Benjamin Dudley and ASTM
ABC #050: A Couple of Haunted Houses - Baleroy & Grey Towers Castle
BBB#019: A Forgotten Photography Pioneer - John Carbutt
ABC #049: White Collar Crime - J. Edward Addicks, Samuel Ashbridge, and Joseph Miller Huston
BBB #018: Courage for the Deed, Grace for the Doing - The Shipley Sisters and Educating Girls
ABC #048: Shattering Some Glass Ceilings - Nellie Neilson, PhD; Sara Yorke Stevenson, DSci; Elizabeth Head Fetter, aka Hannah Lees
BBB #017: Swimming While Black - Raphael & Julia Coel
ABC #047: Three More Black Trailblazers - Dr. James Betts, Barbara Blackshear, ”Jocko” Henderson
BBB #016: A Cult of One’s Own - J. Elimar Mira Mitta
ABC #046: Fathers of American Medicine, Part 3 - Some Ethical Dilemmas
BBB #015: Pulling Out All the Stops - The Laurel Hill Organ Episode
ABC #045 Stogies, Coffin Nails, and Spittoons: Laurel Hill Tobacconists
BBB #014: Physician, Author, Philanthropist - Bushrod Washington James
WALKING TOUR: Laurel Hill West from Pencoyd to Barmouth
ABC #044: Some James Garfield Connections at Laurel Hill
BBB #013: Every Brilliant Thing: Ice Cream and Laurel Hill
ABC #043: Tick Tock: Clocks, Watches, and Laurel Hill, Part 1
BBB #012: Turbaned Warrior for Justice - C. DeLores Tucker
ABC #042: Mint Condition: Some Laurel Hill Coinage Connections
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