| Title |
Urwiler, Benjamin F. |
| Date |
March 1830-August 24, 1913 |
| Description |
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.
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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.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Hart, William; Rease, W. H. ; and Urwiler, John J. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1900, 1910 |
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Groce & Wallace, 642 |
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Illustrated New Age, June 11, 1866 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1858-1893 (intermittently) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1867, August 25, 1913 |
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WWWAA, 3371 |
