Eden Cemetery, Collingdale

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name = Eden Cemetery


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established = 1902
country = United States
location = Collingdale, Pennsylvania
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Eden Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery located in Collingdale, Delaware Country, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

The oldest African-American-owned cemetery in the United States, it was established June 20, 1902. When other black cemeteries in Philadelphia were condemned by the city in the early 20th century, including the Olive Graveyard, Lebanon Graveyard, and Stephen Smith Home Burial Ground, the bodies were re-interred at Eden. The cemetery is still in operation.

In July 2008, vandals toppled over 200 headstones in the cemetery, including that of Octavius Valentine Catto. [ [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/25890499.html "200 headstones toppled at Delco cemetery", Article at philly.com, July 25, 2008] ]

Famous interments

*Marian Anderson (1897–1993), opera singer [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=44744 Famous interments at Eden Memorial Cemetery] according to Find A Grave]
*Octavius Valentine Catto (1839–1871), civil rights leader, baseball pioneer (originally buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Philadelphia; transferred to Eden, May 14, 1903 [ [http://www.cheyney.edu/pages/news_article.asp?p=337&n=199 Article] at Cheyney University] )
*Tyrone Everett (1953–1977), Philadelphia professional boxer [ [http://www.nbc10.com/news/6634677/detail.html "Fan Buys Tombstone for Philly Boxing Great", Article at NBC10.com, January 31, 2006] ] [ [http://www.phillyboxinghistory.com/more/gravestone/gravestone_photos_everett.htm Photographs of Everett's grave at PhillyBoxingHistory.com] ]
*Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), editor, poet, essayist and novelist [ [http://www.phillygraves.com/unpublished.html Article on Fauset's grave at PhillyGraves.com] ]
*Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856–1928), journalist, civil rights leader
*Stanislaus Kostka Govern (1854–1924), West Indian–American baseball player, first manager of the Cuban Giants, labor organizer, journalist, and Shakespearean actor [ [http://home.nyc.rr.com/vibaseball/govern.html "S.K. Govern: Black Baseball's Renaissance Man"] at "Baseball in the Virgin Islands"]
*Frances Harper (1825–1911), poet, abolitionist
*William Still (1821?–1902), abolitionist [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=81&GScid=44744&GRid=11212035& William Still] at Find A Grave]
*John Baxter Taylor, Jr. (1882–1908), track and field athlete, first African American Gold Medalist.
*Charles Albert Tindley (1851–1933), minister, composer
*George Henry White (1852–1918), US Congressman from North Carolina

ources

*Thomas H. Keels, "Philadelphia Graveyards & Cemeteries", 2003, Arcadia Publishing, Philadelphia, ISBN 073851229X

References

External links

* [http://www.phillygraves.com/synopsis.html#Chapter6 Article at PhillyGraves.com]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=44744&CScn=Eden&CScntry=4&CSst=40& Eden Memorial Cemetery] at Find A Grave