Catherine Wagner Ware
There’s no denying that the monument honoring this person clearly indicates she had lots of money. It’s one of the tallest in the cemetery, along with the Masonic column in…
Read MoreDaniel McBride Graham
Someone whose working life was a mix of several different occupations is often a person who lived in several different places. Daniel’s journey was like that; his career path was…
Read MoreSarah Jane Lockhart Connell
Sarah knew about the Korean War because she read about it in the newspaper. But unlike others who only read about the Civil War in history books, she could have…
Read MoreMartha Jane Gibson Taylor
The number of people who are living more than 100 years is on the rise, as is the average lifespan. It may not be surprising to find more than one…
Read MoreGeorge Subers Broadbent
George was born in Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania to Joseph and Adelaide Broadbent, immigrants from Yorkshire, England. Inspired by a pastor’s preaching, he felt convicted to leave the Episcopal Church…
Read MoreWilliam Barber
William Barber and Anna Maria Coultart were born in London and married there in 1830, when they were in their early twenties. Their first child arrived a year later with…
Read MoreUnknown Heroes
The phrase “sanctity of human life” holds special meaning in cemeteries. Rooted in the idea that human life is inherently sacred or precious, each body that was laid to rest…
Read MoreMary A. Brady
This four-word epitaph, Volunteer Civil War Nurse, does well on the surface to summarize this person’s great achievement. Before looking closer at her life, two other women of the Antebellum…
Read MorePieter Haga
Only on a very rare occasion will the neat rows of white marble in the cemetery’s Naval Plot be interrupted by a different type of marker. The massive stone on…
Read MoreNancy Lee “Nezzie” Barlow
It’s rare to find more than one person over the age of 100, known as a centenarian, buried in the same cemetery. Three of them (so far) have been confirmed…
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