The Muhlenberg family created a United States political, religious, and military dynasty that was primarily based in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but which had also expanded into the State of
Ohio by the early nineteenth century.[1]
Maria Salome Muhlenberg (1766–1827), youngest daughter of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and wife of U..S Congressman
Matthias Richards (1758-1830); interred at the
Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania[8]
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