Joseph Wharton
Male, Deceased Person
1707 – 1776
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Who was Joseph Wharton?
Joseph Wharton was a successful merchant, and the owner of "Walnut Grove," a country place on Fifth street, near Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, on which the Mischianza of 1778 was held. The house was the finest of its day near that city. It was torn down in 1862, to make room for a schoolhouse. He was called "Duke Wharton", because of his stately bearing.
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- Born
- Aug 4, 1707
- Children
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Jul 27, 1776
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on July 23, 2013
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