Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Interment LocationVisitedSequence in Graves I Have Visited
Philadelphia, PAJune 18, 20074th Constitution Signer visited; 3rd Declaration Signer visited


Fast Facts

Born: January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Spouse: Deborah Read Franklin (m. 1730-1774)

Died: April 17, 1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cause of Death: Pleurisy

Age: 84

Last Words: “A dying man can do nothing easy.”

Interment: Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

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