Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

: Smith, John B.; See Smith, Joseph.

: Smith, Joseph; Joseph Smith was a Philadelphia lithographer who served as steward of the Lithographic Printers Union in 1862., Most likely the same Joseph B. Smith, born ca. 1835 in Pennsylvania, residing with Herman Meyer at 123 North Seventh Street (Ward 6) in 1860. The census for 1860 misidentifies Joseph B. Smith as "John B. Smith".

: Smith, Robert Pearsall; Robert Pearsall Smith, son and brother of Library Company of Philadelphia librarians John Jay and Lloyd P. Smith, respectively, born in Philadelphia on February 1, 1827, was a premier map lithographer during the mid 19th century. Known for his salesmanship and ability to negotiate, Smith continued Philadelphia's tradition as a center for map publishing and printing. He married evangelist reformer Hannah Whitall (1832-1911) in 1851 and they had several children, including daughter Rachel Pearsall Smith., Smith began his career in lithography in 1846 in collaboration with his father and brother in the operation of the Anastatic Office, which specialized in a form of transfer lithography. Within a year, Smith assumed the business and converted it into a printing and map publishing establishment, with several of his early maps lithographed by premier Philadelphia lithographer Peter S. Duval. In 1848-1849, he associated, but did not formalize a partnership, with Isaac Jones Wistar under the firm name Smith & Wistar, but Wistar soon left Philadelphia. In 1849, Smith moved his office to 15 Minor Street, later expanded to 17-21, i.e., 517-521 Minor Street employing a number of noteworthy lithographers, engravers and map colorists, including George Worley, Benjamin Matthias, William Bracher, George Eimerman, F. Fuchs, and Jacob Brunner., In 1857, Smith entered into a partnership with Duval's former foreman, Frederick Bourquin, following the dissolution of P. S. Duval & Company. The men established a separate lithographic office from Pearsall's establishment at 600 Chestnut Street. The firm, known as F. Bourquin & Company or Smith & Bourquin, operated until 1865. In 1863, Smith added a third address of 410 Walnut Street to his operations that already included the Minor and Chestnut Street studios. A few years later, however, Smith left the lithographic and map publishing fields to assume a partnership in 1865 in the glass manufacturing firm of his father-in-law Whitall, Tatum & Company of New Jersey. He eventually became an evangelist, like his wife, for the Holiness movement in America and died in London, England on April 17, 1898.

: Smith, William; William Smith, not to be confused with Scottish-born lithographer William L. Smith, operated a print shop on the 700 block of South Third Street in Philadelphia ca. 1860-ca. 1891. Originally listed as a picture framer maker in city directories beginning in 1856, Smith published and distributed genre, historical, religious, and portrait lithographs and chromolithographs beginning ca. 1860 from 264, later 706, South Third Street (listed address 1856-1862) and 702 South Third Street (listed address 1863-1891). Smith was also listed at 33 South 6th Street in 1868 and 1890., Noted lithographs distributed by Smith include "Death of George Shiffler" (ca. 1844-1860); "Washington's Triumphal Entry into New York, Nov. 25th, 1783" printed by P.S. Duval & Son; and the double-sided "Protest Against the British Government" containing a commemorative design in honor of radical Robert Emmett on one side and a portrait of a girl on the other side, possibly as a camouflage.

: Smith, William L.; William L. Smith, born ca. 1822 in Scotland, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1860-ca. 1880. First listed as a lithographic printer in Philadelphia city directories in 1860, Smith operated from 3 Drinkers Alley and lived in south Philadelphia at 1126 Leon Street (Ward 2) with his wife Emma (b. ca. 1815) and son. In 1863, he served as the floor manager of the second Grand Ball of the Lithographic Printers Union. By 1867, he relocated his residence to 1322 South Thirteenth Street and in 1870 lived in a household absent his wife and that included most likely his parents. In 1880, he remained in the trade according to the census and lived at 2005 Wharton Street with his two daughters.

: Snyder, George; George Snyder, born August 1831 in France, and brother-in-law of Philadelphia lithographer John Henry Camp, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1850-ca. 1900. According to censuses, Snyder immigrated to the United States in 1845 and resided in the household of Camp in 1850. His parents Michael (b. ca. 1784) and Sarah (b. ca. 1797) and three siblings, including Camp's wife Sarah, also resided in the household situated in Northern Liberties Ward 3. In 1880, Snider again lived in Camp's household (409 North Fourth Street), listed as his brother-in-law and with his mother Saloma, i.e., Sarah. In 1900, Snider headed his own household, including his wife Lizzie (b. 1860) and children, May (b. 1886) and Eddie (b. 1890), in North Philadelphia (Ward 19).

: Speakman, Annie; Annie Speakman born of German descent in Philadelphia ca. 1866 worked as a lithographer in the city in 1880 while a resident at 251 McCallum Street. She is one of the few listed female lithographers of the 19th century., Speakman lived in a household with her brother Charles Speakman (b. ca. 1855), a printer.

: Spohni, George; George Spohni, born in France ca. 1822, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia between ca. 1850 and ca. 1870. Spohni, was married to Barbara (b. ca. 1822), a native of Germany, with whom he had seven children, including two lithographer sons Herman (b. ca. 1843) and Charles (b. ca. 1847) and a son George who died in 1872 at 27 years of age., During the 1850s, Spohni resided in Philadelphia and worked at the firm of Thomas Sinclair, including a period of time with his son Charles, at 311 Chestnut Street. By the following decade, he relocated to a Camden residence and was employed at the firm of Jacob Haehnlen (418 Library Street). Between 1867 and 1868, Spohni worked on a number of historical lithographs, including "The Wedding of Pocohontas" (1867) published by Joseph Hoover and "Washington's Reception at the White House" (1867) published by Thomas Kelly of New York. After 1869, Spohni appears to work as a sole proprietor of a lithographic business from 123 South Third Street.

: Stayman & Brother; Stayman & Brother was a Philadelphia music importing and publishing firm that published the L. N. Rosenthal lithograph "Interior view of Independence Hall"(1856). Established by brothers John K. (b. 1823), Jacob A. (b. 1825), and Fletcher A. Stayman (b. January 26, 1831) in 1851, the firm initially operated from 160 Chestnut Street , i.e. 628-632 Chestnut Street, also known as Swaim's Building., Originally from Carlisle, Pa. the brothers relocated to Philadelphia 1850-1851, with eldest John having arrived first and working as a merchant while a resident of a hotel in the Chestnut Street Ward. In 1854, John K. departs the business (he later becomes a professor of languages at Dickinson College) and the younger brothers relocate the firm to the northwest corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets., By September of 1855, they relocated to 210 Chestnut Street,. From this address, Stayman & Brother published "neighbor" L. N. Rosenthal's Independence Hall lithograph in addition to sheet music such as Francis Weiland's "Old Independence Hall" containing lithography advertised in the "Public Ledger" as "a perfect facsimile of the fifty-six signatures to the Declaration of Independence." The brothers remained in business at 210 Chestnut Street until 1858, after which Jacob possibly entered the field of medicine. The 1867 Philadelphia City Directory lists a Jacob A. Stayman as a physician.

: Steffan, Edward W.; Edward W. Steffan, lithographer, printer and wool manufacturer, was born in Philadelphia in 1841. He worked as a lithographers' apprentice in 1860 before enlisting in the 121st Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1862. After his discharge in 1865 he continued to reside near the regiment's base in Chestnut Hill and worked at a "segar" shop at 107 East Girard Avenue. From 1868 to 1871, Steffan worked as a lithographer and engraver for H. J. Toudy & Co. at their 505 Chestnut Street establishment., By 1872, Edward had joined his late brother's cloth and worsted goods business, F. Steffan & Co., which had two locations, 1349 Hope Street and 1344 North Front Street. Edward remained a proprietor of this business until it closed in the early 1880s. From 1886 to ca. 1890, Edward was a clerk for an unidentified establishment, and resided at 2222 Christian Street. In the 1890s, he managed Hallowell Co. Ltd., a printing business, at 14 South Fifth Street., His German-born wife, Louisa W. (b. 1847), also worked for the company as a printer. With Louisa, who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1850, he had six children: Sarah E. (1866-1922), printer Martin John (b. 1867), Ella (b. 1869), artist Edward T. (b. 873), August (b. 1875), and Herbert R. (b. 1885). The family moved to New Jersey in the 1890s, then to Baltimore, Maryland by 1910, where Steffan died on November 7, 1914.

: LCP-SteinJones-Cremer-7-1322-F-69l.jpg; Stein & Jones, a Jewish "printing and lithographic office" established ca. 1859 between Rudolph Stein, a printer, and Alfred T. Jones, a merchant, at 321 Chestnut Street, specialized in trade cards. In 1868, the partnership dissolved and Stein operated the business as sole proprietor until his death in 1871. Following Stein's death, Jones, with partner Theodore B. Potsdamer, reassumed operations ca. 1872-1873 of the business under the name Jones & Potsdamer. In 1875, Jones left the partnership for the establishment of The Jewish Record, and Potsdamer continued the business as Potsdamer & Co.

: LCP-Stein-SpecimenAlbum-P-9349.jpg; Rudolph Stein, a prominent member of the Philadelphia Jewish community, born in Prussia ca. 1823, was a partner in the lithographic establishment Stein & Jones. Stein arrived in the city ca. 1850 and began work as a printer. About 1859 Stein established a lithographic and printing office with partner Alfred T. Jones, a prominent Jewish merchant, at 321 Chestnut Street. The partnership, Stein & Jones, which specialized in trade cards, proved profitable and Stein paid tax on his income and assets of a piano and gold watch during the Civil War. In addition, he employed a domestic servant by 1870. Stein was married to Fannie (b. ca. 1833) with whom he had several children, including a son, Jacob (b. ca. 1853), who became a bookkeeper. Stein assumed sole operation of Stein & Jones in 1869 and operated the business until his sudden death from apoplexy at his residence on Marshall Street on January 11, 1871.

: Steng & Paxson; Steng & Paxson, the partnership between August Steng and Francis C. Paxson (1840-1900), was active in the Philadelphia lithographic trade 1872-1877. The firm located at 326 Chestnut Street specialized in job printing for the banking trade, including checks, certificates, and notes., Following the dissolution of the partnership, Steng partnered briefly with William Boell and continued to work as a printer in the city until ca. 1883. He may be the August Steng listed as a butcher in city directories 1888-1890. Steng primarily resided in North Philadelphia, including 522 North Third Street (1873) and 2538 North Alder Street (1877-1881), during his time in the printing trade. In 1883, he resided in Center City., Paxson also remained in the lithographic trade until the early 1880s in the firm F. C. Paxson & Co. (439 Chestnut Street). A salesman and a clerk before partnering with Steng, Paxson lived in Center City and Germantown while he worked as a lithographer. His residences included 529 North Nineteenth Street (ca. 1870-ca. 1879). Paxson died on February 11, 1900 with his late residence on Clarkson Avenue in Germantown.

: Stewart, Pythias; Pythias D. Stewart, born ca. 1840 in Georgia, resided in Trenton, New Jersey by 1850 with his Pennsylvania-born parents and New Jersey-born infant sister. His father, Theodore (b. ca. 1829), was a grocer by trade. By 1860, Stewart worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia and resided in a boarding house in the Spring Garden (Ward 13). In 1870, he was a photographer working at 322 North Second Street, most likely with Pirrong & Son, photographers, and lived in Jacob W. Zell's household in Ward 14.

: Stewart, S[amuel] M.; Samuel M. Stewart, stationer and manufacturer of playing cards at 122 Chestnut street, co-published with Childs & Inman in 1832 the Fanny Kemble portrait lithograph designed by Albert Newsam .

: Stofel, George; George Stofel, born ca. 1815 in Austria, was a Philadelphia lithographer listed in the 1880 census. He resided at 266 South Tenth Street with his lithographer son Robert (b. ca. 1853, Delaware), daughter Mary Bornteen (b. ca. 1851, Austria), and son-in-law. According to his son's birth year, George must have immigrated to the United States by 1853.

: Stopfer, Francis; Francis Stopfer, born ca. 1820 in Austria, worked in Philadelphia as a lithographer, engraver, and printer ca. 1858-ca. 1877. He immigrated to the United States in September 1852 through the Port of Baltimore with his wife and two children with the listed occupation of "lithographer." By 1858, he worked in Philadelphia as a "lithographic artist" at the map establishment of Robert Pearsall Smith at 519 Minor Street., In 1860, Stopfer resided in Ward 5 with his Austrian-born family: wife Madeline (b. ca. 1822) and three children, including Robert (b. ca. 1852) who entered the printing trade ca. 1866. During his career, Stopfer resided at 521 South Sixth Street in 1869 and in West Philadelphia by the 1870s at 745 May Street and 738 June Street by 1877., Despite an infamous past, Stopfer's son Robert still worked as a Philadelphia lithographer as of 1894 and resided at 423 McKean Street. In 1883, according to newspaper reports Robert was denied custody of his son from his former actress wife because of child abuse.

: Stopfer, Robert L.; See Stopfer, Frank.

: Stott, William; William Stott worked as a lithographer and engraver in Philadelphia 1847-1853. He partnered in Stott & Durang ca. 1845, and operated a lithographic establishment at 62 (i.e., 300 block) Walnut Street and then 97 (i.e., 300 block) Chestnut Street 1847-1848., Stott's known lithographs include frontispieces, title pages, portraits, and advertisements.

: Stout, William; William Stout, born ca. 1825 in England, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in Elizabeth Wilson's boarding house in northwest Center City (Ward 10)., Stout was possibly the William B. Stout listed as a printer with a residence at 1324 Girard Avenue in the 1882 Philadelphia city directory.

: Taylor & Smith; Taylor & Smith, the partnership between lithographer and illustrator Frank H. Taylor and engraver Ferdinand Smith (113 South Fourth Street), exhibited color printing and lithography at the 1874 Franklin Institute Exhibition of American Manufacturers.

: Tholey, Augustus; See Tholeys.

: Tholey, Charles P.; See Tholeys.

: Tholeys; The Tholeys, comprised of father Michael (b. ca. 1802) and brothers Charles P. (1832-1895) and Augustus J. (ca. 1844-1898), were German lithographers, artists, and painters active in Philadelphia ca. 1851-1895., Michael Tholey, born in Germany ca. 1802, immigrated to Philadelphia with his sons ca. 1848. By 1851, he had partnered with looking-glass and picture frame manufactory owner Gustave Pelman. Their short-lived partnership dissolved by September 1851, and Michael was listed as a painter at 246 Callowhill Street in an 1852 Philadelphia city directory., The Tholeys created bank notes for the United States government (according to Peters) and delineated lithographs printed by E. Ketterlinus, John Smith, P. S. Duval, David Chillas, Thomas Wagner, and Jacob Haehnlen. Charles, and possibly his father and brother, were also employed by Bowen & Co. (s.w. corner of Eleventh and Chestnut Streets) in 1863. They subsequently went into business for themselves in the early 1870s at 419 Green Street (Michael's home address) and received commissions to depict cityscape views, landscapes, and historical scenes., Later in their careers, presumably after Michael's death in the late 1870s, Augustus and Charles created paintings and pastel portraits. August worked for the Devine Printing Company at 909 Arch Street as an artist in the late 1880s and into the 1890s. Charles passed away on April 26, 1895 and August three years later on January 12, 1898.

: Thomas, Eliza H.; Eliza H. Thomas, born ca. 1865 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1880 while a resident at 621 Owen Street. She is one of the few LISTED female lithographers of the 19th century., Thomas lived in a household with her grocers clerk, father John R. born ca. 1828 in Pennsylvania and her mother Mary born ca. 1828 in New Jersey.

: Thomas, George; George Thomas, born ca. 1836 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in a boarding house in Center City (Ward 5) with fellow lithographers William Lewis and William F. Kelly.

: Thurwanger, Charles; Charles Thurwanger, born ca. 1841 in New York to German parents Francis Thurwanger and Verena Kohler, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1860-1866. The Thurwangers moved from New York to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where Francis operated an eating house by 1850. The Thurwangers relocated to Philadelphia by 1855, when city directories list Francis as a trimmer working from 92 South Twelfth Street. He also operated a picture shop in 1857. After his father's death, Thurwanger's mother, a portrait, genre and religious painter, continued the business as a picture seller from 1711 Sansom Street in 1859. By 1860, the family resided, without Francis, in Center City (Ward 8). Thurwanger served as a Private in Company H of the 196th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. Thurwanger's brothers Joseph and John were also lithographers.

: Thurwanger, John; John Thurwanger, born ca. 1834 in New York to German parents Francis Thurwanger and Verena Kohler, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. The Thurwangers moved from New York to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where Francis operated an eating house by 1850. The Thurwangers relocated to Philadelphia by 1855, when city directories list Francis as a trimmer working from 92 South Twelfth Street. He also operated a picture shop in 1857. After his father's death, Thurwanger's mother, a portrait, genre and religious painter, continued the business as a picture seller from 1711 Sansom Street in 1859. By 1860, the family resided, without Francis, in Center City (Ward 8). Thurwanger's brothers Joseph and Charles were also lithographers.

: Thurwanger, Joseph; Joseph Thurwanger, born March, 1836 in New York to German parents Francis Thurwanger and Verena Kohler, worked as a lithographer, printer, and tavern keeper in Philadelphia ca. 1860-ca. 1883. The Thurwangers moved from New York to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where Francis operated an eating house by 1850. The Thurwangers relocated to Philadelphia by 1855, when city directories list Francis as a trimmer working from 92 South Twelfth Street. After his father's death, Thurwanger's mother, a portrait, genre and religious painter, continued the business as a picture seller from 1711 Sansom Street in 1859. By 1860, the family resided, without Francis, in Center City (Ward 8). Thurwanger's brothers John and Charles were also lithographers., Thurwanger married Allwina (b. ca. 1840, Germany), resided in Kensington (Ward 20), and had an infant son Henry, by 1870. By 1880, the family remained in Kensington and included another three children at 1526 Thompson Street. The Thurwanger family moved to Lansdowne, Pennsylvania ca. 1883. The 1900 census lists another son, born in 1882, and lists Thurwanger as a widow. He remained in Lansdowne until his death sometime after 1910.

: Thurwanger, Martin T.; Martin T. Thurwanger, born in the Alsace region of France, trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, and was a student of lithography under Bernard-Roman Julien (1802-1871). He worked as a lithographer and mezzotint engraver in Paris before traveling to Philadelphia on a commission by the Smithsonian Institution with his apprentice, Max Rosenthal. Known primarily for his talent in pen-and-ink lithography, Thurwanger returned to Paris within five years of arriving in the states. He died in 1890., Weitenkampf notes a pen-and-ink lithograph portrait of E[dward] Biddle by the lithographer.

: Tomkins, Lewis; Lewis Tomkins, born ca. 1841 in England, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in Ellen Norris's boarding house on Third Street below Pine Street in Center City (Ward 5) with dye-sinker Henry Rawlings (b. ca. 1830). Tomkins last name could possibly be Tankins, Tonkins, or Jenkins as interpreted from the 1860 census.

: Toomey, James; James Toomey, was a Philadelphia lithographer employed by P.S. Duval 1856-1858. He resided at 33 Concord, 12 Deacon, and 260 North Second streets during his time with Duval.

: Toudy, Henry J.; Henry J[ulius] Toudy, born about 1837 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Richmond, Virginia by 1860 before establishing the firm H. J. Toudy & Company in Philadelphia following the Civil War. After a devastating fire in 1878 causing the termination of his company, Toudy moved to Shamokin, Pennsylvania where he worked as a coal operator. He returned to Philadelphia about 1884, first working as a coal agent and then switching to publishing from 1886 until 1891. He retired that year when he obtained an invalid pension for his Civil War service in the Pennsylvania Calvary, including the rank of Lieutenant in Rush's Lancers (1864). Toudy died while a resident of 2149 Narona Street on October 23, 1899 in Philadelphia. He was buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Toudy was married to Alida (b. ca. 1842) with whom he had two children Marian (b. ca. 1872) and Henry (b. ca. 1875).

: Toudy, William; William Toudy, a lithographer in the firm of H. J. Toudy & Co., born December 1846 in Baden, Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1857. Toudy, following the Civil War during which he served as a sergeant in the 74th Pennsylvania Infantry, entered the Toudy firm . Probably a relative to Henry Toudy, he lived with the lithographer in 1866. In 1867, he moved to 1847 Germantown Avenue after his marriage to Caroline Wuest (b. 1849), with whom he had several children. By July 1870, he moved to Camden, New Jersey, where he resided for the remainder of his life., Although he is not mentioned as a partner 1871-1876 in the reconstituted firm of H. J. Toudy & Company, he appears as the sole partner of the firm in 1877-1878. He continued as a printer and lithographer throughout the remainder of the 19th century, as well as applied for an invalid pension for his Civil War service on May 8, 1879. Toudy died on February 9, 1912 and was interred at Arlington Cemetery. Both his son, Wilmer Toudy, and grandson, Julius C. Toudy, worked as lithographers, the latter for Lehman & Bolton in 1917.

: Traubel, Maurice H.; Maurice H. Traubel, a Philadelphia lithographer of all branches of the trade, was born in Germany in 1822, and immigrated to the United States before 1847. Employed as a lithographer in Philadelphia by the late 1840s, including drawing a plate for American Sunday School Union's "Picture Lessons..." (ca. 1849), he lived at a boarding house in the South Ward by 1850. In 1853 following work with Wagner & McGuigan and Frederick Kuhl, Traubel established M. H. Traubel & Co. with fellow German-born lithographers Edward Schnabel, John F. Finkeldey, and Theodore Leonhardt, when they purchased the "Lithographic Institute" of Kuhl (46 1/2 Walnut Street, i.e., 218 Walnut Street)., Following the dissolution of M. H. Traubel & Co. ca. 1857, Traubel managed a lithographic firm, first at 22 South Fifth Street (1857) and later 409 Chestnut Street (1858-1872). His early and latter shop produced advertisements, maps, sheet music covers, portraits, political cartoons, trade cards, and stationery, including noted works "Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon..." (1862) and the large format allegorical print "The Triumph" (1861). In 1860 he expanded his print services to include tobacco labels and solicited for new clients. A year later, he applied for naturalization and was a U.S. citizen by the 1870 census. Traubel, during the 1860s and 1870s, also owned a stationery, book and music store in Camden, near his residence since 1859. In 1881 after a ten year hiatus from Philadelphia city directories following his imprisonment at Eastern State Penitentiary for his counterfeiting of government stamps, he was listed with a new establishment in the city that he operated with his two lithographer sons Emile G. and Lothario Traubel at 140 South Eighth Street., Maurice married his wife Kate S. (1831-1895), not long after he arrived in Philadelphia and moved his family to Camden. They had seven children: Alfred (b. ca. 1850), Agnes (b. ca. 1852), Emile G. (1855-1921), Augusta (b. ca. 1857), Horace L. (1858-1919), Matilda (b. ca. 1860), and Lothario (b. ca. 1862). All of their sons dabbled in the lithographic trade at one point in their lives, but while Emile and Lothario made a profession of it (New York and D.C. respectively, following Philadelphia), son Horace gained the most notoriety as the biographer of Walt Whitman, a mentor from childhood. Appointed the secretary-treasurer of the Walt Whitman Fellowship 1894-1918, he spent his life writing volumes of the poet's biography., By the 1890s Traubel and his wife lived with their son-in-law Thomas B. Harned in Germantown, and spent much of their time transcribing German newspapers. Traubel, a widower, committed suicide by gas inhalation on May 15, 1898. He was cremated at Chelten Hills Cemetery and his ashes interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Camden, New Jersey.

: Turner & Fisher; Turner & Fisher, i.e., Frederick Turner and Abraham Fisher (b. ca. 1822), were 19th-century booksellers and publishers of prints, songster, almanacs, and illustrated children's books active in New York, Philadelphia and Boston from the 1830s to 1840s. The firm, which operated from 11, later 15 North Sixth Street, sold political cartoons printed by Philadelphia lithographers Abel & Durang during the late 1840s., During the same period and until ca. 1862, Fisher also worked in a similar partnership with his brother James at 15, later 8 North Sixth Street. In 1850, the firm published the Alfred Hoffy lithograph "Funeral Car, erected by Wm. H. Moore & Son (Undertakers, No. 181 Arch St. Pha.) Especially for the occasion of the Funeral Obsequies of the Late President of the United States, General Zachary Taylor, Philadelphia, July 30th, 1850" printed by P. S. Duval., The publishing trade proved profitable for Fisher and he was listed with a personal estate valued at $30,000 (i.e., ca. $801,000 in 2008) and two servants in the 1860 census.

: Una, Bernard H.; Bernard H. Una, born ca. 1816 in Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1855 - 1863. Listed as a merchant on the ship's passenger list, Una arrived in New York on the ship "Yorktown" with his wife Josephine (b. ca. 1827) in January 1851. He later settled in Philadelphia and was naturalized on October 4, 1858. He worked at 57 South Fourth Street in 1859, and with partners Louis Wagner and Otto Knirsch from 1861 to 1862 at 429 Walnut Street, where the partnership produced works including sheet music covers., In 1860 Una resided with his family, including four Pennsylvania-born children, at 504 South Fifth Street in Center City (Ward 5). By 1870 Una had relocated to Boston, worked as a lithographer at 34 Chauncy Street and 109 Summer Street, and lived in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. He worked in New York and resided in Hoboken, New Jersey by 1873, and two years later, resided in Detroit, Michigan. A widower by 1880, Una resided with his children and older sister Sarah (b. ca. 1807) in Hoboken, New Jersey.

: Urwiler, Benjamin F.; Benjamin F. Urwiler, born March 1830 in Pennsylvania, was a lithographer active in Philadelphia in the early to mid 1860s with his cousin John J. Urwiler. He later worked as a United States assistant assessor, collector, conveyancer, accountant, and clerk in the city until his retirement. As a lithographer, he operated from 97 Chestnut Street with William Hart, W. H. Rease, and John J. Urwiler between 1855 and 1858. In 1859 he relocated with Hart and Benjamin to 25 North Fourth Street. By 1866 a Philadelphia city directory lists his occupation as assistant assessor., Secretary of the Association for the Relief of Deceased and Disabled Soldiers, Urwiler was a politically active citizen involved in the "Friends of the Union of the Nineteenth Ward" in Philadelphia. He ran for the City Commissioner seat on the Republican ticket in 1867. Before entering the lithographic trade, Urwiler worked as a grocer employed by his father, Jones Urwiler, when he resided at his father's household in Kensington (Ward 3) in 1850. He married Elmira (b. ca. 1832) and had four children; Anna, Mary, Elizabeth and Mattie by 1861. He resided with his daughter Mattie in 1900 at 521 York Street (Ward 19) and with his daughter Elizabeth at 2604 North Hollywood Street (Ward 28) by 1910. Urwiler died on August 24, 1913.

: Urwiler, George C.; George C. Urwiler, born on April 5, 1827 in Pennsylvania, worked briefly as a lithographer in 1862, possibly with family members John J. Urwiler and Benjamin F. Urwiler, lithographers who worked with W.H. Rease and William Hart from the mid-1850s until the mid-1860s., By 1850, when in his early twenties, Urwiler worked as an engineer soldier and resided in Cornwall, New York, near the United States Military Academy at West Point. He returned to Pennsylvania by 1856, the year he married his wife, Caroline Lindnner (1836-1920), at the First Presbyterian Church of Kensington, where he later served as an elder and superintendent of the Sabbath School. First listed in Philadelphia city directories as a conductor living at Twenty-fourth and Coates Streets in 1860, he was listed as a lithographer living at 2334 Wallace Street in 1862. Their first-born child, George Herman (1857-1910), was born before Urwiler enlisted as a captain in the Pennsylvania Infantry of the Sixty-Seventh Regiment in 1861. After he was mustered out in 1865, the family lived at 2037 Frankford Avenue and Urwiler worked as a conveyancer and his wife worked in "trimmings." Urwiler's daughters, Kate R. (b. 1869), and Lillian G. (b. 1872), were born around the same time the family moved to 104 East Sharpnack Street in Germantown. By this time, Urwiler worked steadily as a conductor, until the 1890s when he, along with his son, worked as a clerk. He died in 1898 as recorded in his wife's application for his Civil War pension as a widow on July 25th.

: Urwiler, John J.; John J. Urwiler, born October 1829 in Pennsylvania, was a lithographer and printer active in Philadelphia from ca. 1855 to 1904. He operated from 97 Chestnut Street with William Hart (1815-1888), W. H. Rease (ca. 1818-1893), and his cousin Benjamin F. Urwiler (1830-1913) between 1855 and 1858. In 1859, he relocated with Hart and his cousin to 25 North Fourth Street and remained listed as a lithographer/printer absent a business address in city directories until 1904., A member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sons of Temperance, and Knights of Pythias, Urwiler resided in the Kensington section of the city (Ward 19) for most of his life. He married Susan B. Smith (b. 1829) on July 20, 1851 in the First Presbyterian Church of Kensington, where both were members of the Sabbath School and where they baptized their son, William Overington (b. 1862), on April 22, 1868. They also had a daughter, Kate (b. 1856), who became a school teacher. The family originally resided on York Street near Frankford Avenue, then 429 Dreer (i.e., Green) Street, and finally on Adams Street, where John passed away on March 1, 1904.

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