Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1867 |
| Location | Cedarbrook, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°04′32″N 75°10′51″W / 40.0754597°N 75.1807781°WCoordinates: 40°04′32″N 75°10′51″W / 40.0754597°N 75.1807781°W |
| Type | private, non-sectarian |
| Owned by | Ivy Hill Cemetery Company |
| Website | ivyhillcemetery.org |
| Find a Grave | Ivy Hill Cemetery |
Ivy Hill Cemetery is a public cemetery located at 1201 Easton Road in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Chartered in 1867, it was originally called the "Germantown and Chestnut Hill Cemetery."[1]
Notable burials[]
- William Law Anderson (1879–1910), professional golfer
- Boy in the Box (unknown–1957), unidentified murder victim
- Bill Byrd (1907–1991), professional baseball player
- George Potter Darrow (1859–1943), U.S. congressman
- Mahlon Duckett (1922–2015), professional baseball player
- Charles Edgar Duryea (1861–1939), automotive engineer and inventor
- "Smokin' Joe" Frazier (1944–2011), professional boxer
- L. Fidelia Woolley Gillette (1827–1905), first woman ever ordained a minister in Canada
- Franklin B. Gowen (1836–1889), businessman
- Bill Gray (1871–1932), professional baseball player
- Harold B. Hairston (1940–2016), Philadelphia fire commissioner
- Ed Lafitte (1886–1971), professional baseball player
- Margaret Lawrence (1889–1929), actress
- Thomas McIntosh (1921–2005), Philadelphia city councilman
- Harold Melvin (1939–1997), soul singer
- Edwin Ward Moore (1810–1865), commodore of the Texas Navy
- Matthew Saad Muhammad (1954–2014), professional boxer
- Francis D. Pastorius (1920–1962), Philadelphia City Treasurer
- Fayette Pinkney (1948–2009), soul singer
- Joni Sledge (1956–2017), pop and disco singer
- William Thompson Russell Smith (1812–1896), landscape painter
- Bill Tilden (1893–1953), professional tennis player
- Lauretha A. Vaird (1952–1996), Philadelphia police officer
- Louis Wagner (1838–1914), U.S. Army general
- Marion Williams (1927–1994), gospel singer
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Categories:
- Cemeteries in Philadelphia
- 1867 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Mount Airy, Philadelphia