Famous Names in Hx of Cheltenham

 Persons of Note With Ties to the Area Surrounding La Mott
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ABELE, Julian F.

APPLETON, Edward W, Dr.

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Minister, established Cheltenham Military Academy, 1871 and radio station WIBG

BARKER, Abraham Website Link
BARKER, Wharton Website Link
BOK, Mrs. Edward (Zimbaliat) Website Link
BOSLER, Charles Website Link
BREY, Harry W. Jr  Last owner of Mather property which was donated to Boy Scouts of America.
COOKE, Jay Website Link
CONLIN, McGILL & PARKER Developers of Rowland Park 1924.
CURTIS, Cyrus H.K. Website Link
CURTIS, Cyrus W. Wharton is the only Cheltenham resident to run for president
DAVIS, Edward M. 1854 founder of Chelten Hills Land Association. Developed community of Camptown
DIXON, Fitz-Eugene Jr. Former owner of Philadelphia 76’s
DIXON, Fitz-Eugene Sr. Married Eleanor, daughter of George D. Widener
DOUGLASS, Frederick Website Link
DUNBAR, Paul Lawence Website Link
ELKINS, George Website Link
ELKINS, William L. Website Link
HAMMOND, Charles C. Website Link
HARRISON, William W. Website Link
JACKSON, Reggie Website Link
LEECH, Tobias Website Link
LIPPINCOTT, Horace Mather Website Link
LONG, John Luther Website Link
MATHER, Horace W. Website Link
MOTT, Lucretia Website Link
NETANYAHU, Benjamin Website Link
PASTORIUS, Francis Daniel Website Link
PENN, William Website Link
PENROSE, Bartholomew, Capt. Shipwright from England married Hester,daughter of Toby Leech, Sr. 1703
POUND, Ezra Website Link
ROBERTS, William Taylor Blake Website Link
ROTHSCHILD, Elaine W. In 1976 Elaine W. Rothschild wrote and published A History of Cheltenham
ROWLAND, Jr. Benjamin Website Link
ROWLAND, Thomas Website Link
SHOEMAKER, Dorothy Website Link
SOUSA, John Philip Website Link
STETSON, John B. Website Link
STILL, William Website Link
TAYLOR, Francis R. Website Link
TRIPLETT, Wally Website Link
TRUMBAUER, Horace Website Link
TUBMAN, Harriett Website Link
TYLER, Stella Elkins Website Link
WALL, Richard Website Link
WANAMAKER, John Website Link
WHARTON, William Jr. Website Link
WIDENER, Harry Website Link
WIDENER, Peter Arrel Brown Website Link
WITHERSPOON, Herbert Website Link
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd Website Link
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