Lawnview Memorial Park
| Lawnview Memorial Park | |
|---|---|
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| Details | |
| Established | 1904 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°04′52″N 75°05′44″W / 40.0812°N 75.0956°W |
| Type | private |
| Size | 82 acres |
| Website | cemeteryco |
Lawnview Memorial Park, sometimes referred to as Lawnview Cemetery, is a cemetery located at 500 Huntingdon Pike in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.
Origins and history
Established in 1904,[1] Lawnview Cemetery is the resting place for many prominent residents, including soldiers from every American war.
The cemetery was purchased in 1904 to provide affordable burials to Northeast Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. A stone chapel was built on the grounds in 1914. The Lawnview Chapel provided non-denominational services and receiving vaults for bodies awaiting burial. The chapel was converted to the Odd Fellows Cemetery Company's general offices in 1979.[2]
When Monument Cemetery was acquired by Temple University in 1956, many remains were moved to Lawnview. Many graves from the former Odd Fellows Cemetery (Philadelphia) were also relocated here.
Notable Interments
- George Lippard - 19th-century American novelist, journalist, playwright. Widely read author in antebellum America.[3]
- DeWitt Clinton Baxter - artist and engraver, Colonel and Brigadier General in the Union Army.[4]
- Henry Brutsche - soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Medal of Honor recipient.[5]
- John E. Clopp - soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Medal of Honor recipient.[6]
- John Hull Campbell - American Party member in the United States House of Representatives.[7]
- Thomas Birch Florence - Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[8]
- Henry Dunning Moore - Whig member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[9]
- Charles Frederick Pracht - Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[10]
- Harold Charles Wilson - Olympic Bronze Medalist at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
- Robert Orr - American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Medal of Honor recipient.[11]
References
- ^ "Historical Pride" (PDF). cemeteryco. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "History". cemeteryco.net. YP Intellectual Property LLC. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- ^ Civil War High Commands
- ^ Fold3
- ^ Victoria Cross
- ^ Political Graveyard
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ Political Graveyard
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ Victoria Cross