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Union Baptist Cemetery
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| Location: | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Area: | 160 acres (0.65 km2) |
| Governing body: | Private[1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 2001057[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | September 20, 2002[1] |
Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2002. It contains 1 contributing buildings. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati, founded in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church.
Among those interred is Powhatan Beaty, a Medal of Honor recipient and American Civil War veteran of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.[2] Almost 150 other USCT veterns are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery.[1]
Other well known Cincinnatians interred include David Leroy Nickens, first minister of the Union Baptist Church, Hon. George W. Hayes, Jennie Porter, founder of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School. [2]
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