Rash's Surname Index
Notes for George Mifflin WHARTON
George Mifflin Wharton, second son of William Fishbourne and Susan (Shoemaker) Wharton, born December 26, 1806, entered the University of Pennsylvania, 1820, graduated in class of 1823. He studied law and became one of the ablest practitioners at the Philadelphia bar. He was Vice-Provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, 1845-55, and United States District Attorney for Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1857-60. He was active in all matters that pertained to the public welfare and took a leading part in all questions of the day. He was President of the Select Council of the city, 1856-59. He always gave active support to the cause of education, and was for many years one of the most active members of Board of Directors of Public Schools, and for some years President of Board of Control. He was elected one of the trustees of his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, in 1841, and served until 1868. He became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1840, and took an active interest in its work. He died February 5, 1870. He married, June 4, 1835, Maria, daughter of John and Hitty (Cox) Markoe, granddaughter of Abraham Markoe, by his second wife, Elizabeth Baynton, and great-granddaughter of Peter Markoe, whose family emigrated from France to the West Indies in 1625. Maria (Markoe) Wharton died in Philadelphia, February 12, 1873.
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