Member Biography
Peleg Barrows Savery
Biography
06/05/1805 - 09/15/1863
Peleg Barrows Savery (Whig2) Philadelphia County 1849-1851 (D2) Philadelphia County 1853
Early Life:
Peleg Barrows Savery, born June 7, 1805, Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; son of Peleg and Hannah Perkins Savery; married, Julia Eliza, 1834, son, William H. Savery; engaged, iron manufacturing, associated, Savery, Shaw and Company, Albany, New York, founded, Savery and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1838; elected, Whig, Senate of Pennsylvania, 1849-1851; elected, Democrat, Senate of Pennsylvania, 1853; manager, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1851-1852; engaged, porcelain manufacturing, Camden, New Jersey; died, September 15, 1863, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected, Whig, Senate of Pennsylvania, 2nd district Philadelphia County, 1849-1851.
Elected, Democrat, Senate of Pennsylvania, 2nd district Philadelphia County, 1853.
Legacy:
Mount Moriah Cemetery was established by an act of the Pennsylvania Legislature and incorporated on March 27, 1855. Mount Moriah Cemetery closed its gates in April 2011 and had no owner when the last member of the board of directors died. The Orphans Court of Philadelphia granted the Mount Moriah Cemetery Preservation Corporation, a receivership in 2014.
Cited:
Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
A.W. Savery, A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families (Boston: The Collins Press, 1893) section 23
Scharf, John Thomas (1884). History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 2360. Retrieved 23 August 2019. moriah.
History and notable burials Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia
Peleg Barrows Savery (unknown-1863) - Find a Grave Memorial