Wharton Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church Burial Ground
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147 United StatesCoordinates: 39.93147, -75.15079 - This cemetery is marked as being historical or removed.
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The church and burial ground were opened in 1844. In 1870 the church needed to expand to add a school and some of the remains needed to be removed. They purchased Section 130 at Mount Moriah Cemetery, but the burial ground remained open until the early 1900's when the Board of Health condemned the property. In 1905 a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer (3 Oct 1905 page 6) states "The remains of 500 people who were buried in the old Wharton Street M. E. Church burial ground to be moved to a plot at West Laurel Hill Cemetery....." According to Burying Grounds in Philadelphia records from the tombstone were kept by the cemetery.
This cemetery is no longer in existence.
The church and burial ground were opened in 1844. In 1870 the church needed to expand to add a school and some of the remains needed to be removed. They purchased Section 130 at Mount Moriah Cemetery, but the burial ground remained open until the early 1900's when the Board of Health condemned the property. In 1905 a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer (3 Oct 1905 page 6) states "The remains of 500 people who were buried in the old Wharton Street M. E. Church burial ground to be moved to a plot at West Laurel Hill Cemetery....." According to Burying Grounds in Philadelphia records from the tombstone were kept by the cemetery.
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- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS50%
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials2
- Percent photographed0%
- Percent with GPS0%
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials35
- Percent photographed3%
- Percent with GPS3%
- Added: 11 Dec 2016
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2629778
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