Frank is the youngest child of Mary Gallagher and John O'Brien who had immigrated from Ireland about 1832.
His relationship as the younger brother of our great grandfather, John O'Brien of Layton, Davis County, Utah is documented in the O'Brien family records of Grandfather Jonathan Silas O'Brien.
Having been born at Philadelphia, Frank was just twenty three, an unmarried Union Solder in the Civil War. He died on the 22nd of May 1863 of Typhoid Fever associated with his military service. He was with Commander M. Anderson's Penn. 15th Calvary. His body was obviously held for an inordinate time of nine days, probably because of the highly infectious nature of the disease, especially during that time period.
Philadelphia Physician's Certificate
He was buried on the 31st of May in "Lee Section, B" at Monument Cemetery (now defunct). The Physician's Certificate also documents his father, John, was deceased and his mother, Mary, still living.
Frank O'Brien
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates
Name: Frank O'Brien
Event Type: Death
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Attending Physician: Wm. A. Reed
Event Date: 22 May 1863
Event Place: Ward 14 1011 Wallace St, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
Gender: Male
Occupation: Soldier
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Father's Name: John O'Brien
Mother's Name: Mary O'Brien
Burial Date: 31 May 1863
Place of Burial: Monument Cemetery
Pennsylvania Death Certificate
Frank O'Brien, here memorialized, was originally interred at Monument Cemetery, which is defunct. A descendant has since advised that he learned, through telephone calls to the various cemeteries, that Frank's remains were moved, along with others relocated, to Lawnview Cemetery at Rockledge, Mongomery County, PA.
Here is the link to that infamous cemetery here on Find A Grave; However, you will need to Google the name MONUMENT CEMETERY to see the dastardly details of why your ancestors were dug up and "possibly" thrown into mass graves at other cemeteries!
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2664496/monument-cemetery-(defunct)
Francis' original Military Marker had been ordered in 1879, through a contract with D. W. Whitney, to be placed at Monument Cemetery, where "Frank" had been interred. A copy of the United States Record of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans is attached to this memorial.
His stone is probably part of the rip rap rubble which was thrown into the river:
To quote an investigative report on the shenanigans, "In order to clear the land of human remains and stonework, 28,000 bodies had to be re-located, about 20,000 of which were unclaimed. These 20,000 – a staggering number − were the ones that were quietly dumped into a large mass grave at Lawnview Cemetery. Their monuments and any of the elaborately carved stonework that hadn't been claimed by relatives were sold to developers, and hauled to the river to be used as part of the foundation to build the Betsy Ross Bridge (construction was completed in 1976). Monuments, including major works of art by 19th century sculptors, were dumped into the river to be used as "rip rap" (granite or concrete rubble from building and paving demolition commonly used to protect shorelines from water or ice erosion)."
His original burial place, Monument Cemetery, opened in 1837. It was once located at Broad and Berks Streets in Philadelphia. It was the second rural cemetery built for Philadelphia. Encompassing close to what would become four square blocks of North Philadelphia between Broad and 17th and Norris and Montgomery, Monument Cemetery would become the eventual resting place for over 28,000 Philadelphians, including Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University, and his wife. It is now a parking lot for Temple University.
Monument Cemetery was a Victorian Cemetery of over 14 acres. Most of those people ended up thrown together in one large grave. One of the saddest parts of the story is that all the historical tombstones and even large significant monuments where thrown in the river.
In a nutshell, the cemetery had not been abandoned, it was destroyed in a most despicable manner. Bodies were mass re-interred elsewhere and most of the tombstones and monuments were dumped into the Delaware River.
His relationship as the younger brother of our great grandfather, John O'Brien of Layton, Davis County, Utah is documented in the O'Brien family records of Grandfather Jonathan Silas O'Brien.
Having been born at Philadelphia, Frank was just twenty three, an unmarried Union Solder in the Civil War. He died on the 22nd of May 1863 of Typhoid Fever associated with his military service. He was with Commander M. Anderson's Penn. 15th Calvary. His body was obviously held for an inordinate time of nine days, probably because of the highly infectious nature of the disease, especially during that time period.
Philadelphia Physician's Certificate
He was buried on the 31st of May in "Lee Section, B" at Monument Cemetery (now defunct). The Physician's Certificate also documents his father, John, was deceased and his mother, Mary, still living.
Frank O'Brien
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates
Name: Frank O'Brien
Event Type: Death
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Attending Physician: Wm. A. Reed
Event Date: 22 May 1863
Event Place: Ward 14 1011 Wallace St, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
Gender: Male
Occupation: Soldier
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Father's Name: John O'Brien
Mother's Name: Mary O'Brien
Burial Date: 31 May 1863
Place of Burial: Monument Cemetery
Pennsylvania Death Certificate
Frank O'Brien, here memorialized, was originally interred at Monument Cemetery, which is defunct. A descendant has since advised that he learned, through telephone calls to the various cemeteries, that Frank's remains were moved, along with others relocated, to Lawnview Cemetery at Rockledge, Mongomery County, PA.
Here is the link to that infamous cemetery here on Find A Grave; However, you will need to Google the name MONUMENT CEMETERY to see the dastardly details of why your ancestors were dug up and "possibly" thrown into mass graves at other cemeteries!
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2664496/monument-cemetery-(defunct)
Francis' original Military Marker had been ordered in 1879, through a contract with D. W. Whitney, to be placed at Monument Cemetery, where "Frank" had been interred. A copy of the United States Record of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans is attached to this memorial.
His stone is probably part of the rip rap rubble which was thrown into the river:
To quote an investigative report on the shenanigans, "In order to clear the land of human remains and stonework, 28,000 bodies had to be re-located, about 20,000 of which were unclaimed. These 20,000 – a staggering number − were the ones that were quietly dumped into a large mass grave at Lawnview Cemetery. Their monuments and any of the elaborately carved stonework that hadn't been claimed by relatives were sold to developers, and hauled to the river to be used as part of the foundation to build the Betsy Ross Bridge (construction was completed in 1976). Monuments, including major works of art by 19th century sculptors, were dumped into the river to be used as "rip rap" (granite or concrete rubble from building and paving demolition commonly used to protect shorelines from water or ice erosion)."
His original burial place, Monument Cemetery, opened in 1837. It was once located at Broad and Berks Streets in Philadelphia. It was the second rural cemetery built for Philadelphia. Encompassing close to what would become four square blocks of North Philadelphia between Broad and 17th and Norris and Montgomery, Monument Cemetery would become the eventual resting place for over 28,000 Philadelphians, including Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University, and his wife. It is now a parking lot for Temple University.
Monument Cemetery was a Victorian Cemetery of over 14 acres. Most of those people ended up thrown together in one large grave. One of the saddest parts of the story is that all the historical tombstones and even large significant monuments where thrown in the river.
In a nutshell, the cemetery had not been abandoned, it was destroyed in a most despicable manner. Bodies were mass re-interred elsewhere and most of the tombstones and monuments were dumped into the Delaware River.
Frank is the youngest child of Mary Gallagher and John O'Brien who had immigrated from Ireland about 1832.
His relationship as the younger brother of our great grandfather, John O'Brien of Layton, Davis County, Utah is documented in the O'Brien family records of Grandfather Jonathan Silas O'Brien.
Having been born at Philadelphia, Frank was just twenty three, an unmarried Union Solder in the Civil War. He died on the 22nd of May 1863 of Typhoid Fever associated with his military service. He was with Commander M. Anderson's Penn. 15th Calvary. His body was obviously held for an inordinate time of nine days, probably because of the highly infectious nature of the disease, especially during that time period.
Philadelphia Physician's Certificate
He was buried on the 31st of May in "Lee Section, B" at Monument Cemetery (now defunct). The Physician's Certificate also documents his father, John, was deceased and his mother, Mary, still living.
Frank O'Brien
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates
Name: Frank O'Brien
Event Type: Death
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Attending Physician: Wm. A. Reed
Event Date: 22 May 1863
Event Place: Ward 14 1011 Wallace St, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
Gender: Male
Occupation: Soldier
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Father's Name: John O'Brien
Mother's Name: Mary O'Brien
Burial Date: 31 May 1863
Place of Burial: Monument Cemetery
Pennsylvania Death Certificate
Frank O'Brien, here memorialized, was originally interred at Monument Cemetery, which is defunct. A descendant has since advised that he learned, through telephone calls to the various cemeteries, that Frank's remains were moved, along with others relocated, to Lawnview Cemetery at Rockledge, Mongomery County, PA.
Here is the link to that infamous cemetery here on Find A Grave; However, you will need to Google the name MONUMENT CEMETERY to see the dastardly details of why your ancestors were dug up and "possibly" thrown into mass graves at other cemeteries!
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2664496/monument-cemetery-(defunct)
Francis' original Military Marker had been ordered in 1879, through a contract with D. W. Whitney, to be placed at Monument Cemetery, where "Frank" had been interred. A copy of the United States Record of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans is attached to this memorial.
His stone is probably part of the rip rap rubble which was thrown into the river:
To quote an investigative report on the shenanigans, "In order to clear the land of human remains and stonework, 28,000 bodies had to be re-located, about 20,000 of which were unclaimed. These 20,000 – a staggering number − were the ones that were quietly dumped into a large mass grave at Lawnview Cemetery. Their monuments and any of the elaborately carved stonework that hadn't been claimed by relatives were sold to developers, and hauled to the river to be used as part of the foundation to build the Betsy Ross Bridge (construction was completed in 1976). Monuments, including major works of art by 19th century sculptors, were dumped into the river to be used as "rip rap" (granite or concrete rubble from building and paving demolition commonly used to protect shorelines from water or ice erosion)."
His original burial place, Monument Cemetery, opened in 1837. It was once located at Broad and Berks Streets in Philadelphia. It was the second rural cemetery built for Philadelphia. Encompassing close to what would become four square blocks of North Philadelphia between Broad and 17th and Norris and Montgomery, Monument Cemetery would become the eventual resting place for over 28,000 Philadelphians, including Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University, and his wife. It is now a parking lot for Temple University.
Monument Cemetery was a Victorian Cemetery of over 14 acres. Most of those people ended up thrown together in one large grave. One of the saddest parts of the story is that all the historical tombstones and even large significant monuments where thrown in the river.
In a nutshell, the cemetery had not been abandoned, it was destroyed in a most despicable manner. Bodies were mass re-interred elsewhere and most of the tombstones and monuments were dumped into the Delaware River.
His relationship as the younger brother of our great grandfather, John O'Brien of Layton, Davis County, Utah is documented in the O'Brien family records of Grandfather Jonathan Silas O'Brien.
Having been born at Philadelphia, Frank was just twenty three, an unmarried Union Solder in the Civil War. He died on the 22nd of May 1863 of Typhoid Fever associated with his military service. He was with Commander M. Anderson's Penn. 15th Calvary. His body was obviously held for an inordinate time of nine days, probably because of the highly infectious nature of the disease, especially during that time period.
Philadelphia Physician's Certificate
He was buried on the 31st of May in "Lee Section, B" at Monument Cemetery (now defunct). The Physician's Certificate also documents his father, John, was deceased and his mother, Mary, still living.
Frank O'Brien
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates
Name: Frank O'Brien
Event Type: Death
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Attending Physician: Wm. A. Reed
Event Date: 22 May 1863
Event Place: Ward 14 1011 Wallace St, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
Gender: Male
Occupation: Soldier
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Father's Name: John O'Brien
Mother's Name: Mary O'Brien
Burial Date: 31 May 1863
Place of Burial: Monument Cemetery
Pennsylvania Death Certificate
Frank O'Brien, here memorialized, was originally interred at Monument Cemetery, which is defunct. A descendant has since advised that he learned, through telephone calls to the various cemeteries, that Frank's remains were moved, along with others relocated, to Lawnview Cemetery at Rockledge, Mongomery County, PA.
Here is the link to that infamous cemetery here on Find A Grave; However, you will need to Google the name MONUMENT CEMETERY to see the dastardly details of why your ancestors were dug up and "possibly" thrown into mass graves at other cemeteries!
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2664496/monument-cemetery-(defunct)
Francis' original Military Marker had been ordered in 1879, through a contract with D. W. Whitney, to be placed at Monument Cemetery, where "Frank" had been interred. A copy of the United States Record of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans is attached to this memorial.
His stone is probably part of the rip rap rubble which was thrown into the river:
To quote an investigative report on the shenanigans, "In order to clear the land of human remains and stonework, 28,000 bodies had to be re-located, about 20,000 of which were unclaimed. These 20,000 – a staggering number − were the ones that were quietly dumped into a large mass grave at Lawnview Cemetery. Their monuments and any of the elaborately carved stonework that hadn't been claimed by relatives were sold to developers, and hauled to the river to be used as part of the foundation to build the Betsy Ross Bridge (construction was completed in 1976). Monuments, including major works of art by 19th century sculptors, were dumped into the river to be used as "rip rap" (granite or concrete rubble from building and paving demolition commonly used to protect shorelines from water or ice erosion)."
His original burial place, Monument Cemetery, opened in 1837. It was once located at Broad and Berks Streets in Philadelphia. It was the second rural cemetery built for Philadelphia. Encompassing close to what would become four square blocks of North Philadelphia between Broad and 17th and Norris and Montgomery, Monument Cemetery would become the eventual resting place for over 28,000 Philadelphians, including Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University, and his wife. It is now a parking lot for Temple University.
Monument Cemetery was a Victorian Cemetery of over 14 acres. Most of those people ended up thrown together in one large grave. One of the saddest parts of the story is that all the historical tombstones and even large significant monuments where thrown in the river.
In a nutshell, the cemetery had not been abandoned, it was destroyed in a most despicable manner. Bodies were mass re-interred elsewhere and most of the tombstones and monuments were dumped into the Delaware River.
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