Delaware County Society of the New Jerusalem Church
The Delaware County Society of the New Jerusalem Church was established about 1828.[1] Construction of the church building began on June 7, 1830.[2] The church was officially incorporated as the New Jerusalem Society of Edenfield, Delaware County on September 2, 1861.[2] The church building was removed about 1912 and those interred in the church’s burial ground were removed to an unmarked grave in Mount Zion Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania in 1977.[1]
Notable Burials
- Francis Bailey (1744-1816)
- Richard de Charms (1797-1864)
- Coleman Sellers (1781-1834)
- Sophonisba Peale Sellers (1786-1859)
- Henry Lakin Simpson (1861-1881) - Medal of Honor recipient