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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: June 24, 2014
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Dr. Nathaniel Bedford Grave Marker | Additional Description:
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Dr. Nathaniel Bedford was born in Birmingham, England and came to Fort Pitt as a military surgeon. He became Pittsburgh's first physician. Dr. Bedford married Jane Ormsby, daughter of John Ormsby, and through her inherited land along the Monongahela River from 6th to 17th Street (now South Side but originally called Birmingham). He was active in the formation of Trinity parish, being one of the trustees, a member of the building committee, and on the first vestry. He was also one of the incorporators of the Pittsburgh Academy, now the University of Pittsburgh. He was an assistant burgess after Pittsburgh became a borough, and a man of great influence among the young men of the city.
Submitted: June 24, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p276995
File Size: 2.509 Megabytes
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