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1 Compiled by Anne J. Mitchell NOTE: List is not complete. If you have any additions for corrections to this list, please Anne at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery 1855 Bridge St African M. E. Cemetery Ashton & Welch Rds. All Saint's Ground Buckius & Edgemont Sts All Saint's Ground (Church Est. 1838) 12th & Fitzwater Sts. (closed 1914) All Saint's Cemetery (Church Est. 1772) Frankford Ave. & Eden St American Mechanics Cemetery 22nd & Diamond Sts. (removed in 1951 to Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer, PA ) Arabella Jewish Cemetery East side Randolph at Federal St. Trinity P.E. Grounds Catherine St. below 3rd (removed to Mount Moriah) Arlington Cemetery (Est. 1895) Lansdowne Ave. & School Lane Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (Non-Sectarian/Public/Private/Undetermined) Axe's Burial Ground Germantown Ave. & Washington Lane Bellevue Cemetery (Est. 885) H & Tioga Sts. (removed in 1951 to Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer, PA ) The former site was abandoned after 1951 until it became the parking lot of a shopping center built in the late 1960's which also has now since closed. Beth El Emeth Cemetery 5441 Market St. Bethanien German Lutheran Evangelical Church Ground Martin & Pechin Sts.

2 Bethel Church Grounds Washington & Moyamensing Ave. Blockley Baptist Church Grounds 53rd below Wyalusing Ave. (removed circa 1930 to West Chester, PA) (BAPTIST) Bristol Cemetery 704 State Rd. Croydon, Pennsylvania Bustleton M. E. Church Ground Bustleton Pike below Welch Rd. Cathedral Cemetery (Old Cathedral) (Est. 1849) 48th & Lancaster Ave Cedar Hill Cemetery (Est. 1849) Frankford Ave. & Bridge St Chelten Hills Abbey Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pennsylvania (USA) Chelten Hills Cemetery (Est. 1879) 1701 E. Washington Lane Philadelphia, PA Chester County Memorial Park (Est. 1938) 301 S. Concord Rd. West Chester, Pennsylvania Chestnut Hill Baptist Church Ground Germantown Ave. & Bethlehem Pike (BAPTIST) Chevra Bikur Cholim Cemetery 1853 Bridge St Christ Church Cemetery (Est. 1728) 20 N. American St Christ Church Grounds 2nd & Church Sts. Christ Church Grounds 5th & Arch Sts. Church of Brethren (Old Dunkard's Ground) Germantown Ave. above Sharpnack St. City Burial Ground (Potter's Field) Nicetown Lane & B St. Colored Methodist Grounds Center & Morton Sts. Concord Burial Ground (see Axe's Burial Ground) Updated 10/20/05 2

3 Convent of Sisters of St. Joseph Reading Pike & City Line Ave. De Benneville Burial Grounds Green Lane east of York Rd. East Cedar Hill Cemetery Frankford Ave. & Bridge St Ebenezer M. E. Cemetery 4th & Christian Sts. (closed 1914) Eden Cemetery (Est. 20 June 1902) 5410 Haverford Ave Eden Hall Cemetery (Convent of the Sacred Heart) (Est. 1847) Convent Lane below Frankford Ave. at Bristol St. Emanual Church Grounds Frankford Ave. above Hickory St. Emanual Church Grounds Marlborough north of E. Girard Ave. Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John Race St. west of 5th St. (removed in 1924 to Laurel Hill) Evergreen Memorial Park (See Rosedale) (Est. 1930) Fairhill Cemetery Germantown Ave. & Cambria Sts. Fair Hill Burial Ground 9 th and Cambria Streets Philadelphia, PA Fernwood Cemetery 6500 Baltimore Ave. Lansdowne, PA First Presbyterian Church Grounds Pine St. above 4th St. First Presbyterian Church Grounds Germantown Ave. & Center St. (removed to Ivy Hill) First Presbyterian Church Grounds Dupont & Baker Sts. First Presbyterian Church of Bridesburg Pratt St. west of Richmond St. First Presbyterian Church Grounds of Northern Liberties 5th & Buttonwood Sts. Updated 10/20/05 3

4 Forest Hills Cemetery 101 Byberry Rd Frankford Friends' Burial Ground Unity St. east of Frankford Ave. Franklin Cemetery (Est. 1840) Pelham & Elkhart Sts. Now a playground (removed to Evergreen Memorial Park, Bensalem Twp., PA) Free Quaker Cemetery 5th St. above Spruce St. Friends' Burial Ground Arch St. west of 3rd St. Friends' Fairhill Burial Ground 45 West School House Lane (215) Friends' Western Burial Ground 16th & Race Sts. German Hebrew Congregation (see Rodoph Shelom) Sedegly Ave. & L St. German Lutheran Cemetery 31st & Lehigh Ave. Germantown Mennonite Grounds Germantown & E. Herman St. (MENNONITE) Germantown Prepatory Meeting of Friends' Burial Ground Germantown Ave. & Coulter St. Glenwood Cemetery 27th & Ridge Ave. (removed in 1923 to New Glenwood Cemetery, Broomall, PA) Glenwood Memorial Gardens 2321 W. Chester Pike Broomall, Pennsylvania Gloria Dei Burial Ground (Old Swede's) 931 Otsego St. Greene St. Friends' Ground School Lane & Chelten Ave. Greenmount Cemetery Rising Sun Ave. & Bristol St. Greenmount Cemetery (Established 1875) 4301 N. Front Greenmount Cemetery 117 Westtown Rd. West Chester, Pennsylvania Updated 10/20/05 4

5 Greenwood (Knights of Pythias) Cemetery Adams Ave. & Arrott Grove Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Boot Rd. West Chester, Pennsylvania Hanover Cemetery Thompson St. & Columbia Ave. (removed in 1922 to Forrest Hills & Fernwood Cemeteries) Har Nebo Cemetery Oxford Ave. & Benner St Har Zion Cemetery 1201 Macdade Blvd. Collingdale, Pennsylvania Hatboro Cemetery Company 36 Fulmore Ave. Hatboro, Pennsylvania Hayes Mechanic Home Ground Belmont Ave. Haym Salomon Memorial Park 200 Moores Rd. Frazer, Pennsylvania Hebrew Mutual Burial Association Cemetery Lane & 63rd St. Hillside Cemetery 2556 Susquehanna Rd. Roslyn, Pennsylvania Holmesburg Baptist Church Ground Frankford Ave. south of Rhawn St. (BAPTIST) Holy Comforter Cemetery 48th & Haverford Ave. Holy Comforter Memorial 19th & Wharton Sts. Holy Cross (see St. Mary's Cemetery 1800 S. 10th St.) Holy Cross Cemetery (Est. 1890) Bailey Rd. & Yeadon Ave. Yeadon, Pennsylvania Holy Innocent Ground Washington Lane & Wissonoming Holy Redeemer Cemetery (Est. 1886, in connection with St.Peter's Church, 5th & Girard) 4268 Richmond St Updated 10/20/05 5

6 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Est. 1895) Cheltenham Ave Holy Trinity Cemetery (Est. 1791) 6th & Spruce Sts. Hood Cemetery Germantown Ave. & Logan St. Ivy Hill Cemetery (Est. 1867) 1201 Easton Road Easton Rd. P.O. Box Kensington M. E. Church Ground Hanover St. north of Thompson (removed to Forrest Hills) King David Memorial Park 3594 Bristol Rd. Bensalem, Pennsylvania Kulp's Family Ground Haines St. west of Stenton Lafayette Cemetery Federal between 9-10th Sts. (removed to Evergreen Memorial Park, Bensalem Twp. PA) Laurel Hill Cemetery 3822 Ridge Ave Lawnview Cemetery (Est. 1904) Huntingdon Pike Rockledge, Pennsylvania Leaches Family Ground 52nd and Woodland Av. Lebanon Cemetery 18th & Wolf Sts. Leverington Cemetery Ridge & Lyceum Ave. Machpelah Cemetery 11th & Washington Ave. (removed in 1895 to Mount Moriah - Graceland, Delaware Co. Pennsylvania ) Magnolia Cemetery (Est. 1886) 6950 Tulip St Market Square Presbyterian Church Ground Germantown Ave., Mill St. Merion Memorial Park Bryn Mawr & Rockhill Rds. Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Updated 10/20/05 6

7 Mikveh Israel Beth-El-Emuth 55th & Market Sts. Mikveh Israel Cemetery Spruce St. near 8th Montefiore Cemetery 600 Church Rd. Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Monument Cemetery Broad & Berks St. (removed in 1956 to Lawnview Cemetery, Rockledge, Pennsylvania) Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery (Est. 1888) North side of Bristol St. East of Frankford Creek (Bridesburg) Mount Carmel Cemetery Frankford Ave. & Cheltenham Mount Moriah Cemetery 62nd & Kingsessing Ave Mount Peace Cemetery (Est. 1865) (Contact Lawnview for records) 3111 W. Lehigh Ave Mount Jacob Cemetery 141 N. Bartram Ave. Glenolden, Pennsylvania Mount Lawn Cemetery Lincoln Memorial Park 84 Hook Rd. Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania Mount Lebanon Cemetery 1200 Bartram Ave. Collingdale, Pennsylvania Mount Sharon Cemetery Springfield Rd. & West Ave. Springfield, Pennsylvania Mount Sinai Cemetery Bridge & Cottage Sts Mount Vernon Cemetery Ridge & Lehigh Ave Mount Zion Burying Ground P. R. R. (Bustleton Branch) to Erdrich Mount Zion Cemetery 1400 Springfield Rd. Collingdale, Pennsylvania Updated 10/20/05 7

8 Mount Zion Cemetery Christian St. below 6th Mutual Family Cemetery 10th & Washington Ave. (removed to Forrest Hills 1924) New Cathedral Cemetery (Est. 1861) 2nd & Butler St Attendant: Sean Daly New Jerusalem Society of Frankford Plum & Hedge Sts. Ninth Presbyterian Ground Race St. west of 19th North Cedar Hill Cemetery (Est. 1860) Frankford & Cheltenham Ave Northwood Cemetery (Est. 1878) 15th & Haines St Oakland Cemetery (Est. 1891) Adams & Ramona Ave Oaklands Cemetery 120 W. Market St. West Chester, Pennsylvania Oak Lane Baptist Church Grounds Cheltenham & Oak Lane Ave. Oak Lane M.E. Churchyard York Rd. below City Line Odd Fellows Cemetery 23rd & Diamond Sts. (removed to Mount Peace/Lawnview, Huntingdon Pike) Old St. Paul's Churchyard 3rd St. below Walnut Old Swede's 929 S. Water St. Olive Cemetery 46th & Merion Ave. (removed in 1923 to Eden & Mount Zion) Our Lady Of Grace Cemetery (Est. 1947) 1215 Super Hwy. Langhorne, Pennsylvania Oxford Trinity Grounds 2nd St. Pike & Oxford Rd. Palmer Cemetery Charitable Grounds Palmer & Belgrade Sts. (contact Jos. McGough, 521 E. Palmer St.) Updated 10/20/05 8

9 Philadelphia Cemetery (Ronaldson's) 9th & Bainbridge Sts. (removed in 1950 to Forrest Hills, Bensalem Twp. PA) Philadelphia Memorial Park 124 Phoenixville Pike Frazer, Pennsylvania Philadelphia National Cemetery Haines St. & Limekiln Pike Philanthropic Cemetery Passyunk & Tasker Sts. (removed to Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) Pine Grove Cemetery & Memorial Park (Formerly Delmont) (Established 1945) Huntingdon Pike Presbyterian Church of Frankford Frankford Ave. & Church St. Private Cemetery 24th & Hunting Park Ave. Quaker Cemetery Plot (see North Laurel Hill Cemetery) Resurrection Cemetery (Est. 1959) 5201 Hulmeville Rd. Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania Rodoph Shalom (see German Hebrew Congregation) Sedgley Ave. & L St. Rolling Green Memorial Park (Est. 1939) West Chester Pike & 2Rt. 02 West Chester, Pennsylvania Ronaldson Cemetery (see Philadelphia Cemetery) Roosevelt Memorial Park (Est. 1928) Roosevelt Blvd. & City Lane Trevose, Pennsylvania Rose Burying Ground 41st & Ludlow Sts. (removed in 1922 to Mt. Moriah ) Rosedale Memorial Park (Formerly Evergreen Memorial Park) (Everegreen Est. 1930, Rosedale Established 1960) Richlieu Rd. Bensalem, Pennsylvania Roxborough Baptist Burial Grounds Ridge Ave. & Lyceum (BAPTIST) Updated 10/20/05 9

10 Roxborough Presbyterian Burial Grounds Ridge Ave. & Pt. Royal St. Agnes Cemetery 1050 Pottstown Pike West Chester, Pennsylvania St. Andrew's Cemetery 5th & Spruce St. St. Anne's Parish Cemetery (Est. 1845) Lehigh Ave. & Memphis St St. Augustine's Church Grounds (Est. 1797) 4th & Vine St St. Barnabas' Church Grounds 3rd & Dauphin St. St. Barnabas' Church Grounds McCallum & Rittenhouse Sts. St. David's Churchyard Dupont & Smith Sts St. Dominic's Cemetery (Est. circa 1869) 8500 Frankford, above Blackerston St St. Edward the Confessor Cemetery (Est. 1865) 8th & York Sts St. James of Kingsessing Churchyard Woodland Ave. west of 68th St St. James M.E. Church Grounds Tabor Rd. & Water St. St. James the Less Church Grounds 3227 W. Clearfield St., St. Joachim's Cemetery (Est. 1843) Church & Griscom Sts. St. John the Baptist Church Grounds (Manayunk) (Established 1831) Cresson & Rector Sts St. John the Evangelist (Est. 1837) 13th St North of Chestnut St. St. John Evangelical Lutheran 6th & Race (removed in 1924 to Laurel Hill) St. John Neumann Cemetery (Est. 1983) County Line Rd. & Upper State Rd. Chalfont, Pennsylvania Updated 10/20/05 10

11 St. Joseph's (Est. 1732) 3rd St and Willings Alley St. Luke's P.E. Burial Grounds Welch Rd. east of Bustleton Pike St. Luke's Church Burial Grounds Germantown Ave. & Coulter St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery 252 S. 4th above Spruce St. Mary's Cemetery (formerly Holy Cross) 1800 S. 10 th St. Mary's Cemetery 247 Lemont St. St. Michael's Cemetery (Est. 1831) 2nd & Jefferson St Attendants: Father Harkins or Buddy Hart St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Churchyard Germantown & Phil Ellena St. St. Paul's Cemetery 3rd & Spruce St (Some removed in 1855 to Mount Moriah Cemetery, Section 47) St. Peter's Cemetery 3rd & Pine St St. Peter & St. Paul Cemetery (Est. 1958) 1600 S. Sproul Rd. Springfield, Pennsylvania St. Peter's German Redemptionist Fathers Cemetery (Est. 1949) Between Belgrade & Tioga Sts and Almond & Venango Sts St. Paul M.E. Church Grounds Catherine above 6th St. Paul M.E. Church Grounds Paul St. south of Rush St. Stephen Cemetery (Est. by 1853) Lycoming & Elser Sts. St. Stephen's Church Graveyard 13th & Arch St. (some removed in 1866 to Laurel Hill ) St. Stephen's M.E. Grounds Germantown Ave. & Bringhurst St. St. Timothy's Churchyard (Church Established 1859, Cemetery Est. by 1865) Ridge Ave. & Walnut Lane Updated 10/20/05 11

12 Shalom Memorial Park Byberry Rd. & Philmont Ave Shawmont Cemetery Ridge Ave. & Shawmont St. Spruce St. Cemetery Spruce below 9th St. Stenton Family Ground 18th & Courtland St. Third Presbyterian Church Grounds Pine St. above 4th Trinity Lutheran Wolf St. above 21 st Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Germantown Ave. & Queen Lane Trinity Oxford Rising Sun Ave. & Disston St Trinity P.E. Grounds Catherine St. below 3rd (removed to Mount Moriah) Union Burial Ground of the Northern Liberties & Kensington (Also known as West St Grounds and Malt House Grounds) Bounded by Gaul, Berks(Vienna) and Belgrade(West) in Kensington Sts. (removed to Northwood cemetery and also possibly Palmer Cemetery) Union Burial Ground Society 6th below Washington Ave. (removed in 1906 to Arlington Cemetery, Lansdowne, PA) Union Wesleyan & Harmony Burial Ground (Kensington M.E. Church) Hanover St.(now Columbia) north of Thompson Now a playground (removed to Fernwood, Forrest Hills and North Cedar Hill Cemeteries) United American Mechanics Cemetery 22nd & Diamond St. (removed to Philadelphia Memorial Park, Malvern, PA) United Presbyterian Reformed Churchyard Cotton & Wood Sts. (removed to Westminster Cemetery) Unknown 41st & Ludlow St. (Non Sectarian/Public/Private/Undetermined) Union Burial Ground Gravers Lane & Seminole St. Updated 10/20/05 12

13 Upper Burial Ground (see Axe's) West Street Grounds (see Union Burial Grounds of Northern Liberties & Kensington) West Laurel Hill Cemetery (Est. 1870) Belmont & City Line Ave. Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Westminster Cemetery (Est. 1894) Belmont Ave. & Levering Mill Rd. Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Wharton St. M.E. Grounds 4th & Wharton St. Wilmot Cemetery Meadow & Mulberry Sts. Woodlands Cemetery (Est. 1842) 40th & Woodland Ave Sources: em.html (removed to Mount Moriah) White Chapel Gardens 2602 Cottman St. White Chapel Gardens Memorial Park (Est. circa 1929) 140 W. Street Rd. Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania William Penn Cemetery (Est. 1855) Bustleton Avenue Updated 10/20/05 13