Union Baptist Cemetery (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Union Baptist Cemetery (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Infobox nrhp
name = Union Baptist Cemetery
nrhp_type = hd
area = 160 acres


caption =
location = Cincinnati, Ohio
architect =
architecture =
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 7
lat_seconds = 0
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84
long_minutes = 36
long_seconds = 10
long_direction = W
locmapin = Ohio
added = September 20, 2002cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-06-30|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum = 2001057

Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on September 20, 2002. It contains 1 contributing buildings. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati, founded in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church.

Among those interred is Powhatan Beaty, a Medal of Honor recipient and American Civil War veteran of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.cite book| last =Grace| first =Kevin| authorlink =| coauthors =Tom White| title =Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground| publisher =Arcadia Publishing| date =2004| location =| pages =p. 50| url =| doi =| id = | isbn =0738533483 ] Almost 150 other USCT veterns are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery. [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&GScid=1980814&GRid=8562387&PIgrid=8562387&PIcrid=1980814&PIpi=5210605&]

Other well known Cincinnatians intered include David Leroy Nickens, first minister of the Union Baptist Church, Hon. George W. Hayes, Jennie Porter, founder of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School. [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&CRid=1980814&CScn=Union+Baptist+Cemetery&CScntry=4&PIcrid=1980814&PIMode=cemetery&PIpi=5210585&]

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*Cemetery

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