| Cedar Hill Cemetery | |
|---|---|
 Cedar Hill Cemetery gatehouse in 2010 | |
| Details | |
| 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°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] The main gatehouse was built in 1869.[2]
Notable interments
- Alexander Crawford (1842–1886), Medal of Honor recipient.
- William Walker Foulkrod (1846–1910), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
- George Quintus Shoch (1859–1937), major league baseball player.
- John Paul Verree (1817–1889), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
References
- ↑ Scharf, John Thomas (1884). History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 2360. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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- ↑ Spector, Gus (2008). Philadelphia Neighborhoods -. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439636183. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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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