Background
Drexel, Francis Anthony was born on June 20, 1824 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis Martin Drexel.
Drexel, Francis Anthony was born on June 20, 1824 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis Martin Drexel.
He had two brothers, Anthony Joseph Drexel and Joseph William Drexel. Langstroth died five weeks after Katharine"s birth. They had one child: Louise Bouvier Drexel, who married Edward de Veaux Morrell.
Emma also died before Francis.
He died on February 15, 1885. The Saint Joseph"s University Francis A. Drexel library is named in his honor.
They also endowed the Francis A. Drexel Chair of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, educated
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Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
Member (upon father’s death), 1863.
Married Hannah Langstroth, at least 2 daus., Elizabeth (Mistress. Married second, Emma Bouvier, 1 daughter, Louise (Mistress.