rural cemetery
A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-19th century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries, which tended to be churchyards. Rural cemeter ...
located in
Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton is a city in and the county seat of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River and the Delawa ...
, established in 1849. It is the burial site of many notable individuals. ''Note:'' This includes
Easton Cemetery's parklike cemetery landscape design is based on the picturesque romantic styles of the early and late 19th century. Its landscape is set with thousands of examples of funeral artwork, in a variety of decorative styles, spanning Greco-Roman Revival, Gothic Victorian, and
Art Deco
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. Easton Cemetery is the earliest and best surviving example of a romantic parklike cemetery within the Lehigh Valley metro area. Architecturally noteworthy features include a Gothic Revival Gatehouse and office, stable, cemetery chapel, and a Gothic frame workshop. Its first president was prominent Easton citizen, Traill Green.
In 1990, the cemetery was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Notable burials
*
Fred Ashton
Fred L. Ashton, Jr. (March 7, 1931 – May 9, 2013) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Easton, Pennsylvania, from 1968 to 1976. Ashton also served as the first strong mayor of Easton, beginning with his inauguration for a seco ...
Richard Brodhead
Richard Brodhead (January 5, 1811September 16, 1863) was an American lawyer and politician from Easton, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House (1843 to 1849) and Senate (1851 to 1857).
He was the father of U.S. Represe ...
(1811–1863), 19th century Pennsylvania state legislator
* Charles F. Chidsey (1843–1933) first mayor of Easton (1887 to 1889) and State Representative (1896 to 1898)
* Thomas Coates (1803–1895), "the Father of Band Music in America," and conductor, Regimental Band, Union Army's
47th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
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American Civil War
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captain, State Senator, 1887 to 1891
* Joseph Marion Hackett (1831-1912), State Representative, 1879 to 1881
* William Clayton Hackett (1874–1930), State Senator, 1915 to 1922
* Peter Ihrie Jr. (1796–1871), Member of Congress, 1829 to 1833
*
Philip Johnson
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(1818–1867), Member of Congress, 1863 to 1867
*
William Sebring Kirkpatrick
William Sebring Kirkpatrick (April 21, 1844 – November 3, 1932) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William S. Kirkpatrick (father of William Huntington Kirkpatric ...
(1844–1932), Member of Congress, 1897 to 1899
* Howard Mutchler (1859–1916), Member of Congress, 1893 to 1895 and 1901 to 1903
* William Mutchler (1831–1893), Member of Congress, 1875 to 1877, 1881 to 1885, and 1889 to 1893
*
James Madison Porter
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Porter began his career studying law in 1809 and later became a clerk in the prothonotary's o ...
(1793–1862),
U.S. Secretary of War
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, 1843 to 1844, and founder of
Lafayette College
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Joseph Fitz Randolph
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Earl ...
(1803–1873), Member of Congress, 1837 to 1843
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Andrew Horatio Reeder
Andrew Horatio Reeder (July 12, 1807 – July 5, 1864) was the first governor of the Territory of Kansas.
Biography
Reeder was born in Easton, Pennsylvania to Absolom Reeder and Christina (Smith) Reeder. He was educated at an academy in Law ...
(1807–1864),
Kansas Territory
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governor, 1854 to 1855
*
Jeanette Reibman
Jeanette F. Reibman (August 18, 1915 – March 11, 2006) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district from 1969 to 1994. She also served in the Pennsylvania H ...
(1915–2006), member of
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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It ...
, 1955 to 1966, and
Pennsylvania State Senate
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, 1969 to 1994 and trustee,
Lafayette College
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, 1970 to 1985
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Samuel Sitgreaves
Samuel Sitgreaves (March 16, 1764April 4, 1827) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania during the late 18th century.
Early life and education
Sitgreaves was born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania. He pursued classi ...
(1764–1827), Member of Congress, 1797 to 1798
* Henry Joseph Steele (1860–1933), Member of Congress, 1915 to 1921
* George Taylor (1716–1781),
founding father
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who signed the
Declaration of Independence
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Charles A. Wikoff
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American Civil War
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later killed in action in
Spanish–American War
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Arizona Territory
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governor, 1885 to 1889
Gallery
File:Traill Green Monument, Easton Cemetery.JPG, Traill Green statue
File:Leigh Monument, Easton Cemetery.JPG, Leigh obelisk
File:Bruch Monument, Easton Cemetery.JPG, Bruch monument
File:Reeder Family Plot, Easton Cemetery.JPG, Reeder plot
File:Flemming Monument, Easton Cemetery.JPG, Flemming monument
File:McKeen Monument, Easton Cemetery 03.JPG, Col. Thomas McKeen (1763–1858) monument
File:Yohe Monument, Easton Cemetery.JPG, Yohe monument
File:Gatehouse, Easton Cemetery 04.JPG, Gothic Revival Gatehouse and office (1900–1901)
File:Gatehouse, Easton Cemetery 03.JPG, Gatehouse North wing.
File:Cemetery Chapel, Easton Cemetery 01.JPG, Cemetery Chapel
File:Easton Memorial at Easton Cemetery.JPG, Memorial
File:GAR Cannon, Easton Cemetery.JPG, Grand Army of the Republic Cannon and military plot
The Political Graveyard
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