Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Kearney WHARTON
Kearney Wharton, second son of Gov. Thomas and Susannah (Lloyd) Wharton, born in Philadelphia, 1766, studied law and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar, but followed chiefly the business of a merchant. He was for many years a member of Common Council of Philadelphia and was elected its president, October 16, 1798. He was one of those who in 1799 presented an address to Common and Select Council on the subject of supplying the city with wholesome water, and as President signed the ordinance providing for the raising of funds to accomplish this purpose. He died January 4, 1848, aged eighty-two years. He married at "Magnolia Grove," her father's house on the banks of the Delaware near Tacony, November 11, 1795, Maria, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gordon) Saltar, who survived him many years. She died June 16, 1867, aged ninety-two years. Both are buried at Trinity Church, Oxford.
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