Cedar Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
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Cedar Hill Cemetery gatehouse in 2010 | |
| Details | |
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| Established | 1850 |
| Location |
5800 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°01′27″N 75°04′29″W / 40.02417°N 75.07472°WCoordinates: 40°01′27″N 75°04′29″W / 40.02417°N 75.07472°W |
| Find a Grave | Cedar Hill Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Cedar Hill Cemetery |
Cedar Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established by a company incorporated on March 25, 1850.[1]
Notable interments
- Alexander Crawford (1842–1886), Medal of Honor recipient.[2]
- William Walker Foulkrod (1846–1910), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.[2]
- George Quintus Shoch (1859–1937), major league baseball player.[2]
- John Paul Verree (1817–1889), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.[2]
References
- ↑ John Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott, History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884, 1884, L. H. Everts & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
- 1 2 3 4 Cedar Hill Cemetery: Famous interments at Find a Grave
External links
- Cedar Hill Cemetery at Find A Grave
- Cedar Hill Cemetery at Interment.net
- Photograph (1893) of gatehouse at Bryn Mawr College
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