Shawnee Cemetery, Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Shawnee Cemetery

Details
Established	1873
Country	United States
Coordinates	41°14′31″N 75°57′41″W / 41.24190°N 75.96140°W / 41.24190; -75.96140
No. of interments	15,000[1]
Find a Grave	Shawnee Cemetery

Shawnee Cemetery in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, is located on a hillside overlooking Wyoming Valley. The cemetery was founded in 1873.

A view of the Shawnee Cemetery taken about 1908 by the photographer Fred Clemow.

Notable interments

• Morgan Bevan, (died in 1924), served as Plymouth's 18th Burgess from 1906 to 1909.
• Elijah Coxe (died in 1918), was elected Plymouth's 16th Burgess in 1900.
• Stanley Woodward Davenport (died September 26, 1921), member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Captain John Dennis (died in 1887), was elected Plymouth's 10th Burgess in 1881.
• Daniel B. Loderick (died in 1898), was elected Plymouth 14th Burgess, serving from 1893 to 1897.
• Alfred J. Martin (died in 1913), was elected Plymouth's 12th Burgess in 1889.
• David D. Morris (died in 1919), was elected Plymouth's 19th Burgess in 1909.
• Abram Nesbitt (died in 1846), veteran of the Revolutionary War.
• Peter C. Roberts (died in 1894), appointed Plymouth's 13th Burgess in 1890.
• George Washington Shonk (died August 14, 1900), member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• John Jenks Shonk (died May 1, 1904), coal operator, served in the Pennsylvania State Legislature from 1875 to 1878.
• John B. Smith (died July 19, 1904), coal operator, served in the Pennsylvania State Legislature from 1877 to 1880.
• Philip Walters (died in 1916), served as Plymouth's 15th Burgess from 1897 to 1900.

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