Union Baptist Cemetery

	Union Baptist Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Overview of the cemetery
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates	39°7′0″N 84°36′10″W / 39.11667°N 84.60278°W
Area	160 acres (0.65 km2)
NRHP reference No.	02001057
Added to NRHP	September 20, 2002

Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill neighborhood, is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2002. It contains a single contributing building. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati.

History

The cemetery was established by the Union Baptist Church in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church.^[2] Almost 150 other USCT veterans are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery.[1]

Notable burials

Newt Allen, a Negro league baseball player^[3]
Powhatan Beaty, a Medal of Honor recipient and American Civil War veteran of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.^[4]
Bishop Mary Beck Bell, founder of the Spiritualist Church of the Soul^[3]
Tiny Bradshaw, musician ^[3]
Edith Hern Fossett, enslaved cook for Thomas Jefferson at President's House (White House) and head cook at Monticello^[5]
Hon. George W. Hayes
David Leroy Nickens^[3]
Consuelo Clark-Stewart^[3]
Jennie Porter, founder of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School
Wallace "Bud" Smith, boxer^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
^ "Union Baptist Cemetery". Retrieved December 23, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hanlin, Chris. "Union Baptist Cemetery Tour". Retrieved December 23, 2022.
^ Grace, Kevin; Tom White (2004). Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground. Arcadia Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 0-7385-3348-3.
^ "Edith Hern Fossett". www.monticello.org. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

External links

Union Baptist Cemetery at Find a Grave

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.

[church-2] "Union Baptist Cemetery". Retrieved December 23, 2022.

[tour-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hanlin, Chris. "Union Baptist Cemetery Tour". Retrieved December 23, 2022.

[art_as_image-4] Grace, Kevin; Tom White (2004). Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground. Arcadia Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 0-7385-3348-3.

[Monticello_-_EHF-5] "Edith Hern Fossett". www.monticello.org. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

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