- Source: Union Baptist Cemetery
Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill neighborhood, is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2002. It contains a single contributing building. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati.this cemetery is in great need for some tender loving care, A good grounds man will truly be a plus, there are a lot of headstones that are broken, no clean up has been done, please advise of what can be done in this matter, I’m 74, but is willing to help
History
The cemetery was established by the Union Baptist Church in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church. Almost 150 other USCT veterans are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery.[1]
Notable burials
Newt Allen, a Negro league baseball player
Powhatan Beaty, a Medal of Honor recipient and American Civil War veteran of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.
Bishop Mary Beck Bell, founder of the Spiritualist Church of the Soul
Tiny Bradshaw, musician
Edith Hern Fossett, enslaved cook for Thomas Jefferson at President's House (White House) and head cook at Monticello
Hon. George W. Hayes
David Leroy Nickens
Consuelo Clark-Stewart
Jennie Porter, founder of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School
Wallace "Bud" Smith, boxer
Notes
External links
Union Baptist Cemetery at Find a Grave
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Powhatan Beaty
- Noah O. Knight
- Donald Russell Long
- Canberra
- Union Baptist Cemetery
- Union Baptist Church
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- Union Baptist Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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